Designer Showcase

Happy Friday! Today, I would like to showcase some of the gorgeous creations from our General Papercrafter Design Team. So many lovely cards, tags and scrapbook pages to help inspire us! So grab a cup of tea (or coffee) and settle in for awhile :)

Colleen Boshoff

Cherished Friend Owl
Tiny Hearts Pocket Pocket Page Die-Light
Birthday Phrases sentiments
Vintage Linen Button Twin
Feather & Swirl Charm

Erika Selander

Whiff of Joy Magical Wishes
Cute Banner Trio

Evgenia Petzer

 

Karina Lange

Precious
Little Sunshine - 8 stamps "German text
Large Butterflies - Set of 4dies

Kathrin Donhauser-Ruth

Pisces Maya
Box of Charms # 5


Apron full flowers
Spring Sentiments text set Nested Clouds Die-Lights


Sailor image
Saying form german text set Piraterie
Little Banners Die-Light set
Box of Charms # 7

Maria Sabina Raita

Crystals - clear iridescent 100 pcs
Numbers Die-Light - set of 15
Alphabet - Set of 28 dies


Heart Banner Die-Light
Call me maybe - Simply Maya
Romantic Swirls2 

Maria Therese Hatloy

Tiny Hearts - Pocket Page Die-Light - 3x4''
2014 - Set of 8
Large Butterflies - Set of 4dies
Large Nested Tag Die-lights - set of 5

Marion Lones

button twine
box of charms 14 - owls
Cherised friend owl
Happy spring sentiment
Distress paint picket fence
Halfpearls snow white


Maya watching a lady bug - rubber stamp
Heartbanner dielight
embossing enamel aged ivory
vellum
distress paint picket fence
nested heart dielight
wood veneer arrow and hearts
craft paper 12x12

Schnipsel & Mehr

Maya
Brads
Text - Vintage Poststempel


 Lazy Afternoon
Mini Pfeile Die-Lights
Distress Ink Tea Dye


Henry reading letter
Briefmarke Die-Lights
Text Wunsch-Briefmarken
Text Eine Nachricht speziell für dich
My Minds Eye Dots
kleine Banner Die-Lights

Sonja Wallrath

I heart You - Simply Maya
Small Banners Die-Lights - set of 6

Susen Muller

Happy Couple - black and white digital stamp
Alphabet - Set of 28 dies
Nested Hearts Die-lights - set of 5
Heart Banner
Arrows - set of 7 dies
Exclusive Satin Ribbon (12mm wide) - Baby Blue


Aquarius
Grosgrain Ribbon (16mm wide) - Baby Pink
Arrows - set of 7 dies

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed seeing a small sample of the gorgeous creations our fabulous team comes up with each month :)

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Designer Spotlight ~ Jane Johnson

Whiff of Joy is lucky to have such a talented and diverse Design Team. Not only do we hail from different countries around the world, we all have different styles! It makes for tons of inspiration and fun! One thing we do all have in common is a love for all things Whiff of Joy!

This is our fifth spotlight in the series. To view the series, please click ~here~

Designer Spotlight ~ Jane Johnson

 

Her blog: Jane’s Lovely Cards

Jane is a stay at home Mum to two sweet children. She represents the UK on our team and is also the coordinator of our Whiff of Joy Challenge blog. She has been with us for several years and is a tremendously talented crafter and a lovely, lovely person :) Her colorations are perfection and her cards are always inspirational!

Here are her answers to my questions:

1. How long have you been stamping and how did you get started?

I have been stamping since February 2009. I bought a card making kit at my local garden centre saying to my husband "this will save lots of money buying cards and give me something to do too" lol - little did I know that it would do the complete opposite of save us money lol!!!

2. What is it about Whiff of Joy Stamps that drew you to joining the Design Team?

I love how Whiff of Joy has such a variety of images, from cute to elegant and sentiments in gorgeous fonts too!

3. How would you describe your style?

Oh, this is a tough question. I don't think I really have a style as I try to create a card that suites the image I'm using at the time so I end up with a lot of varying styles of cards. I do like to have distressed edges on almost all of them though!

4. Whom or what do you draw inspiration from?

The image I'm using mostly but also from visiting lots of gorgeous blogs!

5. Time to confess. Are you a messy crafter or a super neat one?

I'm afraid to say I'm a very messy crafter. I have a great big desk and always end up with a 7" square space to work on surrounded by piles of things. Every so often it gets to me though and I have a big tidy up but it usually only lasts about a week!

6. What is one of your all-time favorite color combos?

Chocolate, teal and cream is probably my all time favourite, although as the seasons change I tend to get a new all-time favourite!

7. What is your preferred coloring medium? Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Distress Inks, H20s?

My preferred medium by far is Copics but I also dabble with distress inks and Prismacolor pencils.

8. What are some of your favorite tools? The ones that you use every day and couldn't live without?

My number one favourite tool is my lovely Vagabond machine, then my glue gun, also distress inks, copics and lace, I love lace!

9. What is your favorite Whiff of Joy metal die?

The sweet tag with hearts die is my absolute favourite!

10. Finally, if you were a Whiff of Joy stamp, which one would you be?

Melinda with Muffin Basket, I love her clothes and hair and I am always baking muffins too lol!

**edited to add that this stamp is unfortunately out of stock **

Thanks so much Jane for answering all my questions and for the loads and loads of inspiration you bring to the team!

I hope you have enjoyed getting to know lovely Jane!

Thanks for stopping by. More spotlights are on their way so stay tuned :)
Hugs Jeanette xxo

Designer Spotlight ~ Colleen

Whiff of Joy is lucky to have such a talented and diverse Design Team. Not only do we hail from different countries around the world, we all have different styles! It makes for tons of inspiration and fun! One thing we do all have in common is a love for all things Whiff of Joy!
This is our fourth spotlight in the series. To view the series, please click ~here~

Designer Spotlight ~ Colleen Boshoff

Her blog: Col’s Creating Memories

Colleen is married to a very supportive  hubby and they have 3 gorgeous children, a daughter aged 10 and two boys aged 8 and 7. They also have our fur-baby, Miss Lily who is a cat, although she seems to think she is the baby of the house. They live in Queensland in the 'Outback' of Australia.  Colleen has wonderful coloration skills and an amazing ability to perfectly balance the embellishments on her cards and scrapbook layouts. She truly has a great eye for composition!

Here are her answers to my questions:

1. How long have you been stamping and how did you get started?

I have scrapbooked for a couple of years now but it was only in 2010 when I found my love of stamping. It was through a lovely on line store here in Australia that got me started, I wanted to try out Copics plus they had a gorgeous choice of stamps. After inking up my first stamp I was hooked!

2. What is it about Whiff of Joy Stamps that drew you to joining the Design Team?

Whiff Of Joy stamps were one of the first stamps I bought and have always been a favourite of mine. So with an amazing DT and Katharina who is so lovely, I knew straight away I would love to be part of the DT team.

3. How would you describe your style?

I always find this difficult to answer but I guess I would say my style is mainly shabby with lots of dimension, stitching, distressing and layers - I love detail!

4. Whom or what do you draw inspiration from?

I draw inspiration from my nearest and dearest around me as well as the internet while blogging, basically anything really because even a stamp or some patterned paper will give me inspiration!

5. Time to confess. Are you a messy crafter or a super neat one?

I would love to say neat but while I am busy especially if I have a deadline, it gets pretty messy but I always clean up before I start my next project. I need a clean desk to start off with!

6. What is one of your all-time favorite color combos?

Probably pink and brown with some white.

7. What is your preferred coloring medium? Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Distress Inks, H20s?

I love my Copics but I would love to try Prisma pencils one day.

8. What are some of your favorite tools? The ones that you use every day and couldn’t live without?

My favourite tool, definitely my distresser!

9. What is your favorite Whiff of Joy metal die?

I have heaps of favourites.........but if I am forced to choose I would have to say 'Leaves', always adds a perfect finishing touch to a project.

10. Finally, if you were a Whiff of Joy stamp, which one would you be?

I would be 'Willow', if she is not baking cookies, she is drinking hot cups of cocoa or dreaming and she is beautiful!!

Thanks so much Colleen for answering  all my questions! It is so much fun to get some insight into your creative process!

I hope you have enjoyed getting to know dear Colleen!

Thanks for stopping by. More spotlights are on their way so stay tuned :)
Hugs Jeanette xxo

Whiff of Joy is lucky to have such a talented and diverse Design Team. Not only do we hail from different countries around the world, we all have different styles! It makes for tons of inspiration and fun! One thing we do all have in common is a love for all things Whiff of Joy!
This is our third spotlight in the series. To view the series, please click ~here~

Designer Spotlight ~ Angie Bächi

Her blog: Eye Candy Crafts ~ Her You tube Channel

Angie lives in Switzerland with her husband and their two young sons. Her creations are a blend of vintage and shabby chic and she has the ability to combine elements to perfection.

Here are her answers to my questions. She has answered in both English and German.

1. How long have you been stamping and how did you get started?

I started stamping in November 2007 just after giving birth to my second son. I was inspired by a woman who made herself the baby announcement cards. She gave me the address of a near Scrapbook Store. That's how everything started and meanwhile I'm addicted to this creative hobby! :)

Ich habe im November 2007 mit Stempeln begonnen, gleich nach der Geburt meines zweiten Sohnes. Ich war von einer Frau inspiriert, die ihre Geburtskärtchen selbst gestaltete. Sie gab mir die Adresse eines nahegelegenen Scrapbook Ladens. So fing alles an und inzwischen bin ich diesem kreativen Hobby komplett erlegen! :)

2. What is it about Whiff of Joy Stamps that drew you to joining the Design Team?

From the beginning on I especially loved and still love the sweet Henry Mouse Stamps. That was my main reason *LOL* but I find that Katharina is such a kind person and she is offering in her shop an adorable range of products for card-making. And of course I was fascinated by the talented and inspiring Design Team Members! So, as on August 2011 Katharina came to me with her invitation to join her Design Team I was thrilled and it was no question... I had to say YES!!! :)

Von Anfang an habe ich ganz speziell die süsse Henry Maus Stempel geliebt und liebe sie noch immer. Das war mein Hauptgrund *LACH* aber ich finde Katharina so eine liebenswerte Person und sie bietet in ihrem Shop eine entzückende Produktepalette zum Kartenbasteln an. Natürlich war ich auch von den talentierten und inspirierenden Design Team Mitgliedern fasziniert. Als dann Katharina im August 2011 auf mich zukam und mich ins Design Team einlud, war ich völlig aus dem Häuschen und es war keine Frage... Ich musste einfach JA sagen!!! :)

3. How would you describe your style?

Hmmmm... I just try out different things. Sometimes I use brightfull freshy colours and simple layouts, but otherwise I love the shabby chic/vintage look with lot of details on my cards... Anyway I LOVE LOVE LOVE sewing (with my sewing machine), distressing paper edges and brown Distress Ink to give it an aged look. And there's always some white Crackle Paint and Glitter glue sticking to my fingers. I allways create my card around the stamp to surround the stamp's character... I try to tell a story! Emotions made of paper is my theme.

Hmmmm... I probiere Verschiedenes. Manchmal benutze ich leuchtend frische Farben und einfache Layouts, aber andererseits liebe ich den Shabby Chic/Vintage Look mit vielen kleinen Details auf meinen Karten... Auf jeden Fall LIEBE LIEBE LIEBE ich Nähen (mit meiner Nähmaschine), das Aufrauhen der Papierkanten und braune Distress Ink für einen gealterten Look. Und ich habe immer weisse Crackle Farbe und Glitzerleim an meinen Händen. Ich gestalte immer die Karte um das Stempelmotiv herum, um den Charakter des Stempels zu unterstreichen... Ich versuche eine Geschichte zu erzählen! Emotionen aus Papier ist ja mein Motto.

4. Whom or what do you draw inspiration from?

Blogland is full of inspiration, but I never want to copy someone. I often just see a few elements of cards and immediately have my own ideas of interpretation... so I combine them in my very own style... create another story that I want to tell on my cards.

Blogland ist voller Inspiration, aber ich will nie jemanden kopieren. Oft sehe ich nur einzelne Elemente von Karten und habe sofort meine eigenen Ideen wie ich es interpretieren möchte... so kombiniere ich si in meinem ganz eigenen Stil... kreiere also eine neue Geschichte, die ich mit meinen Karten erzählen will.

5. Time to confess. Are you a messy crafter or a super neat one?

It depends... normally I'm a super neat one. I am well organized and I get my desk clean. But if I have a big order or especially if I prepare for a market stand... O LORD then I'm so messy!!! Then I am so overboarding of ideas and put out all my stuff and don't find the time to clean my craft room.

Es kommt darauf an... normalerweise bin ich super ordentlich. Ich bin gut organisiert und habe einen sauberen Basteltisch. Aber, wenn ich einen grossen Auftrag habe oder speziell wenn ich mich auf meinen Marktstand vorbereite... O GOTT dann bin ich so unordentlich!!! Dann fliesse ich vor Ideen über und hole all mein Material raus und habe dann gar keine Zeit mehr mein Bastelzimmer aufzuräumen.

6. What is one of your all-time favorite color combos?

Brown/Beige - White - Pastell Pink

Braun/Beige - Weiss - Pastell Rosa

7. What is your preferred coloring medium? Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Distress Inks, H20s?

Definitively Copic Markers, as the colours are so intense, they're refillable, they are sooooo great to use! But I also love to use Distress Inks on Aquarell Paper.

Definitiv Copic Markers, weil die Farben so intensiv, sie nachfüllbar sind, sie sooooo grossartig im Gebrauch sind! Aber ich liebe auch Distress Inks auf Aquarell Papier zu benutzen.

8. What are some of your favorite tools? The ones that you use every day and couldn’t live without?

My Big Shot & Big Shot Pro!!! ...with all the dies that go with!!! My paper edge distressing tool (by Making Memories) and my sponge with brown ink!!! My Bind-it-all !!! My Scissors, my paper Cutting tool & cutting mat!!! My bone folder & water tank brush!!!

Meine Big Shot & Big Shot Pro!!! ...mit allen Stanzformen die dazugehören!!! Mein Papier-Aufrauh-Tool (von Making Memories) und mein Schwämmchen mit brauner Tinte!!! Meine Bind-it-all !!! Meine Scheren, mein Papier-Schneidegerät & Schneidematte!!! Mein Falzbein & Wassertank-Pinsel!!!

9. What is your favorite Whiff of Joy metal die?

The French Lilies Border Die

Die Französische Lilien Bordüren Stanze

10. Finally, if you were a Whiff of Joy stamp, which one would you be?

Henry the Mouse :) what else... hihihi

Henry die Maus :) was sonst... hihihi

Thanks so much Angie for responding to my questions…and it two languages! It is always great to hear the different responses from the different DT members!

I hope you have enjoyed getting to know dear Angie! Thanks for stopping by. More spotlights are on their way so stay tuned :)

Hugs Jeanette xxo