Meet Betsy Woods :-)

Hi everyone,

Oh, I couldn't wait to show what I've tried ... early this morning! I made a card out of WOOD!!!!!! And it's easy as pie. All you need are the Texture Cuts Wood Sheets from Stampin' Up! You can cut them with a paper trimmer and stamp directly on them. 

So I cut 2 pieces of 4-1/4" X 5-1/2" and bound them with a piece of book binding tape, leaving a little gap in between the pieces so that the card opens and close properly. And bonus: the wood has a white paper backing so you can write inside!

 

It took me not time to stamp Betsy ( a stamp from Penny Black... not the real name of the stamp -- I just nicknamed her ) and color her with Copic markers and prismacolor pencils. I kept it really basic as I didn't have a lot of time to make this project plus it's really late into the evening, early into the morning. Oooooh, I can see a whole bunch of possibilities with this! I wonder if I could emboss on wood....?!  Hmm...... 

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

I love U Santa...

Happy new year everyone,

Even though it was a much needed break, I'm glad to be back. I really love Christmas with all the light and glitter but I'm always glad when it's over. I LOVE to go back to my daily routine,  and I really appreciate the time I spent at home with my kids just the four of US. So I haven't been to my studio since before Christmas (read FOREVER) so I'm very pleased to do so now.

So here what I came up with, a cute Valentine's day card.

Can you tell that Santa did bring me some scrapping nice gifts... I think you'll be seeing them bits at a time in the next few weeks... I have to confess that in fact my LSS at a sale the day after new year and I really took advantage of it ... with Santa's money LOL and it felt soooooooooooooo good...

I used this nice little dragon from imaginisce and stamped it on Pear Pizzazz DSP from the hostess pack, added a ribbon along with some Peach Parfait DSP and Not Quite Navy CS. The letters are from my brand new (I love it so much) sizzix alphabet dies called butterfly kisses. You're gonna see more of these letters for sure...

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Punched Wreath!

Hi everyone,

So here's the companion card of yesterday's post. This time it's a wreath and it was made with the same Martha Stewart punch as yesterday. I glued the leaves with Tombow Multi-Purpose Glue on a hoop shape i punched with 2 different circle punches.

The berries were made with Adirondack's Dimensional Pearls by Ranger. I can't say I'm crazy about this medium because of the way it dried... it went dull and kinda "wonky". But I managed to revamp most of them by going over them a second time.

Just like yesterday's project, I added liquid glue and Dazzling Diamonds randomly on the wreath.


Alright, so this is the last of my Christmas-related projects. Starting with my next post, which will be Thursday, I will be more seasonal :-)

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Punched Swag

Good day everyone!

This is the start of a brand new year and I trust everyone had a fantastic holidays. We are back in full force after a much needed break.  Gen and I decided that there would be no daily themes for our posts -- from now, anything goes! Oh, we're gonna have fun with it :-)

And I know that the holidays have come and gone and that a lot of you are a bit saturated with Christmas cards, but I really wanted to show you this one and I am proud of it.

The swag is basically a whole bunch of branches punched with a Martha Stewart Crafts punch, then glued unto the oval with Tombow Multi-purpose Glue.

After I've put together the swag, I added a bit of Liquid Glue and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds Glitter over the whole thing. I love that effect. The hollies are regular pearls that I colored with a red Copic Marker.

I made a few of these cards for special friends but are not given yet... better late than never!

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Merry Christmas to all!

Card à la Carte is taking a break for the holidays...
we'll be back on Tuesday January 4th, 2011.

We'd like to take this moment to
wish you all the very best

for the holidays!

May you be safe and happy!

Sweet Treat Thursday -- Little Book of Candies

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 little book of candies I found on a talented stamper blog I often visit, however I just can't find the specific blog post to show you the original projet that inspired me, if you know where it is please do contact me or leave a comments so I can share it with everyone.

I love it's size because It can fit candies but it is also the perfect size for a gift card, or even both... ;O)

The first thing that attracted me was the clever closure.




Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Whatever Challenge Wednesday -- skipping stone sketch challenge

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

Hi everyone,

today I decided to play with the sketch from Maile Belle at skipping stone sketch challenge #56, here's the sketch:

Here's my take:

I'm so proud of myself. This is a collection I treated myself with last year before Chistmas and never got to use it "because it was too beatiful"... Let me tell you something, it's even better out of it's package !!!

Have a nice stampin' day !!!