Cute Card Thursday

Cute Card Thursday and this week it is:

One For The Kids

The sponsors this week are My Favourite Things

Here is one of the cards I've made for our nephews. I just love this Alison Acton stamp from Whiff Of Joy, so cute I thought it should get pride of place. I've used the Candy Christmas stamp from Scrolls Work for the sentiment.

Catch you all later.

Kim

Christmas Pink

Hey Guys, My last Christmas card to show you and this one uses the colour combination inspiration from the Basic Grey Challenge which is Blue, Cream and Pink.

I've chosen to use the lovely Oakley with Christmas Bauble another of my favourites from the Whiff Of Joy Winter Kit - perhaps an odd choice for the colour combo? LOL! The Basic Grey paper is from the Granola set.


So I've used my PrismaColor pencils and Sansodor to colour him and put him on an embossed piece of White Wash card from Core-dinations.

I've hand stitched this one, with a little swirl and snowflake motif and stitched some lace and beads onto the embossed card.


The sentiment from the CC Designs Cookie Crumbs Reason from the Season set was stamped onto some calico and then I stitched a border with some beads around it.


I had some fabulous news the lovely folks at Saturday Spotlight Challenge picked my Willow with Christmas Candle make as a favourite! Thank you guys, you have made my day!

Less than a handful of days to go....
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Oakley with Christmas Bauble Whiff Of Joy; CC Designs Cookie Crumb Reason For the Season
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Paper - Basic Grey Granola
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - Beads; Calico; embroidery thread; cuttlebug; embossing folder; lace; white wash core-dinations

Gingerbread Hearts

Mmm Gingerbread - yummy, I keep meaning to get some :)

So this stamp is Willow with Gingerbread Heart and is from Whiff Of Joy and I've used the fab sketch over at The Whiff Of Joy Challenge Blog this week as inspiration.


Yeah my stitching went a bit wonky as I was at the end of reel and I was too busy making sure that I did not run out of cotton to look where I was stitching, LOL! The stamp has been coloured with PrismaColor Pencils and Sansodor.

Have a lovely Gingerbread day.
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Willow with Gingerbread Heart Whiff Of Joy
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Paper - Basic Grey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Cuttlebug; Spellbinders Snowflake one; Buttons; sewing machine; thread

Whiff Of Joy Willow With Christmas Candle

Another Whiff Of Joy for you today and I think that this is one of my favourites from this year's Winter kit. Isn't she beautiful? This is Willow with Christmas Candle. I've matched her with Basic Grey Papers from the Boxer pack and I've stamped a music background and used stitching and distressing.

Also I thought that this would fit with the challenge over at Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential which is about your favoutite music - which for me is Christmas Music at this time of year LOL!

My Favourite all time Christmas tune being - The Pogues Fairytale of New York. Ok so this doesn't look very Pogues-like but I do also like Christmas Carols - so perhaps I can get away with it? Tee Hee!


I've coloured her with PrismaColor pencils.


The sentiment is also from Whiff Of Joy and I've been using my Bow-Easy™ Template again :)

Have a lovely Tuesday
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Willow with Christmas Candle
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Paper - Basic Grey Boxer
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Bow-Easy™ Template; Ribbon; Nestibilities Label nine; Seam ripper; sewing machine; Cuttlebug

What Will Be In Your Christmas Stocking?

Hope you all had a good weekend. All finished your Christmas shopping I hope!

I have a Whiff Of Joy make for you today. I know my DT term has finished but I had the misfortune to have my DT packages go missing in the recent Postal strikes and Katharina has been ever so patient with me :)

I've still got some gorgeous Whiff Of Joy beauties from the Winter Kit to show which you can get individually and the Whiff Of Joy Christmas stamps are still at 20% off!

This stamp is Willow With Santa's Stocking.

Used my PrismaColor pencils to colour her.


With lots of stitching details.

Have a lovely Monday
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Willow With Santa's Stocking
Ink - Memento Tuxedo black
Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor
Paper - Basic Grey Boxer
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; Silicone glue
Other - Buttons; Sewing machine

Simon Says - Let It Snow

More snowflakes today and this one is for the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Challenges which is about 'Let It Snow'.

For today's card I have paper pieced the elegant Festive Winter Willow from Whiff Of Joy and layered her on a vellum background covered in glitter.


My rather dodgy photography doesn't show that her trim is given dimension with glossy accents and she has glitter on her holly berries.


I sat her on the Christmas present from the Whiff Of Joy Sled and added a little rosette with a Whiff Of Joy snowflake.

Have a snowflake day.
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Festive Winter Willow, sled and snowflake from Whiff Of Joy
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor
Paper - K&Co
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; scissors; silicone glue; double sided tape
Other - Martha Stewart round the page punch; Ribbon; Stickles; Glitter; Glossy Accent glue; Seam ripper; Cuttlebug; Nestibilities Label Nine

Whiff Of Joy Henry Stops For A Hot Chocolate

A little Whiff Of Joy Henry Mouse Christmas Card today and he looks like he needs some warming up!


Copic markers were used to colour him and a little Stickles for the steam from the hot chocolate.

Just getting really excited about tomorrow's post - waiting impatiently...!
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Henry Mouse and sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyz black
Colouring - Copic markers
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue
Other - sewing machine; Stickles glue; Cuttlebug; Spellbinders Snowflake 1; Lace ribbon; Seam ripper

Whiff Of Joy Advent Calendar

Hey guys, have you heard about the Whiff Of Joy Advent Calendar where everyday a card is posted on Katharina's blog and you get the chance to win some yummy blog candy?

I have a Whiff Of Joy make for you all and this one uses Sled Packed with Gifts, Freezing Willow and a sentiment from the Winter kit.

I've coloured her with Copic markers and added some Stickles glitter bling.


Right off to make more Christmas cards! I've recounted and I only have around 25 more to make and not 40 as I first thought - phew!

Have a lovely Dec 1st
Kim

Materials:
Stamps - Sled Packed with Gifts, Freezing Willow and a sentiment from the Whiff Of Joy Winter kit
Ink - Memento Tuxedo black
Paper - My Mind's Eye Laundry Line
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue
Other - Stickles; Ribbon; Seam ripper; Sewing machine; Cuttlebug; Nestabilities

Whiff Of Joy Stamp Sale

Whiff Of Joy has got a sale on for all the Winter and Christmas stamps - Time to get a bargain me thinks!

Whiff Of Joy Henry Mouse

Sleepy Sunday! So totally lazy yesterday and did not get my sewing machine out to finish this card off until late into the evening - me so bad!

But here it is and it uses the oh so sweet Whiff Of Joy Henry Mouse Eating Large Cookie. He just squeezes my heart :)


Can you guess what I've used to colour him.....?


Copic pens with a bit of pearl glue to highlight his hat trim and the 'buttons' on the cookie :)

Have a fab Sleepy Sunday
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Henry Mouse Eating Large Cookie
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Colouring - Copic pens
Paper - Papermania (forgotten what the pack is called and I'm too lazy to go look! LOL!); Paper with Script
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; scissors; double-sided tape
Other - Pearl Glue; Stickles; Buttons; Sewing machine

Whiff Of Joy Hand-Stitch Tutorial

Hey everyone, how are you all this Monday morning? Hope you all had a good weekend.

I have a card that I've made for the Whiff Of Joy Tutorials And Inspiration Blog today. Each of the design team and guest design team members have been writing tutorials and today is my turn.


So I thought I would do a tutorial for these swirls. You can see how to make them yourself over at the Whiff Of Joy Tutorials and Inspiration blog - I hope you like :)


The image is the Whiff Of Joy Santa Reading List stamp and I've coloured him with my Prismacolor pencils and Sansodor.

I've used pearlescent glue on his beard and fluffy stuff fluid on his hat and coat trim. I was going to fluff-it up but I decided I actually liked the way it looked unfluffed!

The paper is some of my own design distressed gingham papers and the fabric? Well let's just say that my boyfriend wont want to wear that work shirt any more - tee hee!

Have a lovely shirt re-purposing day!
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Santa Reading List stamp
Ink - Versafine Onyx black
Colouring - Prismacolor pencils; Sansodor
Papers - Distressed gingham (made by me)
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Others - White fabric; sewing machine; Kraft card; Beads; Silver embroidery thread; needle; Doily; Pearlescent glue; Fluffy stuff

He Is Checking It Twice!

Another Christmas card this morning - well now the postal strike is off I need to make LOTS of Christmas cards LOL!

Here is the Whiff Of Joy Santa Reading List and I thought I would try a minimal look with red, white and some gingham fabric.


I've coloured Santa with my Prismacolor pencils and added some sparkle with Shimmerz Paints Pixie Dust and Gold Glimmer Blingz and Coal Paints, that you can also get from here.



Today is NEC day for me and I'm hoping to catch up with some bloggy friends! So you guys all have a great day.

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Santa Reading List; Studio G Alpha
Ink - Versafine Onyx black
Colouring - Prismacolor pencils; sansodor
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Paper trimmer
Other - Fabric; Button; Shimmerz Paints Coal, Gold Glimmer and Pixie Dust Blingz

Santa Breaks For A Cookie

Hello folks, how you all doing this afternoon? I have another Santa card for you and a real cutie eating cookies! How does Santa eat all those mince pies and cookies left for him? You would think that he would be rounder - perhaps he jogs or something?

Well this Santa is one of the cute Elizabeth Bell Santas from Whiff Of Joy and the Christmas tree charm is also from Whiff Of Joy. Have you seen the new winter kit stamps? They are so cute and you can get them individually now.


Yep - Prismacolor pencils with sansodor again!


But look at this perfect bow! I did that! No really! Ok so I had some help from the fabulous Bow-Easy™ Bow Tying Template available here.

Now when Elaine first mentioned it I was a little sceptical I will admit - 'I know how to tie bows' I thought, 'what do I need a template for?' But I watched the instruction video and had a go and OMG I so did not know how to tie bows!

This is so much easier and you get a perfect bow every time, you can do lots of different sizes and even multiple loops!

Right just off to put a bow into every piece of
cord, ribbon or thread we have in the flat :)
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Santa With Snack
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Papers - My Mind's Eye Laundry Line
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double sided tape; glue dots; silicone glue
Other - Charm; Bow-Easy™ Bow Tying Template; Gems; Jump rings; Ribbon

Santa Brings The Gifts

As promised a card - Wahoo!

Right, this card uses Jane's wonderful sketch from The Whiff Of Joy Challenge Blog (what's this? Two challenges in one week? - Shock!) and the super gorgeous Santa With Gifts Stamp is from Whiff Of Joy.

The papers are from the Basic Grey Wassail pack and a torn page from an old encyclopedia I picked up from a charity shop for 50p! I've distressed the papers with inks and my seam ripper.


Santa has been coloured with PrismaColor pencils and Sansodor.



The big flower has a yummy gold sequin centre from Prima and is available, along with lots of other colours, here.

Hope you are having a gift filled day
Kim

Edit - I've also added this to the Saturday Spotlight Challenge which is all about words this week! Thanks Vicki!

Materials:
Stamps - Santa with Gifts
Ink - VersaFine Onyx black
Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor
Papers - Basic Grey Wassail
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; scissors; Silicone glue; double-sided tape
Other - Gems; Sequin centre; Eyelet; Crop-a-dile; Ribbon; Distress inks