La-La Land Craft Stamps Inspiration Friday

Happy Friday! Today’s card is for La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday. This week the theme is:

Love –Themed Cards

With all the gorgeous new releases, I had never had the opportunity to color in Capri Marci! Can you believe it? She is totally adorable and I thought she would look great on a simple Valentine card.

The sentiment is from a SU! set, the doily was die cut using a Cherry Lynn designs metal die. I cannot believe how well this intricate design cuts out. I am definitely very pleased with the die and will be buying some more for sure! I used a PTI die for the banner and a SU! Sizzix embosslit for the heart. The patterned paper was retrieved from my scrap drawer. I think it was Daisy Bucket or Daisy D. Not sure which. Everything was sponged with Worn Lipstick distress ink.

Here are some links for you:

InLinkz.com

Here are the Copic Markers I used:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair: E50, E51, E53
Shirt & Shoes: R30, R20, R22, R24, C1, C3
Capris: E40, E41, E43

Remember, you can play along with us all month long by uploading your creations to our Customer Gallery! To see more LLLC creations, please check out our blog ~here~.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Whiff of Joy ~

Happy Wednesday! Well, we have made it to the middle of the week! We have had such mild temperatures the last few days that it looks very much like we have a river of slush flowing down our street! I took the opportunity to attack all the semi-melted ice and snow that we had on our drive-way! An hour later and my walk and drive are free of snow and ice!

Edited  to Add:

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Today I have another Whiff of Joy card to show you. I was inspired by the extremely talented and super sweet Ingrid to go a little more vintage with my card. She made a card that used this stamp with a bird-cage die-cut shape and I just loved that idea. Here is Ingrid’s gorgeous card ~here~ and this is mine:

The patterned paper is from Websters pages. The birdcage is from a Kerri Bradford kit (she is phenomenal) and was cut out with my Silhouette SD from some AC textured cardstock. I then used the WoJ clear text stamp and Antique linen Distress ink to stamp over on top of the cage. Then I carefully sponged around the edges. After that , I sprayed it with some Mr Huey’s White mist for a little bit of a pop. This fits in with this week’s Papertake challenge: highlighting.

I die-cut the hearts and the heart border from WoJ metal dies using my Bigshot. The key is from my stash…where it came from is anybody’s guess but it was exactly what I wanted.

The brads, twine and the gorgeous ribbon are all from WoJ too! I am loving the fact that Katharina is bringing all these high-quality embellishments into her store!

Here are some links for you:

InLinkz.com

 

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Stampin With The Dragon - Anything Goes
Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - Anything Goes
Craft your Days away – Distressing
Papertake Weekly – Happy Highlights

That’s all for me. I hope to get busy and crafty today!

hugs Jeanette xxo

Happy Tuesday!

Hi everyone! I don’t have a card to share with you today. Instead I thought I would let you know about a few changes that you may or may not have noticed on my blog :)

Last year, things started to get a little more hectic for me and I began to think long and hard about what my goals were for this coming year and to re-assess where I was devoting some of my time.

As you probably know if you follow my blog, I have a great husband, 3 amazing boys that we are raising and I volunteer within our community. I wanted to make sure that these things remained my priority and my focus this year.

Since my youngest has started school, I have been able to start teaching coloration classes at a store nearby (Scrapbook Centrale). To be perfectly honest with you, one of the reasons I decided to do this was just to challenge myself. I tend to be a little shy with people I don’t know and I wanted to overcome this. Now, I look forward to my classes and have had the pleasure to meet so many lovely ladies :) I am soooo glad that I took that plunge.

I embarked on my first December Daily Album in 2011. It is finished…..well almost. I just have the pictures from the 24th and 25th to slip in and then I can call it done :) It was an amazing experience for all of us. It truly is a phenomenal way to BE PRESENT in the moments and the delights of such a short but wonderful time of the year. The first time my 10-year old son said to me “Quick, get the camera! This would be a great picture for our December Daily!” I knew in that instant that this album really worked! I had been a scrap-booker before I discovered the world of stamping and unfortunately, this fell by the wayside. I decided that it was too important to let this continue. So, this is one of the first changes that I have made. I am doing a Project Life album this year. I hope to be able to keep it going for the entire year.

I have had a lot of emails and comments about my videos. Don’t worry. I will continue making them. In fact, I hope to make them a little more regular feature on my blog. Again, I need the time. Filming and then editing them so that they are not overly long…is a little time-consuming. At least it is for me. I am teaching myself as I go along.

All this to say, I did have to step down from 2 of the design teams that I was on. It was not easy, but I knew that I could not continue to juggle so many DT commitments. It was becoming increasingly difficult. So, I stepped down from the Pink Ink Sketch challenge in the Fall and have now stepped down from the Sketch Saturday Challenge as well. I had taken a break from SS for the last month or so, but realized that it was indeed time to leave. I am going to miss all the girls and Jo especially.

I will still serve on the Design Teams of Whiff of Joy Stamps, Tickled Pink Stamps, La-la Land Craft Stamps and the on-line store Stamp & Create. I hope to now have to time and the freedom to create and post a little more according to my schedule, to continue making instructional videos and to teach.

I am excited to be doing Project Life. I love the idea of creating an album that truly reflects the way we are as a family. Crazy, goofy, not always perfect but one that is filled with love and laughter. To document the little things that make each of us who we are. I am not sure if I will be sharing these pages here on my blog. I am not sure there would be that much interest in seeing them.  You guys come here to see my cards. I will have to think more on that.

I promise that this will be the longest post in 2012. Tomorrow I will return with a new card to share with you all!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Whiff of Joy Challenge #121

Happy Saturday! I hope that your week-end is off to a great start! It is still quite cold over here and so, not much to do outdoors :( We are hoping that if the temperature rises by Sunday, we can go skiing as a family. We have tons of snow but when it is this cold, it just isn’t so much fun. The little ones get too cold……well….I do as well if truth be told!

Before I forget, I will be teaching over at Scrapbook Centrale next Saturday so for all of you who have been waiting for my next Copic Coloring class…I will teaching two! In the morning the Intro class and in the afternoon the Shading class.  Please contact the store for all the details and to reserve your spot. The calendar is not out yet but I thought I’d let you know! I will be doing 3 more classes in February too :)

As well, I finally had the chance to load up some cards on Ebay. I know it has been a while and I apologize. I hope to get more up in the next days!

This week’s challenge over at the Whiff of Joy challenge blog for this fortnight is:

Love is in the Air

A perfect theme for this time of the year and I had the perfect stamp to create a card with! Are you LOVING the WoJ January release? I know that I am going to get a lot of Valentine projects made using just this one release!

I {heart} this image. It just speaks to me. He is adorable and tiny against that gorgeous and huge rose! The smile on his face reminds me of my munchkins when they have a little something to give to me :)

I was happy that this stamp lends itself so well to be cut out in a circle. I was able to use this Spellbinders die set that has had far too little use. My image was colored with Copic markers and then I went in here and there with prismacolor pencils to add some depth to the shading. The background was also created with the pencils and then I added some dots with a white gel pen. Amazing how that one little step just brightens up the whole thing!

The paper is from one of my all time favorite Basic Grey paper packs: Bittersweet. I have two almost full packs that I have been hoarding and quite frankly….I have to start using them because new paper keeps sneaking into my craft studio. It is a sickness.

I tucked a doily in behind the main image and die cut some leaves with a WoJ die to add to the sides. The tag was cut with another WoJ die and then stamped with two other WoJ stamps: one that adds the lines and then a sentiment. The brads are…..yes….Whiff of Joy and so it that gorgeous ribbon! I am so happy that Whiff of Joy is not stocking ribbon. It is a great weight and ties so perfectly. Love, love it!

Here are some product links for you:

InLinkz.com

This week the WoJ challenge is being sponsored by Whiff of Joy! Katharina is offering a fabulous 15% off your next order at the Whiff of Joy store to the lucky winner!!

To enter the challenge please go to this blog posting  ~here~.

Please remember to only link new creations and that your creation must have a Whiff of Joy stamp image on it.

I am also going to enter this in this week’s Papertake Tuesday Challenge :)

That is it for me! Have a great weekend.

Hugs Jeanette xxo

LLLC Inspiration Friday ~ Favorite Things

Happy Friday! It is time to show you my card for this week's La-La Land Crafts Stamps Inspiration Friday:

Favorite Things

This can be any of your favorite things that you use to create with. Stamps, coloring mediums, papers, tool…..

I used Snowboard Luka & Snowboard Marci to create a scene card….one of my favorite things :)

Copic Markers:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Marci Hair & Luka Goggles: C3, C5, C7, C9
Beige Color: E40, E41, E42, E43
Blue Color: B32, B34, B37
Aqua Color: BG10, BG32, BG34
Pink: RV10, RV11, RV14, RV17

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That’s it for me! Have a great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Tickled Pink January Release Day #6

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Hope you are all having a great day wherever you are!

It is now Day #6 and the final day of the new Tickled Pink January Release the Lil Greek Gods Collection.This collection will be released on January 20th Australian time which means that it is available today …..January 19th for us in Canada and the United States. I know that they are going to be going fast. Each and every one of these images is original and amazing!

Today we are previewing: Lil Greek Aphrodite Willow

 

Originally, I had planned to color Aphrodite Willow’s hair a lovely golden shade…..which is how Aphrodite is usually depicted. I also wanted her to be wearing a white colored gown with this pop of red as her cloak. I decided that the blonde hair wouldn’t work after all and went with the stronger raven black hair instead. I am really happy with this choice as it just fits in with the rest of the card: the cream and white DP which is from Websters Pages and the columns which I cut using my Silhouette SD and some cream American crafts cardstock. To add more pops of red, I added this heart (from the $ store), tiny red adhesive gemstones, PTI bakers twine and Stampin’ Up satin ribbon. I sponged the columns with Antique Linen Distress Ink and also sponged a little bit directly on the DP, to create some shadows and make the columns stand out better against the cream background.

It wouldn’t be a Tickled Pink Blog hop without some prizes! You have the chance to win this cutie as a digital stamp! Just leave a comment here and at each of the Designers’ blog posts as well as the Tickled Pink Stamps blog post. At the same time you will be able to see the gorgeous creations by the rest of the Tickled Pink team!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Tickled Pink January Release Day #5

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

It is Day 5 of the new Tickled Pink January Release the Lil Greek Gods Collection.This collection will be released on January 19th…not long now! These babies will be in your hot little hands soon!

Today we are previewing another amazing image  Lil Greek Apollo Lestat

Again, I went with a very simple design. The papers are all bits and bobs from my scrap drawer. Papers from WoJ, MME and Websters. I thought this Tim Holtz clock die would be a perfect background to Apollo….nevermind that this is a Greek collection and those are Roman numerals….what do they call it? Artistic Licence? LOL! The brads are from a SU! Vanilla Hodge Podge set.

It wouldn’t be a Tickled Pink Blog hop without some prizes! You have the chance to win this cutie as a digital stamp! Just leave a comment at each of the Designers’ blog posts as well as the Tickled Pink Stamps blog post. At the same time you will be able to see the gorgeous creations by the rest of the Tickled Pink team!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo