Christmas Swap part 3: Surprise Explosion Box

Hello 🙂

Today I’ll show you the last part of my Christmas Swap. You can see the stamped scarf here and the card here.

The 4th item being a chocolate teddy bear, I had to make a surprise for my 3rd creation. Well, that kept me wondering for quite a long time: what actually is a surprise? I had no details on how to interpret the cue word. I came to the conclusion that it’s something you don’t expect (I know, I know… 😉 ). So I decided to make something that wouldn’t look like what it really was… I remembered my friend’s Valérie beautiful explosion box and decided to create my own version:

The pop of the Real Red bow is one part of the surprise, as the rest of my swap is quite monochromatic. I used the score board to create my explosion box in Marina Mist cardstock and decorated it with the background stamp Dotty Angles in two shades of blue, Marina Mist and Soft Sky. The sentiment comes from last year’s Sale-a-Bration SU stamp, but it was too perfect to not use it.

The lid makes the explosion box sturdy enough, and the Whisper White panels make it even sturdier. The cute little bow is, of course, made with the bow builder punch.

Here is the inside:

Again, pops of red with the Petite Petals flowers and the rhinestones on the butterflies. I coloured them with alcohol markers 🙂

The inside white panels are decorated with ferns and splatters from Awesomely Artistic stamp set. The butterflies were cut with the Bold Butterflies thinlit dies and the Butterfly thinlit dies. The sentiment insides means “The best is yet to come” and it comes from the eponymous stamp set.

(Love this little bow! 🙂 )

So this was my surprise item and that finishes my Christmas Swap. I hope you liked it 🙂 Sadly I forgot to take a picture with all my presents…

Supplies:

• Stamps : Awesomely Artistic, The Best is Yet to Come, Dotty Angles, (Retired) Grande Journée (sentiment),
• Dies: Butterfly thinlits, Bold Butterfly thinlit dies,
• Punch: Bow Builder punch, Petite Petals
• Inks: Marina Mist, Soft Sky,
• Papers: Marina Mist, Real Red, Whisper White
• Embellishment: Basic Jewels Rhinestones
• Tool: Score Board

Thanks for visiting!

xx

Delphine

Poulettes’ blog hop #6 – Halloween and embossing!

Hello!

• Sorry, this post will be translated very soon! You can follow my blog (newsletter or RSS feed) so you’ll know when I post a new creation! 🙂

Je vous retrouve aujourd’hui car nous sommes le 10 du mois … le jour du Blog Hop du Poulette’s Club (bon normalement c’est le 1er du mois, mais mieux vaut tard que jamais non ?)

En ce mois d’octobre, nous avons choisi d’illustrer le thème d’Halloween !! Rien d’extraordinaire jusqu’ici me direz vous, sauf qu’en discutant entre nous, nous nous sommes rendu compte que nous n’avions rien de dédié à ce thème : pas de tampons, ou décos en particulier !!

Du coup un vrai défi à relever que l’on a corsé en rajoutant le thème de l’embossage à froid !!!

Brrrr effrayant !

Vous allez pouvoir maintenant aller de blogs en blogs grâce aux liens qui se trouvent plus bas… et découvrir ainsi ce que chacune a concocté !

Si vous arrivez du blog de Céline c’est que vous êtes déjà en chemin … et c’est donc à mon tour de vous présenter ma réa 😉

• Carte Boo et petits ballotins à bonbons assortis

Bon, je dois avouer que ce blog hop m’a donné du fil à retordre. Nous étions parties sur “un blog hop simple” puisque beaucoup de participantes habituelles ne pouvaient pas participer ce mois-ci, et finalement nous avons choisi un sacré défi car, comme écrit plus haut, aucune de nous n’avait de produit spécial pour Halloween. Mais c’est bien ça qui me plait dans ces blog hops, arriver à créer même quand le sujet ne nous inspire pas, ou qu’on n’a pas le set de tampon “fait pour”.

J’ai commencé par une réalisation qui ne me plait pas trop, du coup après avoir tourné en rond pendant plusieurs jours, je suis partie sur une autre idée. Voici la première création : une petite boîte Curvy Keepsake en forme de chat de sorcière…

Bon, c’est sûr que c’est Halloween, que faire peur est le but du jeu, mais moi je suis plutôt “cute” (mignon) que “scary” (qui fait peur) alors ce chat-là ne me plaisait pas trop, même si je ne suis pas mécontente de la réalisation en elle-même.

Alors j’ai eu une autre idée : une carte Boo! avec un fantôme en “punch art”. En réalité c’est plutôt en “découpe-art” puisque j’ai découpé le haut de son “crâne” (peut-on dire crâne pour un fantôme ?) à l’aide d’une découpe cercle. La subtilité de la technique consiste à positionner la découpe sur le bord sur les plaques pour qu’elle ne soit que partiellement découpée. Les yeux du fantôme sont réalisés à l’aide d’un coeur coupé en deux. La bouche est dessinée à la main. Les lettres BOO ont été découpées à l’aide des framelits Little Letters. Le fond est créé à l’aide de l’arbre de Arbre Protecteur et les petites feuilles du Perpetual Calendar. Tellement pratique ce set, je l’utilise partout !

Comme cette fois j’étais contente de mon fantôme (cute, celui-là), j’ai voulu faire un petit ballotin assorti, que voici :

Très simple à faire : découpez un rectangle, que vous encollez sur la longueur pour faire un cylindre. Vous aplatissez et collez l’une des extrémités et vous aplatissez et collez l’autre extrémité, mais en tournant à 90°… ça fait un berlingot ! Le berlingot fantôme est décoré de la même manière que celui de la carte. Et là, horreur ! j’ai réalisé que j’avais oublié l’un des éléments du blog hop : l’embossage à froid ! J’ai continué sur ma lancée de berlingots, mais cette fois j’ai fait une citrouille, embossée avec le plioir “Rayures”, pour rappeler les courbes des citrouilles…

 

ouf ! c’était pas gagné ce blog hop, mais je crois que je m’en suis pas si mal tirée 😉 ça vous plait ?

Produits (Stampin’Up!) :

• Tamponds : Arbre Protecteur, Perpetual Calendar
• Papiers : Murmure Blanc, Noir Nu, Gris Souris, Divine Aubergine
• Inks : Memento Tuxedo Black, Gris Souris,
• Découpes : Framelits Cercles, Little Letters

Thanks for visiting!

xx

Je vous propose maintenant d’aller visiter les blogs des autres Poulettes en continuant par celui de Layal et je vous dis à très vite…pour d’autres créations !

Je vous donne la liste de tous les liens à visiter, bonne balade !!

– Les Ateliers de Céline’Scr@p !! http://scrapgribouil91.canalblog.com/

– Delphine http://shimmerandshine.juloki.com/

– Layal http://feeparlayal.canalblog.com/

– Mylou http://www.lesateliersdemylou.blogspot.fr/

 

Teachers’ gift : Chocolate and Butterflies

Hello 🙂

Unfortunately I haven’t had much time to craft lately, but I whipped up a little something for my daughter’s teachers, for the end of year. I wanted to use the butterflies that were left over after this card, but I needed something not too girly as Daphnée had 2 female teachers and 1 male during the year.

I decided to use the Curvy Keepsake thinlit to make a little box and a matching card.

Here is what I came up with:

I left Daphnée decide which box she would give to each of her teachers. She gave the pink one (her “favourite”) to her main teacher 😉

The middle parts of the box were stamped with dots from Dotty Angles stamp set, in Chocolate Chip ink.

The butterflies are sponged in dark tone in the middle and the edges of the wings are coated with gold glitter glue. Too bad the photography “flattens” the colours 😦

Here is the matching card I made: I kept it very simple too.

 

Supplies (Stampin’Up!) :

• Stamp sets : Fabulous Four, Dotty Angles
• Inks : Chocolate Chip
• Dies : Butterfly Thinlit Dies, Curvy Keepsake Thinlit dies
• Papers: Watercolour paper, Chocolate Chip cardstock, Very Vanilla cardstock

Thanks for visiting!

xx

Pansy cupcake + display box for Mother’s day

Hello!

Today’s project features an idea I had for Mother’s day and the Poulette’s Blog Hop. The theme was “flowers, flowers, flowers” and I took it quite literally 😉 You can follow the blog hop at the bottom of this post. If you’re coming from Céline’s blog, then you’re at the right place, in case you missed it you can begin the blog hop here. The next blog is Mylou’s… Have fun visiting these talented ladies 🙂

I wanted to create a cupcake-like flower pot where I could hide chocolate, combining two of my Mum’s loves. I couldn’t spend as much time as I would have needed on this project because I was busy welcoming our new addition to our house : our lovely baby boy, Alexandre, who was born on the 17th of May 🙂

I went on Pinterest to find a cupcake wrapper template, you can find the one I used here. I printed and fussy cut it and then decorated it with the Dots decorative Mask from Stampin’Up!, using a sponge dauber and Daffodil Delight ink pad. I used a hand punch to make the little holes on the scallop edge of the wrapper.

For the box I had a precise idea in mind but nothing on Pinterest was close enough, so I had to figure out how to build one from scratch. If you’re interested, I’ll post later the template and the measurements. A piece of acetate allows to see the cupcake inside the box, and the sides were decorated with the same decorative mask as the wrapper. To close the box I used two little velcro stick-on adhesives (if you look at the photo below, you’ll see that one of the velcro was stuck on the “lid” part… I didn’t pay attention to that before editing the photos, ugggghhh! sorry about that.). I put a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock on the back of the box so that the cupcake stands better against the whole “dots abundance” of the box (lol). I stamped my sentiment in Elegant Eggplant on a strip of Whisper White cardstock and added a bow (love that punch!) from Elegant Eggplant cardstock on the front of the box.

Now for the fun part: the pansies 🙂

I took my inspiration on this blog and decided to keep the same colours as the pansies were lovely. It really is very simple and easy to make, and I love “stretching” my punches and finding new ways to play with them. For the leaves I used a little punch I had in my stash, that looked a little bit like the real ones – not Stampin’Up! though.

Now for the not-so-fun part: putting everything together to make my pretend-cupcake look (almost) like a real one… I admit I struggled. But, hey, that’s how you learn, don’t you? So here is my first attempt, but I’ll try to make it better later (when I don’t have a newborn and two toddlers that require all my free time, that is… 😉 ). My intention was to fill the wrapper with chocolate and then put a piece of green felt to make a grassy background for the pansies, but it wasn’t round enough so I filled it with cotton and tried desperately to make the felt stay in place… couldn’t really figure out how to do it properly, so it’s still a bit wonky, but if you keep your eyes on the pansies, you don’t see it too much lol 😀

To carry the box and hide it until my Mum opened it, I decorated a bag with a tag and a pansy. I love these little touches that tie everything together.

Here is a close-up of the tag :

The tag was made with a piece of Whisper White cardstock and a round corner punch, and a hand punch for the hole. The ribbon and baker’s twine were in my stash. A few rhinestones bring the “mandatory” bling every project must have 😉

I hope you like it… it definitely needs improvement (you can follow this blog to keep updated) but it was a fun project to make nonetheless.

If you like the pansy punch, you can find more blog posts about it here, or other 3D flowers here or there.

You can now go on hop on the next blog : next one is Mylou’s blog!

I’d like to link my project to The Card Concept Challenge : can you guess what my inspiration was? 😉

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Here is the blog hop list :

– Les Ateliers de Céline’Scr@p !! : http://scrapgribouil91.canalblog.com/

– Val CoupesEtDecoupes : https://coupesetdecoupes.wordpress.com/

– Lolascrap : http://lolascrapetcompagnie.blogspot.fr/

– Perrine : http://scrapcarterie57.canalblog.com

– Céline : http://lagardeceline03.blogspot.fr/

– (You’re here) Delphine @ Shimmer and Shine : http://shimmerandshine.juloki.com/fr/

– Les Ateliers de Mylou : http://lesateliersdemylou.blogspot.com/

Supplies (Stampin’Up!) :

• Stamp sets : Just Fantastic (retired)
• Inks : Daffodil Delight, Elegant Eggplant
• Punch: Pansy punch
• Papers: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Window Sheet
• Embellishment: Rhinestones Basic Jewels Embellishment
• Dots Decorative Mask

Thanks for visiting!

xx

Pansy Favour Box

Good Evening!

Today I was invited to a crafty afternoon with the wonderful Lola. I wanted to bring her a little present, and I thought Linda’s lovely little gift box was the perfect opportunity for that. Not only is it beautiful, but it doesn’t need any adhesive so I was eager to give it a go. Go and watch Linda’s video on how to make it 🙂

I used Basic Grey cardstock for the box, the flower is made with the Pansy punch and the Petite Petals punch.

The cardstock colours I used are Basic grey and Smoky Slate for the box and Soft Sky and Lost Lagoon for the flower.

A few pearls were added to add a glamourous touch to the flower. A ribbon (from my stash) closes the box.

This favour box would be perfect for a wedding or a baby shower : it’s not too big but you can still put a lot of sweets inside 😉

Hope you like it 🙂

Supplies (Stampin’Up!) :

• Stamp sets : Tiny Tags
• Inks : Smoky Slate, Soft Sky
• Papers: Basic Grey, Smoky Slate, soft Sky, Lost Lagoon
• Punch: Pansy, Petite Petals, Tiny Tag
• Embellishment: Pearls Basic Jewels Embellishment

Thanks for visiting!

xx

Teachers gift – Christmas 2014

Hello!

Today I’ll share the little gifts I made for my daughter’s teachers. If you have seen my last post, you’ll recognize the design! I loved the card so much, I had to make a variation with different colours.

I made a star-shaped box and a matching card for both teachers. I figured out how to make the star box myself, learning from my (many!) mistakes, but you can follow this very convenient tutorial from my friend Tracy. A little time consuming, but simple and effective 🙂

I made the first one in Blushing Bride and Smoky Slate :

 

and the second one in Pool Party and Smoky Slate :

 

The sentiment is not from Stampin’Up! : I don’t have any French greetings for Christmas… yet 😉

Of course, I filled the boxes with chocolates 🙂 and Daphnée “wrote” a little message for her teachers inside the card.

Supplies (Stampin’Up!):

• Stamp set: Many Merry Stars
• Inks: Blushing Bride, Pool Party, Smoky Slate
• Dies: Stars Framelit Dies
• Papers: Whisper White cardstock, Smoky Slate cardstock
• The Rhinestones were coloured with alcohol markers. You can use the wonderful Blendabilities to match whichever colour you want : how cool is that?

If you would like to order any of the items used on the project above, you can click on my on-line shop or just send me an e-mail, I’ll be very happy to help you with your order.

Thanks for visiting!

xx

I’ll be back… soon :)

Hello everyone!

It’s been a while without posting, and I didn’t have a chance to explain why it took me so long to write again. We moved from England to France less than a month ago, and we had internet cut off by our provider very early, in fact it was a (bad) surprise. Then once in France, it took very long to have internet in our new apartment, and anyway we were busy unpacking and trying to settle in our new home. Not easy, especially with a toddler and a baby running around 😉

Our eldest (which will turn 3 at the end of next month) has started preschool last week and it’s been a lot for her to deal with (new country, new language, new house, new friends, new teacher…), so it’s  still a bit complicated. She’ll be fine eventually, but for the moment she needs a lot of care and attention, and so does our youngest.

Needless to say, I feel like my Mojo is still hidden somewhere in an unpacked box, I’m struggling to find it back but I long to create again! I hope you’ll bear with me in the meantime.

Now for the creation part, I decided to share a project I made some times ago, using the same technique as in the negative die-cut I did here. In fact, I made this card set and the box before, but couldn’t share it yet as I was planning to offer it.

 

(Sorry for the photo quality, the light was not very good and I had little time to edit it.)

Again as for the thinlit word die-cut, the technique is quite simple : you cut stripes of papers and you glue then side by side, then you die-cut your shape (here, the little bird on the branch) on a piece of white cardstock and you adhere it using foam adhesive to give depth. Of course a few rhinestones had to be added around the bird ;). Don’t forget to stamp your sentiment before adhering the cardstock, or you’ll have trouble stamping it nicely (been there, done that… :p )!

Here is a closer view of the box :

 

And the inside :

Like this little bird ? you can find it here in its Christmas version, along with its birdhouse 🙂

I hope this will help you wait until next post, where I may have some exciting news to share… 🙂

I’ll enter this project to the CASology Challenge : UNDER.

Supplies :

– to come –

Thanks for your visit!

See you soon and happy crafting!

Nursery gifts

Hello!

Sorry I’ve been a long time without posting but we are currently packing in order to move back to France in two weeks… Lots and lots to do before leaving, and sadly crafting is not a priority! But I managed to make little presents for the staff at Daphnée’s nursery. They have been really really great, and I wanted to thank them for making nursery enjoyable for Daphnée.

I wanted something bright and cheerful, and because it is holiday time, I thought I would use a little clearlit die I got from my friend Tracy (Stampin’Up Demonstrator). This little whale is so cute!

 

The treat bags where created after these treat boxes from Tracy, but I added a flap on top. The background is created by stamping the fishes and shell in Versamark ink. the ribbon is originally white but I coloured it with Promarkers to fit the colour scheme.

I used a few Lawn Fawn stamp sets for the sentiment and names, and dies to create the tags and speech bubbles. The white stripes on the tag are made with a new Stampin’Up stencil, I applied Moonlight White Archival pigment ink from Tsukineko with a sponge dauber. It’s a very creamy white and it covers very well the yellow. The cute little whale is die-cut from a paper that was stamped with Versamark too (did I mention that I love this watermark effect? 😉 )

 

Of course I had to make matching bags to carry these little cuties. Daphnée first went to the Ladybird group when she was a baby and then moved last year to the Bumblebees. I made two bags, one for each group :

 

Pretty much the same techniques explained above were used to decorate the bags. 4 treat bags fit perfectly in each bag:

 

Last but not least, I filled the treat bags with chocolates… 🙂

I hope the ladies at the nursery liked it… I must say I enjoyed a lot sneaking in my craft room after hours of sorting and packing 😉

Supplies :

• Stamps : Lawn Fawn Critters in the sea, Jessie’s ABC, Winter gifts
• Inks : Memento Tuxedo Black, Tsukineko Brilliance Moonlight White, Versamark Ink, Stampin’Up Daffodil Delight
• Dies : Stampin’up – Oh, Whale!, Lawn Fawn Tag You’re It, Lawn Fawn A little birdie told me, Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard circles, Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey circles
• Punch : Craft hole hand punch 5mm (1/4 inch)
• Cardstock from my stash,
• Stencil : Stampin’Up Dots and Stripes Decorative Masks
• Ribbon and pearls from my stash
• Accent : Uniball Signo black and green pens
• Gift bags from Hobbycraft
• Promarkers :

1. Ribbon : Summer Sun
2. Heart on the name tag : Berry, Crimson

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day 🙂

Happy 2nd birthday, Daphnée !

My daughter Daphnée turned 2 last October, a wonderful occasion to play with my stamps and markers…

I made this invitation and a cute treat bag for every little guest. I absolutely adore all Lawn Fawn stampsets and I wanted the party theme to be “critters of the Forest”, as where we live here in UK, foxes often come to visit our garden. I also didn’t want something too girly or pink. I think girls and boys deserve a full rainbow of colours, not only pink or blue stuff!

Here is the invitation :

 

And here is the card and the treat bag :

 

Supplies :

• Stamps : Lawn Fawn Critters in the Forest, Lawn Fawn Critters in the burbs (squirrel and tree), sentiment : Lawn Fawn Plus One, banner : Lawn Fawn Bannerific
• Dies : Lawn Fawn Bannerific Lawn Cuts, Stampin’up Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies, Spellbinders Standard Circles
• Inks : Unknown Black Ink,
• Cardstock : from my stash
• Punch : 2″ tag
• Ribbon : from my wedding stash 😉
• Background : Harvest Corduroy card from Paper State
• Promarkers

Wish you a lovely day !

Thanks for stopping by,

 

 

Christmas papercraft : card + birdhouse

Good evening !

I decided to make a tiny birdhouse to offer some chocolates, and the card that goes with it…

Here is the card :

 

 

And here is the birdhouse:

 

I found the template on this blog (to be updated – coming soon)

Supplies :

• Stamps :
• Dies :
• Inks :
• Cardstock : from my stash
• Ribbon : from my stash

Wish you a lovely day !

Thanks for stopping by,