Whiff of Joy # 56...Snowflakes are Winter's Butterflies!

Well, I spent the day in my scrapbooking room yesterday and decided to play along with a few challenges instead of working on my DT stuff! Shame on me, I know but I couldn't resist this fabulous sketch that they have over at the Whiff Of Joy Challenge blog this week! It was also an opportunity to play with my poor, neglected, WOJ Winter Kit stamps.

I used this great Pink Paisless paper called Tinsel Town and I just absolutely love, love, love it! The colours are soooooo yummy! I made the cardbase 6x6 from some silvery Bazzill Bling and matted with pink Bazzill bling.

I stamped Willow on ATS cardstock and then masked her and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to align and stamp the sledge. I sponged the image using the Nestie die as a stencil with silver Metallic Rub-ons. Then I randomly stamped the sweet WOJ snowflakes. I just think the sentiment that came with the WOJ Winter stamps Kit is sooooo sweet...I had to use it on this card. I also used one of my CatsLife Press stamps. The ribbon is from my stash and I added a few gems to the centers of the snowflakes and shimmerized here and there with Angel Wings Shimmerz!

Here is the inside...I used another one of my WOJ sentiments for the inside.

Well, Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 7...Oliver and Olivia...Happy Winter & Have a Cool Yule!

Hey Krafty friends, It's time for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge! So are you all set to be Krafty? Well, we have a great challenge for you this week set by Nana Diana! It's not too difficult and you'll have one more Christmas or Happy Winter card in the "done" pile! Can't beat that now, can ya!? Diana has used sweet Bernadette on her super sweet card so the lucky random winner of this week's challenge will receive Bernadette from Crissy's Cuties!

I had a great time at my friend Michelle's house last weekend and I made these two cards featuring Oliver and "Olivia", smile. I decided to make a very simple and easy to re-create sketch and used my fave MME Colourful Christmas pp and teamed it up with Prism Kraft cardstock for the base. I am going to use this basic scheme for all my Christmas cards this year! I loved using Oliver from Crissy's Cuties Collection...he is soooo super adorable, easy and fun to colour and I can change him into "Olivia" if need be, smile!

So, I stamped Oliver on ATS Copic Quality paper and coloured him with my Copics. I cut the image with my Nesties and left the image inside the Nestie and inked it with Green Chalk ink. I added my fave ribbon American Crafts and used my new Nestie Snowflakes. I embossed the cardstock with my cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and then cut the snowflakes, Inked them and added a BG Brad. The sentiment is from Kimmie's Holiday Sentiment set and I stamped it on one of the cute die cut tags that came with the MME colourful Christmas paper pack.

Here is the inside...very simple as, I want to mass produce these so I didn't go too crazy on the inside, smile! The sentiment is from Kimmie's Everyday Sentiment set.

For this card I turned Oliver into Olivia with a wave of my magic Copic marker,lol! Again, I cut her out with my Nesties, used the die as a stencil and sponged with pink Metallic rub-ons. For these snowflakes I embossed the cardstock with the snowflake Cuttlebug folder first. The sentiment is also from Kimmie's Holiday Sentiment set. Again I used my fave American Crafts ribbons and BG Brads for the snowflakes.

And once again here is the inside of the card!

Well, Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek! Make sure you go and check out all the other Krafty Girls creations too...they are super duper fabulous! I hope you can join us this week for the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge blog!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 31...Celebrate!

I'm back....I had a great time stamping and making cards with my friends on the weekend. It was my friend, Michelle's B-day and we had yummy brownie cake and lots of fab food and chocolate,smile. It was so nice to get together and catch up! I wasn't as productive as I thought I would be but that was a little wishful thinking on my part as I always do way more chatting than crafting at crops, smile!

Well, I made this card for Michelle following Mina's great sketch over at Just Magnolia and used BasicGrey Lemonade and made the 6x6 cardbase from Bazzill Bling!

I stamped her on ATS Copic Quality paper and coloured her with my Copics. I cut her out with my Nesties using the "out of the box" technique! I left the image in the Nestie and inked it with Distress inks...Antique Linen and Broken China. I added some yummy satin ribbon, Prima flowers with BG brads and shimmerized them!

Here is the inside...I was so glad that she loved it!

Well just a quick post tonight....thanks for stopping by to have a wee peek!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #6...What's New?

Hello Krafty friends! I'm back with my card for this week's challenge over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge blog! This week we will have you...spinning right round, baby, right round...well, not really but the wild and krazy, krafty girl, Andrea would like to see you use circles and lots of 'em on your creation!!! But you can also sing the song too, if you want he, he, he! Andrea has used sweet Piper on her stunning card and so that is the Kandy the random winner will receive this week. Hope you can join us for the challenge, smile!

For my card I made the base 6x6 from Bazzill Bling cardstock and used this Fancy Pants pp from my stash. I've had it a while and not really cut into it...hording again,lol! Well, it has lots of circles in the pattern so I thought it would be perfect for this challenge. I stamped cutie Clara and her "tweet" friend from the Moonlight Whispers collection on ATS Copic Quality paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with my fave, Copics!!!! I cut her out with my circle Nesties and cut a mat with the scalloped Nesties and my thinking is the scalloped edge is just a lot of half circles...do I get bonus points for that, he, he, he! I used my QK flowers to cut some felt flowers and added "circle" buttons for the centres and a few extra buttons here and there. I added some American Crafts ribbon to finish it off and the sentiment from Kimmie's Everyday Sentiments set and cut it out with my circle Nesties.

Thanks for stopping by and having another wee peek! Make sure you check out all the other Krafty girls' creations cuz they are just absolutely fab-u-lous. Looking forward to seeing your creations with lots and lots of circles!

Hugs,

New BasicGrey Challenges # 8 Glitz & Bling...Holiday Magic!

Well, another busy week just zipped by and now I have a busy weekend planned too! I am working today so by the time you read this I will have headed off to work. Then when I get back I will pack up all my Christmas card stash. I'm hoping to pack light and bring just what I need...oh who am I kidding, lol! I will end up bring everything but the kitchen sink as per usual, lol! So, I am heading to Toronto to my friend, Michelle's house for a scrapbooking/cardmaking weekend. Today is also Michelle's B-day...so I want to wish her a very Happy B-day!!!

Well, It is Challenge day for me... this is my BasicGrey Challenges card! I hope you can come back to see my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge card too! This week at BasicGrey Challenges we have a fabulously fun challenge...Glitz & Bling!!!! My BG teamies have really out done themselves this week with such gorge cards...you are sure to be inspired! So, make sure you pop by their blogs and have a wee peek and I hope you can join us for this glitzy, bingy challenge,smile.


I made my cardbase 6x6 from Bazzill Bling cardstock and used BG Eskimo Kisses 6x6 paper pad. I love this paper it is just so pretty! I stamped Tilda on ATS Copic Quality paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with my Copics. I cut her out with my Oval Nesties and used the "out of the box" technique. I used BG bling flourish and chopped it up, putting a little here and a little there. I also used one of my Melissa Frances glittery hearts and punched a hole with my Crop-o-dile and added a BG Eskimo Kisses fancy brad with a little bling. To finish it off I used this yummy American Crafts ribbon which I just love...it's such a great match for this paper, Prima flowers with a BG Eskimo kisses brad and the sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub-on. Oh, I almost forgot, I used my sparkly Polar White Flower Soft for the first time on this card and I think it really makes it extra special...love this stuff!

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek! I hope to come home Sunday with lots of Christmas cards made, smile!

Hugs,

Whiff of Joy # 54...Cherish

Hey crafty friends! I hope you all had a great weekend and got to do some stamping. I was in bed all day Sunday with an excruciating migraine so no crafty time for me. Not sure what to think of the nerve block injections...I'll keep plugging along, I guess. I do have to say that I am very blessed though, to have such a sweet and mature 10 year old daughter, Hannah, who took such good care of me and with my Mom who made an extra Shepard's pie and brought it over for dinner!

Well, I have a quick post today to share this card that I made for the Whiff Of Joy Challenge. They have a great sketch this week! I needed a baby card for a friend and I had to use my go-to stamps by Whiff of Joy. I just adore these images and they are quick to colour up with my Copics .

I used scraps of Sassafras patterned paper that I have in my stash for a while and Bazzill Bling cardstock. To embellish I used American Crafts ribbon, Prima flowers with MM flower brads and I shimmerized the flowers and image with Angel Wings Shimmerz. The sentiment is stamped on a metal rim tag. It is from the WOJ fall stamp kit...I think.

Here is the inside I used my new Nesties...love 'em. The inside sentiment is from the WOJ Baby collection.

Well, Thanks for stopping by today and having a wee peek! I really appreciate all your kind comments and I hope to be able to do a little blog hopping and catch up on my commenting soon!

Big Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #5...You're Snow Sweet!

Good morning Krafty friends! We have another great challenge for you today over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge blog! Krafty girl, Niki has picked the challenge and she would like us to Stitch it Up! You can use machine or faux stitching on your creations and because Niki's fabulous card features Oliver the lucky random winner of this weeks challenge will receive sweet little Oliver.

For my card I used cutie patootie Bernadette from Crissy's Cuties Collection and she comes with the great sentiment that I've used on this card too. I ordered this fabulous MME paper called Colorful Christmas from Scrappin' Great Deals, after seeing this sweet card that Kimmie made with it. I absolutely love this paper and I thought it would be perfect for Bernadette!

I made my card base 6x6 from Prism craft cardstock and inked all the edges of my pp with my fave Colorbox chalk ink in Chestnut Roan. I am terrible with the sewing machine so I just used my favourite Kelly Panacci acrylic stitching stamps instead and stamped them with Brushed Corduroy Distress ink. I couldn't use the stamps on the circle so I just used a brown Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pen. I added a few prima flowers with BasicGrey and Making Memories brads, prima velvet leaves and some velvety stitched ribbon from my stash.

I stamped Bernadette on ATS Copic Quality paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with my Copics. I cut the image out with my new Nesties, also from Scrappin' Great Deals, and left the image in the die and inked it with Antique Linen Distress ink. I used a template that I've had kicking around for a long time and never used before...it's called Snowflake and made by The Crafters Workshop. I used my W-1 Copic to trace the flourishes on the template and went over them with a Sakura Stardust pen.

Here is the inside...the sentiments is from Kimmie's Holiday Sentiments set and I added one of the cute snowflake die cuts from the MME Colorful Christmas paper pack.

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek! I hope you can join us for this week's Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge...just haul out the old singer or get your stitching stamps out and get krafty!

Hugs,