CeeCee's Creations

halloween? christmas? anybody?

i had a whole bunch of posts scheduled for last november and december but somehow only a few found their way here. so i'm trying to catch up. here are 2 cards i made using Modelling Cream by Viva Decor. i love this stuff. no, i adore it! it goes on smooth and adds a beautiful raised effect to your projects. i usually apply it with a spatula over a stencil.

what i did here is lay down a nice coat of Mother-of-Pearl Modelling Cream over a Crafter's Workshop stencil (#TCW251s Mini Branches Rev). then i added some SU dazzling diamonds glitter over some parts of the trees before the cream had a chance to dry. i wanted to have a silver/white card so i continued in this vein by adding torn pieces of white cardstock at the foot of the trees and layering another coat of modelling cream but this time i speckled it with my spatula and zapped it with my heat tool... instead snow!!! the stuff bubbles up and give such a nice finish. i love it!

you can see the raised effect on the trees and the snow. i added white berries with an Ice White Pearl Pen by Viva Decor also.

then i made another similar card but this time it's a halloween card.

i added a bit of Stampin' Up!'s basic grey re-inker to color the modelling cream. i wanted dark silver trees. the little "danger keep out" sign was an old rub-on from SU as well. i distressed the heck out of it and hung it on the punched fence with a piece of black wire. Fun!

have a fantastic day! CeeCee

back from houston with a Tim Holtz halloween tag

oh what fun it is to craft with like-minded people. natalie, denise and i had the pleasure of going to houston, texas for a retailers' show and we made fun projects. i was also very lucky to be part of a one-day class with non other than Tim Holtz!

for today, i've chosen to show you the halloween tag we made as a make&take one night.

gorgeousnessssssssssss! this was put together in no time, thanks to the wonderful teaching methods of mister holtz. i love it. it's shiny yet vintage. the tag is held upright by an easel that was die-cut with the Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix Small Easel Bigz die. oh, i just love all the embellishments on this. the black tulle was shredded with our hands, believe it or not.  we used distress stains to color the kraft resist paper in the background. we also added a bit of kraft glassine paper at the bottom. the purple on the witch is sprayed with a perfect pearls mist. These mists are amazing in that only the pearls are colored; the liquid is clear. when it dries, all the shimmer comes to life.

yes, my name is CeeCee and i'm a Tim Holtz groupie.

ramblings + mystery project

i went to see a friend of mine yesterday who's going through a rough time and i wanted to bring her a little something. it turns out SHE had a little something for me PLUS a gluten-free cake and cupcakes. isn't that something? i have the best of friends, i tell ya!

let me start by sharing the project i made for her gift. it's a box that i have recycled.

can you guess what that box was originally? i'll have more details for you tomorrow in my first "let's alter this!" video which is going to be a regular segment on my YouTube channel. (pauline, you're not allowed to guess :-))

i started by painting the edges of the box with Viva Décor's Precious Metal Colour in mother of pearl (my new addiction). then i layered some cardstock and dsp over each panels.

for the embellishment on top, i made a flower with the island floral bigz die from stampin' up! and some retired dsp from SU as well. i inked the edges of each pieces with marina mist, sprayed with my homemade shimmer mist, scrunched them up and added a decorative brad in the middle. the tag is also made with stamps by stampin' up! (Four frames and a retired stamp set).

her gift fit perfectly! and look what she gave me:

isn't she cute?! this is the most adorable packaging i've ever seen! those build-a-bear people have marketing down to a science! and now mama glitter won't be so alone...

they're already decked out for hallowe'en. trick-or-treat, anybody? thank you so much, pauline, for the great afternoon and the gestures. and say hi to your lovely mother.

have a blessed tuesday! CeeCee

halloween treat basket photo tutorial -- tutoriel en photos du panier à friandises

there are lots of photos in today's post. here's the tutorial to make yesterday's basket.

aujourd'hui, je vous présente le tutoriel en photos pour confectionner le petit panier d'halloween que je vous ai montré dans le message d'hier.

step 1: with Stampin' Up!'s Top Note Bigz Die, punch 4 shapes out of designer paper.

étape 1: avec le poinçon Au Top Sizzix de Stampin' Up!, découpez 4 formes.

step 2: using a scor-pal or martha stewart's scoring board, line up the two horizontal points of your shape at the 6" mark (as you can see, i made a black line on my board using a permanent marker -- it helps with the alignment).

 

étape 2: à l'aide d'un scor-pal ou du plateau de traçage de martha stewart crafts, enligner les deux pointes latérales de chaque pièce à la marque de 6" (comme vous pouvez le voir j'ai tracé une ligne noire avec un marqueur permanent pour facilier l'enlignement de mes projets).

step 3: using a bone folder, score each piece at the 4-1/4" and 7-3/4" marks.

étape 3: à l'aide d'un plioir en os, tracer un ligne de pliure à 4-1/4" et 7-3/4" pour chaque pièce.

step 4: crease each fold lines with your bone folder.

étape 4: utlisez votre plioir pour replier les côtés de chaque pièce.

step 5: with sticky strip, adhere each folded edge to the next piece -- back sides facing each other.

étape 5: avec une bande adhésive "sticky strip", reliez l'endos de chaque pièce les unes aux autres.

step 6: here's what you should end up with.

étape 6: voici le "manchon" du boîtier terminé.

step 7: to make the inside box, cut a piece of CS measuring 11-7/16" X 17-7/16" and score each side at the 4" mark by turning your cardstock each time you score. cut your panel as shown below using a paper trimmer. you'll end up with 4 glue tabs where you'll apply stick strips.

étape 7: pour former la boîte intérieure, coupez un morceau de carton mesurant 11-7/16" X 17-7/16" et faire des lignes de pliure à 4" sur chaque côté. découpez votre boîte tel qu'indiqué par la photo -- vous devriez avoir 4 onglets pour assembler votre boîte sur lesquels vous collerez 4 bandes "sticky strips".

step 8: assemble your box making sure that the glue tabs are on the inside of your box.

étape 8: assemblez votre boîte en prenant soin de pointer vos onglets collants vers l'intérieur pour un fini plus soigné.

step 9: if you've followed the dimensions i just gave you, your box should slide perfectly snug inside your top note sleeve. the sleeve's height is smaller than the box so make sure you align it properly, leave approximately 1/4" at the top and at the bottom. no need to adhere the box to the sleeve since the handle will hold everything together.

étape 9: si vous avez suivi les mesures exactes, votre boîte devra glisser bien confortablement dans le manchon fait avec la découpe Au Top. le manchon est moins large que la boîte alors enlignez votre boîte en laissant un jeu de 1/4" en haut et en bas.

step 10: use the leftover strip of CS you got from trimming the piece for your inside box to punch a nice handle with Stampin' Up!' Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch. adhere the handle using brads.

étape 10: utilisez les chutes de carton obtenues lorsque vous avez coupé le morceau pour la boîte intérieure pour poinçonner la poignée avec la perforatrice Chaine à festons de Stampin' Up! à l'aide d'attaches parisiennes, fixez la poignée à votre panier.

all that's left to do is decorate your little basket and fill with goodies!

tout ce qui vous reste à faire est de vous amuser à décorer votre joli petit panier et l'emplir de bonnes friandises!

bon mardi à tous! CeeCee

halloween treats for grown-ups

bonjour chères lectrices!

i'm back from my girls weekend -- diane and i had all kinds of fun but it's also good to be back on a regular schedule. last week, i showed this little basket i made with Stampin' Up!'s Top Note Bigz Die afor the Big Shot and i've gotten a few requests for the measurements of the project so tomorrow, i'll offer you a photo tutorial for it. in the meantime, i'll show you another basket i made.

je suis revenue de mon voyage de filles -- diane et moi avons passé de bons moments ensemble mais c'est bon de revenir à ma routine. la semaine dernière, j'ai fait un petit panier avec le poinçon de Stampin' Up! Bigz Au Top pour la Big Shot et j'ai reçu plusieurs demande au sujet des mesures. alors demain je vous présenterai un tutoriel en photos. en attendant, je vous en montre un autre exemple.

here's another one i made using MME designer paper -- it's beautifully flocked and i thought it would be perfect for an adult treat basket for halloween.

the basket handle is embellished by pearls that i colored with a gold zig permanent marker (formerly sold by SU).

le poignée de mon panier est embellie par des petites perles que j'ai colorée avec un marqueur permanent zig de couleur or (anciennement vendu par SU).

i made this flower with black tulle and the Flower Layers Original Die. i stacked multiple layers of the different sizes of petals over a 1" circle, scrunched up the bottom and heated a tiny bit with the heat tool. i found the gold pearl string on discount at a local fabric store -- i formed 2 loops and attached them to the back of the flower. the gold brad in the middle actually holds the handle to the basket.

cette fleur est faite avec de la tulle noire et le poinçon Original "Flower Layers". elle est composée de plusieurs pétales de différentes grandeur et attachée à un petit cercle de carton de 1" puis chauffée très délicatement avec un pistolet chauffant. j'ai trouvé les perles dorées à mon magasin de tissus -- elles servent à décorer ma fleur. l'attache parisienne au milieu de la fleur sert à encrer la poignée du panier.

in the basket are tons of chocolate goodness -- tiny Hershey's Nuggets. i covered them up with leftover designer paper... nothing goes to waste!

dans le panier se trouve des Nuggets de Hershey's. j'ai recouvert les chocolats avec me chutes de papier à motifs... pas de gaspillage!

mmmmmmmmmmm... chocolate... miam-miam!

stay tuned for the tutorial in tomorrow's post. demain, je vous présente le tutoriel en photos.

bonne soirée! CeeCee

stenciling with recycled plastic

here's my first project (and it won't be the last) made with yesterday's recycled plastic box from a Sizzix die. i love the effect so much that i was going to stencil all over the wall... when my friend Sophie said: "stop! that's my face!!!" i knew i needed therapy.

voici le premier projet (et non le dernier) que j'ai réalisé avec le pochoir confectionné à partir de l'emballage en plastique de mon poinçon Sizzix. j'adore l'effet... tellement que lorsque ma copie Sophie m'a déclaré " aïlle, c'est mon visage, ça!", j'ai pensé à une thérapie.

i used a sponge dauber with SU's Platinum All-Purpose Ink to go over the stencil on Basic Black CS. i didn't want it to be all perfect since i was aiming for the shabby/classy look. then i added a bit of Crystal Effects with Silver Glass Stampin' Glitter and loooooove the effect.

j'ai utilisé une éponge-camoufleur et l'encre tout-usage Platine sur mon carton Noir Nu. j'ai misé pour une finition un peu "shabby" alors la perfection n'était pas de la partie. j'aime beaucoup cet effet. sur les pendants, j'ai ajouté du Crystal Effects et les paillettes argentées de SU.

i stamped a little sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and added some bronze brads for added dimension. the card base is the retired Brushed Copper CS from SU.

pour terminer, un petit sentiment du jeu Voeux Mignons, gaufré en bronze, et quelques attaches parisiennes pour un peu de dimension. le tout adhéré sur un fond de carton bronze brossé de SU (retiré).

bon samedi! CeeCee

12 weeks of christmas and halloween funsy -- nerdie Sophie.. :-)

Today, I finally sent my 12 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter to all my subscribers and I do apologize again for the delay. I you want to receive the next remaining 6 weeks, don't forget to register by typing your email in the left-hand sidebar. Those projects are exclusive only to subscribers and are accompanied by a step-by-step guide to help you plan and create for Christmas. My gift to you, from the bottom of my heart.

OK, before you look at the picture below and wonder, let me inform you that I have full consent from my friend SophieThé... She is a very brave girl :-)  Last Saturday, she came by to help me distribute goodies to the trick-or-treaters and she showed up dressed like this:

Now, I really don't know who was more scared... the kids or me?! You should have heard some of the comments we got from some of the kids. She had the talkin' and the walkin' and the posture down path. Real funny.

I'll talk to you tomorrow! CeeCee

the witch's brew

After I've finished making my little bags for the trick-or-treaters tonight, I thought I would play with some of stuff I had bought lately. Some glow-in-the-dark glitter and punches. Unfortunately, I couldn't take a good picture of the glitter in the dark but it totally works!!! It's so cool and I wish I could show you. Oh well, you'll just have to take my word for it :-)

 

I love that Night & Day DSP and I'm thinking of new ways to use it besides for Halloween. Love black & white. I sponged a bit of Basic Black around the moon and did some streaks too. Just for funsies!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!

Have fun with the little ghosts and goblins tonight!

CeeCee

halloween lollipops

I'm ready! I've got my treats for the kids tomorrow night. This is Gen's lollipop cover, adapted with a Halloween topper using the Batty For You stamp set.

 

I've used only 3 colors here: Lots of Oh! Orange, Basic Black and Whisper White. Punches used are: 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, Scallop Circle, Crop-a-Dile. My demo info is stamped on the back of the cover.

Quick and fun!

CeeCee

halloween fancy favors

Can't wait for Saturday to see what all those cute little (and not so little) kids will be wearing when they ring our doorbell. I'm busy making them special treats.

But these treats below are for adults. I was invited for dinner at a friend's house and I brought these cute little treat bags full of Lindt chocolates. Those special bags were cut out of the printed window sheets from the Night & Day Specialty DSP using the Fancy Favor Bigz XL Die for the Big Shot.

 

The closure was made by punching little slits at the top with the Horizontal Slot punch and knotting a piece of 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in both Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie. The stamped images are from Batty For You in Basic Black, punched out with the 1 1/4" punch. I've also used the 1 3/8" Circle and Scallop Circle punches to complete the piece. Those are then threaded with a piece of Linen Thread. And that's it! You've got yourself a very respectable treat bag for adults! And it's polka-dotted... gotta love that!

BTW, if you like this large grosgrain ribbon, why not participate in my ribbon share. To see all the details, click on this post.

Happy Wednesday! CeeCee

halloween club projects

Here are the 2 Halloween projects that my Stamp Club8 members made last Friday and boy were they a hit! I can't take credit for those since it's totally CASEd. I've seen them all over the place so I decided to reproduce them for my club members.

 

Aren't these cute? The chocolate treat envelope is made wit the Petal Card Bigz Die for the Big Shot and the stamped image is from one of my favorite stamp set, Batty For You. How I wished SU had translated it to French... sigh. But there's a way to get rid of the text around the image by punching with a smaller circle. I'm gonna crank a whole bunch of them for Halloween for the trick-or-treaters who come at our door. And for those who have a business to advertise, put your info on the back! After all, aren't the parents checking their kids' goodie bags?!

The bat is a little time consuming but well worth. What a wonderful way to have your kids bring goodies at school?!

 

The bat wings are made with Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die for the Big Shot and then clipped with a 1" Circle Punch. The head is punched with the Round Tab and then the ears are trimmed. We sponged some Whisper White Craft Ink around the black parts and some Basic Black Classic Ink on the Yo-Yo Yellow CS circle.

Well, gotta go whip up a whole batch of those for the kiddies next week!

CeeCee

christmas workshops + personal challenge + contest

Well, flu season has officially started in our household. Both Stuuph and I are sick and it looks like dh is coughin' too! Oh well, we shall survive but it has put a damper on our weekend. 

Nevertheless! I've been working on and off (in between bouts of fever-induced sleep and warm baths - oooh, I love those though) and I've finalized my workshop calendar for the rest of the year. My first Christmas Cards Workshop is scheduled for this coming Saturday, the 24th and I still have some spaces left. And if you're interested in finding out how I glittered those perfect circles in my banner... you're gonna have to take my class! I am soooo excited about this discovery (which I thought of all by myself, thank you very much). And after many trials and errors, SUCCESS!!! So make sure you book as soon as possible -- I have a second date  as well (Tuesday, November 3rd) in case you can't make it for the 24th and you can get all the details here or by clicking on the calendar in the right-hand column. 

I'm also busy preparing for the next 2 classes: Christmas Gift Ideas (November 11th) and Christmas Bags, Tags and Boxes (November 27th). I'll have more details on that soon.

Oooooh, how I love Christmas projects!!!

On a different note, I was recently issued a challenge: to post every day to this blog for the next 31 days! It's quite a stretch for me but I will try to make it.

The contest? Well, here's the sweet deal for you. At the end of the 31-day period, I will have a draw of goodies. I will mail one lucky person some stamping and scrapbooking products. Here's how you can win: Everyday, for the next 31 day, post a comment to my daily posts (one comment per person, per blog post). On November 19th, I will put everyone's name in a hat and have the Stuuphster draw one lucky winner. The more frequently you comment, the more chances you have of winning! Contest ends November 18, 2009 at 11:59 p.m.

Good luck and I'll see you tomorrow!

CeeCee

halloween cards and photos of Hawaii

Here is another set of cards we made for the World Card Making Day event. They are quite simple and no sentiment is included since most of my attendees were French. I used the Twick or Tweet stamp set. In order to leave out the sentiment, I inked the stamped with a Basic Black Stampin' Write marker. All images are stamped directly on one of the papers from the Night & Day Specialty DSP from the Holiday Mini Catalogue and I love that effect. 

Here are the black cards:

And the Pumpkin Pie ones:

I love this Night & Day paper and the striped grosgrain ribbon in black and pumkin pie. So yummy!

Some of you have asked me to include bigger pictures so I'm trying a new setting. You can view them full size by clicking on them. Hope it works!

I've also uploaded the pictures of our trip to Maui and you can view the whole set here. 

Have a great day!

CeeCee

halloween workshop projects

 

Hellooooo, my goolish friends! I just wanted to share with you some projects we did at my Halloween workshop 2 weeks ago. I have to admit that I am really enjoying this holiday. The colors are so much fun to play with and you can really go wild.

 

This cute Kit-Kat holder is a project I got from Chic n' Scratch. It looks like a little purse.

 

This is using the little Sizzix Pillow Box die with the Big Shot. The whole in the middle is punched out with the Wide Oval punch. Add a little tag and a glittered ghost and your're done. Aaaaaand, I have reused the oval shape on this project:

 

I like the googly eyes I drew on the oval, hihi. And, for another recycling idea, I ave used the negative shape of the Sizzix Big Top diecut to make this card:

 

See?! Nothing goes to waste :-) The cute little spider is made by punching circles in a black cardstock that has been embossed with Irridescent Ice EP and the legs are punched out from circles as well. I had to improvise for the eyes since I didn't have the googly eyes... I used half-pearls from the Pretties Kit and drew eyes with a marker!

 

The last project is this terracotta pot I painted with black paint and filled with glass bead topped with homemade paper straw made with the crimper and a guillotine cutter. The straws are Pixie Stix topped with scalloped circles and stamped with Batty For You. I've seen this project here and there in blogland; it's quite popular! So I thought, why not! My peeps loved it and had much fun.

Have you got your costume ready?! CeeCee

ccc#10 show & tell

   

Experimenting with my Big Shot has become a priority for me these days. I love it! Do you love chipboard letters? I do and there is no more missing out this letter or that letter... I just make them! Not only do I make my own chipboard letters, but I also cut out the paper to cover them all at once. It's what I've done here:

 

After I glued the black cardstock letters to the chipboard letters, I heat embossed them with VersaMark ink and Irridescent Ice EP. The Sizzix alphabet I used here is the Serif Essentials and is now available through Stampin' Up! The ribbon, which looks exactly like the new In Colors ribbon, is of unknow origin. I had it in my stash and I thought it was perfect for the card.  I also added a touch of glitter with a black glitter AtyouSpica marker by Copic on the Ghostly Greetings DSP paper by SU. Here's a picture of the detail:

 

I was impressed by the originality of the entries I've received for this challenge. You guys keep outdoing yourselves. Love it! Here they are (in the order in which they appear in my comments). I invite you to click on each picture to go check out these people's blogs. They rock!

 

 

 

   

  

 

do spiders have eyes?

You betcha! And some of them even have up to 8 eyes, on two different rows. Ewe, gross! Anyways, mine has 4 ...

I got the inspiration for this card while browsing the blogosphere at this site. I have a lot of these frames leftover from my Open House when we did the bag toppers with the Bigz Top Note Sizzix die. So what do you do with them? You use them as is to mount on top of a card -- ingenious, no?! My spider is made of two punched circles and then glittered with Irridescent Ice EP. Stamp set is Haunting Halloween. The sentiment and swirly stars are embossed with black EP. Inside, it says "... a haunting Halloween!".

Thanks for lookin' and have a great day! CeeCee

oldie but goodie

I love this stamp set. It's one from last year's mini catalogue and I can't get enough of it. Imagine my delight when it made it into the new catalogue. I couldn't wait for Halloween to be just around the corner (well, almost) to use it again. This is another card Geneviève, Carolynn and I made together on Tuesday:

 

Aren't the new Kiwi Kiss and Tangerine Tango colors perfect for Halloween? Pair that with Chocolate Chip and you've got a very yummy color combo. Did you notice the glitter on the little ghost? So happy and cute! Stay well, my friends. CeeCee

P.S.: Still working on my video resolution...

Recipe (all supplies by Stampin' Up!) -- Stamp Set: Batty for You; Inks: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip; Cardstock: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip; Ribbon: Chocolate Chip 5/8" gros-grain; Punches: 1" and 1 1/4" Circles; Others: Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Tombow Multi-purpose Liquid Glue; Snail Adhesive, leftover rubber from stamp sets.