Here It Is!

Entry deadline has now passed!

As promised, here is the blog candy I will be giving away next Friday, January 16th! Katharina Frei, owner of Whiff of Joy Stamps, generously included the "Willow With Hot Chocolate" stamp with my last order, and since I already have that stamp, I just had to include it in the candy. :-D

So, this is what is in the package:

• Whiff of Joy "Willow With Hot Chocolate" new, unmounted stamp
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One set
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Curved Rectangles set
• Pearlescent Watercolors 16 color set
• Prima Hydrangea Blossoms, large tin (shades of pink/magenta)
• 4 spools of ribbon
• Tombow Mono permanent adhesive refill for runner
• Mini Heart Punch (just in time for Valentine's Day!)
• Flower Soft, Ivory (great for adding texture to your creations)
• Mini fine mist sprayer

There are two ways you can win. The first is to mention my blog candy (with a link to it) on your blog and leave a comment here with the link to your blog.

Don't have a blog? No problem! Just leave a comment here with a suggestion about how I can improve my blog, like things you'd like to see or learn (maybe tutorials, more close-up photos, different layout/background/text colors, etc.). If my blog is already perfect *snicker*, you can say that, too. (LMBO!)

That's all you have to do! Just be sure to enter before midnight Pacific Time (GMT -8) Thursday, January 15th. I will use Random.org to determine the winner the following morning and announce it here.

PLEASE, ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON! Edited to add: Please make sure you leave your name in the post - otherwise, how will I know who to contact? ;-) There are already 3 "Anonymous", only 2 with names!

Good luck, and THANK YOU ALL so much for visiting my humble blog! (And especially to those of you who take the time to leave comments.)

Whiff of Joy Challenge #13

Here's my card for this week's Whiff of Joy Challenge. I loved the sketch - I came up with so many ideas for using it that I had a hard time deciding what to do! Ultimately I decided to keep to the sketch exactly.

It is so much fun coloring the Whiff of Joy images. They ink and stamp beautifully. I used VersaFine Onyx Black ink and embossed with Judi Kins Clear Detail embossing powder. After coloring the image with Copics, I inked the edges and matted it on 2 layers of cardstock. Lizzie's ear muffs and the puffs on her boots were puffed up with a puffy marker (heated).

The scalloped border was made with a Fiskars Threading Water punch, with pearls placed over each hole (made it easy-peasy to space them evenly, LOL!).

The corner embellishments are Stampin' Up! Filigree Brads, but instead of using the brads through the holes in the center, I glued the filigrees to the corners of the card and placed a pearl in each.

Cardstock: DCWV textured, SU Naight of Navy, Papertrey Stamper's Select white
Stamps: Image- Whiff of Joy "Lizzie With Muff", Sentiment- SeeD's Phrases Collection
Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, SU Night of Navy
Embellishments: SU Filigree Brads, Martha Stewart Pearls, ribbon from my stash, Marvy Uchida Puffy Velvet marker, Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Clear glitter pen and Gelly Roll white pen.

OCC Sketch Challenge - Jan. 3

Good morning, everyone! Well, at least it's still morning here for another hour. :-D

For today's card, I used Our Creative Corner's sketch challenge for this week. I wanted to do a kind of masculine Valentine's card, which is a stretch for me since I'm so much into pink, frilly, shiny, girly things, LOL. I still couldn't avoid some glittery brads and ribbon, but at least I didn't put a bow on it!

The cardstock and pattern paper is from Stampin' Up!, as is the ink. The heart image and sentiment is from Verve Visual.

Cardstock: SU Very Vanilla and Night of Navy
Pattern Paper: SU Azure Designer Prints
Stamps: Image and sentiment- Verve Visual "Wild Thing" set
Ink: SU Night of Navy
Ribbon: Martha Stewart