MTTSC13 - Whiff of Joy!

Happy Twinkling Tuesday! How is your week going so far? Today we have another "Temporary Twinkie" designing our sketch - Madelynn's brother Jack! I am *thrilled* that he went easy on us! ;-)

I combined this one with this week's Whiff of Joy challenge too - #20 Lavender & Lace. I used this sweet Melinda Reading Book image for mine. This is my first card using her and she is SO much fun to color! My lace is along the bottom of the main image panel. I had to leave off the piercing because I didn't leave myself enough room on either side of Miss Melinda! Whoops. Note to self - refer to sketch often to avoid missing details.


I colored Melinda with Copics, added the green and lavender polka dotted ribbon, then added her to the card base using dimensionals. I found these PERFECT lavender flowers in my stash, added some pearl centers and viola. Easy peasy! I don't know what it is about the purple and green color combo, but whenever I reach for purple, green is not far behind!

That's all I've got for today, but I will have TWO projects tomorrow, so check back! Oh wait, that's not true! A reminder -- tomorrow is the last day to enter my Ribbon Blog Candy by leaving a comment on THIS POST. There aren't very many names on the list right now so your chances are good!

Whiff of Joy Sketch Challenge

Hello Tuesday! Well, normally it would be Hello "Twinkling" Tuesday, but unfortunately I didn't get a card made for today's sketch. :( I wasn't feeling the mojo last night and I haven't been sleeping very well for about a week, so that combination doesn't make for a very happy me. You can visit the TT blog to see the sketch and the featured stamper for this week. The girls always have amazing ideas, you can find their individual blog links on my left sidebar.

Instead of a card for this week's TT sketch, I would like to share a card I made on Saturday using Katharina's Sketch from the Whiff of Joy challenge blog. Of course since it's the WoJ challenge blog, I used a Whiff of Joy stamp, this is Willow with Hot Chocolate. This is one of my favorite images EVER, she is just so sweet. I also used the color combination from this week's Little Paper Shop challenge - LPSC05 which is Bashful Blue, Tangerine Tango and Old Olive. What a fun one! I colored most of the image with colored pencils and gamsol, although I did the highlight and the hair using Copic markers. Here is my card:

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to enter my blog candy here, it is open until Saturday. See you tomorrow. :)

RoP Challenge #6 & Blog Candy Teaser...

Yay!!! It's the weekend! It's extra-special for me because today is Mania day!! Heather, Jess, Janna and I will be at Archiver's this afternoon & evening until they kick us out! I can't wait, I think I might be worse than my DS #1 waiting to go to Chuck E. Cheese, LOL. Well, it *has* been 6 weeks since our last girls' night so I guess I am entitled. :-)

But first, today's card! I think this is my favorite Whiff of Joy image. She's just so sweet! I made this card for the Roses on Paper Challenge #6 - Love & Friendship. The little sentiment is from Pink Cat Studio {I love Pink Cat - I buy mine at Limelight Papercrafts}, it was too naked without a LITTLE something there. I also used the Viva la Verve February #1 sketch on this - here it is:

My embossing twist is the Cuttlebugged Swiss Dots piece under the main image. I had to mirror-image flip this one, for some reason I didn't like the girl on the right side of the card. The pearls kinda blend in with the patterned paper, but they are there! I pulled the colors on this from the inspiration piece from this week's Twinkling Tuesday challenge.

I need to go finish packing up my stuff for tonight's stamp-a-thon, but before I got, a TEASER for you...

Tomorrow, I will be having some very cool blog candy, along with an overdue review of a very fun book I recently read. You know me, the only thing I love {almost as much} as stamping is reading!! But what does my stamping blog have to do with a book review, you may ask? I will give you a hint...a great {fiction} story detailing the adventures of a papercrafting genius, complete with drama, intrigue, laugh-out-loud jokes and CRAFTING TIPS. Oh yes! Check back tomorrow for the full reveal, and as I promised, *very good* blog candy. Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies for card: Stamps from Whiff of Joy and Pink Cat Studio. Pink Pirouette and Handsome Hunter c/s from Stampin' Up!, GP 110# white. Basic Grey Urban Prairie DP. Pink grosgrain from RABOM. Cuttlebug with Swiss Dots folder, Classic Oval nestabilities and tiny tags dies. Kaisercraft pearls in "Snow". Scalloped border punch from SU, Koh-i-Noor pencils, gamsol and blending stumps, Copic markers and dimensionals.

Whiff of Joy 14 - Lizzie

Happy Sunday! Today I waned to share a card that I made last night using this wonderful image from Whiff of Joy. This is Lizzie with Muff - isn't she GORGEOUS?? Over on the Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog they posted a contest to make a card using the colors purple and green (and a WoJ image of course!).

To create this card I stamed Lizzie on white cardstock using Memento ink. I colored her in with Copics in varying shades of green and purple, and hand-drew the little shadow under her feet. I left what I thought should be the "fuzzy" parts of her outfit uncolored, and when I was all done I added some White Flock to those areas using a Quickie Glue pen.

I ran the darker plum piece through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder and then mounted it on a scalloped long rectangle Nestability I had already cut (the same with the Lizzie image). That background panel is on dimensionals, and Lizzie is on double dimensionals. Added some beads to a stick pin from my Pretties Kit (Stampin' Up!) and put it through the ribbon as a final touch.

I have to tell you, I had a really fun time coloring this image. She is just fabulous, and perfect for coloring. Next time I may try pencils & OMS for coloring just to see how that turns out. Let me just say, if you don't have any Whiff of Joy stamps yet...you need some!

Thanks for stopping by - I hope everyone has a wonderful day!