Card no. 87 - Sweet Birthday Wishes

Finally I was able to sit down and relax for few minutes. Having both girls home is fun and I love every minute, but it's hard to find spare time for myself - I guess that's being a mommy ☺

I made this card few days ago, but wasn't able to post it 'till now - I had these American Craft papers forever and I wanted to use them, so I pre-colored the image, but wasn't sure about the layout and then I saw Kylie's Gate Fold Card and it was instant "this is it!" moment. Thanks Kylie!

This card is made for my super special friend Rosalinda, who I miss terribly and I wish I lived closer to her. Happy Birthday Girlie!!!

The Front View

The Image Detail

The Inside View

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, American Crafts - Botanique

Stamps: Lily of the Valley colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Copics, Inside Rose Stamp by Paper Studio

Embelishments: Embossing Powder, Stickles, Prima Flowers, Rhinestones by Recollections, Ribbon from Martha Stewart Crafts, Heart Pin from Making Memories

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Labels Eight, Paper Trimmer, MS Scoring Board, MS Border Punch

Entering these challenges: Die Cut Dreams - Girly; Mojo Monday - 171; ABC Challenge - Keep it Simple; ProMarkers - Anything goes;

ENJOY!!!

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Happy Holidays - Whiff of Joy Christmas Video & Out-Takes Video

Hello ladies! Hope you're having a fabulous Holiday and are enjoying the Season.

I've been sooo soooooo busy - this is our first Christmas alone as a family - we would always visit or be visited by Grandma #1 or Grandma #2 - so we wouldn't do much cooking or cleaning or anything - well, this year is different - I HAD TO DO EVERYTHING! Ha! My hubby helped with the dishes and Turkey. BUT it was absolutely wonderful. Surprisingly, I was very relaxed, took my time to clean, cook and I even squeezed in few Wii games with the fam. Unfortunately, no cards (yet) ... sorry .... Well, I've got bunch of new copics + stand and reorganized my "craft" space - I am so excited to get started with those ....

I have something pretty good to share (if you haven't seen it yet):

The original Christmas Whiff of Joy video

and

some funny Out-takes.

Enjoy!

Ehm, yeah - I was pretty bad -- he he he ...

Everything can be also seen on Katharina's blog.

Have a fabulous day!!!!

Whiff of Joy Blog Hop - Card no. 86

Here comes Santa Claus,

Here comes Santa Claus,

Right down Santa Claus Lane,

Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer

Pullin' on the reins.

Bells are ringin', children singin',

All is merry and bright.

So hang your stockings and say your prayers,

'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight...

Well, maybe Santa is not coming tonight, but soon ... I feel like almost too soon.... I am nowhere being done with all the "needed" and "required" preparations!!!

BUT WAIT...
there IS something fabulous happening today!

Whiff of Joy Christmas Blog Hop

I hope you're having fun and I can't wait to see who will win €30 ($40) for the WoJ Store. Yay!!!

Also, don't forget - 20% still going on.

Let's get started ...

If this is your first stop, please go back to Katharina's Blog and continue along the trail. If you came from Kylie's Blog ... you are at the right spot!

WELCOME!!!

Today I have a very special card(s) to share with y'all. I am a room mom for my daughter, who is in Kindergarten and we had a fabulous Winter Party yesterday ... all the kids had a lot of fun and oh!, all the goodies everyone brought were so yummy ... it was simply fabulous.

Anywhoo, I made these cards for my daughter's Kindergarten Teacher and her Teacher's Assistant. Both are absolutely wonderful and fantastic and I couldn't thank them enough.

I used Bazzill Basics CP (Witch's Hazel), My Mind's Eye DP (the Wonderful Winter Collection) and a beautiful paper doily sent to me all the way from Australia by THE super sweet Kylie. I chose super simple layout and "fancied it up" by Spellbinder's Labels No. 10. The gorgeous image is Angel Delivering the Christmas Tree colored with Copics, ProMarkers & ShinHan Markers. I sparkled the images with StarDust & XMas Red Stickles. I added three red rhinestones to the right corner and poinsettia flower to the opposite corner. I sewed an inside pocket for the gift card and added a sweet little label from the Season's Greetings (along with the die cut shape). The inside sentiment is printed on my printer using ITC Edwardian Script font.

ENJOY!!!

The Front View

So Nice Together

The Image Detail

The Sparkle

The Inside View

Hope you're having fun hoppin'!!! Thanks for stopping by ... your next stop should be Gio's Blog

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Card no. 85 - Just Magnolia - Add a little Sparkle

December is a busy month for me, not only because of the Christmas, but all the Birthdays - soooo, I have yet another birthday card to share with y'all. This time it's for the sweetest 7 year old girly girl - Sophia.

I used a super simple layout from Everybody Art Challenge's Sketch # 120 and gave my sewing machine a spin :) I used up all my thread - so the inside has only partial sewing. Still, I like it. Also, this card is quite heavy (used all the good stuff :), but I think still has that delicate girly feel to it.

I also used Just Magnolia's challenge for a sparkly inspiration - Anything goes + Sparkle - and I tell you, I used A LOT of sparkle, all over the card - inside and out.

Of, course, I used my ProMarkers, so I am also entering this card into their MEGA Christmas Challenge - Anything goes - nice and easy ... LOL.

The Front View

The "sparkly" Detail

The Inside View

Cardstock: Pearls - Cardmaker Series, Imaginisce - Enchanted Collection DP

Stamps: Magnolia's Tilda from the Wedding Collection colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics, Sentiment Stamp by Recollections - Label Me Sweet

Embelishments: Embossing Powder, Stickles, Prima Flowers, Pearls by KaiserKraft, Thread (from JoAnn's)

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Classic Circle & Scalloped Classic Circle, Grand Classic Lace Border, Renaissance Hearts, Paper Trimmer, Fiskars Border Punch, MS Scoring Board, MS Branch Punch, MS Rose Leaf Punch, MS Craft Knife, Sewing Machine

ENJOY!!!

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Card no. 84 - Lili of the Valley - Happy Birthday Leslie!

Yay! My Lili of the Valley stamps have arrived and I could not resist using them right away! They are just soooooooooo adorable!

My dear friend Leslie celebrated her birthday, so I saw my chance for a girly card :)

Over at the LOTV Challenge blog the challenge for this week is : A Few of My Favourite Things

Well, I usually feel I can't do my cards without flowers & MS Branch Punch. I also try to use some kind of pearl(s), gemstone(s) or tiny embellies ...

On this card I used quite a few pearls, Liquid Pearls, Glimmer Mist and even "pearly" paper.

I hope ya'll are doing great...

Enjoy!

The Front View

The Detail

The Inside View

Cardstock: Pearls - Cardmaker Series, Imaginisce - Enchanted Collection DP

Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Little Ballerina colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics, Sentiment Stamp by Inkadinkado - Round Frames

Embelishments: Embossing Powder, Stickles, Prima Flowers, Glimmer Mist, Liquid Pearls, Pearls by KaiserKraft, Ribbon by American Crafts

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Petite Ovals Small, Scalloped Petite Ovals, Classic Circle & Scalloped Classic Circle, Paper Trimmer, Fiskars Border Punch, MS Scoring Board, MS Branch Punch, MS Craft Knife

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Card no. 83 - Yet another Birthday Card this month

Yes, yeeeesss ... another birthday card. Well, I just have so many friends ... tee heee ...

Anyways, this one is for a 5year old. Super sweet and all boy. I just love this cute Whiff of Joy image - absolutely the sweetest thing!

I am still having trouble with bleeding markers - I tried different papers, inks - I think it's time to switch the markers (I guess) - the red ones (that bleed the most) are the ShinHan markers, sooooo ... I guess I am switching to all Copics - I also use ProMarkers, but the tips are just too wide that sometimes I have hard time filling in those tiny lines - and with my hand eczema, I have hard time coloring as it is ... ha! Maybe I just need more practice.

I used Martha Stewart glitter that I had for few years and never used it - I "glittered up" Sammy's hat and the leaves that were die cut with the "new-ish" Whiff of Joy dies. Sooo pretty!

If you can believe that my time as GD is coming to end in couple of weeks - I am sad already.

I am entering the weekly Whiff of Joy Challenge, where Tara challenged us with her fantastic sketch and Secret Crafter Challenge #109 - Sparkle & Shine.

ENJOY!!! I hope you're having a fantastic week. I've been working a bunch, getting some "mule" for Christmas pressies ...LOL!

The Front View

The Image Detail

The Spark!

Cardstock: Cardstock from Michael's, My Mind's Eye Christmas DP

Stamps: Whiff of Joy's Sammy's First Christmas colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics; Sentiment HB by Inkadinkado

Embelishments: MS Glitter, Rhinestones by KaiserKraft, Prima Flowers, Basic Grey Buttons, Twine

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Circle, Inverted Scalloped Circle, Whiff of Joy - Leaves, EK Success Border Punch, Paper Trimmer, MS Scoring Board

ENJOY!!!

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Card no. 82 - Star Tilda

I've been so patient to use the new Star Tilda from the Christmas Collection, but I could no longer resist. She's a beauty!

I made this card on Sunday, but just today I had the chance to take the pic.

I have friend's birthday coming up, so this was the perfect opportunity to use her. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye and is just so pretty - love those "untraditional" Christmas colors.

I used the Donalda's Sketch from the Just Magnolia's Challenge this week.

Secret Crafter - Saturday Challenge blog has Sparkle & Shine theme this week.

Cute Card Thursday has Anything Goes

The Front View

The Image Detail

Cardstock: Cardstock from JoAnn's, My Mind's Eye DP

Stamps: Magnolia's Tilda from the Christmas 2010 Collection colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics

Embelishments: Stickles, Pearls by KaiserKraft, Prima Flowers & Roses

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Petite Scalloped Oval, Petite Oval, EK Success Star Border Punch, Paper Trimmer, MS Scoring Board, MS Branch Punch,

ENJOY!!!

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Whiff of Joy Tutorial - Winter Chandelier

Hello everyone! Oh, my! What a busy week I am having - how about ya'll? We had parent-teacher conferences and I am so very proud of my little Kindergartener. She is doing FANtastic!!!

Anyways, it is once again, my turn to share something with you at the Whiff of Joy Tutorial Blog. I made this beautiful Winter Chandelier. You can see how it's made here.

Once again, very versatile craft project. In fact I have another one hanging in the girls room that I made last year with butterflies. So yummy!

The Chandelier

Enjoy your weekend everyone!!!

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Card no. 81 - Happy Birthday William!

One of my dearest friend's sons has his birthday today and I was struggling what to make for him. He's ten, so the card could't be even close to girly - so, I went for extra plain with plain paper, no embellishments and not even hint of pink... ha! I did use a tiny bit of Stickles on the tree - couldn't resist.

It was actually really fun to make. I made a window with Spellbinders on the front and attaching another image (the Tree) inside - under that is another paper with personal message. I think I like the look of it (a lot). Will have to make few more.

Well, Just Magnolia is running their Anything Goes challenge (#80), so this will work perfectly.

The Front View

Edwin

The Inside Image

The Cute Snail Image

Cardstock: Pearls - Cardmaker Series, Tim Holtz Paper

Stamps: Magnolia's Edwin from the Fairy Tale Collection with Magnolia Tree and Snail colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics, HB Sentiment

Embelishments: Stickles

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Labels no. One & Fancy Tags, Paper Trimmer, MS Scoring Board, MS Branch Punch, MS Craft Knife

ENJOY!!!

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Card no. 80 - Joy!

Happy Thursday!!! It's been few days .... I am sorry, but I have A TON of stuff going on at the moment and on top of that my eczema (on my fingers) makes it so painful to do anything with my hands... yikes! Sorry TMI.

I just could not resist and had to share another gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamp - Angel delivering the Christmas Tree. I sparkled her wings and ribbon with Stickles. Delicious! I also used one of the new dies (Mistletoe) to add to my flowers - sooo pretty!

Anyways, I can't type very much, so this will be short and sweet - I sparkled the whole card with Glimmer Mist and made "homemade" buttons to match the papers.

I used the Whiff of Joy's Challenge Blog's theme (#91) - Christmas.

The Front View

The Angel

The Flowers & Mistletoe Die

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, DCWV - The Christmas Stack

Stamps: Whiff of Joy's Angel delivering the Christmas Tree colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics, Sentiment by Fiskars

Embelishments: Rhinestones by K&Company, Glimmer Mist, Prima Flowers, Brads, Tile Stickers, Stickles

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Scalloped Circles & Circles, Labels no. Fourteen, Whiff of Joy Mistletoe Die, Paper Trimmer, MS Scoring Board, MS Branch Punch, EK Success Border Punch

ENJOY!!!

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Card no. 79 - Whiff of Joy Sneak Peek #2

Happy Halloweeen! He he he .... well, the card is not "Halloween -y" at all, in fact, it is VERY "Christmas -y". It is the day before all the gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamps will be released, so I wanted you to sneak a peek at the upcoming Collection. I used both the Stamp and the Swirls Die - absolutely gorgeous!

The Front View

The Image Detail

The Flowers & Swirls Detail

Cardstock: Kraft Cardstock, DCWV - The Christmas Stack

Stamps: Whiff of Joy's Angel colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics

Embelishments: Rhinestones by K&Company, Stickles, Prima Flowers and one cute rose from Kylie - thanks Sweetie, Ribbon from Michaels

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Scalloped Petite Ovals & Ovals, Whiff of Joy Swirls Shape Die, Paper Trimmer, MS Scoring Board, MS Branch Punch

ENJOY!!!

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Card no. 78 - Whiff of Joy Sneak Peak!

Oh, my! What an insane week!!! Anyways, finally I squeezed in my much needed "free time". I've got the brand new stamps from Whiff of Joy, which will be released November 1st, and simply could not wait to ink them up. You are in for a treat everybody! These are GORGEOUS!

Somehow I had to redo this card few times and I still feel that it's not it. I just couldn't figure out what it was that was missing or too much.

Anyways, we had crazy busy day on Wednesday with my hubby being gone, Parent Education Night yesterday, Halloween Party tonight - and I just started making our costumes today - I know I am crazy ... tee heee ... but they turned out fabulous - could have done better job hemming them, but I just couldn't be bothered or had time. I finished all four 10 minutes before we had to leave - talk about perfect timing! He he ... Guess what we were ... the Incredibles! All four of us! I L♥VE IT!

As for my card - I used one the gorgeous new to be released Whiff of Joy Stamp and Snowflake Die - aren't they gorgeous? I am in love with this stamp - can be used on so many occasions and holidays. I also used A LOT of Stickles - on pretty much all the edges. Spellbinder's Label no. 5 was used to create the little window effect, here and there few more details and I was done - on the fifth try. LOL!

Hope you like it! Come back for more! I am making a new one as we speak, write, well, as soon as I am done typing ....

The Front View

The Image Detail

The Snowflake Detail

Cardstock: Pearls - Cardmaker Series, DCWV - The Christmas Stack

Stamps: Whiff of Joy's Church colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics

Embelishments: Mosaic by Crystal Stickers, Stickles,

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Labels no. 5, Whiff of Joy Snowflake Shape Die, Fiskars Snowflake Border Punch, Paper Trimmer, MS Scoring Board

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The Winner

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Congratulations MELODIE!!! Please email me your design and address I will make a stamp for ya!

Have a blessed day everyone!!!

Card no. 77 - Let it snow...

Today I have a super cute card to share with ya'll. I used the Stamp from Whiff of Joy's October release - super cute Seal and Season's Greetings Sentiment with a matching Die! Simply delicious.

I used a lot of glitter and sparkle to make this baby shine! LOL! I used Crystal Lacquer to add the water illusion to the water.

Layout used was from the Sketch Saturday Challenge and I also distressed the edge a bit with the Distress ink for the Whiff of Joy Challenge no. 90 this week.

Enjoy!

The Front View

The Image Detail

The Sentiment

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Heidi Grace Design - Frost Blvd.|Snow Dreams

Stamps: Whiff of Joy's Seal & Season's Greetings Sentiment colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics

Embelishments: Diamond rhinestones by K&Company, Ribbon from Walmart, Stickles, Snowlakes - punched out with MS Snowflake punch sparked up with MS Glitter (Snow)

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Deckled Rectangles, Whiff of Joy Fancy Shape Die, MS Snowflake punch, EK Success Border Punch, Paper Trimmer, MS Scoring Board, Sewing Machine

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