Les Cartes d'Hélène

A very special delivery

2012-01-27T08:51:00.003+01:00

Hi there,

Two weeks ago, my cousins had a cute baby boy. I wantd to make a card to welcome him! When I saw this stamp at Lili of the valley, I knew it was the one.

For a change, I wanted a CAS feel, but I wasn't sure if I could achieve that with this kind of stamp...
I kept a lot of white space, and add a piece of blue color core cardstock. I embossed it with a dot embossing folder and sand it to reveal the blue coe. I think the texture add a bit of interest to the card.
The sentiment is the one which comes with the stamp and is white embossed on a blue cardstock.
The little bear is colored with my copic markers.

Let me know what you think and don't forget to leave a message in the post below to enter y blog candy.

Hugs

Hélène

Blog candy

2012-01-17T10:16:00.003+01:00

Hi there,

No cards yet, my son won't let me enough time to go in my craft room... but I'm enjoying the CAS card class so far.

Anyway, like I promised, I have a little candy for you. I wanted to celebrate the new year, my new baby and also my 30th birthday with you all.

It'll be a box filled with paper, embellies and stamp. I'll ship worlwide. All you have to do is to leave me a comment ans I'll draw a winner on February 29th.

Good luck,
Hélène

Clean & Simple Card making - Day 1

2012-01-09T09:45:00.003+01:00

Hi again,

I always wanted to try the clean and simple style, but was a bit afraid that my cards would look empty. But Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner teamed up with Julie Ebersole to give us a new class at Online Card Classes, so it was the perfect opportunity for me to learn with those amazing ladies!

I already took two classes with them and it was so intersting that when I saw they were making a CAS class, I signed up right away... The classes are really great, with PDFs and videos that you can download, a forum where they answer all your questions and also a lifetime access, so even if you don't have the time now, you can go later!

Today is the first day and I made this card following Kristina's tutorial.

I used Hero Arts note card in Light blue, and I stamped the Hero Arts Flower Dot Background with soft stone shadow ink. I used a sentiment I had in my stash (don't remeber where I got it) and I heat embossed it.

So what do you think?

Happy birthday

2012-01-09T09:29:00.004+01:00

Good morning,

Long time no see, but I have a good excuse ;-)
I was pregnant and I had to stay in the couch most of the time, so no craft for a long time :-( but it worth it, I now have the most beautiful baby in the world by my side ^^
I'll do a blog candy to celebrate that, I'll post about it later this week.

Anyway, I did make a card for my cousin's birthday.
I used this sweet Tilda for the first time, even though she's in my stash for quite a while now... so many uninked stamps are waiting for me...
I also tried to color with Prisma pencils. I never used this technique before and there's sill a lot to learn, but it's not as difficult as I thought.

I made a pocket card using Gio's tutorial at WoJ nspiration blog.

I'm entering some challenges :

Simon Says Stamp : New something
Just Magnolia : Anything goes with the option of something new
Sketch saturday

Hugs

Vintage framed photos

2011-07-25T11:17:00.003+02:00

Hi there,

Today I want to show you a canvas I made during a class taugh by Anna.
This is a shabby vintage style. I'm not used to do that kind of thing, because I always think I won't be able to make something so beautiful. In the end, it wasn't so difficult and I really like it ^^
It's a lot more shinny and has a lot of glitter in real life...

I'm entering this week's Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge which is Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs
Hélène

Summer Fairy

2011-07-19T13:14:00.002+02:00

Good morning everyone,

For today’s card, I used the color combo of the fourth week of the Summer Card Camp.

These colors make me think of summer (even though the weather is awful here) and so I took a digi I bought a while ago from The greeting farm which is called Summer Fairy.

I used the sketch from sketch Saturday and I’m also entering the Stampin’ for the weekend challenge which is Wings and Things.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Please leave me a comment so I can go and see your work too,

Hugs,

Hélène

Summer Card Camp Week 3

2011-07-13T11:29:00.005+02:00

Good morning everyone,

Finally I’m back !!!
Well, I hope so, this first semester has been so ectic…

Anyway, this is the third week of the summer card camp and I finally find the time to make a card!

I’m enjoying the camp so far, lots of great techniques and so many inspirational cards!
For today’s card, I took my inspiration from this one.

I'm also entering my card in this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge which is 'Anything goes'

This is quite different from what I’m used to do, but I'm quite pleased with the result. I think I may do more of them as it is so much quicker ^^

Thanks for stopping by today,

Please leave me a comment so I can go and see your work too,

Hugs,

Hélène

Will be back soon

2011-02-18T07:23:00.003+01:00

Good morning peeps,

Just a quick message to apologize for my lack of posting. It's been more than a month since I post myy last card, and to be honest, i haven't craft a single thing ever since :-(
I don't know where my mojo is gone and I have troubles to find a single hour for myself at the moment :-(
Hopefully it should be better next week.

I also want to thank you all for your kind messages, it always brighten my day :-)
I saw that I have now 13 followers, waw, thank you so much! I'll try to gather some candy for you after my holidays.

Seen you soon

Hugs
Hélène

One last Christmas card

2011-01-12T12:28:00.003+01:00

Good morning peeps,

I hope you all had a good start in this new year.
I had a super nice first week! Even if the snow wasn't really good for skiing, the weather was mainly great and we had a lot of fun!

I still have one Christmas project I didn't show you yet. This is my first project with a Kenny K image. I have a few images, but I didn't find the time yet to use them... I'm ashamed ^^
Anyway, this one was colored with my copics and I put some flower soft for the fur. Isn't she sexy?
I didn't had any dark blue christmassy paper, so I made it myself with my distress inks, white stazon and sparkle stamp wheel for SU. I was quite please with the end result.

The frame is made by Xtina

I made the box folling this tutorial at stempel ein maleins.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Hugs,
Hélène

Holidays !!!

2011-01-02T11:56:00.004+01:00

Good morning everybody,

No cards for me today. I was just stopping by to say that in a few hours, I'll be heading to the Alps with my family. We are going to ski for one week.
It'll be the first time for my son, I can't wait to see how he'll do ^^
I love the snow and I love the mountain, it's so peacefull.

Anyway, I'll be back in a week,

Hugs,
Hélène

Christmas in pink

2010-12-31T13:15:00.004+01:00

Good afternoon peeps,

How are you? Ready to party tonight? I wish you all a Happy and Creative New Year ! May all your dreams come true.
Well this year with my husband, we’ll stay at home, eat a yummy dinner and spend a romantic evening, just the two of us :-)

Well onto my card. I wanted to chance from the usual red/green and went totally pink on this one ^^

The frame is made by Xtina

I colored the image with my copic. I cut it out and put it on that ribbon stamp, also from Magnolia. I used glossy accent on the heart for a shinny look.
I'm entering Just Magnolia's challenge (which is now Magnolia AND hAnglar & sTanglar) as anything goes ...

Thanks for stopping by today,

See you next year,

Hugs,

Hélène

Wee and the reindeer

2010-12-30T09:52:00.003+01:00

Good morning everyone,

Today I’ll show you the card I made for my parents. I used a Wee and Reindeer from Whiff of Joy’s last year collection
The papers are from Bo Bunny, also from last year.

The frame is made by Xtina

I colored the image with my copic. I used a stampeledge stamp on the border and added a lot of stickles, it’s a lot more shiny in reality.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Please leave me a comment so I can go and see your work too,

Hugs,

Hélène

A Christmas card for my son

2010-12-29T09:32:00.003+01:00

Good morning everyone,

Today I’ll show you the card I made for my 5 years old boy. I used a LOTV image, which I think look a lot like him when he decorated our tree ^^

The frame is made by Xtina

I colored the image with my copic and added some stickles on the stars
I used the Claudia’s sketch on Friday sketcher.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Please leave me a comment so I can go and see your work too,

Hugs,

Hélène

Santa with presents

2010-12-28T08:14:00.001+01:00

Good morning everyone,

Today I’ll show you the card I made for my parents in law. I used the cute Santa with presents from the WoJ’s last year collection.

The frame is made by Xtina

I colored the image with my copic. The snow flakes are made with my nesties.
I used the Kim’s sketch for the Whiff of Joy Challenge 94.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Please leave me a comment so I can go and see your work too,

Hugs,

Hélène

LOTV Challenge 77

2010-12-27T08:07:00.001+01:00

Good morning everyone,

Now Christmas is behind, I can show you some cards I made for that occasion.
I made this one for my son’s teacher. I used the so cute LOTV image. I think this one was perfect for a teacher card.

The frame is made by Xtina

I colored the image with my copic and used some white embossing powder on the fur.
I used the sketch from Lily of the Valley Challenge ".

Thanks for stopping by today,

Please leave me a comment so I can go and see your work too,

See you tomorrow for another card,

Hugs,

Hélène

A lantern for Christmas

2010-12-26T16:04:00.007+01:00

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I had all my family at home and it was so great!
And we had a white Christmas and a yummy dinner!

This is a lantern I made for my brother's girlfriend. I used the tutorial at stempel in maleins. Except that I had to convert the inches in cm, it was quite easy to make. I put some yummy Belgian Chocolate in it ;-)

The frame is made by Xtina

I used some of Tim Holtz's papers and I colored Tilda with my Distress inks.

On the tag, I used a mini Tilda from the fall kit.

I'm entering Magnolia Down Under Challenge which is "A gift for you".

Thanks for stopping by,

Please leave me a comment so I can go and see your work too,

Enjoy the holidays,

Hugs,

Hélène

A first Christmas card

2010-11-29T07:53:00.005+01:00

Hi all,

I'm soooooooooo behind, I just started my Christmas cards and it's only 4 weeks away now... I didn't find the time earlier, but now I'm in a rush and I think I'll have to keep them quite simple...

Anyway, this is the first one I made. I love this cute bear from Lily of the Valley. He's sooo cute don't you think?
I colored him with my distress ink for a change.
I followed Bev's sketch for this weeks LOTV challenge.

The frame is made by Xtina

Please leave me a comment so I can visit you and see your work

Hugs

Hélène

Not so spooky Tilda

2010-11-02T11:11:00.005+01:00

Hi everybody,

For once, I made a Halloween's card. It was for my son's teacher but I forgot it at home so I couldn't give it to him... Shame on me lol.

The frame is made by Xtina

Papers are from Magnolia. Tilda is colored with my copics and then a little bit of Twinkling H2O for some subtle sparkle.
For the moon, I used a light yellow paper which I cut with a round nestie and then I colored it with some W copics. After that I used one of my stamp from the grungre stempeledge collection with a greyish ink. I got this tip from Mag's blog and I think it look so real like that don't you?
The sketch is Dawny's for this week Just Magnolia challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today,
Hugs,
Hélène

Melinda sending kisses

2010-10-20T20:50:00.006+02:00

Good evening,

I hope you all had a good week so far.
Here it's raining and it sooo cold. I just want to stay warm inside and craft a bit...

I made this card for one of my friend's birthday.

The frame is made by Xtina

I colored Melinda with my copic markers again. I made the tag with some distress ink and perfect pearl, I love the subtle shimmer, but you cannot see it on the picture :-(
The sketch is from Friday Sketchers blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,
Hélène

Magnolia Sweet Little Mermaid

2010-10-19T08:23:00.006+02:00

Hi all,

Wow, one whole month without any posting, where does the time fly? I'm really sorry for the lack of posting, I'll try to improve that ...

Yesterday I receive the new issue of the Magnolia magazine, there are so many wonderful creation in there, I really like this mag! And congrats to all the girls who made those cards and projects, they are so gorgeous.

Last week I also get my magnolia fall kit and I must say I'm really happy this time, they are really cute and they are all for Christmas, so I have no more excusses to start now ;-)

So here's a card I made for my mother's 50th birthday.

The frame is made by Xtina

I used the Mermaid Tilda from this summer kit. I colored her with my copic markers and put a lot of Stickles to her tail. I embossed the paper with a cuttlebug folder and then put some distress ink on it. I'm quite pleased with the result.

The sketch I used is from this week Just Magnolia Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today and for your lovely comments,

Hugs,

Hélène

A sweet little Santa

2010-09-12T09:43:00.005+02:00

Good morning everybody,

I hope you all have a good week-end so far.
Here's my first Christmas card of the year. I made it for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge where the theme is Holiday fun. It can be Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas. There's also big blog hop with a lot of talented ladies and many sweet stuff to win...
The hop starts at Simon Says Stamp and Show and it's running until Wednesday.

Tilda has been colored with my Copic markers as usual.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,
Hélène

Back to school

2010-08-31T10:17:00.005+02:00

Good morning everybody

I hope you enjoyed the summer and that you're ready for a new year to start!
I'm looking forward to this new school year as I'll not work on Wednesday anymore, which means I'll have more time to spend with my son :-)

I made this card for him for tomorrow to wish him good luck. He'll start to learn English this year and he's really looking forward to it. His teacher his really kind and I hope it'll be fine.
I used Claudia's sketch for Friday Sketcher and I also followed Lili of the Valley challenge which was "let's go dotty for circles".
I'm also entering the following challenges :
Stamp something : back to school
Stampin' for the week-end : anything goes
Incy Wincy Design : back to school I made the top 3 !!! I'm just so happy :-)
Fussy and Fancy Friday challenges : back to school
The Corrosive Challenge : for guys

I colored this little cutie with my Copic markers and the papers are from Magnolia.

Thanks for stopping by,
Don't forget to leave me a comment so I can visit you,

Hugs,
Hélène

Magnolia wedding card

2010-08-30T10:30:00.005+02:00

Hi all,

Two days left and the school is starting again for a new year here in Belgium. And for me it means that I'll start working part time, so more time to craft at home.

I made new wedding card. I love that collection, they're all so gorgeous.
This time I went for some cream and blue colors. I used some paper from Magnolia Something old something new. They are gorgeous.

I used Dawny's sketch for the Just Magnolia challenge blog.

The image has been colored with my Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Hugs,
Hélène

Whiff of Joy New Release and sweet Candy

2010-08-30T09:56:00.002+02:00

Good morning everybody,

Have you seen all the sneak peek?
They are so great and I love the new friend of Henry the mouse. he was my fave WoJ character for so long.
Among all the gorgeous preview from the DT, my very favorite is this one by Jane.

Katharina is having a blog candy to celebrate the release, you can find the details here.

All those stamps will be available on Wednesday the first of September, so only two days to go. You'd better be quick as I'm sure they'll sell fast.

Have a nice day,
Hugs,
Hélène

A wedding card

2010-08-08T18:01:00.005+02:00

Hi everybody,

I made a criss-cross card following Janette's tutorial. It was fun to do.
I wanted a black and white card, with a little touch of red.

I used stamps from the wedding's collection from Magnolia. They are so great and they worked well together.
I colored them with my copics.

Here's a look with the image outside the pocket.

Thanks for stopping by,

Don't forget to leave me a comment so I can visit you.

Hugs,

Hélène

Sending kisses

2010-07-26T14:42:00.007+02:00

Hi everybody,
Wow, it's Monday already, time flies sometimes...
Here's a card I made for the WoJ Challenge. There is a great sketch from Bev to follow. I turn it to fit my image...
They are also holding a DT Call for the challenge blog ! I had to participate, even though I doub't I have any chance at all...

I used my Copics to color this so sweet stamp and I put a lot of stickles on her wings. Papers are from Stampin'Up!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like my card and don't forget to leave me a comment so I can visit you.

Hugs
Hélène

Birthday cake

2010-07-20T06:44:00.006+02:00

Hi all,

I hope you're enjoying summer time where ever you are. Here in Belgium it's still really sunny and hot and I must say I like it, even if the heat is not always easy to deal with...

Today is my son's fifth birthday. It's an important day for him and I made him this card. I hope he'll like it...

I'm sorry for th poor quality of the picture, I couldn't make anything better :-(
I used this cute stamp from Lily of the valley. I colored it with my Copics and I used the sketch from Lily of the valley challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Leave me a message so I can visit you,

Hugs,

Hélène

Thank you

2010-06-30T17:54:00.005+02:00

Hi everybody,

I hope that you're all enjoying the sun, wherever you are! Here in Belgium, summer has finally started and it's soooo good.

Well it seems like ages ago that I manage to have a card done for a challenge.
I made this one for my son's teacher to thank her for the work she done this year with him.

I used this cutest ever Edwin. This is definitly my favore Magnolia stamp :-)
I sit him on a pile of books and colored him with my Distress inks.
The sketch is for Just Magnolia Challenge blog and it was made by Bev. Thanks so much dear, I loved working with it.

Thanks for stoping by,
Please leave me a message so I can visit you,

Hugs,
Hélène

Surfing Edwin

2010-06-22T19:04:00.002+02:00

Hi everybody,

Wow, it's been a while since I managed to post something...
Here's the August page of my birthday calendar.

There's not a lot to say about my card. I so much like this paper that I didn't want to hide it with anything ^^
And I think this surfing Edwin is so cool and he's a really good match with the hawai flower from the paper.
I colored Edwin with my Copics

Thanks for stopping by today,

Hugs

Hélène

Lets celebrate

2010-06-06T10:33:00.003+02:00

Hi again,

Now I'm posting to show you a card I made for my sister in law's birthday.

I used Willow and Oakley from the city girls collection and masked them together. I think there're such a sweet couple. I love the way Oakley is looking at her :-)

I'm sorry for the poor quality of the picture...
I colored them with Distress inks and used Shimmerz on her dress. The papers are my new Tim Holtz Vintage paper.
The sketch is from Donalda for the Whiff of Joy Challenge, i really love it!
The color combo is from Color create which is baby pink and pastel blue.
And finally at Charisma Cardz, they want to see flowers.

I wish you all a nice sunday,

Hugs,
Hélène

1000 followers Bolg Candy

2010-06-06T10:26:00.002+02:00

Hi everybody,

I hope you all enjoy your week-end! It so sunny here that we have to, because it never last long in Belgium ;-)
So yesterday we made a bike ride with my husband and my son. It was so great :-)

Today Katharina from Whiff a Joy is offering a great candy because she hits the mark of over 1000 blog followers.
To celebrate this incredible mark, she is giving away 2 sets of Whiff of Joy's STORE stamp kit "Blooming Spring", illustrated by the Elisabeth Bell.
These sets consist of 16 stamps each, deeply etched red rubber, already mounted on cling cushion mounting foam.

All you have to do to get a chance of winning the candy is to let people know on your blog about my candy and to leave a link to your blog in her post. The winners will be chosen by Random.org on saturday, June 12th, 8pm GMT.
Good luck!!

Hugs
Hélène

New Hanglar & Stanglar Challenge blog

2010-06-03T07:35:00.004+02:00

Hi girls,

I hope the sun is shinning where you are.

Just a quick post to inform you that there's a new challenge blog called 'lovely hAnglar only'.
Yes you guess right, there's a challenge blog dedicated to Hanglar & Stanglar fans !!!
The first challenge's theme is pink & green. That means we want you to create your card/project using the colors of our blog which are pink and green. And remember this is a hAnglar only challenge, therefore only hAnglar images are eligible!

To celebrate this new blog, Iris is offering a great blog candy as well.

In order to be eligible you have to do a few things.

1. Talk about my candy and link it on your blog!
2. Spread the word about our new hAnglar challenge blog and link it on your blog as well!
3. Become a follower of our new hAnglar challenge blog!
4. Enter the candy with Mr. Linky!
5. If you also enter our ongoing first hAnglar challenge, you will have two entries for the drawing.

This candy is open until Tuesday June 15th, 6:00 pm EST. Winner will be drawn using random.org.

Good luck.

Hugs,
Hélène

Hot and spicy

2010-05-30T11:03:00.003+02:00

Good morning everybody,

I hope you had a good week-end so far. Except that I miss the sun so much, it's a good and relaxing week-end for me.

Here's the card I made for this week's challenge at Just Magnolia. The theme is "hot and spicy". Those colors make me think of indian spicies, so I hope it's ok. This will be the June page of my birthday calendar.

This sweet Love me Tilda has been colored with my copic markers. It's the first time I try the feathering technique (on the flower) and I'm quite satisfied with the result.

Thanks for stopping by today and for your lovely comments,

Hugs
Hélène

PS : There's a super cute free digi offer by Katharina from Whiff of Joy, you shouldn't miss it...

LOTV new release

2010-05-27T07:32:00.003+02:00

Good morning everybody,

Just a quick post to say to you that next Tuesday, the 1st June, is the date for the fabulous new release from Lili of the Valley!!! There are 12 new designs – 4 Dressing Up Girls, 4 Boys, 2 Babies and 2 Get Well Designs. And they're all sooooo cute.

To celebrate that new release, there is a whole set of the new release to offer as candy on the LOVT Ideas to Inspire blog. The candy is open from Thursday 27th May until Midnight on Saturday 29th May. So hurry up girls ;-)

Hugs,

Hélène

April Calendar

2010-05-24T09:02:00.003+02:00

Good morning everybody,

Yay, the sun is finally here :-) I missed it for so long...
Yesterday was the last day of the GDT Call for Whiff of Joy, so we should soon know who are the lucky woman that will join that so talented team...

Here's the card I made for the April's page in my birthday calendar.

Tilda has been colored with Distress inks and I added Stickles for the sparkle.

I hope you'll like it,

Thanks for stopping by today and for your lovely comments,

Hugs,
Hélène

Guest Designer Call @ Whiff of Joy

2010-05-18T19:40:00.005+02:00

Hi everybody,

As all of you probably knows, Katharina is holding a GDT Call on her blog.

The call will be open for 1 week. I will then choose 1-3 Guest Designers will then be chosen to be in the team for the next 2 months.They will create cards or other projects with Whiff of Joy’s newest stamps along with the great DT.

To apply, you have to create a card using red, orange and 1 colour of your choice. You should also used at one Whiff of Joy stamp.

It was a difficult challenge for me as I didn't have any papers that could match, but I used my Distress inks to change the yellow in orange.

I used Willow with hot chocolate and colored her with my copics. The sentiment is also from Whiff of Joy, as well as the swirls I used around the image.
I used the sketch from this week's challenge at Whiff of Joy Challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,
Hélène

Witch Tilda

2010-05-15T18:41:00.004+02:00

Good evening everybody,

There's a quick post to show you the card I made for the November page of my brithday calendar.
I think this Witch Tilda is so cute with the pumpkins, don't you?

I hadn't any Halloween papers, so I created the orange one with a plain cardstock. I stamped some pumpkins with Versamark ink and used some chalks to make some shading. The black paper is from a wedding collection.

Tilda has been colored with my copics.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Don't forget to leave me a comment so I can come to your blog and see your work!

Hugs,

Hélène

One for the girls

2010-05-14T13:51:00.002+02:00

Good afternoon everybody,

I hope you're all enjoying this long week-end. Here in Belgium, it's raining again, and it's soooo cold :-(

There's a easy challenge this week on Just Magnolia which is one for the girl.

I used this sweet Tilda from "right to your heart" collection. She's one of my favorite one.
She has been colored with Distress inks and I added some Stickles to her wings.
Papers are from Magnolia and I received the flowers from Michaela some months ago.

Thanks for stopping by today and for all your lovely comments,

Hugs

Hélène

Belles 'n Whistles DT Call

2010-05-10T09:28:00.004+02:00

Good morning everybody,

I hope you all had a fabulous week-end and a great Mother's Day.
I received a super cute home made ladybug from my son, it's meant to hold picture and I totally love it^^

When I saw a DT call on Belles 'n Whistles blog, I couldn't resist. I love their stamps, even though I only have one at the moment... It's my first application to a DT, and I would love to join because their stamps are all so cute!

So, here's my card using this super cute Beary Hugs. It's a fun card I made using Claudia's tutorial. It's really easy to make and it's fun. I put a gift voucher inside, for one of my friend's birthday.

I colored the image with Distress inks and Twinkling H2O. Papers are SU.

So now, fingers crossed...

Thanks for stopping by today,

Hugs,
Hélène

It takes two

2010-05-08T17:24:00.005+02:00

Good afternoon everybody,

I hope you are all enjoying your saturday afternoon. The weather was really bad this morning, but the sun is there now, so I'll go and enjoy it a bit ^^

There's the monthly challenge on Just Magnolia challenge blog and the theme this month is "It takes two". The DT wants us to use at least two Magnolia stamps. I used Tilda and Edwin from the winter kit. I so love them and I think there great together.
I used the color combo from the Colour Create challenge blog which was Khaki, aqua, brown and cream.
The sketch is from Friday Sketchers blog. They are doing a blog hop from their second birthday, you should have a look, there is some great candy on the way...

So here's the DT blogs :

Aud

Inge

Carole

Tanja

Thanks for stopping by today,

Hugs,

Hélène

Just Magnoila - Bev's Sketch

2010-05-06T08:36:00.004+02:00

Hi everybody,

Hope you all had a good week so far. Mine is quite busy, I have a lot of work ^^
Here's a card I made following Bev's Sketch on Just Magnolia Challenge blog.
I make a birthday calendar and that's my January page. This is a bit smaller than my usual cards, so there's just on paper, I hope it's still ok for the challenge.

Tilda has been colored with distress inks and papers are from Magnolia.

Thanks for your comments,

Hugs,

Hélène

Katharina Get Well Candy

2010-05-06T08:21:00.003+02:00

Hi everybody,

These is a huge wonderful candy on Katharina's blog.

She's offering the full set of the "Get Well" stamps. All you have to do to get a chance of winning the candy is to grab the Whiff of Joy logo, put it in the sidebar of your blog and link it to the webstore.

The candy will close on sunday, may 16th 8pm GMT.

Hugs,
Hélène

Something with wings

2010-04-22T19:29:00.005+02:00

Hi everybody,

The challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp is "Things with Wings". So I think this heart with Wings will be great. And the little cupidon bear has also wings :-)
This is an Easel card I made for my husband for our second wedding anniversary. Sorry for the bad pictures, I never know how to photograph Easel card...

The front view

The inside

From the side

I don't know where the image is from, but it has been colored with Copics.

Hope you like it,
Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think,

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,
Hélène

Just Magnolia first birthday

2010-04-21T14:00:00.007+02:00

Hi everybody,

I hope the week was good so far. I have a lot to do at work and I'm looking forward to the week-end ^^ And I still haven't receive my spring kit so I'm getting anxious that it was lost somewhere between Belgium and Sweden :-(

I did this card for the Just Magnolia first birthday challenge. They have a fabulous price from Simon Says Stamp and also a great blog hop which is still going on.

The sketch is from Mina and I really liked to work with it!

I used this cute Tilda from the so spooky collection because my husband wanted a 'Devil' image to send to one of our great friend who fell down from a ladder last week as a 'get well soon' card. She had a vertebrae broken, but hopefully the spinal cord wasn't touched... She had to rest for at least 6 weeks, but beside that she'll be fine :-)

Tilda was colored with Distress inks and twinkling H2Os. I so like the subtle sparkle you have with those don't you?

The papers are from Magnolia "So Jolly" collection and the ribbon is from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by,

I hope to be back before the week-end with another Magnolia card,

Hugs
Xxx

Whiff of Joy Challenge

2010-04-20T20:44:00.003+02:00

Good evening everybody,

Hope you all had a nice day. The sun is shinning and it feel soooo good :-)
I made this card using the color combo from Whiff oj Joy challenge blog which was green, yellow and a color of your choice (mine was lilac).
I also used the sketch from Friday sketcher.

I colored Charlotte with my Copics and the papers are from SU.

Thanks for stopping by and for all your sweet comments,

Hugs Xxx

LOTV challenge

2010-04-17T11:26:00.004+02:00

Hi everybody,

Mother's day is only in a few week from now in Belgium, so I made this card for my mother.
As soon as I saw this stamp I knew I want it for that purpose! This little bear is so cute!
I use the sketch on LOTV challenge blog, and the color combo from Copic color create.
This was my first attemp with those beautiful flowers, but I found them really difficult to use ...

Hope you like it,

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Hélène

A card from a little boy

2010-04-11T16:20:00.002+02:00

Hi all,

My four years old boy made this card yesterday. He was really proud of himself and asked me to put it on my blog, so here it is.

He choose everthing himself and obviously also did the coloring ^^
I helped him to cut the papers, but he did everything else.

Have a nice sunday evening

Hugs
Hélène

Just Magnolia monthly challenge

2010-04-04T11:46:00.004+02:00

Hi all,

Thanks for stopping by today.

Here's the card I made for this month special challenge on Just Magnolia blog which is "Fold it".
I thought this Tilda was dressed up for a big party, thus I made a New Year's card^^

She's been colored with Distress inks and the papers are from the Gustave collection at 'Rouge de Garance'.

Hope you liked it.

Happy Easter to you all.

Hugs

Hélène

Friday Sketcher

2010-03-21T12:33:00.005+01:00

Hi everybody,

Here's a small card I made following Claudia's sketch for Friday Sketcher.
I wanted to use sunny colors, I miss the sun so much ;-)

I colored Tilda with Copic markers. I'm a beginner, so let me know what you think!
Personnaly, I'm happy with the colors, but I don't like the shadow I made around her...

I hope you like the card.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs
Hélène

Just Magnolia

2010-03-17T20:06:00.005+01:00

Hi everybody,

Here's a card I made following Bev's sketch for this week's Just Magnolia Challenge.

I wanted to use brighter color, to feel a bit like summer time :-)
This is my first attempt with Copic markers, I think it's not that bad, but I'll have to practice ^^
Papers are from SU.

Have a nice evening

Thanks for your comments
Hugs
Hélène

Just Magnolia week 44 - Birthday

2010-02-28T18:40:00.004+01:00

Hi everybody,

Here's a little birthday card I made for my Father's in law birthday.

I used this cutest edwin ever from my Magnolia Winter's kit. He's colored with Distress Inks and twinklings H2O.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,
Hélène

A birthday card

2010-02-13T10:33:00.005+01:00

Hi again,

Wow, two post in one day ^^
But I'll leave tomorrow for one week in the italian Alps so ...

Here's a card I made for my mother in law, she wanted a birthday card for her sister. I really love those new stamps from WoJ. I use Jane's sketch on the WoJ Challenge blog, I really enjoyed it.

Here's a little close up of the image
Thank for your messages, I love to read what you think about my cards,

Hugs,

Hélène

Love is in the air

2010-02-13T10:05:00.004+01:00

Hi everybody,

Finally I found some little time to craft !!! Here's a little box I made to hold my husband's Valentine present. I follow Katharina's tutorial on the WoJ tutorial blog. I use this cute Tilda which I found perfect for a Valentine's card and I colored her with Distress inks an some H2O's.
I'm sorry for the poor quality of the image...

I will take part in the following challenges :

Creative Card Crew Challenge : Valentine's
My time to craft : Heart & Kisses
Everybody Art - Challenges : Valentine
Simon Says Stamps : All you need is love
Cute Card Thursday : In the name of love
Just Magnolia : Love
Colour Create : Red, White, Chocolate and Pink

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs
Hélène

A Christmas card

2010-01-03T19:59:00.010+01:00

Good evening everybody,

It's been a long time, isn't it?

Well I hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas time and I wish you a very happy New Year.
I made this card for my mum. She fell in love with Henry, so I choose this cute stamp for her card.

I colored them with my distress inks and I used Bev's sketch from the Whiff of Joy's Challenge.
I've made an easel card, I love those and they are easy to do. Here's another view.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs
Hélène

PS : I've put other new cards, they're on the below messages...

A birthday card for my sister

2010-01-03T19:57:00.012+01:00

Hi everybody,

I hope you all had a nice day. Here's the card I made for my sister's birthday. Yes, she's born during the most busy time of the year. Always have to find two different presents for her...

I've made this card following Bev's sketch for the Create4Fun Challenge.
I've colored my sweet Tilda with distress inks. I love this stamp and you can use it not only for Christmas ! I've use a Fiskars punch for the border and I've edge my image with Aged Mahogany and some stickles.

Thanks for taking the time to visit me.

Hugs
Hélène

Bird house

2010-01-03T19:57:00.011+01:00

Good evening everybody,

Here's the bird house I've made as a little Xmas present for my grand-mother.

I've followed the tutorial in the MagonliaInk magazine. It was quite easy to do and she was very happy. I've put some sweet Belgian chocolate inside and I resist to eat them before ^^

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs
Hélène

Another Christmas card...

2010-01-03T19:56:00.007+01:00

Good evening everybody,

I hope you had a good day. Here's the card I made for my beloved husband.

I won this stamp from Jay Jay's Monday Delight Candy. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to use it for my husband's card. Those mice are so cute under the mistletoe.
As usual, I've colored them with my distress inks. The beautiful papers are from Bo Bunny and they sparkle a lot. The sentiment is from the Magnolia winter's kit and the charm is from Whiff of Joy. This card is hidding a small pocket where I put a little present for him.

Thanks for taking the time to visit me

Hugs
Hélène

A Christmas card for a little boy

2010-01-03T19:55:00.009+01:00

Hi,

Hope you had a nice day.
Here's the card I made for my 4 years old boy.

For my son's card, I've used the cutest Santa ever from Whiff of Joy. The sentiment is from Magnolia and papers are from Toga. I've used last week's sketch from Create4Fun challenge . He was so proud to receive his own home made card. He showed it to everyone ^^.

Thanks for your lovely comments.

Hugs
Hélène

Sparkle!! Sparkle!!! Sparkle!!!

2009-12-14T20:14:00.004+01:00

I've made this card for the Whiff of Joy Challenge which is "Sparkle!! Sparkle!!! Sparkle!" .
I know the picture quality is bad and it's not really showing, but IRL there's a lot of spakle.
This cute Henry Mouse was colored with Distress inks and I also distressed the edges of the paper and added some stickles to it. There also some stickles onto the bow, on the fake snow around the red paper and on the flower.
The beautiful papers are from Bo Bunny and they are sparkling too.
Thanks for your comments

Hugs
Hélène
Xxx

A special card for someone special

2009-12-10T14:10:00.005+01:00

I made this card for someone really special to me, but I won't name her as she may see it in advance. That's the first time I make an Easel card and I'm quite happy with the result!

I used the color combo from Color create challenge which are purple, aqua and white. The sketch is from the sketch saturday challenges.

I wanted to keep it as simple as possible because the paper were quite busy. They're from Bo Bunny.

The image is one of the winter stamp kit from Magnolia and it has been colored with Distress inks.

Thanks for all your lovely comments

Hugs

Hélène

Xxx

Just in time

2009-11-26T20:43:00.006+01:00

Well, this was almost too late but I made my card for this week's just Magnolia Challenge.
This also qualifies for the color create challenge.

A card for 3 challenges

2009-11-11T12:00:00.005+01:00

I hope you all have a sweet Wednesday.
Here's a new Christmas card I made, using three different challenges. I used the Create 4 Fun sketch, the color combo from Colour Create Challenge Blog which was blue, silver and white with the extra option Winter and Glitter (I don't know if you can see it on thepicture). Last but not least, I use this month's tutorial on Just Magnolia challenge blog which was about distressing.
I love this Tilda, I think she's really great for Christmas cards. And I used Flower soft for the fur, I love the effect.

Thanks for stopping by
Have a nice day

Monochrome

2009-11-04T18:44:00.006+01:00

It's been a long time since my last post, but I had lots of things to do and no time for crafting :-( Hopefully this week if found some time to make a card for the Just Magnolia's challenge. I also use the sketch from this week's Create4fun challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks a lot for all your kind comments, I really appreciate them all.

Just Magnolia Challenge - week 26

2009-10-14T19:16:00.005+02:00

J'ai fait cette carte pour le challenge Just Magnolia. Cette semaine il fallait faire une carte d'après le sketch de Mina. J'ai colorisé mon tampon avec les encres Distress, mais je ne maitrise vraiment pas encore cette technique...

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I made this card for the Just Magnolia challenge of this week.
The challenge was to made a card with a Magnolia image, following Mina's sketch. I've colored my Tilda with Distress inks but I still have lots of progress to make with that technique...

Whiff of Joy blog candy

2009-10-14T15:49:00.008+02:00

Katharina de Whiff of Joy organise un blog candy pour célébrer la sortie du nouveau kit de tampons. Elle offre 2 kits de tampons de la nouvelle collection hiver plus quelques embellissements métalliques (également en vente sur le site web de Whiff of Joy).
Vous avez jusqu’au 22 octobre pour participer!

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Katharina from Whiff of Joy wants to celebrate the release of this great stamp kit with a blog candy. She is offering 2 Winter stamp kits plus some metal embellishments (which you can now also purchase via Whiff of Joy website).
Her candy is open until October 22nd!

Birthday card

2009-10-13T15:31:00.010+02:00

Voici une carte que j'ai faite pour l'anniversaire de mon mari. J'ai utilisé le tutoriel de Michele pour réaliser la fleur.

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Here's a card I made for my husband's birthday.
I used Michele's tutorial to make the flower.

Just Magnolia Challenges Week 24

2009-09-30T20:54:00.008+02:00

Cette semaine, le challenge était de réaliser une carte en utilisant uniquement du rose, du gris et, en option, du noir. J'ai réalisé cette carte, mais je ne l'aime pas trop :-(

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This week the challenge was to create a card with only pink and grey, with black as an optionnal color. I made this card, but I don't like it :-(

Making cards with Nougatinette

2009-09-30T20:40:00.007+02:00

Voici la carte que j'ai réalisée suite à l'atelier de samedi avec Nougatinette. J'ai passé une super matinée et je suis très contente du résultat. Je trouve que l'idée est vraiment très sympa pour y glisser les étrennes :-) Je l'ai offerte a une amie pour son anniversaire avec un bon d'achat.

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Here's the card I made following my lesson with Nougatinette. I had a great morning and I'm glad about the result. I found that it was a great idea when you want to offer money or vouchers to someone. I offered it to a friend for her birthday with a voucher for her favorite shop.

Exterieur ~ Outside :

Interieur ~ Inside :

Challenge Just Magnolia Week 23

2009-09-24T19:59:00.008+02:00

J'ai fait cette carte pour le challenge Just Magnolia. Cette semaine il fallait faire une carte d'après le sketch de Bev.

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I made this card for the Just Magnolia challenge of this week.
The challenge was to made a card with a Magnolia image, following Bev's beautiful sketch.

Premier cours de carterie

2009-09-23T21:38:00.004+02:00

Ce samedi, je vais assister à mon premier cours de carterie.
Il sera donné par nougatinette et on va apprendre à coloriser les tampons. J'ai hâte, parce que j'ai vraiment besoin de quelques conseils de ce côté là... En plus j'adore ce qu'elle fait, c'est vraiment très joli.

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On Saturday I've got my first lesson on card making.
It'll be given by nougatinette and it's about colouring the stamps. I'm so excited about that because I really love stamping, but obviously need some advices (and practice) ^^
Moreover, I like the cards she makes.

Challenge Just Magnolia Week 22

2009-09-23T18:06:00.002+02:00

Première réalisation faite pour un challenge, le thème était l'embossage...
Pour une première fois, je la trouve pas trop mal cette carte :-)

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That's the first time I take part in a challenge. This week the challenge was to follow a theme : embossing.
I like the small heart I embossed on the pink paper. For a first participation, I'm quite proud of myself :-)

Une petite carte pour ma meilleure amie - A card for my best friend

2009-09-23T17:42:00.003+02:00

Carte que j'ai faite à partir d'un tutoriel très bien fait que j'avais trouvé sur un blog, je vous mettrai le lien dès que je le retrouve...
Encore un tampon Sarah Kay, je le trouvais adorale

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I made this card following a really well made tutorial, I'll put a link as soon as I find it back... A Sarah Kay stamps once again, I found that it's so cute.

50 ans

2009-09-23T17:40:00.002+02:00

Une petite carte vite fait bien fait pour les 50 ans d'un ami.
Cette carte vient de la boite à carte de chez Toga, je l'ai juste personalisée un peu avec du papier, de l'encre et un tampon "joyeux anniversaire"

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A small, quickly done card for the fiftiest birthday of a friend. It cames from Toga's card box. I only had to add some ink and a paper with sentiments.

Remerciements - Thanks

2009-09-23T17:37:00.004+02:00

Petite carte réalisée pour ma belle-mère selon un modèle présent dans le magazine Passion cartes créatives. J'adore ce tampon de Sarah Kay.

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I made this card for my mother in law to say thank you for all she made for me. I took the model in a mag called "Passion Cartes Creatives".
I found that this Sarah Kay stamps is completely gorgeous

Mariage - Wedding

2009-09-23T17:32:00.003+02:00

Cet été, une de mes amies s'est mariée. C'était l'occasion idéale de ressortir mes tampons Magnolia.
J'ai réalisé cette carte selon un modèle du magazine Passion cartes créatives qui me plaisait beaucoup.
On voit que ce sont des premiers pas, mais je la trouve pas trop mal :-)

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This summer, one of my friend get married. It was the ideal moment to use my new Magniola stamps ^^
I used a model in the mag "Passion Cartes Creatives" because I liked the way it was folded.
You can see I just started to make cards, but I think it's not that bad :-)

Mes débuts - The beginnings

2009-09-23T17:24:00.001+02:00

Tout a commencé par hasard, en surfant sur le net, je suis tombée sur des tampons Magnolia et j'ai complètement craqué. Je les trouvais trop mignon alors j'en ai acheté quelques uns. Mais que faire avec ces tampons, jamais je n'arriverais à les intégrer à mes pages de scrap... Je suis donc retournée sur le net et j'ai trouvé des tas de fabuleux blogs de carteries et j'ai décidé de me lancer.
J'ai fais ma première carte à la demande de ma belle-mère, pour les 90 ans de la grand-mère de mon mari. J'ai malheureusement perdu la photo de la carte.

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It started by chance, while I was wandering on the net, and I found some Magnolia stamps. I completely fell in love with them. They were so cute, so I bought some, but I really didn't know what to do with them... I scrap, but I think I'll never be able to put them on a page...
So I return to internet and found a lot of gorgeous blogs about cards making and I decided that that was what I wanted to do. I already have some basic material used for scrapbooking, so why not...
I made my first card for my husband's grandmother. She had 90 years old this year and my mother in law ask me to do a home-made card. Unfortunately I lost the picture I took!