Just five more minutes !

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,

Again, it's been a while... I'd like to say that I promise to get better, but I say so every time I post... so... Plus, my father, stepmother and sister are coming to visit next week (arriving on the 6th), so I know I won't be able to do much scrapbooking/blogging!

Anyway, onto my new LO!

I played for the "Once upon a sketch challenge"... We had to write about something we miss... Well, I miss my lovely nephew... every day... So I thought he would make for a great subject!

Here is the sketch:



And here is my take:


And a few close-ups:





WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I am happy I used various materials: stick pins, crackle paint, embossing folder
* I don't know why but, even if I love MME papers, I always have a hard time using them... And here I did, and I'm happy with the result!
* I have been waiting to buy a notebook border punch for a while

STASH USED

* The yellow rick rack on which I applied Distress stain (I wanted to tone it down)
* The brown Thickers

SUPPLIES USED

* The "Good day sunshine" collection by My Mind's Eyes
* The "Kraft Fun day" chipboard elements sheet by My Mind's Eyes
* Stars embossing folder by Bringing Crafts too
* "Vintage Photo" distress ink
* "Old paper" crackle paint
* "Notebook border punch" by Fiskars
* "Gems pins" by Making Memories

Hello everyone,

New week, new LO!

I recently discovered "The Scrapbooking Haven" website and decided to play with this month sketch.



Not so long ago, I would have said: "Well, not my kind of sketch" and I would have looked for another one! But  that's not happening anymore! I am now trying to take the sketches and really make them my own!

So here is what I came up with:


With a few close-ups:

Used the Tim Holtz distressing tool. The border punch is the Fiskars postage stamp.

Love those Thickers!! Little letters on top are Lilly Bee Design. The scalloped piece is a Pinkpaislee Mistable. Misted it with some "Bubble gum" Maya Mist from MR.

Die cut the hearts with Sizzix dies and then embossed them! Love the result. I used washi tape to hold the paper on the die. Didn't peel it off the pinkish one because I liked the result! (At the top.)

The brad is BoBunny, the tab is AC :)

A mini clip from TH... A few buttons and there you go! :)

I'm really happy because I used a lot of the products I bought last week end, so I don't have to regret the purchases. Used the heart dies, the Pinkpaislee mistable, the Maya Mist, the little tiny alpha, the tab.

But I also used some stash..

STASH USED

* Bought the paper last summer, so they start to count as stash!
* The stamp was bought last June as well! It's Toga and I love this set, but we know I don't use my stamps enough, so I am trying to be better!
* The little heart at the top. I peeled it off a Martha Stewart embellishment. I figured that if I don't use the entire embellishment, at least, I should use part of it, right?!
* Washi taaaaaaaaaaaape!

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I started off with a rather "old"/vintagy looking sketch and I came up with a totally different look and feel!
* The texture provided by the distressing of the paper, the muslin ribbon, the washi tape and the embossing
* I used a stamp!!!!! :D

I really hope you like it and I thank you for stopping by :)

Have a great day!

Hello ladies,

As usual, long time, no see... I do feel guilty, you know!

So, without further ado, let me show you a page I created this weekend for the "Sketchy Thursdays" challenge!


I really liked this sketch so I kept many things, but I did change up some others... And here is what I came up with:


This pic features my lil sis when we were at the "Casa Battlo", in Barcelona, this summer! Reminds me of the kind of pics my dad takes, in which he would put an usual object next to a well known one to compare sizes, so we wouldn't forget in the future! Well, we won't forget the size of the door... or my sister's!

And here are a few close-ups:

Used Tim Holtz' die for the rosette

The letters are Magenta chipboard that I covered with Colorbox ink and clear embossed to get a colour that would coordinate with my papers

For the buttons, I did the same thing: Colorbox inks and clear embossing!

Here, I used "Calico White" Mister Huey. The "Date" and "Photos" stamps are from Toga and the punck is EK Success.

STASH USED

* All the punches... I don't use them as much as I should
* The buttons... I have LOADS of them... Bought them in bulk and two weeks ago, I decided to organize them by colour! It was quite soothing, good therapy!!
* The stamps and the ink!!


WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO


* I didn't follow the sketch to the letter (can I even say that in English... We do say it in French but...)
* I finally managed to get the effect I wanted with the Mr Huey mist
* All the papers don't come from the same collection but it works!

SUPPLIES

Please see the list above (under each picture)
Papers
   * Background: "Decaf Dot" by BoBunny
   * Others: "Summer's end" by Fancy Pants

Hello ladies,

See how good I am this week? I managed to post twice already (three times even :p).

So, here are the two pages I created for Shimelle's challenge over at 2Peas. Kind of a last minute project but I was happy to be able to include 10 pics in 2 pages since I am not sure I'll have enough of this amazing Fancy Pants collection for my vacations in Spain!

Since I didn't have those kind of page protectors, I just stuck my pics directly on my 12x12 sheet! But problem is: my pics are NEVER 6" tall, I don't know why, So I had to "cheat".

Anyway, here are my pages

You can't really tell from the pic but there's a rub-on next to Siurana... It's small and cute, and it says: "Love"

Who doesn't love a bit of hidden journaling?

Love that glittery bird die cut!

And a few close-ups


Sorry about the saturated colours and the bad lighting but it's already dark when I finish work, so...

I decided not to embellish too much! I tried to make it nice though...

STASH USED

None really, nearly everything came from the Fancy Pants collection

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THOSE LO

* They are flat, and that's great because the album is SOOO bulky! That's because of my lovely rosettes!
* I like how it's still colourful and lovely without much! The pictures really come first. (It felt like doing more collage than scrapping ahah). And I think those kind of pictures really worked for this kind of LO... Less busy than pictures with people...

SUPPLIES

Please see my 2Peas gallery

I hope you like it! I'm going to get some sleep before work tomorrow... Today was Tuesday and I was already tired... I blame the weather!!

TFL and have a fantastic day (I think it will be tomorrow when you read this). :)

Hello ladies,

I am so sorry I am not more available but I was so used to working at home that I feel like I have no time to myself now. But I absolutely don't regret it, I love working in a company, with great people.. And it's great having a set schedule too!!

But onto the little scrapbooking I managed to do last week end. I created a LO using three pictures I *LOVE*. I took them in Barcelona this summer, in the Gothic neighbourhood. I fell in love with this mix of styles and generations... So I decided I would create a LO. The sketch I used comes from the March "4x6 photo love" class given by Shimelle.

So, here it is.


And a few close-ups.

The big square tag comes from FP, the round one is from AC and the one under the title is a Spellbinder die cut

My lovely rosettes! I'll have to stop, this album is going to get WAY TOO bulky!

Found this ribbon at Walmart, love it!

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I tried to mix genres, like in the picture. So I used a "lacy" ribbon with some pretty straight and modern lines. I used a mix of English and French in the title.

* I love the colours... Well, this collection by Fancy Pants is wonderful, I must say :)

STASH USED

* The buttons
* The ribbon
* The alphas

SUPPLIES

Please see my 2Peas gallery

Hello everyone,

So here is a LO I created to match the one I did for Shimelle's challenge!

The more I get to work with Fancy Pants papers, the more I love it... To make this LO, I used Shimelle's "4x6 photo love" class for August... (I love Shimelle's sketches!).

ETA: I can enter this LO for the "Scrapbookers Anonymous"'s challenge: "Letter C": The title starts with a "C" and all of the pictures are actually "Close-ups", I used a Clear stamp for the little thingie on top of the title, and we have some Cream colour in the LO...

Let's stop it here, let us not push it too far!!


Here is my take:



And here are a few close-ups

Second page

First page

The title. Used the negative shape of the Tim Holtz rosette die to make the top border

A little cluster. Once again, I used the negative space AND the same doily as I used in the "Casa Battlo" LO

STASH USED

* The "Unforgettable memories" Momenta stickers. I've had them for a while and I'm happy the colours matched this LO

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I like the general result... It seems you can't go wrong with Fancy Pants!!!
* I like how I coordinated elements with the previous LO, even if they are not meant to be  next to each other (since one is a two-page LO)
* I'm happy I used elements from different brands (Momenta, the brad from DCVW, the doily, the stamp)

SUPPLIES

For a list of most of the supplies, please go to my 2Peas Gallery

TFL!!!!