Happy Monday!

Happy Monday and a big Happy Birthday to my sweet son! He had a blast at his birthday party on Friday and his friends were such a pleasure to have over!

I have a lot to share with you today so I will dive right in!

First, I will be teaching a Copic Fur Class on Friday March 31st from 10:30-12:30 am at Scrapbook Centrale. You can contact them directly to reserve a spot.

I want to share another Sneak Peek of Whiff of Joy’s new We are Family Release. This is one of my favourites. Each image brings a smile to my face.

Okay! Does that bring back memories???? The strange phenomenon wherein one spoonful of baby food is magically turned into 2 spoonfuls that escape into a mess all over the place! Oh I remember those messes and I remember making all that baby food. I cooked and pureed and frozen everything in ice-cube trays! It brings back so many sweet memories of when my boys were just wee little cuddly angels.

The image is called Feeding Time and will be available as of March 22nd. For this card I used paper from MME Lime Twist Fly a Kite paper pad. I created the flower with the Whiff of Joy Nested Flowers die and the sentiment is from the You are my Hero set and I die-cut it with the WoJ postage stamp die. All sponging was done with Ranger’s Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass. The gorgeous green silk ribbon is also Whiff of Joy as is the pearl brad.

There is no Product Spotlight this week at  Stamp and Create as Lacey is out of town.She will be home on March 23rd and will ship out all orders then, but in the meantime, there is a great SALE!

Receive 10% off your whole order when you use discount code spring (all lowercase) at check out.

The sale runs through Friday, March 23rd.

I created this card as a special order and thought I would share it with you today.

I created this sweet little scene using images and a die from CC Designs. I used Swiss Pixie Lucy, Woodland mushroom and the mushroom border die. The ribbon is May Arts Silk in Pink. I also added Stickles in Crystal to the wings of the fairy. The butterfly and the sentiment are from Whiff of Joy.

The image is 3-D. I cut out many different layers and adhered them one on top of the other for this neat effect.

I also want to let you know about this week’s Stamp & Create blog candy.

Magnolia's Dot Stars, Fly Me to the Moon Sentiment, and Moon Accessory stamps

**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...

The candy end Sunday, March 18 at 7pm EST

Enter the Candy at the Stamp & Create blog.

 

Whew! I told you that I had a lot to tell you. Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Happy St-Paddy’s Day!

My little leprechaun is having his birthday here today ;) Let’s hope I survive a house full of 10 & 11 year old boys :)

I wanted to wish you a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day and show you my latest LLLC card. This week’s challenge was “Green” and so I created this fun card:

I have used Autumn Marci and gave her some lovely red tresses and dressed her in keeping with the day ;) The sentiment is by Verve Stamps and the paper is from Pink Paislee.

Copic Markers:
Skin: E000, E51, E21, R20
Hair: E15, E17, E18, E19, Y21
Green: G40, G43, G46
Black: C3, C5, C7, C9
Taupe: E40, E41, E43

 

Have a great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Whiff of Joy Sneak Peek

Happy Friday! I am so excited to be able to share a sneak peek of the March Whiff of Joy Release with you all! The theme of this collection is Baby, Mothers and Family and I fell head over hells with the images the moment I saw them. For sure you can tell that these were drawn by a mother. I KNOW that you are all going to connect with these images the way I did :)

It was pretty hard to choose which card I wanted to show today and in the end I chose this one. The stamp is named “We are Family”.

The image was colored with Copic Markers and then I used Prismacolor pencils to add a soft blue background. After that, I sponged the edges with Antique Linen Distress ink. To add a little more interest, I added small white dots randomly with a white poster paint Sharpie. This is my favorite pen to add white high-lights and can be found in most Artist/Craft stores.

The paper is from MME Lost & Found Sunshine Paper pack. I love the tones of yellow and aqua in this one. When I was planning out this card, I knew that I wanted to add a circular element to it. This is the design I came up with. Also, I was going for a more simple look. The only embellishment is a strip of Tim Holtz’ film strip running along the top. I wanted to give the card a feeling of being a “snapshot” in this cute Mouse Family’s life.

The sentiment is from Whiff of Joy’s Fall corner and sentiment set. Such a sweet and useful set that I have used over and over again.  I stamped it in Sepia Versa-mark ink and punched it out with the word window punch by Stampin’ Up.

I am sure you will be finding more sneak peeks put out by the WoJ design team over the next few days. The collection will be released on March 22nd so not too long for you to wait! I have more cards ready and will be sharing them with you over the next few days :)

Have a terrific day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Catch-Up Wednesday

Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you are all doing great! This is going to be a catch-up post for me :) With the kids being on Spring Break last week AND my eldest son celebrating a birthday, I had VERY limited time in my craft studio!  We had two fabulous skiing days over the break. I {heart} Spring skiing and now that the little one can ski on his own,  we can do a whole lot more runs together! Last Sunday we spent the whole day at a mountain about 2 hours away from us. It was certainly worth the drive although waking up a 5am was BRUTAL. Good thing my hubby is so disciplined. He got up and then coerced and threatened the rest of us until we got up too! LOL! We also had some friends from Toronto come to visit :) Had some great times catching up!

First, I want to share my card for last Friday’s LLLC challenge which was “One for the Boys”. I paired two images together, sponged in some sky and loved the results! Another boy card done!

Sorry, I cannot find the wee scrap of paper with the Copic numbers listed :( BTW……I have started working on April’s release from La-La Land Crafts and let me just say that they are AMAZING! I am in heaven with this release and I just KNOW that you are going to love them too!

My next two cards feature images from stamps which are currently on sale over at Stamp & Create. If any of these have been on your wish list, now is the time to snag them for a fantastic price!

This week, all Crafter's Companion Stamps are on Sale at least 25% -

The Flower Fairies, Sheena Douglas, Beatrix Potter, Cute Companion, and Patchwork Polly are being discontinued from Stamp and Create and are currently on sale 60% off.

These are while supplies lasts and will not be restocked.

All Popcorn Bear, SWALK, and Humphrey's Corner are on sale 25% off

 

Old Friend by SWALK and used some Basic Grey pearls similar to these ones) to add some embellishment.

Mummy by SWALK Basic Grey Button

 

This week's new Weekly Candy is:

Hoo Loves You from The Greeting Farm Stamps

**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...

The candy end Sunday, March 18th at 7pm EST

Enter the candy ~here~

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Finally, I want to share a fantastic sale that is going on right now over at Whiff of Joy stamps! If you love our sweet wee gnomes, you will happy to know that they are currently on sale and you can find them ~here~.

Here is a card I made a while back that used one of the images on sale. How cute is she?

Okey dokey! That is it for me! I have to change over the laundry and get going on some DT cards!

Have a good one!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Tickled Pink Around the World Blog Hop

Happy Sunday and Welcome to Tickled Pink’s Around the World Blog Hop! If you didn’t arrive here from Jane’s blog then you should head over to Amy’s blog and start from the beginning :) I don’t want you to miss a thing!

Each girl is giving away one digital image to one lucky commenter and one lucky girl that comes back here to let us know they have left a comment on each blog is in the draw to win all 4 amazing images! So, don’t forget to leave comments as you hop along :)

Can't wait? They are in store NOW and you can get yours with 15% OFF for 24 hours HERE....

For my card, I decided to use  L’il Spanish Lolita Willow

What I love about Tickled Pink’s L’il Lolitas are the gorgeous folds and layers in all the clothing, the amazing hair and huge eyes. They make the images such fun to color and this particular one was pure pleasure to color with my copics. I went with a really predictable color palette of reds and blacks. For her hair, I threw in some blue into the mix to give her that really shiny, glossy look.

My cards base is 5 x 7” and I used this wonderful glittery red paper that was a scrap that I have been hoarding now for a couple of years. It was perfect for this card. The intricate oval shape was made with a Cherry Lynn die and used a Stampin’ Up embossing folder with some white Neenah cardstock to create a textured layer for the oval die cut. This way the image really pops out against the white background. I used some PTI edgers to create the scallops at the bottom of the card and tied some SU!quited ribbon along the bottom. The final thin I added was a little golden bell (saved from a Lindt chocolate bunny). It ties in with the little bells that she is holding and the card makes a sweet tinkling

 

Copic Markers used:

• Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
• Eyes & Rose Leaves: G40, G43, G46
• Hair: C3, C5, C7, C9, B00
• Shirt:  C1, C3, C5
• Skirt:  R00, R14, R17, R27, R29, C3
• Shoes: C3, C5, C7, C9
• Bells: YR31, Y21, Y24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next stop on the hop is Kellie! I am sure she has something spectacular to show you! Happy Hopping!

You have until the 13th to take the world hop and have a chance to WIN. All winners will be announced on the 15th at the Tickled Pink Blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Waiting for Spring

Happy Thursday Everyone! We had such a lovely day yesterday. The boys and I did some serious shopping :) We have two birthdays coming up and as they get older, it is a little harder to just go on my own and get something for them. I ended up buying their presents for them and they are super happy:) As it is March break, they each got one present early so that can play with them now. I also totally scored at Costco….I picked up the HBO series  of A Game of Thrones Season #1. I actually started reading this epic series of books at Christmas time and didn’t even know that it was a mini-series! Which wouldn’t have really made a difference. I NEVER watch something if I haven’t read the book first. Something I have instilled in my children as well. No movie is ever as good as your own imagination! I just finished the 4th book in the series and now will have to wait for the 5th to be released. I’ll bide my time while watching the mini-series….hopefully I can rope hubby in as well! I totally got him hooked on the Tudors when it was on! My other Costco score was a set of Denby dishes! Sigh! I love their stuff and could not believe the price of the set….so it came home with me :) On top of all that, we had a super warm-spring day! It was such a welcome change from the cold and when we got home, we saw (and heard) the Canada Geese flying in the air. Once they return from the south, we know that Spring cannot be far behind!

So, enough of being chatty….I want to share my newest Whiff of Joy card with you :)

This image is one of my faves from the February release. I just {heart"} Henry’s expression as well as that cute little bee! I paired the image up with some pretty paper from MME’s Lost & Found Sunshine paper pack. I am in a real “yellow” mood these days and this pad has some really gorgeous patterns and tones of yellow. The clouds were punched out with some Fiskars punches and then stamped with a Studio Calico set. I heat embossed and then sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I added them to the card with some foam adhesives to add some dimensionals.

The image was cut out with a Spellbinders circle die and while the die was still on, I sponged with the Tumbled Glass. The doily was die cut with a Cherry Lynn die and the ribbon, brads and flower are all from Whiff of Joy.

Here is a side-view for you:

I have some product links for you as well:

InLinkz.com

I am going to enter my card into the Papertake Weekyly Challenge: Anything Goes theme!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Tickled Pink New Around the World Sneak Peek

Hey there everyone! W are already Wednesday. I can’t believe how time flies. We are all enjoying our March Break….pretty much taking it easy so far. It is a great feeling. I think we all needed a little down-time. We still have a few hockey practices but that is so much more manageable when that is the only time you need to go out that day! LOL! Actually, today we are heading out to go shopping. I have 2 boys whose birthdays are fast approaching…so we will go out and I can try to figure out what I can surprise them with on their special day.

Today, I am super excited to share a sneak peek of Tickled Pink’s New Around the World Release! I say this with each release, but wow! I {heart} these images! First up, I want to introduce:

Lil Australian Lolita Kellita

Isn’t she gorgeous? Love, love her outfit and her hair is always such a dream to color. Now, before someone emails me to tell me that I didn’t color the koala bear in a very realistic tone, I know. Poor planning on my part. I should have colored her boots differently so that I could use those colors (closer to a koala’s coat) on the bear. Oh well! Next time.

The patterned paper is from a pretty old Basic Grey pack that I just never seemed to be able to use. Somehow, they just seemed to be meant for this image and this card design. So nice when things pull together like this. The butterflies are from Whiff of Joy. I really will stop using them on every card….sometime soon!

So, the rest of the Pink Ladies have also created some stunning cards using this amazing image….hop on over to the blog to see them! We also have a fun blog hop happening later on this week with each DT member giving away a free digital image AND one lucky commentator of the hop will receive the whole set. So, something that is not to be missed!

Have a great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo