WOJ Challenge 67 - Pearls & Swirls

 Hello~ Are you ready for another WOJ Challenge!  This week our challenge is swirls and pearls....this is right up my alley!  I decided to make a heart purse using Kirsten's tutorial you can find -->here<--.  I altered it a little bit as I didn't have cardboard hearts....so I used my Spellbinder hearts to improvise.  This is actually filled with LOTS of chocolate and I am giving it to my Mom and Dad for Valentine's....I was a little late getting them their present.

 

 I've used Melinda hugging heart and colored her with my Copics and added diamond stickles to her wings.

  

 Here is one side.

 

And then the other where I added a nice big sheer bow with some more Wild Orchid flowers and a heart charm.  Sorry this is a little late getting posted today...have a lot going on....and I didn't want my mom to see this early this morning before she went to work.  I'm going to swing by her work and surprise her with this and hope to bring a little bit of sunshine to her day!

Recipe:
Stamps: Melinda Hugging Heart (WOJ), Well Scripted (SU)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Copic Colors Used: R01, R02, R11, R12, R14, R24, R29, R59, R81, R83, R85, YR00, YR24, B12, E000, E00, E11, E21, E31, E33, E35, E99, Gold Spica
Papers:  Sweet Love (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Tools: Spellbinders: hearts, circle, labels 3, oval, scallop oval; Quickutz swirls, MS deep border punch
Embellishments: Pearl Swirls (Basic Grey) purchased from Archivers; loose pearls, Roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), Ribbon and charm from my stash.

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WOJ Challenge #66

Hello Everyone~

Can you believe it's Wednesday already?  That means it's time for another Whiff of Joy Challenge! YAY!

 

This week's challenge is a sketch  by Jane...it was so much fun to play with.  I can definitely see using this sketch again and again!  I hope that you play along with us this week!!!

I've used Willow with Gingerbread Heart.  I love this cutie!  She's all ready to give her heart to someone special.  Papers are Pink Paislee Cupid Collection....Barb still has these available at EIO!  Click -->Here<-- to find them!  **And don't forget about the FREE Ribbon you can earn...click -->here<-- to read all about it!  I've cut slits in my raffia and wove some of the Pink Paislee  papers through it for a fun look.

Willow has been colored with my Copics, and I've added star dust stickles to her apron stars for some sparkle.  The label that Willow is sitting within is a Sizzix frame die, which I got from my Mommy for Christmas! :)

  

And here is another view....more of a straight on shot.  I've doubled the MS garden trellis punch in brown and blue and love how it turned out!  The bows are made with my Bow Easy....gotta love the gadget!!!! I love how you get a perfect bow every time you use it!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Willow with Gingerbread Heart (WOJ)

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, White Gel Pen

Copic Colors Used: R000, R02, R11, R20, R21, R22, R24, R27, R32, B0000, B000, B00, YR00, E00, E11, E21, E25, E27, E29, E33, E53,

Papers:  Pink Paislee Cupid Collection

Tools:  MS large and small heart punches, MS Garden Trellis punch, Sizzix Frame Die, Bow Easy,

Embellishments:  Raffia, Roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), Star Dust Stickles, Ribbon from my stash.

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Stamps and Smiles Sweet Treats

Happy Saturday Everyone!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend!  As promised, I have another fun candy container to share with you!  This one I created for my brother....I didn't want to fancy it up as much as my sister's (which you are see -->HERE<--) because you know boys don't care for frills!

I've used Carl who is from one of the newest digi sets from Stamps and Smiles!  If you remember I used this cutie in my Valentine Shaker card, -->here<--.  For this project I sized him at 2 inches.  Used my Nellie die with my Pink Paislee Cupid papers again.  Then used my Bow Easy to create the Valentine bow for an extra touch.

 

I used my Copics to color Carl, and accented him with a white gel pen.  For his top I added dazzling diamond dust.  I hope my bro likes this!!!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Be My Valentine - Carl digi (Stamps and Smiles)

Inks:  Copics, White gel pen

Copic Colors Used:  B91, B93, B95, B97, R02, R05, R11, R17, R27, E000, E00, E11, E21, E25, E29, E30, E31, E53

Papers:  Pink Paislee Cupid Collection

Tools:  Nellie Dies, Bow Easy

Embellishments:  Dazzling Diamond Dust

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WOJ Sweet Treats

My Mom came over today and we crafted all day!  We had a lot of fun coloring, giggling, *talking* to our stamped images, and getting full of glitter!  I managed to decorate two Valentine tins (one from my brother and the other for my sister) and color some fun images!   Tonight I will share my sister's tin that I of course used a Whiff of Joy image on!  (Tomorrow I will share my brother's tin.)  I'm entering this in the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge of Valentine's Theme and ABC Designs "Sweetheart Challenge."

 

I believe I picked this cute tin up at Walmart, but it's been hanging out in my craft room for a few weeks now so I can't be 100% certain that where I got them. Opppss too much shopping lately....lol!  The tin has really cute heart cut outs that go all the way around the tin so that is what I wove the ribbon through.  For my image I have used Melinda hugging heart!

 

Here you can see the scalloped heart on the other side.  I've used my Pink Paislee Cupid paper for the heart!  Barb still has this paper collection over at EIO.  Plus there is still FREE shipping with order over $50 by using code 4SP9HD at checkout.  Don't forget there is still the GREAT American Crafts Sale going on too where you can get FREE RIBBON!!!  Here's the two ways you can get that ribbon:

1.  Every $5.00 you purchase in American Crafts products gets you a FREE spool of ribbon; and
2.  Every purchase of Thickers also gets you a FREE spool of ribbon.

Soooo....if you purchase 3 packages of Thickers and $10.00 worth of American Crafts products you get 5 FREE SPOOLS OF RIBBON!!!!  Click the following image to go and shop! :)

Now...back to my tin:

 

Melinda was colored with my Copics and accented with my white gel pen.  I added star dust stickles to her wings.  Small hearts in the upper right corner are stamped with a Verve stamp from the Hearts Desire set and the mini chocolate hearts are from the middle of a MS border punch that were laying on my desk from a recent card I just made.

I hope you enjoy your weekend!  We have a super bowl party to go to on Sunday so that should be fun...enjoying the day with our friends!  For those of you out east I hope you are staying warm and safe with the huge snowstorm....I don't envy you at all because that is normally the weather we have here....I'm so ready for SPRING, as I am sure all of you are too!

Other Challenges I'm entering with my sweet treat holder:

Verve (Tags, Tins & Treats)

Stampin' Royalty (Anything But a Card)

Recipe:
Stamps:  Melinda Hugging Heart (WOJ), Hearts Desire (Verve)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rose Red, Memento Angel Pink, Copics, white gel pen
Copic Colors Used:  BG000, BG05, BG07, BG09, R02, R11, R30, R32, R35, R37, R39, E00, E11, E21, E25, E27, E53, E59, YR00
Papers:  Pink Paislee Cupid Collection, CS from my scrap bin
Tools: Spellbinders - Scalloped Hearts, Inverted Scalloped Circle, Circle, hearts from MS border punch.
Embellishments:  Star Dust Stickles, Ribbon (Michaels), lace from my stash.

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Sweet Love

Today I have some AMAZING news to share with you!  It all began this past Saturday....I was in a tax class for 5 hours getting certified so that I can prepare income taxes this tax season.  I will be working with lower income people through a program known as VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)...I'm so excited to start assisting and help those people who need it, and what a great experience it will be.....but that's not the good news!  As I was sitting in class, bored during the beginning of the session because it was all the info I learned in my last semester tax class, I got a message from Donalda asking me if I would:

Guest Design for the month of February 

over at the Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog!  

I didn't even have to think for a second.....my answer of course was a HUGE YES!!!  Thank you so very much Donalda for asking me to join your amazing team for this month!!!!  I am honored to be a part of this super talented team of amazing ladies!!!

Without further ado here is my first card as a part of the WOJ Challenge DT!

Our challenge this week is LOVE!  We want to see your creation with love!  I chose to use Sweet Teenage Lizzie with box of chocolates.  The sketch is based on Sketch Saturday which I flipped upside down. Papers are an older Basic Grey collection called Eva.

 

Lizzie was colored with my Copics.  I added Twinkling H2Os in the shaded areas for some more depth and of course to add shimmer. :)  

 

The inside is decorated with some more BG Eva papers, hearts, and mini pearls inside the hearts for some added elegance. 

 

And here is another angled view so you can see the shimmer from the Twinkling H2Os! I hope you have enjoyed my first creation for the WOJ Challenge Blog!  I hope you come over and join in the fun there and see what the other amazing girls have created!

Recipe:
Stamps: Teenage Lizzie with box of chocolates (WOJ), Swirl (Hero Arts), Sentiment (Hero Arts)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, TH Dusty Concord Distress Ink, Copics, Twinkling H2Os -Fairy Plum, English Lavender
Copic Colors Used:  N3, E00, E11, E13, E17, E21, E30, E33, E34, E35, E53, E59, V000, V01, V12, V15, V91, V93, V95, BV23, RV11, RV17, RV19, YR00, R02, R11
Papers: Basic Grey Eva Collection
Tools: MS Deep Edge Heart punch, MS heart punch, MS heart border punch, EK Success leaf punch, Spellbinders corner, QuicKutz Nesting Label 
Embellishments: Pearls, Rhinestone Heart (Basic Grey), Roses & Cherry Blossom (Wild Orchid), Star Dust Stickles.

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Tilda waiting for You!

Hi Everyone~

This weekend between homework and income tax class I had some time to color....and today I put a few cards together!  I have a special surprise coming up on Wednesday and can't wait to share it with you...until then.....I have a fun Tilda card to show you....and of course I used my FAVORITE color combo of pink and brown!

I have used Heidi Grace papers that I picked up last year.  These are all shimmery and sparkly.  Of course I finished this card long after dark so I had to use my Ott Lite to take photos....oh how I wish I had sunlight instead!

Miss Tilda was colored with my copics and I added Twinkling H20s for added depth and shimmer.  (Twinkling H2Os: Dress - Pink Crocus; Shirt - Pink Azalea; Canister - Hunter Gray.)  It's hard to tell but I airbrushed the background with RV000 for a very light pink touch.

 

This week's challenge over at Magnolia Stamp Lovers is to use buttons and bows.  I created this multi-loop bow with my Bow Easy (love that thing...I always had the darndest time trying to tie bows before...not anymore!)  I wanted small heart buttons but of course didn't have what I wanted so I made my own buttons.  I used a heart punch and then just drew button holes on them...they are just what I wanted! 

 

 The finished inside I used a tiny canister that matches the  one on the front and filled it with lots of little chocolate hearts.

I'm entering this fun card in the following challenges:

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Buttons & Bows

Friday Sketchers

Spoonful of Sugar - Freestyle

Just Magnolia - Hearts & Flowers

Fussy & Fancy Pants - Hearts
Cute Card Thursday - Blooming

Recipe:
Stamps:  Valentine Tilda, Canisters are stamps from my Gram's craft room, Teeny Tiny Wishes by SU
Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, Copics, White Gel Pen, Twinkling H2Os -Pink Crocus, Pink Azalea, Hunter Gray
Copic Colors Used:  RV000, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, R02, R11, E00, E21, E25, E29, E31, YR00, C1, C3, C5, C7, W1, W3, W5
Papers: Heidi Grace
Tools: MS border punch, MS branch punch, SU modern label and word window punch, Curved Rectangle Nesties,
Embellishments: Roses (Wild Orchid Flowers), Star Dust Stickles, Heart Doilie, Heart Rhinestones (Kaiser), Tulle and Ribbon from my stash.

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Magnolia Lovers Challenge 2

I got time to squeek in a little bit of craft time this afternoon after my homework.  Gotta love homework on the first day of class right?!  My professors all seem nice so that is always a plus....hoping I am still saying that in May! LOL!  I took an HR Management class and it's all going to be hands on so that should be lots of fun....no lectures or exams....gotta love that, BUT our grade is based on presentations....Eeekkk....I'm staying positive that it will be fun though....and a new challenge!

The sketch I played with this afternoon is from Magnolia Stamp Lovers....which happens to be a challenge blog of my friend Cindy!  She owns StappingScrapping!  She has lots of goodies...and GREAT customer service.

I dug out my Tilda with Hearts....poor thing has never been ink'd up yet!  So I decided to play with her and show her some love.  I also decided that I wanted to use my sewing machine on this card.  The look I wanted was a soft look because my coloring tends to always have a heavy hand with darker shades then I sometimes am trying to achieve.  I was very pleased with this card and my coloring surprised me...I really liked the softer look.

Papers are from my K&Company Lovely Collection....which I accented with a soft blue cardstock and brighter green cardstock.  Used my Labels 4 and scalloped heart nesties....along with my fancy tags.

Miss. Tilda was colored with my Copics.  I used my Blossom Spica over the hearts for some shimmer.  To add more shimmer to Tilda I used my Twinkling H2Os in Blue Ice and Mustard Green in the shaded areas of her clothes.  I love the depth this added and of course all the bling and sparkles!  (Wish you could see all the shimmer to this card...it's awesome IRL!)

My flower collage is made using my retro flower punch and MS heart punch, along with some Wild Orchid roses and Star Dust Stickles for some more bling!

Sentiment is stamped with my new Verve Hearts Desire set....those cute little hearts are part of the same collection!  I went over the sentiment with my clear Spica to add shimmer to it!

I hope you have enjoyed this fun creation....I have another Tilda waiting to be colored on my desk!  Hoping I get time to play with her and share another fun card with you soon!

Recipe:

Stamps: Tilda with Hearts (Magnolia), Hearts Desire (Verve), Swirls (Hero Arts),

Inks: Copics, Spicas, VersaColor in Raspberry, Versamark Dazzle, Memento Tuxedo Black

Copic Colors Used: YG00, YG95, YR00, N1, B000, B21, R02, R11, RV10, RV13, RV14, E00, E02, E11, E15, E17, E18, E19, E21, Spicas - Clear, Blossom

Papers: K&Company Lovely Collection

Tools: Spellbinders - Scallop Hearts, Labels 4, Fancy Tags; Retro flower punch; MS - Heart, Branch, Leaf punches, McGill Heart punch, Marvy Heart punch

Embellishments: Star Dust Stickles, Roses (Wild Orchid), Heart Pin (Fancy Pants), Heart Doily from my stash.

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Friends, Pals, Buddies!

Hi Everyone~
Today is my first day of the  new semester....and since I am in school all day I thought I would share my other EIO non-traditional Valentine card that I promised to you the other night! :)  Today I am sharing a Stampavie creation!  This is using the Sketch Saturday challenge.  The stamp is a Tina Wenke.  My Gram was so wonderful to share some stamped images with my Mom and me!  Thanks Gram!!!

Papers are  American Crafts Blue Skies Collection.

Speaking of American Crafts over at Embellish, Barb has an AMAZING offer going on right now! Would you like some FREE RIBBON?!  There are two ways for you to get free ribbon:

1.  For every $5.00 you purchase in American Crafts products you will receive a FREE spool of ribbon; and
2.  For every purchase of Thickers you can also get a FREE spool of ribbon.

Soooo....if you purchase 3 packages of Thickers and $10.00 worth of American Crafts products you get 5 FREE SPOOLS OF RIBBON!!!!  Now if you are a ribbon "collector" like me....you will jump on this offer! :)  Click the following image to go and shop! :)

Now...back to my card:

Here is a close up of the Possum Pals!  Image was colored with my Copics. My Mom just made a card with these cuties too...you can see her card -->HERE<--.  She did an amazing job and I'd love for you to see her possums, and then me warn you her card is ADORABLE!!!

In this image I hope you can see the sparkles!  I added Diamond Stickles to the tree leaves and the possum's tails.  Thanks for taking time to stop by today!  I greatly appreciate you all coming by and your comments truly make my day!!!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Opossum Pals by Stampavie

Inks: Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black

Copic Colors Used: YG91, YG97, G99, R00, R12, E53, E57, E59, W1, W3, W5, W7

Papers: American Crafts Blue Skies Collection

Tools: MS border and corner punches, Spellbinders Blossom Two nesties, Nellie's Circle Die,

Embellishments: Diamond Stickles, Rose from Wild Orchid, Pearls, Ribbon from my stash.

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Blowing Kisses to You!

Today I had to clean my craft room because my desk was so messy I didn't have any room to create!  After I got it clean I messed it up again...hee hee!  I again wanted to make some non-traditional Valentine cards (trying not to use any red) and I succeeded in making 2 cards like this!  One I'm sharing tonight and the other will be on Tuesday!  Tomorrow is my normal day for posting my Embellish-Online project; however, I will be gone all day with hubby so I'm posting tonight! :)  I'm sure you don't mind!  Tuesday I head back to school....ICK....I was having so much fun being on break....but ONLY 1 1/2 more years and I will be DONE...I'm FINALLY seeing a light at the end of the tunnel!

So during my play time today, I decided to play along with the Whiff of Joy Challenge which was to use either of their 2 challenges....I went with the challenge of 3 design papers, 2 bling, and 1 flower!  WOJ challenge is also looking for DT members so this is also my try-out for their DT!  I would LOVE to be a member of their challenge blog because then my WOJ stamps would get more love and use!!! :)  I also used the Quixotic Challenge which was to ink up an old stamp!  Melinda blowing kisses was my VERY first WOJ stamp that I bought and she is still ranked toward the top of my favorites!

First I want to apologize for the pictures....I had to use the Ott Lite again.  I recently purchased Distress paints in Tattered Rose and Picket Fence so I tried out my hand at distressing my papers.  I like the shabby chic look this gives!  My hubby said the papers look dirty...what do men know! Gesh!  Lol!  Papers used are American Crafts Blue Skies collection which you can find --> HERE<-- at EIO!  Barb still has free shipping on orders over $50, just enter code 4SP9HD in the coupon box at checkout...and be sure to tell her I sent ya!

Here is a close-up of Miss. Melinda.  She was colored with my Copics and Spicas.   Diamond Stickles (bling 1) make her wings sparkle!  I gave her a shadow with small dots (you can see this to the left of her).  I idolize how Chris and Crissy both use this type of technique for shadowing/backgrounding so I wanted to give it a try.  Mine turned out nothing like theirs....but I am going to keep practicing...maybe in a million years I might be able to do it like the girls! 

Here is my hand created flower with a prima bling center (bling 2).  I've seen many of my blogging friends use their MS punch on the edge of flowers which gives such a unique look.  Thanks for the inspiration girls!

For my heart I used my heart nestie and then used a small Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I really love the colors of this card...and I am sure you will see lots more Distress Crackle Paint on my blog in the near future! :)

I hope you have a great week!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Melinda Blowing Kisses by Whiff of Joy; Love Sentiment from Gram (Thanks Gram!)

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, Copics, Spicas, White Gel Pen

Copic Colors Used: R02, R11, R20, R32, R35, R37, BG10, BG11, BG13, YR00, E00, E11, E13, E15, E17, E21, E27, E29, E33, E53, Spicas - Clear (on pant swirls), Lipstick (on heart necklace & bracelet), Blossom (bracelet), Gold (belt buckle), Chocolate (over Love Sentiment)

Papers:  Neenah Classic Crest, American Crafts Blue Skies Collection

Tools: MS border punches, MS deep edge punch, Spellbinders - Heart, Labels 4 nesties, Lg. Retro flower punch, EK Success swirl punch, MS tag punch, Cuttlebug Embossing folder

Embellishments: Distress Paints - Tattered Rose and Picket Fence, Diamond Stickles, Prima Bling Center

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Stamps and Smiles Valentine Blog Hop

 Hi Friends~

Welcome to

Stamps and Smiles

Valentine Release

BLOG HOP

I hope you are enjoying the hop so far!  If you've come from Jennifer Stricker's blog then you are in the right place!  If not, click -->HERE<-- to start at the beginning....and trust me you don't want to miss any stops along the way because there is a fun prize to be won!!!!

Our LOVE Birds have a note for you. Figure it out and one lucky winner will win the entire Digi Release.   Make sure you email us your answer by 9 pm CST tonight. The Winner will be announced at 9:01pm. Just in case you get lost, here is the order of the blogs you will need to visit. Have fun!

Jennifer Meyer - Start Here
Jennifer Stricker
Kim Gruetzmacher
Lisa Cook
Lisa Foster
Rose Frydrych
Rose Miller

Here's the letter that was found on my blog:

 

I also have a fun project to share with you too!  Here is a cute little bag and altered notebook that I have created with Be My Valentine - Cuppy and Be My Valentine - Carl digi sets! 

The bag is a mini bag that I picked up Target in the dollar spot last year.  The mini notebook is from the dollar spot at Michaels which I covered and altered with Carl.

I saw people use felt with the spellbinders before and thought I would give it a go!  I have to say those Spellbinder dies ROCK...they cut through the felt like butter.  I used my sewing machine to sew around the hearts....and then hand stitched around the scallop.  Cuppy and mini cupcake where colored with my Copics and dp is K&Company Lovely.

Here's a close up of Cuppy and her Valentine!  I added star dust stickles to both of their tops!  Blossom Spica was added to the heart to make it shimmer.

And here is Mr. Carl!  He was also colored with Copics.  Hearts were punched with MS punch and then covered in crystal stickles.

Now I am VERY HAPPY to say that Jennifer Meyer...the owner of Stamps and Smiles....has given each DT member a Valentine Bunny to give away!

To win this cutie all you have to do is leave me a message answering the following question:

What was your favorite Valentine's Day and why?

Winner will be announced on the Stamps and Smiles Blog later.

**Edited to Add - The winner of Valentine Bunny is Lisa of Lisa's Paper Fun!**

I hope you've enjoyed your stop here.....Your next stop is Lisa Cook's!  Have fun on the rest of the hop!  Good Luck with the prize!

Recipe:
Stamps:  Be My Valentine - Cuppy and Be My Valentine - Carl Digi Sets....available at Stamps and Smiles TONIGHT!
Inks: Copics, Copic Blossom Spica, white gel pen
Copic Colors Used on Cuppy:  R02, R11, R20, R21, R22, R24, R27, YR00, RV02, RV13, RV14, RV25, E00, E11, E21, E25, E27, E31, E33, E35,
Copic Colored Used on Carl:  B93, B95, B97, B99, E00, E11, E21, E25, E27, E30, E33, E34, R02, R11, R32, R37, R39, YR00
Papers:  K&Company Lovely Collection
Tools: Spellbinders - hearts, scallop circle, MS heart punch, SU word window, SU modern label, SU scallop oval
Embellishments: Star Dust Stickles, Crystal Stickles, Felt, Ribbon from my stash.

♥ Thanks for stopping by! ♥