Just five more minutes !

Hi everyone,

**Doing the walk/typing of shame here**

Last time I came by, I said I would start posting every week or more (Don't want to check... too ashamed again), and here I am, 6... *****6***** months later!

Well, let's give this blog the love it deserves by posting a card I made for my 4-year old nephew! He is in France so I miss a lot... but still, I know he is into dragons! (Just this morning, some dragons decided to attack his Playmobils.)

Sooo, I used some Lawn Fawn stamps, Spellbinders dies and beautiful papers to put my dragon in the sky!


The light is not great, but we can see well the shadows created with the foam squares.

A few close-ups, just because I can :)

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Love the little stamped heart. And the vellum clouds!

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS CLOUD:
* I used some new products and some older ones
* I love the background paper, that pictures sort of a sun
* LOVE LOVE my Wink of Stella pen :)

Well, I'll keep it short (again... to increase my chances of posting more)

Thanks!

Johanna

I could say I didn't realize how long it had been... but I knew... It seems that time slips through my hands... And when I get to be home, I am too lazy to post... SUCH A SHAME!!

So, I decided to take advantage of my Christmas cards to be better. I'll try and post at least two to three times a week!

And I start with a simple card I made using some Lawn Fawn goodies...


It was pretty simple to make. I die cut the tree on the top panel, stamped the corresponding tree on the bottom one... Used some CAS-ual Friday sentiment at the bottom and put some stickles on top to have it stand out a bit more. I drew some faux stitching around and I finished it off with a silver star.

If I want to make it through the month, I believe it would be safer to keep it short and sweet!

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS CARD:

* It's quite original in terms of colours
* It's soft
* I used quite a few products

Talk to you soon!!

Johanna

Hi everyone,

A dear friend of mine mentioned that I hadn't posted in forever... And now I see that it's been a month again... SOOOooOOOO, I guess it's time for me to post, indeed!

If everything goes well, my fiancé and I should get married in Sept. in France. I am planning on displaying a few pages as a decoration :) Since my family is from France and his is from Tunisia, telling our story means telling our everyday.. And this includes my lovely kitty cat!


For this page, I used a Studio Calico sketch. It was pretty simple but I love those kind of grid designs. And, for once, I'm happy with the result :)

Here are a few close-ups.

Center

Bottom right

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I machine stitched
* I made mistakes and I was not afraid of starting again
* I hand stitched
* I stamped
* I used mists (to paint the Pink Paislee "G"
* I created my own embellies (the circles and stars on the right, the ticket at the top)

PRODUCT USED

* Papers are from Basic Grey, the Serenade collection
* Stamps are Hero Arts and Aladine

Short and sweet... But better than nothing :) Maybe I should try that more often!

How is your summer going by the way?? Do you have any fun planned?

See you soon (I hope!)

Hello everyone,

I am really happy with my Sunday... Weather was crappy as, but I managed to finish a LO and make three cards.

I am going to share with you today the one I made for one of Two Peas challenges :)

Here is the sketch and original card:


And here is my take:




WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT

* It gave me the opportunity to use some washi! Oddly enough, my collection is growing, but I can't seem to create much with it
* I really love the colours :)
* What I like about cards in general is that it allows you to use your stamps
PRODUCTS USED

The washi and the stamp come from "The sweetest thing" collection by My Mind's eye.


Well, I wish you all a great week, I guess it's time to go to work :)

Johanna

Hello everyone,

What a GREAT name, isn't it? I think "Gaston" is way cute! That name always makes me smile, I don't know why... I always imagine a cute grandpa... But in this case, it's my kitty cat... Or, rather, my cat the day he arrived in my life.

For this page, I haven't used any sketch, but I am sure you can recognize Shimelle's placement for the pics.

There you go:



I am really sorry for the bad pics. We had the choice between "not enough light" or "a huge glare"... So I put both and you can do a puzzle!

And here are a few close-ups:

Used DIY Thickers and Wow glitter in orange! Messy, but I LOOOVE the results!

A few gems, some paint on the cloth-pin, some brads and stamping and there we go! Tried to vary the textures here

Another cloth-pin, some layering and journaling! Love that Darice Hemp cord

More stamping, some brads and gems! And we cannot forget the SC mist of course!

STASH USED

* The pins
* The Mister Huey
* The gems
* The brads
* The ribbon

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I really love when I like the result of a non-sketch LO
* I tried to vary the textures and I think it worked quite well, without it being too bulky
* How not to mention the Heyday collection by SC!


For my next LO, I stepped a bit out of my comfort zone, and I am quite happy with the result! Be sure to stop by and have a look :)

Have a great week!

Johanna

Hello everyone,

So, since I was able to get home EARLY from work, I decided that I would schedule a new post.

Today, I am sharing I made without a sketch, using the "Sketchbook" line from Amy Tangerine. I love all the bright and happy colours. Hurts to cut into the pages, but I don't regret it :) I even got the brads and stickers, all the line is just so awesome!

So, here is my LO

I took the picture on my balcony ahah! I'm sorry it looks like it is going to fall :)

And here are a few close-ups

A little bit of fussy cutting, some black enamel. A simple but nice way to dress up a page.

Two stickers, some stamping and off we go!

Are three types of alphas too much? I don't think so :p

Some more stamping and some pages from my Smash book.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* The fussy-cutting
* The stamping
* The use of stickers
* The use of my beloved border punch

STASH USED

* I am ashamed of saying: "Not too much" but I would say the border punch and the bits and pieces (jewels and brads).


Thanks for stopping by today, I wish you a wonderful day!

Johanna

Hello everyone,

Long time again :) But I am back today with a bright and happy LO I made about my beautiful nephew!!

I used a sketch from BG to make it


And here is my take:


And a few close-ups:

Used S. Tidwell's technique to create banners with washi :) You'll notice that the polka dot circle comes under the red background

Stamped parts of the "Friend" def. by Hero Arts with an Adirondack dabber in Aqua. The tag was cut w/ a Tim Holtz die.

A few Hero Arts and SC ctamps :)

White circle also comes under the background. Same stamps, a few brads.

STASH USED

*All the stamps
* The paint dabber
* The Mister Huey paint
* The washi tape

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* The layers
* The stamping
* All the various shapes

That's it for tonight, but I am pretty happy with "it" :)

Here, the weather is getting pretty good... Sunny and all... And I am looking for ways to being able to scrap on the balcony.. What about you, do you scrap outside sometimes??

So, have a greay day and see you soon!! :)

Hello everyone,

Unfortunately, I haven't had time to post again last week, but I am going to try and be better... I wonder how many times I've said so...

Anyway, today, I am sharing a boy's page: my wonderful oldest nephew! I don't see him nearly often enough so, when I'm in France, I love spending time and playing with him! (I can't wait for Christmas to come around so I can hold and hug him!)

Anyway, here is the page I made using one of my favorite boy's collection: A boy's life by EP.

I didn't use any sketches for this one, I just went with the flow, and I am pretty happy with the result :)


And a few close-ups

Some stamping with the "Hooray" collection by Hero Arts and Studio Calicco

Used my Big Shot and some misting for this title :)

Used my big shot again, some stamps, stickers, buttons, sewing

And another view :)

STASH USED

* The "corrugated" cardboard
* The buttons
* The stamps and inks (Jenni Bowlin)

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* All the misting (Maya Mist and Mr Huey)
* The various textures (stamping, sewing, buttons, etc.)
* The pop of colour on the dark background

Thanks for stopping by :)

Hello everyone,

Verrryyyy long time no see! But today I am back with a LO about my beautiful niece... I don't even have the date of the picture, I didn't even take it, but I thought she was sooo cute that I couldn't resist scrapping it!

So, I decided to use some EP paper and went for it, without a sketch even, which is pretty rare for me.

And here is what I came up with:


And a few close-ups

I made this flower with some trim, some bubble gum mettalic mist from Maya Road and a brad from the Kraft Funday collection by MME

Misted with some Mister Huey in Calico White. Added some black bling, I like it!

Decided to use some trim for some added texture, some stamping, some washi tape :)

STASH USED

* The trim
* The washi tape
* The back bling

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* The collection of PP, it is sooo beautiful
* I love how I mixed up textures with the stamping, the trims and the washi
* I like that I didn't use a sketch
* I love the added black jewels, I feel like it adds the perfect touch!

Hello everyone,

I decided to play along one of Shimelle's sketches... Too bad I haven't had time to do more of them... I'll try to finish one or two more though 'cause they were really awesome!

So, this time, I chose "Challenge #9: Take your pick". We had to choose an outdated challenge and play! Since I had never seen any, I chose one of the "UKScrappers" challenges (for March).

And here is my take on it:


And a few close-ups:

I used some beautiful Fiskars stamps I hadn't really used before.

I cut some flowers out of my "Plumeria" 6x6 pad from BG

Used some Liquid Pearls for the first time in my life!!! :) It's not perfect yet but I like the result

More pearls, more journaling and some handwriting :)

STASH USED

* I bought this paper collection some time ago
* My butterfly punch
* The "tag" punch
* The Fiskars stamps

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* All that stamping! I love those stamps but I had never really used them, what a shame!
* I liked making my own tags and shapes
* I like the general feel to it :)

Hello everyone,

Today, I am sharing a card I made for my mother-in-law's birthday. I had to make it quickly since my fiancé had to leave and take it with him.

I don't know why, but I always find card sketches daunting... I always end up with something I am not really satisfied with! Too close to the sketch maybe. Then, I have a look at other scrappers' creations and they look amazing!

So, today, I decided not to use a sketch. The only thing I knew is that I wanted to use one of my Spellbinder's dies to create a funky shape (got the tip from Jennifer McGuire or Kristina Werner). So, in case you don't know it, I am going to share: to cut a card into the desired shape with a die, place the folded cardstock on the die, but leave the folded edge hang OUT of the die. This way, you'll cut around the paper, but the folded edge will stay intact and you will be able to open your card :)

So, here is what the final card looks like


After cutting up the shape, I just wanted to align three stamped butterflies on the white cardstock. Unfortunately, my stamps were too big to fit. So, I decided I would "give it a pop" with some bright PP. And I felt like the shape on this red one coordinated pretty well with the shape. Seemed all oriental to me :p

Then, I thought about stamping the sentiment, but I felt like the PP was too busy already. So, I cut out three butterflies out of the same collection, and I stamped the sentiment inside, together with three rhinestones.

Finally, I added some black faux stitching because I felt like the outside was too bare.

I am not showing the inside because I took the pictures after writing my card, so it feels kind of too personal, don't know why!

SUPPLIES

* Paper is from the Picadilly collection, by BG
* The Big butterfly is from Martha Stewart
* The die is from Spellbinder

STASH USED

Well, I don't think anything is old enough to be called stash. However, I haven't bought anything new to make the card... So nothing and everything qualifies!

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS CARD

* I didn't use a sketch
* I used my Big Shot, and if you read my blog, you know I LOOOOVE to use it!
* Love the colours, the pattern... the general feel!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week!!! :)

 Hello everyone,

So, long time no write (can I modify the actual expression to write this?!)! As predicted, I have been REALLY busy, worked about 53 hours last week... I guess it might not seem a lot to some of you, but I normally work 37,5 hours... And as a French person, I should fight for my 35 hours! But I don't mind, I did lots of new things at work and I loved every piece of it! But this week is more quiet, and I have to say that I like being home with my fiancé (let's call him S. from now on) and my kitty cat Gaston (let's call him Gaston, shall we... after all, it's his name :p).

I just finished my homemade mayonnaise (yummy) and I am waiting for my leeks to be cooked so we can have dinner. And I thought that, in the mean time, it was time for me to blog!

Anyway, do you know Pam, over at Pamela's world of scrap? Well, if you don't (which I doubt), walk.. no RUN and visit her blog! She has fantastic ideas and makes fabulous designs. Anyway, I fell in love with one of her LOs and thought I would scraplift it... Bad me... But then, I know that she underwent surgery and can't blog not scrap as much. So, I thought that sharing one of her creations might do her well... Even if I am sure nobody is going to forget her!

So, she shared this LO in Jan. (yes, click, click, go!) and I instantly knew I would have to scraplift it!

And here is my take on it

The background is the Picadilly collection from BG. I used the "Out of Print" collection for the circles (6x6 pad)

And here are a few close-ups:

The heart is, if I'm not mistaken, from Artemio! Love the TPC fiber! (or is it TCP, I'll check out!)

I cut out a AC sticker, and it fit perfectly the size of the circle! PERFECT!!!

For the flower, I used a Spellbinder die, it's BEAUTIFUL! Some layering, some brads... AWESOME!

I stamped and clear embossed a nice shape. Then I put some distress ink on the side!

Used some washi tape, layered more flowers. I used a square shape I got at some Dollar Store, and I painted some yellow crackle paint on it.

Thickes and a alpha. To cut the first words, I used a Sizzix die.

STASH USED:

* The little shape
* The crackle paint
* The stamp on the tag

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I used washi, YYYYEEEAAAHHHHH
* The title... Just the title is a story. It's a sentence my nephew used to say when he was like 2 or 3... It's from Snow White!
* I love the pop of colours in front of the off-white background... And the black twine too!
* I liked using stickers and stuff!


Well, on that note, I will leave you to your day, hoping it will go well!! If I have the courage, I will have a look and come back to let you know what the exact supplies are!

Have a great day everyone :-)