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Hello everyone,

Once again, long time no see! I hate it but I can't seem to reverse the trend! I'll try to do better though!

Today, I am sharing a page I created using a BG sketch!
I stayed pretty true to it :) I liked that it allowed me to incorporate 4 pictures :)
Since those are pictures from my brother's wedding, I used the Hello Luscious collection from BG.

So, here we go:

A double page, not so usual for me!

Left end side. Most of the space is taken up by the pictures.

Right end side.

Used my Big Shot and some SpellBinder die to create this banner. I added faux stitching with a white gel pen

A few cardboard shapes and again, my oh-so-loved Big Shot for the big circle

The top letters are DIY alphas by AC which I coated with Wow glitter in brown. The bottom letters are BG. Originally beige, I painted them in green with Maya Mist to fit my color scheme.

I punched the butterfly with some Martha Stewart punch.

Same SpellBinders die.

Stitching, Big Shot and Martha.

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,

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,

So, are you impressed with all my blogging this week?

Today, I thought I would share a LO I created on Jan., 2d. WITHOUT A SKETCH BABY! (Oops, sorry, I got carried away!).

I am sure you know Sutty, over at Fruits of my scraps... She's that great scrapper who does those AMAZING pages and doesn't even seem to realize how wonderful she is... Anyway, why am I mentioning Sutty you ask? Because I had been wanting to use "banners"/"pennants" for a while, and she won a challenge over at AC with one of her great pages! So, she and another amazing blogger, Mary Pat, over at Siehled With a Kiss, inspired me to give it a try!

So, here is what I came up with:


As, Pamela, a third GREATLY wonderful scrapper said, you can NEVER go wrong with butterflies, so...

And here are a few close-ups

Martha Steward punch, Sew Easy baker's twine by WeRMK, PP : Basic Grey's "Life of the party"

Sticker from the "UPCycle" collection by Cosmo Cricket and BG brads

See... BUTTERFLIES! The ink on the doilyis Jenni Bolwin's "Chewing gum"

"Subway" Thickers

Rub-on and sticker from the same BG collection. The label is a die cut I made using a spellbinder die and my Big Shot. The paint is just watercolour I spritzed on there! I inked the buttons and clear embossed them.

STASH USED

* Buttons, as usual (it seems to be a never-ending stash)
* The Cosmo Cricket sticker! I'm really happy when I get to use one!!
* All the eyelets at the top

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* The inking of white buttons when I don't have the right colour for a button. I have plenty of white ones, so it's good! Plus here, the one at the button is green and blue, so I can try to create mixes :)
* The watercolour, I think it adds a nice touch and a bit of texture since some of it crackles!
* The eyelets... A different touch I think, but it works

SUPPLIES

See comments under the pics!


Before thanking you for stopping by, I'd like to invite you to visit the blogs of the three great scrappers I mentioned today (just in case you didn't know them.. Which would be quite surprising, but still!).

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by ;)

Hello everyone,

See how am I at trying to get better and share more!!??

So here, I used a sketch from Creative Scrappers (#186)


And here is the LO:


And a few close-ups:

Used some "Vintage Photo" disress ink and the Tim Holtz distressing tool to age the two strips on the side. As for the one on the middle,  I used some clear crackle paint

I used the Martha Stewart butterfly punch and I cut the flower out of one of the PP. I used two diff. set of alphas, some Thickers and the BG one (the red one)

Buttons, pearls, flowers and so on

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I was not sure of where it was heading... And I got a little scare when clustering, but in the end, I didn't give up and am happy with the result!
* I'm happy I FINALLY used this butterfly punch
* I started working more on the papers by distressing and aging them

STASH USED

* The buttons
* The green flower brad