Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Coffee and Cream colour challenge and Whiff of Joy...Miss you a Latte!

 Hey crafty friends! Time for another fun challenge at Simon Says Stamp! Good to see that you all enjoyed the "make your own embellies" challenge last week! This week we have a fun colour challenge for you Coffee and Cream! The DT are also featuring Whiff of Joy Stamps this week, if you would like to share your Whiff of Joy creations with us, you are more than welcome but you don't have to use a Whiff of Joy image, just the colour combo!

EDITED: I neglected to mention that we are having a DT call as well with this challenge! The Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT is the bestest DT in blogland,smile! Are you interested in joining us!? Well, just add DT after your name when you link up your card or creation for this challenge! You would be required to make a card/creation for our weekly challenges and join in the commenting rota. In return you will receive regular sprees to the Simon Says Stamp Store where you can choose the items you need for upcoming challenges.


We also have a very generous prize again this week offered by Heidi for the Simon Says Stamp Superstore...$50.00, Whoo hoo! The store is full of Whiff of Joy stamps and oodles of other fabulous crafty goodies. So even more reason to join us!

We also have new super talented member of the DT joining us! Please welcome Dawny P to the Simon Says Stamp DT! We are so thrilled to have her join us and I can't wait to see all the gorgeous creations she makes to inspire us!

For my card this week I have used one of my all time favourite Whiff Of Joy stamps Willow with Hot Chocolate which you can find in the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! I followed the fabulous sketch #142 that they have this week over at Friday Sketchers and I really love how it turned out! I searcd for some coffee and cream papers in my stash and decided on to use sheets from my Crate Paper Snow Day 6x6 paper pad and a few other Crate paper sheets and some gorgeous chocolate Prima flowers in the centre of one of the flowers I used a gorgeous American Crafts Pearl Brad and I added a few cchocolate glittery pearls here and there. I coloured Willow with my Copics and I cut the image out with my Label 8 Nesties and inked with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress inks with the Ranger Ink Blending tool and foam pad. I also cut out the sentiment, which is from a My Favorite Things Stamps A La Mode stamp set, with my Circle Nesties and Lacey Scalloped Circles Nesties. 

Below is the inside....kept it quite simple some more Prima flowers. This sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Coffee Sentiments. 

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Simon Says Stamp Challenge card. Please pop on over to see all the gorgeous creations that the DT members have created this week to inspire you. I hope you get a chance to stamp and get crafty this week and can join us at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Whiff of Joy Challenges # 92...A sketch by Me and WOJ Challenges DT Call!

Good morning crafty friends! I hope you're all having a great week so far! It is Wednesday my fave day as it is almost the weekend,lol! It is also time for a fun challenge over at Whiff Of Joy Challenges and this week we have a sketch by little ol' me, eekkk, hope you like it! I hope you can join us and give my sketch a go! Please visit the WOJC DT as they all have gorgeous creations sure to inspire you! Remember to please use a WOJ stamp to be eligible for the prize.

Here is my sketch....

Now, on a sad note, I have decided it is time to stepped down from the WOJ challenges DT and this challenge is my last DT Challenge but I am sure not my last WOJ challenge.  I have soooooo enjoyed my time on the WOJ Challenges team, with such a fabulous and talented group of ladies! So,  we are having a WOJC DT call to add to the team...so why not join in just add the letters DT after your name!

 I have had this idea for this card for a while as I really wanted to use Business Willow with these Melissa Frances rub-ons. I thought this would be a great card for a friend who just landed the dream job or big promotion at work. So for my card, I pulled out my beloved Echo Park Life is Good pp and I stamped up Business Willow and coloured her with my Copics.

I made a crinkled seam binding bow with seam binding I dyed and crinkled myself. It was originally white Hug Snug seam binding but I spritzed it with water and Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist (you might want to wear gloves unless you like having red fingers,smile). Then I crinkled it all up in a ball and squished it into the corner of a plastic sandwich bag, secured it with an elastic band and let it sit overnight. The next day, I took it out and let it air dry as it was still a bit damp and there you have it....crinkled seam binding...super easy! Really you only need to get white seam binding if you have a large selection of Glimmer Mist and you can dye your own in any colour. I also added a few Prima flowers and some half pearls here and there.

Here is the inside sentiment...

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you get some crafty time over the next two weeks and can join us at the WOJ Challenges....try my sketch and enter the DT call!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Whiff of Joy Challenges # 91 and Friday Sketchers # 126.....Sweet Little Angel!

Good Morning crafty friends! Well its hump day...yuppers...Wednesday, already! We are halfway through the week, folks...YAY! It is also time for another fab challenge over at Whiff of Joy challenges! This week we would like to see you make a Christmas card! We thought we would help you get some of your Christmas cards done with this challenge. Please remember that you must use a WOJ stamp to enter the WOJ challenge. We have had many entries, of late, that did not have a WOJ image on them, therefore, they were not eligible for the prize. Please, check on the Whiff of Joy website for all the WOJ stamps to make sure that you are using a WOJ stamped image!

So, for my card I decided to make a "Christmassy" Baby card! I thought MME Colorful Christmas paper that I just love from last year would be perfect for a baby card!I used the fabulous sketch that they have this week at Friday Sketchers for this card too! The cardbase is 6x6 from white AC cardstock and mated with light blue and pink cardstock! I added some cotton lace and some ribbon, and Prima flowers with pearls. I stamped this sweet image, one of my all time fave, WOJ stamps, of Willow with toddler, from the Wedding and Baby Collection and coloured it with my Copics. I masked the image and then used the new Magnolia snowflakes from the Fall StampClub Kit and stamped around the image in Gingerbread VersaMagic Dew Drop Chalk ink to get a soft look to the snowflakes. I then cut the image with my large rectangle Nesties used the die as a stencil and inked with Spun Sugar Distress ink. I added some Glamour Dust to the image for a little sparkle. The sentiment is from WOJ as well and is stamped on a Nesties tag.

Here is the inside...this is a WOJ sentiment as well from the Wedding and Baby Collection.

Well, thank you for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I really hope you can join us this week at the WOJ Challenges!

Hugs,

Whiff of Joy Challenges # 90....Distressing...'Tis The Season...!

Good morning crafty friends! Still no computer yet, but I think I am going to take the plunge and get an iMac. Hope it i s the right decision....eekkk! I hope to be able to visit again real soon...I miss you all terribly!

Well, today we have a new challenge over at the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog. We would like to see Distressing on your creations and you have the next 2 weeks to join us! Please remember that to be eligible for any prize you must use a WOJ image. The WOJC DT have made such gorgeous creations so pop by and see what inspiring creations they have made for this challenge!

So for my card I decided to use one of my Henry the Mouse images that are just so cute but for some reason I have neglected to use them! I coloured Henry with my copics and cut him out. I added some "Dimensional Snow paint" to the fur trim of his hat and then sprinkled it with Glamor Dust while it was still wet! I Also used some new Echo Park pp that I just LOVE called Merry Christmas. to Distress the card I roughed up the edges of the paper with my Tim Holtz distress tool and applied some Distress Crackle paint in Picket Fence. I also went around the paper and sponged with gold Metallic Rub-ons. To embellish I used ribbon from my stash and prima flowers with half-pearls. The green ones where white and I coloured them with a green Copic marker. The sentiment on the front of the card is an element from the Echo Park pp pack!

Here is the inside...very simple and I didn't distress the inside papers as it makes the card very difficult to close properly....the sentiment is a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps sentiment!

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you can join us at the WOJ challenges!

Hugs,

Whiff of Joy Challenge # 88...2nd year Blogiversary of WOJ Challenges....Thank you Grande!

Good morning crafty friends! Hope your week is going well...it is Wednesday aka hump day so we are half way there, smile, not long until the weekend now...yup, I'm always looking forward to the weekend and my crafty time,lol!

Well, it being Wednesday, it is time for a new challenge over at the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog and this week the challenge is a special one.... "Thank You"! We have a lot to be thankful for at Whiff Of Joy Challenges blog as it is our 2nd year anniversary....Whoo hoo! The WOJC DT have all made stunning thank you cards to say thank you to Katharina for providing us with gorgeous stamps and many crafty goodies that she has in the WOJ on-line shop, to Simon Says Stamp, our very generous sponsor, to our current and past DT friends who have inspired us with stunning creations, dedication and support and to all of YOU, WOJ fans, who play along with our challenges faithfully and inspire us with your creativity, talent and love of all things Whiff Of Joy! So, for this challenge we would like to see you make a thank you card too with a Whiff of Joy stamp!

So, for my card I used Willow with Coffee to Go and coloured her with my Copics. I used my large Oval Nestie to cut out the image and inked with Old Paper Distress ink. Again, I used Echo Park Life is Good patterned paper...love it and made the cardbase from AC cardstock. I used Prima and WOC flowers, and other flowers from my stash, AC ribbon and a sprinkling of brown half pearls! I also used my MFT small scallop Di-namics border die and did some stamping with my Kelly Panacci Stitching stamps. The sentiment is from the MFT Essentials Sentiment set!

Here is the inside...pretty simple...love this sentiment by C.C. Designs!

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a peek at my card! I sure hope you can join us over the next weeks for our special 2nd anniversary at Whiff of Joy Challenges! We are all looking forward to seeing all your gorgeous thank you creations!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

Whiff of Joy Challenge # 87...Lots of Layers...Perfect Love!

Good morning crafty friends! Hope you all made out okay on the first day of school yesterday! Hannah and Kieran had a great day and are very happy with their teachers'..I think it is going to be a great school year!


Well, It is Wednesday and time for another challenge at the Whiff Of Joy Challenges blog. This week we would like to see creations with Lots of Layers...at least 2 layers but we hope to see creations with lots of gorgeous layers, so pile on those papers,smile! I personally love lots of layers on my cards so this challenge was right up my alley! The WOJ Challenges DT have stunning creations to share with you too so I hope you can make a trip over to the WOJ challenges blog and have a wee peek at all the inspiration!



I made this card for a lady at work for her grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. I used BasicGrey Cappella 6x6 papers and this sweet Whiff of Joy image Wedding Cake and sentiment from the Wedding and Baby collection! I coloured it with my Copics and cut it out with my circle Nestie and inked with Spun Sugar Distress inks. I added some gorgeous ribbon from My Favorite Things, some bling and for all the scrumptious scalloped layers, I used the Jumbo scalloped edge Di-namics die also from My Favorite Things.

Here is the inside...I printed the sentiment out on the computer and added some bling.



Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I really hope you can join us at the Whiff of Joy challenge!

Hugs,

Whiff of Joy Challenge # 86...DT call and Jane's Sketch...Strut Your Stuff!

Good Morning crafty friends! Hope you are all well! We have a new challenge for you over at the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog and we are holding at DT call as well with this fortnight's challenge! To get all the details make sure you pop on over to the WOJ Challenge blog...I hope you can join the challenge with the gorgeous sketch Jane designed for us to use.

We also have a wonderfully generous prize this week from Simon Says Stamp...a $25 gift certificate for the on-line shop. Just remember to be eligable for any prize you must use a Whiff of Joy image!

I made this card for a friend for her Mom's birthday and I'm really happy with how it turned out. It came together so easily, with Jane's gorgeous sketch, too! Love it when that happens! I made my cardbase 6x6 from American Crafts and Colorbok cardstock and used MME Ooh La la For Him pp. I stamped Willow with Cocktail and coloured her with my Copics and used the "out of the box technique" to cut out the image with my Nesties. I added a big gorgeous WOC gardenia with with some Prima flowers and roses. I used some AC ribbon and sprinkled a few gems here and there. The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Here is the inside and this sentiment is also a KKS sentiment.


Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! Please pop on over the WOJ Challenges blog and check out all the stunning creations by the WOJ Challenges DT and I hope you can join us using Jane's fabulous sketch over the next 2 weeks and don't forget to enter the DT call too!


Have a stampin' great day!


Hugs,

Whiff of Joy Challenge # 85...Door Hanger...Fun in the Sun!

Hey crafty friends! Glad you could pop by for the new Challenge we have at the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog! We would like to see just how creative you can get....we would like you to make a fun door hanger! Just remember you need to use a Whiff of Joy image to be eligible for any prize that we may be offering up! The WOJC DT has such gorgeous and creative ideas for you!!! I am sure you will be inspired to join the fun!!!

So here is my door hanger...there is a little story to go along with this creation...well, as you know we have been on several camping trips this summer...so on our trip to Arrowhead Provincial Park we stopped at a cute Cottage/beachy type shop and both Hannah and I ended up getting theses adorable flip flops...we got the same ones except mine are brown and black.

aren't they cute...well, When I saw the little chipboard hanger that they were on I knew I had the perfect use for it too! I love using beautiful clothing tags and re-purposing package for my crafty creations.

So I covered the chipboard in pp from the Pink Paislee Queen Bee paper pad and sanded all the the edges with my hand dandy BasicGrey Precision file set. It really comes in handy to get into the tight spots. I then coloured up this adorable image of Henry basking in the sun with a cool adult beverage in "paw",lol! I made the little panel from Colorbok cardstock and cut two and glued them together to make it a little more sturdy. I hung it with some ribbon from the hanger and I punched all the holes with my Crop-A-Dile...even the ones in the very thick chipbord hanger...could not live without my Crop-A-Dile!!!!

I used my bow easy for the first time...well, I have attempted it before but with no luck! So, I looked up a video on YouTube and plunked down in front of the computer and followed along step by step! YAY! I finally have me a bow easy bow...well two in fact!!! I embellished with a few Prima flowers, and pearls and printed the message on the computer. The top sentiment "Fun in the Sun" is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Well, I am really happy how this turned out...I have to confess this is not my front door...mine doesn't look that good, he, he,he! So, I drove over to my mom and dad's to take the pic. Well, my Dad even loved this little creation of mine! He called me to ask where I put it, after I left his place and I said I brought it home with me...he was so disappointed! I think he really likes little Henry.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my door hanger...I hope you can join us at the Whiff of Joy Challenge!

Happy Stampin'!!!

Whiff of Joy Challenge # 84...Fuzz...Dog Days!

Hey crafty friends! Hope you are keepin' well and enjoying the summer sun! I haven't been doing too much crafting as of late. It just seems that there isn't the time with all the summer things to do and we will be going camping again soon but I do have a card to share with you today for the Whiff of Joy Challenge! Yup, It is Wednesday and that means we have another fun challenge at the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog! We also have several new additions to the team and we are all so glad to welcome Paula, Michele, Kathrin and Wendy to the WOJ Challenges family! They are all super talented ladies and will sure to inspire you with stunning creations each and every WOJ challenge!

This week we have a really fun challenge...Fuzz! This challenge is great for both summer and winter cards and the DT have really out done themselves this week! WOW! What stunning creations! Please go to the WOJ Challenge blog and have a peek at their creativity! Then Join us with your Fuzzy cards! The only rule for this challenge is to use a Whiff of Joy image on your creation to be eligible for the prize! This challenge we have a wonderfully generous prize from Simon Says Stamp, a $25 gift voucher (this does not include shipping).

For my card I made the base 6x6 from Prism cardstock and used K&Co. Wild Saffron pp. I knew that I wanted to use this adorable image of Willow with Chihuahua. I coloured the image with my Copics, Cut it out with my Nesties and left the image in the die and used Pumice Stone Distress inks to colour in the background. Then I added Red Fun Flock to her cap!

Here you can see the fun Flock up close! It was my first time using it and it was so easy and looks great! I love it when you discover a new, fun product from doing a challenge! I also used this "fuzzy" brown felt border by MME that my blogging pal and BG Challenges teamie, TaraW, sent me in a RAK. I love it as it already had adhesive on it and it's so soft and fuzzy...just perfect for this challenge. I added some suede twine that is a bit fuzzy too. I embellished with some Prima flowers, half pearls and the sentiments are Melissa Frances rub-ons.

Here is the inside!


I actually remembered to write down the Copic colours that I used so here they are....

Skin: E000, 00, 21, 11 and R20
Willow's Hair and Doggie: YR20, E33
Skirt and Shoes:E55, 57
Shirt:Y21, E53,
Hat, Socks, Scarf, Doggie's shirt, Lips:R27





Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Whiff of Joy Challenges card! I'm looking forward to seeing all of your fuzzy creations!




Have a stampin' great day!

New BasicGrey Challenge # 25...Stitiching Real or Faux...Cool Oakley!!!

Hello crafty friends! I've missed you all terribly! It feels like such a long time since I've blogged or visited any of you and I am afraid my crafty mojo has upped and left me too! Perhaps, I lost it while we were camping,lol! We had a good time camping at Arrowhead Provincial Park but there were active bears in the park and that is always a little off putting for me, yikes! The kids did some fishing which was fun! Kieran caught 3 fish and Hannah caught 1! We had lots of fun at the beach and also going into Huntsville...such a cute little town in Muskoka! We have a few more camping trips coming up soon so not a lot of time for crafting but it is good to be outside enjoying the summer!


Well, It is time for another great challenge at BasicGrey Challenges! We would like to see stitching, either real or faux! Just remember that you must follow the challenge and use at least one BG item on your creation to be eligible for the generous prize, a $25 Voucher for Simon Says Stamp, our fabulous sponsor!!!!

For my card I decided to ink up Oakley from the Whiff of Joy June Stamp kit. I think he is such a cool dude! I also made a joy fold card that I found the fab tutorial for by Beate on Splitcoast. I modified the dimensions so that I had a 6x6 cardbase and I used American Crafts cardstock and Bazzill kraft cardstock! The pp is not actually BG it is We R Memory Keepers called Show & Tell. I thought it was perfect for a boy card! I stamped the faux stitching all around the various panels for the card with my Kelly Panaci Stitching stamps and Black Soot Distress ink. For my BG item I used a Max & Whiskers Stitched Brad and I cut a QK tag from Max and Whiskers pp and stamped the Kraftin' Kimmie Sentiment stamp from the Kimmie's Holiday Sentiment set on it!



For the inside of the joy fold card I stamped and coloured the sand castle also from the WOJ June kit. I cut it out with my Nesties left the image in the die and inked with Tumbled Glass and Pumice Stone Distress ink.

I stamped another sentiment from Kraftin' Kimmie's Mermaid Sentiment set on the inside of the card.



Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek! I hope you get some crafty time in and you have 2 weeks to play along with us! Please pop on over to the BasicGrey Challenges blog and have a peek at the stunning creations the BG DT has designed! You will be so inspired to pull out your sewing machine or to get those stitching stamps out or both!

Have a stampin' great day!

Whiff of Joy Challenge # 83...A gorgeous Sketch by Bev...Joy!

Well, I hope everyone is enjoying the summer! We have been having a heat wave here in Ontario but it is letting up a bit now! Well, it is Wednesday and that means Whiff of Joy Challenge time! Bev has designed a beautiful sketch for us to use! I just loved this sketch and I hope you can get a chance to play along with us. Just hop on over to the WOJ challenge blog check out the sketch and all the gorgeous cards the DT has made this week! Then join us! Just remember there is only one rule...you must use a Whiff of Joy stamp on your creation!

For my card I finally broke out my 1001 Nights set and used this gorgeous Belly Dancing Willow that I coloured with my Copics. I used BasicGrey Wisteria 6x6 and Bazzill Basics Carstock to make the easel card.


To embellish I used this Prima lace and flower border, blue velvet ribbon, some prima flowers and Wild Orchid Crafts cherry blossoms and blue half pearls. The card is very sparkly IRL as I used my yellow and stardust Sakurah Glitter pen on the image. Sentiments are also by WOJ...the word "Joy" is from the WOJ 2009 Winter Kit and the other setniment is from the 1001 Nights kit!


Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for this week's WOJ challenge! Looking forward to seeing all your gorgeous creations!

Hugs,