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Here is the card I made for my October CCC partner, Linda aka Scrappin-Bari. Whenever there's the choice of a Halloween theme, I'm in! Not sure she has received it yet though but I would like to enter a few Halloween challenges.

I used 2 Kraftin' Kimmie stamps on this card: Haunted House and Mitzi the Mummy, both colored with Promarkers, cut out and glued on the background. I've had much fun cutting out Mitzi's curly hair as you can guess...... LOL.

I've added 3 more pumpkins from the Haunted House stamp in front of the house. The tree is from a Basic Grey clear stamp set and the bats are Cuttlebug die cuts.I made the background using the sponging technique. This is my first try... not too bad but I still have to improve it.

Then, for the inside of the card I used a Stampers Anonymous sign post stamp.

  Thanks for looking!

I enter this card in the following challenges:
Aly's Sunday Sketch
Crafts and Me Challenges
The Creative Cottage Challenges
Stamping Vacation: Occasion Oasis Challenge
Haunted Design House - Simply Sinister
Paper Playtime - Pumpkins or spiderweb
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Boo
Fab'n'Funky Challenges
Double Dutch Challenges - Boo to you
Stampin' for the Weekend - Halloween/Fall
Polka Doodles - Something spooky
Creative Inspirations Challenge blog - Halloween/Fall
My Time To Craft challenge - Ghosties & Ghoulies and Long Legged Beasties

My card for September Card Chain Challenge

Jan, from California, has received it so I can now show yo the card I sent her for the September Card Chain Challenge organized by Deborah.

Between "Fruits & vegetables", "Friendship" and "Pirate" I chose.... Pirate! I had the perfect stamps to match the theme and I had never inked them up yet!

 May I introduce you Lizzie Cutthroat, a character from Kraftin' Kimmie's crew :-)

 

I had to give her some useful accessories...

The barrel and the cannonballs are freebies from Dustin Pike and are perfect for this theme.

And you're not a real pirate without a skull and crossbones!

I made the sign (also a freebie from Dustin Pike) with a piece of kraft cardstock that I ran through my Cuttlebug after I had printed the word "Ahoy" on.
I found this free image of an island on the Internet, printed it on cream paper and distressed it creasing it and adding Distress Ink.

Thanks for popping in!

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(Version française de cet article : très prochainement !)

September Card Chain Challenge

Here is the card I received from Lin for the September Card Chain Challenge organized by Deborah.
Lin is the one who made the biggest number of cards in the Hero Arts Flickr pool: more than 500!

She sent me a gorgeous scene with pumpkins, falling leaves and a cute squirrel. Cherry on top: she made a matching ATC!

I really love these warm colors and also this little fence in the background. Talking about background, the one on the ATC is a photo of a quilt made by Lin. This lady is talented with a needle too!

Thank you so much, Lin, your cards are much appreciated, they will brighten the following Fall weeks! :)

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Voici la carte que j'ai reçue de Lin dans le cadre du challenge organisé chaque mois par Deborah. Lin est celle du groupe Hero Arts sur Flickr qui a réalisé le plus de cartes : plus de 500 !

Elle m'a envoyé cette scène automnale avec citrouilles, feuilles mortes et écureuil et, cerise sur le gâteau, j'ai eu droit à une atc assortie dont le fond est une photo d'un de ses quilts. Elle a l'air doué également avec une aiguille !

J'aime beaucoup ces couleurs chaudes ainsi que la petite barrière en arrière-plan.

Merci beaucoup, Lin, cette carte va ensoleiller ces prochaines semaines d'automne.

My own challenge

Last Sunday, while everyone at the Hero Arts pool on Flickr was joining the virtual Operation Write Home party, making cards like mad, I was starring at this:

And this:

And I was like paralized. I knew I wanted to join the party but I knew that I wouldn't be able to create a single card in this mess.
So slowly I began to tidy things up. I don't know at all where I put everything away. I have not the slightest idea!! But I ended up with this by the end of Sunday evening:

...which is a far better. The desk is still in the same state though and this is another story. But I now have a place to craft and even a chair to sit on it! Oh... luxury!

Unfortunately I had to admit that it was too late to make cards. I need to think a lot before making something and I was completely overwhelmed by all the challenges submitted on the Flickr pool (see all the cards that have been made). So I surrendered.

At least I will be able to craft a little bit during the next weekend and send some cards to the OWH project, if everything goes well...

Please, visit the Operation Write Home website.

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Ce weekend, pendant que tout le monde du groupe Hero Arts faisait des cartes pour l' "Operation Write Home", moi j'étais piquée devant ces 2 tableaux... Et j'étais comme paralysée. Impossible de bricoler dans ce bazar !

Alors petit à petit, j'ai commencé à ranger, trier, jeter... Je n'ai absolument aucune idée de ce que j'ai fait de certaines choses qui étaient dans le "tas". Très certainement casées de façon hasardeuse entre 2 autres piles de "bazar" un peu plus loin... Le  bureau est toujours dans le même état, mais c'est une autre histoire... J'ai désormais un endroit pour me poser et bricoler, c'est l'essentiel.

Malheureusement, une fois assise à cette table, j'ai du me rendre à l'évidence : il était trop tard pour me mettre à faire des cartes pour le groupe Hero Arts et je ne participerais donc pas aux challenges, source de panique supplémentaire d'ailleurs tellement on avait l'embarras du choix et tellement les cartes faites par les filles du groupe étaient magnifiques.

Pas grave, je me rattraperai bientot et j'enverrai tout de même les cartes prévues à l'"Operation Write Home".

Results of August Card Chain Challenge

Just a quick post to tell you that Deborah has published all the cards of the August challenge on her blog.
Great batch of gorgeous cards! To visit her blog, click on the picture below:

August and July Card Chain Challenges (CCC)

I'm trying to catch up about what happened during this summer in my little card making and stamping world...

Deborah organizes a monthly challenge called "Card Chain Challenge", well know under the code name "CCC". Everyone wins, you send a card to a partner and you receive one from another partner. Deborah chooses new themes, sketches and color palette every month. I really enjoy participating to this game and it's now the 2nd time I play.

In August, one of the themes were "Dogs" and that's the one I chose, as I'm a pet lover (you know that!). Here is the card I came up with and I sent to Dustypenny (Joy) in the USA:

I don't know if you can guess how much fun I had making this card! As usual, I "saw" it in my mind before making it.
I made the doghouse shape myself and ran the front of the card through the Cuttlebug. Then I put a little bit of Distress Ink to make it darker.
I've found the sign on the internet (a clipart I think, don't remember where), printed it and stamped it with the Designer Wooggrain stamp from Hero Arts. The word "friend" is an Inkadinkado clear stamp set and the dog is an Artemio clear stamp that I colored with Promarkers. I put a little touch of Glossy Accents on his nose and on his heart.

J'essaye de reprendre petit à petit le fil de ce qui s'est passé dans ma petite vie durant l'été concernant les cartes réalisées. 

Deborah organise tous les mois depuis un an un challenge - ou plutôt un échange - connu sous le nom de code "CCC" ("Card Chain Challenge"). A ce jeu, tout le monde gagne : on envoie une carte à une personne inscrite au challenge du mois, on en reçoit une d'une autre participante.

Tous les mois, Deborah choisit de nouveaux thèmes, propose un sketch sur lequel se baser, ou une palette de couleurs. C'est vraiment sympa et c'est la 2e fois que je participe.

En août, un des thèmes proposés était les chiens, thème que j'ai choisi (quand ce ne sont pas les chats ou les chouettes, les chiens me vont bien aussi !). Voici (ci-dessus) la carte envoyée à Dustypenny (Joy) aux USA. 

J'ai fait la forme de la niche moi-même et j'ai passé le devant de la carte à la Cuttlebug. Ensuite, j'ai appliqué un peu de Distress pour foncer la couleur du carton. 

J'ai trouvé la pancarte sur le web (je ne sais plus où), je l'ai retravaillée sous Publisher, imprimée et j'ai appliqué le tampon Designer Woodgrain de Hero Arts. Le mot "friend" (ami) est un tampon transparent de Inkadinkado et le chien est un tampon transparent également d'Artémio, coloré ici avec des Promarkers. J'ai ajouté une touche de Glossy Accents sur la truffe du toutou et sur le petit coeur.

Et voici la carte que j'ai reçue de Vianna, de Floride, qui a choisi le thème de l'amitié :

And here is the card I received from Vianna, from Florida and who chose the friendship theme:

Thank you,Vianna! And thank you Deborah for organizing this challenge! Much appreciated!

Please, come back here by Thursday 2nd. I will post the link to Deborah's article where she will reveal all the cards made by the August participants! Suspens!....

And make sure to sign up to the September challenge. The deadline is Sept. 2nd too. Deborah will also offer a prize to win to celebrate her 1st year blog anniversary!

Merci Vianna !  et merci Deborah pour organiser ce challenge tous les mois ! 

Revenez par ici jeudi 2 septembre, je posterai un lien vers l'article de Deborah qui révèlera toutes les cartes reçues/envoyées pour le challenge d'Août. Suspense...

Et inscrivez-vous au challenge de Septembre. Vous avez jusqu'à jeudi 2 minuit. Et par la même occasion, Deborah fête les 1 an de son blog en offrant un cadeau qui sera tiré au sort parmi les participants !

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In July, the theme I chose was "Beach/Aquatic". Here is the card I sent to Agniezska in England:

The little mouse in his rubber ring is called "Tubing Miles". It's a stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie designed by Steven Leary that I looove ! (I mean the mouse, not Steven, but then!...).
The sun and sentiment is from Stampendous. I used sandpaper to make the beach.

Lucky me, I received two cards from Cassi for this July challenge! Here they are:

She made a beach themed card and a friendship card. So nice of you, Cassi, thank you so much!

En juillet, j'ai choisi le thème "Plage/Aquatique" et voici la carte que j'ai envoyée à Agniezska en Angleterre.

La petite souris avec son masque, ses palmes et sa bouée est un tampon de Kraftin' Kimmie appelée "Tubing Miles", personnage créé par Steven Leary que j'adore  (la souris, pas Steven Leary, quoique !).

Le soleil et le sentiment est de Stampendous. Et j'ai utilisé du papier de verre pour faire la plage.

En retour, quelle chance ! J'ai reçu non pas une mais 2 cartes de Cassi : une sur le thème de la plage et une sur celui de l'amitié. Merci Cassi !

Thank you, Hero Arts!

After my big owl in her bikini in June, I submitted another card to the Hero Arts July contest. The theme was "Travel and food" and  I choose food. I had this card in mind as soon as the theme was announced. Don't ask why. Actually I did really "see" it. I just had to make it and I came up with this:

More details about this card on Flickr

On July 22, this card has been chosen by the Hero Arts team as one of the "Fab Five" on the Hero Arts blog! Awesome! I must say I couldn't believe it when I checked out the blog this day!

Like the other Flickr friends featured on the HA blog this day, I won a 50$ prize and had to choose among their products. Not hard!

And this week I received my gift! I was so excited when I saw the package in my mailbox!

A big thank you to Hero Arts!!

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Après ma chouette en bikini de juin, j'ai soumis une nouvelle carte pour le concours Hero Arts de juillet. Le thème était "Nourriture et voyage", j'ai choisi "nourriture". J'ai eu cette carte en tête dès l'annnonce des thèmes. En fait, je la visualisais carrément. Il ne me restait plus qu'à la faire. 


Le 22 juillet, jour des résultats de la première session du concours, j'ai eu la surprise de voir ma carte publiée sur le blog de Hero Arts, choisie pour figurer parmi les "Fab Five" ("les cinq fabuleuses créations") ! Incroyable ! Comme les autres gagnants, je me suis vue offrir un bon d'achat de 50 dollars dans la boutique Hero Arts. Autant dire que je n'ai eu aucun mal à choisir !


Cette semaine, nouvelle surprise dans ma boite aux lettres : j'ai reçu mon colis !


Un grand merci à Hero Arts !