Two 4 Tuesday: Twinkling Butterflies

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 project is a far cry from what I had intended to do with these butterflies. But they ended up as cards. The stamp is from Holly Berry House and I'm not even sure the company still exists. I've had it for quite a while.

I colored those in but my Twinkling H2o's. Unfortunately, I wish I knew how to photograph shiny stuff... the photo does not do justice to the butterfly on the right. You can check below for a close-up. The colors I've used are: Blue Grass, Sky Blue, Ocean Wave and Key Lime. Both butterflies are stamped on Stampin' Up!'s Confetti White CS, inked with VersaMark and heat-embossed with a different powder.

The one above embossed with black EP and I've added some clear crystals for more bling. Can you see all that shimmer from the Twinkling H2o's?! I love it!

This one is embossed with this amazing powder I bought years ago and I wish I could remember where I got it from because I'd get some more. It's called Egyptian Gold and I'm assuming it's got some tiny specks of crystals in it. It's stunning in real life.

So, go ahead and re-discover your old stamps and get your colors out!

Have nice stampin' day !

Quickie Mini Monday -- Simple snowflake

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

Hi everyone,

Here's my quick card of the day, very easy. 

Simply emboss a snowflake with white embossing powder, write a sentiment along with a frame with a white gel pen, add a button, mat with a card base, you're done...

 

Have nice stampin' day !!

Sparkly Fun Friday -- Stop hoarding!!

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,

Today I didn't had much time so I needed a quick card so I finally decided to pull out my brand new candy cane rub-ons along with the matching DSP and cadstock and voilà.

Very simple and quick card, thanks to some scraps of whisper white glittered cardstock I had made for another project. I also decided to stop hoarding and I pulled out my glitter brads

Have nice stampin' weekend !!

Sweet Treat Thursday -- Nuggets Treat

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,

Here's a quick and easy project for you --

1) Take your Stampin' Up!'s Two Tags Bigz Die and your Big Shot die-cutting machine and one layer of your fav DSP and another of coordinated cardstock. 

2) Pass them through the Big Shot. 

3) Glue the two together, taking care not to obstruct the slit at the top (trust me on this one).

4) Score at 1-5/8" and 2-1/2". Crease well with a bone folder.


5) With Mini Glue Dots, adhere 2 Hershey's Nuggets between the two folds.


6) Stamp "to - from" from the A Cute Christmas stamp set on Vanilla CS and punch out with the Large Oval Punch.  Write the names with a Stampin' Write Marker and sponge ink around the edges.


7) With a decorative paper clip, hang the name tag from the slit at the top.


8) Align the 2 ends of the tag together and use the hole made from the die as a guide to punch a hole through the 2nd layer and pass a flower brad through the hole.


Voilà! You've got yourself a quick and easy treat for a place setting or a just-because treat to give someone.

Love the yummy Jolly Holiday DSP. The colors are so fun -- Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive. And because the whole thing is held together by a brad, it's easy access to the chocolate... and THAT's what I like about it :-) After all, what's the point in giving out chocolate if you have to fight to get to it!

 

I hope you'll give this a try. Have nice stampin' day !!

Whatever Challenge Wednesday - 2 Sketches 4 You

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

 
Hi everyone,
 
We're playing with 2 Sketches 4 You today.

It's a bit of an unusual style for me and I was stumped, which made it a real challenge for me. So I kept the stamping quite simple, choosing to use a silhouette stamp from the Paradise stamp set.

 

I  think that because I chose this combo of colors, this card would  be suit able for a man or woman.  I couldn't find the proper background paper so I heat embossed more of the leaf pattern on the Early Espresso CS. I decided not to add any sentiment to the front since I'm not sure what I'm gonna be using it for.

The leaves on the white CS are stamped off the paper first and then stamped unto it to give it more of a watermark effect and the main leaf  was stamped with Old Olive Craft Ink and embossed with Clear EP. And yes... it's sewing you see on the Old Olive DSP! Even this late, I took out my Sew Mini and went to town. Quite proud of that!

Have nice stampin' day !!!

Two 4 Tuesday -- Unconditionnal LOVE

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

 

Hi everyone,

This week instead of 2 different cards you've got a 2 pages scrapbook layout. I love  having a huge photo on my layout but since the photo on the first page is so big, I really have a hard time taking pictures of this type ofproject, sorry for the lighting...

For those of you who doen't know me and my family, mMy little sister is mentally and physically handicapped. She is still living with my parents and I really admire them for how they took care of us. It is a very important page for me a tribute to their unconditionnal love.

For those of you that can read french:

I used a very old Chatterbox patterned paper kit, along with some Stampin' up! kraft and whisper white. I just love the softness they create.

Have nice stampin' day !!

Quickie Mini Monday -- Dasher Wishes

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

Hi everyone,

My project for today is not as quickly as I would have wanted it to be but there's a tip I wanted to share with you so here it goes.

 

I was contemplating adding some glitter to my card but I wanted a little bit more than the antlers on my Dasher. So I decided to create some glittery swirls on the Very Vanilla cardstock with a 2-way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.

 

It's pretty simple to achieve. I just free-handed the swirls directly on the cardstock with the Glue Pen. A little bling for Dasher's eye and a cute satin bow completes the card. The bow was done separately and adhered with a Mini Glue Dot; it's simpler than fighting with the aligning the ribbon properly around the card and then make a bow for this same piece... just a little tip to save time.

 
Have nice stampin' day !!