Whiff Of Joy Challenge 2

Here is my creation for this week's Whiff Of Joy Challenge. This week called for stitching on a creation, whether it be real or faux, it didn't matter. Seeing how I didn't have a sewing machine, I thought I couldn't participate this week....UNTIL I remembered that I had this little Daisy D's stitch tape runner thingy! This card was made for my friend's daughter who is having a hard time with reading at school! I wanted to make her a special card and a bookmark to help inspire her to keep up with her reading. I hope she likes it and it helps! Here is the inside of the card with the bookmark in its own little pocket!
And here is the card again with the bookmark!
I was all excited because I finally figured out how to use my Fiskar cirlce punches today too! I have only had them for a month and couldn't figured them out!

Happy Card Making Day!

Well I am a day late for world card making day....but yesterday I did get a little bit of card making in! I was supposed to be studying....but SHHHHH don't tell....plus I am busy studying today instead of playing! Yesterday I made birthday cards because it was my Mom's 50th Birthday.....and my brother's birthday is this coming Wednesday. We celebrated both birthdays last night. We went to an elegant restaurant as a family and it was so much fun! We laughed all night! I will share these birthday cards with you later this week! You don't want to miss them...they turned out awesome. Way to make you wait huh?!

I also wanted to let you know that today I uploaded my VERY 1st tutorial on the Wish On A Scrap blog. Click HERE to go to my tutorial! You will learn how to take an ordinary Cuttlebug embossing folder and turn it into a tool to make pretty beaded elements for your projects! Below are two of my creations using this technique!

First is a pretty autumn card: And second, is an altered notebook. This is my 1st Magnolia project too! I just love coloring Tilda! I used my Copics to color her, and placed her on my beaded branch paper to make it look like she is sitting in a tree!
Hope you like!

More Fall Fun!

I guess I have been on a roll with these card file folders! I have one more to share with you! This one was inspired with all the leaves changing on the trees around here! The sunshine really didn't want to cooperate with me while I was taking the picture! Sorry for the washed out look!

I hope you like! Thank you to everyone who stops by and takes a peek at my projects! I greatly appreciate all of your kind comments....they always make my day!

More Blog Candy Alerts

Love the Whiff of Joy stamps, head on over to Donalda's blog for your chance to win a Charlotte stamp!

If you are a Magnolia lover then head over to Janette's blog for your chance to win some yummy Magnolia candy...she recently hit 10,000 hits and is celebrating!

Gill is also celebrating 10,000 hits! So stop by Gill's blog and congratulate her and see her yumalicious blog candy!

Halloween Note Card Folders

I made a couple Halloween folders to hold a set of note cards to share with you! I want to apologize for the short post today, but me is VERY tired after an extremely long day! I have to meet my mom early tomorrow because we are going to another stamp camp! YAY! My mom also surprised me tonight by telling me that she booked us massages at the spa afterwards! Woo-Hoo! I am hoping to be VERY relaxed tomorrow afternoon! Maybe I will be able to come home and create some awesome projects!

The first folder has some very cool ribbon that I got from Walmart, and I added the little spiders, and spider stamp that I got from the $1.99 hot spot at Archivers!

Here's the inside view with the note cards and envelopes:
And here is a closer look at the different note cards that I made...on the one I used my Martha Stewart fence punch (which was a lot of fun to play with!):
And here is the 2nd folder! I got the scenic elements last year for some scrapbooking pages (that I still haven't scrapped yet...oppsss! hee hee!). Again, I used my Martha fence punch and got the fence to "stick out" away from the paper:
And more note cards:
Hope you all like!

Whiff of Joy Challenge & A GREAT Cause

This card is being used for two challenge entries!

First, I would like to give a BIG round of applause to Cammie. I have seen on numerous blogs the entries for her challenge, and I wanted to play along, not just because there are tons of companies donating candy to give away (almost $1,000 worth of goodies) but because Cammie is doing something for a WONDERFUL cause! Cammie's grandmother passed away in June due to complications from Alzheimer's Disease. To honor her grandmother Cammie has put together a challenge for people to make a card and send it to anyone who works with Alzheimer's patients to THANK them for all that they do! I am keeping mine local and sending my thank you note to our area nursing home for all the wonderful work that they do! To read more about Cammie's story click HERE!

Secondly, Wednesday was the official start of the Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog! I was so excited for this blog to start! I am HOOKED on WOJ stamps...and can't wait to get some more!!! The first challenge was to create a card with one of the wonderful Katharina's sketches! I had so much fun making this card...and knowing it was being made for such a great cause there was much love put into making this one!

Here is Katharina's sketch:


And here is my take on the sketch! I hope you enjoy! This is once again Melinda Blowing Kisses (can you tell that I REALLY love this stamp?!) My ribbons stay "thankful" and "grateful" which I thought were awesome to add! There are some colored leaves that I picked up at Walmart and some spare parts flowers with a little leave charm in the middle that I picked up at Archivers for decorations on the top of the card.

On the inside of the card I used a cream colored base paper. Stamped the swirl (from my Baroque Motif SU set) with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in walnut, then used the little flower (also in the same stamp set) stamped with Versamark and embossed with TH gold embossing powder! I think it turned out as elegant at the front of the card!
I wish I could be there when the recipients open the card! I hope they feel as wonderful as we are thankful for all they do for our loved ones!

Blog Candy Alerts

In case you all want to check out some awesome blog candies:

Anki's candy goes on until next Saturday! Go check it out!
Carole's blog candy ends Thursday night...so hurry up and check it out!

And you have to go to Cheribella's blog and check our her amazing fall blog candy! She asks that you create a halloween item to enter her drawing, so here is my cute entry! It is a treat holder!

Here's the inside where I have 2 little starburst candies inside!

Then there is Chris' blog candy b/c she just hit 10,000 hits!

Good luck to everyone entering!