DT Whiff of Joy - Henry with Large Rose

Howdy from LA!! This CHA convention is beyond comprehension .. seriously overwhelming stuff, but OH SO MUCH FUN!!! I have been threatened with expulsion for my paparazzi tendencies but fear not, I will take the risk to get you all the pics of the show!

I just {heart} the new Whiff of Joy stamps and today I am sharing my little Henry with Large Rose. I  also{heart} Henry Mouse - very very much :D !!

My papers are from the Love Me collection by My Mind's Eye, as are all the die cuts {banner, bingo card & i.love.you sentiment} This kit is just fabulous to work with.

As always, I've machine stitched my papers onto my cardstock and I've added some of the fabulous satin ribbon from Whiff of Joy. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Ok... back to work ;) Have a FABULOUS day!
Sandie
xx

DT Whiff of Joy & Whiff of Joy Challenge

Hi everyone!! Well good ole' blogger let me down again and didn't publish this post for me.. but my silver lining is that it fits the new Whiff of Joy Challenge - Love is in the Air - which starts today :D 

On my card I've used another of the wonderful Valentine release stamps - Henry with Large Bow. This little guy just oozes CUTENESS!!!!! 

 

 I embossed some white cardstock with my swirl embossing folder and stitched it down onto some red card. Before stitching it, I adhered the ribbon so that it too would be stitched on each side.

I coloured Henry with Copic markers and trimmed him out, then I adhered him with 3D foam dots for added dimension. 

The sentiment is by Waltzingmouse Stamps and I've cut it out with my cuttlebug and a classic circle nestabilities and then mounted it on foam dots. For embellishment I've added some white pearls.

Challenges - 

Alota Rubber Stamps - Hearts

Card and Scrap - Clean and Simple

Creatalicious Challenges - Love

Just Tracys Crafts Challenge - Love is in the Air
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop -  Be my Valentine

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Valentine's Day

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Bows

TCP Tuesday - Embossing

Outlawz - Color Challenge* Twist, Embossing

Thanks for popping in!

Have a wonderful day

Sandie

xx

 

Whiff of Joy Challenges and Colour Me Creative Challenge.

Hi everyone!! Boy the summer holidays sure kills off any computer time! The kids are stuck indoors again because of the rain and it's taking all I'm worth to keep them amused. They haven't noticed me missing yet so I'm typing as fast as I can, lol.

I have a couple of cards I'd like to share today.... but first I'd just like to remind you that you only have 4 more days to enter my Blog Candy. Just click HERE or the pic in my sidebar to go to the post... if you're not in you can't win ;)

First up is my Whiff of Joy Challenges, a sketch by Kylie. There is still another week left on this challenge so plenty of time to get your entries in.

On my card I've used one of the new stamps being released on August 1st. You are gonna LOVE these stamps so start saving your pennies ;) 

My papers are from Craftworks and I've matted them with Kraft. All of my papers have been inked and machine stitched. I've used copics on my image.. sorry I didn't keep track of which colours I used. 

The sentiment is also from Whiff of Joy's August release and co-ordinates with the stamps. 

The swirled arrow is by Cherry Arte. The jute and flossed button are from my stash. 

Challenges -

Whiff of Joy - Sketch

Hooked on Crafts - Cute and Cuddly

Kaboodle Doodles - Stitching - Faux or real

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Squigglefly - use Kraft paper

 There's Magic in the Air - Layers (at least 6)

Here Come the Boys - Travel

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Next is my Colour Me Creative Challenges DT card. This challenge is a colour combo of Aqua, Red & White/Cream. Scary, eh?? However these colours are fabulous together!!

The Prize for the winner of this challenge (randomly chosen) will get:

The Prize is from The Paper Shelter

$15 Gift Certificate to spend in their online store!!

My image is from The Paper Shelter and she's called Punk Lolly.

I *think* my papers are Kaisercraft, they were scraps. I have machine stitched them all. 

I used copic markers to colour my image - E00, 01, 11. R05, 14, 17, 20, 22, 24, 29. B00, 12, 14. C1, 3, 5, 8. 

My ribbons are American Crafts and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

Challenges - 
Paper Shelter Challenge -  anything goes

Crazy Challenge - Ribbons

 Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Anything goes using a digi

Paper Cutz - Anything goes

 Poodles Parlour -  red, white, and blue

Stamp Something - Include Embellishment
Crafts and Me - Ribbon

Well I've been found.. and now my little Princess wants to make cards..  hmmm!! Thanks for dropping by. Back tomorrow with a card that's.. erm.. late!! lol. 

Have a great day!

Sandie

xxx

Whiff of Joy Challenges - Aqua, Pink & Cream

Hi. Today I have 2 cards to share. The first one is for Whiff of Joy Challenges. This challenge didn't appeal to me one bit when I read it.. no sirrreeee!! Aqua, Pink & Cream? - these colours didn't look right in my head.. but on paper they go really really well together!!

My stamp is called I am Sorry Gnome but it's really versatile and I've used it as a Birthday image. Coloured with copics to match the theme of the challenge - R81, 83 85. BG000, 10, 11. E00, 01, 11, 50, 51, 53. I handcut the tag and the sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps. 

Challenges - 

Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle & Shine

Crafty Emma - Embellish It

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Flower, ribbon, bling

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Fussy and Fancy - 2 papers, 2 embellishments, 1 ribbon

Tellen's Place  - Anything goes

My next card is from Whiff of Joy's new stamp kit. Single sets from this kit will be released on June 1st and pre-orders for the Autumn kit will start on June 15th. 

Challenges - 

Card Cupids - Bright and Bold

Allsorts - Birthday

Card Makin' Mamas - 1 image, 2 papers, 3 different types of embellishments

Paper Cutz - Teacher appreciation

 Have a wonderful day

Sandie

xxx

Basic Grey & Whiff of Joy Challenges

Good morning and happy Saturday. We have a new challenge starting today over on Basic Grey Challenges. We would like to see you use something recycled on your creations. 

As always we are being sponsored by our one only sponsor Simon Says Stamp and the prize is a wonderful $25 credit voucher!!

My papers are Basic Grey Hopscotch 6x6 and my recycled items are the Kraft card & button. I never throw out any item of clothing until all buttons have been removed, lol. 

My image is called Baking Tray of Love and it's one of the new stamps designed by Elizabeth Bell for Whiff of Joy's recently released Spring Kit.  I am also entering into Elizabeth Bell's World challenge which is to create a recipe card. I printed the recipe for sugar cookies on kraft card that I recycled and made it into a removable tag. I punched my borders using MS Vintage Lace punch and machine stitched all my papers.

The fabby distressed seam binding I found on Etsy and this was my last piece of pink :( 

The pearls, pearl topped pins and floss are from my stash. The button is from the jar I put all my scavenged buttons into ;) 

Copics:

Skin - E00. 02, 21, 51

Hair - E13, 25, 27

Top - R81, 83, 85

Dress- E70, 71, 74

Cookies - E51, 53

Baking Tray - C1, 3, 5

Challenges:

Whiff of Joy - Anything Goes

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - Punches or Die Cuts

Digi Doodle Shop's Best -  Anything Goes

Do You Stack Up?  - Add a Bow

Crafty Creations -  Mother's Day

Truly Scrumptious - Tags
Totally Gorjuss - Button It

Paper Take Weekly - 3 of Something (papers)

Pink Elephant - Buttons, lace and ribbon

Stamps R Us - In the Kitchen
Stamp Something - Something Sweet
The Outlawz Copic Challenge - must use Copic/Promarkers - Mother's Day / Spring

Thanks for dropping by today. Have a wonderful Saturday

Sandie

xXx

PaperPlay Challenges & a Whiff of Joy GDT

Good morning! I hope your Thursday is going well. It's a bright & sunny, yet chilly, day here. 

This week's PaperPlay Challenge is Layer it Up and we would love to see loads of layers on  your creations. I made 2 cards for this challenge as I just love layering my papers :D We are being sponsored by Bunny Zoe Crafts and the prize is a cool $10 store voucher.

On this first one I used another Fairy Tales image - Alice - by Instyle Stamps. Now I'm not usually a fan of all things blue when it comes to girls, lol, but I really like the colour scheme for this image. 

My papers are a mix of Basic Grey and Pink Paislee. The co-ordinating ribbon came wrapped around my little man's pj's when I bought them.. definitely a case of recycling here :) The flowers and crystal drops are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

Challenges: 

Kaboodle Doodles - Bling it up

Crafty Pad - Girly

Craft Your Passion - Use 2 patterned papers

Top Tip Tuesday - fabulous flowers

My next card is also my entry into Whiff of Joy's colour combo challenge which is Chocolate, Teal & Cream. LOVE this colour combo!!!! The image I used, Ben, is one of the Valentine releases but I made a Birthday card. Works well, yes? lol. 

The papers are Graphic 45 Steampunk - who'd a thought you could make these papers 'cute'? haha!! The green & brown seam binding.. hmm.. I paid a sweet fortune for this on Etsy a while back before it became popular and easier/cheaper to get.. *sulking*. lol. Still, I love the distressed effect on it and am hoarding it like nobody's business :D 

The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

Ben has been coloured using copics - 

Skin: E21, 51, 00, 02

Hair: E53, 51, 50

Pants/Shoes: E44, 43, 42

Sweater: BG13, 15, 18

Shirt/Tie - E41, 40

Gift -  BG0000, 10, 11

Rose/Ribbon: R32, 35, 37

Challenges: 

Gingersnap Creations - coffee and cream

Paper Pretties - sewing

Penny's Paper-Crafty  – anything goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge - my favourite thing

Wild Orchid Challenges - Let's Get Sentimental

Copic Creations - Something New

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog today. Be sure to pop over to the PaperPlay blog and leave my teamies' a little love :) Have a great day!!

Sandie

xXx

PaperPlay meets Whiff of Joy Challenges

Good morning. We have a very sweet challenge on PaperPlay this week -  Cutie Patootie :D So we would love to see you break out your cutest of images and ink them up!! 

I just couldn't resist using this uuuuber cute stamp from Whiff of Joy, called Henry with Love Balloon - which also happens to be the prize for this week's challenge. I think you'll agree he's definitely a cutie. I followed Jane's fabby sketch on Whiff of Joy Challenges.

He's been coloured using copic markers - E35, E33, E31, E30, R29, R27, R24, R20 and a tiny amount of stickles is added to the balloon. I used classic circles nesties to cut him out and the scalloped circle nesties on for the red card behind him.

The papers are from a pile in my drawer and for the life of me I can't remember what they are called. I've machine stitched them all. 

My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the pearl topped pins from the local drapery store. The pearl brad securing the bow to the ribbon is also from Whiff of Joy. 

Challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Use red and a die cut

Stamping Scrapping Central - flowers

Flourishes - all about your favourites (favourite supplies)

Oldie But Goodie Challenge  - bright & cheerful

Scrap-Creations - love is in the air

Bunny Zoe's Crafts  - Love is in the air

 Crazy Challenge  - Animals

Cupcake Craft - Something New

Lexi's Creations  - Say it with Love

Pollycraft - New Things

Stamping Scrapping Central  - flowers

One Stitch At A Time - Love and Valentines
Paper Sundaes  - Circles

 Wags 'n Whiskers - Valentine's Day

 Thank you so much for dropping in today. Don't forget to leave my teamies' a little love for all their hard work.

Stampin' for the Weekend and Whiff of Joy Challenges

Good morning. Today I would like to share a card I made to cover two challenges - Stampin' for the Weekend with a recipe and Whiff of Joy with Christmas, but not red/green. 

I used one of my very favourite Elizabeth Bell Christmas stamps from Whiff of Joy - Willow with Lantern, and coloured her using copic markers.

I am just loving these Annalee papers by Prima. This card is just over 6x6 as I just couldn't cut the paper. I stitched a 4.5 x 4.5" panel into the middle. I distressed a white doily and slipped it behind the image. 

My embellishment are made up of Prima & Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, buttons threaded with scrappers floss, leaves cut from Whiff of Joy's leaves die and luxurious brads.

The sentiment is from Waltzing Mouse's "Compliments of the Season" set.

I am entering this into the ABC DT Challenge - Non Traditional Colours

Copics - 

Skin: E21, 51, 00, 000 & 02

Dress/Shoes: R30, 20, 12, 01

Top/Ribbon/Trim: Y28, 26, 21

Hair: E53, 51, 50

Leaves: G85, 82

Berries: R24

Thanks for popping in. Have a great day

Sandie

xXx

PaperPlay Challenges - Let it Snow!!

Good afternoon!! Well if you read the title of this post you'll see that our challenge on PaperPlay this week is LET IT SNOW.. no explanation needed, right??! Well you'd think that anyway ... but if you can find snow on my card you've got great sight.. or a wonderful imagination, lol. I totally lost the run of myself and just made a CHRISTMAS card, not a flake of snow in sight.. is it too late to change the challenge??? ha!!

My image is called Angel Delivering Christmas Tree and I've coloured her with copic sketch markers, then I cut her out and mounted her on 3D pop dots. Once I had her stuck down I stickled her wings.  The sentiment is by Lili of the Valley.

My papers are Cosmo Cricket 'Mitten Weather' and are just gorgeous IRL. I've inked them all with Antique Linen distress inks and added a cream doily to place my image on. I've also added some fabulous lace :)

The large flat flowers are Prima Craftables and I've coloured them using Patina Glimmer mist. Just a couple of spritzes so that it didn't cover the whole flower, I wanted the splashes look. I added Wild Orchid Crafts Rose and pearls to the centres. I used the Whiff of Joy 'Leaves' die to cut out my leaf and placed it behind the flowers. For a bit of extra bling I used some Prima e-line pearl swirl

Challenges:

Whiff of Joy - Sketch by Tara

Wild Orchid Challenges - Blue Christmas

Simon Says Challenges - Sparkle

ABC Christmas - X for Xmas

Thanks for popping in!! Have a great day

Sandie

xXx

PaperPlay Challenges - Lace, Ribbon & Flowers

Hi!! It's an AWFUL day out there today. I am spending the afternoon crafting, not putting one foot outside the door for fear of being blown away!! Hubster has been delegated the school runs :D 

I made this card & paper cone set for PaperPlay Challenges - Lace, Ribbon & Flowers, Whiff of Joy Challenges  -  Christmas card, Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes and Basic Grey Challenges which is a sketch by the very lovely Heather.

  

I just adore this sweet WOJ image and love how versatile it is - I knew it would be perfect for a Mother/Daughter Christmas card. I coloured it using Copic sketch markers, cut it out with Labels 14 Nesties and sponged the background with distress ink.

My papers are BG Jovial - I am LOVING them!! I've distessed them with Antique Linen ink. The border work is done using Martha Stewart's deep edge trellis punch. I'm not 100% certain but I *think* the lace is from Prima. I bought the charm and flower centres from The Hobby House at the NEC :D

Then I made a paper cone to using the BG Jovial, ribbon & lace and filled it with candies. It has already been claimed by a certain 4yr old diva... 

... and I just know that a certain 6yr old little man is going to hissy fit until I make him one also, LOL!! 

Thanks for popping in!! Don't forget to leave my PaperPlay teamies a little love and be sure to read the post this week - we are having a DT call!

ABC Challenges - D for Distressing

Good afternoon. I hope you're all having a wonderful day and the weather is better than here, lol. As one of my Facebook friends has just said "Tá an gheimhridh anuas orainn... :( "
 - which means "The winter is upon us". I will admit that it's my favourite season though :)

On ABC Challenges this week our theme is D for Distressing and we are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. 

 I recently found the instructions for making a Desktop Calendar Box and love this kind of project so I really enjoyed making it.

I used a beautiful WOJ image called Dreamy Willow with Flowers. It's been a while since I got to use a Whiff of Joy image and thought I was using Shy Willow, lol, but they are both fabulous to colour. 

Some yummy peanut butter cups hidden inside....

I'm also entering this into a few challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Move It (pull out drawer)

Whiff of Joy - Layers 

Wild Orchid Challenges - Pearls & Pins
Sir Stampalot - All Distressed
Stamp Man Challenges - Distressed

Papers - Basic Grey : Green @ Heart

Box base - White Cardstock

Image - Dreamy Willow with Flowers

Flowers & Pearl Spray - Wild Orchid Crafts

Tools - MS Doily Punch, trimmers, scoring board, Copic sketch markers

Button & Ribbon from my stash. 

Thanks for dropping in today, I really appreciate your visit :)

Sandie

xXx

Sketch Saturday meets Whiff of Joy

Good morning and happy Tuesday. I am in the midst of a long overdue re-decorating of my house this week.. taking it one room at a time. I still can't believe Easter is almost upon  us. The kids will be out of school for 2 weeks starting this Friday and they are thrilled about it, lol.  The year so far has just flown by in a blur. If you haven't entered my candy yet, just click the picture link on the sidebar to take you to the post. You have until Mar 31st to enter :)

Now, on to the reason you are here, lol.

The challenge over on Whiff of Joy this week is to make an easel card ...

...and there is a fabulous sketch on Sketch Saturday for you to try. 

I used K & Company's Classic K Bailey papers with cream cardstock. I absolutely love these K&Co. papers, gorgeous muted colours that take ink so beautifully. I made the border using the MS Doily Lace punch. All of my papers have been distressed with Antique Linen and my image background has been shaded using both Antique Linen and Tattered Rose. I used distress inks to colour my sweet image and, as always, I've added stickles to the wings.

I punched out some pine leaves, inked them and added stickles to the leaves, and my flowers. The flowers and heart pin are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I threaded the button twice with scrappers floss and tied it off into an X, then I mounted it on a 3D pop dot. My image is also on 3D dots. The lace is from my stash and the pearl swirl is part of a much bigger Prima swirl, I just snip off pieces for my cards as I need them :)

For anyone who follows Katharina's blog, you will know that she holds a guest DT call for her Whiff of Joy store every 2mths, on the 16th. 1-3 guest designers will be selected to showcase the new stamps which will be released over 2mths until the new guest DT is selected. There is a recipe to follow, which is:

• 1 cardstock
• 2 Patterned Papers
• 1 Ribbon
• 1 Button

The DT call ends this evening at 8pm (GMT+1) so you need to be quick if you want to enter. Good luck xx

Whiff of Joy Challenge #29…Sketch by Katharina.

This week we have a sketch for you from our very own Katharina.

Just remember that there is only one rule…to use at least one whiff of joy image on your creation...

So this is my entry :)


Card ingredients:
Papers: MME Bella Bella
Distress inks
Image:Melinda with Muffin Basket