Happy New Year!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!!! Did you celebrate too much or did ya keep it quiet? We kept it pretty tame with friends and had some fun and good food! I have lots planned for the New Year so I hope you will continue to visit me here on my lil "ole blog", LOL & I hope the new year is good to you all too! I've got a few projects for you today, so make sure you scroll down all the way!

The Whiff of Joy DT's Papercraft of the Month was to create candy wrapping/packaging. I thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to create an early Valentine's Gift. I made a card and covered a heart tin from PTI that I filled with chocolate truffles.

My card uses the WOJ stamp "Teenage Lizzie w/ chocolates" which is a perfect stamp to use for Valentine's Day (and she's on sale right now too)! This yummy dp is by Making Memories "Love Story" and I love the black accents this paper had so I carried that thru my design. She's colored with Copics and I also layered on some Shimmerz in "angel wings" on her coat for shimmer. I used my scroll punch and added some red heart jewels (from Michaels) on the scrolls for more detail.

This is the heart tin from PTI that I covered with the matching dp and scrolls and jewels. The center of the tins are clear but I wanted to cover mine so I attached red Coredinations cs on the inside. Was pretty quick to do and I think it turned out wonderfully! What do you think? Make sure and check out all the WOJ DT's projects (on sidebar)--they are all fabby! The release party for the new WOJ stamps will be on PaperCraft Planet site tomorrow (5 pm EST)--please stop by and join us for lively discussions and prizes!! And the new WOJ stamps will be available for purchase on Jan. 3rd too!


My last project is for the Magnolia-licious DT sketch Challenge for January. This sketch is by Suzy this month and it was so fun to use. I picked this cutie pie Tilda from the "Pink Collection" called "Ice/Ballet princess"--my daughter has done ballet since she was 3 so I had to have this stamp when it came out. I found this beautiful K&Co. dp at Michaels from their "Hopscotch" line and had to use it. The cs is from PTI and I embossed it with my CB swirls folder---the sentiment is from Verve Stamps "Beautiful You" and I actually only used the first verse of it for this card (love it). For some extra bling I used stickles on her tutu & bow, Shimmerz on her socks and outfit and some lt. pink pearls around the sentiment. I really love how this card turned out---so soft & pretty!

Make sure and check out all the DT blogs (Claudia, Suzy & Cheryl) to see their take on this sketch and we'd love to have you try your hand out on this sketch too. I believe there will be a folder for January's sketch to upload your cards to on the Magnolia-licious Yahoo site and you can email it to Diana Crick at Magnolia-licious so she can put it in the store gallery too!

Hope you liked the projects today and please check back tomorrow cuz' I'll have some more announcements and projects for you!

Hugz~~Suzanne

Meet Herb & Lizzie!!

Hello, it's happy Hump Day already! I'm off to breakfast with some friends today and I'm excited! I never eat breakfast (bad, I know) I only drink a glass of chocolate milk in the morning. Not that I don't like breakfast, cuz' I do--just never have time to make anything, lol! Anywhoo, onto my Whiff of Joy projects today...

My first card uses Whiff of Joy's "Herb with Teacup"--isn't he just a cutie! Elisabeth Bell did a great job illustrating these new holiday images. The sentiment is from WOJ too, there are 6 sentiments in this "Winter Love" set. This fun holiday dp is from K&Co and the sketch is from the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog. He's colored with Copics and accented with diamond Stickles; the ribbon is SU. If you're interested in getting some of these stamps here in the US, please check out my friend Summer's store Roses on Paper.

The second card uses "Lizzie with Muff" and I think she's just darling. I colored her w/ Copics and added liquid applique to her fur trims--after drying I added stickles on top for shimmer. I also stamped the snowflakes in silver ink around her w/ a touch of stickles in the middle. The sentiment is from a second set from WOJ called "Christmas Wishes"--you can mix and match these sentiments which is really cool!! I used that yummy dp from Basic Grey's "Wassail"--lovee it and the holly leaves are from Prima!

Love all the new Whiff of Joy stamps, how about you? Make sure and check out WOJ's gallery to see all of my DT sistah's lovely creations. And Kimmie has her blog candy up and ready to giveaway so check it out too! And my mistake, TODAY is Whatchadoin' Wednesday over on the Storage Units, Ink & More blog (guess I was a day ahead of myself, lol)--so check out all the fabby ornaments the DT has come up with!
hugz,

Suzanne

A 3 Card Day!

Hiya everyone! Hope those that had off yesterday had a wonderful 3-day weekend! I am happy to say I am feeling 50% better today, so that is a big improvement, yippee!! Thanks again for all the get well wishes--they're working!! I was able to work on some projects yesterday and get some things done so I feel good--I hate feeling behind cuz' then I just get overwhelmed, ya know! I have 3 cards to share with you today so fasten up and enjoy the ride, lol!

The first two cards today use Whiff of Joy stamps, my most favorite "Willow with Lantern" and a new one "Good Luck Charlie". (NOTE: Remember if you live in the US, All That Scraps is now carrying most of the WOJ stamps so check it out) I am partial to this Willow stamp (sorry but I just lovee it)--she's so elegant and gorgeous, me thinks. This card was pretty easy to put together--the white bg was embossed with my CB folder and all of the cs is SU. I used some scrolls that I punched with my scroll punch and added silver pearls to for lots of shimmer. Willow was colored w/ Copics and then I took my clear Spica pen and highlighted her dress for lots of soft sparkles. The sentiment is from PTI's "Holiday Wishes" set as is the lovely silver ribbon.

The second WOJ card uses an image I think is really unique and cute. Over in Europe "chimney sweeps" are considered good luck (google them and you'll find out all about it). Now Katharina has some lovely sentiments that you can buy to go w/ her stamps including this one which is a "good luck" and shamrock sentiment...but, I seemed to have misplaced it somewhere, ha ha, just my "luck"! Luckily I had a Studio G set for the New Year's that I could use because I wanted to make this a Happy New Year's card. I used the sketch from the new Whiff of Joy challenge blog--go visit every week and participate to win prizes! The paper is a combo of SU and Black Market dp, ribbon is from Michaels and some sparkles thrown in for good luck! I really like the finished card, what-a-bout you?

Last card today uses the Stamp of the Week from Spiral Whisper called "Love Frog"--you can purchase this stamp for 10% off this entire week. I think she's quite a cutie for a frog, lol! I paired the image with Basic Grey's "Eva" dp cuz' I wanted to balance out all that green,lol! I used a heart stamp with versamark ink on the PTI plum pudding to make the bg paper and I cut out an extra set of eyes and popped them up to be googly-eyed looking! The fun sentiment is from CC Designs "Froggie & Friends" set--toadally perfect, hee hee!

Ok, I will have directions for my accordian boxes tomorrow for you all---yippee (I know I'm finally getting to it)! See ya back here tomorrow!

Suzanne

Tea Time!!

Hello everyone! It's happy hump day (Wed that is)--halfway thru the week, yippee! Isn't it sad sometimes how we wish time away, always wanting the next day to come and rushing thru life. Wish there was a way to slow down sometimes, but doesn't happen much around here. I'm getting my hair cut/colored today, yahoo, in preparation for my New Kids on the Block concert tomorrow night--I cannot wait! And I'm having the carpets cleaned in the house and then grocery shopping, ughhhh...I hate grocery shopping! Anywhoo, I will have two posts today so make sure and check back after 12 noon (EST) for my second post featuring my projects for Storage Units, Ink and More.



Every month the fabulous Katharina of Whiff of Joy challenges the DT members to make a project of the month. Last month it was to make bookmarks, and this month it was to make a "tea" gift (packaging for a teacup and tea). Now I don't drink tea or coffee myself, I'm a Cherry Coke or hot chocolate girl, but I'm always up for a great challenge.






I decided to make a cute gift basket for my teacup and an accordian box to hold the tea. For the basket I measured the size I would need for my teacup and then made a box and handle using those dimensions. I really wanted to use Willow with Hot Chocolate for my gift---she's really drinking tea this time,lol! All the dp is from Basic Grey's new line "Eva"--isn't it beautiful, and I paired it with PTI's lavender moon and plum pudding cs. I attached the handles with tacky tape and brads that I threaded thru the Prima flowers on each side. The decorative border was made with one of my Fiskars border punches.



This cute little tea box was something I had thought of when I should've been sleeping again, lol! I've seen so many accordian type folders or cards and I thought what a great way to package up a few bags of tea. So I made a template of my own using a teabag to get the dimensions right, and off I went. You could alter this to hold more or less tea too and I'm actually in the process of making one to hold different flavors of hot chocolate (yummo). I used the same dp for this box and added Basic Grey magnets underneath the dp for it to stay closed. I finished off the front with matching layered Primas and that's it. If anyone is interested in a template/directions for this "tea box", please post a comment and I will make sure and post that on my blog for ya next week, okay.

Don't forget to visit all my DT sistah's blogs(on sidebar) today to see their projects--they're all gorgeous!! And if you haven't entered for Fran's blog candy yet, get over there and do it already,lol!

Today is also the new releases for Clear Dollar Stamps and Storage Units, Ink and More--you'll definitely want to see all the new stamps!! Make sure and check back later for my projects using the new SUINK stamps!!

hugz,
Suzanne

Leaf Jumpin'!!

Happy Hump (that's Wed in goofy speak) day everyone! Here in VA fall has certainly arrived--I've had my windows open for 2 weeks now, yippee! Althought the evenings are getting a little too chilly for my taste--I despise cold weather!! Someday I will be living down South somewhere....dreamin' right!! I'm off to lunch today with my "lunch bunch" gal pals which is always a good time (oh if the hubby's knew what we talked about, ha ha). I'm having a "double-girl" outing today, first lunch and then this evening we're going out to the movies to see "The Women" (love Meg Ryan)--I'll letcha' know how it is, okay!!

Ok, moving on...since it feels like fall I made a couple of fall cards for ya! Both of these cards use stamps from H&M Stamp Co. called "A Leaf Load"--I LOVE it! It's so much fun to use and I already have 3 more cards planned with this set! I wanted them both to be similar in style (for my kiddos for their lunchboxes). They're both flap cards which I don't always do, but I really think they add a fun element to your card.

The first card uses the cute girl stamp--she is in 2 parts so she looks like she's under the leaves. I popped her up on dimensionals and is colored with Copics. The fabulous dp is from Black Market Paper Society called "Imported Rhythm" paired w/ cs from PTI. I added some stickles here and there for sparkle and then punched a couple of leaves out of the dp and attached.

Don't these kids remind you of when you were young--I loved jumping into a fresh pile of leaves! Not anymore :( since I'm the one raking them & there could be snakes hiding in there ya know, lol! I added some extra leaves flying thru the air to this "boy" card--he looks so joyful doesn't he! The dp on this card is from DCWV's "fall matstack"--lovee the fun colors!

Hope you enjoyed my fall cards today! Don't forget to enter for some yummy Whiff of Joy blog candy over on my DT sistah Kimmie's blog--she's giving one lucky person a "Melinda Blowing Kisses" stamp. If you already own some of these lovely Whiff of Joy ** stamps you can now participate in weekly challenges over on the new Whiff of Joy Challenge blog too.

lots of hugz,

Suzanne

**If you want to order the Whiff of Joy stamps here in the US, you can now get them from All That Scraps.

Fall-i-licious!!

Happy Fallish Sunday! So the rain has passed and the sun is finally peeking thru. I think we got over 3 inches of rain yesterday--we definitely needed it, but I can do w/o the stormy weather that came along with it. I guess I'm starting to move out of my summer mood and fall (ha, ha) into autumn!! But I will miss the warm weather--winter and me do not get along!!

I have to tell you one of my dirty little secrets...well it's not really dirty and not really a secret to those who know me well!! I love New Kids on the Block (am I aging myself, hee hee) and have since I was a teen. I was one of those crazy, screaming girls (like today's Jonas Bros. fans...aka my daughter) who had posters all over my walls and went to every concert. My mom was and is the best ever--she waited in many long lines at ungodly hours in the morning to help get me good tix to their concerts and hauled me and my friends around to see them and follow their tour bus around (were we crazy or what). And guess who's going to see their reunion tour next month...ME and my MOM--yippeee (and this time I bought the tix)! I can't wait, alas we'll all be screaming women and moms now, lol!!! BTW, their new album is FANTASTIC--love it and listened to it all day yesterday while I was stamping. It got my mojo flowing! And my Jonas Brother loving daughter actually admitted she liked their new songs--aha, a future convert---ROFL!!!! BTW, this is not my "other" secret--that will be revealed tomorrow.

Ok, onto my cards as I've blabbed enuff about my obssessions (did I mention I'm also addicted to Cherry Coke, oh well that's a whole 'nother post, hee hee). Being in a fallish mood both of my cards today reflect that in case ya didn't notice--oh my, someone slap me cuz' I'm slaphappy!!


The first card uses a new Magnolia stamp that I got and I believe she's called "Tilda in Falling Leaves". If you are interested in buying any of these stamps you can contact Diana Crick at magnolia.us@shaw.ca for ordering information. Her new webshop, Magnolia-licious will be ready to go in just a few days--how exciting is that!! I used some new dp from Memory Box called "Twiggy". I couldn't help but to paper piece her sweater w/ some of the dp. I colored her w/ Copics and used my nesties to cut out the circle and scallop circle frames. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado and I used my fall leaf punch to punch out leaves and attach them around the card. A few stickles here and there and some raffia tied around completes the fall scene. Do you like?


The second card is using one of the new Whiff of Joy stamps called "Willow with Cookies"---isn't she just the prettiest lil chef? I never look this good when baking--ha ha! This yummo-licious dp is from a new company called Black Market (not BM you party people & you know who I'm talkin' about, lol). This particular pack is called "rhythm" and I lovee it. Of course I got all of them cuz' I'm a paper addict, and ha ha that's the store I got it from :) You can get it from The Paper Addict or Gina K--it comes in 6x6 packs so make sure and check it out! She's colored w/ Copics of course and the rest of the card is just lots of layering. I used flowers from Prima and the ribbon and cs are from PTI. The sentiment is from Verve Stamps "Feeling Groovy" set--I lovee this set so much!!

Alrighty, enough outta me--go enjoy your day doing whatever it is that pleases ya! I have errands to run and get done.

Until tomorrow...
Suzanne

Cowgirls!

Good Tuesday afternoon everyone! I hope you're having a good one. Unfortunately, I had no "card" dreams last night to guide me today--ha ha! We did have storms here around 1 am that kept me up for awhile. I'm not really scared of storms, but my older dog Casey is and she insists on hiding out on top of my head in bed when it storms at night. Of course, I'm not the greatest sleeper anyway and her panting on top of my head did not help with my sleep issues last night. I know this is a probably funny image to you (I might laugh later) but lack of sleep keeps me from laughing right now-lol!!!

My card today is for a guest DT challenge/call for a new line of stamps by Katharina Frei whose new line will be called "Whiff of Joy". You have to use her sketch for the card. I decided to ink up my Sugar Nellie/Sweet Ebony "Giddy Up" stamp which hasn't been used yet. I love little cowgirl images--too cute (although my son is hammerin' me to make a BOY card--maybe tomorrow). The dp is Marcella by K&Co (ancestry) and the cs is SU's choc. chip & blue bayou. The kraft cs is from PTI. After coloring her with my Copics I inked all the edges with my cream and brown ColorBox chalk inks for distressing. I added a few platinum stickles to her belt buckle--cuz every cowgirl needs a rhinestone buckle!! I also added lt. pink liquid pearls to the center of all the flowers. The "Howdy" sentiment is from MFT's "Ride Em Cowgirl" stamp set and the circle stamp around it is from PTI's "borders & corners" set. I used my nesties to cut the tag and the bg scallop out. I added an eyelet to the tag and threaded twine thru and around the card and tied off then roped around the edge of the card and attached w/ glue dots. For a final touch, I added Prima flowers that I layered and attached with Basic Grey brads. I am quite happy with how it turned out and I really like the soft colors--hope you likee too!

I'm going to try and make a boy card tomorrow (to appease my ds)--I haven't made very many of them, so it should be challenging for me :) See ya tomorrow!

Suzanne