Sunday, October 3, 2010

Whimsy Holiday Release - Blog Hop

Hi All,
Welcome to our  
Whimsy Stamps Holiday Rubber Stamp Release 
blog hop!

We are very excited to be releasing and showcasing the 9 brand new rubber stamps and sets. We have 2 adorable single image stamps, one new beautiful carousel horse set, and an elegant vintage set each designed by Crissy Armstrong. And Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs has created 2 fabulous background text stamps, a cute holiday with list, an all purpose holiday sentiment, and more awesome Ticket Sentiments, all perfect for the holiday season! All of these stamps are available to purchase in the Whimsy Stamps shop now.

Today our Design Team and some very special guests have joined together to host a Holiday Blog Hop. The blog hop began at Noon EST and will run until Noon EST on Thursday, Oct. 7th. If you are just joining me now, you will want to go on over to BEV'S blog for the start of the hop. There are many chances to win prizes along the way too!

If you've been hopping along and are joining me from LORI'S blog, guess what? You have reached the end of the hop!! We thank you so much for joining us today and wish everyone good luck in the candy draws!

Before we get to the grand prize candy, I have a card to share with you using the new stamp Starry Night and a sentiments from the Vintage Christmas Set and Jingle Bell Ride.

I've used some BG Jovial papers, totally in love with these! I made an easel card with black and red card stock. I've embellished with glitter, faux stitching, poinsettia flowers, brads, and sticky gems, and pretty polka dot organdy ribbon. On the inside of my card I added a little gift tag and pocket (got this idea from Bev on a card she posted last week). The image and sentiment on the tag is from the Vintage Christmas Set.

This card fits some challenges too...
Charisma Cardz: Christmas Crafting
Stamp Insanity: Heavy Metal
Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club: Glitter, Ribbons, Gems
Winter Wonderland: Male Christmas Cards
Polka Doodles: Fancy Fold
ABC Challenge: E is for Easel
Paper Play Challenges: Hidden Extra sponsored by Whimsy
Fab n Funky: Black and White one other color
Stampavie and More: More than one fold
Secret Crafter: Easel Cards
Stamptacular Sunday: Layer it On!


Now on to the candy! One lucky participant will win all 9 of the brand new Holiday Whimsy Stamps! This prize is valued at almost $75.00! 

Anyone, from anywhere, who participated in our hop today or does so in the next few days, can enter for a chance to win. Please leave your name and blog link using the linky below. Don't have a blog, no problem, just add your name and link back here to my blog then leave a comment with an email address for a way to contact you in the event you are the lucky winner. Winners of all the candy prizes will be announced on Thursday, October 7th after Noon EST when the hop ends.

Thank you all again for joining us today! Happy Holidays!

105 comments:

Marley said...

Beautiful Denise!! I love how you colored the image and the new stamps are soooo awesome! xMarley

milli said...

What a wonderful stamp, Denise!:)
Just love it!

Debbie said...

Beautiful Easel card Denise,love the colours and all the added accents,Hugs Debbie x

Dazie said...

boo Hoo I have reached the end, what a wonderful hop I feel very christmasy now lol

This card is gorgeous and I love the tag that you have added!

Thanks for the brilliant hop and also the chance to win!
Dazie
x

Apassionforpaper said...

Really enjoyed the hop and looking at everyone's beautiful projects. Don't think I can wait to see if I win any of the candy . . . I'm heading off to Whimsy Stamps now to buy some, lol
love and best wishes
Julie Ann x

Patricia Garcia said...

Hello Denise, Wow stunning creation, love the easle card and the image is just adorable, This stamp release is really beautiful!!

Hugs,
Patricia

Niki Estes said...

What a pretty card, Denise! Looks like a fun release!

Clare Lloyd said...

Gorgeous card, such great colours. Thanks for joining us @ DCD Christmas challenge. Good Luck. Clare (GD)

Brenda said...

Wonderful card. I love the darker paper! Great design!

Renkata said...

Denise, you have created such a special card. Amazing layout, beautifly coloured images.
Love it!

angelwhispers said...

Had a wonderful time taking in all the fabulous work your dt have put together for a magical blog hop!!!!

You must be so proud of the Stunning images and the inspiration you have all shared!!

Thank you so much I have really enjoyed it!! Love Chanelle xx

Darsie Bruno said...

Your card is just too darn cute! Thanks so much for the fabulous Whimsy Blog Hop! So many amazing ideas and creations! The design team really outdid themselves!! Hugs, Darsie

mycardz said...

Hi Denise! Wow, what a fantastic idea to include a hidden gift tag! I just love, love, love your card, it's really stunning - beautiful papers too! It's been a privilege to be included in your wonderful holiday BH! Thank you! hugz, Mary

Marion said...

Stunning card Denise and that is an awesome colour combo. So rich and this is a perfect foil for the soo cute image. Wonderful new release and enjoyed the hop.
Marion

Oma said...

I would love to win this new release! I have already seen so much inspiration on this blog hop. I love the easel card and adding a tag is a fantastic idea and one I will definitely be using on the next easel card I make.

jan farnworth said...

wonderful hop.

Crissy Armstrong said...

Wow Denise, this must have taken awhile to design! I love the pocket and tag on the inside. The deep contrasts of black against white and red is just stunning! I love the glittery snow too! hugs!

Saskia said...

Beautiful card in great colours!! The new designs are so beautiful and so divers!
Thanks for the GREAT blog hop!

Sweet greetins, Saskia :)

Vanja said...

Beautiful card, Denise! I love the pocket and the tag, what a fabulous idea. Great colouring, the papers are gorgeous.:)
Congrats on the fantastic release! I love all the stamps!

Hugs, Vanja

Anonymous said...

What a great collection of stamps. Thanks for you sharing.

My fingers are crossed to win some blog candy!

LittleMissPip

Sandra said...

Gorgeous card Denise...such a cute image coloured beautifully...love your choice of colour scheme too!

The new stamps are gorgeous and i love the newsprint background one!

Take care
San x

Marilyn S said...

Beautiful card & thank you for the blog hop. I thoroughly enjoyed taking a peek at everyone's blog(& what a fine job they've done!) & the new release. A great way to have spent my morning & now I'm off to buy some stamps!

Auntie Em said...

Beautiful card and what an awesome blog hop!!! The artistic talent is endless and the ladies have all done such amazing work!
Thank you so much for organizing and carrying out this blog to showcase such talent! :o)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card! I really enjoyd the blog hop! (Allthough there was one blog that had no post about this hop)

Annika said...

Absolutely wonderful colouring and gorgeous colours. The layout is just perfect, fabulous card! Love how you have carred the same paper to the inside of the card!!
Hugs
Annika

Anne said...

Stunning card Denise fabulous colours love the image. well done to the DT for some fabulous makes the stamps are gorgeous
Anne xx

downrightcrafty said...

Fabulous image and just perfect for our challenge at Winter Wonderland of a male card. thanks for playing along
Hugs Kate xx

Lorraine said...

this card is so beautiful i love all of the dt projects and someone will be so very happy when they recieve this wicked prize thankyou for the chance of winning xx

Sinikka said...

Sweet stamp and a great card. Love all the sentiments.
Sinikka:-)

The Crafty Den said...

Hi Denise, what a gorgeous Christmas card. The images and papers are beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Charisma Cardz challenge this week. Hugs, Denise x

Unknown said...

Super cute! I love the image and the papers you used. :)

Jeannie said...

Awww...so sweet and just beautiful! I love the hidden extra too! Thanks so much for joining us at PaperPlay Challenges this week!

Peace & Luv,
Jeannie

Ellibelle said...

Gorgeous new whimsy stamps!!
Your card fantastic, beautiful papers and beautifully colored!

Miria said...

Hi, Denise. Your easel card is stunning and I love the tag inside! Thank you for the chance. Hugs from Italy. Miria

PJsKreativeKorner said...

Denise love your card and want to say this has been one of the best blog hops to date. The work was amazing and I bookmarked a lot of blogs today. :-) Thank you for setting up the blog hop. It was great to see all the wonderful work. Thanks so much. pat J

Ashley said...

what a cute card, with an even more cute image! love the colouring and the flowers, and the way you attached the image on the card with the ribbon! good idea! thanks for joining us at stamptacular

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

This is such a stunning easel holiday card Denise!! I so love your coloring and how you created his fur. Gorgeous design and layout!! I so love this release!!
hugs,
Chris

Tanya said...

Gorgeous!! I absolutely ♥ it :) Thanks for a wonderful hop!

SemSee said...

This is so beautiful Denise! I love how you've coloured the bear - he looks so furry and cuddly!! I love the BG paper - I can't bring myself to cut into mine yet, hee hee! Thank you so much for allowing me to work with your gorgeous stamps! I LOVE Whimsy!!!! xx

Cassie_lu said...

beautiful card and I am loving the secret little tag holder in it.

Riet said...

So wonderful card Denise,I love the image and the colours.
So beautiful papers and details.

Hugs Riet.x

Crystal said...

Denise WOW I LOVE your easel design!!! This is soooo fabulous and so creative!!! LOVE IT!!!!

marci said...

Never done a blog hop before, but I just loved all the participants' creations. Thanks for sharing! I am truly amazed at all the talented ladies.

I don't have a blog, but would love to enter your contest. Thank you.

Anneke said...

Hi Denise,
what a beautiful card!
And thanks for the great bloghop!!! :)
Hugs Anneke

sallysbitz2 said...

This is a gorgeous card, just love your colour combo.

This has been a fab bloghop, long, BUT, well worth viewing everyones beautiful projects.
BUT
Nathalie Jobin
did not have any on display, her last log on her blog is dated September, have i done something wrong?

Teri said...

Can I just say how much fun the blog hop was??!!! And the creations from each of the design team were amazing!!! I do believe I NEED these stamps!!!! LOL!!
Teri

Rhonda Miller said...

I just love the stamps in this new release. Your creations are gorgeous. TFS.

Angela said...

Hy Denise,
your card is really gorgeous and the new stamps are so nice.They are really a must have for christmas.Thanks for the fun with the blog hop.
Many greetings
Angela

Rosalee said...

Awesome card Denise. Love the little Gift Tag idea, so cute. Thanks for the fun hop and all the chances to win all those wonderful stamps. I'll be keepin my fingers crossed.
Hugs, Rosalee

Lynne in NI said...

Oh wow, what a stunner to finish the hop on! Those little bears are soooo cute and your DP's are gorgeous!
Thanks to everyone for a fun hop!

Anonymous said...

Oh wow!! Your card is so stunning girl!! Love the colors and that penguin is just darling hun!! :)

Donna said...

Gorgeous card and layout Denise and love the papers. Thanks so much for letting us work with such fabulous designs.
hugs
Donna xx

Anonymous said...

What a fab blog hop and I love your card, that polar bear is my favourite stamp from the new ones.

Allymcb1 said...

Whata beautiful easel card. The colours are so unusual for polar bears!! But they look fantastic

JLJ Designs said...

Thanks for a wonderful blog hop! The new images are great.

Jennifer

Good Kardma by Jules said...

Lovely card! Love the DP and the metal centers for the flowers. Thanks for joining us at StampInsanity!

Patti P. said...

What a fun hop...just happened on it this afternoon at Annika's blog and thought that I would join in. Beautiful creations from everyone and love the new stamps. Left a comment on all but one that didn't have anything posted, will try back there later.

auntie lisa said...

What a cutie!! Love the sparkle! I hope I win...I would be one happy girl!
Lisa

JACKIE said...

wow stunning card...what fun the blog hop was and looking at all the fantastic cards..hugs Jackie xx

Gram's Treasures said...

Such a beautiful card, and of course, such wonderful stamps! Oh to be the lucky one to win them. Thanks for the blog hop and giving us that chance.

Tracey said...

Your card is simply gorgeous Denise!! I love the colour scheme!! xx

Patrice H said...

This was a great Blog Hop and Congratulations on this amazing new collection I wish you all much success with it. Your design team did an amazing job in showing us how to display the stamps and sets. Best Wishes

Kathie ~ Beary Wishes said...

Gorgeous and beautiful. Love the DP.
Kathie xx

Linda Carson said...

Beautiful artwork! Plenty of wonderful eye-candy, creativity and inspiration on this blog hop!

Danielle Champagne said...

Hi! Denise, such a pretty card with such a pretty image. Very lovely colors, and beautiful papers. Very nice layering job!
Thank's for playing along with us this week in our Stamptacular Layer-it-on challenge. Hope to see you again soon.
Hugs,
Danielle

raindropecho said...

What a great card, Denise! I LOVE LOVE the tag you made - how cool is that! I can't believe we finally had this release, lol. We've been waiting forever, but I think the wait had paid off. What a great hop!

- Ann

Anita said...

Beautiful card. I especially love the red and black togther.

Sharron aka Sharrahug said...

Your card is gorgeous!!!! Love how you gave the bear 'fur'. Lovely touch!
Huggies ~
Sharron♥

Lisa T said...

Wow, there were so many wonderful projects along the hop! I love how you added the little pocket and ticket on your slider card. Wow! Thanks so much for offering all these great prizes, too!

Gail said...

you really did this easel card justice!!..love the colors..tfs..loves ya

CraftinGranny said...

Beautiful easel card Denise! I love the dp and colors you chose. This has been a fantastic hop and I've got to see so many blogs I haven't seen before. Hope I can keep up with comments for all the new blogs I'm following......lol This is a wonderful collection and I can't wait to get it. "Hugs" Carol

Unknown said...

what a beautiful easel card. I love the DPs and the image. It's gorgeous

Mary Lou said...

Oh My Denise~~This is TOP NOTCH!!!
LOVE the polka dots --very very festive appearance :)
Also very elegant!!!
Rich, deep, bold~~~BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
I want this image :D
Great tag idea!!! Gonna have to get me some of these new BG papers--lovin em!!
Blessings of thanks
Hugz

Candy said...

Your card is wonderful. Love your paper and all of your embellishments and ribbon. This is the cutest little image!!!
I have enjoyed the Blog Hop so much. Everyone's cards were outstanding. What fun it was to see the differences
everyone did with their cards.
I can't believe one lucky person will win the entire set! Wowzers - good luck everybody.
Hugs ~

Shirley N said...

Beautiful card Denise,love your bright colors and your adorable image! That was a fun blog hop, great designs and inspriation by all. Thanks for the chance to win this fabulous candy!

Krista's Design said...

Hi Denise,
Love the cards I have seen while I was hoppin'. Thanx!!!
Your card is Fab! Really like it!!!
I'm crazy about easelcards... you gave a lovely twist on it!
Luv&Hugs,
Krista

Sarah said...

Well it has taken me two days to complete the blog hop due to my computer keeping on crashing! But well worth hopping - all the cards have been so inspirational and lush - and to be in with a chance of winning this candy is awesome - i've got everything crossed - Best wishes Sarah x
PS the papers you have used on your card are so rich and warming a compliment to your fabulous coloured image.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful easel card, love the colours and cute image. I have really enjoyed the hop! it was my first.
Helen x

x laura x said...

such a beautiful card. i love the tag inside.thanks for the chance to win amazing candy.
x laura x

Stampersue said...

Your stamps are beautiful. Love the new images - I'm gonna have to get them all. Good luck to everyone who enters.

Stampersue

X

chrissy xx said...

This really is Gorgeous. LOve your colours. Thank you for joining us at Die cut Dreams Christmas Club.
Chrissyxx

MissD said...

Love all the images in this release have bought the ticket sentiments All the cards have been so different have entered your prize draw but no blog so used my email

Deb said...

such a beautiful card, you coloured the image perfectly and I so love the sweet little tag you created for inside, fabulous! hope you had a great weekend! hugs Debx

lis-m said...

fabby card, red and black always look amazing together . those stamps are sooo cute . thanks for joining us at polkadoodles this week .
hugs
lis-m xx

Shazza said...

a fabulous card, love those papers x

Diamond Doll said...

Hiya Denise,Your card is just awesome i just love the Black rd and white colour combo and such a sweet image.Thanx for a enjoyable blog hop filled with gorgeous creations from the DT and Guests.I especially love the vintage stamps.
(hugs)
Trish (-:

Heike's Creativeplace said...

ahhhhhhh Denise, this is so cute and i love this image so much. Wonderful Details and your coloring is amazing.

Big Hugs
Heike

Amanda said...

I love these stamps the bear is to cute! My e-mail is ajhatton@gmail.com. I guess I better start working on my Christmas cards in hopes of having them ready in time!

RoseC said...

Your work is amazing! Thanks for sharing. I appreciate the chance to win such wonderful stamps.

Beth said...

GORGEOUS card - wowza! Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing with us at StampInsanity!

Cheryl said...

This was a wonderful hop. I love all the new images. I can't pick which one I love the most.

I love the card you created. Your coloring is perfect. The papers are gorgeous.

Sprytebyrd said...

Oh, what a beautiful card! Love colors and wonderful image!
Thanks for playing with us at Stamptacular Sunday this week! Good Luck on our Layers challenge!
Hugs
Dee (Spryte)♥
Sprytebyrds Spot

Erin... said...

Such an adorable card Denise!!!! Love that little hidden tag what a fun surprise!!! I'm so in love with this release and so happy to be a part of all this fun!!!

Lorraine A said...

oh wow !!! this is absolutely fan bloomin tastic !! :-) the image is very cute and I love the papers and colours you used ,, really striking :-)

luv
Lols x x x

Tami G said...

your card is just soooo adorable.. a lucky person who receives this card..

Elise said...

Well it was a long hop, but a good one! Lots of great cards.

Anonymous said...

I just love this stamp! Loved the hop and all the wonderful cards and projects along the way.
The papers and colors are wonderful!
Many thanks for sharing!
Sue Brailey

Anonymous said...

Whoops! I forgot to include my email: wahini97 at yahoo dot com.
Sorry!
Sue Brailey

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card, thanks for joining us at ABC Challenge. Sue C x

stampingandstitching said...

Wow what a wonderful card! I love your design and colouring! The hidden extra is brilliant! Thanks for joining us on PaperPlay this week!

Vintage Milly said...

Your card is just gorgeous Denise, beautiful stamping. You have got a few hits from me this time round with the hop and all :o) but this time I also wanted to say thank you for joining in with us this week at Polkadoodles, I look forward to seeing you again next time,
Em.x

Unknown said...

wow! thank you for the great opportunity to win!

Leonie said...

O so cute! really like how you have done the fur on the polar bear and I'm so in love with this jovial DP too! Its gorgeous isnt it! Loving all your layering too! Thanks for joining in with us this week for our layering challenge at Stamptacular.
Hugs Leonie

Cathy said...

Such a gorgeous easel card,Denise and what a cute image. Thank you for joining in the ABC Challenge this time.
Cathy xx

Tip Top said...

Thanks for entering the Polkadoodle Challenge - hope you can join us again next week!