Friday Sketchers Challenge #62

This week Jacque is hosting a sketch over at Friday Sketchers. The prize is some very cool goodies from Shimmerz. Here is Jacque's sketch.



Here is my card from this weeks sketch.







Materials Distress Inks, WOJ Image, QK Revolution and Dies, Websters Pages printed paper.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!!!

I Won Some New Candy

I have had a most wonderful weekend. I decided to join in on the Whiff Of Joy Blog Hop today to celebrate their one year birthday and ended up at Papercraft Planet where I got the chat with both Elisabeth Bell and Alison Acton. What a real pleasure to meet with two such beautiful and talented artists. During the chat we were set some challenges by both artists for a chance to win some new stamps. I won over at Alison's chat it is one of the new Christmas WOJ releases featuring Henry Mouse. He is just so adorable here is what I will get.



It was truly Christmas in July, thank you to Katherina, Whiff of joy and the Talented blog hop team, to Alison Acton and Elisabeth Bell for such a fun treat.
I sure can't wait to get him and start creating!

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!!!

Whiff Of Joy "Fall Stamp Set"

If you have not already heard Whiff of Joy is doing another release of their beautiful stamps. This is the Fall 2009 release please stop by their blog for a sneak peak.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!!!

Whiff of Joy Challenge #40 Donalda's Sketch

This week over at the Whiff Of Joy Donalda has created a wonderful sketch for us to create from.



Here is the card I made from her sketch:





Materials

Image Whiff of Joy

Medium Distress Ink Water coloring

Paper Parchment, Water color & Prima " First Blush Collection "

Embellishments Prima flowers & kaiser pearls

Tools MS punches & ek sucess punches

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!!!

The Next Level Issue #3 - Card Sketch 1

Welcome to week #3 at The Next Level. This week the challenge is to create a card with the sketch below. The twist is to make a removable tag in the card. I made the tag hidden to look like part of the card so there would be more of surprise when the card is opened. I then made a stick pen with dangle from the Vintaj jewelry line. The image is from Whiff Of Joy and is coated in UTEE to make it look like crackled glass. The flowers are from Prima and unfortunately I cannot remember the paper line I used as they were all scraps and there was no name on them.



















Hint of the Week: When heating UTEE with a heat gun sometimes it will blow off the top of the page so heat it from the bottom it won't blow off and it give s a nice even surface when it cools.


Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Whiff of Joy

Don't forget today is the release of the Whiff Of Joy "Women's Delight" Collection. Please go by and visit Katharina's blog and see the new goodies. I promise you won't be sorry. Sing up for her blog candy while your there. Hugs XXX Beth

The Next Level Issue #2 Challenge - A Ribbon Border Card and a Message of Friendship

This week at The Next Level the challenge is to try your hand at a ribbon border. I have to say at first I was very intimidated by the technique, but by the time I was done I was thrilled. Unfortunately I gave myself even more of challenge on this card because it was for a boy and I have never done a boy card before. To say the least though I am very happy with the end result. The theme for my card this week is Friendship, I think we will all be making lots of Friends here at The Next Level and for me that's what it's all about, Good Friends! I also want to invite all of you to sign up for the blog candy I am giving away to celebrate being a guest Designer at The Next Level so when your done peaking go to the first post on my blog and see whats up for grabs. So now let's take a peak at my new creation shall we.

Front View



Close Up Details of Card Front



Inside View







Detailed View of Inside





Wow that was a lot of pictures, right? Well the materials list is pretty big too. so here we go.


Materials

Image Whiff of Joy "Charlie and Dog" by Elisabeth Bell Stamped onto Neenah solar white ultra smooth 80# Card stock with Memento Tuxedo black ink.

Medium Prisma colored pencils, Gamsol used with blending stumps, Marvy White Puffy Applique with glitter sprinkled on it and heat set. Background was a masking and resist technique using Eclipse paper, versamark, embossing powder and "Pine Needles" Distress ink.

Papers Bohemia "Backyard Memories" paper collection and My Mind's Eye "29th Street Market" Collection.

Sentiment Inside sentiment came from an online resource at Scrapbook.com. The Outer Sentiment is Autumn Leaves "Always and Forever Seals".

Embellishments Buttons, ribbons, snowflakes and brad from my personal stash, Pebbles Candy Dots, Tim Holtz trinket pen and Fragments.

Tools Paper trimmer, Vintage photo distress ink applied with the blending tool, Assorted adhesives, xyron 510 Adhesive Machine, Glossy accents, and heat gun.

Lastly Here is my tip of the week:

When crafting with ribbon you always have to be careful of your ends fraying, but that can easily be remedied by taking a lighter IE:(Bic) and just slightly edging it through the flame it will seal the ends and prevents fray.

I hope you enjoyed the card today, thanks for visiting and Happy Crafting!

Tilda and Friends ATC challenge "Open Theme"

This week is an open theme for the ATC challenge at Tilda and Friends ATC Challenge. I had this wonderful idea to do a sketch in miniature for an ATC much like you would do for a card and here is what I came up with.



Materials

Image "Melinda Blowing Kisses" from Whiff of Joy by Elisabeth Bell

Medium Copic Markers, Signo pen, Gelly Roll Clear Star Pen and Tim Holtz Distress Ink "vintage Photo"

Paper Tutu dot for Bo Bunny, Bittersweet paper collection from Basicgrey and Watercolor paper from Cason.

Embellishments Half Pearls from Kaisercraft, Flower and Leaves from CTMH and Lace sticker from personal stash.

Tools Paper trimmer from Cuttlebug and Glue dots

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #50 "Touchy Feely"

I'm back and with a whole new batch of goodies. This little beauty is for the Spoon Full of Sugar "Touchy Feely" Challenge. We have to create a card with texture.
So here is my card for this weeks challenge.



This card was created with stamped image from Whiff Of Joy Guardian Angel collection. The clouds were made using a template from Melstampz blog thanks again to Mel for this wonderful template. The card stock is from My Minds Eye and has been highlighted on the edges with chalks from Pebbles. Enjoy and Thanks for looking.

WOJ Challenge #27 Heathers Sketch

Just recently I received my new order of WOJ Guardian Angel stamps and I have really wanted to create a card with this sweet little cutie "Melinda Musing" This was the perfect sketch to try her out on. The sketch was created by Heather over at the WOJ Challenge Blog. Here is Heathers sketch:



Here is my interpretation of her sketch I flipped it due to the clouds:



This card was created with WOJ "Melinda Musing" stamped image by Elisabeth Bell, the clouds were templates that I got from Mel Stampz blog I also used her embossing method to make faux stitches on the card, she is incredible thanks Mel! The clouds were embossed with the Cuttle Bug and then silver lined with a paint pen. I colored the image in with Copic markers and highlighted with a Signo white gel pen then glittered the wings. The PP is from K & Company's Wild Raspberry line. The card is embellished with assorted pearls, dots, ribbons and brads. Enjoy and thanks for looking!

Whiff Of Joy Challenge #23

OGM!!!! Can you believe I am going to do 2 posts in one day? I have really fallen in love with these sweet little Whiff Of Joy stamps, they have amazing detail and can be colored with so many different art mediums. I have just started to experiment with copic markers and this is my very first time to post at WOJ. We were given a sketch designed by Donalda to create our card from here is the sketch:



Here is my version of her beautiful sketch:



I used my new WOJ " Willow Kneeling" stamped onto neenah solar white paper with momento black tuxedo ink. Then I used bazzill card stock and Debbie Mumm PP for the card I then embellished with MS flowers, prima say it with crystals, ribbon flower, assorted punches and the new Pebbles yellow candy dots. The sentiment was a CTMH just say it stamp. I have had a wonderful time making this little creation and hope to do more every week. Thanks for a great challenge and awesome sketch.