CeeCee's Creations

a onesie for baby

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

a card for makynli

i've been experimenting with photoshop elements and yearn for enough money to buy photoshop cs5. i've been using stuuph's wacomm tablet more and more and i'm loving it. i've also been toying with the idea to make more digital stamps and that was the original plan with this image. but i had to settle for something a little different because it would have taken me hours to make a digi with this - hence the need for cs5.

i was sent a photo of makynli and asked to make a 1st birthday card. so i played with the picture in photoshop until i had some kind of an outline that i could color with my copics.

in fact, the only elements from the picture that printed were black shaded areas but it was enough to tell where the components began and ended. then i went to bat with the markers and created the colored shadows. i really enjoyed this process and plan on using it sometime soon.

the only embellishment is a sentiment from on your birthday by stampin' up! and a few punched shapes. the number 1 is a sticker from my stash that i colored with a copic marker and glittered. the tiny rhinestone makes the embellishment pop.

inside is another sentiment with a repeat of the tiny flower and rhinestone.

have a happy monday! CeeCee

precious daughter

today's card has no stamping whatsoever! i wanted to focus on the gorgeous webster's pages paper from the lullaby lane collection.

i wanted something elegant so did quite a bit of fussy cutting mounted the elements on foam adhesives --

here...

and here...

and the sentiment was printed from my computer.

i didn't want to add too much dimension since i don't know if it'll be mailed out or given.

sometimes it's refreshing to let the beautiful paper speak for itself.

have a fantastic tuesday. CeeCee

baby bundle

good day all! i'm slowly getting back to my regular schedule and still working my way through my long list of to-do's. today, i needed to make a card for a very special lady who's become a grandmother.

i used Stampin' Up!'s Baby Bundle stamp set, the Nursery Suite Specialy DSP and Quick Accents. it's so convenient to add accents with the self-adhesive die-cuts from the Quick Accents kit -- no gluing and perfect color-match! the image is colored with inks and a blender pen.

i dotted the circles on the stroller with some Crystal Effects for added dimension. if you're wondering why i listed the mini glue dots in the supplies list below that's because i always add them behind my knots and bows, especially if i'm mailing the card. it just secured everything nicely!

hope you've enjoyed this little project! CeeCee

stamp set: baby bundle (#120576)

inks: jet black stazon (#101406), baja breeze (#111833), old olive (#102277), regal rose (#105211), chocolate chip (#100908)

cardstock: whisper white (#100730), nursery suite specialty DSP (#117165)

ribbon: pear pizzazz 1/2" stitched-poly (#119265)

other: nursery suite quick accents (#118709), blender pens (#102845), crystal effects(#101055), snail adhesive (#104332), stampin' dimensionals (#104430), mini glue dots (#103683)

preggabella

last tuesday, my friend Marie-Pierre from Switzerland came over with Gen for a playdate. she had quite exciting news for us. i'll let you guess what that was :-) 

i pulled this little card very quickly while we were all playing with my copic markers. although i'm copic certified, i have to admit that you need a lot of practice to use these with great success. i also realized that by incorporating a bit of colored pencils with gamsol for shading is my favorite coloring method. in the end i was satisfied with the result. the cardstock, paper and ribbon are from papertreyink.

bon retour au bercail, Marie Précieuse! Bisous, CeeCee 

coloring with sponge daubers - a video tutorial

This little bear was dying to make its appearance but finding the time to shoot the video was a little problematic. But I finally got it done and I'm happy to share this technique with you. On a side note, the video uploaded in High Def but my camera isn't. I'm on the market to buy one so if any of you have any suggestion for a good-but-not-too-expensive-HD-camera, please leave me a comment.

So, here's the card I made:

And here's the video. I think it's better if you view it directly from YouTube here, but you can give the window below a shot. The recipe is at the end of the video. Take care, CeeCee

happy easter!

I'm not posting an Easter card since time eluded me. But I am taking a few minutes to wish you all a very Happy Easter. I hope you are stuffing your face with chocolate and other goodies, like I am! I really appreciate the enthusiasm you have shown in Card à la Carte's baby cards to go. And since our previous stock went really quickly, I got busy to offer you 2 new sets. Quantities are limited so act quickly by clicking on the Card To Go link here Take good care! CeeCee

baby cards

 

I'm all better but really busy! So glad all that sickness is behind me. Today, I thought I'd show the newest kit I made for Card a la Carte. They're baby cards and are available here.

 

Have a wonderful Saturday! CeeCee

 

special delivery girl simply scrappin'

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I LOOOOOOOOOOVE SU's Simply Scrappin' kits. And although they are designed for the scrapbooker, the cardmaker in me cannot resist them. Last week, I had to put together a scrapbooking workshop and I used the Special Delivery Girl SS kit. When my workshop was over, I couldn't wait to use up the leftovers to make cards. Well... I've already made 4 cards and I still have tons of leftovers to make tons more! Below are my four cards

Each of these kits contain 6 sheets of 12 X 12 double-sided patterned paper, 8 sheets of 12 X 12 textured cardstock and 6 sheets of self-adhesive die cuts.

My goal was to use only the stuff that came in the kit and I did pretty well... until...

... this card. I think it is against my principles NOT to use ribbon on a card! So, I gave myself permission to use a taffeta ribbon for the last card. Hope you've enjoyed this post!