put on your sunglasses once again cuz we're about to get crazy glittery here!
i've had a lot of requests for a video on the glitter ritz cards i showed in this video and i promise it is coming. you'll just have to be patient with me as i have just finished a string of 12 days of christmas videos for my client. BUT... it is coming.
in the meantime, just check out that card below. the design is not mine. this card was part of another class i took back in octobre in texas.
to say that i'm in love with the whole glitter ritz product line is an understatement. i've always been a big glitter person but these really take the cake. they are super super fine and gives you this amazing velvety finish.
and believe it or not but the flowers started out as being just clear glitter. whaaaaaaaaaaat?! uh-huh!
be back with the video sometime this week, k?
stay warm and cozy.
CeeCee
yes, he gave me a necklace! well.... to me and 200 other women :-P
this amazing pocket watch necklace was another project we did in tim's class and it is so gorgeous that i will definitely wear it during christmas.
gorgeousnesssssss! of course, everything was made using tim holtz' signature products.
i love everything about it. i love the rhinestone charm we added and the pearls and the tulle.
and how cool are those mica flakes?! i love the old santa peeking out. hehehe, he looks so conspiring.
happy day, everyone! CeeCee
a quick quick hello to post a video and a card i made using the Stamp and Emboss by Hero Arts/Sizzix made at a workshop ( i can't take credit for the design!).
the video is a quick one showing you how to make a one-sheet mini pocket book. it's an old technique but seems to be very popular still so i brought it back to my YouTube channel from an old channel i had. enjoy and have a great day!
happy monday, everyone!
are you all going bonkers with this holiday season's shopping and baking and decorating? try to breathe a little -- it helps! i see people go nuts over the holidays every year and i can tell you that no matter what you have time to do, your folks will enjoy themselves. so don't sweat the small stuff, ok?
here's something to feast your eyes on. i can say this modestly about this project as i didn't design this gorgeous mini book. Mr. Tim Holtz did. and what a beauty!
can you not appreciate this gorgeousness?! it's sitting up on my shelf just above my computer and i still get a kick everytime i look at it.
everything we used for that book is all tim's signature products of course. we even put the book together from scratch! there's a lot of distressing and perfect pearls mists and embossing and staining. oh, i love it!
look at the darling embellishment on the book cover. and the pull. it was very white when i got it but then i added a bit of black soot paint dabber on it, rubbed it off and what-do-you-know? there were cracks on the porcelain! love it!
the numbers are funky as well. we took his plastic letters, dabbed a bit of silver acrylic paint and then glossy accents.
*swoon* i know, right?!
have a great monday. CeeCee
here's a very traditional card i made for Scrapbook Centrale a while back. it was part of a tutorial using Paper Soft by Viva Decor. i now have permission to upload these tutorials on my channel so i'll do this as soon as i find the time.
in the meantime, here's the card:
it's hard to tell from the picture but the red on the pattern paper is actually foiled. the paper is from the Timeless Christmas collection by TPC. most the papers from this collection is shimmery also -- really pretty.
the border stamp is also from Viva Decor and i fussy-cut around it and popped it on the side of the card. i added the red berries with a Glitter Liner pen from Viva Decor also. i also added some twine. it's a very simple card but i like it a lot!
i also added 2 videos recently and i completely forgot to post them :-P
happy thursday! CeeCee
hi everyone!
here's a quick post to show you a cute baby card i made a while back.
this card is using a very old paper collection by Stampin' Up!. i typed the sentiment on my computer and printed it on white cardstock then punched it out with the Wide Oval Punch by SU.
the image is from a jumbo wheel stamp called "baby tees" from Stampin' Up! as well. i love the white flock from Martha Stewart on the onesie. it's so soft! i also rigged the hanger with a piece of copper wire. then i added a little heart-shaped pearl at the end of the elephant trunk.
have a great day! CeeCee
happy tuesday, everybody!
here's a fun project i did in a tim hotz's class. we used his Configurations Box and a whole lot of vintage embellishments. we used his christmas papers, his tissue tapes, a whole bunch of distress inks and stains.
isn't this gorgeous?! i love everything about it but i think the feet are my favorites, LOL. it gives this project a finished look. i love the distressed grunge board letters. oh and that christmas tree. i wish i knew where to get them! and the vintage tinsel too!
it's hard to tell from the photo but the whole box was covered with rock candy distress stickles. it really shines.
have a great day! CeeCee
happy monday, everyone!
i made it, i made it! LOL i was able to put my act together today and devise some time to post here, make a video here and line up my ducks for this coming week! here's a small project i made with Viva Décor products.
it's a gift card holder that started out as 2 pieces of cardstock (1 grey and 1 very vanilla) that were embossing with a folder. unfortunately, i don't have the template for this project since it was done as part of a class i took in houston back in october.
each piece was sprayed with Forever Red Perfect Pearls Mist by Ranger Ink for a nice shimmery effect. the embossed designs were treated with Modelling Cream and Pearl Pens by Viva Décor. the butterfly was made by punching through 3 different color of cardstock with a Martha Stewart Crafts butterfly punch. the sentiment on the tag is from a very old and retired stamp set by Stampin' Up!. to hold the card closed, i used a piece of Melon Berry satin ribbon by Papertrey Ink.
have a fantastic day! CeeCee
it's been so long since i've posted here that i almost forgot how to do it.
hey, i'm still here -- i've been really busy with the new job so i don't have a chance to come on here as often as i'd like. i've set aside a few projects that i wanted to show you but i haven't had a chance to take all the pictures. i'm thinking of making a video instead. hopefully, i'll get around to doing that on the weekend. no promises though!
i wanted to wish all my friends across the border a very happy thanksgiving. i hope you're spending it with loved ones, in comfort and joy.
so, i made this card for a very lucky girl who'll be having a special birthday soon to match a mini album that i'm working on (i'll show it when i'm done).
most of the supplies are by kaisercraft (stamp, paper and butterflies. the background vines are made with a crafter's workshop stencil (swirly vines) and modelling cream by viva decor that i tinted with perfect plum ink from stampin' up! i also used nestabilities dies to cut out the circle shapes and the lace-y circle.
i also highlighted a few dots with white opal liquid pearls (ranger).
well, i hope to see you real soon. in the meantime, keep well my friends! CeeCee
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.
Ok, so I've been pretty quiet around here for some time now. Working hard right now at Starbucks in Houston, TX with the Stuuphster! At a trade show and making videos and having tons of crafting moments and food moments and laughter moments and also homesick moments. But it's all good. If you need a dose of what'm I'm up to, go check out http://scrapbookcentraleblog.blogspot.com and click on the YouTube channel :-) Miss y'all and hope to be back on this blog soon!
let me start by apologizing for the lack of posts and also for the fact that i'm behind on my promised "3 videos a week"... i'm excited to report that the lack of posts and videos is due to my services being retained by my local scrapbook store as their social media coordinator. this new endeavour was a surprise and happened rather quickly! so i'll be really busy with that and unfortunately this blog and my videos will be slower in coming, at least until i get into a proper routine.
that being said, i've got a card to show you today. it was an intense coloring session and i'm quite pleased with how it turned out (minus a few shadowing mistakes...)
i bought this fun digital image from Make It Crafty. as soon as i saw it, i knew it was perfect for a wedding anniversary card LOL.
this was fun to colour with my copic markers. the dsp paper is from the oliver collection by basic grey.
here's a list of the copic markers i used:
skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, E31, E35
hair: W00, W1, W5, W9
granny lips: R0000, R01, R22, R24, R27, R29
grandpa lips: E04, E70, E07
grandpa jacket & granny knit: YG0000, YG95, YG97, YG99
pants & tie: BG70, BG72, BG75
newspaper: E0000, E41, E43, E44
grandpa slippers: E15, E18, E11
granny dress and hat: RV0000, RV00, RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99
granny slippers: E0000, E41, E43
chairs: E55, E57, E59
shadows around the image: argile rose and marron by prismacolor + OMS
i love this quote from the beatles' song. i think it's quite appropriate for a funny card :-)
happy weekend, everyone!
so this post is a day late but it's been so crazy around here. as promised on tuesday, i put together a tutorial on how to alter a box. i'm also introducting a new regular segment on my youtube channel called "let's alter this!".
the object to be altered this time was a cricut cartridge box.
here's the finished project. it was such a simple project to make. and because the dsp was so elaborate, i didn't have to do too much embelleshing.
Measurements for the CS:
- 2 pieces 7-1/4" X 1-1/4" for the side panels
- 1 piece 7-1/4" X 3-5/8" for the top panel
- 1 piece of 7-1/4" X 3-314" for the bottom panel
the dsp even provided the perfect spot for stamping a sentiment! easy-peasy!
aaaah, those cute little black roses from i am roses. love 'em!
the magnetic closure is a bonus. just put a small gift inside and offer it to a special someone. i know this will be a hit for the recipient.
watch this video by clicking here to find out how i did it as well as a mini tutorial on how i glittered the flower. you can also watch below:
i won't be posting until next monday, so i hope you have a great weekend! CeeCee
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
i wish we'd never have to give sympathy cards. unfortunately, loosing a loved one is a reality of life and when that happens it's nice to know that someone is thinking of you. a good friend of mine recently lost her father and the whole time i was making this card i was reminded that i lost my father almost 2 years ago. but this time, instead of being sad i decided to concentrate on the happy memories of him and i pray that my friend gets to that stage sooner than later.
i think simplicity is best for this type of card. first, i embossed the flowers from the inspired by nature stamp set by stampin' up! with versamark and clear embossing powder. once this was heat set, i stamped the tall grass with versamark as well but without the embossing. i love the effect; it gives the card some kind of "bling" without jeopardizing the simple look. the sentiment is from thoughts & prayers, also by stampin' up!
have a blessed week! CeeCee
this is a very elegant card for a very special lady. i was told she likes sentiments and the old-fashioned style. i wanted to make the format unique to make her feel special. here's what i came up with using the CPS challenge #235:
the card base is a long piece of very vanilla CS from stampin' up that i gate-folded. then i took my coluzzle circle cutting system and rounded out the 2 flaps. i also cut out 2 pieces of pattern paper from webster's pages -- unfortunately they're from an older collection and i can't find the name of it although i think it's lullaby lane..
since this is going by mail, i found the flattest flower i had in my collection and glimmer misted it with candlelight and peppermint stick. the leaves were also glimmer misted with olive vine. i added a pearl in the middle as well as some pearl designs on the label. the label was cut out with the tim holtz mini baroque movers and shapers die. i then stamped with hero arts background stamp and embossed it in clear. i love the effect! the happy birthday and border are from an old 7gypsies rub-on sheet i had in my stash. i added it just for texture. the little butterfly is punched out with a martha stewart punch out of the same collection of paper.
for the inside of the card, i found a poem online, added the last line to personalize it and printed it directly on the pattern paper. love it! i edged everything with tim holtz's old paper distress ink.
i will be silent this weekend as i am organizing our family birthday dinner (since we're all celebrating one in the same month!). lots to do but my babies are all going to eat at the family table and that's such a blessing. i've learned to savour these moments.
have a fantastatic weekend! CeeCee
i'm running a bit behind today so i'm going to make this post real short. here are 2 cards i made for a commission. the mandate: birthday, modern girls, cocktails... i didn't have anything that fit the bill so i modified an existing stamp i had.
these 2 ladies by stamping bella usually drink coffee. today they're having cocktails! i drew cocktail glasses and glued them over the coffee cups that they originally hold in their hands! me so clevah! i also decided to distress the edges of my papers but at this point i really don't know why... i think i would have preferred not to. call it a creative glitch. but i'm still happy with them.
the coloring is done with copic markers as well as OMS and a prismacolor pencil in black for the shadowing. i used the paper piecing technique for the sleveless top and the dress. the only bling i added was a bit of dazzling diamonds glitter on the glasses and white opal liquid pearls by ranger ink on the chairs and table and sentiment.
must run.... late for a appointment! CeeCee
well that was certainly not a quick project for me. i don't know how many times i did this card over! there's something about that stamp from stampin bella that confuses me. i think it's the size of it and the awkward extended leg to the left that made it impossible to cut with any of my nestabilities. then i ended up trimming it to a rectangle but i don't like the way the gift sits at the bottom right corner...
but i needed to use that stamp. i drew in the left arm and the drink because i was asked for it. and it turned out ok. the other thing that bothers me with this stamp is that there are too many polka dots... on the gift and on the dress. but everything worked out in the end: i colored most of it with copic markers (no shading) and twinkling h2o's (for the polka dots). i also added dazzling diamonds glitter to some polka dots and the bows on the shoes, neck and hair as well as on the drink. the pattern paper is the paisley road by prima. the sentiment is from stampin' up!'s cheers to you stamp set.
have a great day! CeeCee
happy new week, everyone!
i made this project almost a month ago but couldn't share here before it was given to the recipient. when my friend michelle asked me to make a frame for a picture of her friend i had a vision of purple. i'm not sure why but that's what came to me. then chelle told me that we needed a lot of bling and silver. oh... and no flowers! this is the result:
it was really difficult to take a good picture because of the reflection of the glass on the frame. i already had the frame in my inventory so i looked through my paper inventory to find THE perfect paper to compliment the picture and the frame. i found it in my bo-bunny stash from a few years back.
the challenge i had was to find a way to incorporate the embellishments considering that it wasn't a shadow box. i ended up choosing a simple mix of tim holtz's grunge board flourishes which i've treated with silver inka gold by viva decor. it's basically a paste that you rub on porous surfaces until it shines. i love that stuff. i included some rhinestones and adhered the pieces with clear silicone since i wanted some dimension without compromising the translucent property of the glass.
another flourish at the bottom with an overlay of rich razzleberry cardstock and whisper white ovals to surround a quote (i can't find the name of the stamp because i have so freakin' many !). i added platinum stickles around the rich razzleberry oval as well.
i'm really happy with how it turned out. i hope michelle's friend liked it!
have a great day! CeeCee
show of hands, who had a good weekend? {me, me!}
show of hands, who likes cheerful colors? {me, me!}
show of hands, who likes cocktail hour? {me, me!}
i made 2 cards using the same stamp set with the same color scheme but they're both very different. the stamp set is cheers to you by stampin' up!
bling on the dsp, bling on the glass and liquid pearls on the scallop circle. it's a happy card!
i made a peek-a-boo window for the sentiment.
the martini glass was colored with copic markers but i kept pretty simple. i also added some frosting with dazzling diamonds.
the 2nd card started with the leftover circles i had punched out for the peek-a-boo window of my first card. i then added some dsp circles and some bling.
this time i used markers to color the image. i also added some dazzlling diamonds on the glass and a bit of transparent glossy gel from viva decor over the cherry.
CeeCee
hey there, bloggie friends!
i just wanted to pop in here really quickly because it's a gorgeous day and i've decided to go for a walk in Centennial Park near my house. i'm off from creating today. i will continue cataloguing my stamps tonight and tomorrow.
so we're leaving in a bit but i just wanted to chat with you about this movie that i rediscovered this week:
oh, how i'm in love! this movie was made 8 years before i was born. wow, now that's a looooooooong time ago. it cracks me up to watch the actors exagerating their pronounciation and expressions. almost like theatre play-acting. i love it!
and that Gene Kelly sure can move. i was watching his dance moves closely and let me tell you... the modern dancers can certainly learn from him. he is graceful and manly at the same time. i loves me a good dance!!!
oh the charm (sigh). gene kelly is so dreamy... and the flirting with debbie reynolds... and the whole romantic feel of the movie (sigh-sigh). it's so funny though that they fall in love just like that, at the drop of a dime. too cute!
have you got a favorite old movie? please do share and i'll add the title to my want list.
have a fantastic saturday! CeeCee
woohoo, today is my birthday! i've got a lot to celebrate -- my health, my family and my creativity. and to kick my 52nd year off properly, i made myself a card. i put it together rather quickly and there are a few things i would change but i need to embrace the little imperfections.
oh how i love these papers by Authentique, Blissful collection. the grays and the yellows are so yummy. i also gave myself a lot of pearls because i love the look :-)
the sentiment is by Stampin' Up! from the On Your Birthday stamp set.
oh, and today i also made my very first vlog on youtube and you can check it out here or in the box below. it's also the first time Stuuph is editing and i'm so excited that she's decided to help me out. please keep in mind though that i used my computer's built-in camera so it's a little grainy.
enjoy! CeeCee
hellooooooooooo!
the long weekend's over --the kids have gone back to school and the grown-ups are back at work. summer's over... time for the not-so-grown-ups like me to have fun and play (moah-hah-hah!).
well... not exactly. i had all the intentions in the world to write this post then go back to creating... then i got stuck cleaning my hard drive, transferring stuff on my external one, and then re-organizing and cleaning iPhoto. soooooooooo...... almost 5 hours later and i still haven't posted. as much as i love my MAC, i'm still frustrated with how the pictures are stored and how adobe photoshop gets confused when i save my altered pictures. oh well, that's a story for another time.
i'm really into mixing different pattern papers these days. it's probably a phase i'm going through and will outgrow it soon enough. but i'm riding the wave for now. this is actually a thank you card for someone who took care of a dog while the owners were away. the papers i've used are from bo-bunny from their ad lib collection. it's colorful and fun, fit for a dog!
if the dog image looks weird it's because it's covered with crystal effects. in real life, it's glossy and smooth -- not crackled as it appears here. the stamp is from impression obsession and called bone appetit. before putting down the crystal effects, i added tiny letters from webster's pages to spell the dog's name.
i also embellished the inside of the card with a sentiment from the thank you kindly stamp set from stampin' up! as well as a border that i punched with the fence punch from martha stewart crafts.
woof-woof! CeeCee
i'm always amazed when one of my friends or acquaintances surprise me with sweet gestures. but then i shouldn't be so surprised... after all, i do have the best friends and customers in the world. a few minutes ago, sandra dropped this into my arms when she came to pick-up her stampin' up! order:
two of the most gorgeous and fragrant yellow roses! this was her way of wishing me good health. unbelievable!
i was so surprised that i must have appeared weird to her - i didn't know what else to say except this: it is people like you, sandra, that make our world an amazing place to live in.
indeed!
thank you again, sandra. i am grateful and blessed to know you.
have a fantastic weekend, all. CeeCee
it's amazing how much our lives depend on technology. and without power, no technology. so we got our power back after only 23 hours of outage and i sincerely feel for those who were without for longer and have experienced property damages. i also feel for those loved ones that were injured or worse.
that power outage put me quite behind in my work schedule but things are slowly getting back to normal. i was able to finish a full 20-page scrapbook for a friend of mine and i will share through a video sometime this weekend or at the beginning of next week. but i do have a card to show you today:
i felt like using a several pieces of pattern paper, a look i don't usually go for. all of the papers are from a fancy pants paper pad called "off to school". very appropriate considering i did this for a teacher. since i was using a lot of different patterns, i separated the layers with dimensional adhesive.
the main embellishment is from the party hearty stamp set from stampin' up!. the "sister" is from the family reunion stamp set, also by SU. i stamped the main image a 2nd time in red and just punched the middle out for added interest. of course, the bling makes its appearance :-)
don't forget to have fun today! CeeCee
oh boy, do i have blingage for you -- that's right, BLINGAGE. i love it when someone asks me for extra bling on a card. i go all out. it's certainly true with this one. i had to stop myself not to add more.
once again, my starting point was the gorgeous dsp from the ambrosia collection by basic grey. it was so yummy and when i saw the cute little dots all over the paper i knew i had the perfect platform for blingage. the bottom strip of dsp was cut using a retired punch from stampin' up! of which the name eludes me. a piece of black satin ribbon from stampin' up! makes a great transition between the two papers.
i also decorated the inside of the card with the same paper and another quote by club scrap. unfortunately, i didn't have a very vanilla envelope so i used a white one.
i love that frame stamp by prima which i've embossed with black powder on basic gray cardstock from stampin' up! the quote in the middle is also by club scrap and in case you're wondering why i would put a sentiment with squiggles in the word "day"... the stamp was made like that. trust me, i know -- i've stamped it 3 times before i realized it was meant to be a bit grungy looking! all around the sentiment, i added a string of dots with the cantaloupe liquid pearls -- my new obsession. i also added bisque liquid pearls and gold stickles all over the paper.
have a fantastic thursday! CeeCee
it's wednesday... half of the week is gone and i haven't accomplished 50% of my to-do list! aaargh! wouldn't it be great to invent a machine that gives you more time and remove the effect of staying up all night?!
until then, i'll just do the old-fashioned way : work until 3 a.m., sleep until 9 a.m., work until 3 a.m...... well, you know the pattern!
anyways, i was asked to make a 25th anniversary card and to keep it sober. the photo below is not the best ones i've ever snapped but it give you a general idea.
i chose to work with 2 embossed paper from stampin' up from the retired presto collection. the sentiment from an old stamp i had is embossed in silver.
where i had the most fun was with the 2 wedding bands. again, it's from an old stamp and i've embossed in silver on silver cardstock. then i cut out the inside of both and slipped the image unto a silver lined organza ribbon.
easy-peasy!
have a blessed day! CeeCee
