ABC CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE... G is for... Delphine LOL:-)

Hello all! I hope you are well? Today is the start of a new challenge at ABC Christmas and you will soon have the explanation for the title of my post... Jayne is hosting the challenge this week and the letter is G for Girly with a FANTASTIC colour combo, meant for Delphine:-), I'm kidding (not)... Just look:

I love those colours!!!!! I hope you like them too and will join us! We are being sponsored by Crafty Emma's Store and Emma is generously offering the lucky winner a £10 voucher to her store!

Bonjour à toutes! J'espère que vous allez bien! Voici le nouveau challenge d'ABC Christmas, nous sommes à la lettre G pour Girly et vous proposons une combinaison de couleurs qui me plaît beaucoup:-) Pour participer, faites une carte de Noël en utilisant les couleurs ci-dessus Rose/Argent/Violet! Nous sommes sponsorisés par Crafty Emma's Store et vous pouvez gagner un bon d'achat de £10!

Here is my girly card...

And the image only and recipe...

Stamps: Cheeky Christmas The Greeting Farm - LOTV sentiment

Copics: C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, E000, 00, 11, V09, 12, 15, 17

DPs: Fancy Pants (pink), BoBunny (purple)

Punches and dies: MS Arctic Snowflake, Artemio snowflake, Labels 8 nesties

Other: Papermania Dots, Card Candy, 2 ribbons from stash

Card Candy and BoBunny papers can be found at Crafty Emma's Store!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Secret Crafter Challenge - #127 Christmas In Spring

Lexi's Creations - Ribbons but no bows or knots

That's all from today! For more girly inspiration, please look at my teamies' creations HERE! Thank you very much for stopping by:-)!

C'est tout pour aujourd'hui! Pour plus d'inspiration, vous pouvez voir les créations de la DT ICI! Merci de votre visite et gros bisous!

Hugs,

Delphine xx

Cupcake Craft Challenge 135 DT and challenges

Hello all! I hope you are well and had a nice weekend, even if it was one hour shorter:-)... Summer or winter time, it is time for your weekly Cupcake Craft Challenge! Thank you for all your monochromatic entries last week, we loved visiting you! I hope you will be able to join us this week too:-) The theme has been chosen by our fabulous Denise, and it is "Flowers for Mum"! We are lucky to be sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs and you could win 4 images of your choice! If you enter, you will also play for our Icing on the Cupcake prize with our monthly sponsor, Wild Rose Studio, who are offering 2 lovely stamps from their Spring 2011 release, Mia with Teddy and Toby with Butterfly!

Bonjour à toutes! J'espère que vous avez passé un bon week-end malgré l'heure "perdue":-) Changement d'heure ou non, voici venir votre Challenge Cupcake hebdomadaire! Un grand merci à toutes les participantes pour vos créations monochromes, nous avons beaucoup aimé vous rendre visite! Le thème cette semaine a changé (ne vous fiez pas à ma carte LOL), c'est Denise qui a choisi "Des Fleurs pour Maman"! Nous sommes sponsorisés par Sassy Studio Designs qui offrira à l'heureux gagnant 4 images qu'il choisira... Deuxième chance de gagner, avec la Cerise sur Le Gâteau et notre sponsor mensuel Wild Rose Studio, qui offre deux adorables tampons des nouvelles collections, Mia with Teddy et Toby with Butterfly!

Here is my card... Please note you don't have to make a black and white card this week:-)!

Ma carte... Il n'y a évidemment pas d'obligation de faire du noir et blanc, c'est juste parce que j'avais envie...

And the image...

Image: Flower Birgitta CC Designs

Copics: C0, 1, 3, 5, 7 (simples!)

DPs: Rayher

Punches: Retro Flower (small and medium), MS Doily Lace

Pearls from stash

And the last picture...

The challenges I would like to enter are:

Allsorts - For a Special Lady (Mum)

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations (Sun) - Mother's Day/ Mum

FlutterBy Wednesday - #147 Anything Goes

Make It Colourful - #12 Colouring backgrounds

Papertake Weekly - It's a Mom Thing

Simon Says Stamp - Mother's Day/ Girlie

That's all for now! Don't forget to visit the Cupcake Challenge blog for more inspiration by my talented teamies for our "Flowers For Mum" challenge, and thank you for the love you leave there too, it is always so much appreciated! Thank you very much for your visit!

C'est tout pour aujourd'hui! Pour plus d'inspiration, rendez-vous sur le blog de Cupcake:-)! Un grand merci pour votre visite et tous vos commentaires, là-bas et ici, ils sont grandement appréciés! Bisous,
Hugs,
Delphine xx

Cupcake Craft Challenge 134 DT and challenges

Hello all! I hope you are well and had a nice weekend? Yes, bad news... it is over... but the good news is it is time for a new challenge at Cupcake! This week I have chosen the theme, and it's "Monochromatic"! We are very lucky to have two sponsors (plus our monthly sponsor), Prairie Fairy Designs who are offering 5 images of the winner's choice and Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn giving a £10 gift voucher! How fab is that? And wait there is more... You can shop this week at Funky Farm Scrapbbok Barn and all Cupcake readers will get a 10% discount with the code CUPCAKEBLOG! Last but not least, you can also win 2 adorable stamps from the Spring 2011 release generously offered by Wild Rose Studio, our sponsor for the month of March! I feel like it's Christmas in March:-)!

Bonjour à toutes! Et oui, la semaine débute, mais de manière agréable, avec un nouveau challenge chez Cupcake! J'ai choisi le thème cette semaine, à savoir "monochrome"! Grâce à nos fabuleux sponsors, vous pourrez peut-être gagner 5 images de votre choix chez Prairie Fairy Designs ou un bon d'achat de £10 chez Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn. Mais ce n'est pas tout! Tous les lecteurs de Cupcake bénéficient pour cette semaine d'une remise de 10% sur leurs achats sur le site de Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn, grâce au code CUPCAKEBLOG. Et enfin, je vous rappelle que vous pouvez aussi gagner 2 adorables tampons grâce à Wild Rose Studio, notre sponsor pour le mois de mars! En voilà des cadeaux... Noël en mars, c'est sympa, non?

For my card, I have used a fantastic image generously given to the DT by Prairie Fairy Designs, and I simply ADORE it, thank you so much:-)!

J'ai eu la chance d'utiliser une image offerte par Prairie Fairy Designs pour ma carte, et je la trouve tout simplement fantastique cette image... Merci!!!

Sorry that photo is not good, my card didn't like the lamp that way... So let's focus on the image I was telling you about, can't you feel the love...

Désolée, la photo n'est pas géniale, ma carte n'a pas aimé l'éclairage de face... Voilà juste l'image craquante...

Image: A mother's Love - Prairie Fairy Designs

Copics: C0, 1, 3, 5

DPs: Pebbles (2 sides of the same paper)

Other: Black Soot Distress Ink, Nestabilities (Labels 8), Prima gem centre, Basic Grey pearls, ribbon recycled from Christmas present

I did not even add a sentiment because I thought it was not necessary, the "A Mother's Love" image speaks for itself... Pas de texte ajouté, je trouvais que cette image sur l'amour maternel parlait d'elle-même... 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - #110 Mother's Day

Crafty Catz - #74 Mother's Day

Craft Your Days Away - For Mum or a Special Lady

Stamp Something - Something Sweet

Stampin' for the Weekend - #6 For Mum/ Mother's Day

We are lucky to have fantastic Guest Designers with us and my teamies have made gorgeous creations again this week, you can see them all HERE. And remember, we are still running a DT call, you have until Wednesday noon GMT to enter! I think that's it, have a great week, thank you very much vor your visit and see you soon, maybe with a monochromatic card:-)?

Pour plus d'inspiration, n'hésitez pas à regarder toutes les créations de la DT ICI, et petit rappel vous avez jusqu'à mercredi midi pour répondre à l'appel à DT! Bonne semaine à toutes, merci de votre visite et à très vite! Bisous,

Hugs,

Delphine xxx

ABC Christmas F is for...

Hello all! I hope you are well? First thank you for the lovely comments you left on my previous card, despite my "warning", they were much appreciated and I hope to get back to you very soon:-)!

It is time for a new challenge at ABC Christmas and we have now come to the letter F, which is for freebie! Our fantastic sponsor, StampFairy, have provided us with an adorable freebie, which you can download HERE! And if you win the challenge, you will win 3 adorable digis!

And Carissa has made a fab sketch for you to use too. So, to qualify for the prize, you must use the StampFairy freebie or any StampFairy digi AND the sketch! 

Bonjour à toutes, et avant tout un grand merci pour les si gentils commentaires que vous m'avez laissés alors que mes visites sont actuellement très irrégulières... J'espère pouvoir toutes venir vous voir très vite:-).

Nouveau challenge chez ABC Christmas, avec la lettre F pour Freebie qui nous est fourni par notre sponsor, StampFairy. Pour participer au challenge et pouvoir gagner, il vous suffit d'utiliser le Freebie téléchargeable ICI ou une autre image de StampFairy ET le sketch ci-dessus! Evidemment, créations de Noël uniquement :-)!

And a close up on the image...

Digi: Betty Winter StampFairy

Copics: B000, 00, 01, 02, 32, 34, 37, 39, C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, E000, 00, 11

DPs: Craft Creations and Doodlebug (I think...)

Nestabilities, snowflake punches and Cuttlebug dies, Star Dust Stickles



For great inspiration, take a look at my teamies' and our fab GDs' cards HERE! As for my little card, I will enter it into Creative Card Crew challenge where the theme is no Flowers.

Thank you VERY much for your visit, enjoy the rest of your week!

Hugs,

Delphine xxx

Cupcake 133... and... a DT call!!!

Hello everyone! I hope you are well and had a lovely weekend! As you can see, today's post is not just about the new challenge at Cupcake... There is a DT call there! If you would like to become a Cupcake:-), now is the time! All you need to do is send an email to cupcakechallenge@googlemail.com with three samples of your work and a link to your blog. Who knows, it could be YOU!!! For further details, please go to Cupcake Challenge blog!

Bonjour à toutes! J'espère que vous allez bien! Aujourd'hui nouveau challenge chez Cupcake bien sûr, mais aussi appel à DT!!! Si vous souhaitez faire partie de la Design Team de Cupcake, envoyez un email à cupcakechallenge@googlemail.com avec trois de vos plus belles réalisations et un lien vers votre blog. Qui sait, cela pourrait être VOUS!!! Pour plus de détails, rendez-vous sur le blog de Cupcake!

As for our new challenge, the theme has been chosen by my lovely teamie Catherine, and it is "Up In the Air" with optional green! We are being sponsored by Digi Doodle Shop who are offering the lucky winner a $10 gift certificate, and our sponsor for March is Wild Rose Studio, offering two adorable stamps from their Spring 2011 release, Mia with Teddy and Toby with Butterfly!

Notre nouveau challenge a été choisi par la délicieuse:-) Catherine, le thème est "Dans Les Airs" avec la couleur vert en option, sans obligation! Vous pourrez gagner un bon d'achat de $10 offert par Digi Doodle Shop et peut-être aussi, grâce à notre sponsor mensuel, 2 adorables tampons offerts par Wild Rose Studio!

Stamp: Up Up and Away - Gorjuss Girls Sugar Nellie

Copics: BV000, 00, 01, 02, 04, C1, 3, 5, 7, E000, 00, 11, Y15, YG11, 13, 17

DP: ?

Other: Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, pearls

Totally simple, I know:-)... I would like to enter my card into Paper Sundaes Challenge where the theme is Keep It Simple and Simon Says Stamp (Anything Goes).

Totalement simple, je sais:-)... Je souhaite participer aux challenges de Paper Sundaes où l'on veut de la simplicité justement et Simon Says Stamp (tout convient).

Please take a look at what the other Cupcakes have made too, and I hope you will be able to join us, for the challenge and/or DT call:-)!

N'hésitez pas à regarder ce que les autres Cupcakes ont fait et j'espère que vous pourrez nous rejoindre, pour le challenge et/ou l'appel à DT! Bisous,

Hugs,

Delphine xx

PS:  I am really behind in visiting you but have not much respite at the moment, and a lot going on at work and at home for work, so please do not leave me a comment, I might not be able to get back to you! I apologize and hope to be able to leave you some love very soon.

Cupcake 132 DT... And the first Tilda I am posting...

Hello everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend? To start the week nicely, of course I am going to share a little Cupcake with you! But first, thank you to all those who joined my challenge last week, we all loved visiting you to see your fantastic not square creations, and I have to say, picking the Top 5 was REALLY difficult! 

Bonjour à toutes! J'espère que vous avez passé un bon week-end ensoleillé? Pour commencer la semaine en douceur, je vous propose un nouveau petit challenge Cupcake, mais avant, tout, un énorme merci à toutes celles qui ont participé à mon challenge la semaine dernière, nous avons adoré voir toutes vos créations autres que carrées, et n'en choisir que 5 s'est avéré bien difficile!

It is a special challenge today at Cupcake, the theme has not been chosen by the DT but by Em who is our Guest Designer this week for her very own challenge, and she has chosen the fab theme of "Pink Polka Dots"! We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp who are offering the lucky winner a $20 gift voucher to their superstore! And our March sponsor for the Icing on the Cupcake is Wild Rose Studio, who are offering two adorable stamps from the Spring 2011 release, Mia with Teddy and Toby with Butterfly!

 

Aujourd'hui, challenge spécial chez Cupcake, le thème n'a pas été choisi par la DT mais par Em qui est GD cette semaine pour son propre challenge, et elle a choisi le thème "A pois roses"! A gagner, un bon d'achat de $20 offert par Simon Says Stamp! En participant au challenge vous pourrez peut-être gagner notre prix mensuel, sponsorisé ce mois-ci par Wild Rose Studio qui offrent 2 adorables tampons de la nouvelle collection, Mia with Teddy et Toby with Butterfly!

So, ready for some pinkness? Here is my card, the very first Tilda I am posting!

Prêtes pour du rose? Ma carte, je suis émue, c'est la toute première Tilda que je mets sur mon blog:-)!

Valentine's Day is over, I know, but this card is for someone special and since she is French and can't speak English very well, I am not going to translate:-)! A close up...

Stamp: Tilda With Heart and sentiment by Magnolia

Copics

DPs: Doodlebug and Craft Creations

Punch: MS Cherish, EK Success Retro Flowers

Other: Pearls, Star Dust Stickles and 3D foam

I stamped 2 images, one for the background and coloured it very quickly, the other image was coloured then cut out and put on the other image on the background using 3D foam. That technique takes more time, but I really like it. You can guess that's what I did if you look at the sideways view below...

Comme il n'y a pas si longtemps, j'ai tamponné l'image 2 fois, une pour le fond, coloriée très rapidement et une autre que j'ai coloriée puis découpée et montée sur mousse 3D sur celle du fond. Cela prend un peu de temps, mais j'aime beaucoup cette technique, que vous pouvez deviner sur la photo suivante...

A few challenges I would like to enter:

Just Magnolia - Week 96 - Anything Goes (option of glitter, the heart on my card) My first time there:-)

ABC Challenge - P is for Pink

All That Scraps - Anything Goes

Make It Colourful - #9 Make It shiny, Colour with Shine!

That's all from me today, but please take a look HERE at what the rest of the DT and Guest Designers have made- we are welcoming some very lovely ladies for the month of March! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great week!

N'hésitez pas à regarder ce que le reste de la DT a fait ICI et à encourager nos nouveaux Guest Designers! Merci beaucoup pour votre visite et à très vite! Bisous,

Hugs,

Delphine xxx

ABC Christmas Challenge E is for...

Hello everyone! I hope you are well? Today at ABC Christmas is the start of a new challenge but first thank you for all the fabulous entries for the letter D, it was really hard for me to pick a Top 3! Don't forget to check if you have won:-)! So, today's challenge is the letter E for "Embossing and 3 different Embellishments". And we have 2 fantastic sponsors and 3 chances to win:

Simon Says Stamp who are offering a $15 Shopping voucher and...

The Stamping Boutique, who are offering 2 prizes- 3 and 2 digi stamps! And the DT also received lovely images from The Stamping Boutique to play with, lucky us and me:-) ((thank you!!))! You can look at all my teamies' gorgeous cards HERE!

Bonjour à toutes! C'est l'heure du challenge d'ABC Christmas, mais d'abord un grand merci à ceux qui ont participé la semaine dernière, le choix du Top 3 n'a pas été facile pour moi:-)! N'oubliez pas de regarder si vous avez gagné! Nous sommes aujourd'hui à la lettre E comme "Embosser et 3 Embellissements" et vous avez 3 chances de gagner, soit un bon d'achat de $15 offert par Simon Says Stamp, soit 3 ou bien 2 digis offerts par The Stamping Boutique (j'en ai utilisé un pour ma carte, merci Christy!) N'hésitez pas à regarder les cartes de la DT ICI!

Image: Natalie The Stamping Boutique

Copics: Girl - BG000, 05, 07, 09, C1, 3, 5, 7, E000, 00, 11, R20 - Background: BG000, BG05, 10, 11, C0, 1

Embossing: CB Snow Embossing Folder

Other: Diamond Glaze and Star Dust Stickles, Global Gift sticker to which I added a piece of thread, white pearls coloured with Copics, ribbon from stash

I would like to enter my card into the challenges at:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Fussy And Fancy - Embossing (and/or paper piecing)

Thank you for stopping by my little place today, see you a bit later, I am slowly catching up with you:-)!

Un grand merci de votre visite, à très vite (j'essaie de venir toutes vous voir, mais je suis encore en retard)! Bisous,

Hugs,

Delphine xxx

Cupcake 131 DT card and challenges

Good morning all! I am such an early bird:-)... The only reason is that it is time for a new Cupcake (OK, OK, and I am going back to work, and I have scheduled my post...). This week I have chosen the theme and it's "Anything but Square" and my teamies have been so creative, take a look HERE! We have not one but  two fantastic sponsors, Lili Of The Valley who are offering a £10 gift certificate, and Tickled Pink Stamps who are giving either one rubber stamp or 2 digis of the winner's choice. And it is your last chance to win the £15 gift voucher generously offered by Crafts U Love, our February sponsor for the Icing on the Cupcake!

Bonjour à toutes! Que je suis matinale:-)... La raison? C'est l'heure d'un nouveau challenge chez Cupcake! Bon, d'accord, c'est aussi parce que je retourne au travail , et aussi parce que j'ai planifié le message:-)... C'est moi qui ai choisi le thème cette semaine, "Pas de Carré", montrez-nous vos créations de n'importe quelle autre forme! Et pour un peu d'inspiration, n'hésitez pas à regarder les merveilleuses créations de la DT, ICI! Que pouvez-vous gagner avec nos merveilleux sponsors? Un bon d'achat de £10 offert par Lili Of The Valley, un tampon ou 2 digis au choix chez Tickled Pink Stamps... Et même un 3e prix, la Cerise sur le Gâteau, un bon d'achat de £15 offert par Crafts U Love, notre sponsor du mois!

Here is my non square card:-)...

And a close up on the image, the very first LOTV stamp I bought... Gros plan sur l'image, le tout premier tampon LOTV que j'ai acheté...

Stamps: LOTV Fairy On Tiptoe and LOTV sentiment

Copics: BG000, 10, 11, BV0000, 00, 01, 02, 04, E000, 00, 31, 35, 50, 51, R32, 85, YG13, 17, 63, 67

Dies and punches: MS Doily Lace Trim punch, EK Success Retro Flower punches, Nestabilities, Marianne Designs Swirls

Other: Prima pearls, Star Dust Stickles, 3D foam

The last view and list of challenges:-)

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Spring... Flowers Everywhere!

Crafts and Me - Time to Spread Your Wings

Crafty Creations - #107 At the Bottom of my Garden... Lives!

Crazy 4 Challenges - #76 Flowers

Creative Card Crew - Fantasy

Creative Cottage - Fabulous Florals

LOTV - #85 Circles

Oldie but a Goodie - #13 Spring is in the Air

Stamp Something - Something with Flowers

Thank you very much for your visit, always so appreciated:-), and see you soon, maybe with a non square card? Merci de votre visite et à très vite! Bisous,

Hugs,

Delphine xxx

Hello, I'm back:-)

Hello everyone! I hope you are all well? Well, yes, I am back after a really nice holiday and I just would like to thank you for all the lovely comments you left me while I was away, it is so nice to find you here. I have quite a few things to do before going back to work on Monday but I want you to know that I am thinking of you and will get back to you as soon as I can!
Bonjour à toutes! Me voici donc de retour, après de bonnes vacances, et je voulais juste vous remercier pour les si gentils commentaires que vous m'avez laissés en mon absence! C'est vraiment chouette de vous trouver là! J'ai quelques petits choses à faire avant la reprise lundi, mais je pense à vous et vous rendrai visite dès que possible! Gros bisous à toutes!
Hugs to you all,
Delphine xxx

Cupcake Craft Challenge 130

Hello everybody, I hope you are fine? Well, today is supposed to be Monday morning and I hope Mr Blogger is kind enough to do his job and publish my post:-)! It is time for your weekly Cupcake, and our fantastic Denise has chosen the theme "Cake 'n' Icecream", so your card must include one or the other. We are being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and there is an awesome prize... 7 digis of the winner's choice! You also have a second chance to win, thanks to the Icing on the Cupcake, sponsored this month by Crafts U Love, who are offering the lucky winner a £15 gift voucher.

Bonjour à toutes! J'espère que vous allez bien? Nous sommes censés être lundi et j'espère que Blogger aura la gentillesse de faire son travail et de publier mon message:-)! Nouveau challenge chez Cupcake, cette fois, Denise a choisi le délicieux thème "Glace et Gâteau", donc votre carte doit inclure l'un ou l'autre. Vous pourrez peut-être gagner 7 digis Bugaboo Stamps. En participant, vous jouerez aussi pour gagner le prix du mois de février, un bon d'achat de £15 chez Crafts U Love.

For some inspiration, just look at my teamies' yummy creations HERE!

Pour vous mettre l'eau à la bouche, n'hésitez pas à regarder les délicieuses créations de la DT ICI!

Here is the image by E. Bell I used... L'image que j'ai utilisée...

And my little card... ma p'tite carte...

Stamps: Cupcake Belles 'n Whistles - Personal Impressions sentiment

Copics: Sorry no list this time:-(...

DPs: Wild Rose Studio (light blue), the navy blue paper comes from the fab Sue's candy I won:-)

MS Cherish punch

I hope you all have a nice week and I will get back to you as soon as I am home and I can. One thing is sure, I am on holiday, happy to be, but I miss you!

Bonne semaine à toutes! Je vous rendrai visite à mon retour dès que possible! Une chose est sûre, je peux déjà le dire, je suis ravie d'être en vacances, mais forcément vous me manquez! Bisous,

Hugs,

Delphine xx

ABC Christmas Challenge... D is for...

Hello everyone! I hope you are all well and having a nice week? Today at ABC Christmas we have a new challenge for you, with the letter D... D is for Double Trouble:-) We would like you to use a digital image, 2 different papers and at least 2 kinds of embellishments! And you can use 2 images if you want, but that's optional! We are being sponsored by Digital Delights and Wendy has very kindly given the DT images to play with and is offering the winner a $10 gift certificate!

Bonjour à toutes! Aujourd'hui chez ABC Christmas, le challenge est D comme Double et Digital! Pour participer, il faut utiliser un digi, 2 papiers différents et au moins 2 sortes d'embellissements! Vous pouvez utiliser 2 images si vous le souhaitez, mais les 2 images ne sont pas obligatoires. Nous sommes sponsorisés par Digital Delights, qui offre un bon d'achat de $10 au gagnant et qui a gentiment fourni à la DT des images que nous avons utilisées pour nos cartes!

And the image, printed twice, one for the background, the other one coloured and cut out...
L'image, imprimée deux fois, une pour le fond, l'autre colorisée puis découpée et collée...

Image: Merilee Santa's Helper Digital Delights - Artemio sentiment

Copics: B000, 00, 02, 32, 34, 37, 39, BG000, 10, 11, E000, 00, 11, 31, 33, 35, 50, 51, 53, R27, W0, 1, 3, YG67

DPs: Craft Creations, Stamperia Box

Other: Nestabilities (Circle), ribbon, gems

Piercing tool, DMC floss, needle for the stitching

My card is also for the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - #142 Fab sketch

I hope you can find time to play with us:-)! I am going on holiday, leaving on Saturday, so I won't be able to visit you for a week but I'll get back to you as soon as I can! Thank you very much for your visit!

J'espère que vous pourrez vous joindre à nous! Je pars en vacances samedi, donc je ne pourrai pas vous rendre visite, mais viendrai vous voir à mon retour! Gros bisous et à bientôt,

Hugs,

Delphine xx

Today's the day:-)...

Hi everyone! Well, yes, obviously, today's the day... Happy Valentine's Day! And today's the day... for a new Cupcake Craft Challenge too:-)! The theme has been chosen by our lovely Shelly this time, and it is "I {heart} you", so your card must include at least one heart. We are being sponsored by Lori Designs, who are generously offering a $10 gift certificate, and our February sponsor for the Icing on the Cupcake is Crafts U Love, who are giving the lucky winner a £15 gift voucher. Don't forget to look at my teamies' gorgeous cards HERE and let us see your creations with hearts!

Bonjour à toutes! Et oui, c'est le grand jour... Bonne Saint Valentin! Et c'est aussi lundi, donc nouveau challenge chez Cupcake! C'est Shelly qui a choisi le thème, "I {heart} you", votre carte doit inclure au moins un coeur. Facile, non? Nous sommes sponsorisés par Lori Designs qui offre un bon d'achat de $10 au gagnant, et en participant vous pourrez aussi peut-être gagner le prix du mois de février, un bon d'achat de £15 offert par et à dépenser chez Crafts U Love. N'oubliez pas de jeter un oeil aux magnifiques cartes de mes collègues ICI et à vous de jouer!

And a close up on the Simply Sassy image:-)

Stamp: Simply Sassy Sugar Nellie I Give You My Heart - LOTV sentiment

Copics: B000, 00, 002, BG000, 10, 11, C1, 3, 5, 7, E000, 00, 11, 31, 33, 35, 37, V09, 12, 15, 17, YG13, 17, 67

DPs: Bo Bunny (purple), Au-delà des Cimes (blue)

Tools: MS punch (Vintage Floral), Marianne Design (Ribbon Flora), heart punch, nestabilities (circle and eyelet circle)

Other: Piercing tool, DMC Jewel Effects E3837

Still no sewing machine, as you can see... that was the longest part...

Toujours pas de machine à coudre... la couture m'a donc pris un peu de temps...

Challenges I am entering with my card:

Creative Craft Challenges - Love is in the air with "Hearts and Flowers"

Papertake Weekly - Have a Heart

Make It Colourful - #6 Shadow and Depth

Cute Card Thursday - #151 Hearts and Flowers

Stamp And Create - Love

Totally Gorjuss - #67 Love

Dutch Dare - #99 Love is in the Air

Stamp Something - Something For your Valentine

Creative Card Crew - For a loved one

Winter Wonderland - To The One I Love

Crafty Catz - #69 Valentine/Love
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

A Spoonfull of Sugar - #138 Let's See Some Love

Thank you very much for your visit and see you soon:-)!

Un grand merci de votre visite et à bientôt! Bisous,

Hugs,

Delphine xx

Cupcake 128 DT card and challenges

Good morning everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend and are ready for your weekly Cupcake! It is Kathrin's turn to choose the theme and she has chosen "Seeing red", so your card must include red! We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp who are offering the winner a $20 gift voucher to spend in their superstore! Since it is our first challenge for February, we also have a new monthly sponsor for the Icing on the Cupcake- Crafts U Love who are generously offering a £15 gift voucher to the lucky winner! Good reasons to join, don't you think:-)?

Bonjour à toutes! J'espère que vous avez passé un bon week-end et êtes prêtes pour votre Cupcake hebdomadaire! Kathrin a choisi le thème "rouge", votre carte doit inclure la couleur rouge! Nous sommes sponsorisés par Simon Says Stamp qui offre un bon d'achat de $20 au gagnant, et pour la Cerise sur le Gâteau, comme c'est le premier challenge de février, nous avons un nouveau sponsor, Crafts U Love qui offre un  bon d'achat de £15! Ca en fait des raisons de participer, vous ne trouvez pas:-)?

The close up and recipe.. Gros plan et ingrédients...

Images: CC Designs Violet With Key and Key & Lock (sentiment and heart)

Copics: BG000, 10, 11, 13, 15, C0, 1, 3, E000, 00, 11, 31, 33, 35, 37, 51, R20, 22, 24, 27, 29, Y26, 28

DP: BoBunny

Punches: MS Doily Lace, MS Lace Heart (pieces for the 2 little hearts)

Other: Star Dust Stickles, Diamond Glaze, pearls

The heart left of the image is a digi and I "reverted?" inverted it (thank you Jennifer:-)) to create a mirror image and get the heart on  the right. I also added Diamond Glaze to them and the little punched hearts. As for the image, I actually made 2, one for the background (using Copics around the image), and another one that I coloured, cut out, and mounted on foam for more dimension... That was inspired by a tutorial I saw on the amazingly talented Mary's blog:-).

Le coeur à gauche de l'image est un digi que j'ai "inversé" pour créer un coeur symétrique, à droite de l'image. Tous deux, ainsi que les 2 petits coeurs perforés ont été recouverts de vernis Diamond Glaze. Quant à l'image, j'en ai fait 2, une coloriée très grossièrement pour le fond autour de laquelle j'ai utilisé mes Copics pour essayer de donner un peu de relief, et une 2e coloriée, découpée, collée sur mousse 3D pour avoir plus de dimension. Je me suis inspirée d'un tutoriel vu sur le blog de l'impressionante Mary.

The challenges I would like to enter are:

All That Scraps - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the Air

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #8 Love is in the Air

Creative Inspirations - #52 Valentines/ Love

7 Kids College Fund - #14 I {heart} you

PaperPlay - Week 5 Stamp It Out

Stamping For the Weekend - #3 Valentine's Day

Stamptacular Sunday - Hearts Gone Wild

FlutterBy - Anything (but with butterfly, fairy or angel)

Copic Creations - #43 We're Cool!

That's all for now! I hope you will be able to visit us at Cupcake, look at my teamies' gorgeous cards, and maybe join us! Thanks for stopping by! J'espère que vous pourrez rendre une petite visite à Cupcake pour voir les superbes cartes de la DT et vous joindre à nous! Merci de votre visite! Bises et à bientôt!

Hugs,

Delphine xx

ABC Christmas Challenge C is for...

Hello all! Today is the start of our new challenge at ABC Christmas and this week, the letter is C... for Clean and Simple, with a sketch by our lovely Helen! I love Clean and Simple (well that's not news:-) and I hope you will be able to join us! We have two fantastic sponsors, Simon Says Stamp who are offering the lucky winner a $15 shopping voucher to their superstore, and StampFairy, 3 adorable digis of the winner's choice!

Bonjour à toutes! Nouveau challenge chez ABC Christmas avec la lettre C pour... Clean and Simple, avec un super sketch réalisé par Helen! Nous sommes sponsorisés par Simon Says Stamp qui offre un bon d'achat de $15 et StampFairy, 3 adorables digis à choisir par le gagnant!

Here is the sketch you should use to enter our challenge,

and here is the card I made with it...

Told you, Clean and Simple!

Stamps: Xmas Sweeties The Greeting Farm (the 2 sentiments I used are part of the set)

Copics: C1, 3, 5, 7, E000, 00, 11, R22, 24, 27, 29, 39, 59, Y26, 28

DP: Fancy Pants

Pearls from stash

Challenges I would like to enter with my card:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Winter Somethings

I hope you can look at my teamies' fantastic cards and join our Clean and Simple Challenge at ABC Christmas! Thank you very much for your visit, enjoy the rest of your day!

Hugs,

Delphine xx 

Cupcake Craft Challenge 127 DT and challenges

Hello all! I hope you are well and had a nice weekend? How about a little Cupcake to start the week nicely? Our lovely Faye has a fab theme for you this week... "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"! So, your card must include something found on a farm! The challenge is being sponsored by Crafty Emma's Store who is kindly offering a fab prize of sentiments and ribbons. And thanks to the Icing on the Cupcake, you have 3 more chances to win with our fantastic sponsors - Blue Jelly Stampin' offering fantastic Stampin Up! stash, Polka Doodles who are generously giving their Sundae of Seasons CDRom and The Paper Shelter a $10 gift certificate!

Bonjour à toutes! Que diriez-vous d'une petite pâtisserie pour bien commencer la semaine? Chez Cupcake cette semaine, Faye a choisi le thème inspiré par Old MacDonald Had a Farm, ce qui veut dire que votre carte doit inclure quelque chose que l'on trouve dans une ferme! Nous sommes sponsorisés par Crafty Emma's Store avec un super prix de sentiments et rubans, et pour la Cerise sur le Gâteau et encore plus de chances de gagner, nous avons toujours nos 3 sponsors du mois de janvier: Blue Jelly Stampin', Polka Doodles et The Paper Shelter!

Let me show you the image I used first... Je vous montre mon image d'abord...

Why am I showing you the image first? Well because there is nothing else to see LOL... this is the most "CAS" card I have ever made:-)! Pourquoi d'abord l'image? Parce qu'il n'y a rien d'autre à voir LOL... C'est la carte la plus simple que j'ai jamais faite...
 

Stamp: Penny Black Minding Shelty, computer generated sentiment

Copics: Hedgehog E000,00, R20, W1, 3, 5, 7 -Horse B23, 24, 26, 29, C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, E00, 33, 35, 37, 50, Y32 -Grass G28, YG13, 17, 63, 67 -Sky B000, BG000, 10, 11

Papermania Adhesive Dots

 

With my little card, I would like to enter the challenges at:
Totally Gorjuss - #65 As You Like It
Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics
Stamptacular Sunday - #96 Whateva

That's all for now! I am really behind with visiting you and my in-laws are coming for a week, so I am afraid I will not be able to visit you as much as I'd like to! I am doing my best, please forgive me if I haven't reached your blog yet, I will eventually! J'ai beaucoup de mal à vous rendre visite en ce moment et ma belle-famille arrive pour une semaine, donc j'ai bien peur de ne pouvoir vous laisser autant de commentaires que je le voudrais! J'espère que vous ne m'en voudrez pas trop et vous rendrai visite dès que possible! Bisous!

Hugs,

Delphine xx