Ben and his Puff-Heart Dragon - Whiff of Joy GDT

Howdy!! A quick post from me today, I am in the middle of preparing dinner and if you know kids, you'll know'll that when it comes to food they don't like to be kept waiting.. they circle like sharks, makes a mum very uncomfortable, lol!! 

Today I would like to share a card I made using a couple of the January Release images from Whiff of Joy. Meet Sweet Valentine Ben and Puff-Heart Dragon. These are seperate images that I have masked together. I first stamped out Ben on a piece of scrap paper and trimmed it out. Then I stamped him onto my card, covered him with the cut out from the paper and stamped the dragon down too. 

These images are just so easy to colour. I used too many copics to list though, lol.

Challenges: 

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

Woodware USA  - Hearts

One Stitch At A Time - Love and Valentines

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Wings

Wags 'n Whiskers - Valentine's Day

Rainbow Lady's - something new (product, technique, tool)
Sassy Studio Designs - use something new

 

 

 

Materials:

Papers: Basic Grey Archaic

Images: Sweet Valentine Ben & Puff-Heart Dragon from Whiff of Joy

Tools: Sewing Machine, Paper Trimmer

Adage Ticket and doily from my stash. 

Pearl topped Brads also from Whiff of Joy

Thanks for dropping by!

Sandie

xXx

Help for Katie

Katie Emmerson Renz, a fellow crafter, has very recently had the devastating diagnosis of stage 4 gastric cancer. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy, her only treatment option. 

Katie is married to Kevin and they have 3 beautiful boys. You can read Katie's story - in her own words - HERE on her blog.

A group of very talented artists have come together to fundraise for Katie and her family. They have put together a package full of lots of digital images that you can purchase for a fraction of their worth. Details and images of these digis can be found on Jak Heath's Blog.

Please, dig deep and do what you can to help. Spread the word about this fundraising through your blogs, forums, Facebook, Twitter.. anywhere that will allow it. 

I have made a very clean and simple card using one of the images and some sentiments from this package. 

and here are some photographs of the lovely Katie and her family.

The full list of artists and images are over on JAK'S Blog, along with details on how to purchase the images - AND there will be prizes!!

Challenges:
Stamp Something - use a digi
Delicious Doodles - try something new or use something new

Cute Card Thursday - use some old stash
Delightful Challenges - buttons
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - buttons

Pixie Dust Studio - 2 or more ribbons
Rainbow Lady's - something new (product, technique, tool)
Sassy Studio Designs - use something new

Whiff of Joy - Stamp Kit News

Whiff of Joy  are now offering quarterly stamp kits, illustrated by the wonderfully talented stamp illustrator Elisabeth Bell. All stamps are brand new and will not be seen until you receive your kit.

Each kit comes as an A4 rubber stamp plate (uncut, unmounted, bare rubber).

Kits will be available on Pre-Order ONLY.

You can choose to order one  kit at a time, or take a yearly subscription which covers four kits for even better value for money.

Click on the pictures below for more details on each option.

    

InStyle Stamps - Fairy Tales

Happy Sunday!! Today I would like to share a card I made using the Fairy Tales collection by InStyle Stamps.  This set has 6 Fairy Tale inspired images. Snow White, Alice in Wonderland, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood and Thumbelina.

Fairy Tales will be available to buy just after CHA at a cost of $21.95 

Deciding which cutie to use was the hardest part, but Sleeping Beauty is just so precious. 

I followed InStyle Stamps sketch, which is the first sketch of 2011. This sketch challenge is still running, you can find the details HERE

 

Challenges:

One Stop Craft - card for a child

Craft Your Days Away (2 weeks) - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - Something New

2 Sisters (2 weeks) - gettin girly

Catch The Bug (3 entries) - anything goes

Delicious Doodles - try something new or use something new

Colour Create (2 weeks) – COLOR – pink, red, white (optional: hearts)

Paper Crafting Journey - use a digi

Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes

Papers: BG Olivia

Image: Sleeping Beauty by InStyle Stamps

Tools: MS Doily Lace punch, Circle Nestabilities

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Brads, pearls, ric rak and pearl topped pins from my stash

Check out the Instyle blog for more samples from this fantastic set, and other new release sets. 

Sandie

xXx

Basic Grey Challenges & CES Challenges

Good morning! My post is a little bit late today as I'm having broadband issues again.. I think the weather is affecting my signal. We have our winter wonderland back again and it's just lovely to look at. I'm sure not everyone shares my enthusiasm for the snow though, lol. 

I have a couple of cards to share today but first some happy news :D... 

I received a very unexpected email this week, inviting me to join in with the girls on Basic Grey Challenges as GDT member. I'm not sure why, as I never use Basic Grey,.. HA, as if!!! I am thrilled to have been asked and am looking forward to working with these fabulous ladies for the next few weeks!

The theme for this fortnight is DOTS or SPOTS! and the prize for this challenge is $25 store voucher for the Simon Says Stamp Store.

I used BG Marjolaine papers, love them!! My image is called Angel Charlotte and she's from Whiff of Joy. I've coloured her with copic markers, trimmed her out and mounted her on pop dots. 

 There is also a DT call open for the next 2 challenges so  if you are interested in joining the Basic Grey team you have a month to apply. Details on the blog.

Papers: BG Marjolaine

Image: Angel Charlotte
Tools: Nostalgia Border Die

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Cornflower Blue Scrappers Floss & tag from my stash
Pearl Brads
Copics: E21, E51, E00, E02. BG05, BG07, BG0000. YG21, YG23, YG25. Y21, Y26, Y28. E41, E43, E44

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz (3 entries) – birthdays and celebrations
Moving Along With The Times (3 entries) – use old stash along with new stash {Old = stamp. New = pearl brads}
Creative Cottage (2 weeks) - something new
Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes
Little Red Wagon - use a doily
Stars and Stamps - NO GLITTER, thinking of you
Flourishes - Flowers
Claudia & Co – use a tag

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CES Challenges

Our theme this week on CES Challenges is All Creatures Great and Small. We want you to use any type of creature on your project. 


I used an extremely cute image from Wild Rose Studios called Fergus. 

Again, I used BG papers - this time "Olivia". I coloured Fergus with copics and used the MS Cornice punch on each side of the image. I love the 'frame' effect it gives. When the card was finished I thought it looked a little bit plain so I made some photo corners and it finished it off nicely :)

 Papers: Basic Grey Olivia
Image: Fergus with Bouquet
Tool: MS Cornice Punch, MS Deep Edge Trellis Punch
Ribbon - American Crafts
Pearl Topped Pins
Copics: RV91, RV93, RV95. R30, R32. E93, E95. YG03, YG05, YG06, YG11.

Challenges:
Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes- Optional: Lace
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - try something new or use something new
Cute Card Thursday - use some old stash {unopened ribbon - have it for about 2yrs}

 Well that's all from me for now. Apologies for such a long post, I'm a bit chatty today, lol.
Don't forget to visit my teamies' blogs as they work so hard to bring you plenty of inspiration.

Oh.. and I will be sharing some layouts on my Scrappy Blog tomorrow. I was among some very lucky ladies who were fortunate enough to be asked to contribute to the Sketches2Scrapbook iPhone/iPad/iTouch App :)

Have a wonderful weekend!
Sandie

Inky Impressions Challenge - Ribbon & Flowers... and one to share

Hi!! We're really back in the swing of things today, it's amazing what some decent sleep can do for a person, lol. 

I have 2 cards to share with you today. The first one my DT card I made for Inky Impressions Challenges with the theme Ribbons & Pearls and the other I made for some challenges.

I used the sketch from Wild Orchid Challenges

Again I've used Winter Fashion Marlee, can't get enough of this cutie!! She's been coloured using Copic markers, trimmed out and mounted with 3D pop dots. I've also added some stickles to her hat for a little bit of sparkle. 

My papers are BG Curio - I am so glad I got 2 packs of this paper, one to use and one to hoard, lol. I used the Martha Stewart Doily punch for the border work. The heart shaped doily has been inked with Brushed Cordoroy distress ink and then I added some star dust stickles. The heart pin, flowers, lace, ribbon & pearls are from my stash.

Other challenges:
ABC DT Challenge - Baby It's Cold Outside
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Be sure to check out my teamies' Ribbon & Pearls creations over on the Inky Impressions Blog. 

Next up is a card I made for the Just Magnolia Challenge, which is Anything Goes. Did you notice that you can now use hAnglar & stAnglar images for their challenges? This is great news as I've got so many that I've never had the chance to ink up :D

Again with BG Curio.. yes, yes I'm a tad obsessed with these papers right now.. I machine stitched all the papers and used a shed load of stickles and pearls :D

This sweet Tilda image was sent to me by my good friend Jan. Isn't she just so pretty?! Coloured with copic markers as always {my poor inks are sorely neglected lately!!}

My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment is a Tim Holtz adage ticket.

Other challenges:

Mad for Markers - Anything Goes

Copic Creations - Sparkle

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe Crafts - Sparkle & Shine
Flourishes - Flowers
Pile it on - Brand Spanking New {new Magnolia}
ABC Christmas - A for Anything Christmas

Thanks for popping in today. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!
Sandie
xXx

The Daily Dare Day 11 -sponsored by Waltzing Mouse

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday!! We're still in holiday mode here as the kids don't go back to school until next Monday. I can feel the pain of trying to get back to routine already, lol.

It's the 11th day of Christmas over on the Daily Dare Blog - and Waltzingmouse Stamps is sponsoring the challenge today. 

The weather has turned pretty chilly again and we are forecast some more snow so our challenge to you is very appropriate - We would like you to use snowflakes on your card - in any form - stamped, die cuts, patterned papers, as long as there is snowflakes somewhere on your creation. 

Check out all the details of the challenge over at the Daily Dare Blog on how you could win a Waltzingmouse stamp set of your choice. 

The Waltzing Mouse DT have had such fun with this challenge and you can see all their snowflake cards over on the Waltzingmouse Stamps blog. 

Ingredients:
Stamps - Waltzing Mouse: Seasons of Love (nestie friendly)
Classic Circle Nestabilities
Snowflakes cuttlebug folder
Victorian Velvet Distress ink
Grosgrain ribbon 
Pearl topped brad