Relax...

What do you do when you are in vacation ? :

I couldn't resist ! one more before leaving !...

Vacation...

My blog is in Vacation for a week or two (I am not sure yet !) ...

Hope you have a nice summer ...

When I'll be back I will organize a giveaway to celebrate this vacation ...

See you soon ...

Etsy seller Tools

For my follow friday I thought about sharing these nice tools for Esty seller;
Most of you will know them but I hope to share them with new Etsy sellers :



- Craftopolis will show you if you are actually in treasury; gives a clock treasury where you know when the treasury will open; tells you if you are in any gift guide and an other new tools that tells you how many hearts you win each days (+ advertisement).





- Craftcult it's all about hearts : Who hearts your shop ; who hearts and who many hearts you get by items and features tells you if you are featured in any front page, storque or gift guides.


- Etsywiki You always wanted to know what those acronyms stand for ? Pif, ACEO, BFSC ect... this is a place to go and everything you'll know !





- Yaami tools to promote, advertise and more ; my favorite is the little heart gadget (look on the right side of my site)









- Socialmention tells you who is talking about you ; who blogged you ...

- Etsy fee calculator all is in the title !...




if you have any more suggestion site, please leave them in the comments...

Fairytale Treasury

I am still in 'vacation' mode and I am sure you can guess where I am going !...

Look and give some love to this beautiful artists :

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New decoupage

Some of my clients and followers are amazed by how my items look like paintings;

this plaque is on sale in my etsy shop (clic on it)

It's one of the reason we call it New decoupage technique ...

This technique is based on the use of very thin paper like paper napkins, tissue paper, rice paper and other very thin papers;

(find amazing paper napkins in my second shop : http://squirrelstock.etsy.com)

of course these papers are very fragile and delicate and become even more fragile when they are in contact with the glue; so they winkle a bit but we have few technique to eliminate those winkles;

The first one is to gently rub on the winkle, the second is to heat it (when it's dry, with a low temperature iron) ; with this secret, you'll get a perfect 'collage' ;

Then it's a good thing to apply several coats of varnish (water base varnish is better).

Fell free to visit my other blog with a gallery of my artwork :

http://sybillinart.canalblog.com

Video games Treasury

I am in 'vacation' mode and I had fun creating this treasury :





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Take a break ...

Play the Tourist in your own town; Look at different angles to see the life in an other way ! :



clic on the picture to see the video ...

Garden beauty : Lilac

To continue the visit of my garden here is the next beauty ! :




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vote for your favorite Bike item

I've been selected for the vote on Bike gears ...

The winner is a georgous necklace :

http://www.etsy.com/storque/etc/vote-wearablebydesign-on-her-victory-ride-4373/

Daisy Treasury

The summer bring flowers...
I love them all ; after the roses treasury, here is the Daisy treasury :




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Work in progress...Birthday Card

I thought it would be interesting for you to see one of my work on progress :

To make this card I needed 2 of the same image; one is glued (with heat-n-bond) on a blank card and varnish ; the other one is glued on a white cardboard piece and cut-out in the right shape; then added to the first image with foam tape.

here is the final card :

(if you clic on it, it will bring you to my etsy shop)

Blue treasury

Very nice Blue treasury from CindyLou2 :




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I made a all set with this beautiful dolphin for an order :

Tagged !...follow friday ...

I've been tagged by KT Paper Crafts, I now have to share with you all 10 facts about myself, and then tag another 10 bloggers :

1 - I love paper crafts

2 - I am born in France , yes ! near Paris

3 - I live in Canada since 2001 and love my new life

4 - I have 2 teenagers (13 and 17 ; time went so fast !)

5 - I have 2 black and white cats

6 - I have an adorable husband; we will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary next year in January.

7 - I am a fan of Celine Dion, Enya and relaxing music

8 - I love squirrel and forest animals ; and all animals , except for insects ...

9 - I am thrilled to have plan our next vacations to Disneyland !

10 - I like cuteness !...

And here are the 10 people I tag to be "it" next :

LittlePinkPlum

cradtedbylindy

bouncingoffthewalls

hdawnparrat

baremoose

frenzy23

glasscircus

nanabrowns

etsyitemoftheday

Peanut's page

Consider them as my follow Friday blog ...

And the winner is...

I am glad to announce the winner of my first giveaway ;

As I didn't have much participants I will send the Card to the winner and I offer 10% off in my shop for the other participant ...

The Winner is :

Frenzy23 receive 10% off in my shop...

Thanks to all ...

Ladybugs Tea party

There are so cute and add some colors to our gardens :



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I also have few ladybugs items in my shop, please visit :
http://www.etsy.com/search_results_shop.php?search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_7276197&search_query=ladybugs