Hi everyone,

First I'd like to apologize for the bad photos, tonight my camera doesn't seam to like red. Anyway, here are a little Valentine's day treat I made with the milk carton die according to a tutorial Becky Roberts. Following instruction is really fun and also really relaxing, I liked it.

 

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Hello again from Hawaii!

A day at the pool, everyone?!

In Hawaii Today...

Hi everyone from gorgeous Maui!

 

It really is a hardship to have this view while you eat your breakfast, your toes literally in the sand!!

Just a little eye candy to get you through the day!

One Little Word

Hi everyone,

Today's projects are actually my homeworks for January from Ali Edwards online course One Little Word. As Ali puts it, “A word that to focus on, mediate on, and reflect upon as I go about my daily life.” I chose the word Focus. So here I began with a titlte page:

Then we were ask to choose a "now" photo of ourselves.

Here's january main task, finding definition, quote, and also writting a little bit about why we chose it and what we invite in our life with it.

I hope I'll be able to do/show you next month homework in the meantime, I'll try to stay FOCUSED !!!
Have a nice stampin' day !!!

oh, life is...

... a beach! Yeah, some of us have it really tough this week, lazying around in Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawaii.

I'll try to post more pictures next week!

love birds

Hi everyone,

Today I decided to play along with the colour Q challenge #70, the colours are so yummy and also purfect for a Valentine's card, my first this year.

Here's my creation:

The birds are from the Love you much stamp set from Stampin' up!

The rounded flags were created very simply by folding a DSP punched circle in half over a linen thread. I adhered them with dimensionnals for a more realistic effect.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

pearly dots and glass beads

Hi everyone,

I really do like intricate work; it seems to relax me. This is certainly true about the work I did on today's card. It's a birthday card with a hidden message inside the little beaded envelope. It all started with a big roll of Scor-tape I bought last year. The roll is 4-1/2" large and contains about 50 feet of sturdy adhesive.

I first layered a piece of DSP with the Scor-tape then ran the whole piece through my Big Shot with the Scallop Tag die. Then I exposed the other side of the Scor-Tape and dropped a whole bunch of clear glass beads all over. The last things was to fold in three to create an envelope.

Inside the envelope is a the 2nd part of the quote from Stampin' Up!'s new Create a Cupcake stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalogue. The beaded envelope is held together by a piece of ribbon wrapped around the front around a corduroy brad. Very simple.

I bought a bottle of Liquid Pearls in Cantaloupe. I love their newest colors and they seemed to have changed the formula. It is more dimensional that its previous batch. I used it all around the card and inside the circle. I love the effect and the color -- it's not too orange and picks up pumpkin pie and regal rose perfectly.

Inside, I used remnants from the tag, beaded them and put the two strips at the bottom and top of the white mat.

Here's a picture of the roll of Scor-tape I bought.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!