Whiff of Joy Waterfall card

Click on the pic to see each image close up:

The castle is on the inside of the card.

Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamps: Draco the dragon, Charlotte's horse, Rogue Charlotte, Knight Charlie, and castle (all from the Medieval collection drawn by Alison Acton)
Inque Boutique swirl stamp
Whisper markers
Color pencils
Stampin' Up Spritzer
eyelet
ribbon

Happy Halloween: Knight Charlie card

The "happy halloween" and the pumpkins are on light green foil (I hope you can tell- it's very shiny and looks mint chocolate chip ice cream, mmm). I made this for the "neon and black" challenge over at Color Create challenges.

Whiff of Joy stamp: Knight Charlie
Inque Boutique stamps: Happy halloween set (swirls/stars and pumpkins)
Quickutz Bright alphabet dies (from Merry & Bright set)
Sakura pens
gems stars (colored with green Sharpie marker)
Whisper markers
color pencils
the striped black paper is the kind designed for gel pens
Stampin' Up color spritzer

Whiff of Joy: Rogue Charlotte

This sketch was the challenge over at Whiff of Joy challenge blog. It was difficult for me to use - way too many layers for me (so I took one out). This is the first time I've used Rogue Charlotte; coloring her was fun.
Materials:
Whiff of Joy: Rogue Charlotte
Scenic Route papers
Prima flowers
buttons

My crochet flower - check it out!

I'm really pleased how I colored Willow. I mainly used colored pencils, but a little bit of marker, too. However, I'm really happy with my crochet flower; I'm definitely going to make more of these. I chose orange and teal to fit the challenge at Whiff of Joy challenges; I love orange!

Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamp: Willow with cookies
Stampin' Up stamps (message from 'Delight in Life', texture on teal from 'A little bit of happiness')
Daisy D's paper
color pencils
Whisper markers
2.5mm crochet hook
embroidery thread
flower pattern from Jan Eaton's 'The Encyclopedia of Crochet Techniques'

Willow with Umbrella

I made this card to fit two challenges. The Whiff of Joy challenge was to add bling to my project, so I used glitter and gems. I also used (and tweaked) this sketch from Friday Sketchers:


Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamp: Willow with umbrella
Dovecraft/Studio g stamp: star from mini Xmas set
October Afternoon paper
Whisper markers
various cardstock
glitter
gems
red sharpie marker (to color gems)

Willow with Umbrella

I used paper piecing to put Willow together; I used pink patterned paper for the umbrella, blue cardstock for the jean, and white cardstock for the rest of her. Then I used my markers to color the pieces before gluing down.

For those who don't know what paper piecing means: It's essentially cutting paper into shapes and putting them together to make an image. For stampers, it's a cool technique to add color to lined images with paper instead of ink. It's also a popular technique for quilters.

When my husband saw the finished card he said, "Looks nice. Very British with the umbrella." Am I the only one that thinks that response is humorous? It's like he thinks the UK is the only place that gets rain. LOL.

This card also manages to meet 3 challenges:
Papertake Weekly: 4 Seasons (I picked Spring: April Showers... and spring colors)
Simon Says Stamp: Ribbons and Buttons
Sugar Sweet Paper Treats: Splish Splash (anything with water)
*** If combining challenges isn't allowed, please let me know. I looked, but I didn't see anything against it. ***

Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamp: Willow with Umbrella
Papermania papers: Sweet Nothings
Whisper Markers
various buttons
white ribbon
green 5x7" cardblank

Whiff of Joy Video #1

Here's my card for Katharina's Whiff of Joy guest designer call. I gave this card 100% of my creativity this past week. I even made a short video of the how to make the best bits of this card. It measures ~ 6 1/4 x 8 3/4" and it's pink! I'm not usually a pink person, but I was lucky enough to win these lovely Papermania papers from docrafts.com monthly prize draw (May's draw).


Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamp: Melinda Helping Angel
Penny black stamp "Thinking of You" from clear Salutations set
Papermania "Touch of Pink" patterned paper
Plastic flower shapes bling
Prima flowers
White ribbon
Black eyelets
Fiskars circle cutter

Whiff of Joy - Stamp Something challenge

I've only made a handful of cards this winter; I can't wait for it to be spring. I hope that it will help my craft mojo.

The challenge over at Stamp Something this week is Favorite Somethings. My favorite is always what is newest to me. The newest things in my stash is an Argyle Cuttlebug folder and a Quickutz flower die. Both are birthday presents (my birthday was last week.)

Another present I got for my birthday was a food processor and blender set. I LOVE IT. I've only had it a week and a half but I've used it so much. I love that all I have to do is push a button and I've saved time!

Would anyone care to read blog posts about different things my food processor can do? Or videos? Please tell me yes or no. Thanks.

Material:
Whiff of Joy Stamp: Melinda Helping Angel
Cuttlebug folder - Argyle
Quickutz flower die
Whisper Markers
Crate paper (I think)

Whiff of Joy Guest -Design-Team Call!

Whiff of Joy stamps are having a call for a new guest design team member and I'm adding my two cents to all the great applicants out there. I ADORE these stamps! Pick me! Pretty please!

P.S. Sorry about the blurry photo.

Materials:
"Melinda helping Angel" Whiff of Joy stamp
"Thinking of You" foam stamp
SU spritzer
Whispers markers
October Afternoon paper
green cardstock
SU dots stamp (from 'Delight in Life' set)
gems (blue ones colored with Sharpie marker)

Blue & Orange Whiff of Joy card

Close up of the image:

I love coloring this stamp. It is so much FUN! I made the card blue and orange for the challenge at artygirlzchallengeblog.blogspot.com. I left the card without a message, because the image is so versatile it could be several things; a thank you or a thinking of you card are my first impression.

Materials:
Whiff of Joy stamp: Melinda Helping Angel
Whisper markers
Chatterbox orange patterned paper
Penny Black flower stamp (from Salutations set)
silver glitter
blue inkpad
ribbon

My first Whiff of Joy!!!

This is my very FIRST Whiff of Joy stamp. I am so thrilled. I have been drooling over these stamps ever since before they came out. I was so lucky to win one off of Katharina's blog last week. I used her sketch to make this card for Stamp Something's challenge.

Whiff of Joy stamp: Melinda Helping Angel
Patterned paper: FancyPants (purple) and Basic Grey
Bazzil Cardstock
Making memories ribbon
Prima flowers
papermania eyelets
Whispers markers and aqua-pen

Sketch by Katharina: