Explosion boxes.. My new Passion!

Earlier in March I was looking for an original birthday gift idea to make for my bestest pal who is just starting to paper craft. After spending way too much time on Pinterest (Who doesn't?) I came upon explosion boxes and fell right in love with the project! Who wouldn't like to receive a mini scrapbook album in a box?

 

I used the Specialty Sweet Shop paper collection from SU.

inside view

 

a few tags to add notes or display more pictures...

sorry... still have no idea how to rotate pictures on blogger...

and my favorite page: a little keepsakes box...

 

I absolutely loved the challenge of making this box. Hopefully my Bestie will have just as much fun filling it up with pics and souvenirs :)

Thanx again for encouraging my madness!!
Noukie xx

35 years! There's a GREAT reason to celebrate!

I'm taking a few minutes to congratulate my parents-in-law on their 35th wedding anniversary! Congratulations Carine and Jean-Jacques!

Did I ever tell you how much I LOVE my Big Shot machine? The possibilities are simply never-ending!

The only detail you can't really see from the picture is that I added a little liquid pearl (white opal) to the embossed frame so the tiny dots look so ... pearly :)

Thanx for vising and encouraging my madness!
Noukie xx

A little pinterest steal :)

Just couldn't resist re-creating these... Stampin Up's Fox and Friends is the first stamp set I ever bought (so in some way, it's all its fault!!) but I never really used it all that much, so when I spotted this on pinterest a few weeks ago I just HAD to give it a go!

original pin: http://pinterest.com/pin/73816881364254495/




My total steal:

 

These mini cuties are 2.5" x 2.5" ... I had started by making just one but then I just couldn't stop myself anymore... Now I just can't wait for all of my friends to get pregnant so I can give them away!!! lol!

 

 

Thanx for peaking and encouraging my madness!

 

Noukie xx

Happy 29th My Love!!

Simple and masculine, to celebrate my man's last year in his young twenties!! Myself being over thirty for a few years now, teasing him is simply DELIGHTFUL!!!

Hihihi! simple and effective!!

I've also been working on another birthday card, but this time for a lovely 6 year old girl named Charlie... I just love working with pink, for some reason it just comes more natural and easy to me.

And my favorite part:

 

...adding SU Swaks all over the inside! Apparently she was just as thrilled when she opened it up :)

 

 

The stamp I used is one of my favorite birthday stamps for children: Clown Owls by Pink Cat Studio. Gotta love the fact that they are made in Canada :)

 

Short and sweet! Like I love them :)

 

Thanx for encouraging my madness!!!

 

Noukie xxx

 

 





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

 

 





 

Unworthy Blogger...

So I admit it, 2012 was a real blog Fail! I have no excuses, other than not using my camera much and not organizing the only few pictures I took until December :) So I'll try to make it up to my few followers by posting at least once a month this year. The important word is "try"! lol!

So let's start with a few Christmas cards... This year I had a very hard time getting my mojo started so I "scrap-pinterest-lifted" most of my christmas cards, like this one for instance:

My only personal touch was the nose :)

There was also this one, which was originally created by Jen Nelson at The Tiny Blue Butterfly which is a great space to get inspired! The original was monochromatic, I only added a little color to it...

 

 

And then, there was this one:

 

 

If I don't mention the names of the original creators, it's simply because I can't find them, but the credit is all their's ... and be assured, these cards were for the sole purpose of making my family and friends happy :)



Fortunately, at some point, I finally had a little fun of my own and created this baby:

I used a great technique (which I also found on Pinterest) to add the glitter to my stamped snowflakes. It was quite easy, I covered the whole image in Versamark and then with heat emboss powder from SU... added the glitter, re-heated a little and Voilà!

Since then, I've been scrappin' like crazy! But I won't show all today, I'm saving the rest for later :)

Thanx again for encouraging my madness; it keeps me sane :)

Noukie xx

WOYWW? #150

What's more fun than participating in Julia's WOYWW? Getting to share my newly updated workspace of course!!

 After the sad death of our laptop, my Man and I purchased this absolutely extraordinary 22-inch screen computer (that's what happens when you work on a tiny 6-inch notebook for too long...lol) but when we brought it home, we were a little surprised to see how small my desk seemed to be underneath all that screen :) So off to Ikea we went! (I have to say that Ikea is a 2.5-hour drive from our house...)

HIHIHI!!! After finding TOO many options, we finally chose to go with the 3-foot table which is where I put my printer and Big Shot. We also got a few knick-knacks like the little white, metal shelf that I put over my candy jars on the top shelf. As well as this great 3-drawer, basket-type storage unit which fits perfectly underneath the new table:

Can you believe it was only 14.99$ ????  ...I should have gotten 2.... lol! I finally have a sweet place to hide my ribbon spools and all my stamps.

But the GREATEST THING EVER!! Was the shoe storage unit that my wonderful Man found for me!!!

The size is absolutely PERFECT to store all my paper, my magazines, and more! It's simply BRILLIANT!!!  Thanks Babe! A little storage is a ll a girl needs to be overly hyper for at least a month :)

And finally, something that just made my heart smile a little while back...

  (sorry, Blogger won't download the right orientation...)

Sometimes life has the most subtle ways of sending you love :)

If you're at all curious about WOYWW? just give Julia a visit at: The Stamping Ground.

So thanx again for encouraging my madness!!!

Hugs, Noukie