Quickie Mini Monday -- Pink Christmas Tree

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

Hi everyone,

Here's a quick one for you today. It literally took me 15 minutes to make and I'm quite proud of the fact that I used my stash of retired products.

I wanted to keep the background plain but not without texture so I chose a watercolor paper card base. It's also sturdy enough to accept the weight of the brads.  I've mixed some Pretty in Pink corduroy brads with epoxy brads and I think it breaks the symmetry without jeopardizing the tree structure.

I added a little pink bow with a taffeta ribbon at the base of the tree and stamped a sentiment from Stampin' Up!'s Snow Swirled stamp set in Baja Breeze. When I look at my card, it makes me think of a nice pink fluffly cloud, all soft and sweet :-)

Have nice stampin' day !!

Sparkly Fun Friday -- glitter flower on a box

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,

I was recently commissioned to make 4 magnet bookmarks for the daughter of a friend of mine:

and I thought it would be nice to present those in a box:

I do have quite a selection of boxes of chocolate (hmm, hmm) and I keep them just in case. This was a just-in-case occasion. So I got this one from Godiva chocolates that I covered up with some patterned paper that matches the bookmarks. I had to do a bit of engineering work for the inside and after a few tries, I got it to fit properly. So here are my 4 little bookmarks, all snug in their little beds:

I think it's a nice presentation to give as a gift to someone who reads a lot. The topper was made with Stampin' Up!'s Flower Folds Bigz XL Die for the Big Shot. If you notice, the bottom layer was die-cutted out of the same DSP from the box, but I added Versamark ink all over then some Heat & Stick Powder and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter. Instant homemade glitter paper! I did the same for the Pumpkin Pie CS. The sentiment is from SU's Great Friend.

Have nice stampin' day ! CeeCee

Sweet Treat Thursday -- Alphabet soup !!

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,

Remember this card I made for our talented crafty scrapbooker friend Marie-Pierre for the birth of her second sweet baby girl Maya?? Here's a little gift I sent her with the card .

 It's a dry alphabet soup mix for scrapbooking... Lots of die-cut "M", "A"and "Y" for her pages along with some buttons and brads, see here what she already created with it.

 Click on the photo for a close-up of the funny instructions I madeup.

 Have nice stampin' day !!

Whatever Challenge Wednesday -- Winter fun !!

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

Hi everyone,

Today, I decided to play along with Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #88:

here's the sketch

and here's my card:

 I love so much this cute christmas set, so fun and easy to bring to life with colors. I used prismacolor and Gamsol for this one.

Have nice stampin' day !!

Two 4 Tuesday: Two by Two

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 Two 4 Tuesday turned into a 2 X 2 kinda deal. I had one goal in mind -- reduced my stash of leftover supplies. Here's what I had at my disposal:

4 Certainly Celery CS card base 

bits and pieces of ribbon

one almost-full sheet of retired DSP

3 punched out circles

I was able to make 4 cards, using a similar layout but just a few variances:

It might appear to be 2 different papers but it's a double-sided paper so I was able to alternate from one side to the other to vary the look.  I also played with the ribbon and CS mats colors.

Same layout, different color scheme... different look and feel.

 Other difference: the above was colored with Copic markers and shadowed with black pencil and Gamsol...

 ... this above colored with Classic Inks and a blender pen, also shadowed with black coloring pencil and Gamsol. I like both looks -- one's more subtle than the other.

 Here's the 2nd set of cards varying just the stamped image and the bling in the middle was replaced by pearls.

 This one colored with the ink/blender pen technique...

... and the Copics.

Once you come up with a design for a card, it's so easy to do multiple quantities just by playing with the colors, the 2 sides of a paper and even the coloring technique. It's great when you've been asked to do many cards for the same person. Instead of handing out the same card, you can still give something unique without having to work too hard at a sketch.

Have nice stampin' day !!

Quickie Mini Monday -- Simple buttons!!

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 very simple and fast card for today,

Since I thought it was so cute I Couldn't help but make multiples...

I still can't believe how much the color combination can have a huge impact on the feeling of the card...

 Make a wish 

 Merry Christmas

 Kind thanks

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Thank You Kindly, A Little Birthday Cheer

Inks: Basic Black

Cardstock: Whisper White

Other: Buttons (PTI), Glue dots, white thread (non SU)

Have nice stampin' day !!

Sparkly Fun Friday -- monster party!!

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,

We're having a monster glittered party today for you!!!

Here's what I came up with while playing with make a monster (thanks Marie-Claude).

Really simple layout to let the monsters shine.

 I just had to use this sentiment: It's a celebretation   ...but only if you come.

Have a nice glittered weekend, take time to play.

Stamp Set: Make a monster, Afterthoughts hostess level 1(sentiment)

Inks: Black Stazon, Old olive, tempting turquoise and pumpkin pie

Cardstock: Whisper White, Brights Patterns DSP Stack

Punches: wide oval

Other:   dazzling diamonds, blender pen, Brights Brads in Tempting turquoise, Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, 2-way glue pen

Have nice stampin' day !!