New Illustrator At Whiff Of Joy

There is a fabulous new illustrator at Whiff of Joy, Norma Fickel and her wonderful range of Christmas Gnomes are now on sale.

Here is just a taster of these super cute and original images, aren't they fabulous? Can't wait to get my hands on these sweeties!

Non-Traditional Christmas Colours

Another Christmas Card for you today and this one uses probably my favourite non-traditional colour combination of greys, black and gold.

The stamp is the cute Whiff Of Joy Quiet Santa and the glittery paper is from the DCWV All Dressed Up Paper Stack which you can get from Quixotic Paperie for half price at the moment.

I've coloured Santa with my PrismaColor pencils and Sansodor and used Shimmerz Paints Pixie Dust Blingz to sparkle Santa's fur trim.

The gold paper, flower and swirls have are from SEI papers and the swirls are flocked - doesn't show up too well in the picture I'm afraid.

Have a gold filled Tuesday
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Quiet Santa
Ink - VersaFine Onyx black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Paper - SEI; DCWV
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; silicone glue; Scissors
Other - Gem; Shimmerz Paints Pixie Dust Blingz; Sewing Machine

Whiff Of Joy Yummy Candy

This Candy Is Now Closed
The Winner Will Be Announced On the 3rd November

I have some lovely candy for you donated by the wonderful Katharina owner of Whiff Of Joy. The candy is the gorgeous Baking Santa stamp shown below. I think that he is my favourite from the scrummy new Whiff Of Joy Santa and Lizzie Range.

Have you seen that Whiff Of Joy is starting a new blog Tutorials and Inspirations blog? the launch date is the 1st November - I can't wait to see all those fab ideas.


In celebration of the New Blog launch I'm going to keep my candy open until the 1st November and all you need to do is post about it on your blog or place a link in your sidebar and then link to your blog on Mister Linky. Open worldwide.

Good Luck!

Advent Calender Card

Sunday has turned up really quickly and I have a little Whiff Of Joy card for you using the cute Lizzie with Licorice stamp with an advent calendar feel. The little Christmas tree charm is also from Whiff Of Joy.


She was coloured with Prismacolor pencils and Sansodor and I've used Label Nine Spellbinders Nestibilities.


Before you go don't forget that there is a chance at some yummy Whiff of Joy candy here.

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Lizzie with Licorice
Ink - VersaFine Onyz black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Paper - Reminisce snowy night
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Charm; Label Nine Nesties; Fibres; Inch square punch; Cuttlebug; Snowflake die; seam ripper

Santa Is Baking

What do you think Santa is baking? Mince pies? Cookies? Christmas Cake?

Isn't he just the cutest? He is one of the fabulous new Elizabeth Bell Santa's from Whiff of Joy. Just Lurve!


The papers are My Mind's Eye Laundry Line and I've been practicing again with my Copic markers - might get there one day. LOL!

Have a simply baking Tuesday
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Santa Baking
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Colouring - Copic Markers
Papers - My Mind's Eye Laundry Line
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue; double sided tape
Other - Buttons; Sewing machine; Letraset paper

We Need Your Help...

Candy Now Closed

How would you like to make a New Baby card and be in with lots of chances to win some wonderful Whiff Of Joy candy donated by the lovely Katharina?

The fabulous Whiff Of Joy illustrator Alison Acton and her husband Jim are expecting their first baby, Sam, at the end of this week, it would be fabulous to celebrate the event with a lovely card, well lots of lovely cards!

So the challenge is -

• Make a New Baby Card for Alison and Jim
• Send me an email and I will send you their mailing address to send the card
• Don't forget to also post it on your blog before you send it!
• Then link to your blog via Mr Linky below to be in with a chance to win Two Whiff Of Joy stamps of your choice.

You do not have to use a Whiff Of Joy Stamp but it would be nice :) We are just hoping for lots of cards to arrive at Alison and Jim's.

So here is my New Baby make and I've used the so cute Mina Celebrating Kangaroo from Alison's Party Animals range. Might have changed it very slightly to fit the theme!


Again with some more Copic marker practice :)


Also if you check out the other DT and GDT blogs you will find more chances to win as well :) Katharina is giving away a whole set of the Alison's next Whiff of Joy release called "Happy Mail" on her blog!

Katharina (Owner)
Aija (Finland)
Bev (UK)
Camilla (Norway)
Fran (UK)
Jacqui (Events Coordinator)
Jeanette (CA)
Murielle (France)
Rach (UK)
Sonja (Germany)
PGD Dawn (UK)
GD Marga (Netherlands)
Gd Melyssa (Canada)
Gd Ula (Poland)

This candy will be open until the 23rd October to give you time to send your make.

Happy New Baby Card Making
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Mina Celebrating Kangaroo
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Colouring - Copic Markers
Paper - My own design
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - buttons; embroidery thread; Sizzix Alpha; Cuttlebug; Computer; printer; Nail file

Whiff Of Joy Winter Stamp Kit

Me again - it is becoming a habit posting more than once in a day!

I just wanted to let you guys know that the Whiff Of Joy Winter Stamp Kit has gone on pre-order today and closes on the 23rd October.



Look at the sneak peak, now doesn't that just make you think of open log fires, mince pies in the oven, your favourite Christmas movie on the telly whilst decorating the Christmas tree?



I can't choose which is my all time fav Christmas movie it would have to be either the 1947 version of Miracle on 42nd Street, or the 1947 version of the Bishop's Wife, or the 1946 version of It's A Wonderful Life. These would be the films my Mum and I would watch whilst decorating the Christmas Tree in our house :)

What are your favourite Christmas Movies?

I Have Some News....

Katharina has picked four new Guest DT members for Whiff Of Joy and I'm one of them! Wahoo! I can't believe it! I'm still in shock! I shouted it out on Facebook and Twitter but haven't yet blogged the news - Bless me!

The other girls on the October / November GDT are:
Marga van den Berge from Scrap Some
Melyssa Connolly from FantastInk
from UHK Gallery

Well done girls and anyone who also applied for the GDT call don't forget to check by Katharina's blog tomorrow to see if you are on the December / January team - Good Luck!

Whiff Of Joy Guest Designer Call

Hey Guys, I'm sure many of you know that Katharina over at Whiff Of Joy has a Guest Designer Call until the 19th September? Thought I would throw my name into the hat! There are already over 100 entries! Oh Boy!

So here is a make for you using the gorgeous Shy Willow, one of my favs from the Summer 2009 kit. The papers are My Mind's Eye Laundry Line range from Quixotic Paperie and I might have added some hand-stitching to the card - you know how I like stitching ;)


Lovely Willow is coloured with Prismacolor pencils and sansodor.

Have a Shy Wednesday
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Shy Willow Whiff Of Joy
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Colouring - Prismacolor pencils; Sansodor
Papers - My Mind's Eye Laundry Line
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double sided tape; silicone glue; scissors
Other - Embroidery thread; Flower punches and templates; Martha Sterwart Border punch

Whiff Of Joy Blog Hop And Party

Hey Guys it is the Whiff Of Joy Blog Hop and Party!

If you have dropped in on my blog from Hilde's wonderful blog then you are on the right track! If not then you need to start at Katharina's yummy Whiff Of Joy Blog.

There is some hidden candy along the hop and the party ends at Papercrafts Planet where you can chat with the wonderfully talented Elisabeth Bell and Alison Acton.

Here is my make with the very cute Kangaroo stamp from the New Party Animals stamp releases - what a cutey! What a happy little Kanga!

Thanks so much for joining in the blog hop, your next stop is the fab blog of Merkkari
Happy Hopping!

Love Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Prismacolor; Koh-i-noor; derwent; Sansodor
Papers - Wild Saffron K&Co
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape
Other - Embroidery thread; Button

Whiff Of Joy Blog Hop Update

Hey-Up everyone thought I would just give you a heads-up for the Whiff Of Joy Blog Hop on Saturday 25th July - I'm so excited! There will be prizes and the opportunity to chat to the Whiff Of Joy Illustrators Elizabeth Bell and Alison Acton who provide us with such wonderful designs.

Hope you have the time to join in the fun!

You can find full details in this downloadable flier.

The Blog Hop and Party starts on Katharina's blog on July 25th (7 pm GMT; 2 pm EST; 11 am MST)



Whilst we are at WOJ have you seen that Katharina is offering up some candy for the Elizabeth Bell Fall Stamp Kit?

By The Sea

Look, Look! A challenge card to start the week. I had planed to get a lot of challenge cards done over the weekend but of course time just vanished before me eyes. But I did manage to get this one done for the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog which has a fab sketch to follow.

I was dreaming of the seaside when I did this card you know, ice creams, that beach worn look and lots of Shimmerz sparkly water :) and she just looks so happy and relaxed she must be on holiday!



Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Colouring - Promarkers; Copics
Paper - BasicGrey
Usual suspects - silicone glue; trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - Shimmerz paints - Under the sea and Celery; Acetate; Cuttlebug; Embossing folder; Buttons; Nail file; shaped scissors

A Quiet Sunday

Another Summer card for you today but one perhaps not quite as bright as this week's makes have been :)

Details: I've used the beautiful Shy Willow from Whiff of Joy, coloured with copics and promarkers, the flowery background paper is from DCWV and the circles were made with my copics and nesties. The ribbon was also coloured with copics. Little bit of distressing, little bit of piercing and the sentiment was made from Sizzx Alpha set Lindsey's Diary.



Hope you are all having relaxing Sundays.

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - copics; promarkers;
Paper - DCWV
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Paper trimmer
Other - Cuttlebug; Nesties; Ribbons; Button; Sizzix Alpha set; Nail File

Strawberry Cherries

Can you believe that it is Friday already? It is a quite dreary Friday too the sun seems to have gone and it is very overcast here in London.

Hey Ho I'm keeping Summer going with this card for the Whiff of Joy Blog Hop Call. Katharina is launching some new stamps on the 25th July and she is looking for volunteers to take part in a blog hop - Wahoo what fun. You have til the 8th July to throw your name into the mix with this lovely and unusual sketch.

Details: I've used Willow with Strawberry Basket from the Summer 2009 kit, coloured with copics and promarkers and matched her up with HOTP papers. I've backed her with vellum and made a vellum lace border. The handmade embellishments are made from felt, jute ribbon from Quixotic Paperie and buttons. The card is finished with some hand-stitching :)



Hope you have a lovely day and that the sun is shining where you are (unless it is night of course!).

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy; My Cute Stamps Sentiment
Ink - VersaFine Onyx
Papers - HOTP
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers; Copic Pens
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Paper trimmer. double-sided tape
Other - felt; embroidery thread; ribbon; buttons; Jute ribbon; Vellum; Fiskers lace emboss punch; Cuttlebug; Nesties

Straw For The Strawberries

Strawberries anybody? Hope you are all having a good weekend and that the weather is better with you than it is here in London.

I have some news for you, Claire and Jo over at Making Handmade Cards have launched the New Club for subscribers today and you can find it here.

There are a few fabby benefits for early subscribers:

- The 1st 200 people to join the Club will
get the Fizzy Marine eKit (worth £14.99).
- The 1st 100 people to join the Club also
get the Glam Bags 'n' Heels ekit (worth £13.99).

- And the 1st 15 people to join the Club also
get the Refresher eKit (worth £14.99)!

- And let's not forget that gorgeous
Love To Shop eKit (worth £14.99) that
you get too!

I've been lucky enough to be able to play with some of these kits and they are beautiful. Well worth a look :)



Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy
Ink - VersaFine Onyx black
Colouring - Promarkers; Copics; Marvy Le Plume watercolour pens
Papers - HOTP
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; double-sided tape; Paper trimmer
Other - Jute; Charm; Cuttlebug; embossing folder; White gel pen

Flowers For Monday

A new week and a new card. Today's card is inspired by the 'Pretty Flowers' challenge over at the Creative Card Crew. The image is one of the Whiff of Joy Summer stamps and the papers are freebies from UK Simply Card and Papercrafts magazine.


Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Promarker; Copic
Papers - Freebies from Simply Cards and Papercrafts UK Mag
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double Sided tape
Other - Nesties; Cuttlebug; Black Marker pen; white gel pen

Get Your Lovely Apples

Hey everyone, hope that if you are lucky enough to be having a three day weekend that it is a fun one for you. At the moment my other half is scrapping glue and bits of wood off of the bathroom floor, I've had a bit of reprieve to post this card, good excuse I thought :)

Bank holiday weekends are for DIY aren't they? We got thrown out of Homebase yesterday, what we had not factored in was that they close at 4pm and we got there at 3.40pm D'oh.

The look of panic on our little faces as we heard the 'Choose, pay and get out NOW' over the tannoy at 3.45pm. So we went into Mission Impossible - bathroom floor mode and split up to get the stuff on our long list.

Having asked one of the staff where the sealant was I then got a lecture on the different types of sealant and, although very useful, all I could think was 'I haven't got time for this! Why did I pick the only person in Homebase who takes an interest in their job?'!

No-one else seemed that worried that the shop was closing, this is how non-DIY we are, we do not know the 'Way of the DIY shop' on a bank-hol, Sunday afternoon.


Anyway onto the card! The stamp is one of the lovely Summer collection from Whiff of Joy and is coloured in with distress inks and watercolour pencils. There is machine and hand-stitching on this card and the apples are drawn by me ('coz I don't have any apple stamps!).

The beautiful vintage gold metallic thread lace is from my wonderful friend Siri, who sent me a gorgeous ribbon and button RAK from her Grandmother's stash, they are so lovely that I want to use them for something special :) Siri is an interior designer and if you are looking for some ideas for your craft space have a look at her new venture.


To all you DIY-ers out there - we feel for ya brothers and sisters.

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy
Ink - Versafine Onyx black
Colouring - Ditress inks; Watercolour pencils
Papers - Basicgrey; K&Co
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue; 3D-foam
Other - embroidery thread; Metallic thread; Sewing machine; paper distresser; Siri's lace

Vintage Meets Modern

Spoiler alert for my Mum:
If you are my Mum then look away now :)
(this might be your Mother's day card!)
No peeking!

I've had a vintage look card rattling around in my head for a while now but couldn't seem to bring it into being. But then I saw the guest designer call and the sketch by Katharina over at Whiff Of Joy and this card was born!

Details: A vintage look with a modern twist using acetate. I've stamped onto the acetate with white ink and tamed the white with a little colour from chalk inks. Some resistance stamping with clear embossing and chalk inks in the corners.Then some paper distressing with files.


Some crumpling, inking and ironing for the butterfly.


Made a place to write (and hide any glue) on the inside.


Watercoloured the image using Tim Holtz distress inks and pearlescent inks.


It was great fun making this card :)

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy; HOTP
Inks - VersaColor Onyx black; Colourbox chalks; StazOn Opaque Cotton White; Brilliance pearlescent Crimson red
Colouring - Tim Holtz Distress inks
Papers - HOTP
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Double-sided tape; Paper trimmer; Scissors
Other - Acetate; Iron; Wire; Pearl brads; Pearlescent glue; Lace; Cuttlebug; Nestibilities; Shaped scissors

It Is Going To Be A Pink Christmas

The Christmas cards are coming along slowly.... I've made one or two - is it cheating to use leftovers from last year?

I'm loving distressing papers at the moment. I don't have a specialised tool such as the Tim Holtz widgit or the Heidi Swapp pacman (don't you think it looks just like a pink pacman?) but I do sew and my seam ripper does the trick and is a lot cheaper and easier to get hold of seeing as any haberdashery shop should have one.

The lovely stamped image is one of Alison Acton's lovely illustrations available from Whiff of Joy and was coloured using my Derwent colour pencils and sansodor to blend. Glitter glue finished the trim and silver metallic gel pen for the bell on the Cat's ribbon. The sentiment was also coloured with the pencils.

For the background I used a 4" by 4" piece of textured card cut into smaller pieces and coloured with the same pencils and blending technique as for the stamped image. The outside edge of the 4" by 4" was over-stamped with the HOTP swirl in silver. Finally each edge of the smaller pieces was distressed with the seam ripper.




Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy; HOTP Sentiment
Ink - VersaMark; VersaColor Silver; VersaFine Onyx Black
Papers - Homemade
Colouring - Derwent Colour pencils; Sansodor; Inscribe Pastels
Equipment - Seam ripper; Cuttlebug; Cuttlebug snowflake emboss and die
Other - Foam pads; silicon glue; Stipple brush; Stickles Glitter Glue; Sliver Gel pen

Autumn falls and a missed Challenge

Oh bless me. I am, as my friends would say, being special :) I looked at the Papertake Challenge on Monday (yesterday) saw that it is had an Autumn theme and went off and made this card using the Tweet Kit from Designs by Krista and my favourite stamp at the moment which is from Whiff of Joy. Only to go back to the site and find that I was a week late and Autumn was last week's theme and this week there is a sketch - D'oh.


Materials:
Stamp - Whiff of Joy
Papers - Designs by Krista
Inks -VersaFine Black; Distress inks Walnut Stain
Other - Sepia finemarker; Cuttlebug and leaf dies