MME May Sketch Challenge

Time for me to start my Turkey scrapbook ! And I will do it at first with the new MME challenge. Here is the sketch :

I choose two pictures of my daughter on a Black Sea beach and a MME kit (Sunny Side) I won last year on the Scrap Our Stash blog.

I used also a Prima Marketing stencil with Prima chalk (pastel blue and yellow), and my Cricut with Ashlynn's alphabet cartridge for the "&" and the title.

I think this album will take me a while to scrap, I have like 300 pictures of my trip ! So, you will see a lot of Turkey layouts...

See ya !

DIY Enamel dots

Hi everyone !


I've seen few times this trick on the web, and I did try it for you : DIY enamel dots. This will be my inspiration post for the Feeling Sketchy blog.
You will need fusible beads, an oven and a cookie sheet with parchemin paper.

Place the fusible beads on the parchemin paper, and put it in the oven at maximum heat for few minutes.

Watch closely the beads, when they look like half pearls, they're ready :

Let them cool completely and you will have new enamel dots !

You can make bigger dots by melting several beads together.

Have fun !

Tutorial : big stamped flower

Hey !

Remember those big flowers on the layout I made for Color-me-scrappy ?
Here is the how-to...

You will need white paper, an acrylic block, a petal stamp (here Inkadinkado), black ink (Memento) and markers (Copic RV00, RV91, RV34)

When the stamped petal is dry, start coloring your petal.

 It doesn't matter if the ink overflows the image, you will cut it out anyway.Make a bunch of them (about 30 give or take).

Punch a small circle out of the white paper and start gluying your petal round it.

Oups, I forgot to tell you to bend each petal. I did use a McGill stylet for that.

When you have done the first round of petals, start gluying the second alternatively.

For the last round, make two cut at the base of the petals. It will be easier for you to place them in the center.

Finish your flower by placing a pearl or a crystal or anything you want to make a center.

TADA ! That was easy ! You turn now...

View of Istanbul and Feeling Sketchy challenge winners !

Hello !

We have two winners for the April's challenges 86 and 87 for the $30 in chipboard and bling from Molossi and the $15 of trinkets from Trinket Track. So come and see on the Feeling Sketchy blog if you are one of them !

You maybe noticed that I wasn't really around these past 2 weeks. Well, I was on a trip to Istanbul with my daughters and we were quite busy there !
It's a huge and beautiful town, and all the wonderful things to see give me inspiration for my future projects. Here are some pictures for you :

The Blue Mosque

Agia Sophia

Sea view of Topkapi Palace

Dolambahce Palace

I will show you more of those places in the next days, with gorgeous inside details of the monuments. See you soon...

Feeling Sketchy layout challenge #89

Hi everyone !

I have a new layout to share with you ! I use the Feeling Sketchy sketch to create it :

I had a lot of fun playing with my stamp wheel (Inkadinkado), embossing powder (Zing), gelato (Faber-Castell) and paint !

I really want to use gelato more, but I think I'm using too bright colors for it. Here I used the white one, but I had to add some white ink to obtain the result I wanted. The good point is the gelato add a distress effect on the embossing.
Pink paper by Bella Blvd and flowers by Prima Marketing.

This month, the challenges are sponsored by Molossi and Trinket Track. So hit your scrap table to create and win !


I'm just back from a big trip to Istanbul, so you will see soon some pictures and comments about it. Stay tune !

Color Me Scrappy challenge #61

Hello fellows !

Another layout to share, inspired by the color board of Color Me Scrappy blog :

First I did think of something shabby and sweet, but then I founded the perfect paper in my stash and it went in a totally different way...

The paper (S.E.I.) has already 4 colors of the board, plus a big word I decided to keep as a title (left upper corner). "Jolie" means pretty in French. So I use an Inkadinkado stamp (originally made for the stamp gear) to create the flower. I stamped each petal then colored them one by one... The fern leaves are stamped too (Colorbox ink). The two little tags on the side of each picture are one Martha Stewart tag stamped with Colorbox chalk ink, cut in half, with stamped sentiments (G Studio).

I will share soon a small tutorial about these big flowers...While you are waiting, why didn't you create a layout with these colors and play at CMS ?

Feeling Sketchy challenge #88

Hi !

I use the new sketch to make a special card. But firs the sketch for the Feeling Sketchy challenge sponsored by Molossi and Bugaboo :

When I saw the stamp in the Bugaboo store, I immediately think it will be perfect for this sketch, and my thoughts went directly to my dear friend who has struggled with the fight. Let see the result :

Recollections black paper, lace and ribbon from Hobby Lobby, Bugaboo stamp, and my Brother TZ Tape for the "we love you" sentiment. I used washi tape behind the bra (I cut out the inside of the bra and place white cardstock with washi behind). The pink ribbon on the stamp was colored with watercolour pencils.

I hope you like and you will be inspired to make some cards for the one you love who are fighting breast cancer.