We have a winner !

And it's me ! I play in May with the ARTastic challenge, and I win a prize. Yeah !

But I have to wait to return to the US to play with it... DH was kind enough to send me this picture. Maybe it was not kind, maybe it's just teasing...

Thanks again to the ARTastic challenge blog, it was fun to play with you !

C'est magnifique challenge

A challenge with a French name ? I had to do it. And I need a scrap challenge to relax me from my vacation with kids...
So I grabbed my scrap travel bag and tried to find something to fit this challenge from the "C'est Magnifique" kit club. I didn't have any of their products, not even a hot balloon like in their sketch, but, whatever, I had my imagination (and still have today by the way). And TADA, here is the result :

 

We R Memory keepers papers, MME acrylic stamp for the border, EK Success punch for the mat, Petaloo, Recollections and Making Memories flowers, Recollections ribbon, I am Roses leaves, and like always my Tim Holtz distress ink.

 

Amazing what you can do with a minimum of products. I like this layout very much. Thanks for the sketch, C'est magnifique...

No matter what happens...

Today, I will show you a card made with washi tapes and colored stamp. I made this card thinking of my teen and her friends. Sometimes, they fight for no good reason, but they always make peace at the end. "No matter what happens, we R BFF" was the perfect fit for this card.

 

I use MME washi on a blank note card, stamped Flonz manga girls and colored them with Copic markers, Sticko alpha and a Studio G "BFF" stamp with pink ink. I found the chipboard frame at Michael's and the text came from K&company rub-ons.

I love rub-ons. Why are they disappearing from the scrapbooking market ?

Family ride for a scrappy challenge

In my luggages, I had enough space to put a scrapbag with my essentials : my cutter, a mat, a ruler, two decorative scissors, all my Copic markers, few ink pads, four rubber stamps, two sheets of acrylic stamps, 5 ribbons, a paper pad, some assorted stickers, a white gel pen, flowers and leaves, and good adhesives.

Believe it or not, that was enough to create a page for a challenge : The Grand Diva's creative corner challenge of June.

 

 

And by chance, I think it fit perfectly with the Rochelle Spears June challenge too ! It will allow me to enter for a bonus prize...

 

Feels good to scrap in France !

Hi Oklahoma !

Do you remember the BoBunny email about making cards for Oklahoma ? They received 486 cards ! they post the picture of all the cards, and I have seen mine ! Look for a green and purple one in the middle :

I'm glad they received this amount of cards, and I hope that's gonna lift some spirits...

I'm writing now from France where I will be during the whole summer. I have found my home waiting for me to be dusted, so not much time to scrapbook for the moment. But I promise you to post pictures of this beautiful part of France, near Avignon.

I wish you a great sunny day...

Welcome wreath

My second publication with Northridge Publishing is a well loved welcome wreath, made out of pink and green  Making Memories papers and grapevine wreath. I cut all the flowers and leaves with my Cricut Expression and the cartridge Flower shoppe. I add some white buttons as center for the flowers, and paper covered wood letters for the welcome.

I kept this wreath so long on my door before sending it for publication, it was faded. So, when they said they want it for publication, I have to make the EXACT same one all over again... Took forever but I'm so proud to see it in the Cricut Idea Book : Simple & Stylish !

My first US paper publication !

Last November, I was Lucky enough to see my mini album picked for publication by Northridge Publishing. I was being to see it on paper only in April, and I am now allowed to show you what was picked...

It's a laminated mini that I made out of K&Company paper, my Cricut Expression with the Ornemental Iron cartridge and my laminator. Sorry for the bad pictures of it, I didn't have it back yet to take new better ones... Or you can just take a look at the Cricut Mini Albums Idea Book 2013 !

"Dans mon jardin secret" means " in my secret garden"

"the pretty flowers..." .... "are well watered"

 

"with a lot of love" ..... "we have made beautiful plants out of them"
In French, the idea is that my little flowers have growned up and are big beautiful girls now.

 

 I added very few embellishments to this album because the gates were so beautiful by themselves... Die-cuts by K&Company, some Prima Marketing flowers, and ribbons. The rest are handcut images from the papers.

 

I can't wait to receive my album back. It usually stand on my desk, and I was not able to look at it for more than 6 months now...

 

I hope you like it.