Whiff of Joy Christmas Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Whiff of Joy’s Christmas Blog Hop! If you haven’t arrived from Jane’s blog, please go to Katharina’s blog to be taken to the beginning! You don’t want to miss any of the gorgeous creations from the DT or a chance at prizes :)
My creation is actually page divider for day #12 of my December Daily album. I have used a whole lot of different product lines for this page :)

Materials:

• Image: Whiff of Joy Christmas Light
• Papers: Teresa Collins, Simple Stories
• Chipboard # 12 Tag by Echo Park, Dove from K& Co, Noel tag MME Lost & Found
• Quilted Ribbon by Stampin Up’

I will be giving away a brand new Christmas Light stamp to someone courtesy of the lovely Katharina! Leave a comment to be entered! The will remain open until Monday. The winner will be announced at Katharina’s blog :)

The next stop on the hop is Lori’s blog! I know she will have something lovely to share with us!
Happy Hopping and we are ending the blog at our Splitcoaststampers Forum where we will all be able to chat (give or take our different time zones)
Hugs Jeanette xxo

La-La Land Craft Inspiration

Happy Saturday Evening! We had a busy day today. We all were up bright and early to go to get our flu shot. Not a whimper out of the bunch….they are super troopers. We had a ton of things to do and a late afternoon hockey practice for the middle guy. I spent some time putting my craft room to rights and working on my December Daily….almost done :)

Here is my card from this week’s La-La Land Craft Inspiration which this week is Blue & Cream.

I created a diagonal fold card (see my video tutorial here) with some older SU! patterned paper that were the perfect tones for this challenge. I colored  Pilgrim Marci to match.

Copic Markers
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair, Basket, Shoes: E31, E33, E37
Dress: B91, B93, B95, B00, E50, E51, E53

 

Here is a close-up of the front tag. I used sentiments from an Ali Edwards Technique Tuesday set. The other tag is blank.

That is it for me! Have a fantastic rest of the weekend!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Whiff of Joy Black Friday Sale!

Happy Friday! Remember my video showing my super tidy craft room? If you missed it, you can view it ~here~

I mentioned in that post that my room oscillates from super tidy to natural disaster…..well you should see it now. I would take a picture if I could find my camera! LOL! I am a little more than half way finished my pages of my December Daily and my room is just strewn with paper and ribbon and stamps……ack! I think I need a good tidy before I go on!

In the meantime, Whiff of Joy has some AWESOME Black Friday specials going on and you can relax in the comfort of your home and still take advantage! Click the photo below to be taken to the store!

Have a good one!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Thanksgiving Sale

Happy Thursday! The week is just speeding by. I have had so many questions and comments about how I will be showing my December Daily Pages……I am going to try my best to share theses every few days, but they are just the bones of my project. Once December starts, I will be adding our own personal photos. I am really excited to see how this goes! I promise that once this gets going you’ll be seeing it all.

 Stamp and Create is having a Thanksgiving sale and you don’t have to fight the crowds….you can sit in your pj’s and shop in total comfort…my kind of shopping!

From Thursday - Sunday, receive 15% off your total order when you use discount code thanksgiving (all one word/all lowercase)

Here is an insert page for my December Daily Album. This will slide into the American crafts page protector that I am cutting down to size. Each protector will hold 4 4x6 panels or photos…2 on either side.

Of course I have to have a few of the Christmas Magnolias in my album. For this page I used Ribbon Tilda. I forgot to add the glitter pen to the heart garland prior to taking my photo, but you can just pretend that it is there :) The paper is Simple Stories 25 days of Christmas and is a 12 x12 sheet that has these gorgeous tags that you just cut out. Love, love them and you will be seeing a lot of them in my album. The two chipboard accents are part of the Studio Calico kit and the twine is from PTI.

Alright! Have a great day and Happy Thanksgiving to all my dear American readers!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

My Craft Room

Happy Tuesday Everyone! I had a super productive day yesterday and got a lot accomplished crafty-wise! I plan on taking photos of my cards today and then I can start sharing.

I also have more of my December Daily album done and I can’t wait to share that with you.

For today, I thought I would share a short video I made a while back for a Design Team. We were to share a tour of our crafty spaces. This is mine :)

And no, before I get tons of comments about the neatness, I doesn’t always look like this! Take today for example. It looks like a hurricane swept in but I do always tidy it all up before I start another batch of projects. So, it is either super neat or super crazy in here :)

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Christmas Folder

Happy Saturday! Today I have a fun project for you to do now that will help you out next month :) I am ALL about organization lately. I want to make sure that once December rolls in, I will be able to tackle this busy season and be PRESENT in each special moment!

 

I love the holiday season and want to spend time enjoying it....not stressing about all the things I need to do.

 

Creating a Christmas Folder is a good way to keep your holiday plans and to-do lists all in one place and easily accessible. Create a folder that is embellished with all your favorite papers, tags and stamped images. It will make you smile every-time you pull it out! Add a mini-calendar and you will be all set!

 

This is the second year now that I have made a Christmas folder and it will be my constant companion from now until Christmas Day. It will house my lists for presents, menus and grocery lists, important dates, as well as a place to jot down my ideas for table settings, activities etc

The first thing I did was pull out the stamps (Whiff of Joy 2011 Christmas collection) and the papers that I wanted to use. Since the panels on my patterned paper (Simple Stories) were fairly big, I used a larger file folder and slightly modified the Accordion File Folder tutorial to accommodate the extra height. I created the tag inserts with my Silhouette SD and secured some ribbon to them so that I can slip my lists right between the ribbon and the panel.

The Front Cover:

 

Close-Up:

 

Folder Opened Up:

 

Tags:

 

Inside Panel #1

 

Close-Up:

 

 

 

Inside Panel #2

 

Close-Up:

 

Inside Panel #3

Close-Up:

 

 

 

Inside Panel #4

Close-Up:

 

Back Cover:

 

Close-Up:

 

Here are the product links to the WoJ store:

 

InLinkz.com

 Addition supplies: Simple Stories 12x12 patterned paper (25 days of Christmas) SU! quilted ribbon in Cherry Cobbler, SU! Ivory Hodge Podge metal tag and brads.

Hope this has inspired you to create your own Christmas folder this year! If you do create one, please share it with me. Who knows? Maybe I will feature it here on my blog :)

 

Hugs Jeanette xxo

December Daily 2011

Happy Saturday Everyone! Today I want to share something with you that I am super excited about. I am going to make a December Daily Album this year. I was totally inspired by the ones that I saw last year on some blogs and made a promise to make one myself this year. I hope it will be both fun and meaningful for our whole family.

Since it is my first time doing it, I decided to purchase the Studio Calico December Daily kit that Ali Edwards is using. It was my little splurge :)

I made a short video because it was a lot easier than photographing everything :)

Jeanette’s December Daily 2011

Here are links to some of the products that I am using. The Studio Calico kit itself is sold out :( but you can still get those wonderful page protectors and mists, etc.

• Studio Calico
• Ali Edwards; December Daily Layered Templates 6 x 8.5, 2011 6 x 8.5 Overlays, Holiday Sentiments
• Kerri Bradford: December Additions: Pages and Dailies

I am not sure how much I will rely on following Ali and the way she has sorted out her pages…..already I have changed up how I am doing the cover. I hope to be sharing the foundation pages and my album with you later this week! Of course, I will be adding a lot of stamping elements to my album….are you surprised.

I already shared this at the beginning of the week but I’ll show you again. This will be one of my 6 x 6 pages in the album marking Day 16:

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday

  Happy Friday! I am sorry I didn’t have my promised video up yesterday, but it will go live tomorrow :)

Today I am showing you some creations for LLLC Inspiration Friday!

This week our challenge is:
Red, Lace & Pearls

I have used the too sweet Ruffles Marci and she has been colored to match the patterned paper from MME Lost & Found pad. Such a gorgeous pad. I love every pattern in it :) I added some SU! lace and some leaves cut with a WoJ metal die. The “pearl” part of my challenge comes from the berries that were actually decorations on last Christmas’s crackers! I knew they would come in handy :)

Copic Markers:
Skin:E000, E00, E21, E11, R20
Hair: YR30, Y21, E41
Top:E40, E41, E42
Skirt & Headband: R12, R14, R27, E07, C3, C5
Shoes:C3, C5, C7

I have been so busy that I forgot to post my card for last week’s inspiration *blushing* here it is. The challenge was mauve, silver and white. I used Baking Marci. I didn’t keep a list of my copic markers but the skin and hair is the standards combos that I almost always use and the dress was colored in RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99 if memory serves :)

You can play along with us by uploading your creations all month long to our Customer Gallery. We'll do a drawing at the end of the month and you could win a gift certificate to the STORE!

Hugs to all! thanks for stopping by!

Jeanette xxo

Birthday Sale at Stamp & Create

Stamp and Create is celebrating Lacey’s birthday with a

ONE-DAY SALE!!

Get 15% off your total order when you used discount code old (all lowercase)

Stamp & Create Product Spotlight & Candy

***this is my second post for today ~ to see my Tickled Pink November Previews, please scroll to next posts ***

This week’s Stamp & Create Product Spotlight is :

Birthdays

all stamps in the Birthday Category are on sale 25% off!!

I created a gift card holder with by Silhouette SD. Easy-Peasy! Love this machine. I then used one of the Magnolia stamps from the 2010 Collection: Secret Tilda. She works well as a birthday or Chrismas stamp :) I added some lovely May Arts Red/ Ivory checked ribbon and used the Bow Easy to tie the bow. Voila1 It was quick and easy and I love how it looks! I stamped a phrase from a Technique Tuesday stamp set with Jenni Bowlin Cough Syrup ink.

This week's new Candy is:

Big Scalloped Rectangles Small - Nestabilities!

 

**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create Store's banner in the sidebar of your blog and link it to http://www.stampandcreate.com/...

Enter the candy at the end of this post here

 

Back tomorrow with a video!

Hugs Jeanette xx0

Lil Lolita Shopping Ivy

Happy Tuesday! I am back with another sneak peek of the soon to be released digital stamps from Tickled Pink!

Meet Lil Lolita Shopping Ivy!

Sorry for the wonky picture :) I used scraps from my scrap drawer. I just knew I wanted to color her in shades of pink & green. When I found this scrap I was in heaven! I think it might be Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses but I am not sure. The sentiment is also Tickled Pink and the ribbon is SU!

 

As always if you want a chance to win your very own then leave a comment at the Tickled Pink blog and you will also have a chance to WIN the entire collection!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Tickled Winter Little Lolita Evie

Happy Monday! I am still here! Really! Just super busy and planning and crafting!

I am so excited that Tickled Pink will be having a release for November!They are having a mini DIGITAL ONLY release with a mix of winter/Christmas theme stamps and they are all illustrated by the talented Christina Dee.  These images will be on sale on the 18th November! Not long to wait at all!

Tickled Winter Little Lolita Evie

Isn’t she adorable? I paired her up with some patterned paper from Echo Park’s Wintertime collection. I love the combination of these shades of blue and red! They just make me happy! I added a snowflake that I bought at Michael’s last week and a button from SU! tied with some bakers’ twine.

You may be wondering about the number 16 in the corner. Well, all I will tell you right now is that this is NOT a card! Can you guess what I am will be using this for? Tune in later this week and I will let you all know what I have been up to in my craft room!

As always if you want a chance to win your very own then leave a comment at the Tickled Pink blog and you will also have a chance to WIN the entire collection!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Product Spotlight & Challenge

Happy Wednesday! OMGosh! I never meant to be absent for so long on my blog. Life just got really busy and I haven’t had the opportunity to post! I was away this weekend on our annual Girls’Shopping Trip to Albany! I had a ton of fun, little to no sleep and scored a lot of bargains! I cannot believe how much more we pay for things here in Canada. I blew my budget the first day over at NY&C. We basically took over the changing rooms and had a blast. I bought a few Christmas presents and a few goodies over at Michaels. You will be seeing some projects here soon! Anyway, this weekend has put we about 2 weeks behind in everything else! LOL!

This week, there is a new spotlight and a new challenge over at the  Stamp & Create Blog.

Our Product Spotlight is: Dies

All dies on sale 25% off including Nestabilities, Magnolia DooHickey, CC Cutters, Whimsy Shapology, Whiff of Joy Dies, and Tim Holtz Sizzix dies.

Our new monthly challenge is to create a Center Step Card. To enter the challenge or for more details, please click ~here~

 

I have been wanting to get this sweet image inked up from the moment I first saw it and I knew right away it would work well on this style of card fold. The patterned paper is from SU! and an old piece of MME paper from a few years ago. It ended up being more or less covered up :) I cut out the circles with my Spellbinders and then I embossed the white circle with my Swiss Dots embossing folder and my cuttlebug. I used some bakers’ twine to “string” the popcorn. Looks so cute!

The smaller sentiment is by Whimsy. I masked off the center part of the sentiment and then stamped another one from the same set into the center. I thought it was cook that the font matched the larger sentiment stamp! Love when that kind of thing happens. The leaves were made with a Whiff of Joy metal die.

Here are some product links for you:

 

The new Weekly Candy at the Stamp & Create blog is:

Tennis Edwin from Magnolia

The candy end Sunday, Nov 13th at 7pmEST

**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create Store's banner in the sidebar of your blog and link it to http://www.stampandcreate.com/...

Enter the candy at the end of this post here

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be back tomorrow with some more crafty goodness!

Hugs Jeanette xxo