Summer Card Camp Week one Challenge

Hi there!


I am trying to slowly get back into my stamping.... my own, not preparing classes, which is what I have been doing mainly for the last few months.  Time for me!!!


I am participating in the Summer Card Camp with Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner.
The challenge this first week is to do a card with these colours:

Because it was a very busy weekend after all (Jim retired on Thursday and I celebrated my birthday on Friday and we are still very busy continuing to plant in our garden renovation... (I will show photos when it is all completed)), Anyway I did a very quick card....

Here it is:

I misplaced my camera,  so I had to scan, that's why the glitter looks funny.... and it is slightly out of focus in the lower corner....

I used the flowers from the Basic Grey set Sweet Threads (CG309).

I used Nick Bantock Rose Madder ink and Color Box chalk Wisteria.

The cardstock are from a DCWV pad.

The "Hello" is from set "Happy Day Animals" from Hero Arts (CL153).

The little tag was punched with a Fiskar punch. And the ribbon is Stampin'Up Pumpkin Pie.I also used a gem from Hero Arts Hero Hues Dots.

Thanks for looking!

Merci de visiter mon blog!

Merry Christmas

Here is another Christmas card, made with Penny Black stamps, for the Penny Black Weekend Challenge

The challenge was to use a Penny Black stamp and to have snow on your card.

And for the November challenge at "Penny Black at Allsorts" here:

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/2010/11/november-challenge.html
The challenge there was "It's starting to look like Christmas".

Please note that my little hedgehogs don't have such a red face in real life - must be the lighting....

Thanks for visiting my blog.  Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Challenge card for Virginia L.

Virginia, whom I met on the Hero Arts Blog, is having a challenge on her blog

This is the card that I made - I also made it to send to Jennifer McGuire for her sick kids card drive.

The stamp is a very old Penny Black, colored with Copics on K & Co. patterned paper.

The orange felt flower is by WeRMemoryK. The ribbon is from my stash and the saying is an Hero Arts stamp. The border is cut with Fiskar border punch.

Thanks for your visit. Merci de visiter mon blog.

Louise

Swap for SU Club meeting

Tonight was our Stampin'uP Club meeting. Josée S. chose our swap theme. We had to follow this ketch using SU products and use some sewing (real or fake).

Here is the sketch:



Here is my card:


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Most of the supplies are Stampin'up except for the Navy blue Shimmer CS.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Challenges

Started this card a while back, and realized that I could use it for two challenges, so I got if finished, well almost...
I meant to work on the grass (just saw a terrific tutorial on Splitcoaststampers by Paula Williams.).
I don't have time to do more on my grass now, even though it needs lots of improvement, but the rest is not bad....

So this card is for the Bella Challenge (something kids related) and for the Copic challenge (coloring in black).

So here is my card (the punched borders are done with MS punches).


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thanks for visiting my blog. Merci de votre visite.

Et un gros merci pour tous vos gentils commentaires sur mes dernières entrées. Bien apprécié et merci de votre patience.

Many thanks for all the nice comments on my last few posts. Very much appreciated! Thanks for your patience.

Louise

This week's challenge on Hero Arts

This week's challenge by Jennifer McGuire on the Hero Arts Blog is to colour an image! Can you imagine! My card from yesterday would fit in exactly. Colouring is my favorite thing to do! I have so many images coloured and ready to be made in a card.... some of them have been coloured for years and are still waiting :( I find colouring so therapeutic - I love to colour with my Copics, my Trias or my Prismacolor crayons. I also like to watercolour, but not so much lately.

Anyway, I couldn't wait to make another card. (Actually I colored 2 images, hopefully the second image will make it into a card also....)

I love the Hero Arts flower bunches - I must own 10 different flower bouquet stamps. So here is a different one from what I used yesterday. I coloured the image with Copics. I cut the image with Nestabilities and ink the edges of the ovals while it was still in the Nestability die. (I used Tim Holtz Linen Distress ink and a stiff brush).

The ribbon is from my stash. The CS is Bazzill. The patterned paper is Basic Grey Lemonade (the 6 x 6 pad).

The greeting is also by Hero Arts stamped in Memento Brown ink (I also inked the edges with the Memento Brown ink pad). It was cut with SU Oval punch.

The pearls are by KaiserCrafts.


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You can go the Flickr website to see more Hero Arts Samples.

(and Thanks to Jennifer McGuire for this great challenge!). I also met Jennifer at CHA in the Hero Arts booth. I'll post photos later...

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Hero Arts - Mail it challenge

So the holidays are almost over - Jim goes back to work tomorrow! I'll have to get back to my regular schedule and catch on all my websites surfing, my Stampin'Up business and I have many classes to prepare!

To get back into things, I visited the Hero Arts Website today to find out what the challenge was for this week. It is to make a card to mail to someone. So I have many overdue Thanks yous and Birthday cards to do, so here is one down, many more to go.... LOL

This is an old Hero Arts stamp, but still one of my favorite. I coloured the image with my Copics markers (I always coloured with watercolors before, but I can of like the Copics results).

I have put gems in the center of the flowers and glitter on the little branches between the flowers, but it might not show very much on the picture.


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The picture was taken with flash so it is a little bright - sorry. The base cardstock is Gina K. Designs cs, very thick! I love it for card bases. It was embossed with a Sizzix folder (not plate, but their new folders). The only problem is that it is smaller and leaves a mark in the middle when you do the second pass. I put a ribbon on the mark to hide it. I also put a strip of patterned paper on the left to hide the little gap because the folder did not quite make it across my card. The pp was cut with the SU scallop border punch. The 2 lilac patterned papers are by Stampin'Up (almost amethyst I think). The bling in the flowers is Hero Arts, so are the mini pearls on the butterfly. The butterfly is a Hero Arts stamp (comes in a group of 4). The ink is Kaleidoscope ink (on the butterfly and greeting). The glitter is SU Dazzling Diamonds.

The "Hi There" is also an Hero Arts stamps (clear stamp).

The ribbon is from Michaels.

I cut around the flower pot as described by Sally on the Hero Arts Blog. Fun technique! Hi Sally! I met Sally at the Hero Arts Booth at CHA. Such a nice lady! Wish I had had more time to sit and chat!

I think that's it for this card!

Thanks for your visit. Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Scapbook Page Eliana - Hero Arts Challenge

A scrapbook page for this week's Hero Arts Diecuts challenge.


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The cutie in the photo is my niece Emilie's little daughter Eliana.

Here are the details of the page:

The Hero Arts blog challenge called for Diecuts and stamps, especially diecuts from Quickutz.

I used the large bracket from Quickutz. I cut it in Bazzill pink shimmer CS. (on left of page)

I cut the letters and butterfly with my Cricut machine.

The letters were cut in Stampin'Up! Rose Red cardstock, then overstamped with Hero Arts Polka Dots mini stamps (LL966).

The 3 flowers around the photos were stamped with Versafine ink and the stamps are Hero Arts Fancy Flowers LL946. The pearls are also by Hero Arts.

The butterfly (cut with Cricut) was cut from Bazzill pink Cs and oversprayed with Tattered Angels glimmer mist in Old Rose. The bling is from Kayser Krafts and the bubbles are from the Dollorama.

The border in the middle of the page was cut with Martha Stewart Lace Border punch. All 3 papers are by K & Co.

The ribbon is Papertrey Inc.

I think that's all....

Thanks for looking.

Louise

Bellarific Friday May 29th

I haven't been a very good poster lately. Came back from Connecticut last week, spent Friday preparing for my Saturday class. Spent the whole day doing the 2 classes on Saturday, then left immediately for Toronto to pick up furniture at my BIL's. Thought I could take the time to stop by the Bella Store, but we left too late....

So all that to stay that I haven't been making many cards.... Did some coloring in the car though, so hopefully I'll be able to put new cards together soon.

The last card I made was for the Bellarific Friday on Stamping Bella's Blog.

The challenge was to make a card following this sketch:

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Here is my card:

I colored the image using Copics, and I applied the glitter using Linda Heavens' technique, with a fine glue pen. I really like the look.

You can see all the other entries on the blog here

Thanks for your visit! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

CPS #116

It has been a while since I've done a card for the Card Positioning System challenge. This week (CPS #116)  is being sponsored by Bella Stamps. I should really have used a Bella Stamp, but I just finished coloring this Whipper Snapper Designs image, and it's pretty cute, so I though I'd use it. Besides, there is a Bella Challenge due for tomorrow, and I just received my new Bella Stamps, so I'll try to do a Bella card for tomorrow.

You can find the CPS challenge here.

This is the sketch:



This is my card - note that I have reversed the sketch sideways:


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The image is Sofia by Whipper Snapper Designs, coloured with Copics and shaded with Prismacolor crayons.  I have raised it with foam dots (SU dimentionals).

The pink cardstock is SU Pretty in Pink and the yellow glittered cardstock is by DCWV.  So are the glittered pattern papers.

The yellow border is cut with a Martha Stewart punch.  The buttons are Basic Grey.

That's it!  Thanks for looking!  Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Bellarific Friday challenge (May 15th)

Just a quick share!  Here is the card I made for the last Bellarific Friday on Stamping Bella's Blog.

The challenge was to make a card with gold and bling.

Here is my card:

and a little closeup:




You can see all the other entries on the blog here

Thanks for your visit! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Swap Card for Stampin'Up May Club Meeting

Our theme this month (thanks Amy!) was to make a Birthday card, that has buttons and ribbons.

Notre swap pour notre CLub SU de mai était de faire une carte de fête et d'utliser des rubans et des boutons.

This is what I made: 

Voici la carte que j'ai faite.

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I have photos of all the other beautiful swap cards. I'll show them tomorrow.
J'ai les photos de toutes les autres cartes échangées.  Je les montrerai demain.

Here's the recipe for my card: (all supplies are by SU)

Voici la recette de ma carte (toutes les fournitures sont de SU, à moins d'indication contraire)

Stamps: SU Level 2 Hostess set (retired), Greeting: Very Versatile SU set (Mini Occasions brochure)
Patterned Papers: SU Sale-a-bration Delicate Dots DSP (retired)

Ribbon:  SU Sale-a-bration ribbon in Certainly Celery (retired)

Cardstock:  So Saffron and Certainly Celery

Tools:  Scallop Edge Punch

Buttons:  Foo-fa-la bag of buttons

The image was colored with Copics markers.

L'image a été colorée avec les marqueurs Copics.

The butterfly was glittered with SU Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

J'ai mis du brillant Dazzling Diamonds de SU sur le papillon.

The image and mat were cut with Nestabilities.

L'image et le passe-partout ont été coupés avec les Nestabilities

The edges of the image were sponged with SU Wild Wasabi (retired)

Le pourtour de l'image a été épongé avec l'encre SU Wild Wasabi (retirée)

Thanks for looking!  Merci de votre visite.

Gina K Designs Irises card

A little birthday card I made ....

I used the new StampTV kit by Gina K Designs. (Just click on the Stamp TV blinkie on the side panel to visit). It is a fun site, with videos, tutorials and lots of information.

I decided to use my Prismacolor and gamsol to colour these. I need practice!

Here is the card:



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Recipe:

Stamp set: Gina K. Designs (Flowers and Birthday wishes)
Inks and colours: India Ink, Prismacolor crayons, Taltine (Like Gamsol)
Embellishments: Pearls: Kaiser, Ribbon: Omer de Serres
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Papers: DCWV
Tools: Nestabilities (Classic and Scalloped Circles), Stamping Up punches (ribbon slot and oval)

Thanks for your visit. Merci de votre visite.

(I didn't forget the blog candy - just trying to find something suitable)
Je n'ai pas oublié le bonbon... je veux trouver quelque chose de spécial...)

Hero Arts Weekly Challenge - Shapes

A card for the shape challenge on the Hero Arts Blog (click on the blinkie on the right column to visit the blog).

I'm not sure if it shows or not, but this is a "straw hat" with a little wreath of flowers.... The flowers were stamped in shadow ink and colored with Copics. Then they were glued with pop dots around the crown of the hat. The yellow bow is SU ribbon. (The hat is about 5" diameter). Also, I embossed the front of the card with SU/Sizzix dots embossing plate.


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Thanks for looking!

Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts S5135 Outline flowers
CS: Kraft SU
Ribbon SU SAB ribbon
Inks: Hero Arts shadow ink and Copics markers
Tools: SU Sizzix dots embossing plate (set #1); Fiskar circle cutter
SU Dimensionals (pop dots)