Emily's Christmas Card and a mini image draw

Hello all

As a special little treat everyone whom comments on this post today will be entered into a draw to win a stamped image of my new birthday stamps.

I decided to follow Jacqui's tutorial on the WOJ inspirational blog and make an easel card. The image is one of my new ones and is coloured in using distressed inks. The papers are new and the packaging is upstairs so will update you on that later.

The card is for Emily my really beautiful neice whom was born in October.

I hope you like.

competions entered

spoonful of sugar - xmas card for a child - for my neice emily whom is a month old

allsorts - card for a child

secret crafter - season - this is winter

magnolia down under - sketch used. although i moved the sentiment and added flowers instead.

cute card thursday - glitter me silly - glitter on the flowers

charisma - merry and bright - it is a xmas card

Antique Sunshine and Apples

I simply adore Belles n Whistles Stamps and have so many of them on my birthday wish list lol! This image was a rak of Jayne again and coloured in distressed inks. The papers are a loose 12x12 I had a scrap of on my desk and the brown I think is part of a MME pack which was a loose sheet too. I have distressed the paper slightly by using just ink and not torn for once and the papers have been handsewn in brown thread. I have also stamped a bronze swirl onto the paper that you can just see in the photo but in the light it glistens lovely. The flowers have not been splitzed for once as I wanted an antique feel to the card and leaves didn't work. I added a ribbon instead of the sentiment in the sketch as I could not decide which sentiment fitted the card from my stash. I hope you like it.

challenge - spoonful of sugar

Please note I have added another item to my candy!

Have I been missed?

We have had no internet supply for nearly a week due to the modem breaking and it has also been my youngest son's 2nd birthday.
Thank you to Jacqui and Georgia for the candy they sent, sorry I have not been able to email you and I am late sending codes to all the ABC top 5 people. I will do this in the next few days.



This first card is a beautiful house mouse stamped image from Jennifer. I have followed the papertake weekly sketch challenge using papers from K and Co and coloured the image in using copics. I have kept it clean and simple as it is perfect for a male card.

challenges - Papertake weekly - sketch, Saturday secret crafter - animals




This is an image I had coloured before knowing what the challenges would be, in copics and I have matched her with basic grey sugared paper and followed the sketch on a spoonful of sugar.

challenges - Spoonful of Sugar - sketch



This final card is a decoupage image of tilda with lollipop from my friend Jayne. I have coloured her in using copics (bg10.g000.g00.e21.e50.e00.e51.e08.e33.e35.e57) and the charm was a rak of Heidi. The papers are new and are a 12x12 sheet of cosmic cricket. Which I adore.

challenges - sketch and stash, dutch dare - charms

I promise to catch up with everyone soon and bear with me while I catch up with challenges.

Lavenders Blue dilly dally, Lavenders Green.....

This is my entry for three challenges

*Spoonful of Sugar - Autumn - stamp is from WOJ Autumn collection
*Dutch Dare - Colour inspiration
*Charisma Cards - Flowers

Willow has been coloured in using copics and added to K and Co, DCWV papers. The roses have been drenches in glimmer mist (ivory) and added. I did not add leaves as it would have been too much I like the just flowers effect on the card.

I am also entering it on Katharina's call to show I can do the same image well in different mediums and as so many of you have been complementing my colouring and that is what she is looking for this time.
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This is a little bag I made with some lush soap in for a friend. I have used one of my favourite old tilda stamps and coloured her in using copics. As it is not a card it qualiifes for Magnolia down under challenge.

autumn days

This is for two challenges.

* Whiff of Joy -Sketch
* Spoonful of Sugar - distressing

The papers are a mixture of basic grey and K and Co. All have been faux stitched as I am still not up straight in my craft room yet. I have distressed the papers and antiqued them using tea dye. I have also painted the dress to look distressed too, and I think it works fab.

I hope you like it.

I have decided to enter this card in the WOJ Designer call - here are all the details

Copied from Katharina's blog

I am very excited to open another Whiff of Joy Guest Designer Call!! It's been a long time since the last GDT Call, that's why it is such an exciting event for me :)

We are looking for passionate, talented crafters with great colouration skills to complement our Design Team for the next 2,5 months (end september, october, november).

As a guest designer for Whiff of Joy Stamps you'll have to:


Create a card or project or scrapbook page with every stamp we'll send you
post these on your blog and upload it to the Whiff of Joy gallery
participate in every other Design Team activity, such as the Project of the month
have your own blog, which is essential to show and promote your works created with our stamps

The chosen guest designer will have the following privileges:

You'll get every stamp that is going to be release during the next 2 months
You will get a 10% discount on all your orders from Whiff of Joy Stamps for the period of 1 year.
Important information:

Everybody can enter from anywhere in the world!!
You can submit as many cards as you like, but they have to be new ones.
You have to use at least 1 Whiff of Joy Stamp on you card!!!
The Guest Designer Call ends on Saturday, September 19th, 8 pm GMT+1

What do you have to do to enter the Whiff of Joy Guest Designer Call?

create a card, scrapbook page or papercraft project using at least 1 Whiff of Joy stamp
post your creation on your blog (and SCS gallery if you have one) letting people know about our Guest Designer Call
add your name and link to your post to the Mr. Linky Widget below

A Card for a few challenges

Hiya

This card fit s the following challenges

* Spoonful of Sugar Sketch
* Saturday Secret Crafter - corners
* Cute Card Thursday - At the Beach
* Passion for promarkers - Cocoa and Rose Pink (hair and outfit)

Coloured in promarkers and mounted on Basic Grey Urban Prairie papers (my favourite), flowers hand punched a simple but effective card.

Sorry not been around much School Holiday's need I say more?

Tilda with blossoms

This is my entry for two challenges

*passion for promarkers - sketch
*Spoonful of Sugar - Floral

I have coloured the image in in promarkers and then used papser from the sultry basic grey pad. I have edged one in my martha steward doily punch while another has been put through by swirls cuttlbug folder. The flowers I have punched myself and added a rose to the centre before glimmermisting, and the lilacs have been flower softed. The leaves have been punched using my other new punch and added. No sentiment as yet as I am not sure whom the card if for - I hope you like it x

An old but beautiful Sarah Kay

I have decided to try and resurrect some of my old stash I loved this stamp but shock have not used it in nearly a year! I decided to use the Spoonful of Sugar challenge of swirls to inspire me. I distressed with antique linen and tea dye the image then painted using distressed inks - the dress is fired brick believe it or not! The papers are a lush K and Co pad I love, the flowers I made and then glitzed with glimmer mist and the lace is stash. I hope you like it. The weather here is awful it is like winter it is so dark hence the poor photo quality.
hugs x

three in one - blue willow

This card has been made for the following 3 challenges -

*Whiff of Joy - Piercing
*Spoonful of Sugar - Sketch
*Dutch Dare - Diecuts and punches

The paper is basic grey two scoops which has been distressed, paper pierced and a panel hand sewn. The image has been coloured with distressed inks. The flowers are prima and have been glimmer misted.

I hope that you like it.

WOJ Charms meets Spoonful of Sugar Butterflies

I am having to write this blind and then hope that the image loads as I am unable to ammend fonts, see anything but codes etc on blogger at the moment. If this continues wordpress is looking a very viable option.
Think this card is missing something and i am not sure what. If you have any ideas please let me know.
Still not 100% and not myself at all, really low at the moment so if I don't fet chance to visit you all please bear with me.
hugs

recipe -
image - willow with boots woj summer kit
paper s- k and co hydranger
flowers - prima
brad - papermania
dragonfly brad - stash
charm - madcowbeads
spacer - hobbyhouse
lace - stash
medium - distressed inks

Lazy Sunny Afternoon

I adore this card and unfortunately the light does not do it justice. I have coloured it to show Willow sunning her face and so the light hits on the right and all the colour belnds away to the left. I will try and take another photo of it outside later on. I am adoring my distressed inks and I think that I am slowly getting better at using them too.

I hope you like it.

This card is for the following challenges
Sketch and Stash - Both the stamps are new as are 2 of the distressed inks.
Creative Card Crew - flowers
Spoonful of suga - lace
Whiff of Joy - Brown and Blue
Cute Card Thursday - bling = there are pearls on the card

recipe -
images - WOJ Summer Willow barefoot, Tildas Wall
papers - K and Co Motifica and Roam
flowers - hero arts
brads - papermania
lace - stash
ribbon - stash
nesties - small and large circle
medium - distressed inks - sky - broken china - hair - walnut stain, leave s- peeled paint - cherrie s- fired brick - dress - weathered wood, skin - tattered rose - wall tea dye and old paper.

Spoonful of Sugar and Sketch and Stash

Please excuse my thumb in the photo as I was trying to get a good photo yesterday in between hail storms! This is my first attempt on my own at masking and I am so happy with the result. It is a birthday card for my husbands uncle who is 50 tomorrow so I have popped his age on the little plack that Oakley is holding, therefore it qualifies for Spoonful of Sugar celebration. A wonderful sketch by Becky at Sketch and Stash that I had to use and kept the card embellishment free as the image is so detailed (both stamps new) and for a male I did not think it needed anything else. I hope that you like it x

receipe -

images - WOJ Sumemr Kit Oakley, Magnolia old fence

papers - basic grey - granola

punch - fiskars

medium - distressed inks.

Sketch and Stash meets spoonful of sugar (textures)

It may not look like much but is one of the most expensive cards that I have made! What is new - well the papers are from my K and Co tulip pad, the image was the first time I had coloured in distressed inks (apart from my trial with Cathy's), the ribbon I shook cutting as it is my stroking ribbon! The crochet flower was with the ribbon part of my birthday present of Cathy and I have resisted using for so long, but felt the need to use a tiny bit of it today. This is the different textures which qualify it for a spoonful of sugar.

This card will be used for a crafting friend whom will appreciate the value of the items that I have used!

recipe -

image - woj willow kneeling

paper s- K and Co - tulip pad

crochet flower - stash

spacer - stash

ribbon - stash

leaves - l com punch

gems - stash

brad - papermania

medium - distressed inks - worn lipstick, tattered rose, peeled paint, black soot, walnut stain

Back for a night!

My wonderful husband has managed to get me hooked up to the internet for a night. It is still chaos here, dust and plaster everywhere and most of my stash is in boxes so these cards are very simple I am afraid. Jayne (Serendipidy) has been texting me the themes so I can work on the cards as and when I can, I have currently pinched the kitchen table.

So here are the cards sorry they are all on one post but it will be easier I think for you all! They also include my first attempts at distresses inks so feedback will be fantastic if you are able. I will visit all your blogs as soon as I am able, miss you all lots xxxx

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Saturday Crafter - theme via Jane Carroll on facebook as shaped cards.

This is my first attempt at distressed inks, I used milled lavender. It is very simple card stock, prima flowers and lace and gems. The backing paper inside the card is a chinese papermania in lavender. The image is WOJ.

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Whiff of Joy - Stars and Stripes - theme from Jayne via text.

This is my Oakley in distressed inks. The backing papers are basic grey archaic. The stars are blue brads and the stripes are in the papers. I have borrowed Janes nesties (labels 1 and 2) for a few weeks so they are hers that crop up in the cards.

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Cute Card Thursday - Mirror image - something shiny - via text from Jayne.

This does shine honest! Papers are basic card stock in pink and gold and the gorgeous sheet is from the once upon a time papers from DCWV. Prima hydranga's, brads and spacers and gems all shine as does the image coloured in twinkling H2O's.

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Spoonful of Sugar - Blue and Green - via text from Jayne.

I hope you like this. I have since added leaves to the flower - but the light is too dark to take a photo. That is the problem when all your stash is in boxes! The papers are basic grey - boxer I think, the ribbon and flower and spacer are stash and the image has been watercoloured with pencils.

Spoonful of sugar meets friday sketchers

A double entry again for me as with Edward being on holidays and Paul at home my crafting time is less than normal. I did however find a fantastic new craft shop called Sunrise crafts and brought loads of little goodies, some of which I will have to keep for sketch and stash others my will power will give in before then!

receipe -

image - Hanglar rak of Heidi

papers - basic grey - two scoops

lace - stash

brad - k and co from sunrise crafts

flowers - prima

leaves- lem.com punch

spacer - eggstravaganza

pearls - stash

sentiment - stash

medium - watercoloured then edged with promarker warm grey1, glitter glue for wings

Spoonful of sugar meets Saturday Secret Crafter and Ed's Easter Hat for Lili of the Valley

Hi everyone - waves. I think I maybe turning the corner. I have seen a brill doctor today and we just wait on the remaining results and scan but it looks like no long term damage at this stage so happy. I have managed to finish this card I have been working on and it fits two challenges - spoonful of sugar numbers and secret crafter stripes. The papers are a mixture of basic grey scraps of pads I had on my desk. All faux stitched and the flowers added are prima.

receipe -

image - sugar nellie - ropeswing rak of cathy

papers - basic grey

flowers - prima

pearls - stash

number - stash

ribbon - stash

eyelets - papermania

medium - watercolour

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This is Edwards Easter entry for lili of the valley.

Spoonful of Sugar Sketch

A lovely sketch to follow that made good use of my eyelets! A quick card I am afraid hope you like it.

receipe -

Image - WOJ Melinda with Book - may glitter wings at a later date

Papers - Basic Grey 2 scoops

ribbon - stash

eyelets - papermania

flowers - hobbycraft

medium - watercoloured

Spoonful of sugar (gems) mets Dutch Dare - Sketch

Sorry for a double entry but my crafting time is shrinking at the moment due to nursery runs and change of routines. Normally I don't make mothers cards but as I have done one for my Mum (well in my head I know what I mean that I can't give it her doesn't seem to matter), I am happy to make for Grandma's so hence this one following the sketch on Dutch Dare and adding gems so that it qualifies for spoonful of sugar.

recipe -

image - Sugar Nellie - Demure

papers - basic grey - two scoops

flowers - prima

gems - stash

ribbon - American crafts

lace - stash

peel off - stash

medium - watercolours

Spoonful of Sugar - Sketch

Yet again an awful photo of the card - by correcting the exposure due to the dark nights it seems to blur the image slightly and I don't know how to recrisp it. Well I am not sure about this, I am suffering from lack of inspiration and mojo I keep thinking my cards are not good enough.

I have taken inspiration from Kim and added swirls to the picture as the papers are so busy ribbons would not work. The papers added to the bas are all faux stitched in green and I have used a paper to mount the image instead of using plain card stock for a change. I hope you like it.

recipe -

image - Sarah Kay - My sweet Lili

papers- K and Co - Classic

flowers - prima

gems - stash

peel off - stash

medium - water coloured

Spoonful of Sugar - Torn

Well I am not sure on this at all. I could not bring myself to tear any new sheets of paper so I raided my off cut box and stuck them onto the background serendipidy style. I even ripped around the image and the background too. I coloured her in using promarkers and kept it simple as it is for one of the many thank you cards I need to send to Edward's friends' Mum's for his birthday presents. I hope you like it, any feedback would be appreciated, still trying to show highlights with promarkers in the hair and failing miserably.

recipe -

image - Sugar Nellie - Gorjuss with letter

papers - mixture of basic grey scraps

flowers - prima

gems - stash

ribbon - stash

transfer - papermania I think

card - stash

medium - promarkers