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

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...)

10,000 visitors

Another 5 visitors and the counter will be at 10,000!!!

I know it's not that much comparing to my US friends, but it's a lot for me!!!
Thanks to all of you who visit my little blog!

When the magic number shows up, I will find something nice to give one lucky visitor as blog candy!

See you soon with details!!!


5 visiteurs de plus et le compteur affichera le chiffre 10,000!

Je sais que ce n'est pas beaucoup si on compare avec mes amies des EU, mais pour moi c'est beaucoup!
Merci à vous toutes qui venez visiter mon petit coin sur le web!

Quand le chiffre magique apparaîtra, je trouverez un petit cadeau intéressant pour une visite chanceuse - du bonbon blog comme on dit en anglais.

Je vous reviens bientôt avec les détails!

Louise

SU Club Meeting Swap

We had another Club meeting yesterday - another very pleasant get-together! I'll come back later with photos of our projects. Our swap theme was "Think Spring", so here is my card:


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This is a monochromatic card and I used the retired Warm Wasabi ink, Cardstock and ribbon. I just added a bit of Stickles on the butterflies and flower image.All the stamps are from the same SU set and I'm so bad at remembering names....

Thanks for your visit. Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

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)

Bella's challenge

Every Friday, Em from Bellas reveals the entries for the Bellarific Friday on Bella's Blog. I sent an entry this week also. Here is my Stella has a cuppa :



Go visit Bella's Blog (click on the blinkie on the right). You can see my card and many others. Lots of inspiration. They have quite a few Kettos. Hope to get mine soon!

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Weekend Sketch Challenge

It is Sharon Harnist's turn to do the Weekend sketch challenge.

Here is my card:



Recipe:

Stamp: Whipper Snapper
Ink: India Ink, Copic markers, Atiyou Spica Shimmer Markers
PP: Making Memories Chloe's Closet
Brads: American Craft
Tools: Nestabilities, EK Success border punch
CS: DCWV

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Happy Easter

A quick share. A Whipper Snapper image I had fun coloring with my Copics.


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The front is cut about 1 inch narrower than the bottom panel, to see the pretty paper on the inside edge.
The front edge of the card is cut with a new EK Success border punch that I bought at Michaels. It cuts so well, it feels strong and has no problem punching through cardstock. I would definetly recommend those!
Here is the inside view:



Recipe:
Stamp: Whipper Snapper
CS: DCWV and for card base: Gina K white 120 lb CS
PP: Making Memories Chloe's Closet
Inks and markers: Ranger India Ink; Copic Markers and Atayou Spica Markers on flowers
Buttons: Yellow: Dollorama, Green (speckled gold) Autumn Leaves
Sewing machine: Janome Mini; Thread: Coats
Tools: EK Success Diamond Border; Nestabilities classic rectangles and scallop rectangles.

Thanks for your visit! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Hero Arts Blog Challenge

Bellarific Friday challenge

There is a challenge on the Bella Blog every Monday (to be revealed on the following Friday which is today!). Go visit the Bella Blog - she is releasing some new stamps today - the Kettos! They are adorable! Anyway, back to the challenge: This is this week's colour challenge:




Here is my take on the Bellarific Friday challenge: (If you vsit the Bella Blog, you can see my card - they are listed by alphabetical order):

Recipe:

Stamp: stamp Bella, warmest wishes: SU

Cardstock: SU Blue bayou and soft sky

Pattern paper: Rouge de Garence

Embellishments: Making Memories brads and flower clip

Inks: Stazon Gray; Copic markets and Atayou Spica markers

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Bobbie's b'day

Today we celebrated my Bobbie's b'day! He is my baby and he turned 27 years old! Wow that makes me feel old!

Here is a photo of photo with his B'day cake at the restaurant:



And a photo of Bobbie and his new fiancee Marissa (they got engaged 2 weeks ago - Yeah)




and a photo of the whole family:



and here is the card I made for Bobbie:

He said : Wow Mom that's a nice Man's card! I have so much trouble making those - I'm glad he liked it!



Recipe:
Stamps: Magenta and I think that the big Happy Birthday is Denami Design
Cardstock: Prism navy shimmer and beige CS from my stash
Pattern Paper: Rouge de Garance
Mesh ribbon: Magenta
Images are watercolored.

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite!

Louise

My Stampin'Up Club Project for February

My Club Ladies are so good that each month, it's a challenge for me to find projects that they will find interesting. Don't get me wrong, nobody has ever complained, but I know they're good, so I don't want to bore them!

I first saw this Origami box on Sharon Harnist's blog. She found it on Splitcoast stampers. That's where I found the template for making the box. We're so lucky to have places like this for inspiration and more importantly patterns and instructions.

So here is my project. It was a 2 in 1. First we made the box, then we made cards to go in the box.

This is the box:


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If you click on the above photo to view bigger, you will see the embossing on the white "Top Note Die cut". I used the brand new embossing texture plate exclusive to Stampin'Up. It is very beautiful. And there are 6 exclusive plates in the kit. Later on, I tried something I read on someone's blog (Stamping is my business I think). I sprayed the CS with alcohol before embossing. It makes the embossing a lot more crisp. I'll do it next time (except that the spray bottle I put the alcohol in has a little crack on the seam of the plastic bottle and I lost all my alcohol... bummer).  The box itself is made of one 12X12 sheet of patterned paper.  You can find the template for folding here (at the bottom of the message).  Then the frame of the box is made by covering 2 pieces of chipboards with patterned papers.  You can see the instructions on Splitcoast in the same message on Splitcoast as above.

I decorated the 2 Top Notes dies (the white one was trimmed on the dotted line) with the new SU (Sizzix) Embosslits "Sweet stems" and of course I had to use pearls and bling (all Hero Arts).

This is the box open, you can see the frame around the box better.  You can also see one of the cards in the box.  I used Stampin'Up white taffeta ribbon to close the box.

This photo shows the 2 cards we made.  They are 4 x 4.  We used the "Sweet stems" stamp set by SU.  Colored the images with markers before stamping (after "huffing" on them).  The first card is trimmed with the Martha Stewart Border Lace punch (I had not received my SU new Border Lace punch yet - my order was late).  One image was cut with the SU square scallop punch and the other one with the SU Curly label punch.  Both cards were stamped with the new "Elegant Thank you" stamp from SU. The French ladies used the new "Merci Bien" just as Elegant! (also colored first with markers).

I think that's it.  Don't be shy to ask me if you want more info!

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

Louise