samedi 31 juillet 2010
Quel est mon style? / What's my style?
Card Patterns #75
L'image que j'ai utilisée vient de notre sponsor cette semaine, Sweet 'n Sassy Designs. Alors je vous laisse à votre imagination! Bon weekend!
jeudi 29 juillet 2010
Une page et un mini et une carte! / A layout, a mini album and a card!
Hello! Today I'd love to show you a layout I made fir this month's challenge over at Hero Arts. My layout combines two themes of this challenge since it's about a little trip we made and also there's a mini book on it. I had too many pictures to put them all on the layout so Ive chosen the option of making a booklet and including it on my layout. I know, I could make a spread but well, a challenge is a challenge! :) I used the color palette as proposed by Embellish Magazine since it seemed to go well with pictures that are visible, apart maybe from my kids clothes and the green of trees... Here's the story: we went to a place called Papiliorama. These are two big tents with tropical temperatures inside. One is filled with all sorts of butterflies. In the other one, there's night and one can see (hardly :)) some animals and bats (those hurried us outside very quickly!) We went there in the beginning of March so outside it was quite chilly but inside we were sweating and trying to get rid of our clothes! My daughter was learning to walk with her brother's help. We finished the visit by playing on the playground outside. All the pictures illustrate this part of the journaling. in the mini book there are pictures of beautiful butterflies that we saw in the tent. The cover is tucked under the small flap. And pages are made accordion style - I adhered pictures on both sides of it. The very first picture on the back of the cover is an intruder. But I thought this bird was so colorful that I couldn't leave it out!
Et encore un montage des photos du mini. / Here are all the pictures I put in the booklet.
Une fois la pages terminée, il me restaient quelques chutes. Je m'en suis servie pour en faire une carte. J'ai aussi utilisé un nouveau tampon que j'ai trouvé ce matin dans une boutique.
Once the layout was finished, there were some scraps left. I used them to make a card. I also used a new stamp I found this morning in a shop.
Après un peu de réflexion, je crois que je vais entrer cette carte dans le défi Cute & Fun sur Moxie Fab World. Et voilà tout pour aujourd'hui. A bientôt!
After some deliberation, I think I'll enter this card into Moxie Fab World Cute & Fun challenge. And that's it for today. See you soon!
mercredi 28 juillet 2010
Défi CAS-tastic challenge #14
Hello! It's Wednesday and even if it's the middle of the Summer, the new CAS-tastic challenge is here! Maybe it's the Sun but this time, it has to shine! Embellishments, Stickles, embossing powders, you can use whatever you want. Just bling it up! For my card, I used this technique that I just love, watercolor paper, Distress inks and pearlized water. And to add some more shine, I added some gems.
Maintenant c'est votre tour! Crééz une carte Clean & Simple qui brille. Cette semaine il y a un bon de 15$ chez Whimsy Stamps à gagner!
All you have to do now is to create a Clean & Simple card with bling. This week there is a 15$ gift certificate over at Whimsy Stamps to win!
Pour connaître la gagnante du prix ainsi que le TOP 5 de la semaine dernière, cliquez ICI. Et voici les liens vers d'autres membres de l'équipe pour admirer leur travail!
To know the winner as well as the TOP 5 of the last week's challenge , click HERE. And here are the links to other members of the DT so that you can admire their work!
lundi 26 juillet 2010
2 chapitres / 2 chapters
samedi 24 juillet 2010
Card Patterns #74
Hello everybody! I hope your weekend is going well (are you going to CHA?)! And that maybe you'll have a minute to read this post and maybe even participate in the new Card Patterns challenge! Here's the sketch:
Et voici ma carte:
And here's my card:
Est-ce cherché un peu loin du sketch? J'espère que non... Enfin, vous pouvez interpréter le sketch comme bon il vous semble et ainsi peut-être gagner quelques images de Some Odd Girl. Amusez-vous bien!
Is it a little bit too far fetched? Hopefully not! Anyway, you can interpret the sketch as you want and win some images from Some Odd Girl! Have fun!
vendredi 23 juillet 2010
Shabby n°2
De nouveau j'ai fais ma fleur selon le tuto d'Ally. Le petit cadre était blanc à la base. Je l'ai embossé avec une poudre bleue puis j'ai appliqué un peu de l'encre Distress Walnut Stain parce qu'il avait l'air trop neuf et poli. En préparant cette carte j'avais naturellement en tête le défi de Moxie Fab World. Il me plaît ce défi. Grâce à lui je vais encore adopter pour du bon le style shabby!
jeudi 22 juillet 2010
Tentations / Temptations
The temptation of shabby is strong. I love this style without having tried my hand on it. But when you see marvels like those made by Carole, one can only want to make the same. Plus, there's this Moxie Fab challenge out there to make us try the style that isn't ours on a daily basis. And THAT is an invitation one cannot miss! So, here's a result of a marriage between my first try on a shabby style and 2 Sketches 4 You sketch. Which is yet another temptation!
La fleur a été faite par mes soins selon le tuto d'Ally sur myStamp Box. Simplement génial! Et vous, quelle est votre tentation?
The flower was made by me according to Ally's tutorial on myStamp Box. Simply genius! And you, what's tempting you?
mercredi 21 juillet 2010
Défi CAS-tastic challenge #13
Hello! It's hot, sun is shining... Hopefully this will inspire you to participate in the new CAS-tastic challenge! Because this week it's all about Summer!
Maintenant c'est votre tour! Crééz une carte Clean & Simple inspirée par l'été. Cette semaine il y a un bon de 10$ chez Tiddlyinks à gagner!
All you have to do now is to create a Clean & Simple card inspired by Summer. This week there is a 10$ gift certificate over at Tiddlyinks to win!
Pour connaître la gagnante du prix ainsi que le TOP 5 de la semaine dernière, cliquez ICI. Et voici les liens vers d'autres membres de l'équipe pour admirer leur travail!
To know the winner as well as the TOP 5 of the last week's challenge , click HERE. And here are the links to other members of the DT so that you can admire their work!
P.S. Je vais entrer cette carte dans le défi de style de Moxie Fab World.
P.S. I will enter this card into Moxie Fab World's style challenge.
mardi 20 juillet 2010
Une 'tite page? / A lil' layout?
Hello! The last weekend was a good one. Not only because the weather was a bit cooler but also because I had some time to make a layout that was on my mind for quite a while. I made plenty of sketches but the final result didn't look at all as the first design. Here it is:
Sur cette dernière photo vous pouvez voir que j'ai embossé un de trois papillons en haut avec une poudre scintillante pour rappeler le brillant de la carte du journaling.
On this last picture you can see that I embossed one of the three butterflies with a shimmery embossing powder to recall the glitter of the journaling card. And the journaling says: "The most charming is the very unconsciousness of your own charm."
Je termine ici pour ne plus vous priver des charmes d'une piscine... :)
I finish here so that you no longer be deprived of a swimming pool's charms... :)
lundi 19 juillet 2010
Appel DT / DT Call - myStamp Box
myStampBOX is looking for a few new Designers to join our team this Fall. If you are enthusiastic about our stamps, love to stamp and know a thing or two about blogging, you are the right match for us. We are interested in designers with a variety of styles who can creatively showcase myStampBOX designs in their cards, altered art and scrapbook layouts. No previous design team experience is necessary.
Here are the details for our call:
Term is 6 months from October 1st, 2010 to March 31st, 2011.
Team requirements:
* 4 projects per month
* 1 blog entry per month including good quality photos of a project and instructions/tutorial
* Upload all projects to the myStampBox website gallery and 2 other online galleries
* Submit at least 4 projects per term for submission to print magazines of your choice
* Occasionally help with additional design opportunities – new stamp sets, classes, newsletters, etc.
Team benefits:
*bio and picture on the website, with links to your blog
*a starter kit of stamp sets and additional stamp sets throughout your term
*other free scrapbooking supplies from product partners as they become available
*30% discount on purchased myStampBox stamps during your term
*a short paragraph about yourself and why you think you’d be a good fit for myStampBOX.
*link to your blog and gallery
International applicants are welcome to apply.
Send your application to bettina@mystampbox.com
myStampBOX website: www.mystampbox.com
We can't wait to hear from you!
samedi 17 juillet 2010
Card Patterns #73
Il y a tout de même une encre dessus puisque j'ai voulu distresser un peu le papier imprimé...
There's however some ink on this card since I wanted to distress a bit the patterned paper...
Pour pouvoir admirer les créations des autres membres de l'équipe, cliquer ICI. J'espère que vous pourriez participer! Il y a quelques tampons d'Unity Stamps à gagner. Bon weekend!
To see other DT members creations, please click HERE. I hope you'll be able to play along! There are some Unity Stamps up for grabs! Have a nice weekend!
vendredi 16 juillet 2010
Défi de style / Style challenge
mercredi 14 juillet 2010
Le temps des... / It's time for...
...cherries! I've found THIS TUTORIAL the other day on how to make crochet cherries and had to try it! Plus, this goes perfectly for the Hero Arts food challenge, or so it seems to me... But it also goes for Sarah Martina's "something fruity" challenge.
C'est tout pour aujourd'hui! Bonne nuit!
That's it for today! Have a good night!
Défi CAS-tastic challenge #12
Hello! The new CAS-tastic challenge is up! And this time, it's really SIMPLE!
S --> Stamped or printed image (image tamponnée ou imprimée)
I --> Inked edges (bords encrées)
M --> Masking (masquage)
P --> Paper Piecing (hmmm, pour traduire c'est dur! Est-ce que "rapiécage" d'image, ça existe comme mot???)
L --> Lace (dentelle)
E --> Embossing (embossage)
All you have to do now is to create a Clean & Simple card using at least 3 of all the things enumerated on top of this post. This week there is a 10$ gift certificate over at One Stop Card Crafts to win!
Pour connaître la gagnante du prix ainsi que le TOP 5 de la semaine dernière, cliquez ICI. Et voici les liens vers d'autres membres de l'équipe pour admirer leur travail!
To know the winner as well as the TOP 5 of the last week's challenge , click HERE. And here are the links to other members of the DT so that you can admire their work!
dimanche 11 juillet 2010
Pense-bête / Forget not
Hello for the second time! ;-) I come back to share with you something I made this weekend. I had this idea for quite a while but couldn't find an issue. Suddenly the new Hero Arts challenge came to rescue me. Basically, my idea came from two facts: first, there are millions of challenges on the web and second, my memory is quite week to remember them all. So, I was in an urgent need of something to remind me to go and check a good challenge on the good day. And why HA challenge had a role to play in all this? Well, because it's all about making (among other things) a mini book. When I knew this, everything came along quite well. Wanna see?
La couverture avec un élastique fixé par des oeillets pour faire tenir le tout si jamais je devais le prendre en ballade avec moi. Sur la deuxième photo vous pouvez voir que j'ai fais dans un carton de récyclage un stand pour que le tout tienne debout.
The cover has some elastic band fixed with two eyelets to make the book hold together in case I wanted to take it on a walk with me. On the second picture you can see that I made in a piece of recycled cardstock a stand so that my book can... stand. :)
Les pages sont de plus en plus longues et sur chaque marge j'ai marqué un jour de la semaine. Chaque page a le bord replié vers le haut, cousu sur les bords pour créer une pochette dans laquelle j'ai glissé une carte pour y inscrire les sites de défis.
The pages are longer and longer and on each margin I wrote one day of the week. Each page has a border plied up and stitched on both sides to create a pocket. I put there a small card on which I'll write the site of the challenge.
L'arrière de chaque page est aussi tamponné avec le même tampon que le devant mais en ton sur ton.
The back of each page is also stamped with the same stamp but tone on tone.
Et voici les autres pages... / And here are other pages...
J'espère que cette réa vous plaira! Et que désormais je n'oublierai plus aucun de défis!!! Bonne nuit!
Hopefully you'll like this "web agenda"! And I won't forget any of the challenges!!! Have a good night!
vendredi 9 juillet 2010
Card Patterns #72
Hello! It's high time for the new Card Patterns sketch! Here it is:
Et voici ma proposition: / And here's my proposition:
Pour cette carte, j'ai décidé de faire un lacage en ruban façon Alexandra. Je me suis un peu battue avec mais j'ai gagné! ;-) Là où les choses se sont légèrement gâtées c'est au moment de l'embossage de ruban. Il faut absolument que je m'achète un de ces coussins magiques antistatiques... Le reste était question de coloriage de l'image et voilà! J'espère que vous allez pouvoir participer!
For this card, I decided to lace up some ribbons for the background as Alexandra does. It was a kind of a hard battle but I won in the end! ;-) The things got a bit more complicated the moment I tried the embossing on ribbon. I do need to buy myself one of those magic antistatic little baggies... The rest was a question of coloring this image with some colored pencils. I hope you'll play along!
Un record! / A record!
Hello! How are your hot days going? They make us sweat very much here. But that's not an excuse to make nothing, right? So here's the second layout I made this week! Yes, yes! It talks about something that happened in June while we were in France. One more witness layout that there's a special feeling in my son's little heart for this girl... (The journaling says: "In Bandol, you're eyes were fixed constantly on her. At every question you replied "Does Alexiane too?" And one day I had this dialog with you. Me: "I like Alexiane because it's your friend. But you, I love you!" You: "I love Alexiane!" I think we might say that this girl has a special place in your heart..."
Cette page correspond au nouveau défi de SRM Stickers de mois de juillet qui est "Clean & Simple"! J'aime bien ce défi, il se peut que j'y participe juste pour le fun!
This layout goes well for the new monthly challenge over at SRM Stickers which is "Clean & Simple"! And I love that challenge! I'll probably play along, even if just for fun!
mercredi 7 juillet 2010
Défi CAS-tastic challenge #11
Bonjour! C'est mercredi ce qui veut dire qu'il est temps de vous annoncer le nouveau défi CAS-tastic! Cette fois-ci il faut utiliser du kraft! Ah, ça c'est un défi qui me plaît bien!!!
Hello! It's Wednesday and this means that it is time for a new CAS-tastic challenge! This time it's all about using kraft! This is challenge that I love!!!
All you have to do now is to create a Clean & Simple card using kraft. This week there is a 10$ gift certificate over at Softpencil to win!
Pour connaître la gagnante du prix ainsi que le TOP 5 de la semaine dernière, cliquez ICI. Et voici les liens vers d'autres membres de l'équipe pour admirer leur travail!
To know the winner as well as the TOP 5 of the last week's challenge , click HERE. And here are the links to other members of the DT so that you can admire their work!