Whiff of Joy Blitz!!

Happy Tuesday Morning to ya!! Hope your week has started off swell so far! I'm still very happy since the Washington Redskins (my home team) beat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday---Yahoo! If you follow football at all, you know this has always been one of the biggest rivalries (sorry if you love the Cowboys) but we beatcha' fair and square, lol!!! Nothing better than watching a good football game on Sunday in the fall--lovee it!

Ok, onto my cards today. I confess, I fibbed about the new Whiff of Joy stamps---there are 2 girls included in this release, sorry I forgot (gasp) until I got the rest of my images in the mail yesterday! I'm sharing a new image of Willow and another of Charlie with you today. All of these new stamps will be available for purchase on October 4th!





Isn't this image of Willow just adorable? I think she's just precious. My colors were all based on this yummy dp from My Minds Eye called "Laundry Line"--love the colors and the shimmer. The fun sentiment is from MFT's "Rain or Shine" stamp set and I used my Copics to color her too. Simple layout I think, but effective. I used a heavy hand with my diamond glaze on the rain and puddle I made under her, after it dried I applied diamond stickles on top for more watery shimmer. The ribbon and cs color is "Berry Sorbet" from PTI and I added a few dew drops in the corner. Hope you like her!



Doesn't this Charlie image look suave like James Bond--which off on another tangent, hee hee, I can't wait to see the new James Bond movie! My hubby and I love those movies, but whoaaa is Daniel Craig a hottie--definitely makes me a fan, lol!!

Anywhoo, back to my Charlie project,lol! As soon as I saw this image I knew he would look fantastic as a "bottle topper"! I think this would be an awesome hostess/party gift during this holiday season. I used multiple layers of cs to make the topper, colored Charlie w/ Copics and then cut him out. I stamped the black cs with the cute "cheers" sentiment (also by WOJ) in gold ink and layered an oval of gold shimmer cs by PTI on top. TaDa--a perfect gift for a party this season dontcha' think?

Hope you like the sneak peeks so far. Don't forget to visit my DT sistah's blogs (on sidebar) today for their lovely projects using all the new images too! And tomorrow we will all have our "Projects of the Month" to share with you--fun, fun! And make sure and visit Fran's blog today to see her sneak peek of course but also to enter for her yummy blog candy--she's giving away a "Melinda Blowing Kisses" stamp!

Remember to visit the DT blogs today (Mary Jo, Dawn, and Jen) for more peeks of the new Storage Units, Ink and More stamps that will be released tomorrow. I'll have a project (wow, a double post from me tomorrow) to share with the new releases too.

Also, the Clear Dollar Stamps will be released tomorrow so you'll have to see all those cuties too.

Ok--enough from me, I'm outta here!
Suzanne

Christmas Blitz!!

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you're enjoying your holiday weekend so far. I got to spend time in my craft room today--yippee--because we are having friends over tomorrow and going to the pool for the day. I've been able to finish a lot of projects on my to-do list which always makes me feel better!

I made two cards for ya today and both are Christmas--what can I say, these stamps are too cute to not use right now! I have to tell you that I have more fun coloring these images--I just love it! Both cards use the new stamps from Whiff of Joy's Charlotte and Charlie stamps. And wait to you see what Katharina is releasing next week--omgosh, I looooovvvveee them! You need to hop on over to her blog to see some of the new stamps by Elisabeth Bell coming out, just so lovely--you'll want them all! I hope to have them in the next few days so I can give you some "peeks" and possibly some blog candy too!! Stay tuned....

Alrighty, onto the cards! These cards use "Charlotte Decorating the Christmas Tree" stamp--isn't she just a cutie all dressed up and "Charlie Building Snowman". I used Memory Box's "Winterberry" dp on both of these cards--I love that paper, gonna have to order some more ( I get mine from Ellen Hutson)! The images are colored w/ my Copics of course :)! I cut both the snowman and Charlotte on the stool out and popped them up on the cards for lots of dimension--it really makes your card feel extra special to have a 3-D element on it ya know. The sentiment on Charlotte's card is by PTI's "Holiday Wishes" set and the sentiment on Charlie's card is from Sweet 'n Sassy's "Snow Friends" set. Pretty much just layering of cs after that. I did want to make Charlotte's card a little more "vintage" so I inked the edges with brown Colorbox ink and added some corner brackets (SU punch) and buttons.

Ok, hope you like my lil' bit of Christmas for ya in August :) Have a great weekend! See ya Tuesday!!

Suzanne