Good morning! It is time to open another window on the Whiff of Joy advent calendar! If you discover which designer is hosting today's prize you have a chance to win the stamp used on their card.
Katharina, Alice, Colleen, Gio, Ingrid, Jane, Jane Millard, Jeanette, Lori, Sandie, Sonja, Tutorialblog
Have a great Sunday!
Good morning! It is time to open another window on the Whiff of Joy advent calendar! If you discover which designer is hosting today's prize you have a chance to win the stamp used on their card.
Katharina, Alice, Colleen, Gio, Ingrid, Jane, Jane Millard, Jeanette, Lori, Sandie, Sonja, Tutorialblog
Have a great Saturday!
My Christmas tree is still in the box under the bed but I have made good progress this year with making handmade decorations I actually like so some will be finding their way on the tree hopefully over the weekend. The card I am sharing with you today was made using one of the adorable new Swings and Slides images from Pollycraft. This image reminds me of my Son Jack playing in the Snow for the 1st time nearly 10 years ago now! He is still this cute now with a hint of teenager creeping in every now and again! I used My Mind's Eye papers and white embossed card for a Clean and Simple layout, added a bit of stitching and a Doodlebug sticker for the sentiment and finished it all off with a funky button that was screaming 'pick me!! pick me!!! at me from my button box.Good morning! It is time to open another window on the Whiff of Joy advent calendar! If you discover which designer is hosting today's prize you have a chance to win the stamp used on their card.
Katharina, Alice, Colleen, Gio, Ingrid, Jane, Jane Millard, Jeanette, Lori, Sandie, Sonja, Tutorialblog
Have a great Friday!
I used a Graphics Fairy image for my Frosted Snow Angels and added the gathered lace with my glue gun. The flowers are satin and have been in my stash for ages. I have been collecting vintagey bits and pieces for ages and have used so many of them for the 1st on the 12 days of Whimsy projects!
Here is a close up, you can see the Angel wings which were cut from glitter card with a Marianne Designs snowflake die. I added some of the hearts from the die cut to the Angel's dress. This gorgeous Angel will be going on my tree this year!
After shaping the felt into a cone, I stitched organza ribbon and lace around the top of the cone and added vintage buttons on top. I tied a bow from some cream cotton ribbon and added it to the front of the cone and added a flower on top.
The image I used is from this website and I added feathers taken from cheap and naff Christmas decorations I picked up for 50p in the Supermarket this week and a bow at the bottom of the image before adding it to the back of the cone. As a finishing touch I added some glitter to the felt cone and a loop from organza to hang the cone on my tree. I filled the cone with shredded music paper and a flower cut from a Whiff of Joy die.
I used a Snowflake die to cut the shapes above the banner and the image was edged with glossy accents which I covered in chunky glitter (I got very messy!!)
You can just see the crackle paint and lace on this photo, I also added an organza bow and button on the edge of the box to disguise the join in the lace.
The lace is much fuller and longer on this box and I had to stretch it to get it to fit around the box.
I added a bow on the front of this one. I am not sure which one is my favourite...I already have some bits gathered for the project from Day 7 and rather spookily bought some feathers yesterday and they feature in today's project so I may attempt both of them tonight.
I am offering my spare copy as a small blog candy so if you would like to win it, please leave a comment on this post before Sunday the 11th of December 12pm GMT and I will pick a winner on Monday.Good morning! It is time to open another window on the Whiff of Joy advent calendar! If you discover which designer is hosting today's prize you have a chance to win the stamp used on their card.
Katharina, Alice, Colleen, Gio, Ingrid, Jane, Jane Millard, Jeanette, Lori, Sandie, Sonja, Tutorialblog
Have a great Thursday!
On day 4, Nancy showed us how to make some gorgeous Christmas tags. I used Prima papers to cover my tag and distressed them with Tim Holts inks. The image I used is from The Graphics Fairy and I printed it quite large and cut it out before adding it to the tag. The lace was bought from a Charity shop in the summer and the buttons are from my stash. I cut the snowflake using a Spellbinders die and the satin ribbon is from The Ribbon girl. I also used one of Nancy's Yuletide sentiments on the tag. I am really pleased with how the tag turned out and will probably hang it somewhere in my Living Room this Christmas.
In order to try and fill up my card box I have made another Christmas card using the super cute Festive Friends image which is available here from Funky Kits. I used Cosmo Cricket and My Mind's Eye papers on my die cut scalloped card base in non traditional colours.Good morning! It is time to open another window on the Whiff of Joy advent calendar! If you discover which designer is hosting today's prize you have a chance to win the stamp used on their card.
Katharina, Alice, Colleen, Gio, Ingrid, Jane, Jane Millard, Jeanette, Lori, Sandie, Sonja, Tutorialblog
Have a great Wednesday!
I added paper flowers on each pennant and lots of gems and a little glitter.
I die cut snowflakes from gridded cream note card paper and layered them each before topping with a button and covering in glitter glue.
I strung the finished pennants onto some cream organza ribbon ready to hang for Christmas.
I added buttons and beads by hand and a vintage seam binding bow and a little loop to hang the mitten before hand sewing the back and front of the mitten together. I have left the top open as I may use it to put a gift in this Christmas or maybe fill it with lavender. I am hoping to have a go at the three other projects this week, I feel so inspired by Nancy's wonderful ideas.
The image I have used is the mini Henry with large cup. I made a small card to add to my collection, I still need to make quite a few! The sentiment I used is by Elzybells an I die cut some snowflakes from Kraft using a Whiff of Joy die. Good morning! It is time to open another window on the Whiff of Joy advent calendar! If you discover which designer is hosting today's prize you have a chance to win the stamp used on their card.
Katharina, Alice, Colleen, Gio, Ingrid, Jane, Jane Millard, Jeanette, Lori, Sandie, Sonja, Tutorialblog
Have a great Tuesday!
A wonderfull box... verry nice!
LG
Michaela
Congratulations Michaela! Please send me an email to milliesmarvels@gmail.com with your address and I will arrange for your stamp to be sent to you.
Jane
In keeping with the fab bright colours of these Echo Park papers, I chose to give the little cutie red hair for a bit of a change. The image was coloured with Promarkers and I stamped snowflakes in Distress ink when the image was cut out. I used my new Snowflake punch to cut a border and added lots of stitching in bright red thread. The sentiment is by Papermania from an old set.
Here is a close up of my image. I added lots of Glamour dust for the snow and to add details to her jacket. I hope you will pop over to the Challenge blog to see lots of fab inspiration from the DT and we look forward to seeing your entries!Good morning! It is time to open another window on the Whiff of Joy advent calendar! If you discover which designer is hosting today's prize you have a chance to win the stamp used on their card.
Katharina, Alice, Colleen, Gio, Ingrid, Jane, Jane Millard, Jeanette, Lori, Sandie, Sonja, Tutorialblog
Have a great Monday!
The tin has been waiting patiently in my car for me to transform it and I have made it into a gift card holder and embellished it with the beautiful Sweet Christmas stamp which one of you will have the chance to win today if you comment on this post.
I inked the edges of the papers and then added a glittered label, a sentiment ticket, some letter stickers and flowers, a wooden snowflake, some die cut holly and some gems before adding the image.
I coloured the image with Promarkers to match my papers and added gems and glitter and then cut the image out and added it to the tin with foam pads. I added glitter to the flowers and around the edges of the lid, smudging it so it looked a bit distressed.
To decorate the inside of the box. I cut papers to fit and added a label to the lid with a snowflake and a strip of paper to secure the gift card.
This is the back of the box, you can see I added more glitter and also see the string around the lid on this photo. I had so much fun decorating this tin and will be keeping my eyes peeled for more discarded treasures on my way to work! Have a great Sunday and remember, you need to leave a comment on this post for the chance to win the stamp I used.
really know where to start. My good Friend Petra is a Master of mixed media and creates beautiful pieces of art which I adore so when she told me about the 12 days of Whimsy and the wonderful tutorials by Nancy, I just had to join in.
The first day of the 12 days was on Thursday and there is a fabulous tutorial to show you how to create these button faeries. I have never made anything like this before and I had so much fun creating this little decoration.
The buttons and flower and gems are from my stash and I added a little pearl to keep the buttons on. I have already made a project for day2 and have just seen today's and will definetely be giving that a go as well! I am off to do some Christmas shopping now.Katharina, Alice, Colleen, Gio, Ingrid, Jane, Jane Millard, Jeanette, Lori, Sandie, Sonja, Tutorialblog
Have a great Saturday!
Good morning! It is time to open another window on the Whiff of Joy advent calendar! If you discover which designer is hosting today's prize you have a chance to win the stamp used on their card.
Katharina, Alice, Colleen, Gio, Ingrid, Jane, Jane Millard, Jeanette, Lori, Sandie, Sonja, Tutorialblog
The image was coloured with Promarkers and I added glitter to the antlers with a brown Wink of Stella pen before cutting the image out with my craft knife and adding a little pearl for the reindeer's nose. I added some sequin trim to the card and then added a Martha Stewart doily on the top to pop my image onto using foam pads. I then die cut a banner shape and stamped it with a mini sentiment before setting it with an eyelet and adding it to my card with twine. I added a wooden snowflake topped with a button as a finishing touch.
The hop is open until midnight (GMT+1) on the 5th of December.
Eine ganz bezaubernde Karte ist das. Gefällt mir sehr gut.
LG Tina