A Touch of Spring...

Happy Friday! Are you ready for another challenge with Stamp Something? Janna is hosting this week, and she has chosen the following theme:

A touch of Spring

I don't know about you, but after all the snow we've been getting lately, a bit of spring sounds very appealing! Be sure to check out the Stamp Something blog to see what the rest of the dt has in store for you, and to check out how you can win a delightful prize from this week's sponsor, Whiff of Joy.

When I think of Spring, I tend to think of weddings, so I decided to create a cute little favor bag to show you today. The vellum bag is from a Martha Stewart wedding favor kit I've had kicking around forever and keep forgetting to use. I replaced the topper that came with it with a piece of pretty designer paper from my scrap pile and tied it all together with some pink grosgrain.

I used Wedding Carriage by Whiff of Joy for the tag. It was colored with copic markers and accented with Stardust Stickles. I cut it out with a circle Nestabilities die, and then layered it on a piece of SU Pink Pirouette that was cut with a Nestabilities Labels 5 die. The flower to the side was originally white, so I airbrushed it with the copic ABS and a R81 marker and added stickles to the petals for more interest.

Challenges I participated in with this project:
Stamp Something - touch of spring
A Spoonful of Sugar - springtime
Pink Elephant - ribbon
Our Creative Corner - making something new out of something old
Crafty Angels - flowers
Copic Creations - coloring embellies with your copics

**I'll be posting some blog candy this weekend to celebrate 20,000 hits, so be sure to stop back to check it out!**

Have a great weekend!

Whiff of Joy Guest DT call x2

I love Whiff of Joy stamps, so when I saw that Katharina had announced a call for guest designers, I knew I had to apply! The sketch for the call is a really great one, so since I've been in a card making mood lately, I decided to make not one, but two entries for the call.

For my first entry, I made a wedding card for my co-worker, John, using the Wedding Carriage stamp from the Wedding and Baby collection.

I think this has to be my favorite Whiff of Joy stamp. It is just so romantic! The image was colored with copic markers (colors shown below), and carefully cut it out. I added a few flat backed pearls to the garland, and then covered it with a custom mix of Flower Soft in Christmas Green, Shamrock Green, Pale Green, and Spring for a more realistic feel.

My bride needed some sparkle, so I covered her veil with Stardust Stickles, and then went over her tiara and the scrolls and hearts on the carriage with Spica pens for some added glamour.

John's fiances name is Rosie, so of course I had to incorporate some roses on the card. These started out as white, and were airbrushed with the Copic airbrush system hubby was sweet enough to get me for Christmas. I added more Stardust Stickles to the petals.

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For my second entry, I decided to get a head start on all of the birthday cards I need for February, and what better image is there for a birthday card than Henry Celebrating Mouse? He's such a cutie!

Henry was also colored with copic markers (colors shown below) and carefully cut out for layering. The background was cut with a Labels 4 Nestability, and airbrushed while the paper was still in the die. I'm obviously still learning to use the airbrush system, but I was pretty happy with the results considering how little practice I have had with it.

I wanted to put some sprinkles on the cupcake, but didn't have any to match. What's a girl to do? Make her own sprinkles, of course! I broke into my jewelry making supplies and found some pretty glass beads in the colors I needed. I tossed a few of each color into a ziplock baggie, and took one of hubby's hammers to them. Voila! Instant sprinkles. And let me tell you, this is a GREAT way to work out some stress! LOL!

The stars are another Nestability die. Aren't they cute? I used my jewelry making supplies again to make the little gold spirals, and put a few of the beads I used to make the sprinkles on the end of each wire to tie everything together. I added a star gem to the center of each cut-out for a finishing touch.

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Whiff of Joy Challenge 50

I've really been in the mood to make holiday cards this weekend, so when I saw the Whiff of Joy sketch challenge, I knew it was the perfect excuse to pull out Lizzie with Muff.


Isn't she sweet? Lizzie was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with copic markers. I went over the swirls on her outfit with a Sakura gelly roll pen, and then added fun flock to her muff, collar, and the pom poms on her boots. For the finishing touch, I added Twinklets to make "snow" around her feet.


For my accents, I made more Twinklet-covered snowflakes. This time, I used vellum for the bottom layer. Isn't it pretty? I like the effect you get with the vellum, so expect to see more of these in the future.

The pretty designer paper is "Falling Flakes" and "Snowflake Stripe" by My Mind's Eye.


By request, here are the copics I used to color Lizzie. The BG72p is a custom mix. The BG70 family is one of my favorites, and it annoyed me that there wasn't a nice light BG70 to use for blending. To make a BG72p for yourself, combine 5cc's of blender fluid with 80 drops of BG72 refill, and then fill an empty copic marker.

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Whiff of Joy Advent Calendar Event!

Katharina is celebrating the holiday season with the Whiff of Joy Advent Calender Event. Each day Katharina will be giving away a Whiff of Joy stamp to one lucky winner!!!

During the Whiff of Joy Advent Calendar event, found on Katharina's blog, a new window will open each day with a surprise gift for one lucky visitor! The new window will be posted at 00.01 GMT everyday, and the winner of the previous days gift will be posted at the same time.

So what are you waiting for? Go check it out!

Whiff of Joy Guest Designer Call

Whiff of Joy is having a call for a guest designer, and I decided to enter. For the entry, you need to create a card or scrapbook page based on this sketch provided by Katharina, and using at least one Whiff of Joy stamp. You can find all of the details on the Whiff of Joy group on Paper Craft Planet. What?!? You're not a member yet?!? What are you waiting for? Follow the link here, or the button in my side bar and go join!

I chose Willow with Hot Chocolate for my entry since she is my all time favorite Whiff of Joy stamp. She's just so sweet!


I decided to use some pretty, but retired, SU designer paper that I've been hoarding, and based my color scheme on the paper. I colored Willow with copic markers, highlighted her outfit with a white gel pen, and then highlighted her hair with a Sakura gelly roll pen. I like the shimmer of the Sakura pen better than white highlights on dark hair. It just seems more realistic to me. The mug was covered with SU Crystal Effects to give a ceramic-like finish. It is really nice in real life, trust me on that one!

Willow was layered onto SU card stock in Close to Cocoa and Regal Rose to match the designer paper. I added brown sheer ribbon (found in the $1 bin at Michael's) and Prima flowers with pearl centers to finish off the card.

Don't forget, you can click on any photo to make it larger if you want to see a detail a bit better. Thanks for stopping by!