Non, je ne vous oublie pas. Le temps des fêtes bat son plein alors peu de temps pour m'amuser. J'aimerais juste partager une bonne nouvelle avec vous: La condition de mon Papa s'améliore! Nous avons eu peur mais le chirurgien nous a confirmé la semaine dernière que sa jambe guérira, donc la menace d'une 2e amputation est éloignée. Je tiens à remercier toutes celles qui m'ont encouragé à travers cette dure épreuve. J'en profite pour vous souhaite le plus beau temps des Fêtes et que l'année 2008 vous apporte tout ce que vous désirez! Je vous promets de vous montrer de nouveaux projets très bientôt!
Paix, joie et amour à vous toutes!
CeeCee
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I haven't forgotten you. The holiday Season ss somewhat hectic so there's not a heck of a lot of time to play. But I would like to share some good new with you: My Dad's condition is improving! We had a big scare, but the surgeon told us that his leg will heal so no 2nd amputation of him. I would like to thank each and everyone of you who has sent me words of encouragement. I take this opportunity to wish you a wonderful Holiday Season and may the year 2008 bring you everything that you heart desires! I promise I will post some new projects real soon!
Peace, comfort & joy to all!
CeeCee
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Mandalas - Part II

Lors de mon crop d'Halloween, une amie avait amené avec elles des estampes de Outlines Rubber Stamps pour confectionner des mandalas. J'en avais profité pour les utiliser et j'avais réussi à en finir un dans les motifs de Noël. Les étapes de confection et la philosophie derrière cette technique est décrite dans ce message du mois passé.
The night of my Halloween crop, a friend of mine brought her mandala stamps from Outlines Rubber Stamp. She graciously let me use them for the evening and I had stamped 2 different sets. I finally managed to finish the 2nd one, the first one being my Christmas one. The instructions and history of mandala-making is described in this past post.

This one in particulair was embossed with clear poweder over Basic Black Craft ink from Stampin' Up! I love this crisp effect. On one side, I colored the images with blues and greens, using my Copic markers and...

Bonne journée, les amies!
... the other side with purples! I've added lots of blings using bling rings and Stickles. I will use it as a sun-catcher for the window in my Studio.
Have a great day!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Les "Inchies" / Inchies... and a half

What are Inchies you ask? They are small work of arts that measure 1-inch square. They are very popular these days and I couldn't wait to make some. Mine come in the shape of Christmas ornaments but they could be anything. The images I've used come from Crafty Secrets. If you like vintage images, you'll go nuts! I know I did.

For my ornaments, I used the smallest stamp images from "Winter Wonderland" and "Christmas Time" of the Heartwarming Vintage Cuts collection.

After having cut my 6 images, I glued them unto a green metallic cardstock. Then I made a loop using some metallic thread by Stampin' Up! (from last year). I also strung some beads with the same thread for the decoration at the bottom. These threads are sandwiched between 2 images that are glued back-to-back. That way, you get a nice double-sided ornament. The pictures are all different. For this one in particular, I've also added tiny gold paper borders given to me by my friend SophieThé (thanks, Sophie!).

Essayez de créer votre propre version d'un "Inchie". C'est vraiment amusant!
The next step is to cover both sides of the ornament with microscope glass slides. I used the Memory Glass by Ranger Ink. I sorta cheated since the glass slides I had were 1 1/2" X 1 1/2". Oh well, sometimes you gotta make-do with what you got! The slides are not glued unto the images, but held in place with a self-adhesive metallic tape (unfortunately, I don't have the name of the manufacturer and I remember having a hard time finding it last year). This step is labor-intensive and quite tricky since you have to make slits in the tape to let the loop and the string at the bottom poke through the tape. Once you've done that, you just burnish all sides and the corners with a bone folder. Go ahead and try to make your own interpretation of an Inchie... it's a lot of fun!
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Amis de neige / Snow Friends
Mise-à jour *** Update
Bon, disons que la photo n'est pas encore à mon goût mais il faut lâcher prise de temps en temps. J'aurai droit à un p'tit cours de photo 101 de mon frère pour Noël... c'est sur ma liste mais il ne le sait pas encore. hahah!
Mon amie Kathy V. m'a fait un beau cadeau l'autre jour. Un jeu d'estampes de Close to my Heart qui s'appele Snow Friends. Puisque nous sommes dans la neige, j'ai tout de suite pensé à mes amis de neige. Voici la carte produite avec ce jeu. Les papiers sont de Stampin' Up, ainsi que les cartons. J'ai coloré mes petits amis avec les Watercolor Wonder de Stampin' Up!. Les grosses boules de neige sont colorées avec un crayon blanc Poster Paint de marque Sharpie et la neige en relief est faite avec un produit qui s'appele White Perfect Puff de The Artful Stamper. J'ai ce produit en ma possession depuis bien des années et je ne l'ai jamais revu. Je sais qu'il existe un équivalent sur le marché présentement, mais le nom m'échappe. C'est en bouteille et on l'applique pour le laisser sécher le plus longtemps possible. Puis, avec un fusil à chaleur on fait gonfler la neige. C'est magique! Le problème est que je suis impatiente et je n'attends jamais assez longtemps. Mais le résultat est bien quand même. Le sentiment se lit comme suit: "Snow friends come and go with seasons," et à l'intérieur la suitee : "but real friends last forever" -- Traduction très libérale: "Les amis de neige sont saisonniers, mais les vrais amis sont avec nous pour toujours." Merci mon amie :-)
When my friend Kathy V. gave me this cute little stamp set from Close to My Heart as a gift, I fell in love and I knew I had to make something with it yesterday. After all, we are knee-deep in snow. The papers and cardstock are all from Stampin' Up!, in shades of Soft Sky, Sage Shadow and Whisper White. I stamped the quote and snowmen in Basic Gray and colored them in with my Watercolor Wonders from SU. The big snow balls are colored in with the White opaque paint marker from Sharpie (a must!). The fake snow was fun to make. I used a product called White Perfect Puff made by The Artful Stamper that I bought years ago. It comes in a bottle; you squeeze to draw out this pasty liquid and you're supposed to let it dry for at least 2 hours -- the longer the better. But I'm always too impatient, so I think I lasted about 1/2 hour. Then I took my heat gun and poooof!.... magic happens. It puffs up like snow. I love it! The sentiment on the front says: "Snow friends come and go with seasons," and then inside, the rest "but real friends last forever." Thanks, friend :-)
Je vous donne un avant-goût de ma dernière création. Je ne peux pas prendre de bonnes photos ce soir et j'en rage! Demain, je vais me chercher un bon éclairage. En attendant, je vous laisse avec ma neige... de la fausse neige. Une technique super intéressante. À tantôt!

Can't take photos tonight; bad lighting. That's it! Tomorrow, I'm going out to get stuff to put together the proper set up to take pix. The girl's had enough! In the meantime, here is a little peak at what I was working on tonight. Fake snow... gotta love it! Ceeya laterz!
Bon, disons que la photo n'est pas encore à mon goût mais il faut lâcher prise de temps en temps. J'aurai droit à un p'tit cours de photo 101 de mon frère pour Noël... c'est sur ma liste mais il ne le sait pas encore. hahah!

When my friend Kathy V. gave me this cute little stamp set from Close to My Heart as a gift, I fell in love and I knew I had to make something with it yesterday. After all, we are knee-deep in snow. The papers and cardstock are all from Stampin' Up!, in shades of Soft Sky, Sage Shadow and Whisper White. I stamped the quote and snowmen in Basic Gray and colored them in with my Watercolor Wonders from SU. The big snow balls are colored in with the White opaque paint marker from Sharpie (a must!). The fake snow was fun to make. I used a product called White Perfect Puff made by The Artful Stamper that I bought years ago. It comes in a bottle; you squeeze to draw out this pasty liquid and you're supposed to let it dry for at least 2 hours -- the longer the better. But I'm always too impatient, so I think I lasted about 1/2 hour. Then I took my heat gun and poooof!.... magic happens. It puffs up like snow. I love it! The sentiment on the front says: "Snow friends come and go with seasons," and then inside, the rest "but real friends last forever." Thanks, friend :-)
Je vous donne un avant-goût de ma dernière création. Je ne peux pas prendre de bonnes photos ce soir et j'en rage! Demain, je vais me chercher un bon éclairage. En attendant, je vous laisse avec ma neige... de la fausse neige. Une technique super intéressante. À tantôt!

Can't take photos tonight; bad lighting. That's it! Tomorrow, I'm going out to get stuff to put together the proper set up to take pix. The girl's had enough! In the meantime, here is a little peak at what I was working on tonight. Fake snow... gotta love it! Ceeya laterz!
Monday, December 03, 2007
Jour tempête de neige / Snow Day!

We woke up this morning to the sound of snow plows. We've got our first big snowfall of the year. It was snowday for my daughter and she was real happy about that! Since the snowplow could only do half of our driveway because my car was in the way, hubby and I went out shoveling to get it out. You see, since my studio's "overstock" is in the 2nd spot of the garage, my little Civic sleeps outside while DH's car stays all nice and warm in the garage :-))) There's a little more than a foot of snow on the ground but the winds are a-blowin' so hard that it sticks to the window. Here's a photo of my kitchen window. Isn't it nice and cozy?

Bonne fête, mon frèrot. Je t'aime XXX

Happy birthday, dear brother. I love you! XXX
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