Hero Arts Blog challenge

A quick friend card I made for the Hero Arts Blog weekly challenge.

Here it is:


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Details later....

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

Whipper Snapper Birthday Mouse

Wow shame on me for not posting for over a week. Did not have time to do many cards either.

Just a little quick one for my little niece Josée (she turned 21 and my card is late...). Bonne Fête Josée!

I had fun coloring this one!


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So here are the details:

The stamp is from Whipper Snapper. It was colored with Copic markers. I added some Stickles glitter to the icing on the cake and in the mouse's hands.
The image and mat were cut with Nestabilities.
The flowers are Primas and the brads (from the little Nail Polish bottles - Queen's).
The ribbon is from Michaels.
The cardstock is Bazzill and the PP (I always forget and now it's downstairs....). Some Valentine PP I bought recently... Sorry.

To make the card a little different, I cut about an inch from the front and added a piece of white CS cut with a Martha Stewart Lace punch. I then glued the piece of PP cut from the front to the inside of the card. I like the effect (I saw this done on a new blog I found here. I really love what this lady does - love her style. I have added her to my list of blogs I visit. Go visit her!



Well, thanks for looking - Merci de visiter mon blog!

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

Hero Arts Weekly Challenge- another card

Here is another card I made for the Hero Arts blog weekly challenge.

I used my new Hero Arts stamp. Love this scalloped circle stamp.

I colored it with Adirondak chalk ink and cut the image and the mat with Nestabilities.

I used My Mind's Eye patterned papers. The orange CS is Tango Tangerine from SU. The teal PP is cut with the SU Scallop Edger.

I covered the stamped image with SU Heat and Stick powder, heated it and then stuck SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter on top.
I love this all over glitter look!

The ribbon is Paper Trey Ink. The greeting and pearls are by Hero Arts.


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And a ciose-up view of the glittered image:


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thanks for looking! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

HA Birthday week Challenge

Here is a manly birthday card for the Hero Arts weekly challenge: "Birthday week".

I find it so difficult to do a man's card. I tried to use stripes and manly colors, but I ended up putting some glitter. Jim said "glitter on a man's card? not really!", so I raised the cupcake over the glitter with foam dots.... you still can see a little peeking under the chocolate icing.....

the cupcake stamp is by Hero Arts... colored with Copic markers, the papers are KI from my stash. The card base is chocochip by SU, the greeting is also SU. The scalloped circles were cut with Nestabilities.


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I also did a little bit of sewing all around the card with my Janome Mini.....

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

Another class

Here is another class project I'm teaching at Bonnidée.

It will be in February (on Valentine's day)....

It's a little accordeon book and a slider card. I used the new Imaginesce Spring papers... There so cute!

If you are interested in taking the class, go visit Bonnidée website here.

Here is the outside of the projects:



Thanks for looking! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

A quick post

I've caught Jim's cold - so I'll be quick..

Just a little card I made a few weeks ago and didn't share....

I love coloring those big Whipper Snapper images with my Copics markers. This little girl is adorable....

I used some old KI papers for the background and the card base. The ribbon is from my stash and the buttons from the Dollar store.

There is a bit of bling around the little girl....

Here is the card:


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Recipe:

Stamp: Whipper Snapper image
Papers and cardstock: KI papers
Embellishments: Ribbon: unknown, buttons: Dollorama
Inks: Image stamped with Palette tuxedo black, image colored with Copics markers
Bling: Hero Arts

Thanks for looking! Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Hero Arts Weekly Challenge

Yeah I'm not at the last minute for the Hero Arts Blog Weekly Challenge. This week the challenge was to do a Valentine's Day card. In my stamp collection, I have an old Hero Arts stamp of a big filigree heart. It is dated 2000, but it is still beautiful.

I used the Basic Grey 6x6 valentine papers. I stamped the heart (Hero Arts L1896 Filigree Heartprint) with burgundy chalk ink. I then quickly brushed some Perfect Pearl powder over the top right corner to give it a little shimmer. The brown cardstock is Stampin'up Choco chip and the card base is from my stash.

A burgundy shimmer ribbon from my stash and some bling (Hero Arts mini crystals) in the 4 corners were added to decorate. Oh and 3 little hearts (Cloud 9 Designs) to the left bottom of the heart. The base of the heart was cut with a Nestabilitie die. The heart itself was trimmed with scissors.

Here is the card:



Thanks for your visit! Merci de visiter mon blog.

Louise

Another cute WhipperSnapper image

I have fallen in love with all those Whipper Snapper Images! (Still have a few not used yet....)

I just love this big bear and little penguin. I colored the image with Copics markers. It is funny, my shading looked nice on the card, but with the photo the lines seem to be more visible.....


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The paper (snowflakes) is by Pinecone Press. The felt snowflake is Stampin'Up. The gelly embellishment on top is by Yellow Bicycle. The ribbon and cardstocks are from my stash (unknown). It doesn't show very much on the photo, but I put little tiny crystals all around the bear and on the snowflake. They're Hero Arts.

Voilà, on voit mieux les crystaux sur cette photo (mais les couleurs sont trop brillantes... :) )


The image was cut with the Nestabilities Label dies.

Thanks for looking. 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

Hero Arts Challenge - Pockets

Another week, another Hero Arts Challenge!

This week challenge was to make "Pockets" cards. Here is my version:


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The inside of the card, where I put the pocket.


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I used a new Hero Arts stamp. The patterned paper (stripes) is, if I remember correctly by My Mind eyes.
The ink is Paper Trey Ink new pink color, as well as the ribbon.
The bling and greeting (Thanks) are by Hero Arts.

I dried-brush the inside wedge of the pocket with the Papertrey Pink ink. I cut the edge with my Stampin'up scallop edge punch.

The card inside the pocket has been cut with a Nestabilities Label Die.

Thanks for looking! Merci de visiter mon blog.

Louise

A bouquet (card)

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A card I made for this week's Hero Arts' challenge. the main image is not Hero Arts, but the greeting and the bling in the middle of the flowers are.

The image is by Whipper Snapper and I colored it with Copics markers.

There is pink and clear bling in the middle of the flowers are Hero Arts bling.

The patterned paper is My mind's eye. The CS is (can't remember - will have to check).

The greeting as mentioned is by Hero Arts.

The square image and the scalloped square around it were cut with Nestabilities dies.

Thanks for looking!

Go visit Hero Arts Blog - they have so many nice samples!

Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Jan. 12, 6:20 pm edit: I corrected the website link for Hero Arts Blog.
J'ai corrigé le lien pour le blog de Hero Arts.

2 new cards

Here are two cards I made a while ago, but I had not posted them...


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Recipe:
Stamp: Penny Black, saying: Stamping'Up
Inks: Palette Hybrid Black, Copics and alcohol markers
Papers: K& Co.
Ribbon: Omer de Serres
Tools: Nestabilities


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Recipe:
Stamps: Stamping'Up (both image and saying)
Inks: Palette Hybrid Black, Copics markers; SU classic ink for green shadowing
Papers: Basic Grey and Bazzill
Ribbon: Omer de Serres
Tools: Nestabilities; Slot punch (for ribbon) by SU; the card was cut with a Sizzix die;SU corner rounder

Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite.

Louise

New Winter Explosion box

I don't want to show too much details, but this is an explosion Box I made for a class I will be teaching at my local stamp store (Bonnidée). If you're interested, visit Bonnidée's web site or ask me for details...).

So it's a stamped/box making project. Here is a little preview:


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Here a little preview of the inside:


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If you're interested, I can show more images after the class...

The images are Bonnidée's own stamps. I colored them with Copic markers.
The papers and cardstock are from Pinecone Press.
The ribbon is plain blue satin (unknown).

Thanks for visiting my blog - merci de votre visite!

Louise

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a very happy and healthy New Year! Hope that 2009 brings you lots of stamping pleasure in good company!

Bonne Année 2009 - je vous souhaite beaucoup de beaux moments créatifs en bonne compagnie!

Voici une petite carte que j'ai faite durant le temps des fêtes.


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A card I made during the Holidays - didn't do much more - my supplies were put away!

It is one of the many new WhipperSnapper stamps I bought before Christmas. I colored it with Copic markers.  I cut the image and the dark blue border (Prism blue shimmer CS) with my square Nestabilities.  I also embossed the edges.  The patterned paper is by Magenta and the gold embellishments are Peel-offs by Magenta.

Thanks for visiting my blog!  I will try to come by more often in the New Year!

Merci de visiter mon blog - je vais essayer d'être plus présente cette année!

Louise

New card - Hero Arts Challenge

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I posted! My apologies to the people who were coming by and found the same old thing! With my computer crashing, I had to reset or redo everything on my new computer and my mind just wasn't there.... I'll spare you the details but let's just say that I'm starting to feel better with my new CPAP machine! I'll let Christmas pass, then should be able to blog a lot more often! If you are looking for new posts from me, please hang in there! and Thanks!
(By the way, if you e-mailed me, I had so much problems resetting my email that I think that I lost messages... so if you emailed me and I did not answer, please write again! Thanks!)

I have been coloring a lot of images for Christmas cards, but did not get many finished.

Today the sketch on the Hero Arts Blog got the creative juices flowing and here's a new card I made with the sketch, Hero Arts stamps and Basic Grey Figgy Pudding patterned papers. (It's the same sheet of patterned paper, it's double sided).

The cardstock is Papertrey ink (Thanks Claudia for ordering for us!) and so is the ribbon. The edges of the round image were also shaded with the matching color Papertrey Ink.

The image is colored with Copics markers and the berries are highlighted with Sakura Gelly roll pen.

The pearls are Hero Arts and the border was created with Stampin'Up slot punch.
The circles were cut with Nestabilities.

Thanks for looking. Merci de visiter mon blog!

Oh, here is the image:


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and the inside:




You can fin the sketch on the Hero Arts blog here (from Page Maps).

Bye, Louise

Another Whipper Snapper Christmas Card

Just a quick post: Another Christmas card with a Whipper Snapper Stamp I bought this weekend (like I needed new Christmas stamps.... LOL)

I just can't resist snowmen!

The image was colored with Tria/Copics markers. The CS and PP is DCWV (a big stack I had in my stash). The image was cut with the new Label nestabilities, the red CS was embossed with a Cuttlebug die. The ribbon is from Michaels and the brad (must check). Oh and the saying is a Bella stamp.

Here is the card:





A little closeup of the image:



Thanks for visiting my blog! Merci de votre visite!

Louise

Beate's sketch challenge WSC66 - Snowmen

I bought a bunch of Whipper snapper stamps this weekend. I colored them with my Tria/Copic makers. Put this card together with Beate's weekend sketch.

Here is the sketch:



Here is my card:


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I turned the image over to accommodate my 3 snowmen. The shapes were cut with Nestabilities. My biggest rectangle frame was too small for the image, so I used a trick I saw on Sharon Harnist's blog: before cutting, I put a piece of rubber on the snowmen's arms that were sticking out, so that they didn't get cut. Then I just trimmed around them.

The ribbon is, I think, American Craft. The bling is from Michaels.

Thanks for looking. Merci de visiter mon blog!

Louise

Another Penny Black Christmas card

I have a new computer yeah! Now I can upload all my new cards.

Here is a second one just like the last one I uploaded.  It is another one of  the images I exchanged with my friends. I just love those little Penny Black. I have some old ones, but my friend Claudia has a beautiful collection. This particular stamp has now been retired. It is not available anymore! Just love this image. I colored it with my Tria/Copic markers.  The paper was a gift from my friend (last year's Christmas collection).  The greeting (Tis the season...) is from Hero Arts.  I cut the circle and the scallop with Marvy Mega punches.  The stamped image was cut with a square Nestabilities.  The red and blue cardstock are SU real red, soft sky and Blue Bayou (retired).

Thanks for visiting my blog (and for all your nice comments).  I tried to answer some of you but don't know how to get your email address....

Merci de visiter mon blog!  (et merci de tous vos gentils commentaires!)

Louise