Quickie Mini Monday -- Gift card tag

Quickie Mini Mondays feature a 10 minute-or-less project -- something fast, fun and easy to reproduce and mass produce.
Hi everyone,

do you remember this flower?? I made it there, and finally end up not using this one, today as I was looking for something fast, I found it in my "to use" little box. Since the flower was already made, it took me 5 minutes to do the whole little tag, thanks to my big shot...

The tag is from the 2 tags SU! exclusive bigz die in very vanilla, and I used the swirls scribbles sizzlit die with pretty in pink CS.

a little stamped kind thanks in chocolate chip inside and your done.

Have a nice stampin'day

Gen

Surprise Scrapbook Sunday !! -- "TrUMPET"

Hi everyone,

I though I'd Surprise you with a little Scrapbook Sunday. Ok, first, I don't want to promise there will always be Surprise Scrapbook Sunday, that the whole point in calling it "surprise". But since one of my new year resolution was to take time to scrapbook for myself and I do think Catherine wants to do so too, I thought, why not share it with you. So here's my 2 yo son playing "t(r)umpet" !? I saw this layout somewhere (sorry can't remember where, if you know please tell me, so I can give credit to whom it belongs) and thought it would fit perferctly these photos.

SInce my big guy doesn't yet prononce the "r" in trumpet, I wrote it as is, to remember those funny missprononciation of the beginnings of speech.

But, Was he really playing with a trumpet ??

it sure sounded like one but look closely...

Nope, it was my breastpump for his recently born baby sister Sara!!! hahahaha

Here's my journaling:

"Look mommy... i'm playing the tumpet !"
hummmmmm, that's a breastpump!!

but it's a secret shhhhhhhhhhh...

You had so much fun and I laught so hard

You're really too funny.

The imagination of a two years old is totally hilarious

Have a nice stampin' day

see you tomorow for a quicky mini monday

Gen xxx

Sparkly Fun Friday -- Nail file new home

Sparkly Fun Fridays features a sparkly or glittery project using shimmer paints, embossing powders, glitters, rhinestones... anything shiny to welcome the weekend in a fun way!!!
Hi everyone,

Here's a gift for my Mom, it's a nail file from Diamancel made with diamond dust, they're made here in Montreal, and they work so well, she'll never have to by another file again...But the case was not so cute so I thought I would give it a little makeover.

6" X 2 1/4" So Saffran CS scored @ 1" and 2", add a little sticky strip and you're done. So easy...

I punched half a 1/2" circle so it is easier to pull.

I added a little bit of dazzling diamonds with crystal effect in the heart for a little glamour effect.

Don't hesitate to pimp your everyday life accessories so you're be very happy to do ordinary things, my mom told me she was eager to use it again because it was so cute. I guess she'll have to wait for her nails to grow...

Have a great stampin' day

Gen xxx

Sweet Treat Thursday -- Cupcake Tea Cup!

Sweet Treat Thursdays are all about food -- our other favorite topic -- and features ways to embellish/wrap/present something edible. CAUTION: May be hazardous to your waistline!

Hi everyone,

I'm soooo excited to present today's project! I've been holding out on this for quite a while... not showing Gen and everyone else. That idea was in my head for a long time and I can finally reveal it.

How cute is that?! It's a tea cup entirely made with Sizzix dies! The base is made with the Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die and the tea cup is made with the Baskets & Blooms Bigz XL Die, with the help of the Wide Oval Punch.

The colors of the Kaleidoscope DSP was dictated by the actual cupcake I bought, hehe. I wanted to have a bigger one but it's the only one I could get my hands on yesterday. So I had to trim down the basket a bit.

And for accents, I made some more of my Glass Flowers with Glassy Glaze Enamel and Whisper White, Yo-Yo Yellow and Green Galore cardstock.

And if I get enough request, I just might add this project to my list of videos to make...

Have a nice stampin' day! CeeCee

Whatever Challenge Wednesday -- Challenge to Self!

Whatever Challenge Wednesdays features a challenge from the blogosphere, chosen randomly.

Here's our pick for this week:

Hi everyone,

Actually, this week I challenged myself. A few days ago, I posted about my "pick jar" on my personal blog. This card is totally inspired by the big felt flower I bought in Florida a couple of months ago. I didn't quite know what to do with it and I challenged myself to use it on this card.

I like it! I decided to dress up the middle with a piece of Baja Breeze Ribbon (another one I had in my stash), glued it from the back and tied a piece of white floss around the little ribboned bundle. The rest is pretty straight-forward.

I also challenged myself to repeat this layout with a different embellishment and you can view the results of that here on my personal blog.

Have a nice stampin' day! CeeCee

Two 4 Tuesday -- From boy to girl

Two for Tuesday features 2 projects that are similar in either color, theme, layout or embellishment but... with a different twist!

Hi everyone,

Today's cards are built on the same skecth, I just changed the color scheme.

The first card I did was the masculine one, and since I wanted to just switch to girl easily, I used sweet pea dsp (again!!). Since almost all papers have 2 or more color variations of the same design it made the job easy .

Instead of punching circles in the DSP, and trying to align them perfectly at the same heigt, same distance and pattern in the same direction, I punched holes directly in the CS and put my paper in the back so it shows throuht the "windows ".

After changing only the paper, I thougt a little extra would be better, so I added embossed butterflies from my Big shot embosslit, sooooooooo more girly with this small little addition.

Have a nice stampin'day !!

Gen

Quickie Mini Monday -- Wonderful Mother

Quickie Mini Mondays feature a 10 minute-or-less project -- something fast, fun and easy to reproduce and mass produce.

Hi everyone,

I know I keep repeating myself but when I'm pressed for time I automatically reach for my punches. It saves on time and adds dimension when you layer the punched shapes. That's exactly what i did here.

I went for a monochromatic look and I think it also saves on time. Since Stampin' Up! has announced their new Color Collections, I am looking at my colors in a whole new way. I was never fond of Wild Wasabi when it was part of a previous In Color family. But since I've rearranged my stamp pads according to the new Color Collections, I find myself reaching for this color more often than not. Here, it's paired with Certainly Celery Monochromatic DSP, a Certainly Celery Satin Ribbon, some half-back pearls from the Pretties Kit. The sentiment is from the Well-Scripted Stamp Set, punched out with Designer Label punch, layered with a Certainly Celery 1 3\8" Circle and a Wild Wasabi Scallop Circle.

Have a nice stampin' day! CeeCee