Challenge: make it shiny!

Hi everyone!
It’s Wednesday today, which means it’s challenge day! I’ve been trying to use perfect pearls lately and I really love the shiny effect they bring to a layout. So here’s the challenge: make something shiny with stamps of course!
Here’s my layout:

I’ve put pearls to add to the shiny effect.

And for the ones wondering how…  |  read more »

Tone on tone…

Hi everyone!
Today i want to show you a layout with tone on tone satmped embellishments. It gives something different, very subtle i think.
I like to mix genres! This layout is a kind of girly layout with the flowers but it’s about renovating our house so the subject is masculine…

I have used the “Abundant blossoms” set…  |  read more »

Spring is here!

Hello everyone!
I took a lot of pictures when flowers started to bloom a few weeks ago and i wanted to make a layout with those pictures.
The layout is really simple: 2 patterned papers and a cardstock, a few stamps from the set “abundant blossoms” and some punched butterflies.
This stamp set is great to make accents…  |  read more »

Step by step: how to make a gift card

Hi everyone!
Today we are going to make a card where you can insert a gift inside.
To start, cut a piece of cardstock: 8 1/2″ by 8″.

Fold at 4 1/4″.

Cut the bottom of the card’s front so you’ll end up with an 4 1/4″ by 5 1/2″ card. You should cut 2 1/2″ if you followed…  |  read more »

Spring color combo challenge!

Hi everyone!
Aren’t you tired of winter? Well, I am and i want to put a lot of colors in my layouts. So here’s what i came up with: a color combination which makes me feel like it’s spring…

It’s a bright pink, with a grass green, a sky blue and a brownish grey. I hope you…  |  read more »

Glittery stars…

Hi everyone!
Today i wanted to show you a fun way to use glitter: i punched a few stars out of  double sided sellotape. Then i adhered one side of the star to cardstock and sprinkled glitter to the other sticky side. There you have it! The only little thing left to do is punch the…  |  read more »

Glossy border

Hi everyone!
I’m here to share a layout with you today… And i wanted to show you a fun thing i like to do: glossy tone on tone borders. I love the effect and it’s so easy! All you have to do is stamp the border with versamark and then emboss it with clear embossing powder:

I…  |  read more »

Wednesday challenge: card sketch

For this wednesday, i challenge you to make a card using the sketch i created:

This sketch can be used for any occasion. Here are two examples of cards i made: one is for a birthday and the other one is a Christmas card.

I like to make very colorful cards for birthdays, it’s a way to…  |  read more »

Embossed polka dots on vellum

Hi everybody!
Today i want to share with you another fun tip to get the most out of your stamps. We’re going to make embossed polka dots on vellum and incoporate those pieces of vellum on a scrapbook page.
Here’s what you’ll need:

In order to help me stamp straight and regularly (the dots are evenly spaced), i…  |  read more »

Wednesday challenge!

Hey girls!
Today’s challenge is a simple one. I want you to create a tag and use it as an embellishment on your layout/card. The tag doesn’t need to be fancy, mine is very simple. You can use any technique you want, like embossing, resist… I just did simple stamping on that one.
Here is what it…  |  read more »