My new photoshop friend

Hi everyone,

in order to get rid of all the post it and miscellenious papers I took notes on while learning photoshop, I made this. My new photoshop friend friend, a place where I can find everything I've learned at once. I used chipboard old SU! paper, simple white sheets and my bind-it-all, I kept the design very basic.

With the round tab punch I made some dividers for even efficiency.

I added crystal effect on all the die cut letters (Wingo Zingo alphabet from sizzix).

For those of you that can't read french: here's my little intro, to make sure I remember my begginings...

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

graduation card

Hi everyone,

I'm really loving playing with fonts and texts. This card boasts 3 different text elements. 

I altered the main sentiment "Grad" with a stamped G from the Great Grads stamp set by Stampin' Up!, punched it out with a circle punch and adhered it over the orginal letter "g" with Stampin' Dimensionals. I love the effect.

The graduation cap was also part of the sentiment but I stamped it again on Riding Hood Red CS with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with clear EP. Then I mounted it over the original cap with foam adhesives.

I think this card could be given to either man or woman.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Pirates Arrrrr!

Hi everyone,

This is was I've been working on last 3 weekends...Our very own Pirate Play Ship:

My husband saw this play ground boat on the web and since he always wanted to be a pirate...We had to make one for the kids. The company called pirate play ships is located in the US so we couln'd affort them but by looking at their photos, I made my own plans and I 'm pretty proud of how it turned out. Here's the process:

The BEFORE!!

Lots ans lots of woods and a quiet little girl playing in the sand boat.

First frames

Little helper #2 making sure that every thing is perfect every step of the way by drawing and measuring the wood.

Squeleton

Little helper #1 beeing HEAVY

Squeleton looking more and more like it should

Little helpers #1 and #2 testing the new features

Little helper #2 testing the small slide speed.

Adding a way to the decks... even little helper #2 can climb it... (not so good...)

Getting closer

New way to get onboard that cannot be used by little helper #2 (yet !!!)

ALL DONE (well according to little helper #1 we're still missing the pirate flag... I'll get it up there soon :O)

Lots and lots of pretend play and exercice ahead for all the family.

Since lots of you don't come here to see some carpentry projects...
I also have a little card to share with you. I was asked by a coworker a card with this image and a specific text., I had to change the text but Photoshop made it easy.

This is very old SU! paper (2006) don't even remember the name but was perfectly uncluttered and manly for the request...

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

Hi everyone,

I have a masculine card for you today. I call it masculine for its color scheme and black brads.

The DSP and sticker is from a retired Stampin' Up! Simply Scrappin' Kit. The big splash of color is the Riding Hood Red on which I've doodled faux sticking, dots and arrows.

The black bracket was originally baja breeze but I colored it with a black Copic marker. 

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

My little sister's cake

Hi everyone,

Today I have a cake to show you, I made it last weekend for my sister birthday. My sister has Rett Syndrome a disorder of the nervous system that leads to developmental reversals, especially in the areas of expressive language and hand use. Some how a long time ago we decided we loved turtle, and since then, we always brought her turtle things. So my choice of cake design was obvious...

The cake was decorated with fondant and the precious help of some cookie cutters (eyes and flowers). Underneath all this fondant, is a thin coat of chocolate icing and a very tender banana cake. since I didn't have a lot of time I opted for a very simple version of the turtle : hidding.

Since I had some batter left I also made cupcakes with creamcheese chocolate frosting and a fondant flower exactly like the ones on the turtle.

She was really pleased with it

Happy birthday baby sister!!

Have a nice stampin' weekend !!!

Happy Birthday Marie-Pierre

Hi everyone,

Recently was our dear friend Marie-Pierre birthday (see her awesome stuff here), so I made this card for her.

I know she really loves coloring and I really love those owls so took out my prismacolor and Gamsol and the colors from the patterned paper (basic grey olivia collection) and voilà!

If you look closely you will see the white "it's your birthday rub-on it's a little hidden by the busyness of the paper, but I still love it.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

make a wish

Hi everyone,

I have two cards for you today and no stamping! They're both made with self-adhesive die cuts... a great way to save on time.

The card base was hiding in my stash because it had been previously cut at the bottom and I wasn't using it because of that. So adding a scallop border solved the problem.

The "make a wish" was actually part of a border sticker but I cut it off and layered it over the two text circles. I love the layering of different fonts.

A bling can dress up the plainest of embellishments.

 Here's the second card. Same layout, different embellishments.

I added a little star in the center of the "o" for added interest.

It's all in the details, right?! 

Have a nice stampin' day !!!