WOJ #86 - Jane's Sketch

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Hi Whiff of Joy Friends!  How are you all doing this lovely Wednesday...wow another two weeks have come and gone...where does the time go?!  Before I know it I will be back in classes....NOOOO can't I stay and craft all day? hee hee!

Before we get to this fortnight's challenge we have some sad DT news over at the WOJ Challenge Blog. Unfortunately, both our beloved team members, Donalda and Jacqui, have decided to step down from their positions with the team. You both are going to be missed extremely!  You both have been a HUGE inspiration to me and got me to where I am today and are such amazing friends!!!  Thanks so much to both of you!!!

Now onto our new challenge which is a sketch by our beloved Jane!  This week you have a chance to win a gift certificate of $25 to Simon Says Stamp thanks to Heidi!

Here's my take on Jane's Sketch....sorry hun, I added a few more layers in there...my fingers wouldn't stop!

I've used Willow with Coffee to Go for my card.  I can't believe I haven't colored her until now...she's definitely one of my favorites...although I like to think she is drinking chai as that is my FAVORITE drink...have to have me a cup every day...sometimes two!  (*Wink* to my friends Jennifer and Jennifer....at CHA I got them hooked on Tazo Chai too!!!  Love you two!) For my card, I went again with a vintage feel...I am really liking the vintage/shabby chic look!  Papers are from the Basic Grey Green at Heart Collection and have all been distressed with TH Tea Dye ink.  My Distress-It-All was used to distress the edges of the dp!  Love that thing makes distressing sooooo easy...although my hubby says "Gee that's a loud tool you got there!"  Like his tools in the garage aren't loud!  Geesh!

Here's Jane's Sketch.  As you can tell I did go a bit askew by throwing in a few more elements and swapping the Circle for an Oval.

Willow was colored with Copics and accented with a white gel pen.  I've added Diamond Glaze to her sunglasses for the gloss look.  My Viva Decor Rose Paper Pen was used to create the pearls on her bracelet.  Image was cut out with my SB Mega Ovals and popped up on a SB Mega Scalloped Oval.  3mm Spice self-adhesive pearls (from Wild Orchid Crafts) were used to accent my scalloped oval.  To finish off the image I used my stampabilities stamp to create the border around Miss. Willow.  For the heart....I took an already pink dolie heart and spritz it first with Cotton Candy Shimmerz Spritz (that's 25%off -->HERE<--) and after that dried I then spritzed it with Tattered Angels Bronze Glimmer Mist for more of an antique feel.

Of course we can't make a card without using some amazing Wild Orchid Craft flowers! :)  I went with the two tone champagne-pink look for this flower arrangement and used a flat Gardenia, two 30mm Wild Roses, and two 15mm roses.

Now make sure you head over to the WOJ Challenge to see what the other DT members have made! :)

Recipe:
Stamps:  Willow with Coffee to Go (WOJ), Whimsical Words (SU), Flourish (Stampabilities)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, Copics, White Gel Pen, TH Distrees Ink in Tea Dye
Copic Colors Used: Skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, R02, R11; Hair: E39, E99, YR24, Y23; Shoes: N2, N5, N7; Cup: E30, E31; Dress & Purse: R00, R11, R21, R22; Shadow: W3
Papers:  Basic Grey Green at Heart
Tools: Spellbinders - Mega Oval and Mega Scallop Oval, Labels 4, Large Scallop Edge Die (MFT), Nellie Corner Die,
Embellishments: flat Gardenia, 30mm Wild Roses, 15mm roses, 3mm Spice self-adhesive pearls, (Wild Orchid Crafts), Diamond Glaze, Viva Decor Rose Paper Pen, Cotton Candy Shimmerz Spritz, Tattered Angels Bronze Glimmer Mist, heart dolie.

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TIOT - Vintage Style

Hi Friends~

I hope you are all having a fantastic week...this is my last week of classes before finals next week!  Eeekkk!  Thank goodness I really only have one hard final and the rest shouldn't been to terrible; however I do have a major presentation coming up...hopefully this time I don't stop speaking in the middle of a sentence and freeze! lol!

This week Suzanne has challenged used to create a Vintage Theme card....think browns, sepia, warm grays, and black colors.  I decided to go with the Sepia theme for my card! 

My Mother-in-law absolutely loves horses so when I first saw At the Horse Show I couldn't wait to make a card for my MIL!  This stamp is one of the brand new ones over at SCACD and is from Sampler Edition #4 by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD.  Dp is from the DCWV Once Upon a Time collection.  Heart doily has been spritzed with glimmer mist.

This cutie was colored with my Copics and accented with white gel pen.  I've added Chocolate Spica to her hair and Ice White Pearl pen was used for her buttons.

Large flower is a Gardenia and others are Prima Hydrangeas and mini rose.  Flowers have been glitterized with Diamond Stickles and then I have added customized pearls to the Hydrangeas with my Viva Decor Cream Pearl Pen!

Sentiment is from a SU set and the pearls have again been made with my Viva Decor Cream Pearl pen!  It's so nice to be able to make pearls the exact size that you need them to be!  

Recipe:
Stamps:  At the Horse Show from Sampler Edition #4 by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD, SU
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Chocolate Spica, white gel pen,
Copic Colors Used: E000, E00, E11, E21, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49, R02, R11, W3, YR00
Papers: Once Upon a Time Collection by DCWV
Tools: Spellbinders - Labels One and Labels 12; Various SU punches, MS PAP punches
Embellishments:  Prima Hydrangeas, Prima Rose, Gardenia flower (Wild Orchid Crafts), Diamond Stickles, Viva Decor Cream Pearl Pen, Viva Decor Ice White Pearl Pen, Glimmer Mist

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WOJ #76 - Sketch Challenge

Hello Friends~

It's WOJ Wednesday!  Woo-Hoo!  This week Bev has a fantabulous sketch for us!  April showers bring May flowers  so let's see some flowers on your projects too!

My friend recently has a baby girl so I this is the card that I have made for her!  These papers were in my stash and I have no idea what they are because the tag was cut off of them.  Don't you just love this precious Willow holding baby stamp?  I do!   My Viva Decor Lilac Pearl Pen was used to create the pearls in the upper right hand corner of the card.  I dusted off my mini sewing machine this week to add the fun stitch to the panels too.

Of course Willow was colored with Copics along with some lavender Stickles added to the flowers in her hair.  The panel behind her was created with the New Spellbinders Mega Ovals Large and Mega Classic Scalloped Ovals Large.  The pink oval was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and then was spritzed with Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist....it's so nice and sparkly IRL.

Here the flower arrangement, made with Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, and some primas along with some pearl sprays.  The roses have been airbrushed with Copics to match the image and then sparklized (that's my new word for today..lol) with Star Dust Stickles.  You can also see the cute teddy bear ribbon...isn't it adorable and it's even pink....I just love it to pieces!  I've been waiting for a day to use it on a card! 

The purple bow was created with my Bow Easy...seriously if you don't have this tool you need to get it!  Susana has them in stock over at SCACD!  I've never been able to make a bow but now I can make them all of the time with this fun tool and it's so easy to do!  The pacifier charm was a find at JoAnns the other day, it  came in a pack of  all different colored pacifiers.

Now I can't wait to see what you make with Bev's wonderful sketch!  Head over to the WOJ Challenge Blog to see the DT's wonderful creations and the Charlotte with Birdcage stamp that you can win for playing along with us!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Willow holding baby (WOJ)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics,
Copic Colors Used: V000, V91, V93, V95, W3, YR00, YR24, Y32, RV000, R000, R02, R20, R21, E000, E00, E11, E21, E25, E37, E53, E99
Papers:  Wish I could find the collection these are from..I'm thinking they are possibly Basic Grey.  
Tools: Bow Easy, Spellbinders - Mega Ovals Large and Mega Classic Scalloped Ovals Large, Cuttlebug Heart Embossing Folder, Sewing Machine, Copic ABS
Embellishments:  Lavender Stickles, Star Dust Stickles, Lilac Pearl Pen (Viva Decor), Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist, Roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), Prima flowers, Ribbon (HL), Pacifier charm (JoAnns).

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Embellish Friday Challenge #46 - Fabulous Fathers

This week's challenge over at Embellish-Online is hosted by my fabulous friend Michelle....we actually get together regularily and craft together! She's an AWESOME teacher!!! Michelle challenged us to create a card, project, or layout that celebrates the Fathers (or other men, be they tall or small) in our life!

Normally masculine cards are VERY hard for me....but it is my Dad's Birthday Party tonight (his birthday was yesterday) so I had a lot of fun making him his extra special birthday card. I used the faux bleaching technique with my color washes for this card. I also used the lollipop tutorial from The Next Level challenge blog to create the "masculine" looking flower for my card. We all know how much I love my flowers! I had a regular flower on the card to start out but it just did not look right...then I remembered the lollipop technique and thought that would be the perfect addition to my card.

And of course the finished inside of the card:

Recipe:

Stamps: Peterbilt Truck Stamp, Stampendous word Stamp

Inks: Momento Rich Cocoa, Adirondack Color Wash in Denim & Espresso

Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock, Basic Grey Granola Collection dp

Tools: Curved Rectangle Nesties, MS ribbon punch, EK Success leaf punch

Embellishments: Roses, Glimmer Mist - Iridescent Gold (used on lollipop "flower"), ribbon, tulle, brad, and custom made hat pin made by me.

Now, head on over to the Embellish-Online Blog to get the rest of the details. We would love for you to play along.

Thanks for stopping by....hope your Friday is WONDERFUL!

CBCC #26 (FINALLY!)

OK...sorry for the LONG delay everyone! My hubby has some back problems so I had to take him to get an injection on Tuesday so I didn't get time to create....then yesterday was school all day.....But have no fear....I did finally (whew!) get my creation done! By now I am sure you all headed over to Courtney's blog and saw that this week's challenge is to stamp with bubble wrap! How fun does that sound?! I loved it! It gives such a unique impression! If you haven't tried this technique yet you have to do it!

I am also using this as my entry for the Roses On Paper Love and Friendship challenge, and for the Friday Sketchers challenge which was to use this sketch! I used Tilda with Tag and colored her with my Copics...I left her tag blank as I don't know what I will use this card for yet. :) I used purple metallic acrylic paint on my bubble wrap for the background design on the heart. Then I sprayed the heart with pink taffy glimmer mist (that I got from Loreen at Wish On A Scrap.) Papers, ribbon, and flowers are from my stash. Used my heart nesties and my new Martha heart lace border punch.

Here's the inside. I used two Martha border punches and overlapped them, added some purple rhinestones. Used my new Retro flower punch with my Stempelglede grunge flower stamp, then added some pixie dust Shimmerz Blingz for sparkle!

Here is a close up of the Blingz sparkle! Isn't that so pretty? I just love this stuff!

And here is the back. I used my EK Success Swirl punch and another of my new handmade stamps.

Thanks so much for being patient and waiting for me to get this creation done and for all of you who sent get well comments for my hubby (they are GREATLY appreciated)! If you haven't checked out the other chickies creations make sure you do that. They are listed on my sidebar!

Also, I have a few blog candy's to share with you! Jacquie, Bev, Rach, and Nikki all have some fabulous goodies up for grabs. Make sure you go and check them out and while you are there check out these ladies work! They are just fabulous artists and make some amazing projects!

Enjoy the rest of your week! I am off to water aerobics tonight! Or as my hubby says...I am off to swim like a dolphin! Boys....I tell ya! Hee hee!

CBCC #23, Friday Sketchers & A Spoon Full of Sugar!

Thank you to everyone who sent me well wishes! My migraine is gone! YAY! So without further ado here is my entry for this week's CBCC! I am also using this as my entry for this week's Friday Sketchers sketch challenge! Bea (from Megahobby) created a fabulous sketch to play with! You can see Bea's sketch HERE! And this also is my Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge which the theme this week is Love is in the air!

I used my beautiful WOJ Melinda Hugging Heart! I colored her with my Copics! I added Shimmerz Blingz hottie pink to the ribbon on the heart, and Blingz pixie dust to her wings! Used my nesties for the oval and scalloped oval behind Melinda. Then I took a white dolie and sprayed it with my Glimmer Mist in Pink Taffy and Iridescent Gold. I used my corner punches and swirl punches. DP is K&Co. Flowers, spacers, charm and ribbon are from my stash! Most of my supplies and tools were purchased from Wish On A Scrap.

Here is a close up so you can see the Shimmerz on Melinda's wings and the ribbon on her heart! If you look close you can see the shimmer on the swirls (leaves) by the flowers. I used Blingz Hottie Pink on the red swirls which made them look like a dark pink, and on the passion pink swirls I used my Blingz in Pink Poinsettia which gave them a real nice shimmer.

Then we have the finished inside. I used my Fiskars heart border punch....are you getting sick of seeing it yet? More K&Co. paper and some foam hearts for a little bit of spice!

I am off to read some more of my book for my Women in Literature class! We are reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood....it's not to terrible of a read either! Hope you all have a fabulous week! Don't forget to sign up for my blog candy if you haven't done so already!

Anything Goes Bella Challenge!

My friend, Lynn, celebrated her 40th birthday last week....HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY LYNN! Lynn is also a Bella Queen and her challenge this past week was the Anything Goes Bella Challenge! That means a 3-D project with lots of bling and of course a Bella! Woo-Hoo....I love paper crafting and making everything so I got my mind going....and this is what I came up with: Oh yes....it's a hot cocoa packet mug holder! Isn't Lattebella so cute with her hot cocoa! I prefer chai...but I am going to be selling hot cocoa holders like this at the craft show on Sunday....so I guess we will go with hot cocoa today! Hee hee! In real life this is actually VERY sparkly! I love bling and sparkles! There is star dust stickles on Bellas flower in her hair, on her mug, and her shoes....but the picture doesn't show that real well! There is pink taffy glitter mist all over the chocolate colored mug too! It sparkles all over the place! Papers for this creation are from my Wish On A Scrap October kit....man I love these papers!

Wish me luck with Lynn's Challenge!

**Sorry I can't remember who's blog I saw the mug on...or I would definitely give credit where credit is due! If it's you....please let me know, and I will add your name in here! :) ***

First Design Clique Creation

OK...I FINALLY got time to play with my Wish On A Scrap Sept. Kit! Let me just say Loreen out did herself again!!!! The papers in this kit are beautiful and hardly need any embellishments because they are naturally beautiful!!!!! I started out my Design Clique run with making a card gift box! It is adorable and super easy to make. I found the tutorial on Diana's blog. This gift card box is big enough to house cards that are 4 1/4 x 5. The only parts that are not a part of the Sept. kit are the ribbon and the glitter mist that was used. If you look at the blue background closely you will see that I got time to play with my new glimmer mist and tattered angels stencils (which I purchased from Loreen as well). That was so much fun spraying away with my glimmer mists....I love glimmer mist!!!

To see more pictures of this card holder head on over to the Wish blog....and check out my fellow members....Kimmie and Deb's work too! They made some AWESOME creations already! It is so wonderful to work with such talented girls!

Next is one of the cards that is going to go in the card holder box as a set. See how this paper is just stunning! All I added was the ric rac and the ribbon for the bows! Stay tuned to the Wish blog for the other cards and another creation that I have been working on today.... it is almost complete!