Summer is in town

Have you noticed it yet? I did! It's summer! And boy is it hot. Weatherforcast says next week is all about rain. Never thought I'd be glad with a little bit rain. You really have to stay indoors where you can put a fan on your face.

But hey, more time to craft then, don't ya? And this is what I've been up to in my craft room, playing with some nice stuff I bought over this week.

It has been a long time, but I actually had this idea in my head, not using a sketch or anything and I think it looks better on the card than in my head (well, that's a first), so what'd ya reckon?



Challenges I would like to enter:

1. Hanna and Friends / Unused stamps (I never used that stamp on a card before)
2. Simon Says Challenge / Photo Challenge (look at that blue paper and that blue blouse)
3. One Stop Craft Challenges / Distressing (I distressed all my edges)
4. Timbroscrapmania / Summer (I think this qualifies as summer :))

Card recipe:
Stamp ~ Whiff of joy (dûh)
Colour medium ~ Copic Markers and chalk (for the shadow), distress inks
Paper ~ Action
Extra ~ Stickles, butterfly punch and some pearls

WOYWW I'm baaaaack!

Finally! I've had the time to participate in WOYWW. And tadaa this is how my desk looks yesterday night before I started on my card.

And this is from another corner. See those stamps there divided in three parts? Well... Some of you might already know I'm a Whiff of Joy fan... These is my entire WOJ collection and YES, I AM proud of that! :D

It's not entirely crafting going on. I've started working on some stuff for my class next year, but crafting got in the way. LOL. I think you can relate to that, hm?




And here I store all of my eyelets. I bought this wonderfull boxes at a stamping convention and I still think I don't have enough storage room. Lucky for me there are two of those conventions a year, so I can always get back for more. :)



And here is a little sneek peak of my card that I finally made. You can already see that I've used some distressing and some Stickles, ok no a WHOLE lot of stickles (actually I slipped with my new bottle, but shhh don't tell my mom HAHA). I do love my selfmade flower there in the middle topped off with a white pearl.




And here is the finished card. I thank Marley for letting me know that they have cute paper in Action, so I went there and indeed, this is some of the cute paper they've got there.
I also used inspiration from a card that Janneke made, but I don't know where she got the sketch from.
So, I hope you've enjoyed my card and my scraproom. Sorry for the long post, but thanks for sticking with me and leaving all those lovely comments!

By the way... If you still don't know why I'm showing my desk every wednesday, please go over to the lovely blog of Julia Dunnit. You WILL get wiser there.

Card recipe:
Stamp ~Whiff of Joy
Colour Medium ~ Copic Markers, Distressing inks
Paper ~ Action and the latte stack + some cardstock
Flowers ~ Prima's and handmade flower + leafs
Extra's ~ Pearls, Distress ink, Liquid Pearls, Stickles

Christmas in July!

I haven't posted for so long, and now two cards in one day. Woohoe!

At the Winter Wonderland blog there's the challenge of using punches. I have this amazing Christmas presents punch from Martha Stewart so I knew that this was the ideal punch for this occasion.

I took a stamp that I coloured ages ago. It's with a specifique technique, using embossing powder and your heat tool for three times and then you can crack your image up, just like it's glazing. Very pretty. Me like.

Today it is finally raining here. After our 35°C from yesterday, it really is a good thing. Finally some cold winds around here! So it is the perfect opportunity to get some other Christmas cards made, so for me... Christmas in July :)

I distressed the corners of my papers and used some amazing charms from Whiff of joy to top it off. I didn't think it needed much more decoration, as the card itself looks busy enough.




So in total I used THREE punches. Can you find them all??

Card recipe:
Stamp ~ Whiff of joy
Papers ~ Some scraps I had left, which includes: The Latte Stack and the Taj Mahal Stack and some cardstock
Charms ~ Whiff of joy
Extras ~ Ribbon and stars, clear embossing powder and my heat tool

Friday Sketchers

Today I am participating on a challenge blog again. I saw this amazing sketch on Friday Sketchers and I just knew I had to make a card with it!
I just bought some new copics, so this was the perfect chance to colour up this stamp again.



Really weird, but as you can see I tried taking this picture on different occasions and her dress always turns out blue, but I can assure you that it really is purple!


And here are some detail pictures of my card...

















Thanks for looking and leaving your comments. I really appreciate them!!







Challenges I would like to enter:
1. Friday Sketchers / A sketch
2. Charisma Cardz Challenges! / Metal (I've used two metal charms)

Card recipe

Stamp ~ Magnolia and doodle stamps for the edges of the papers on the stamp
Papers ~ The Latte Stack and some CS
Colour Medium ~ Copic Markers
Embellies ~ Whiff of joy charms, a handmade flower
Flowers ~ ?
Extras: some leafs I punched out with a Nellie Snellen punch and one from Prima Flowers I think

Thank you

**THIS IS MY SECOND POST. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO LOOK AT THE OTHER CARD **

Boy, is it HOT here in Belgium!! Even climbing the stairs costs me too much effort.
So instead of making a card, I finally took the time to photograph a card I made a little bit earlier this week.
And wednesday, school holiday is finally there, so time for another WOYWW and time to visit other people's blogs too!! Yay!


I thought the dress looked a little plain after colouring it, so I decided to do some faux stitching on it with a white gelpen. Looks soooo much better! I also putted some Stickles on her wings to make them look all glittery. I love being a girl :)

Materials:
Stamp ~ Magnolia
Papers ~ The Latte Stack (all of them :))
Flowers ~ ?
Embellies ~ Whiff of Joy charm and head pins, leaves, buttons and pearls
Colour ~ Copic Markers

What a gift!

Look at this wonderfull card!! I didn't make it, but I think it's worth mentioning on my blog. I got it from a parent when we had a parent-teachermeeting to discuss the end of the year. It's really rare here in Belgium, because there are little people known to make these type of cards, so I was really amazed to be getting one. Thank you, thank you thank you! And the text they wrote on the back is also really incredible.

So... I can't give you any details on the card, but I had to let you know :)

Am I converted now?

Okey, I know. I haven't posted for a while now. And I completely missed WOYWW! :(
BUT...

I went from no production to mass production. I said I would never do this, because it totally kills your originality and I have the principe of not doing two cards the same. Then again, I needed some cards to thank the parents of the children in my class, because they trusted their kids with me for a complete year. And I dare you... Try finding two cards in there that are exactly the same. It's impossible! And you wouldn't believe it, but there are twenty cards there!!

Take a look...



But have I converted now? Hell no!! I really had to step outside of my comfy box to create something that was so easy that it could be easily done twenty times (allthough I spent a total of about three hours to complete this) and I still like the 'over-the-top-embellished' cards. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a complete waste of all those lovely flowers? LOL

So, I hope the parents will like it. Next week is the last time I will see the parents of those lovely children (oké, maybe not for some, but it's the thought that counts doesn't it :))

Thanks for looking and leaving all those wonderfull comments!

Ingredients:
Stamp: Got it for free, no idea what brand it is
Paper: nothing else but cardstock
Extra's: butterflies made with a butterfly punch and I also used a corner punch.

That's it. Pretty simple huh?