a very pink valentine card for a little girly-girl

Hi everyone,

A Valentine's Day card today for a little 5-year-old princess... all in pinks and glitter and bling.

I used the Petal Card die from Sizzix to cut out the heart and because I didn't care for the DSP's back side (which was showing when folding the 2 bottom flaps), I covered up the two folded flaps with the same pattern as the rest of the heart.

I wanted to make this card interactive so the little girl would have fun with it. The heart pulls out of the heart-shaped pouch to reveal several layers of heart shapes and a white-embossed image from a retired SU stampset. 

 

I added some Diamond Stickles around the heart and I have to admit that it looks a little too "gold" for me. But I couldn't tell until it dried... I'm sure she's still going to like it.

I decided to add some white feather for an even more girly-girl look and a mirrored button decked out with a heart-shaped bling (oops.... it's crooked!)... will fix that... must go to bed and rest.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Happy New Home!!

Hi everyone,

For today' card I decided to use one of my favorite techniques for coloring, marquers directly on kraft, here's what I came up with :

It doesn't show on the picture but I sprayed an homemade mixture of shimmer and alcohol of the entire image, the shine is subtle but I really do love the effect.

Have a nice stampin' weekend !!!

Hugs

Hi everyone,

Today's project was left unfinished for several months, I finally decided to ask for help and in a blink of an eye all my toubles were gone. And all this, thanks to my dear friend Marie-Pierre and her enddless talents...(love you so much XOX) So here it is FINALLY...All product from Stampin' Up

Hugs

Here's the journaling if you can read french

These are sizzlits alphabet dies, remember that they can't cut more that one layer at a time, you just need to stack them up (I did 6) and you've created instant chipboard !!

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Birthday pouch

Hi everyone,

Did you ever wonder how to wrap concert/show tickets ?? Here's what I did... I just took this project and gave it another purpose, by changing the dimensions of the enveloppe according to the tickets size.

Here you can see the tag inside to write the message.

When you flip the tab over, you can see that I made a pocket to hold, tickets put it can sure hold many other thing like, money, gift card, coupons...

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Valentine's Day Card

Hi everyone,

Today, I'm posting a Valentine's Day card because it's coming soon! This card is a collaborative effort. Gen first designed it and completed most of it... I added a few elements like the sentiment and the glitter! That's Card à la Carte for you, heheh!

Most of the supplies are retired products of Stampin' Up! with the exception of the sentiment. I added glue to the hearts with Sakura's Quickie Glue and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.

 

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

shabby chic or vintage?

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone's having a good Monday. Let me start the week by inspiring you with this little frame I made to hang in my studio. I used a lot of Webster's Pages products for this one, starting from the petite papers Life's Portrait in the 6 X 6 format. I love, love, love Webster's Pages. I'm just wondering though: is it shabby chic or vintage? I'm having a hard time making the distinction. If someone could explain to me the difference, I'd really appreciate it.

I love this die from Tim Holtz called Caged Bird. I've used it in the past and I'm not about to retire it. On the cage, I used a fun technique I just learned yesterday through a video by smscapper. It's called the Drunken Scotch Technique where you basically put liquid glue by Scotch on your chipboard piece, then add alcohol inks over the glue then heat set until you see bubbles forming. It creates a fun effect, almost like wrought iron:

The only problem I had was with the glue. I used the liquid glue from Stampin' Up! but the effect is not the same as what was shown on the video. I'll have to buy the glue cuz I really had fun making it. To finish it off, I rubbed some metallic cream in gold and green to make some sort of patina finish.

Although it didn't come out the same as on the video, I'm quite happy with the results. My little bird is glued directly on the card but the cage is popped with 2 layers of foam adhesives.

I love this quote from Tim Holtz's Shabby French set. It speaks to me and will inspire me to be more productive.

Try something different today and just go with it! It's good to get out of the box sometimes.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Never endind birthday card

Hi everyone,

Today's card is a little out of the ordinary, it's a never ending card. It as been around for a long time now and they still amaze anyone who receives it!! A good idea for that special someone or for somebody who as everything. Here's mine

 and when you fold it open, it reveals another image...

 Then another one

 and finally a place for the message

 and if you continue folding you'll be back where you started!!

It's a lot of extra work but oh so worth it.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!