Bellarific Friday June 5th

Here is my card for this week's challenge on the Bella blog:



Just short and sweet today - got lots to do!

Thanks for your visit! Merci de votre visite.


Louise

Stampin'UP! butterflies Thanks

Here is card entirely Stampin'Up (to say thank you to a future hostess...).

I have used the beautiful Parisian Breeze Paper and Baja Breeze cardstock (soon to be retired = too bad, I just love that blue).

The butterflies have been stamped in Chocolate Chip brown craft ink and embossed with Iridiscent Ice embossing powder.
The corduroy button is Baja Breeze and the punches are SU large oval and scalloped oval. The greeting is a SU mini kit, and sorry to say to it will be retired also. Too bad, it was a good buy.

Here is my card:



and here is a closeup of the butterflies:



(You can always click on the image to view bigger)

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Fantastic Blog Candy

This lady Bev, from the UK is celebratin 300,000 hits! (Amazing!) and she has a fantastic blog candy.
She says that she will ship all over the world!! So go visit her here for a chance to win this fabulous prize:




Good luck! Bonne chance!

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

Stamping Bella Bellarific Challenge Friday May 22nd

Sorry for not posting.... I've been away on a Miata trip to the US to the Lime Rock Race Track - even did a Parade Lap of the track. What fun! If you are interested, you can see the video that my husband downloaded on Youtube here. (I was the photographer - not bad for a little cheapy camera...)

Miata at Lime Rock Parade Lap

I haven't done anything new since last Friday, so here is the card I made for the last Bellarific Friday on Stamping Bella's Blog.

The challenge was to make a card following this sketch:

Here is my card:

This photo was taken outside in the sunshine, it's brighter but the shadows are funny....

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I colored the image with Copics as usual and did a little stiching.  

The greeting was done on the computer and the bubbles are from the Dollar Store.

You can see all the other entries on the blog here

Thanks for your visit! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Another Watercoloured Fifth Avenue Rose

I loved this technique so much that I did a few more cards right away.

This one was for a Sympathy card... 

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It was coloured mainly with "pink reinkers", Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette and Real Red, which I found out has very "fushia" base.

The card base is Baja Breeze cardstock. The rest is all the same from my previous post here.

Thanks for looking! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

SU Club Project for May

Here are the two projects that we did last week for our May SU Club.

I was very inspired by Patty Bennett's interpretation and tutorial video of the Fifth Avenue Rose. So beautiful!
We really enjoyed doing them at the Club get-together.

So here is my interpretation of the watercoloured Fifth Avenue Rose:



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The stamp is Stampin'Up Fifth Avenue Florals (113734), stamped in SU White Craft Ink, then embossed with SU White Embossing Powder on SU Shimmer White CS.

The image is watercoloured with SU reinkers. I used: Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Pink Pirouette and retired Groovy Guava and another retired pale yellow (I need to get more reinkers....).

The card base is SU Pretty in Pink Cardstock, embossed with SU Sizzix Texturz plates Background #1 (diamonds).

The patterned paper is a Walk in the Park from the Occasions Mini and it is punched with the Martha Stewart lace border, because I have misplaced my SU eyelet border punch.... 

The ribbon is the new White Satin, also found in the Occasions Mini.  

The beautiful white lined paper under the rose is SU Taste of Textiles (unfortunately, this patterned paper is not included in the current Buy 3 get 1 free patterned/cardstock special that Stampin'Up is having at the moment - but all the others are...).

This patterned paper was cut with SU exclusive Sizzix die Top Note.

The leaves (in SU Cardstock Kiwi Kiss) was cut with Sizzix Sizzlits Little leaves (114511).

That's it!

Now for our second project, we did a 8 x 8 scrapbook page.

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It still needs a photo and the "family" rectangle was just for reminding us about a title. I intend to diecut some letters in Kiwi Kiss to write the word "Family".

The background CS is SU So Saffron.  The patterned paper is SU Good Morning Sunshine (113966) brown and blue flowers and another pattern from the same package in yellow for the flower.  The green flower is kiwi kiss and cut with Sizllits Cut and emboss Flower blossom (114530).  The yellow flower is a Chipboard from the chipboard package Batch of Blooms.  The leaves were die cut in Kiwi Kiss with the Sizzlits die Birds and Blooms.  The bird was diecut in Choco Chip SU cardstock with the same Slizzlits die Birds and Blooms. 

The green brad in the yellow flower is SU Kiwi Kiss curdory buttons (114338) and the brown brad is from the Jumbo Brads Neutral assortments (112533).

The photo mat is SU cardstock Pacific Point and the right edge is cut with the scallop edge punch from SU.

That's all!  Thanks for your visit!  Merci de votre visite!

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

Cards from SU Club Swap

Here are the cards made by the ladies of my SU Club for our last get-together.

The theme was to make a Birthday card using buttons and ribbons.  Some of them forgot the buttons or ribbon, but the cards are all beautiful!

Voici les cartes faites par les membres de mon Club SU, pour notre rencontre de vendredi dernier (rencontre de mai).  

Notre thème était de faire une carte de fête et d'utiliser des rubans et boutons.  Elles n'ont pas toutes utilisé les 2, mais les cartes sont toutes magnifiques.

There is Josée S' card:

La carte de Josée S.

Francine T

Francine P

Amy

and our new member Susan (Welcome Susan)

et d'une petite nouvelle Susan (bienvenue dans notre groupe Susan)

Thanks for your visit!  Merci de votre visite.

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.

New Class at Bonnidée - Nouveau cours chez Bonnidée

Pour celles qui sont dans la région de Montréal, voici mon prochain cours chez Bonnidée.  Je crois qu'il reste encore quelques places si vous désirez vous inscrire.

C'est ce samedi, le 16 mai  13h30.  Vous pouvez téléphoner à la boutique (Bonnidée, (70 Bord du Lac - Lakeshore Rd., Pointe-Claire, Quebec, H9S 4K9, 514-697-1184)

For those of you in the Montreal region, this is my next class at Bonnidée.  I think that there is a few spaces left, (it is this Saturday, May 16th, at 1:30 pm), so please call the store if you are interested ((Bonnidée, 70 Bord du Lac - Lakeshore Rd., Pointe-Claire, Quebec, H9S 4K9, 514-697-1184).

Voici la carte que nous ferons - c'est une "carte-sans-fin".  On fait une carte pour pratiquer et une autre carte que l'on décore avec divers papers et étampes.  Une étampe de fond est inclus dans le prix du cours.  

This is the card that we will make.  It is the "Never-ending-card".  We will do one blank card to practice and a second card that we will decorate with patterned papers and stamps.  A Hero Arts background stamp is included in the cost of the class.

Pour plus de détails, voir le site de Bonnidée ici.

For more details, visit the Bonnidée web site here.

Voici une photo de la section du dessus (la carte a 4 sections).

Here is a photo of the top section of card (it has 4 sections).

Je serais bien heureuse de vous voir dans mon cours!  

I'd be very happy to have you join me to make this card!

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Bella Challenge

The challenge on the Bella Blog last week was to make a Birthday card.

Here is the card that I made:


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I did not win.... If you want to see all the entries for this challenge, go here. There is a lot of beautiful cards - lots of inspiration.

Recipe for my card:

Stamp:  Bella Cuppycake with a HUGGABUGG on top and greeting: Bella 

Cardstock:  SU Pink Pirouette and Bazzill Green Bling CS

Patterned Paper:  Die-cut-with-a-view

Image stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and Colored with Copics Markers

Bling on cupcake:  Heat and bond and Art Institute Fine Crystal Glitter

Pink bling on Antennas:  Heidi Swapp

Tools:  Images cut with Nestabilities; border cut with Martha Stewart Lace Border Punch; Background embossed with Fiskars Mini Hearts Embossing folder.

Mini Tag:  Sizzix mini tags

Ribbon:  SU sale-a-bration gift (discontinued)

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Friday Sketchers Challenge

I found a new blog with challenges.  It is called Friday Sketchers.  They are celebrating their first year anniversary and have a special challenge.  I just got a few new Stampavie stamps, so a challenge is all I needed to use them...

The challenge is here

Here is my card:

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The Stampavie image is stamped with Memento black Tuxedo ink and colored with Copics.  I shaded with Prismacolors and Gamsol.  The Lollipop is covered with Clear Glaze and there is a little bit of glitter.  The cardstock is Bazzill polka dots and regular cardstock.  The patterned papers are the new Basic Grey Wisteria.  The flowers are Prima, the little flowers bling are Hero Arts and the bling brads are from Dollorama.  The images and the scalloped squares were cut with Nestabilities.  The corner rounder is Fiskar.  That's it!  

Thanks for visiting my Blog.  Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Friends / amies

On Tuesday, I was having a bad day... I decided to try to make a card to relax. Coloring is very therapeutic.  Well it was an upside down day.... even in my cardmaking...  Good thing it is a fixable booboo... I spent enough time on it... (I'll cut the front off and remount it on another blank card).

Here is the card the way it should look like....

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The stamp is by Inky Antics colored with Copics and Prismacolor crayons, the patterned paper is Basic Grey Lime Rickey. The flowers are by Little Yellow Bicycle.

Thanks for looking. Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Bellarific Friday challenge

This is the card that I made for last week's Bellarific Friday challenge. You can go here on Bella's Blog to see all the other entries (I did not win :(

Voici une carte que j'ai faite pour le challenge du vendredi sur le site de Bella.  Vous pouvez aller voir ici - il y a beaucoup de belles contributions... mais je n'ai pas gagné.... :(

The stamp is Felix Ketto with a flower.  Since I don't have a cat, I goggled cat photos and tried to do something whimsical - not sure it worked! Then I ran into trouble with my saying, was just a little too narrow.... Oh well...

L'étampe que j'ai utlisée s'appelle Felix Ketto with a flower (Felix Ketto avec une fleur).  Comme je n'ai pas de chat pour m'inspirer, je suis allée sur google pour trouver des photos de chat et j'ai essayé de faire un petit chat fantaisiste - pas sûre.... Et puis j'ai eu des problèmes avec le souahit - juste un petit peu trop étroit... ah ben..

As usual, I colored the image with Copics, I sponged the background with orange ink.  I cut the image with Spellbinders circles.  I used my new little 6 x 6 pad of Basic Grey papers Lime Rickey - so colorful.  The yellow cardstock is SU yoyo yellow.

Comme d'habitude, j'ai coloré l'image avec mes marqueurs Copics.  J'ai épongé le fond avec de l'encre orangée.  J'ai découpé l'image avec les cercles Spellbinders.  J'ai utilisé mon nouveau papier de Basic Grey 6 x 6 qui s'appelle Lime Rickey - tellement coloré!  Le carton jaune Yoyo jaune de SU.

The saying is also a Bella stamp.  To finish off, I put gems in Felix' flower and little small ones in the circle of the paper.  I love bling!  

Le souhait est aussi une étampe Bella.  Pour finir, j'ai mis une pierre brillante sur la fleur de Félix et plusieurs autres pierres plus petites sur les ronds du papier.  J'adore les brillants - hein Julie... :)

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Thanks for visiting my blog!  Merci de votre visite!

Louise

WSC79

Just a quick post:



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Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

WSC78 Challenge

A quick post:  A birthday card for a friend.  The layout follows the WSC78 sketch challenge on Sharon Harnist's blog.


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Thanks for looking.  Merci de votre visite.

Louise

April SU Club Projects

Here are the projects we did for April in my SU club.  I had the idea of doing a scrapbook page instead of a card for this session and my friends seem to be happy with this.  So we'll try it.  After doing the page, our hostess Francine, took a photo of our group and printed a copy for each of us.  I will show you the page with the photo on in another post (I still have to scan it...).

 The second project was done using the new SU Sizzix matchbox die and the new acetate window.  I punched out the acetate (a little bigger than the punched out circle on the box) and stamped on it - really like it!  I did the page exactly as it was in the new mini Occasions brochure.  Love those colours and the new Walk in the Park patterned paper.  I sure will buy more of this paper!  I love Baja Breeze and Choco chip brown together.

So here is the page and second project.

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This is a closeup of the box:

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Bella's weekly blog colour challenge- Le défi du blog Bella

Voici ma carte pour le défi du blog Bella de cette semaine: (L'image que j'ai envoyée a été prise dans le soleil et est trop ombragée. Celle-ci est beaucoup plus claire).

Click on image to view bigger.  Cliquez sur l'image pour voir plus gros

N'hésitez pas à aller visiter le blog de Bella - il y a tellement de belles cartes. Le défi de cette semaine est ici. Et souhaitez moi Bonne Chance, parce que la carte qui sera choisie recevra un certificat cadeau de $20. Vous pouvez aussi courir la chance de gagner $20 en laissant un commentaire suite aux images sur le blog de Bella. Cliques sur le mot "comments" à la fin de l'entrée, suite aux images, ou si vous cliquez sur le lien que je vous indiqué plus haut (sur le mot ici), cliquez sur les mots "Leave a response" vers le milieu de l'écran.

Merci de visiter mon blog!        Thanks for your visit!

Louise

SU Swap cards - Cartes SU pour swap

Note:  This card was not made by me, but by my friend Arlene!  Cette carte a été faite par mon amie Arlene:

Voici une carte faite par mon amie Arlene, pour notre dernière rencontre Club de Stampin'Up.  Le thème était une carte avec du "vert" pour le printemps.

Here is a card made by my friend Arlene, for our latest SU Club meeting Swap.  Our theme was "a card with green" to bring back Spring.

Isn't this a beautiful card.  I always love Arlene's cards, there so original!

Les étampes sont de SU. 

The stamps are by Stampin'Up.

This is the card that I made for the swap.  I wasn't too happy with the coloring, but because I spent a long time doing it, I used it anyway!

Voici la carte que j'ai faite pour le même swap.  Je n'étais pas trop contente du coloriage (le lapin a l'air rose.. ), mais comme j'y ai passé beaucoup de temps, je l'ai utilisé quand même.

Recette/Recipe:

Stamp:  SU retired hostess set, papers and CS, also SU, the ribbon is the new Sale-a-bration ribbon (now also retired).  Colored with Copics.

Thanks for visiting my blog.  

Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Sympathy Card - carte de sympathie

A Sympathie card I just made for a friend who just lost her mother...

Une carte de sympathie pour une amie qui vient de perdre sa mère....



Recipe / Recette:
Stamps: Flowers: Sunshine Designs (SD CSD038J) Text: unknown (old stamp from my stash)
Cardstock / Patterned Paper: PP: Reminisce (Easter Swirls), CS Bazzill; white card base: Gina K Designs 120 lb CS; Yellow is backside of Purple Reminisce
Inks/markers: Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, SU Purple ink for saying: Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink
ribbon: May Arts
Brads: Making Memories
Tools: Nestabilities Classic and Scalloped Rectangles; Punch:  SU Key Tag Punch

Merci de visiter mon blog!  Thanks for your visit.

Louise

New class - Nouveau cours

This is a class I gave at Bonnidée last week.  I will give it again.  If you live nearby and are interested, contact Bonnidée (or me).

Voici un cours que j'ai donné chez Bonnidée la semaine dernière.  Si vous demeurez dans le coin et que vous êtes intéressée, communiquez avec Bonnidée ou moi-même.

C'est une boîte Origami avec des petites cartes.  La boîte fait un super cadeau d'hôtesse.  On peut y mettre des cartes, des chandelles, des chocolats, n'importe quel petit cadeau...

This is an Origami box containing 4 little cards.  The box also makes a great hostess gift.  You can fill it with cards, candles, chocolates, anything small that fits in...

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I used the beautiful Basic Grey Papers Porcelain and Hero Arts stamps.  

J'ai utilisé les beaux papiers Basic Grey Porcelain et des étampes par Hero Arts.

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Joyeuses Pâques - Happy Easter

Joyeuses Pâques à vous toutes! J'espère que vous avez célébré en famille et mangé un peu de chocolat!

Happy Easter to everyone. I hope that you visited with family and got to eat some chocolate!

Here is an Easter Card I made for a friend. She saw the original version of this card and loved it, so I made another one for her. (Hi Madeleine...  :)   )

Une carte de Pâques que j'ai faite suite à la requête d'une amie. (elle a vu l'autre version de cette même carte et l'aimait beaucoup. Alors je lui en ai faite une.... )

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Recette/Recipe:

Stamps:  Whipper Snapper Design

Paper/cardstock:  Paper:  Making Memories, CS: Diecutwithaview

Buttons:  AutumnLeaves 

Tools:  Nestabilities (scalloped and classic rectangles); Sewing machine; EK Success border punch (scallop on right edge of card)

Inks:  image Memento Tuxedo black; copics markers

Thanks for looking!  Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

New Sarah Kay

Une petite nouvelle Sarah Kay! 

Cliquez sur l'image pour voir en plus gros.

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L'image est colorée avec mes Copics.  Le papier est de Pinecone Press.  L'image ovale est coupée avec les Nestabilities. La bordure est découpée avec le "punch" Fiskar "Eyelet border".

The image is colored with my Copic markers.  The paper is from Pinecone Press.  The white border is punched with Fiskar Eyelet border punch.

Thanks for your visit and Happy Easter.  Merci de visiter mon blog et Joyeuses Pâques!

Louise

Blog candy - Cadeau Anniversaire

Désolée le message pour le tirage a été posté par erreur - pas de tirage tout de suite....

Sorry, the message about the draw was posted by mistake, no draw right now....


Louise

Bella's weekly blog colour challenge

There was another challenge this week on Bella's blog.

Love the colours for this challenge. Here is the challenge photo:



Here is the card I made, using one of my new Ketto stamps. This one is Phoebe Ketto. I think that these Kettos are so original. Love them!
Anyway I had fun doing this one!


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Here is a closeup of the image to view all the glitter (from the Atayou Spica pens and glitter dots on the patterned paper).



and here is a photo of the back of the card. I used SEI glittered Patterned paper as my card base. It is so pretty! and the inside of the card is pretty too!


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I also used one new Nestabilities die, the Dahlia (in bright yellow). And I tried one of the techniques that I learned in Toronto from Kim of Spellbinders (such a nice lady by the way! - I had a lot of fun in her class..). So instead of cutting with just one die, you cut with 2 consecutive dies in the serie to make rings. Ask me if you want more info - I'll take photos to show in details.... (only if anyone reads this and cares to know....)...

Here is the recipe for the card:

Stamps: Stamping Bella: Phoebe Ketto, Fantabulous day 
Inks and colours: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics markers, Atayou spica glitter markers
Papers: SEI Mimosa glitter patterned papers
Cardstock:  Stampin'Up Yoyo yellow, tangerine tango and retired wild wasabi.
Tools:  Nestabilities Dahlia and classic squares.
Embellishments:  American Crafts yellow velvet ribbon and Kaiser mini pink pearls

Thanks for coming! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Bella stamps Blog Challenge

Just realized that I forgot to share this:

Last week, I participated in the weekly challenge on the Stella Stamping Blog. This was the colour challenge:



This was the card I made. I used a new Ketto Stamp - Love those little Ketto (and they're created in Quebec!



This is Anise Ketto and I also used her flowers

You can see the rest of the entries on Bella's Blog here.

Recipe:

Stamp: Anise Ketto (Bella Stamps), Anise's flowers (Bella Stamps) and Happy Birthday (Bella Stamps)
Patterned papers: K& Co. (a beautiful pack I found at Michaels)
Cardstock: DCWV glitter CS and SU Tango Tangerine and discontinued Wild Wasabi

Embellishments:  Pearl:  Kaiser, glitter: SU ultrafine glitter; ribbons:  Chatterbox (from an old kit)

Inks and markers:  Copic markers and Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Tools:  Nestabilities Scallop and Classic circles

Thanks for looking! Merci de votre visite!

Louise

2 new cards

I know it's been a while since I posted - I was away in Toronto all last week for a craft show. I had lots of fun.
I attended a Copic Workshop and received my Copic Certification! Yeah!
Did a class with Kim of Spellbinders - did a beautiful set of pages! Love the new border dies.
I will be doing the pages as a class, so I'll show them later on.

Also did a class with Sizzix, lots of new beautiful dies coming out.

I also played with the Making Memories Slice. It is nice, but it is difficult to justify buying a new cutting tool when I have all the others!

I did not forget our blog candy - will be posting about that soon.

In the meantime, I would like to share 2 new cards I did recently.

This first one is a Bella Stamp - Stella has her fix...


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Here is the recipe:
Stamps: Bella stamp (Stella), Best Friends, also Bella stamp
Papers: Basic Grey
Cardstock: from my stash
tools: Nestabilities dies, Sewing machine
Embellishments: Ribbon: from my stash, flower: Chatterbox, dew drops: Dollarama
Inks/markers: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers, Atiyou Spika glitter markers.

For the second card, I used a stamp I borrowed from my friend Claudia. We fell in love with the Stampavie line.
(I have ordered a few....). Julie's room used to be decorated with Holly Hobbies when she was little - these stamps remind me of her.

Here is the card - I find it a little bright... What do you think?


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Recipe:
Stamp: Stampavie
Papers:  Making Memories (green dots) and Basic Grey (lace strips)
Cardstock:  SU
Inks/markers:  Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic Markers
tools:  Nestabilities
Embellishments:  Lace strip (inked with pink):  Martha Stewart; Flowers:  Prima; Pearl:  Kaiser Krafts


Merci de visiter mon blog!  Thanks for your visit!

Louise