I won a contest at Memory Box

Memory Box had a contest on their blog here and my card that I showed you here was chosen as the first winner!  Isn't that exciting!  I'm so happy!!!!  You can see the announcement of the winners here.
Doing the happy dance - even on my sore leg.... Yeah!!!

Here is my card again:

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Memory Box Contest Winner!!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Merci de votre visite.

More Valentines!

Are you fed up with my Valentines yet?

I have a few more to share!

More Penny Black stamps - this time it is the little Mimi with her wagon of hearts.

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Supplies:

Stamps:  Penny Black Mimi – Brimming with Love #4232J

Happy Valentine’s Day: Penny Black 1344F

Joyeuse St-Valentin:  Bonnidée

Ink:  Black Archival ink (for image and greeting)

Red:  Distress ink Spun Sugar (to distress around stamped image)

Cardstock:  Red Bazzill cardstock for card base 5 ½ x 5 ½” and punched heart mat  

Pink Stardream for mat under heart mat.

White cardstock for stamping 

Note:  The images were colored with Copic Markers.

Punch:  All around the page Hearts:  Martha Stewart Corner:  MSC-PU-42-50006 and border: MSC-PU-42-40016

Some hearts were saved for gluing behind the heart cart.

Corner cloud punch:  We’r Memory Keepers (pink handle)

Mini corner rounder

Small square punch to do flag ends of greeting (technique I learned from Julie Ebersole in Clean and Simple Card class.

Red stickles for hearts

2 red gems for inside of wheels.

Thanks for your visit!  Merci de votre visite.

Another Valentine!

Here's another card with Meg and Tilly by MoManning, an image that she made for Penny Black.

I did them the same way as I did a few weeks ago, coloring only the flowers.  The card is just smaller (5 1/2 x 5 1/2).

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Supplies:

Stamp:  Penny Black Mo Manning Tom and Tilly  #40-098, stamped in Black archival ink

Cardstock:  Red cardstock for cardbase and matting, White Watercolour cardstock for stamping image.

Patterned paper:  K& Co. Seasonal pack

Flowers were colored with Copics markers.

3 little red hearts 

Stickles on flowers and little hearts.

Thanks for looking!  Merci de votre visite.

Happy Valentines' Day everyone

Happy Valentines' Day again!  I have a few more Valentines' cards to share.

I waited to the end for my favorite little Penny Black character..... you are right if you guessed Hedgehog!!!

Here he is:

the English card:

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et voici la même carte en français:

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Stamps:  Penny Blog Hedgehog Flight L.o.v.e #4229K

Penny Black Background “Delicate Pattern” #40-047 for circle and background of greeting, stamped with Spun Sugar Distress ink.

Cover-a-card by Impression Obsession“Damask” for background, stamp with Hero Arts Shadow ink Soft Pink

Cardstock:  Red cardstock and White cardstock for stamping

Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut circles (straight and scalloped)

The images were colored with Copic markers.

Scarlet satin ribbon 3/8” wide by MayArts

Diamond stickles for balloons and inside of white circle.

Note:  Greeting “Love is in the air” or "Y’a d’l’amour dans l’air” are computer generated

Thanks for visiting my blog,, Merci de votre visite!

Trifold card

I'll take time for posting just another card tonight (or should I say this morning...).

This is a card I made after viewing a video on Beate Jones blog here:

It is very well explained and easy to make.  I really enjoyed it...

Here is my card:

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The image is by Penny Black - I call him my 'I love you' cat...

He is "x-large love" #3611J.

I colored him with Copic markers.

The heart is cut with a Nestabilities die.

The little heart border is by Stampin'Up.

The patterned paper on top and the pink inside are Echo Park "Yours truly".

The pink and red cardstocks are Stampin'Up.

The Happy Valentine's Day is by Hero Arts C2967

I used a pearl brad from my collection - don't know the brand... 

The gems were cut down from a swirl (that I found at the Dollar store).

So now, here is a view of the card when it is opened (one layer only)....

The little I (heart) you is from a Hero Arts Clear set.

Here is the card fully opened:

And here is a closeup of our cute little? no, cute fat cat!

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The image was cut with a Spellbinders Rectangle Nestabilities.

The little slot on the right of the card, that creates the closure at the front is made with a discontinued Stampin'Up punch.

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Merci de votre visite.

Valentines for my kids

These are the Valentine's Day cards I made for my kids (Julie, Bobbie and Marissa).

I redid the chef's card for Bobbie and Marissa using different papers, but still Stampin'Up.

The stamp are all Stampin'up, the cardstock (Real Red and Pretty in Pink).

The papers are from the Hostess pad.

The red ink is Stampin'Up Classic Real Red.

The hearts were punched with the Stampin'Up 3-hearts punch.

The chef was paper pieced (Pants and scarf) and colored with Copics.

The bling is Stickles Diamond.

The scalloped circle and circle within were cut with Sizzix dies (the circle is the clear die exclusive to Stampin'Up.

The pink circle was embossed with Cuttlebug "Little hearts" folder.

The red bling is Kayser Crafts.

The second card for Julie is done with a stamped image I received in an exchange with my friends (so I can't remember the Company).

The image is colored with Copics, the glitter is done using a fine glue pen (Sakura Quickie Glue) and ultra fine glitter (Stampendous).

The paper is from Fancy Pants Vintage Valentine.

The ribbon is from my stash.

The little tag was punched with the new Stampin'Up "Jewellery tag" punch (from the new Occasions catalog).

The "Love" stamp is also from the same Catalog (Tiny Tags).

The brown CS is by Stampin'Up (Chocolate Chip).

The little hearts are "Hot fix embellishments" by Kandi (the glue is heat activated).

That's it for now.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! JOYEUSE ST-VALENTIN!

Louise

SU Club projects for January

Hello everyone! Tonight was Stampin'Up Club night. Another fun evening with my favorite crafting friends. (Désolée que tu ne pouvais être là Francine!) Thanks Arlene for having us - These little chocolates were delicious.... yummy!

These are the projects that we did:



This is a step card. Just love those. Have made a few already this week....Isn't the chef so cute with his tray of hearts! I saw this idea on a few cards on the web. I paper pieced his pants and scarf (I really like the effect this gives) and I put him on the Sizzix scallop circle.

Here are the supplies:
Stamp sets: A Happy Heart 111758, I (Heart) Hearts 118571, Voila (Chef)
Sizzix dies: Clear Circle and Scallop Circle, Dots Texture plate
Papers and Cardstocks:
Patterned paper: Sending Love Specialty 117153 (Occasions Mini 2010)
Cardstock: Real red and Pretty in Pink CS, White (heavy) CS for card base
Ink: Classic Real Red, Stazon for Chef
Markers: Blush Bloosom, Sahara Sand, Basic Black
Glue: 2way pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter Punches: Word window and 3 hearts punch
Big shot machine for Sizzix dies.

The second project is a scrapbook page:



I used the new stamp set from the Occasions catalog (Vintage Vogue).
And I found out that the larger flower matches the Sizzix die exclusive to Stampin'Up called Bird and blossoms.
It is a little difficult to fit in, even with the Stamp-a-mig... I need practice.
I also need to get a photo for this - I forgot my camera at home tonight....

Here are the supplies for this project:

Stamp sets: Vintage Vogue
Sizzix dies: Birds and flowers Sizzlets (to cut larger flower)
Papers and Cardstocks:
Patterned paper: Sweet pack 117161 (Occasions Mini 2010)
Cardstock: Bashful blue and So Saffon and Kraft 102 125 CS
Inks: Close to Cocoa Classic Ink
Glue: 2 way pen and Pop dots
Ribbon: So Saffron Gros Grain
Punch: Scallop punch (Free Sale-A-Bration item(
Brads: 5/8” neutral collection 112533, mini brads

Dimensions:
Page in Kraft: 8 x 8
Striped PP: 2 x 8
Reverse for blue: 1 x 8 (cut with new scallop punch – free Sale A Bration item)
Bashful blue: 4 ½ x 6 ½ for photo mat
So saffron: scraps for stamping


Thanks for your visit - Merci de visiter mon blog.

I am currently looking for interested people to start another Club night.
So if you are interested in doing projects like those shown above, email me (louisecharlton@videotron.ca).

et ne vous inquiètez pas, on parle français dans nos soirées Club!

A bientôt!

Louise

People I Love Book

This is a little book I made for a class I gave last week at the Pierrefonds Library.

It is made with a CD mailer. I was inspired by a project done by Patty. The center pages are attached to a little accordeon.

The papers on the cover are Making Memories and the papers inside are oops can't remember.... will come back.

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On the cover, I used the SU Top Note die, a Nestability die for the heart.

My brad was lilac, so I colored it with a marker and covered with Heat and Stick and Dazzling Diamond glitter.  The red strip was cut was SU scallop edge punch and stamped with an Hero Arts heart border stamp.  The text is computer generated and was cut with a Marvy scallop punch.  The ribbon is from the Paper Source from my trip to Washington in December.

Side view of the book.

The small hearts were punched with the new SU 3 hearts punch.

The big pink heart is cut with a Nestability die.

The corners were cut with a SU corner punch.

These two are my kids!  I'm so proud of them!

The pink rectangle is punched with a Marvy scallop punch.  The heart is again with a SU 3 hearts punch.  

And these two are my son Bobbie and his girlfriend Marissa.  She is a real sweettie!

And the photo on the right is almost all of my family and I'm very happy we could get together for a Christmas brunch.

This is my whole immediate family with our two sweetie dogs!  I love this photo, it was taken for Jim's birthday present last year.  I wrote a little note in the side pocket,  you can read it below if you want.

I'm hoping to have time to make one for each of my kids before Saturday.

Thanks for looking!  Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Stampin'Up Club Projects for January

We had a wonderful meeting on Friday night with my Club Ladies! They are the best! Thanks Francine T. for hosting!

These are the two projects we made:

We made a card: The technique demonstrated was to use Heat and Stick powder to add glitter all over our image (the two little birds). We also used the new 3 hearts punch for the hearts on the bottom right. The paper is the new Raspberry. So gorgeous! Every single sheet in the pack is gorgeous!


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I found this cute little pouch while surfing the web and can't remember where... Sorry about that.
It is made with the Sizzix Petal envelope die. I used 2 envelopes and a piece of cardstock 2 x 5 to create the bottom of the pouch! We filled a little cello bag with chocolates and closed it with the silver elastic thread.


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Stamped images are from the new Bundle of Love from SU.

I'll come back tomorrow to fill in all the colours, inks and stamps used.

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

CPS Challenge

I needed a challenge to get me creating. I visited the CPS website. This week's challenge was to use any of the past sketches. So I chose sketch no. 98

Here is the sketch:



Here is my card:


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Recipe:

Cardstock: Stampin'Up Chocolate Chip
Patterned Papers: Basic Grey new little 6 x 6 pad
Stamp: Penny Black for image and Stampin'up for greeting
Little red gel hearts (falling from the tree): Cloud 9 Designs
Inks and markers: Black ink is Brilliance Graphite Black, pink ink (around edges and for greeting) is Paper Trey new Palette Passion Pink. I also used Spica Atayou glitter pen in red to go over the hearts in the tree. You might not see it in the picture, but it gives a nice subtle shimmer.
Tools: Scallop border was done with SU Scallop Edge punch, the image was cut with Nestabilities straight and scallop ovals). I used Fiskar Corner rounder for the square mat and the corners of the card. The card base is embossed with Sizzix impression plate.

thanks for looking! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Stampin'Up January Club Meeting

These are the three projects I did for my Stampin'up group. Three was a little too long - next time we'll do two.... But it was fun though! We almost ran out of the chocolates before finishing the project, next time I'll have to buy double!




The "Thinking of you" card viewed by itself:



The "elephant" card by itself:



This card is not for St-Valentine, but a simple "Merci" card, because I wanted to show that this cute elephant can be used all year long.


And the chocolates:



Recipe:
Stamps: SU
Ink:
Paper/Cardstock:
Accessories:
Tools:

My Valentine's Day card for Jim

Love the Penny Black Hedgehog stamps!
This is a version of Anna Wight's sketch (SMDSC02)

Challenge on Beate's blog - WSC29

Beate is back with her Friday's challenge. See Beate's blog for challenge WSC29

I tried 2 cards. The first one, I was moving the circle part around and ended up using it at the top instead of over the image. I'm not sure if it stills qualifies for the challenge...

Here is the sketch

Here is my first try:

For the second one, I copied the sketch - I used a stamp I found in my mom's stamp collection. She died last year and I had found it difficult to use her things. I found this stamp again last week and since it was her favorite, I decided to make a late Christmas card with it (or really, it's early for next year....).

Thanks for looking!

Recipes:

Card no.1; Bkgrd CSL SU pink, real red textured, blue (sky) and smooth white.
Image colored with Copic markers and red Atayou spika marker. SU Real red marker, Black ink Stazon.
Punches: SU 1 3/8 and scallop circle. Marvy giga scallop square; SU ticket corner
Bkgrd embossing: Cuttlegug embossing folder (Hearts)
Su large wheel flowers with pink ink.
Su stamps: New Valentine stamp from SU.

Card no. 2: Stamps: Stamp Happen and Hero Arts (saying)
Ink: Stazon and real red marker SU
Colored with Copic markers and Spika Atayou markers, Prismacolor Gold marker.
Sparkle: Stickles
Prism perrlescent cardstock; prism white smooth cardstock.
Printed paper: from Christmas card kit: ADV (Accent de ville).