Whiff of Joy - Snowburst

I recently picked up this Whiff of Joy Snowburst die in an online sale.  My first try at it was a bit frustrating but I persevered with a slightly thicker card stock, plenty of masking tape to hold the die down and multiple runs at varying angles through the Big Shot.

Adhering these delicate dies are always a problem for me so I stuck double sided tape (small pieces) to the larger areas and used a glue pen for the rest.  The flowers are from a Marianne D die called Poinsettia.  The sentiment is MFT Stitched Stockings in Archival Cobalt ink die cut using MFT Fishtail Flags Stax.

Whiff of Joy - Magical Wishes

Yet another clean and simple card.  I used a card map from Card Positioning Systems blog and pulled out my Creative Memories wavy trimmer (not sure of it's proper name) to cut out the blue "waves".

The balance of this card is made up of Spellbinders Circles Small with Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles and Whiff of Joy - Magical Wishes for the sentiment.

I will try to post some cards for the next 2 weeks but I will be away helping move animals (lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, pumas etc - 45 of them) from one animal sanctuary to their beautiful new one about a 2 hour drive away.  Not going to have too much time to create !  Be back around the end of the month.

Peachy Keen PKSC - 13 January 2013

I enjoy using teddy bear images and this cute one from Peachy Keen is no exception.  I teamed him up with the Cottage Cutz Peeker Pocket and a sentiment from the Whiff of Joy set called Magical Wishes.

The Bo Bunny Distressed Texture stamp was die cut with MFT Fishtail Flags Stax.  The background paper was from my scrap drawer and I coloured in the teddy image using aqua pencil crayons and a blender pen.

Sizzix / Tim Holtz Pillow Box w/labels

I have another pillow box die which has never really worked and when I saw this Tim Holtz / Sizzix Pillow Box w/labels was a little larger I thought it might be time to get a replacement.  It works beautifully and I think it is one I will get a lot of use out of.

The paper is My Mind's Eye - All is Bright and the stamp is Whiff of Joy - Henry Heart which was coloured in with markers and a blender pen.  The small heart has Stickles Xmas Red on it.  The grass is a MFT die - Fresh Cut Grass, the large heart is Nellie's Choice Frame die Multi Heart and the small heart is a Stampin Up punch Full Heart.  The sentiment is from the Hero Art set Say it All.

WHIFF OF JOY - HENRY WITH BROKEN LEG

When I saw this stamp at 7 Kids College Fund I knew it would come in handy at some stage.  It sort of reminded me of when I was on crutches and in a boot for a year. 

After stamping Henry out onto watercolour paper I used a variety of mediums to colour him in - the usual watercolour pencil crayons, markers and SU crayons.  I then used a Nestabilities label to frame him with a larger orange one for the background.

I used a CB embossing folder directly onto the card and just rounded the corners for something different.  The sentiment came with the stamp and I used a Clear Dollar die to frame it.

WHIFF OF JOY - HENRY SPENDING LAZY SUMMER DAYS

When this Whiff of Joy Henry stamp arrived I had no idea what sort of card it would suit, I bought it because I loved his grin.  With all of the Christmas stamps on my craft table I thought, for a change, I would do a card to suit a southern hemisphere Christmas.

Henry was coloured in using Copics, the Christmas tree is Hero Arts Sparkle Tree and the Santa sack is from Clear Dollar Reindeer Games.  I sponged the 'sand' under Henry's lounger with Distress Frayed Burlap and on the rest of the card I used Antique Linen.  For the tree and Santa sack I used Stampin up and Tombow markers.  The sentiment is from Peachy Keen on a SU large oval punch.

WHIFF OF JOY - ICE SKATING HENRY MOUSE

Henry definitely has the 'cute' factor that I love so much.  He was quick and easy to colour in using Copics.  I paper pieced his jacket with a scrap of paper lying on my craft desk and added some Stickles for snow.

Not sure about the embossing folder as I do not think it is a CB one.  The red paper used for the background was plain and I stamped 2 different snowflakes around the edges using SU craft ink - Whisper White to liven it up.