Pretty Little Studio Design team

I have the pleasure to announce that I have been selected to be part of the Pretty Little Studio Design Team, starting March 1st! :)

Can't wait to create with these fabulous products!

Marie

another travel/nautical card for Art Impressions

Hi everyone!
I made another card that is travel related for the Travel/nautical Challenge at Art Impressions.  I love the giraffe stamp set! I think it is so cute!! The look on it's face says it all!! lol And the sentiment that goes with it is awesome too. I didn't get to use it here though.

Don't forget that you can still play along. :)

Marie

Travel/Nautical Challenge from Art Impressions

Hi everyone!
It's time for a new card challenge over at Art Impressions:
Make a travel or nautical inspired card.

Here's my card:

For the background I used a picture I took on one of my trips. :) It adds a nice personal touch to the card.

And you, what can you come up with?? ;)
If you participate, leave my a comment here with a link to your card. I'd love to see it!! :)

Marie

CHA 2014 - once in a lifetime!

Hi everyone!
CHA is almost over. This morning I get to go once again, but only until 2:00 this afternoon. After that the show will be over.

What I am planning to do in these short 5 remaining hours?

I'l definitely go make one last make and take at the La-La-Land booth. Their little girls and boys stamps are SO cute and fun to color!!

And I'll go back to Lawn Fawn to see was they have in store for today as a make and take. I'm not into clear stamps at all. They don't work for me. The ink doesn't stick to the stamp, the impression is not great, BUT, but but, I was so pleased to discover Lawn Fawn's clear stamps this weekend. The quality in phenomenal and the stamping is awesome! As for the designs? To die for. Love them!! :)

I'm also planning on hanging out just a little longer with my new friends from Art Impressions. These guys are AMAZING! They are friendly, loving, generous and they made me feel right part of their family. I was blessed to meet them. :) So I'll go see if I can take in some more watercolor tricks so that I can show that to you later. :)

What else, I guess, that,s it for the planned side of the day. The rest will be surprise. I had so much fun all weekend long. I met nice people. I met famous people. I met new friends. It was an awesome experience. Here are some pictures. Don't worry I'll be back with an enormous blog post featuring all the great products that I want to get in the near future. ;)

 Heidi. You know how I feel about Heidi. :) She was the first one I went to see. And it was neat because her booth was right next to the Art impressions booth so I got to walk by several times. She might think I was stalking her. Really, I wasn't. I was just enjoying the view. ;)

She is so genuine!! Love her!

Amy Tan. :)

The beautiful Elizabeth Kartchner from Dear Lizzy.

Maggie Holmes with Crate Paper. LOVE her work!

Becky Higgins and Project Life.

It was an amazing thing to see people taking pictures of the cards I made for Art Impressions for CHA. Oh my gosh it made me so happy!

The very sweet and lovely Kelly Purkey (Basic Grey).

No need to introduce the very busy Tim Holz. :) Very nice man. (I know we are blurry. I'll try to get another picture today.)

This is the very lovely Art Impressions team! And some new friends from Singapore.

Kate Swanson. She is the one taking care of the creative team at Art Impressions. She's also my new friend. :) Love you Kate. :)

This is Freddy. :)

Bonnie (Art Impressions) is drawing me something. You know, something quick, on the corner of the table. ;) Loved it!!!! We are so much alike me and her.  We share the same passions. I'd love to spend a day a Disney Studios with her, we'd just watch the designers all day long. :) I was amazed by her and her personality.

Every morning, my friends from Art Impressions would pick me up to go to the show, but that morning I was late (so sorry again guys!) so I got to walk to the next hotel to grab a shuttle to the convention center. The weather was fabulous and so was the view. I enjoyed ever bit of it. :)

I mean.... right?! :)

This is my new friend at Lawn Fawn as I made a couple of make and take there. :) Their stamps are one of the good things I discovered at the show.

Ran into the very lovely, simple, and generous Julie Ebersole!!!!

  And I got to meet Noell and Izzy!!!!!!!! So nice people!!!

I than ran into Stacy and Wendy. It was my lucky day. Nothing of that was planned and you know, CHA is huge!! So when you run into people like that, it's pure luck!

They are so nice and genuine and accessible. Incredible!! And I'll get to spend more time with them at Play (starting tonight!!) So excited!!! :)

I had lunch with my friends Karine and Celine from Entre Artistes. LOVE THESE GIRLS!!! So happy I can call them my friends.

My team. Phil, Bonnie and Kate. Love you guys. I'm so proud and happy to be part of your team. It's an honor!

 And this is Kendra, Phil and Bonnie's daughter. Oh my gosh, one more lovely people. Here she is giving me a quick watercolor class. You'll know more about that soon. :)

In action. This moment, for me, is one of the best of the entire show.  That's where I know that that's what I love. I'm an artist. :)

I have to run now. I have a shuttle to catch and a show to attend!!

Talk to you soon!
thanks for following my blog. :)

Marie

The reason I am now on the Art Impressions team

Hi everyone!
Hello Ai Fans!

Do you know how I ended on the Art Impressions DT?
A year ago, my good friend and amazing artist Catherine made THIS card. I thought it was just AMAZING!!!! She then sent me a Christmas card using the Village stamp set from Art Impressions. I was in awe! So I bought a try fold stamp set myself for my Christmas cards this year and as I went on their website to get some inspiration, I saw that they were looking for new design team members. You know the rest of the story. :)

So anyway, when I got to place my first order in their store, THE VERY FIRST STAMP I put in my basket was the Village stamp set. Of course!!! It makes me think of my friend and of why I'm so fortunate to be on the team!! I hope I can create nice things to make them proud. For now, even if Christmas is long gone (still have my Christmas tree here! lol), I would like to show you my take of their beautiful beautiful Village stamp set:

I watercolored every images, used glitter and a white gel pen. :) In real, it's like a tiny art work. If you are looking for THE perfect stamp for you Christmas cards for next year, this might be the one. :)

Oh and, I fell in the trap this year once again: having to make so many cards in so little time, with so many other projects on my scrap table, so maybe we should take advantage of the snow outside and of what is left of the Christmas spirit to start creating our cards for next year. It might be a life saver next December!! :)

Happy creating and Happy Stamping!

Marie

A story told with numbers

Hi everyone!

I'm happy to be here today to share with you a page that I have put together before Christmas for Get It Scrapped.
The challenge was to tell a story with numbers.
I went BIG! And it took me a long time to adjust the text around the numbers. I won't go in the details but believe me, it was hard work. And I realize today that the story is hard to read…it's not quite perfect, but its ok. I understand, I have a store, pictures, it's profound, I'm happy.

Here's the page, using Dear Lizzy's collection. Man I love Dear Lizzy. Everything this girl does is gold! I hope I can get a picture with her at CHA. :)

I typed my text directly on my background using photoshop and my large Canon Pro9000 printer.
I hand drew my title and cut it with my Silhouette. This orange paper is my favorite paper EVER and I just have a little piece left. I was happy to use it though. It's an orange paper with aqua blue mini polka dots, from Pink Paislee.

With the numbers from Dear Lizzy's pattern paper, I mixed some thickets and number stickers from Studio Calico Sundrifter. I just love the colors so much!!!

There you go! :) Hope I could inspire you a little. You surely learned a thing or two about me too. ;)

Talk to you soon!!
Marie-Pierre

PS: I'd like to thank every one who purchased Debbie's classes through my website! :) It gave me a little something to purchase more scrapbooking supplies and to create more! :) Thank YOU!!!

Silent night

Hi everyone!

Today I'm sharing a card on the Art Impressions blog. I used a Christmas image but I think this image could easily be used for a friendship card or even a sympathy card.

A very simple but different card. ;)

Happy creating!!
Marie-Pierre