Make It Crafty news and MIC Challenge:-)

Hello all! Here is the third (out of 3) post... I would like to tell you about the current Make It Colourful Challenge, but before that, HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW MAKE IT CRAFTY STORE? Zoe has completely redesigned it, it is so nice to navigate and there are lots of gorgeous coloured previews of the images for inspiration! And if I were you, I would take a look at the NEW STUFF in the digital stamps section... I'm not telling you more, I will let you see for yourselves! Go HERE, you won’t be disappointed!!! Aren’t they gorgeous:-)?

Bonjour! Le 3e message (sur 3) que je voulais publier... Avant de vous parler du challenge de Make It Colourful, avez-vous vu la NOUVELLE boutique MAKE IT CRAFTY? Zoe a tout refait, il y a plein de belles images en couleur pour nous donner des idées et la boutique est vraiment conviviale! Et si j'étais vous, j'irais jeter un oeil aux nouveautés, THE NEW STUFF, dans les images digitales... Je ne vous en dis pas plus, voyez plutôt par vous-mêmes! Vous ne serez pas décus!!! Alors, trop belles, non:-)?

We are having a great challenge at Make It Colourful, which is to recolour an image from earlier in the year and share both images! And you have until January 11th to play, no reason to join us:-)!

Le challenge de Make It Colourful est de colorier une image que vous avez déjà coloriée cette année et de partager les deux images, pour comparer:-)! Vous avez jusqu'au 11 janvier pour participer!

I chose to recolour a special image, one I used for Zoe's special monthly challenges in July 2011 to celebrate Make It Crafty's first birthday, challenges in which I had so much fun participating! And also because I think this image is perfect to celebrate the new store:-)! The challenge was to use the colours of Make It Crafty, and I thought it would be nice to include the logo somewhere, that's why, with Zoe's permission, I included the logo in my image. Here is the image I coloured back in July 2011...

J'ai choisi de recolorier une image que j'avais utilisée pour les challenges spéciaux de juillet 2011 auxquels j'avais adoré participer, pour fêter l'anniversaire de Make It Crafty. Il fallait utiliser les couleurs du logo, et j'avais trouvé sympa l'idée de l'inclure dans mon image... Voici l'image version juillet 2011...

JULY 2011

And the recoloured image, December 2011, for which I used the same colours + 4 other markers... I did not look at the original when I recoloured to avoid being influenced:-)

Et l'image coloriée en décembre 2011, avec les mêmes couleurs + 4 autres feutres... Je n'ai pas regardé l'original quand j'ai colorié mon image à nouveau pour ne pas être influencée:-)

DECEMBER 2011

I took a picture of both images together to have exactly the same conditions and light:-)... My recoloured image is on the left... J'ai pris une photo des 2 ensemble pour avoir exactement les mêmes conditions d'éclairage et pouvoir faire une vraie comparaison... La nouvelle image est à gauche...

Recipe

Image: Make It Crafty Fifi

Coloured with Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

 Skin: E000, 00, 11 (+E02)

Outfit: Y21, 26, 28

B91, 93, 95, 97 (+B99)

Hair: E71, 74, 77, 79 (+E49 and E31)

You can see all the recoloured images by the DT in the gallery HERE! We hope you will be able to join us, remember, you have until January 11th! Thank you very much for your visit, I am eagerly waiting for the technician's visit since it took me 24 HOURS to be able to post this message...

Vous pouvez voir toutes les images (progrès:-)?) de la DT dans la galerie ICI! Vous avez jusqu'au 11 janvier pour nous rejoindre! Merci de votre visite, j'attends la visite du technicien avec impatience, puisqu'il m'a fallu 24 HEURES pour arriver à publier ce message... Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Blog while you can:-)

Hello again! Internet has been working several times today, I feel so lucky LOL (ETA: I shouldn't have said that...)! Still very stressed because I do things in a hurry for fear it might stop working!!! This is the second of three messages I want to post. A little card for a few challenges...

Stamps: CCDesigns Honey Skier (digi), The Greeting Farm sentiment, Flourish by Tampons Denim

Colouring: Polychromos

DPs: Bo Bunny

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Colorbox White Frost (for the flourish and sentiment)

Challenges I would like to enter:
All That Scraps - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - Cold and Frosty
Do You Stack Up - #50 Winter
Inky Impressions - #37 Winter Fun

I have something else almost ready to blog with Copic colouring:-), will post ASAP... Off to keep catching up if I can:-)
Hugs
Delphine xx

Zoe in pencil and Sketch time!

Hi all! I hope you are well? I am typing this while my internet is working, but I have no idea if it is going to stay that way! A technician is visiting me on Wednesday to see what the problem is with my phone line, then I can contact my provider about the internet... fingers crossed!!! Anyway, it is time for Cupcake and this week, for our last 2011 challenge, our fantastic Faye has made a SKETCH for you! We are being sponsored by Crafty Emma's Store offering a £10 gift voucher, Digital Delights offering 3 images of the winner's choice and Tickled Pink Stamps either one rubber stamp or 2 digis of the winner's choice! And our monthly sponsor is Polka Doodles, offering TWO winners the Pretty Sweet CD!

Bonjour! C'est bien quand ça marche internet... J'en profite, en espérant que je puisse aller au bout! J'attends la visite d'un technicien mercredi, en espérant que tout rentre dans l'ordre, VITE!!! Nouveau challenge de Cupcake et dernier de l'année 2011, Faye vous a concocté un super SKETCH! 3 sponsors, Crafty Emma's Store (bon d'achat de £10), Digital Delights (3 images au choix) et Tickled Pink Stamps (1 tampon ou 2 images au choix). Et notre sponsor pour décembre est Polka Doodles qui offre à 2 gagnants le CD Pretty Sweet!

Here is Faye's fab sketch:-)

And what I made with it:-)

 The image and recipe...

 Images: Make It Crafty Party Girl Zoe, Paper Makeup sentiment

Colouring: Polychromos

DPs: MME

Embellishments: Make It Crafty Swirly Corners Chipboard, pearls from stash 

Challenges I would like to enter: 

Totally Papercrafts - Time to PARTY 

The Paper Shelter - It's a Celebration 
Paper Sundaes - #100 Celebrate

Sundays With Crissy - #24 Anything GOes (2nd entry) 

We hope you will be able to join us for our last challenge of the year:-)! Have a lovely day, see you soon, I hope! On espère que vous pourrez nous rejoindre pour ce dernier challenge de l'année! Bonne journée et à très vite, j'espère! Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Hello:-)

Hello all! Taking advantage of internet working to say hi:-)! I managed to schedule a post for tomorrow, and I have waited all day for the lights to be green on my internet box, they are!!! Off to try and do some DT commenting then visit you! Fingers crossed:-)!!!
Have a lovely evening,
Hugs
Delphine xx

Phone and internet issues... AARRRRGGGHHHH

Hi all! Just a quickie to let you know I have no phone at the moment and only seem to have internet access for what seems like 30 seconds in a row, then nothing... I can't go blogging or write the emails I want to write, which is REALLY getting on my nerves and upsetting me, and I can't finish my Christmas shopping either LOL! I guess it is due to the bad weather we have had but have no idea when things are going to get better, fingers crossed it is very soon!! Posting while the lights are green on my box...

Pas de téléphone du tout et internet juste par intermittence, je publie tant que je vois les lumières vertes sur ma box, avant que tout s'éteigne à nouveau... Moi aussi je suis verte, pas de visite, pas d'emails, et pas de shopping de Noël... J'espère que ça va rentrer dans l'ordre très vite... Bref, ne vous inquiétez pas... Bisous à toutes,

Hugs to all,

Delphine xx

Don't Look at the Light!

Hello all! I hope you are well? It is time for a new challenge at Cupcake, and this time the theme has been chosen by our lovely Jane:-)! "Don't Look at the Light - Sparkles aplenty!" We are being sponsored by Cupcake Cards and Crafts offering a paper collection of the winner's choice, and Saturated Canary, offering the winner two images of the winner's choice! And the DT got to play with some of Krista's images... I know, I am so lucky:-)! Thank you, Krista:-)! Our Icing on the Cupcake for the month of December is sponsored by Polka Doodles offering not one but two winners the Pretty Sweet CD!

Bonjour! J'espère que vous allez bien? Nouveau challenge chez Cupcake, dont le thème a été choisi par Jane:-)! "Don't Look at the Light", on veut que ça brille de partout!!! A gagner, une collection de papiers au choix offerte par Cupcake Cards and Crafts, 2 images à choisir offertes par Saturated Canary, et j'ai eu l'immense chance d'en utiliser une pour ma carte... Merci encore Krista! A gagner enfin pour 2 d'entre vous, le CD Pretty Sweet de chez Polka Doodles, notre sponsor de décembre!

Here is the gorgeous image I used... Voici l'image en question...

and my card with recipe... et ma carte avec ses ingrédients...

Image: Saturated Canary Princess Who Kissed a Frog by Krista Smith

Copics: 0, BG000, BV0000, 000, 02, 04, C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, E000, 00, 02, 11, V000, YG03, 13, 17, 67, W0, 1, 3, Clear Copic Spica pen

Make It Colour Blending Card

DPs: Kaisercraft (glittered:-))

Embellishments: MS punch, gems from stash

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

Totally Papercrafts - Anything But Christmas

Mami Doodles - #39 Make It Shine (Glitter)

The Corrosive Challenge - #139 Anything but Christmas

Crafty Catz - #112 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - #194 Anything Goes

Don't look at the light, but you can look at all my teamies' gorgeous makes HERE! Thank you very much for your visit, have a nice day! Les cartes du reste la DT brillent ICI:-)! Merci de votre visite, bonne journée! Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Y is for... Yippee!

Hello all! Huge thanks as always for the lovely comments you have left me despite my being such a terrible blogger, I am looking forward to the end of the week when things should be a little bit better for me! I'm popping in to tell you about the new challenge at ABC Christmas, "Y is for Yippee!!! Anything Christmassy goes!" And we have not one, not two, but three fab sponsors:-)! 

... Dustin Pike who is offering one winner 3 digi images,

... Simon Says Stamp offering a $15 gift voucher to their store,

... and Karen's Doodles offering 3 digis!

Bonjour à toutes! Un grand merci du fond du coeur pour les commentaires que vous m'avez laissés, alors que je suis la pire des bloggeuses en ce moment... Vivement la fin de la semaine! Je viens vous parler du nouveau challenge d'ABC Christmas "Y comme Youpi! Tout convient!" Faites ce que vous voulez, tant qu'il s'agit d'une création de Noël! Nous avons 3 sponsors, Dustin Pike,  Karen's Doodles et Simon Says Stamp!

I have been neglecting my lovely Christmas Tildas so decided I should use one... J'ai un peu négligé mes Magnolias, j'ai donc opté pour une petite Tilda...

Of course combined to colours I love... Here is the whole card and recipe:-) Tant qu'à faire dans des couleurs que j'affectionne particulièrement... Voici la carte et les ingrédients...

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda With Heart, LOTV sentiment

Colouring: Copics
ETA: Outfit: V04, 06, 09, E40, 41, 43, 44 (I think:-))

DPs: Magnolia

Dies: Magnolia, Nestabilities

Star Dust stickles, pearls from stash

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

Sketch Saturday - #184 Sketch

Sweet Stampin' - Snow something

Just Magnolia - Anything goes with the option of Sparkle (I'm afraid my Stickles don't show:-(...)

By The Cute And Girly - Let It Snow

Bizzy Becs - Christmas

Creative Card Crew - Tis the Season

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Let It Snow

We hope you will join us for this challenge, and if you want fab inspiration, you can take a look at ABC Christmas! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Pour plein d'idées pour Noël, un petit coup d'oeil au blog d'ABC Christmas! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée! Bisous,

Hugs 

Delphine xx

Still alive:-)

Hello all! In case you were wondering, I am still alive... I have had a very busy week, and the next one is going to be totally crazy, both on a personal level but I will not bore you with the details and at work with meetings every night. I apologize for my lack of visits, both last week and this week I am afraid... Normal service should resume at the end of the week...Still, it is time for our weekly Cupcake. This week the theme has been chosen by our lovely Rachel, and it is "DIY - Make your own backing paper"! We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp who are generously offering a $20 gift certificate and our monthly sponsor is Polka Doodles, offering to TWO lucky winners the Pretty Sweet CD! For great inspiration, please visit the Cupcakes!

Bonjour à toutes! Si vous vous posiez la question, je suis toujours en vie... Semaine très chargée la semaine dernière et cette semaine va être terrible, à la fois sur le plan personnel mais je vous épargne les détails et au travail, réunion tous les soirs. Désolée pour le manque de visites, la semaine passée et cette semaine j'en ai peur, je devrais reprendre une activité normale à la fin de la semaine. Malgré la vie chargée, c'est l'heure de Cupcake. Cette semaine, Rachel a choisi le thème "Faites vous-mêmes vos papiers". Simon Says Stamp offre un bon d'achat de $20 au gagnant! Notre sponsor mensuel est Polka Doodles qui offrira à DEUX gagnants le CD Pretty Sweet! Pour plein d'idées, vous pouvez rendre visite aux Cupcakes!

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

... to make my very first tag:-)!!! ... pour mon tout premier tag:-)!!!

 Stamps: CC Designs Belle, Whimsy Stamps ticket, Hero Arts Friends

Copics: C0, 1, E000, 00, 02, 11, 31, 33, 35, 37, 50, V09, 12, 15, 17

Embellishments: Make It Crafty Mix n Match Centres Chipboard, pearls and ribbon from stash

Punches: MS Doily Lace, Fiskars

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

Little Miss Muffet - Gratitude/ Thanks

Quixotic Paperie Sketch Challenge - #2 Kim's fantastic sketch

Little Darlings - #12 Thank you

Stampin' for the Weekend - #21 Friends (see the Friend definition background)

Sundays With Crissy - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - #42 Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration - #17 Anything but a card

That's all from me today:-) Thank you very much for your visit! I will be back soon... C'est tout pour aujourd'hui, merci de votre visite, je reviens vite... Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Looking for envelope boxes?

Well Tracy has some for you!!!

Are you fed up making boxes or envelope boxes for your cards...... well not any longer.............

As Tracy says "I don't know about you but I hate having to spend time measuring out, cutting and scoring my envelope boxes to fit my embellished cards into. Soooooooooo, drum roll............ " Tracy has had some made.  Yayyyyy,  Whoppeeeee, so exciting.......

They are professionally cut and scored ready for your glue/tape and are an absolute godsend.  So if you're interested please email Tracy: t.payne@homecall.co.uk for a quote.  She can ship worldwide.

To help spread the word she is offering a pack of 25 as candy.  This is what you need to do:-

1. Write a post on your blog and link back to her post HERE
2. Add the picture to your sidebar and link to her post
3. Add your name in Mr Linky on her post

A winner will be drawn on January 2nd. 

Tracy would also like to know if any of you would be interested in boxes to fit the cards made using the Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page punch:-).

Hugs,
Delphine xx

Oooh, Cupcakes...

Hello all! I hope you are well and had a nice weekend? It went by so fast! Anyway we have a new challenge for you at Cupcake, and another fantastic one that is:-)! Our lovely Donna has chosen a theme I particularly like, "Let's Get Krafty!", so she would like you to colour on kraft! We are being sponsored by Crafty Emma's Store, offering a £10 gift voucher:-) Our monthly prize is sponsored by Crafts U Love, giving a £15 gift voucher to the November winner!

Bonjour à toutes! Ca y est, c'est lundi, et l'heure de Cupcake! Donna a choisi un thème cette semaine qui me plaît particulièrement, elle vous demande de "Colorier sur du kraft"! A gagner, un bon d'achat de £10 offert par Crafty Emma's Store, et dernière chance pour gagner le prix du mois de novembre, un bon d'achat de £15 offert par Crafts U Love.

As you have noticed, because of kraft, I decided to take my pencils this time to colour my cutie with cupcakes:-)... Juste à cause du kraft, je me suis sentie obligée de sortir mes crayons cette fois:-)...

 And here is the whole card with recipe... La carte en entier avec recette...

 

Stamps: CC Designs Swiss Pixie Cupcake Birgitta, Magnolia sentiment

Colouring: Polychromos on Toga kraft (Sand)

DPs: Papermania

Punch: MS Doily Lace

Other: gems from stash

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

Sweet Stampin' - Punches and Dies

Birthday Sundaes - #37 Birthday Card

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky - #100 Happy Birthday

The Cupcakes have made super gorgeous creations, I strongly suggest you take a look:-)! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Les Cupcakes ont fait de très belles choses, je vous recommande vivement de jeter un oeil à leurs créations:-)! Merci de votre visite, à très vite! Bisous,
Hugs
Delphine xx

Make It Colourful #41 DT - Look at that hat...

Hello all! It is Friday - oooh I love Fridays - and we have a new challenge for you at Make It Colourful! This fortnight we would like you to "Colour White", not the scariest challenge we have had:-)! To give you some inspiration, my teamies have made gorgeous examples, which you can see in the gallery HERE! And there is a fantastic prize as always, a $20 gift voucher to Make It Crafty!

Bonjour à toutes! Vendredi... J'adore le vendredi... et nous avons un nouveau challenge Make It Colourful! Cette semaine, le défi est de "colorier en blanc", on a fait bien pire! La DT a créé des exemples superbes, à voir dans la galerie ICI! Et comme toujours, un super prix, un bon d'achat de $20 offert par Make It Crafty!

I have chosen to colour an image I completely fell in love with... Really, it was love at first sight!!! It is called Chantelle at The Races, here is the whole image... L'image que j'ai choisie de colorier est l'histoire d'un coup de foudre... Je l'adore! Elle s'appelle Chantelle at the Races, la voici en entier...

And although I had several ideas for my card, had prepared a few handmade flowers, had a sketch in mind, well I came up with another CAS card...
Et malgré un sketch en tête, des fleurs que j'ai même faites, rien n'y a fait, j'ai finalement opté pour du CAS...

Image: Chantelle at the Races by Make It Crafty

Copics: C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, E000, 00, 02, 11, RV02, 04, 06, W0, 1, 3

Make It Colour Blending Card

DPs: Stamperia 

Embellishments: Make It Crafty Chipboard (Swirly Corners and Mix n Match Centres), pearl

I coloured the corners with a C9 Copic, and the little flower with pearl is made up of 2 pieces coming from the Mix n Match Centres chipboard pack that I layered, one coloured with C9, the other with RV04. 

As for colouring white, I used C0, 1, 3. The dress is the first thing I coloured on my image, I was afraid it would look too grey... Then I coloured the rest of my image, using some black (with my Cs), thinking that the white could catch some of the black around and the contrast would maybe help "bring out" the white too:-).

J'ai colorié les coins avec mon copic C9, et la petite fleur avec perle est faite en superposant 2 pièces des Mix n Match Centres, l'une coloriée avec mon Copic C9, l'autre avec mon RV04.

Pour colorier balnc, j'ai utilisé mes Copics C0, 1 et 3. La première chose que j'ai coloriée est la robe, j'avais un peu peur d'avoir la main lourde et qu'elle fasse trop grise... Puis j'ai colorié le reste de l'image et utilisé du noir, en pensant que le contraste contribuerait à faire ressortir le blanc:-)!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Creative Craft Challenges - Free For All
Create Me Pink - #4 Digi Stamp Challenge
Sassy Cheryl's - #91 Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts - #58 Anything Goes

That's all from me today! Thank you very much for your visit and all your lovely comments, they mean so much! Have a great weekend! C'est tout pour aujourd'hui! Un grand merci pour votre visite et tous vos commentaires si gentils! Bon weekend et à très vite! Bisous,
Hugs
Delphine xx

ABC Christmas time!

Hello all! I hope you are well? Thank you for all kind words about my little one and for all your lovely comments. I have not been able to visit much since this weekend, but I hope to be able to catch up this afternoon (Oooh I love Wednesdays!!!) We have a new challenge for you at ABC Christmas, brought to you by our lovely Dorte! This week, X is for Xerox... We would like you to xerox one of our team's cards, in other words, CASE a card by one of our DT members, from one of our challenges, this one or any other in 2011. Oh and please put a link to the card you are casing:-) We are being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps, offering the lucky winner 7 digis of his/ her choice...

and Digital Delights, offering the winner, 3 digis of his/ her choice...

Bonjour à toutes! Merci d'abord pour tous les gentils messages que vous m'avez laissés, mon petit bonhomme va beaucoup mieux! Je suis en retard (comme d'hab), et n'ai presque pas rendu de visites depuis ce week-end, je compte sur mon mercredi après-midi pour me rattraper! Le nouveau challenge d'ABC Christmas est X comme Xerox, on vous demande donc de copier/ vous inspirer d'une carte d'un membre de la DT, faite pour ce challenge ou n'importe quel autre en 2011. Et aussi d'ajouter un lien vers la carte que vous aurez choisie:-) Nous sommes sponsorisés par Bugaboo et par Digital Delights, 2 gagnants donc!

I decided to case a card made by Carissa for our Q challenge... Here is her gorgeous card:-)

and here is mine...

Stamps: Bugaboo Little Penguin Winter Bench, Penny Black sentiment

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour  Blending Card

DPs: MME

Embellishments: Make It Crafty Snowflake Stars Chipboard painted white,
Star Dust Stickles

It doesn't show very well on the photo, but there is a lot of sparkle IRL, with the glittered DP and Stickles I used on the chippies and image... Elle brille beaucoup plus en vrai, cette carte, mais bon...

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

Winter Wonderland - What a Cutie

Digital Tuesday - #138 Sparkle And Shine (Glitttered paper at the top, stardust Stickles on image and chipboard)

Crimbo Crackers - #2 Make It Sparkle

Pollycraft - #120 Christmas fun

Crafty Emma's Store - Snowflakes

You can check all my teamies' fab cased cards HERE! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Vous pouvez voir toutes les copies de cartes de la DT ICI! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée! Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Probably the most CAS card I've ever made...

Hello all! I hope you are well and had a nice weekend? Mine did not exactly go as planned, since my little one had a double ear infection which kept me busy, but he is much better now:-) It is Cupcake day, and first thank you for all your "human" entries last week:-)! We have a new challenge for you, and this week the theme has been chosen by our lovely Denise, and it is "Teenage Boys"! We are being sponsored by Lili Of The Valley who are very kindly offering the winner a £10 gift voucher, and our monthly sponsor is Crafts U Love offering a £15 gift voucher to their store!

Bonjour à toutes! J'espère que votre week-end s'est bien passé? Le mien a été un peu bousculé, avec une double otite de mon petit dernier, mais heureusement il va mieux:-)! C'est l'heure de Cupcake, un grand merci à tous pour votre participation à mon challenge la semaine dernière, cette semaine, c'est Denise qui a choisi le thème, "Teenage Boys"/ "Les ados mais garçons":-) A gagner, un bon d'achat de £10 offert par Lili Of The Valley et rappel, pour le mois de novembre un bon d'achat de £15 offert par Crafts U Love!

Here is my image, once you have seen it, there is nothing else to see LOL... as I said, very CAS card:-)!

Mon image tout d'abord, parce qu'une fois que vous l'aurez vue, vous aurez tout vu... Carte totalement CAS:-)!

OK, I'll show you the whole card... Bon allez, je vous montre le reste de la carte...

Stamps: LOTV Lazy Afternoon, Hero Arts sentiment

Copics: E40, 41, 43, 44, 47, 49, W0, 1, 3, 5

Make It Colour Blending Card

Memento Rich Cocoa Ink 

Erm... That's it!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Divas By Design - #15 Monochromatic

Stamptacular Sunday - #139 Boy Oh Boy

Crafty Ann - Sketch or Monochrome

Shopping Our Stash -  Never Been Inked or Neutral Colour Theme (first time I am using that stamp)

Creative Craft Challenges - Minimalistic

You can see all the Cupcakes' gorgeous makes HERE! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Vous pouvez voir toutes les créations des Cupcakes ICI! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée!

Hugs 

Delphine xx

Do You Stack Up #46 GDT card:-)

Hello all! Yes, I am here to share a card, on a Thursday:-)... I made Top 3 at Do You Stack Up and was invited to be GD for today's challenge, thank you very much again ladies! The theme this week is "Splash Of Blue", and I got to play with a gorgeous image by Mami Doodles!

Bonjour à toutes! Oui, on est jeudi, mais j'ai une carte... J'ai fait partie du Top 3 au challenge Do You Stack Up et j'ai été invitée à rejoindre la DT comme Guest Designer pour le challenge d'aujourd'hui (merci encore!)! Le thème est "Splash of Blue" soit "Une touche de bleu", et j'ai eu la chance de recevoir une image de Mami Doodles pour faire ma carte!

Yes, I have been playing with my pencils again:-)... Oui, encore un peu de crayon...

Image: Mami Doodles Mother Nature

Colouring: Polychromos on Toga kraft (Sand)

DPs: Kaisercraft (Utopia)

Other: Stamperia Ribbon, Artoz pearls

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Paper Sundaes - #95 Digital Images
Crafts & Me - #61 Simples
2 Sisters - #65 Anything Goes
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - #46 Anything Goes with a digi

For great inspiration, please visit Do You Stack Up:-)! Thank you very much for stopping by today, have a lovely day! Pour plein d'inspiration, vous pouvez vous rendre sur le blog de Do You Stack Up:-)! Merci de votre visite et à bientôt! Bisous,
Hugs
Delphine xx

A lot of people... Cupcake DT

Hello all! It is Monday:-(... but Cupcake time:-)!!! And this week it is my turn to choose the challenge! The theme is "Two's company"... Let me explain, I would like to see images of two boys, two girls or one of each on your projects. The idea is to have two or more characters on your work, animals don't count, but fairies and angels are ok of course:-) We are being sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs, who are offering the winner 4 digis of his/her choice. And thanks to our monthly sponsor for November, Crafts U Love, you could win a £15 gift voucher:-)

Bonjour à toutes! Nouveau challenge chez Cupcake, et choisi par... moi cette semaine:-) "Two's Company", je voudrais voir 2 personnages filles/garçons ou plus (les animaux ne comptent pas) sur vos créations! Vous pourrez peut-être gagner 4 images au choix offertes par Sassy Studio Designs cette semaine et jouer pour gagner le bon d'achat de £15 offert par Crafts U Love, notre sponsor pour le mois de novembre.

As you can see, two was not enough, I went for 5... That stamp is one of 3 I chose as the prize I won at the All That Scraps Challenge last month:-)! I love colouring the Swiss Pixies, so imagine, five at a time...

J'ai opté pour 5 personnages... J'ai gagné ce tampon le mois dernier avec 2 autres au challenge d'All That Scraps et forcément, il fallait que je l'utilise tout de suite, j'adore colorier ces personnages, alors 5 d'un coup, quel plaisir!

Stamps: CC Designs Swiss Pixies The Group, CCD Designs sentiment

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour blending card

DPs: Bo Bunny and Sultane (I have to check...)

Other: MS Cherished punch, pearls from stash

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

CRAFT - #128 Cute

Do You Stack Up - #45 Inspired By a Song (The Rembrandts "I'll be there for you"/ Friends TV series)

Southern Girls - #31 Can You Hear the Music (The Rembrandts "I'll be there for you"/ Friends TV series)

Dutch Dare - #138 Punch Time

Stamptacular Sunday - #138 Punch It

Mad For Markers - Anything Goes

Challenge Up Your Life - #56 Friendship

The Cupcakes have made gorgeous creations, you can take a look at all the lovely pairs HERE! We hope you will be able to join us! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! 

Les Cupcakes vous ont préparé plein de belles créations, pour voir tous les jolis couples, c'est LA! Merci de votre visite et à bientôt!  Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Make It Colourful #40 DT and challenges

Hi all! I hope you are well and enjoying your weekend? It is Friday NIGHT, I know, I am here a little bit later than I thought, but here:-)! We have a great new challenge at Make It Colourful, and the theme this fortnight is Lantern/ Candle light! Don't panic, it was a first for me too, well first time really asking myself questions about the light source coming from a lantern! My teamies have excelled themselves and provided you with great inspiration, you can see all their projects in the gallery HERE! 

Bonsoir! J'espère que vous passez un bon week-end? On est vendredi SOIR, je sais, je suis là un peu plus tard que prévu (je vous avais bien dit que j'étais très en retard!!!), mais me voilà! Nous avons un nouveau challenge chez Make It Colourful... le thème? A la lumière d'une lanterne, bougie, lampadaire... La lumière doit venir d'une de ces sources! C'est la première fois que je réfléchis à ce genre d'éclairage, et je dois avouer avoir eu quelques suées... Mes collègues ont créé des exemples superbes, que vous pouvez admirer dans la galerie ICI!

If you have the latest Magnolia magazine, you will see a gorgeous Tilda In Winter Night coloured by Zoe, with a very helpful tutorial too! I started there, and like Zoe, decided my lantern had a solid lid and bottom, wich I TRIED to take into account. Here is my image...

Si vous avez le dernier magazine Magnolia, il y a une superbe Tilda avec une lanterne colorisée par Zoe, avec un tutoriel. Je suis partie de là, et comme Zoe, j'ai décidé que ma lanterne avait une base et un couvercle opaques, ce que j'ai ESSAYE de prendre en compte... Voici mon image...

Digital Images: Make It Crafty Winter Park Scene, CC Designs Through The Night

Copics: B0000, 000, 01, 02, 32, 34, 37, 39, C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, E000, 00, 11, 40, 41, 43, 44, 47, Y000, YG97
Coloured on Make It Colour blending card

Other ingredients to be found on my card below:

DPs: Magnolia

Embellishments: Make It Crafty Snowflake Star Chipboard painted white, Memory Box Border Die

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

Little Miss Muffet - #22 Simplicity 

The Cuttlebug Spot - Anything Goes 

Wags 'n Whiskers - #67 Christmas themed

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - #72 Winter

The Corrosive Challenge - #136 With a Flourish

Paper Sundaes - #94 Rectangle

Crafty Catz - #108 Use a digital image

Top Tip Tuesday - #59 Anything Christmas goes (2nd entry)

Charisma Cardz - #44 Cutesy projects

That's all from me today! I hope you can join us for our Lantern/ Candlelight challenge, all you have to do is upload your creation in the gallery HERE and you could win a $20 Gift Voucher to Make It Crafty! Thank you very much for your visit and all your lovely comments, I really, really appreciate! Off to play catching up again:-)...

C'est tout! J'espère que vous pourrez participer à notre challenge "A la lumière d'une lanterne...", tout ce que vous avez à faire pour tenter de gagner un bon d'achat de $20 à dépenser chez Make It Crafty, c'est poster vos créations dans la galerie ICI! A très vite, je continue de vous rendre visite et de rattraper mon retard:-)! Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

ABC Christmas W is for...

Hello all! I hope you are well? It is time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge and the letter this week is W for Winter Sports and we have not one but 2 sponsors:-)! First, Simon Says Stamp, who are generously offering a $15 Gift Voucher...

... and StampFairy offering 3 adorable digital images of the winner's choice! And the DT even got to play with some:-), thank you Gerda:-)!!!

Bonjour à toutes! Chez ABC Christmas, nous sommes à la lettre W comme Winter Sports! Nous souhaiterions voir vos créations en rapport avec les sports d'hiver! Nous sommes sponsorisés par Simon Says Stamp qui offre un bon d'achat de $15 et Stamp Fairy qui offre 3 images que le gagnant pourra choisir!

Yes, I have been using those pencils again, I want to practice:-)... Oui, encore ces crayons, il faut bien que je m'entraîne aussi!!

Image: Stamp Fairy Barry Winter, Personal Impressions sentiment

Colouring: Polychromos

DPs: BoBunny

Embellishments: Make It Crafty Snowflake Stars, pearls from stash

Challenges I would like to enter:

Digi Doodles - Winter

Digital Tuesday - #136 Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Winter Wardrobe

Crafter's Companion - #18 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Christmas Goes

Papertake Weekly - First Christmas

Thank you very much for stopping by today, and huge apologies, I am behind again and I am afraid I will only be able to catch up at the weekend:-(, but I'll come ASAP! Merci de votre visite et désolée pour mon retard, que je ne risque de récupérer que ce week-end:-(...
Hugs
Delphine xx

Femme fatale... Er, not me, obviously:-)

Hello all! I hope you are well? We have a new challenge for you at Cupcake, chosen by our lovely Maarit and the theme is "Textalicious", so you need to use a page from a newspaper, dictionary or a book, or use a stamp with a book/ newspaper. We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp who are offering a $20 gift certificate, and our monthly sponsor is Crafts U Love, offering £15 gift voucher!

Bonjour à toutes! Nouveau challenge chez Cupcake dont le thème a été choisi par Maarit cette semaine "Textalicious", vous devez utiliser une page de journal, de dictionnaire de livre ou une image avec un livre ou un journal! Nous sommes sponsorisés par Simon Says Stamp qui offre un bon d'achat de $20 et pour le prix mensuel, Crafts U Love offre un bon d'achat de £15, vous voilà bien gâtés!

And now, onto my Femme Fatale... Voici donc la femme fatale dont je vous parlais dans le titre (non pas moi, évidemment!!!)...

When I bought the white newspaper DP, I knew I would use it with that stamp... Close up and recipe...

Quand j'ai acheté le papier blanc, je savais que j'allais l'utiliser avec cette image... Gros plan et ingrédients...

Stamp: SCACD Femme Fatale by Victoria Case

Copics: C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, W0, 1, 3

DPs: Sultane and Doodlebug

Other: Fiskars punch, gems from stash

I would like to enter the following challenges: 

Quixotic Paperie Sketch Challenge - Mary J's great sketch (3rd entry)

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge - #13 Monochromatic

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (Optional Bling)

Stampavie and More - #155 Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge -  #19 Anything Goes

For great inspiration, you can see all the Textalicious Cupcake creations HERE! Thank you very much for your visit, I really appreciate:-)! Have a lovely day! Pour plein d'inspiration textuelle, vous pouvez voir les créations des Cupcakes ICI! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée! Bisous,

Hugs 

Delphine xx

Spooky Night Sky...

FOR MY CUPCAKE CARD, SEE MY PREVIOUS POST BELOW:-)

Hello again! 3 posts in 24 hours, very unusual, I know!!! Depending on where you are, I am almost too late to post my card:-)! There was a great special challenge at Make It Colourful for the month of October which was to create a spooky night sky. And I have to say it did take me some time to come up with something... I spent quite a number of hours on a first project, which ended in the bin. After colouring my whole scene, I realised I did not like the way I had put the different elements together to make my scene and my sky, which I tried to do with distress inks (big mistake... I am so bad!) was a real failure! 

The inspirational photos, the girls who took part in the challenge and left messages on the message board in the gallery really helped me and with the fantastic tutorial Barbara made about one of her amazing spooky night skies (she did make several, you can see them all in the gallery here), I had no other choice than try again:-)!

I decided to use the following character, Larkspur, which seemed perfect to me for a spooky scene and built my scene around her, adding all the Make It Crafty elements/images I had planned to use. 

 

and the whole scene, with some explanations...

 Stamps: Make It Crafty digis Eerie Scene, Spooky House, Spooky Graveyard

CC Designs Sweet November Twisted Sisters Larkspur (rubber)

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour blending card

MS punch

For the background, I only used parts of images: the moon and bats are a part of the Eerie Scene, the house is a part of the Spooky House which I first rotated (horizontally), then put at a slight angle to make it look a bit more threatening (Barbara's idea in the first place) and placed as if on a hill, the fence is a part of the Spooky Graveyard, and the branches on the side (idea coming from the inspirational photos for the challenge) are an element taken from the Spooky Graveyard too and repeated several times. I filled the empty space on the right by adding a coloured path. I also made the branches longer using my Copic multiliner, because my stamped character was not exactly where I wanted it (I did the usual stamping, masking, then printing my background on top of my stamped image).

For the moon, I used Y28, Y11, Y000, E41 and E50. For the sky and clouds, I followed Barbara's tutorial, I just did not use the Toner Greys (which I don't have... yet:-)), I used C0 to C5 and B91, 93, 95, 97. Greys first, then blues, then little touches of grey in some places.

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

Little Miss Muffet - #21 Clouds

My Mum's Craft Shop - #29 Spooktacular

Crafty Catz - #106 Halloween

Stampin' For The Weekend - #19 Spooky

One Stop Craft - #155 No sentiments

Divas By Design - #13 Something spooky

Di's Digi Designs - Halloween

Pollycraft - #117 Anything Goes

The new Special Monthly challenge at Make It Colourful will be announced a few hours from now, don't forget to check what it is! Thank you very much for stopping by, I am behind with my commenting but will catch up tomorrow, 1.15am is not a reasonable time...!

Happy Halloween everyone:-)! 

Hugs

Delphine xx