Make and decorate a box by Clotilde Courson

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by. My name is Clotilde Courson alias Brocéliane and today I’d like to show you how to make and decorate a little chocolate box.

you need:
Henry Christmas Mouse stamp available septembre 1
memento ink - liquid appliqué
scissors - paper flowers
bone folder - metal charm
patterned paper - 3 D foam


1*At first, just make a right click, save and print the template:)


2* Cut the template and score the dots lines


3* Glue the patterned paper and assemble the box


4* Color your image


and decorate:)




I wish you a good sunday:)
Clotilde .

Creating backgrounds with stickers by Jane Johnson

Today I'm going to show you how you can create backgrounds using stickers, like the kind you sometimes get free with card blanks.

You will need:

distress ink
sponge applicator
card background cut to desired shape
peel off stickers



1.

Lightly arrange your chosen stickers onto your background card. Do not press them too firmly or you may risk tearing your cardstock when you remove them! On this occasion I am using an image I have coloured and cut out but you can also use this technique by masking your image and then following this step.

2.

If you wish to have a white border around the final piece place your nestability die cut over card.

3.
Taking your sponge applicator, lift some ink from the distress ink pad and remove excess by sponging onto a non stick craft sheet. Then begin to ink the cardstock, starting at the edges and working inwards, going over the stickers.

4. Remove the die cut and your card will look like this.

5.

Now, carefully remove the stickers, so as not to make any tears on the cardstock. This is the finished background. Here it is with the image added onto a card. As you can see, the "st" stickers I added were to create my "1st" when I added a die cut number 1.

I hope I've inspired you to have some fun creating backgrounds with stickers!

Jane x

http://janeslovelycards.blogspot.com

How to 3D a stamped image by Inge Groot

Goodmorning girls, today I am going to show you how to 3D a stamped image. It really isn't that hard and it gives your card such a nice dimensional touch. It's a bit more time consuming than a regular card but with good preparation it only takes about 10 minutes more to finish!

First I pick the image I want to work with and choose some nice designpapers to go along with it. I've picked  my favorite xmas stamp from last year, Willow with Stocking. Stamp a main image and 4 others (sometimes you can use more or less, it all depends on the image you use)

Cut out the main image and place it on the card ( I always glue everything together when I am completely ready picking the designpapers and embellishments)

Now look carefully at your image and choose which parts you want to cut out to get dimension. I've made four steps with Willow.

Colour your images. I colour all the steps for a nice finishing touch.

Use the pergamano Ball Tool/Embossing Tool (Thank you Paula;-)) to puff out the parts of the images before you glue them on the main image with little foam pads. I think 3Dkit gives a better result but I didn't had that in stock when creating this card. Note to self: be prepared when making a tutorial;-)

Here's the image completely done! Don't you love the sight of all the layers and the bling of the Stickles *sigh*

And here's the card ready to be send to Katharina for the Stamp Mekka next month.

Hope you've liked this little tutorial, if you have any questions please do ask and I will try to help you out.

Supplies

Stamps: Willow with Stocking

Paper: Green and Red Prism Cardstock, Xmas designpaper

Accessories: E line flowers, E line Swirl, brads

Tool: Quikcutz and Holy Leaves die

Color Medium: Copic Sketches, chalk, Stickles

-A huge thanks to Debby and Mariska for their inspiring 3D cards-

Have a wonderful day!

Inge xx

ProMarker Colouring by Michele Roos

Hi there everyone and thanks for stopping by. My name is Michele Roos and today I’d like to show you a colouring tutorial using ProMarkers.

The adorable image that I’ve used for the tutorial is called ‘Sammy’s First Christmas’ which will be available from Whiff of Joy beginning 1st September.

I hope that you enjoy the tutorial

Hugs Michele x

Coloring Skin Tones with Nichol Magouirk

Hello! This is Nichol Magouirk and I am new to the WOJ DT. :)

I am thrilled to be sharing my first tutorial with you here on the Whiff of Joy Tutorials & Inspiration Blog.

Today I am sharing ideas on using Copic Markers to achieve different skin tones. Note that each of the examples below (except for the hair and sentiments) are exactly the same. Only the skin and hair differ. I love that it is so easy to customize stamps for the recipient!

To begin, I die cut several Tim Holtz Sizzix Ornamental Label Shapes from Neenah Solar White Cardstock. I stamped the Melinda Reading Book image on the label, created a mask for her

and then stamped the grass and flower background from the Accessory & Sentiment Set to create the scene to be colored. I also stamped greetings from the Magical Wishes Sentiments Stamps below each image.

Next, I colored in the skin and hair. Here's a video showing step-by-step coloring + photos of the Copic Markers used for each step of the design:

Here are the Copic Markers I used for skin & hair on the blond angel:

Copic Markers used for the slightly darker skin tone and black-haired angel:

Copic Markers for the darkest skin tone and dark haired angel:

I used the tip to tip Copic technique to add the R22 Light Prawn Color to the tip of 0 Colorless Blender, then I colored in the angel's wings so that it was a bit lighter and more translucent looking than her shirt.

The first 3 colors shown were used to color in her pants.

The Chocolate Spica Glitter Pen was used to add detail to the swirl on her pants, the Silver Spica Glitter Pen to color in her jewelry, the R27 Lipstick Red to add detail to her top and the Clear Spica Glitter Pen to add some glitter to her wings.

The greens shown below were used for the grass and leaves, the yellows and orangish-yellows for the flowers.

These browns + the Buttermilk Spica Glitter Pen were used for the book and dangling bookmark.

Next, I adhered masks (Inkadinkadoo Masking Paper) over the angel and the grassy design.

Using Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress Ink and a Text Background Stamp, I stamped over the die cut label.

Then I added some more Old Paper Distress Ink around the edge of the label using an Ink Blending Tool.

I removed the masks and here is the completed label.

SUPPLIES:

PAPER: Neenah Solar White Cardstock; Berry Sorbet Cardstock by Papertrey Ink; Kraft Cardstock

STAMPS: Melinda Reading Book by WOJ; Elisabeth Bell Accessories & Sentiments Stamps by WOJ; Magical Wishes Sentiment Stamps by WOJ; Friend Definition Cling Background Stamp by Hero Arts; Cling Dots Cling Background Stamp by Hero Arts; Flowers & Leaves Cling Background Stamp by Hero Arts

INKS: White Memories Dye Ink; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko; Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress Ink by Ranger

EMBELLISHMENTS: Pearl Gemstones by Hero Arts; Buttons by Stampin' Up; Ribbon by Papertrey Ink; Twine

TOOLS: Butterfly 3-in-1 Punch by Martha Stewart; Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz; Foam Adhesive; Masking Paper by Inkadinkadoo; Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine; Tim Holtz Sizzix Ornamental Die; Corner Chomper Crop-a-dile

Thank you for stopping by today!

Nichol

www.nicholmagouirk.typepad.com

Princess Charlotte Chart by Barbara

Howdy everyone! This is Barbara and I have a fun chart I created using Princess Charlotte which I have put up on my fridge. It's been a great tool to keep track of whose turn it is to pick the activity for our family nights! Each flower has our name's initial for the charm to dangle over which gets moved once a week.

Today, I'm going to show you how I create it. However, this chart can be modified for other purposes too... such as a mini chore chart, leader of the day, behavior or goal chart, homework chart and so on - the possibilities are endless!


I started by cutting my paper and punching any flower and circle pieces needed. For this project, the pieces measure as follows (in inches):

2 black rectangles - 6" x 3 1/2" and 4 3/4" x 2 1/4"
2 DP rectangles - 5 7/8" x 3 3/8" and 45/8" x 2 1/8"
Black circle - 1 3/4" circle punch
DP large flower - scalloped flower punch & 1 3/8" circle punch
4 small flowers - flower punch & 1/2" circle punch
Green grass strip -about 1" x 4 3/4"

Next I glued down some of the layers and then cut the green strip to look like grass. For the grass, you can also use green flowers, edge punches, decorative scissors or a crimper tool.


I colored Princess Charlotte using Copic markers then cut around the image leaving a small white border. Sometimes the border can help the image stand out more on the project.


To assemble the marking stick with a front and a back side, I used both foam dots and glue. The foam dots help bridge the gap that was created from the craft stick.


This next part uses miscellaneous jewelry pieces to create a pendulum with a charm at the bottom. The top piece that holds it to the paper is an earring but you can also use brads or eyelets. The chain was a bracelet that I cut down to the size needed then added charms on the bottom link. It's important that the chain and charm swing freely for when Princess Charlotte is moved from side to side.


Once the marking stick has been completely decorated, the layers of the chart can now be assembled. The front layer is held on by more foam dots and I positioned them around the completed marking stick. This allows me to move the marking stick to the extreme sides instead of cutting the image down.


At this point I was able to add the grass and flowers to the front. However, before gluing the flowers down, you need to verified the charm will reach each spot, especially the outermost positions.


For the final details, I used a black marker to draw stitch marks around the chart, flowers and craft stick; and then added initials to the flower centers. Finally, I painted glitter on the crown and around each flower center for a little sparkle.


I use magnet clips to hold it on the fridge door or you can blue magnets to the back of the chart. The project is complete and we can now see whom the Princess Charlotte will bestow the coveted privileges of game night to!



I hope this chart inspires you to get your creative juices flowing and have a wonderful day!

-Barbara (forgottenscraps.blogspot.com)