I made this card using Shy Willow and Fall Grass, both from Whiff of Joy, as a reminder for the Lollipop Crafts Girlie Girl Challenge. This week’s theme is piratically anything girl which includes cards with a girl, for a girl or look girlie girl. The other challenge entered was for three of somethings – the three flowers.

DT Challenge: Lollipop Crafts – Challenge #16
Challenge: Daring Cardmakers Wee Three Challenge
Main Stamp: Shy Willow and Fall Grass (WoJ)
Patterned Paper: Chicken Coop (October Afternoon)
Metal Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Seventeen
Copic Colors:
W0, W2, W4, W6, W8, G0000, R0000

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[US Military Nuclear Incident Terms, Wikipedia.org]

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I made this card using Christmas Blessings from Whiff of Joy. I made this card for the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog which theme this week is Thank You. The other challenge is to color an animal with a technique that was demonstrated on the challenge blog.

Although the card doesn’t explicitly say “thank you” it is my way of saying Thank You for the wonderful time I had being a Guest! My Guest DT term has ended with Whiff of Joy and this is my last official post as a design team member… however, it’s certainly not going to be the last Whiff of Joy creation I make!

Thank you Katharina and all the wonderful gals on the Whiff of Joy Design Team – I had so much fun!

Theme: Whiff of Joy – Challenge #88
Challenge: Color Me Copic – Challenge #5
Main Stamp: Christmas Blessings (WoJ)
Patterned Paper: Winter Pretties (WoJ)
Metal Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities Peony
Copic Colors:
-skin: E000, E00, E11
-hair: E55, E57, E59
-clothes: E41, E42, E43, E44, YG93, YG95, R46
-donkey: N1, N3, N5
-other: E57, E59, Y23, Y26

Did you know? The Granny Ramsey Smith green apple is a tip-bearing apple cultivar. It originated in Australia in 1868 from a chance seedling propagated by Maria Ann Smith. It is thought to be a hybrid of Malus sylvestris, the European Wild Apple, with the domestic apple M. domestica as the polleniser. Granny Smith apples were not introduced to the United Kingdom until 1935 and then to the United States in 1972.
[Granny Smith, Wikipedia.org]

Update: I was the showcased at Color Me Copic for this challenge!

I made this card using Melinda Helping Angel from Whiff of Joy. The challenge is to create a card or project with a sympathy theme. Even though it’s a sympathy card, I wanted to create a cheery theme and the helping angel was says it all. The other challenge was to color curly hair.

Sketch: Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch – Challenge #36
Challenge: Lollipop Crafts – Challenge #5
Challenge: Color Me Copic – Challenge #3
Main Stamp: Melinda Helping Angel (WoJ)
Patterned Paper: Nana’s Kitchen (DCWV)
Copic Colors:
-skin/wings: E000, E00, E11, R20, W1
-hair: E15, E17, E18
-clothes: YR61, YR65, YR68, B0000, B12, B41, YR20, YR21, YR24
-other: G20, G21, G24, W1

Did you know? Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) stadium categories are categories for football stadiums laid out in the UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations. Stadiums are rated as category one, two, three, or four. In category four, stadiums must have a minimum capacity of 8,000 with no standing spectators allowed.
[Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org]

Here’s a sneak peek of the new Whiff of Joy stamps that will be released next week, September 1st! This card uses Little Witch designed by Elisabeth Bell and exclusively sold by Whiff of Joy. The challenge is anything goes.

This is also the week I discovered two of my Copic markers have dried out! I guess I use E000 and E00 much more than I remember but I still thought they dried out too fast. Now I need to find a great place that sells refills. Any suggestions?

Main Stamp: Little Witch (WoJ)
Patterned Paper: Halloween (K&C)
Copic Colors:
-skin: E00, E11, E13, R20
-hair: YG11, YG13, YG17
-clothes: W1, W3, W5, W7, W9, YR12, YR16, YR18, Y13
-other: E55, E57

Did you know? Cinnabar, the common ore of mercury, is generally found in a massive, granular or earthy form and is bright scarlet to brick-red in color. It generally occurs as a vein-filling mineral associated with recent volcanic activity and alkaline hot springs.
[Cinnabar, Wikipedia.org]

I made this card using Willow with Umbrella from Whiff of Joy. The challenge is to create a card or project based on the sketch provided.

Sketch: Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch #86
Main Stamp: Willow with Umbrella (WoJ)
Patterned Paper: Kioshi (BG)
Dry Embossing: Tim Holtz Embossing Folders Notebook
Copic Colors:
-skin: E11, E13, E15, R20, R22
-hair: E25, E27, E29
-other: B0000, B000, B02, 0, W1, W4, W6, V93, V95, G20, G21, G24

Did you know? In 1910 the U.S. Supreme Court settled a long dispute between the states of Maryland and West Virginia over the states’ true borders. The court’s decision was based on a stone set in a river from 1746 and a new survey team was directed to place granite slabs every half-mile to mark the new boundaries.
[Maryland v. West Virginia, Wikipedia.org]