Stamp & Create Product Spotlight

Happy, Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Ours was a per usual, BUSY and this coming week will be…..you guessed it….BUSY! I have come to the realization that with 3 active boys, I am always going to be a busy girl!

Today’s card was made for the  Stamp & Create Product Spotlight:

The Bow Easy

On sale for 25% off through Sunday, May 6th at Midnight EST

I have used  Apple Blossom, one of the stamps from Whimsy's line: Little Cottage Cuties. The image was colored with Copic markers and pencils and distress inks were used for the background. I added Liquid Pearls to create the small white accent dots. You can see this really well in the close-up picture:

I also used Ivory May Arts Silk ribbon and tied her bow using the Bow Easy. I adorned the center of the bow with a Kasier Craft Coconut Paper Bloom. The patterned paper is from one of my faves: MME Miss Caroline Dolled Up. I created my little ticket by using Whimsy’s Friendship Tickets Sentiments and the coordinating die. Easy-peasy and it is such a fun look. I tied a little bit of twine around the ticket for some extra interest. The leaves were made using the Whiff of Joy leaf die.

The new Stamp & Create Weekly Candy for this week is:

Hello Ladybug from Whiff of Joy

**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, May 6th at 7pm EST

Enter the Candy ~here~

Wanted to let you know that the Kraftin' Kimmie new release stamps are in the store.

They should arrive in the next day or so...

I have entered my card in these challenges:

• Truly Scrumptious: Distressing and Die-Cuts
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: anything goes
• Southern Girls Challenge: Get your Girly on
• Craftly Creations Challenge: Girls

That is it for me! I have to run out and grab some more groceries and I am going over to a friend’s house for the afternoon…until I have to go to pick up the kids! Have a great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

La-La Land Craft ~ New Release Showcase

Happy Friday Everyone! Today is a very special Inspiration Friday. Our challenge is to USE SOMETHING NEW!

The Design Team is showcasing 14 BRAND NEW Stamps from our April Release and that certainly qualifies for NEW! I am loving the images and I am sure you will too.

My post today will be somewhat long but I have lots of goodness to share with you :) Here are the new images for the April Release.

Kimono Marci, Marci with Lantern, Karate Marci, Karate Luka

Hula Marci, Ukulele Luka, Graduation Marci, Graduation Luka

Travel Marci, Telephone Marci, Watercan Marci...

Hollyhocks, Sunflowers, & Fence

GASP! Aren’t these just delicious?!! We have a whole lot of prizes up for grabs. Here’s the scoop:

• Comment on EACH Blog from participating Guests and Design Team Members (links are attached below for your convenience) for a chance to WIN THREE STAMPS of your choice from our store! *we will pick two winners from your comments on different blogs.
• Make a qualifying* purchase in the La-La Land Crafts Store at any time between April 23rd and May 1st. All orders will be entered into the drawing and one of the orders will be refunded, making it FREE!
  *rubber stamps only, digis excluded

In addition, we have a Limited Time Bundled PACKAGE!! You can purchase ALL 14 stamps stamps in this release with savings of over 20%!!

Click HERE to go shopping!

I want to share with you my creation :)

I knew that I wanted to create a fun scene with these cuties and so a stair-step card was in order :) I have used Hula Marci & Ukele Luka and colored them up to match one another :) I cut the Palm Tree outs with my Silhouette SD and the Tiki Lounge sign is a Print & Cut file from the Silhouette store. Here are the links:

I did create a sky with clouds for the back panel but very little of it can be seen when the card is opened. Still, it fills in the area nicely :) The turtle and mask are accessory stamps that come with the Marci & Luka images. The grass was made with a Whiff of Joy metal die.
Copic Markers:
Skin: E000, E21, E51, R12, R14
Hair: E30, E71, E74, E77, E79
Pink: RV00, RV52, RV55
Yellow: Y35, Y32
Green: G20, G21, G24, G94
Ukele & Mask: E31, E33, E35
Pants: E41, E42, E43

Here is a complete list of the Blog Hop

• Arlene Cuevas
• Leanne Poe
• Jeanette Comerford -  you are here :)
• Jo Neville
• Karen Yates
• Lou Mac
• Sandie Dunne
• Sue Kohler
• Alberto Gava 
• Irina Blount

Enjoy the hop, and enter for your chance to win some of these beauties. Head on over to our store and snag the ones that you love before they are gone! Click HERE to go shopping!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Fairy Charlotte

Happy Tuesday!  Hope all is well with everyone! Today I have a card that just makes me happy! This is one of Whiff of Joy’s older Alison Action images but it is brand new to me! With the gloomy and rainy weather that we have been having, I needed something to cheer me up and the color palette I used on my card was the just the trick!

This week’s  Stamp & Create Product Spotlight Sale is:
 Whiff of Joy stamps which are on sale 25% off

I colored Fairy Charlotte up in shades of pinks, oranges and yellows. I love this color combo especially with the hit of green from the leaves! I cut her out with my Spellbinders circles making sure to leave the tips of her wings out of the frame. I then masked Charlotte and the flower and air-brushed the background in.  I used some of the same markers that I had used during the coloration of Charlotte and just they blended so nicely together to create a soft background.

The papers are some really old pieces left over from a retired Stampin’ Up collection that I have had for ages now. It was fun to try to piece the smaller scraps together for the card.

I made the flower! Yes, I did! IRL it is a better match to my papers but it is not showing that well in the photos. I used a Whiff of Joy metal nested flower II die to cut out the flower pieces and then I added some Twinkling H20 in Coral  and then spritzed them with water and scrunched them up. Sounds so technical doesn’t it? LOL! While the pieces were still wet, I carefully un-crumbled them and let them dry. The final touch was a spritz with Studio Calico’s Mr Huey’s White mist. Love this stuff! I also added some Basic Grey pearl flourishes to embellish

 

Here you can see where I added some of the Coral H20s to the flowers and wings of the image. It is so pretty!

 

The new Stamp & Create weekly candy is:

Basic Grey Nordic Holiday and Indian Summer 6"x6" paper pads

**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, April 29th at 7pm EST

Please enter ~here~

That is it for me! It is HAILING as I type this post. We are having such strange weather :( Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Whiff of Joy Sneak Peek

Happy Sunday! I am here with the post I promised yesterday! Whiff of Joy will be releasing a Sympathy Collection on April 28th. These images are really lovely. Here is my first card. I used this sweet little cherub and paired him with some soft patterned paper from MME’s Miss Caroline Howdy Doody paper pad and some intricate die-cut cardstock.

I added some Whiff of Joy ribbon and a pearl brad to complete my card. I will be showing more sneak peeks throughout the rest of the week.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday

Happy Saturday! The kids were off from school yesterday AND I had a problem with my Silhouette Program so I wasn’t able to post yesterday :(

I wanted to link the die cuts I used for my shadow box and that is when I realized there was a problem. My software wouldn’t open. I finally called the company and they helped me out :) Thanks goodness! So, here is my creation:

This week our LLLC Inspiration is:

Frame it with a Window

I decided to use one of the Silhouette shapes that I recently snagged from the store. It is a 5 x 7 shadow box made entirely of cardstock. Love how it turned out and how light it is. You could easily adhere it to a wall with blue-tack or just prop it up somewhere for a little decoration.

I die-cut the Explore with my Silhouette SD as well. Here are the two files I used:

 

 
5x7_shadow_box_C01627_20509

exploreexploring_C01118_19547

I created a cute scene using Tricycle Marci. I colored her to match my fun and bright patterned paper which was in my scrap stash. To finish off the box I adhered several paper flowers.

Copics

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair: E30, E31, E34, E35
Green: YG11, yG13, YG17
Yellow: YR30, Y21, YR24
Pink: RV02, RV04, RV08
Grey: C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9

That is it for me. I will be back tomorrow with a card I am working on from Whiff of Joy’s next release! Hopefully I will get it finished tonight. I have to go and get prettied up as I am going to a bridal shower this afternoon!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Love yourself

Happy Wednesday! I have just a quick share for you all today :) I made this card a while back and never posted it! The image is from Tickled Pink’s Pinkette line and I love her cute hair-do and blue jeans.

The sentiment is from MFT. It was one that I just had to pick up. I think it is a wonderful and oh so true :)  The paper I think is MME Lime Twist :)

 

I am entering this in Papertake Weekly’s challenge: A stich in time. That is is for me! I have a very long to-do list today :)

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Product Spotlight ~ Basic Grey

Happy Monday! Whew! It is quite warm and muggy today and at the moment, it feels like we might have some thunderstorms. I have a mental note as to which windows I have open in case I have to close them :)

I was busy this morning trying to get caught up with my Project Life :) I have completed up to week #14 so am feeling great. I have to say, that this truly is a great way to document your life. I am way, way behind in my traditional scrapbooking so this really makes me feel less guilty. We all enjoy the process of taking pictures and it has really made me more aware of the small things in life which truly are the most important! After posting this, I will go choose my pictures for the last two weeks and hopefully get totally caught up my tomorrow!

So, today I have my Stamp & Create Product Spotlight to share with you and this week we are shining the light on:

Basic Grey

All Basic Grey Paper, Stamps, Brads, Buttons, and Bling are on sale 25% off this week.

I used two images from CC Designs: Swiss Woodland Lucy and Swiss Woodland Mushroom. She is utterly adorable and I lover her perched on top of this flower.

They were both colored with a combination of distress inks and Twinkling H20s. Two of my dear blogging friends; Lacey & Katharina, are expert watercolorists and I adore the gorgeous tonal quality that you can achieve by using watercolors so I decided to reach for them for this card instead of my usual Copics. I get all my Twinling H20s and water tank brushes ~here~.

The patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Nook & Pantry paper pad. To embellish my card,  I used Kaiser Crafts Pearls, May Arts Silk ribbon, Stampin’ Up pleated ribbon and assorted Kaiser Craft and Prima Flowers.

I am entering my card in the Ribbon Girl Challenge. They have a color change to use pink, orange and aqua.

The Stamp & Create blog candy this week is:

Ducky Duck from Magnolia's Princes & Princesses Collection 2012

**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, April 22nd at 7pm EST

Please enter the candy at this posting ~here~

That is it for me! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a lovely rest of the day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Special Preview of Whiff of Joy Summer Stamp Kit

Whiff of Joy’s Summer Kit has a theme that is after my own heart! Yes, I am an avid Jane Austen fan and for the Summer kit, it is all about Henry Mouse, his Lady Mouse and Jane Austen! I have seen all the images and they are out of this world! Here is a sneak peek:

It was a wonderful coincedence that my new Spellbinder dies arrived Friday afternoon! The are gorgeous, intricate and perfect for a vintage look! I did some soft sponging to keep the white from being too stark. I thought I would create a pocket card as it has been a while since I used this fun card fold. Here is a video I made showing you how to make one:

 

Here is the insert that I created using another new Spellbinders set. The pull tab was created with an older set. I am sorry…I can never keep the names of all the sets straight. There are too many of them! The lovely ribbon is May Art and ties so beautifully.

The Whiff of Joy Secret Summer stamp set is available for a limited time for pre-order at the Whiff of Joy store ~here~

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Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

 

A couple of shares

 

Happy Friday! Hope you aren’t superstitious as I have just realized it is the 13th!

I have been somewhat AWOL this week as I have been busy getting caught up with housework and such. I also was a parent volunteer on a field trip for my little guy. He made my heart melt when he turned to me on the bus ride home and said “Thank you so much for coming on this trip Mummy.” Awwww. It was a fun trip as we visited a horticulture centre and they learned about seeds and plants. Who knew a potato was a stem? I always thought it was a root. I learned a few things too!

So I have two things to share with you! The first one is an altered band-aid tin. I had altered it a few years back with a Magnolia stamp and I am actually surprised how well it held up but the time came to change it up and I knew exactly which stamp to use: Whiff of Joy’s Comfort the Baby.

Love, love this image. How many times have I applied a band-aid, a kiss and a hug to my boys and on occasion to one of their stuffed animals? It always tugs at my heart that a little kiss from me makes it feel better.

After coloring the image, I laminated it and then adhered it to the tin with scor-pal tape. I added some ribbon and twine but that is it. This needs to be functional after-all!

My second card is for this week’s La-La Land Craft Stamps and our theme this week is to have an unusual hair color. RIght away I knew I wanted to color up Mermaid Marci! I saw Amy color a mermaid in aqua and orange and I loved that look, so I tried it out. Love, how it turned out.

I used some old pieces of patterned paper from different companies that ended up matching really well. The button is Jenni Bowlin and the sentiment is from Verve Stamps.

Copic markers:
Skin: E00, E50, E01 R30, R20
Hair: BG11, BG13, BG18, YGOO, YGO3
Tail & top: Y11, Y15, YR02, YR04, YR09, E09

That is it for me! I have a bunch of DT work to get done before the kids get back from school and peace and quiet is gone! LOL!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Magnolia Product Spotlight

Happy Easter Monday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Sunday and that the bunny stopped by your house :) I didn’t get the chance to create the Easter card I wanted to post :( time got away from me. I’ll have to “tweek” my design idea to create something non- Easter with that stamp…stay tuned!

Today I have my Stamp and Create Product Spotlight card to share with you and we are shining the spotlight on:   

Magnolia Stamps

Magnolia  stamps will be discounted up to 25% for this week

I have really loved the last few collections by Magnolia and I was itching to create a scene card when I saw these particular stamps. I thought they would look charming together :)  I used Edwin's Knights Castle to help create this medieval scene card as well as Medieval Tilda and Tilda's Princess Horse. All these stamps can be found in Magnolia's Prince & Princesses Collection.

Tilda and her horse were each stamped separately and colored and cut out carefully. When I stamped the castle out, I made sure to offset it so that the castle edge lined up with the edge of my paper. That gave me enough room to be able to add Tilda and the horse. I air-brushed the sky in with with my Copic ABS. Before doing so, I added some cloud masks. I then colored everything with Copics. Tilda and the horse are popped on with dimensionals.

The patterned paper is from PYI. To embellish my card, I used assorted Prima Flowers and added a Crown charm to the upper left-hand side. These crowns are the perfect to use with this collection!

Hope you enjoy taking a peek at my Medieval scene as mush as I did creating it!

I will be back to edit this post with the S&C weekly blog candy once I have the info!

***Edited to add***

the new weekly candy this week...

Tennis Tilda

**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, April 15th at 7pm EST

Enter the Candy here

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Inspiration Friday and some Sale Alerts

Happy Friday everyone! I have a super quick and somewhat late post for you today. I have been super busy and was out quite late last night, so I am slowly getting into the swing of things today :)

First off, here is my card for this week’s La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday. Our challenge is to alter or recycle something. I had this tin that I keep my monthly receipts in, and it was in dire need for some love!

I used cute Genie Marci and added some die-cut paper to serve as a background. The tag was made with a Whiff of Joy tag and the word was computer generated.

Copic Markers:
Skin: E0000, E00, E21, R20
Hair: E44, E47, E49
Clothes: B60, B63, B66, B69
Lamp: Y21, YR23, YR24

La-La Land Crafts online store is having a SALE!! Today and tomorrow ONLY receive a 20% DISCOUNT on ANY PURCHASE from our store when you enter a promo code EASTER2012, no exclusions!!! Click on this link to go shopping! Please enter discount code easter2012 upon your checkout to receive a discount.

and more sale news!

Stamp and Create is having an Easter sale?

At least 10% off everything in the store!!

The sale runs through Monday, April 9th

No codes this time, the prices are already reduced on the website

Have a great day and a very Happy Easter! I hope to be able to get one more posting done this weekend but time will only tell if I will get the opportunity ;)

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Spring: Stamp & Create & Whiff of Joy Cards

Happy Wednesday! Where is this week going? I have been super busy these past days and haven’t had any time to get some work done here in my craft studio! The kids all had birthday/hockey parties this week-end and I was busy being the Mum Taxi! This week we have doctor check-ups and orthodontist appointments along with after school sports and their weekly music lessons! Thank goodness for my i-phone’s calender…it keeps me from forgetting who is going where!

I have two cards to share with you today. First up is my card for Stamp & Create’s Monthly challenge which is Spring as well as for our weekly Product Spotlight Sale: Charms.  All charms are on sale 25% off through Sunday at midnight EST.

I have used a Magnolia Stamp from the Sweet Crazy Love 2012 Collection: Tilda as Star. I also added this sweet egg accessory stamp which I believe is from two Easters ago. They were both masked and then I airbrushed the background with my Copic ABS. Love the soft effect this gives.

The patterned paper is from MME Follow your Heart pack as well as October Afternoon. I used some old SU! ribbon and a heart 2 charm tied with some rustic twine. The sentiment is from SU! and was stamped on some Kraft cardstock.

You can enter your Spring-themed card ~here~

My second card is for the Spring is in the Air theme at Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog. I used this whimsical Norma Fickel Spring Joy image which is currently on sale for 50% off  at Whiff of Joy.

For a change, I colored my image with Prismacolor pencils blended with OMS. This gave a lovely soft coloration which I think suits this sweet image. The swirls are from this set ~here~ and are perfect for adding some interest to your image if you aren’t matting it. The paper is from an old Basic Grey paper pad. I also used some Whiff of Joy dies: the cute hearts and my favorite butterflies! The doily was die cut with a Cherry Lynn die and that gorgeous ribbon is also Whiff of Joy. You can currently get a great deal on an assortment of this ribbon. I personally love this ribbon, It is high quality with just enough stiffness to tie beautifully but not too much so that it drapes wonderfully as well.

 

That is it for me today! I am hoping to get to some DT work later this afternoon. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Whiff of Joy Blog Hop Winner

Just a quick post to announce the winner of my Whiff of Joy stamp!

 

Congratulations to Ida

You have won this sweet stamp!

Please send my your mailing address and I will arrange for it to be sent out to you!

jeanette(at)sympatico(dot)ca

Tickled Pink School Pinkette Chloe

 

Happy Sunday and Happy April Fool’s Day! Did someone play a prank on you today or were you the prankster?

Today is the first preview day for Tickled Pink’s new Pinkette Collection…The School Pinkettes! Technically I am on not on this team as I am a Pink Lady but I could not resist these sweet images and decided to make one for the release :)   There are 4 new images which will be released on the 5th April 2012.

Introducing:

School Pinkette Chloe

 

I {heart} her kilt and sassy haircut. I tried a new combo for her hair and I was really happy with how it turned out (E15, 17, 18, 19, Y21). The paper is from October afternoon and the ruled paper and sentiment are from Verve Stamps. The ribbon is PTI.

A really simple card but it lets that sweet image take center stage!

You can see more previews of this cute image by the DT over at the Tickled Pink blog and there are links there to all their blogs. DON’T FORGET...... Leave a comment on each post for your chance to WIN this image via digital download ONLY.

Have a great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo