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...)

Shimmerz paints

I have discovered the new Shimmerz glitter paints recently! Found their blog from a link on Cambria Turnbow's blog. You can win some jars of Shimmerz by leaving on comment on their blog. Tell them I sent you!

Go there for a chance to win some glitter paints!

I haven't try them yet, but as soon as I get a chance I will...

Thanks for visiting! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Hero Arts Home Decorating Challenge

I like to do the challenges on the Hero Arts Blog. Last week, the theme was home decorating. I got this new Sizzix die to use with my new Stampin Up Big Shot. (By the way if anyone who reads this is interested in buying my Turquoise and Black Big Shot, email me (louisecharlton@videotron.ca).

So my new die is a cube. I cut the cube out of thin chipboard. I also cut it out of Christmas Decorative paper. I covered the chipboard with it. I stamped the circles with Hero Arts Christmas stamps. I stamped the Hero Arts border on a piece of maroon CS. I scalloped the bottom edge and applied it all around the cube. When I assembled the box, I had to leave the top open to be able to put a hole in the cover for the ribbon, but then it is difficult to glue shut. The tabs don't stay straight. I will have to test this and find a better way to close the box.

Anyway here is my cube! Hoping to do a few of these with the letters N O E L . I will definetely play with this again!

(The white dots are Stickles pearl).





Recipe:

Stamps: Hero Arts swirls; Hero Arts Christmas wishes.
Papers and CS: Prism CS, SU CS (Kiwi kiss); Around the Block Decorative Papers (a few years old)
Inks: Palette Black ink; Stickles pearl paint.
Ribbon: unknown (from my stash)
Tools: Sizzix Cube die; SU scallop border punch, SU Circle scallop and circle punches; Marvy Scallop punch.

Thanks for visiting my blog; Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Ribbons and Lace and pearls oh my!

A card I made for this week's challenge on the Hero Arts Blog: Make a holiday card in the "Shabby and chic" style using ribbons, pearls and lace.
Here is my version:



I used patterned paper that I won last year on Terry Conrad's blog (can't seem to find her blog anymore...). The paper is doubled sided and so beautiful! I have been saving it, but this seems to be a good reason to use it. (Webster's Pages, Ting-a-Ling collection).

I also used some shimmery red CS from my stash (Prism), and some new CS from SU, Baja Breeze. I embossed the red CS with a Cuttlebug die and cut swirls and snowflakes (also Cuttlebug dies). The oval are Nestabilities and I applied a little bit of Adirondak dabber in aqua (a yummy color) on the edge of the red. The blue oval edges were scrapped lightly with the edges of my scissors. The ribbons are some that I have been saving also: BoBunny Bella Journee. The pearls and bling are Hero Arts and so is the "delight" stamp. The edge of the blue border with cut with Fiskars mini scallop scissors.

The Decorative paper was ripped and cut even with the right edge of my card.

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

Louse

Another Hero Arts Challenge Card

Where does the time go? I've been so busy that I had no time to update my blog!

My friend Josée told me last night that I was a bit delinquent with my entries! Tiens Josée, juste pour toi!!!

Here is another card I made for the Hero Arts interactive card challenge. This is a "copy" of the design of the card my husband gave me for my birthday.

Here is the front of the card. You can see the 2 folds....




Here is the card with the folds open:



Recipe:
CS: Fabriano Accademia Watercolour paper
Stamps: All the Stamps used are by Hero Arts
Ink: Stampin'Up! inks and markers.
Coloring: The flowers in the garden at the bottom and the butterflies have been colored with chalks (Craft-T Products)
I used stickles Diamond on the flower on the bottom left.


Thanks for looking!

New Hero Arts Challenge

I can't believe it's already been a week since I posted.... It has been a busy week!

Time for another Hero Arts Challenge! I'm glad to say that my entry for the challenge last week was selected as one of the Honorable mentions! I'm very happy!!! You can see my entry in the post just below this one...

The challenge by Jennifer McGuire this week was to make an interactive card. So I thought what better interaction can we get than in a Never Ending Card...? So that's what I did again... The tutorial for making these is in one of my earlier posts here.

So here is my card this time:

The front:


The first level:


The second level


and the back.


The recipe:


Stamps: All Hero ARts...
Cardstock and papers: Kraft cardstock - unknow (from my stash - old stuff); Basic Grey Periphery
Inks: Basic Grey Stone gray; Memento Potters Clay; Prismacolor crayons for owl; Cerulean Azure Ink (Nick Bantock Collection; Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Peeled paint; Twinklette glitter marker
Tools: All night Media Scallop scissors, Score-Pal; Fiskars Paper Cutter;
Embellishments: Hero Arts Bling;

Thanks for looking!

Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Yeah!! I won - twice!!!!

Wow this is my week!!! Found out this weekend that I won first place in the photo contest in the "thing" catagory for the Scrapbook and Cards Magazine. This is the photo that won - I took it at a market in Frieburg Germany last October.



I'm so excited!!! You can see the announcement here. They now have a blog also - go visit - they have a huge contest, you can win a Quickutz Revolution.

And I just found out now that I won 3rd place on the Hero Arts blog for the weekly challenge on "Two ways to use it". You can see my blog entry on it here: One stamp - Two ways (Hero Arts Blog Challenge). Lucky me!!! Maybe I will buy a 6-49 ticket this weekend!!!

Ah well sorry for bragging.... this doesn't happen too often!! and certainly not twice in the same week!

Again thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de venir visiter mon blog!

Louise