Give thanks

Vincent left for Jordan and I was supposed to go with him on this trip, but somehow the timing does not permit, his meeting was rescheduled for one week earlier and Jer's A levels is still on going, so Petra would have to wait.  

I made this card yesterday afternoon and completed it last night after Vincent left for the airport.   I was inspired to make a "thank you" card after my medical check up last week, I was given a clean bill of health by Dr Low, with the exception to increase my dosage of hypertension medication.    I was then reminded of  a sermon by Joel and Victoria Osteen :

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It’s easy to get focused on what’s wrong in life, what we don’t have, and how big our obstacles are. If we’re not careful, we’ll lose sight of all the good things God has done. We’ll take for granted our family, friends, health and the opportunities God has blessed us with. We’ll get so busy and stressed out that we won’t appreciate the gift of today
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When making this card, I am reminded to give thanks constantly to God for keeping me, for keeping my family and friends, for our good health that God has blessed us with.

Here is my card which I am entering for the following challenges :-

1.  Whiff of Joy challenge #92 - Tara sketch
2.  7 Kids challenge #8 - give thanks

Materials used :

1.  Whiff of joy image : Willow kneeling with flowers colored with Prisma color pencils

2.  Pattern paper : crafty secrets heartwarming vintage collection : classic, cardstock : AC cardstock

3.  Spellbinder nestie : beaded oval and inked with distress ink : spun sugar

4.  Cuttlebug eembossing plus - fanciful labels

5.  Ribbons : bought from Hong Kong

6.  Paper flowers : wild orchid crafts

7.  Thank you sentiment stamp : Our Daily Bread Design

8.  Lime green stickles

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Wishing you all the JOYS of the season

It has been more than a week since Vincent left for Germany, he is now in London spending time with our two older girls who are in university there.    I am home alone with Jer who is taking her A levels, and her first paper is on Tuesday.   She has been studying very hard and unfortunately has also caught the flu bug.  I have been trying to load her with home brewed herbal tea, double boiled chicken soup, fish soup, and lots of vegetables and fruits.

It will be another week before Vincent heads home, and I am trying to make a paper bags album as inspired by my mentor Angie, but I decided to take a break and make a card for the following challenges :

1.   Sweet Stamping Challenge - a sketch
2.   Whiff of Joy Challenge 91 - a Christmas card

Materials used :

1.  WOJ image :  Melinda blowing kisses coloured with caran d'ache color pencils and copic markers

2.  Pattern paper : basicgrey jovial, cardstock : DCWV, border stickers : basicgrey jovial

3.  Spellbinder nesti, inked with viva decor paper soft color

4.  Wishing you all the JOYS of the season - clear stamp (I couldn't remember the make of this set of stamps and I did not keep record as this was one of my very first few set of stamps)

5.  EK success musical symphony edge punch  

6.  Poinsettias : wild orchid crafts

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Whiff of Joy Challenge no. 83

Wow I am on a roll, I have 2 entries today, to make up for the lack of productivity over the past week.   I made this card with whiff of joy image, Belinda with flowers, I simply love the delicate whiff of joy images by Elisabeth Bell.

This card is for the Whiff of Joy challenge 83 which is based on a sketch.

Materials used :

1.   Whiff of Joy image Belinda with flowers coloured with copic markers and caran d'ache colour pencils.  I applied icicle stickles on the wings.    

2.  Pattern paper and cardstock from DCWV but as I lost the cover page, I am not sure which stack the pattern paper is from.

3.  Flowers - wild orchid crafts

4.  Butterfly : K&Company, sparkly sweet

5.  Pearls : Kaiser 

6.  Blings : daiso

7.  Sentiment stamp : Stampendous 

8.  Spellbinders and sizzix 

I am really pleased at how the card turned out, thanks for dropping by :-)

Whiff of Joy Challenge

I bought some whiff of joy stamps after Laura introduced them to me and I love the delicate features and I enjoyed colouring them with my colour pencils.

I made this card with my new stamp and is entering this for Whiff of Joy Challenge no. 82 which is based on a sketch.

Here is my card :-

Material used :

1.   WOJ Belinda blowing kisses stamped with archival ink on water colour paper and coloured with colour pencils and sansodor.  

2.   Pattern paper : basic grey lemonade paper stack

3.   Flowers : Wild orchid crafts

4.  Heart cut-out : sizzix embosslits die with big shot (cardstock DCWV holiday collection - the glitter matstack.

5.   Glossy accents applied on the small hearts

I distressed the edge of the image paper with fired brick distress ink and Tim Holtz paper distresser!

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Whiff of Joy challenge no. 81

I have my very first whiff of joy stamped images, thanks for Laura and I fell in love promptly, they are so beautiful oohlala!!   I am looking at buying a few more :-)

And since this is my first whiff of joy card, I have to participate in a whiff of joy challenge!!  Here is the link to the whiff of joy : http://wojmondaychallenge.blogspot.com/ and this week's challenge #81 is a photo challenge.

Here is my card :-

Materials used :

Pattern papers : K&Company, DCWV Nana 

Whiff of Joy : Melinda helping Angel colored with Caran D'ache color pencil and blended with sansodor (I used a small brush to blend as I find the paper stump too clumsy to use, I am more comfortable with using a brush) 

spellbinder pendant

fiskars extra large flower punch, EK Success swiss dots punch

flowers cut with sizzix flower # 1 die

Prima pearls

I really enjoyed coloring the whiff of joy image and I hope to get my hands on more whiff of joy stamps!

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Whiff of Joy stamps and Caran D'ache color pencils

I have not been making cards for the last couple of days!   I received some WOJ stamped image and I have been trying out different coloring medium and finally bought the 120 pieces caran d'ache color pencils.  I have their crayons which I bought in UK last year, but it is a 40 piece set, and I find the range of colors rather limiting, I do love to play with a full range of colors.  So for now, my copic will take a back seat while I play with the color pencils.   I find the WOJ images too delicate for copic and the color pencils work like a dream.   I have a 80 piece set of derwent, but I find them too hard, I prefer the leads softer it is easier to control and blend the colors.

I hope to create a few WOJ cards soon!