Box for cards or Photo`s

Hi Whiff of Joy fans,

Sonja here with a tutorial on how to make a box for your saved cards or maybe some Christmas photo`s to  put in your bag and show them to family, ore anything else you desire.
I think the photo`s will tell you enough and if not you could always ask me in the field comments ;-)
O... and just a click on the photo will make it bigger for a better look 
On this Cardbox I used a stamp from the new "Winterkit 2012" so adorable this cutie.
The sentiment is from the stamp called Christmas Dance (this one isn`t in the Kit) there is a sentiment with it saying
                               Have yourself  a Merry Little Christmas
I also used the Snowflakes and the French Pastry Doily and some brads and pearls 
Usual I love Vintage and Shabby but this way was better to show you all so clean hahah

 The cards or photo`s that fits in are 16x 11 cm

I hope that I inspired you to make this ,It`s really not difficult at all;)
And you know you can always ask me he ore at my blog  

Have a nice Day
Gezellige dag
Guten Tag

 (\(\Sonja

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Halloween Cards

Hi! It's Alice here. Halloween is just a couple of days away and here are two cards that I made using some adorable Maya images to share with you.

First up is a card made using the darling Maya - Witch & Kitty On Broom. I just couldn't resist all the cute Maya images! =) The sentiment and bats are from Happy Halloween set and the piece is cut using one of the Nestable Shape - Set of 2 Dies.  The spider charm is from Box of Charm 2 - Halloween Treat.

My second card is made with the lovely Maya's Kitty On Pumpkin and the sentiment is from Happy Halloween set as well. The new challenge theme this time is Boo! Spooked You and these images will be perfect for the challenge.

Hope these have inspired you to create a few last minute Halloween cards to spice up your decoration! =)

Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

hugs,
alice

Pen Holder

Hello and good morning everyone, Karina here today. Few days ago we had to move from one building to another at the company where I am working. At the new place we have new white furnitures, and I had an old ugly brown plastic pen holder from my old desk which I really didn't like to move. 

 

First I wanted to go and buy a white or transparent one for my new place, but then thought why not creating something by myself. Thought, done... 

 

I collected some tins, two small one that had cat food inside, and a bigger one that had Ravioli inside :o). I cleaned them and covered them first with white acrylic paint as the papers I wrapped the tins with white and blue/silver papers which was a bit transparent. And I didn't wanted the label shining trough.

Here below you can see the finished pen holder. After wrapping the tins into papers I decorated them with some lace and twine. Take card that you don's have some too keen edges! Then I glued all tins together.

Add some thick cardboard to the ground to give them a better hold.

I added this sweet birdy called 'Birdy Love', coloured with a mix of Distress Inks and Twinklings, and some flowers as well.

 Doesn't it look so lovely filled with stuff? I added things I had at home to take a photo, but this holder will get a place on my working desk.

Really very easy to make and a wonderful idea to receycle some trash. I hope you enjoyed your visit here and I was able to give you some inspiration. Thank you so much for your visit!

Hugs, Karina

Whiff of Joy Design Team Call

Whiff of Joy is currently holding an open design team call. We are looking for new members to join our amazing Design Team for our 2013-2014 term.

We are looking for committed team members who truly share our passion for Whiff of Joy stamps and products and will promote our brand with enthusiasm.

Whiff of Joy Design Team Members:

• Receive their choice of free new products on a monthly basis
• Receive a 20 % Designer discount for any other items from the Whiff of Joy store
• Have their personal blog linked on our Whiff of Joy blog, World of Ideas blog and the blogs of the other Design Team Members
• Become members of our own private and secure discussion forum
• Have their own album at the Whiff of Joy Inspiration Gallery
• Compensation for magazine publications

Whiff of Joy Design Team Requirements (total 8 projects/month):

• 4 new projects per month
• 1 monthly tutorial on World of Ideas blog
• 1 Team-Themed project per month
• Participation in bi-weekly Whiff of Joy challenge (2 per month)
• Posting your projects on personal blog and other galleries & social media
• Sharing special promotions and release information on your personal blog

How to apply:

• Send us 3 project images that reflect your personal design style.  Send as email attachments (Image sizes should be no more than 600 pixels in width so that file size is manageable)
• Provide us with your full name, email and link to your blog
• Send us links to your Facebook account and any other social media account (Instagram very welcome!) and online gallery
• Provide a short paragraph about yourself and your ambitions to join the Whiff of Joy DT

Special Notes:

We ask that you follow these submission guidelines exactly. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accept incomplete entries. This call is open to designers world-wide. We will not be sending confirmation responses so unless your email bounces back to you, please assume that we have successfully received it.

Please send submissions to jeanettecomerford@sympatico.ca

The Design Team call is open until November 18^th 2012

We look forward to hearing from you

Sincerely Katharina & Jeanette

Whiff of Joy Challenge # 141

Good Morning and welcome to the new home of the Whiff of Joy Challenges! We thought that is would be easier to keep all Whiff of Joy goodness in the same place! We still have the same talented Design Team to inspire you and have tons of new ideas for challenges!

To discover who won last week's challenge and top 3 click HERE.

For future challenges the winner and top 3  will be announced in a separate post right here on this blog, that goes up slightly earlier than the current challenge post.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Whiff of Joy with a fabulous prize of 15% off your next order from the Whiff of Joy store!!!

What do you need to do to be in with a chance of winning?? This fortnight our theme is:

Boo! Spooked you

Please remember to use a Whiff of Joy image for your entry to count in the prize draw! Due to time constraints, if you would like to be considered for our top 3, please ensure you enter by 8am Monday November 5th.

Here are the design team's stunning cards for your inspiration. For more detailed information on each card, please visit the Designer’s personal blog.

Christa




Colleen

Dunja

Jeanette

Julie

Karin


Karina

Kathrin

Linda

Marion

Katharina

We look forward to seeing your spooktacular creations. Please add your name with the linking tool below to enter:

trick or treat?

Hallo Ihr Lieben!
Hello Whiff Of Joy lovers!

Hier ist Kathrin und ich möchte Euch heute noch einen Idee für ein kleines Halloween-Geschenk geben - oder ist es doch eher ein Streich?
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This is Kathrin here today and I want to share another idea for a little halloween treat - or is it a trick?

Für das Grundgerüst braucht Ihr eine Streichholzschachtel. Ihr könnt eine "normale" oder eine etwas größere, wie ich hier, verwenden. Wenn Ihr möchtet könnt Ihr sie auch mit Hilfe einer Stanzschablone oder einer Anleitung aus dem Internet selbst machen. Außerdem braucht Ihr etwas Cardstock oder Designerpapier, um die Schachtel zu umwickeln (wenn Ihr die Schachtel selber macht, könnt Ihr natürlich gleich das Papier nehmen, das Euch am besten gefällt).

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You'll need a matchbox for this treat. You can use a normal sized one or a bigger one, like I did here. But if you prefer to you can also make your own one using a cutting die or a tutorial from the www. You'll also need some cardstock or designer's paper to be wrapped around the matchbox (if you make your own one you can skip this step and just make your matchbox from the paper you like the best).

Umwickelt dann den äußeren Teil mit dem Cardstock, die "Schublade" könnt Ihr weiß lassen oder ebenfalls bekleben, ganz wie Ihr wollt.

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Wrap and glue down your cardstock or designer's paper around the matchbox. You can leave the drawer white or decorate it as well, just what you prefer.

Dann dekoriert den äußeren Teil der Schachtel. 

Ich habe hier das Stempelset Fröhliches Halloween benutzt. Die vielen einzelnen Elemente sind perfekt, um eine Szene zu gestalten. Den Geist habe ich mit glitzernder Stempeltinte gestempelt und dann die Außenlinien mit einem schwarzen Fineliner nachgefahren, so konnte der Geist weiß bleiben. 

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Then decorate the outer part of the matchbox.

I only used stamps from the set Fröhliches Halloween. Those different elements are perfect to create a Halloween scene. I used illuminating ink to stamp the ghost and then used a black fineliner to trace the outlines. This way I was able to "stamp" white on white.

Als nächstes habe ich auf der Unterseite der Schublade einen Tab mit einem Pfeil darauf angebracht. So sieht die Schublade von unten aus:

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Next I glued a black tag with a white arrow to the bottom of the drawer. This is what the other side of the drawer looks like:

Und nun kommen wir zur Besonderheit meiner Streichholzschachtel...

Dafür benötigt Ihr einen Streifen Folie. Diese sollte relativ stark sein. Messt die Höhe des Schubladenrandes und rechnet dann ungefähr die Hälfte der Länge der Schublade hinzu. So lang sollte Eure Folienstreifen in etwa sein. Von der Breite her habe ich 1,5 cm genommen.

Stellt Euren Streifen aufrecht in die Schublade und biegt ihn auf höhe der oberen Kante etwas nach hinten. Dann gebt doppelseitiges Klebeband auf die so entstandene kleine Lasche. Verwendet unbedingt ein wirklich fest klebendes Band!

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And now let's come to the fun part of my matchbox...

Therefor you'll need a strip of transparency. Use a kind of strong type of transparency. Measure the height of your drawer and then add about half of its length. This is how long your transparency strip should be. And I made mine 1,5 cm wide.

Put your strip in the drawer (standing) and bend it backwards where the brim of the drawer is. The put some doublesided tape to the flap you just created. Make sure to use a strong kind of doublesided tape!

Klebt dann den Folienstreifen von innen gegen den Rand der Schublade und befestigt daran eine gestempelte Figur oder einen Gruß. Ich habe hier die süße Fledermaus verwendet und dazu einen Text von Stampin'Up.

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Glue the transparency strip to the inner edge of your drawer and attach a stamped image or a sentiment to the strip. I used this cute bat from Whiff Of Joy here and added a saying by Stampin'Up.

Entschuldigt bitte das unscharfe Foto, meine Kamera hat den Focus immer auf die Schublade gestellt...

 Sorry for the blurry pic here, my camera always put the focus on the drawer...

Füllt dann die Schublade mit Süßigkeiten, schiebt sie in die Hülle und biegt dabei den Folienstreifen so nach unten, dass er in der Streichholzschachtel verschwindet.

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Fill your drawer with candies, put it back in the matchbox and while closing it bend the transparency strip down so it goes inside the closed drawer.

Wenn man nun am Tab zieht und die Schublade öffnet, kommt der Streifen zum Vorschein...

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If you pull the tab now to open the drawer, the strip can be seen...

...und springt dann heraus, wenn die Schachtel weit genug geöffnet ist.

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...and will pop up once the drawer is opened up wide enough.

Und so ist diese Schachtel trick und treat in einem... ;)
Ich hoffe, ich konnte Euch inspirieren und vielleicht habt Ihr ja noch Zeit, Eure eigene Trick-and-Treat-Box zu machen.
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And so this box is a trick AND a treat... ;)
I hope I was able to give you some inspiration and maybe you'll find the time to make your own version of this trick-and-treat-box before Halloween.

 

Special Card - Holds a CD

Hi everyone, its Colleen here with you today and can you believe Christmas is just a few weeks away, so I am trying to get organised and be on top of things this year! With my family living in another country I need to be a little innovative to.

So the card I am going to share with you today, holds a CD on the inside. I am planning to make a CD of family photo's to send to our loved ones as I am not very good at keeping them up to date with our family photo's.

This card measures 140mm x 140mm so it can fit inside a standard envelope and doubles up as a Christmas card and pressie to, so lets get started.

Cut card stock 280mm x 210mm and fold in half, along 280mm length. Along the width (210mm) score at 140mm, fold and cut bottom right corner as shown below.

Fold bottom left corner in as shown below. This is going to hold your CD.

Cut patterned paper 135mm x 135mm, ink edges, stitch around edges and adhere to card. Fold bottom piece in and stitch sides as shown below, the stitching will be covered up. You can use glue or double sided tape but make sure you adhere it close to the edges to ensure there is enough space for the CD.

Cut patterned paper 65mm x 135mm, ink edges, stitch around edges and adhere to card.

Cut patterned paper 135mm x 135mm, ink edges, adhere a piece of ribbon about half way down on the right side, stitch around edges and adhere.

Now the inside of your card is ready and you can pop your CD in.

Cut patterned paper 135mm x 135mm, ink edges, adhere piece of ribbon on right hand side to align with the ribbon on the inside, stitch around edges and adhere. Adhere image, embellishments and tie ribbon to close the card.

This darling image has been coloured with Copics and is from the Secret Winter kit, isn't is cute!

Thank you for joining me today, I hope you enjoyed this and enjoy your Christmas preparations!