Flexmarkers... How I love Thee!!

You know how they say, "Never say never!", well I should probably have listened.

When I first started scrappin' I was in it for the scrapbook pages because "card-making wasn't my thing"... LOL!
Then it was, "Bigshot machine, who needs a Bigshot machine?"... second-time LOL!
And lately I was like, "Whoa! alcohol-based markers are way out of my league, I will NEVER get into those!" :)
So what changed my mind? Simple laziness! I had just inked a few stamps and was basically too lazy to take out my prismacolors and blending tools... So, long story short, Youtube introduced me to Flexmarkers and Letraset just happend to have a 40% (now 50%) sale... Briefly, here I am waiting for my second order to arrive this week to feed my new addiction :)

Here is my first Flexmarker image (Mo manning's Bunny with Gift):

you may notice the 4 12-marker sets in the background...

 

A little closer:

 

 

 

Obviously, I need to be more careful with the bleeding to make sure I don't pass over the lines as much, but I am just so proud of my first shading experience :) Isn't he just lovely?

 

The moral of this story? NEVER SAY NEVER!!!! Lol!

 

Thanks for visiting and encouraging my madness (which just keeps growing!),

Noukie xx

 

 





 

A few more Holiday wishes...

Happy New Year 2012 !!

Health and happiness: be thankful when you are blessed to have them, have faith and hope when they somehow slip away for a while, but most of all, never take them for granted... Have a great 2012 everyone!!!

So a few more cards for the season:

 a few stockings from Stampin Up... I scraplifted this model from a friend who came over to make cards with me :) thanx Kathleen!!

 Another card made with Stampin Up's Blitzen... LOVE this stamp :)

This is Snow Day by Mo Manning. I was totally inspired by Jak Heath's card: Winter Fairy . Had to try out the white embossing technique which is soooo beautiful :) Thanx Jak!!

All the stamps on this card are from the same set Folies de flocons by Stampin Up. I kinda went balistics on the glitter for this card but it actually didn't turn out so bad :) Besides, can there really be too much glitter on a Christmas card??? lol!

And finally, more of Mo's Snow Day, which is just too cute to live without :) A little embossing here and there and still a whole lot of stickles and glitter :)

Hope you all have had as much fun as me making all sorts of crafty goodness during this Holiday Season!!!

Thanx for encouraging my growing madness (which may be contagious, I warn you!!!)...

hugs,

Noukie xxx

10 years...

10 years... I can't believe it's already been 10 years!! It's in occasions like these that you realize just how much you wish you could stop time. Andrea, my oldest, celebrated her birthday on August 2nd but with my going back to work, I only just finished her card today... I know, I'm an unworthy mom, but at least she gets another birthday surprise :)

The image is «Video Girl» by Mo Manning. She just happened to bare a slight resemblance to the birthday girl:

I added a little glossy accents on her eyes for a little shine :) and colored her with my prisma color pencils.

I even got to be a little creative with her cake (which is the easiest cake recipe to make AND is absolutely scrumptious!!)

Who doesn't like chocolate, whipped cream and raspberries??

I sure am lucky to have such a wonderful, healthy daughter! I just wish seeing her grow up didn't have to mean that I have to get more and more grey hairs :) LOL!!

Happy Birthday Didi, Mom loves you more than you can ever imagine!

In case anyone wants to try it: cake recipe here :) it's in french but if anyone needs translating just let me know :)

Thanks again for visiting :)

Noukie xx

What's Cookin` Mom?

So glad to finally be able to share my Mothers' Day creations :) This little cutie is for my Mum who always cooks for an army every time we visit....

and the inside view:

And a closer look at her freckles...

and finally, a closer look at her Glossy shoes :)

If there`s one thing I've learned from cardmaking, it's that you can never be too girly :)

Recipe:
Front stamp: Mo Manning's: «What's Cooking»
Inside stamp: Meljen's Designs: «Cute Cooking Cannisters»
Papers: Fancy Pants Designs: «Beach Babe» collection
Colored with a whole lotta` love and prismacolors pencils...
And a little Stickles and Glossy Accents for the girlyness...

Challenges entered (in no particular order):
Cute Card Thursday #164: It's So Distressing!
Moving Along With the Times #98: 2 B`s (Bow and Bling)
Stamp Something: 3 Year Celebration Blog Hop and Challenge
Crafty Creations #118: Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty #53: Anything Goes

Be sure to visit tomorrow to have a peek at my Mother-in-law's card :)

Thanx for visiting and please continue to encourage my madness by leaving a comment!!
Noukie

«Yé où Bouboulle?»

Now that her birthday is passed, I can finally share the card I made for  the lovely Sara-Eve who just turned 2.

I still have to find a solution for better lighting when I take my pictures... Sorry about the quality...

This little critter is «Patience» from Mo Manning's Digital stamp collection which is available here: Patience. I colored her with my prismacolor pencils.

The embellishments I used are all from Forever in Time.

The paper I used is from an 8.5 by 8.5 pad from K&Company: Itsy Bitsy. In addition to Stampin' Up cardstock and Bazill embossed paper.

Hopefully, I will have more time to create this week... I finally got around to putting all my 550 pictures in an album so they will surely be more inspirational this way!

Have a great week and thanks for visiting :)



The Pumpkin Patch Kid

When I first saw «Pat in the pumpkin patch» from Mo Manning's digi collection I was totally inspired! Obviously, the link between the stamp and my pic was very easy to make.

The sketch I used is by The Sweet Stop Challenge Blog: SSS102 (http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2011/04/sss102-april-2.html)

for some reason Blogger won't upload this pic in the right orientation... but I prefer its color and light....

«Pat in the Pumpkin Patch» by Mo Manning is mounted in 3d... and colored in Crayola crayons :) I still love the smell of wax crayons! I just can't stop myself from using them... the trick is to iron the image once your done (put a paper napkin between the image and the iron) this fixes the wax onto the paper.

All the embellishments are from Forever in Time as well as the cardstock and the colored paper which is from their Animal Frolic collection. The orange textured paper is from American Crafts.

And now for the challenges I just couldn't resist entering (in no particular order):

Digital Tuesday's «For the Kids» challenge: http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/03/challenge-104-for-kids.html

Stamp Something's «April Digi Day» challenge:

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-digi-day.html

Charisma Cardz' «Bling and Sparkles» challenge:

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2011/03/challenge-13-bling-sparkles.html

Crafty Emma's «For the Children» challenge:

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-30-children_02.html

and finally...

The Sweet Stop's  «SSS102» sketch challenge:

http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/2011/04/sss102-april-2.html

Thanks again for visiting and encouraging my madness!

Noukie