" re-designing my blog "

"L'envol créatif" is up on the wall...

Two posts today, this is the first one.

 Hubby put up my canvas today in the living room...it looks amazing with our chair,,,

"Old Hollywood Romance" Card

What a beautiful sunny day...Today I felt like going over the top a bit...And of course with Valentine's just around the corner, romance is in the air...So here is one of my interpretations of romance ...I love the Webster's Hollywood Vogue paper, but I really dislike the roses combined with the daisies...To me, these roses are soft, romantic, luxurious, and daisies are field flowers, they're fun and abundant...I guess the florist in me is coming out  ( I have my certificate and worked in that domain for a year)...So I fancy cut the paper, inked the edges, applied some bling and some glossy accent on the tail, as well as some of the roses.

  I stamped and heat embossed the chandelier; I must say I love embossing, and if you said I could only have one bottle, I would choose this one, I just adore it....Added some bling, of course, to the chandelier

....Inside, I used an embossed paper, added a Webster's tag, a Websters silver trim and some Graphic 45 cut out roses....

Products used : Papers: DCWV Mariposa and Webster's pages Hollywoood Vogue; Rangers Glossy Accents, Tim Holtz Wild Honey Distress Ink, Prima Annalee Canvas Chipboard, Webster's Pages Hollywood Trim, Graphic 45 Le Romantique...beads and bling were gifted to me...

"Inspire" Card

Hi there, today I wanted to work with a color combination of blue and mauve; so soft and calming. My base paper is Basic Grey Wisteria White Dynasty, the doily is packaging from Prima. I border punched and pleated some crepe paper around the doily and added some pearls to it. The crocheted flowers, as well as the mini roses, are from "I am roses",http://www.iamroses.com/ a fabulous, inexpensive supplier of flowers.The one in the middle I made myself, super quick and easy, below that, such a darling little one, is a Webster's pages Whimsey; I bought these on E-bay at YourScrapBookSupply http://stores.ebay.com/yourscrapbooksupply(Oh My Gosh, compared to Canada, I paid about half price for everything, and she gave me an excellent quote for shipping ). I don't usually promote my suppliers, but these two are worth mentionning.  Anyhow, back to my card; I glued down various beads gifted to me, added a in Prima Say it in pea rls Grey corner, my cut out is from BoBunny persuasion. I am showing the word INSPIRE because it can be used in french ( most of my clients are french speaking), or english....The inside is a Prima chipboard....I am very happy with the outcome... Bye for now....

"I've got my eye on you" mixed media wall hanging...

Hello blogerettes, hope your day is treating you well....So,yesterday I decided I wanted to work with fabric.My girlfriend gave me a box of sample fabric, and in it was this piece which I was immediately attracted to...I loved the colors, the texture, the pattern...So, I went for it with a devil may care attitude, fear and insecurities pushed aside, and plunged right in....I am working on being less symmetrical and "less is more"...My husband loves my work, but says I have a tendency to over-embellish, and I think that comes from being insecure about my work...
So, took a canvas, mixed up a color, did some painting, used my Prima masks and glimmer misted here and there in pink, then there and here in irrediscent gold...Mixed another color together, trying to complement the teal, and painted that in using another mask. Did some gold distressed embossing with a beautiful new stamp the hubby bought for me; inked the edges with my favorite TH distressed ink. Added a beautiful button gifted to me, and an ornate plate around it....I wanted to give the effect of an aged piece.. And I resisted the urge to do anymore to it...I walked away, and today I picked it up and looked at it and said; yes, it is finished...
And Voila...

finished...And Voila....

"Iris folding" Kimonos

I love Japanese art. I made the following kimonos using the iris folding technique. I did not make the patterns myself. If you dont know this technique, it is very simple, and a lot quicker that it looks. It is repetitive, but I love going through my papers, and finding the ones I want to use based on color, design and texture...And I find the outcome beautiful...Here are a few I have made...

"Circle of love" Card

Hello lady bloggers, hope your day is going smoothly...I used a Websters Pages die cut for my base, as well as the interior of the card; I glimmer misted it with TA Iridescent Gold; added some Websters gold fleck trim; the red and green flowers are from Prima, the little orange one is from K and co., and the leaves are K and Co. Wild Saffron. I thought it would be nice to have the gold key, from K and Co.metal art keys, as the banner holding up the bird cage ( which I wanted to put on foam squares, but it was too high in conjunction with the key). The Cage and the butterfly I cut out from my newly acquired, now on the top of my fav. list LOL, DCWV Mariposa papers. Made my charm hanging from beads my sister-in-law gave to me, added the little heart at the end in honor of Valentines day. It's all shimmery and purrrrty....Bye for now...Hugs...