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Hello everyone,

See, when I don't promise anything, I post twice in the same day!

Today, I am sharing a LO I made using one of Shimelle's sketches.



And here is what I came up with, using some old and new products I just got yesterday!! (massive haul... hum hum).


And a few close-ups

Used some Thickers from my stash and I tuck memorabilia from my birthday in the homemade pocket!

I even included the little blackboard we put on tables for the names :)

Something better than a lil' cluster? The small pocket is from the Smash books :)

Added some fiber at the bottom to add some blue. The square on the left is from MME

Nothing better than a rub-on final touch!

STASH USED

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 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,

AGAIN, it's been a while since my last post!! But, to make up for it, I'll post twice today (this card and another one).

I made this card for a colleague of my fiancé. She's the one who gave us the cat, so I thought a thank you card was more than appropriate! I mean, it's been one and a half week and I couldn't live without him already... *sigh*

(Can you feel the sentimental moment??)

This card was inspired by this post by the amazing Kristina Werner. I have to admit that I used the exact same concept but used the products I had on hand to create my card.

As you will see, I used the rub-ons from the Fancy pants collection I use to make my Spain LOs. But since those are summer LO, there is no room for those gorgeous flowers or this cute "Thank you". So, I thought: "BE CRAZYYY, use the items from your collections to create a card"... And I love the result!!

So, without further ado (do you even write this that way... too tired to check right now), here is my card:



STASH USED

* This border stamp from TPC studio. I think this must be one of the first stamp I ever bought and I don't think I ever used it! But K. always has great ways to use those kind of stamps, and I love it!

* To create that brown border on the right, I took a scrap of kraft paper and I spread "Brown sugar" ink from Jenni Bowlin all over it!

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS CARD

* The colour... I'm really into kraft! *LOOOOVE IT* (not as much as Gaston the car, but still).
* The general result
* I'm really happy I use those rub-ons.. I hate when stuff goes to waste!

SUPPLIES

* There are mentioned here and there, but if you ABSOLUTELY want a list, please visit my gallery on 2Peas.

TFL! :)

Hello everyone,

Here is a new LO created for Shimelle's sketch of the week!


So, I really liked the sketch this week so I HAD to play along! I chose I picture from my birthday and decided I would make the first page of the album!

So, here is what I came up with


And here are a few close-ups

LAX Thickers and handmade faux chipboard letters (tutorial to come)

Some stars and swirls... that's all it takes

And more swirls!!

Used en embossing folder for this! Here is the debossed side because I changed my mind about what side to use!

A rub-on and some hand journaling to finish it off!! WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO * The way I used swirls to add movements * The fact I FINALLY used one of my embossing folders in a LO * The fact I *CREATED* faux chipboard letters (*HEART*) STASH USED * The LAX Thickers... It's one of the first collections I bought * The rub-ons... I've bought them WAY BEFORE I bought the papers! * The cereal boxes I keep (used them to make the chipboard letters) SUPPLIES Please see my 2Peas gallery and the legend under the pics to see the supplies I used for this project

Hello ladies,

Today, a LO evolving around a different theme (at least for me): a table! ***A TABLE***, I hear you say... Well, not any table... My birthday table! Two colours: green (lime let's say) and pink... (I have to mention that my best friend folded the napkins).

For this project, I used a LO by "Got Sketch?". Sorry but I'm unable to put the sketch here, so you'll have to follow the link to their page :) I couldn't pass up this one because they had rosettes... And we know I LOOOVE them!!

So, here is the page:


LOVE the colours... And I'm really happy because the "Life of the party" collection had colours that matched up the table pretty well!!

STASH USED

* None really... Well, this border punch is the first one I bought, does it count??
* I've had those rub ons forever (see previous post)...

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I've been thrifty lately (I don't know why, but I love the word "thrifty" in English... there are some words I also love in French... and that's one of the ones I like in English) and I've cut out the center of the papers... Like here for example, I cut out the center of the pink paper since it was not going to show up! I often do this when using a particular collection for a event...
* The rosettes... the banner... the lively colours...

SUPPLIES

For a list of supplies (and more pictures), please visit my 2Peas gallery

Hello everyone,

As you may know/have noticed, I'm really into using "Creative Scrappers" sketches for my LOs (I even decided to create a LO for each sketch they put in their PDF files!). Well, instead of ONLY "living in the past", I decided to participate in one of their challenges with sketch #179 (to view the sketch, please click on the link).

So, here is my take (pretty clean and simple...)


And here are a few close-ups

I applies the rub-ons one on top of the other

And just a slight modification to the journaling since I noticed a MISTAKE!!!! I HATE HATE HATE mistakes... As we say in French, "déformation professionnelle"

So, there you go!


I don't know if I like it better like that or not, but I could not stand everyone pointing this mistake out when having a look at the album!!

VARIATIONS FROM THE SKETCH

The top left corner: I used banners instead of the squares!

STASH USED

I must admit I only used the red ribbon... Well, the papers are new BUT I've had the rub-ons for a LONG while! So that also comes from my stash...

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I like the way I applied the rub-ons
* The wound grain paper... but that's BG, not me :D

SUPPLIES

For a list of supplies, please visit my 2Peas gallery

TFL and have a fantastic day!!!!

Hello, blogging friends,

I didn't intend to post a LO today but.... I finished one and I have a question for you!!!

First things first, let me show you the sketch from Creative Scrappers I used:

Pretty cute uh!

And here is my take:


A few close-ups (for good measure):

I've been loving mixing fonts lately

Rub-on flower

Anoter rub on flower

Rub-on embellishment as well!

Even if I didn't make a double page (I didn't think I'd scrap this pic at first, I used flowers as embellies in order to coordinate with this LO I made some time ago).

So, QUESTION IS


Shoud I, or should I not, take off those two girl sticker at the bottom right corner? At first, I didn't want to put them but I realize the space was looking empty and I felt lazy so I didn't want to re-do my journaling.

So, what do you think? ON or OFF?

STASH USED

Not much, I have to admit... But I've had this yellow ribbon and this BG brad for a long time... So it kind of counts, doesn't it?

WHAT  I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* At first, I wanted to put Star embellies to coordinate with some other LO (hadn't thought about the one I linked at first)... So I sew a start at the top right corner... Then, I saw the "You make me smile" rub-on and I thought that would be better... BUT I had holes which didn't get covered by the tag... So, I had to fight and find a way to cover up the holes while having something look nice.. And I think it pretty much worked, doesn't it?

* I think rub-on can seem awkward, all flat on a page... So I like putting them on paper and cut around them... Takes more time but it gived it more dimension I think!

SUPPLIES

* PP: BG "Hello Luscious" Collection
* Rub-ons: BG "Hello Luscious" Rub-on book
* Brad: "Hello Luscious" glazed brads by BG (I didn't remember it was HL, good surprise!)
* Ribbon: Offray MicroSpool
* Stickers (heart and ladies): "Upcycle" sticker sheet from Cosmo Cricket
* Tag sticker (under flower on the left): "Sweet thread" sticker sheet from BG
* Alphas:
                  * "Focus": "Marquise" Thickers in red, by AC
                  * "Out of": Silver Mini Alpha by ATD
* Ink: "Tattered Rose" distress ink, by Ranger
* Border punch: "Threading water" by Fiskars
* Red pearl: From the stash

TFL and let me know what you think!!!!!

Hello everyone!

9 A.M. and believe it or not, I tidied up my office/scrapbooking room! It was NOT possible anymore! I couldn't see anything, all my collections of papers were getting mixed up: I needed some "blank" space! I still have more work to do, but at least, it's a BIG start.

Anyhow, I am now sipping my coffee (Yes, I  even cleaned up before having breakfast) while blogging... And it feels good!

I wanted to share today I LO I made using yet another sketch by Creative Scrappers. I think I am going to try and work on ALL their sketches (at least the 165 they included in those 2 PDFs). I like sketches right now because they teach me the basic organization of a LO + my pages come together much more quickly, which is great since I am SOOOO behind!

Here is the sketch:


Before you have a look, I must say something! Those of you who regularly read my posts (I hope there are many) know that I was nearly out of "Hello Luscious" paper. But since I have been scrapping that many pics of my brother's wedding, I went and bought some new sheets! Unfortunately, the shops which are close from my house don't offer coordinating stickers or alphas so... But I am using the scraps I have left!!! NO WASTE :)

And, FINALLY, here is my take:

And here are a few close-ups:

I just found those "Hello Luscious" rub-ons! I was sooo stocked! Plus, you'll notice that I decided to spritz a little white paint

Can you see the Glossy Accent (well I have another brand, but you see what I mean) on the heart and on the second one?

SOMETHING FROM THE STASH

The black thingie I used for the title. I've had that for a long time and hadn't used it in quite a while. And I like the mix of both "fonts".

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* At first, I was thinking that those black and red papers were a bit dark, so I threw in a little yellow and I think it jazzed it up!
* LOVE the rub-on

SUPPLIES

* Cardstock: AC
* PP: BG "Hello Luscious" collection
* Rub-On: BG "Hello Luscious" rub-on book
* Paint: "White Wash" Americana paint by DecoArt
* Punches:
                        * Circles: Marvy Uchida
                        * Heart: EK Success
                        * Border punch: "Threading water" by Fiskars
                        * Corner punch: "Large Rounder Corner" by EK Success
* Ink: "Chipped Sapphire" distress ink, by Ranger
* Alpha: "Marquise" Thickers in red, AC

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all having a lovely week end! As for me, I'm pretty happy with the weather and my fiancé is coming back in two days (after I came back from my two-month holidays in France with my family, he went to see his in Tunisia for a week), so I'm pretty happy!

For this LO, I used this sketch I found on Sketch Support (I'm sure you'll all agree that this is a GREAT website):

Originally, this was a two-page sketch, but I decided to only use one side of it, which, I think, worked pretty well!

So here is the LO:

And here are a few close-ups:

Vellum, PP and button

The banner dangles freely, LOVE IT!

 WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS LO

* I started with a sketch, was not satisfied with how it was coming up, so I adjusted
* I used my big shot to create the journaling tag, YAY!!!
* I used rub-ons I've had in my stash forever

SUPPLIES

* Cardstock: AC
* PP: BG "Hello Luscious"
* Alphabet stickers: "Fantastic" Thickers by Dear Lizzy and AC
* Rub-ons : "Life of the Party" rub-ons by BG
* Pearl: Yellow Sunshine Pearls by Queen&Co
* Brads: "Hello Luscious" glazed brads by BG
* Postage stamp: Handmade Stamp sticker pad by K&Company
* Floss: "Mud Pie" floss which goes with the Sew Easy tool from WeRMemoryKeepers
* Die: "Labels Fourteen", Nestabilities by Spellbinders

TFL