Something Punched and a Sneak Peek

Hi All!

Happy Friday! Bet you're saying what is she doing here already?lol I just posted a few days ago that I was taking a blogging break and now I have a card to share! I think posting and taking the pressure off myself actually helped. I felt like making a card for the first time in weeks. And it helped that I have gorgeous new Whimsy Stamps rubber sitting here too.

Stamp Something

Today is a new challenge over at Stamp Something and so I wanted to share a card made to fit the challenge and using some brand new Whimsy products, releasing on Wednesday, June 15th. This card uses the new Into the Farm BG and Summer Letter Seals sentiments both designed by Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs.

Our sponsor this week at SS is Whiff of Joy and so I thought this sweet summer image would be perfect to pair with Ann's new background and sentiments. The challenge theme is Something Punched, so I used nesties to frame the sentiment and then used the Double Scallop Border Die available at Whimsy to have another punched element. I've threaded ribbon through the border and then added a charm, which you can find at Whimsy too. The papers are Websters Pages with a farm stand theme and they have been stitched on the sewing machine. The image was colored with Copics and then I've embellished with flowers. The edges have been distressed and I added crackle paint to the background and sentiment pieces.

This card also fits the challenges at:
Crafts and Me - #38 Stamp something
My Mum's Craft shop -  #9 punch it
Paper Pretties - Summer
A Spoonful Of Sugar -  #155 Summer - Colours, images etc
Bearly Mine - #12 Anything Goes
Craft Room Challenge - #1 Anything Goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge - #145 Distress
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Make it Monday - Always anything goes
Creative Cowgirls - Summertime Fun

Before I head out today, I wanted to share some other fun news with you....

Whimsy Stamps is starting a new adventure and we want you to take the journey with us!  On June 15, 2011, the first issue of the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine will be debuting alongside our June rubber stamps and dies. We are excited to bring to you never-before-seen creations by the design team and by some fantastic Whimsy customers.  In a continuous effort to provide you with creative inspiration, this issue will be free and available to everyone.  Stay tuned - you won't want to miss it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I'm not sure when I will be back, but I hope you have a great weekend. If you're up for a challenge join us over at SS and be sure to check out the other Whimsy peeks at our DT member blogs.

Stamp Something Celebration Hop and a Sneak

Hi all!

Well, I had this post all set and ready to go, but then blogger went down and lost it was! Boo Hoo! I'm sure I'm not alone, but I was tired of waiting to see if it would be restored. So here I sit typing again. Today is our 3 year anniversary over at Stamp Something and we are celebrating with some awesome prizes and a blog hop!

Stamp Something

The challenge this week is "Anything Goes" and there is a fabulous Copic prize sponsored by the Merriartist! And we have a second prize too. AND...the DT members each have blog candy for the hoppers too! So lots of chances for you to win cool stuff this week! Head on over to the SS blog to check everything out! You have until 7pm ET on Thursday, May 19th to hop and enter the "Anything Goes" challenge. Good luck and have fun!

For my card I'm sharing a Whimsy Stamps creation and giving you all some sneak peeks too! On Wednesday, May 18th we'll be releasing 18 new stamps and sentiment sets and 2 new dies and today is our first day of sneaks!

My card uses the adorable new "Baby of Mine" stamp illustrated by Crissy Armstrong. I've colored with copics and stitched the edges on the sewing machine. The papers are Prima and have been distressed and stitched. I've embellished with flowers, pearls, stickles, lace, ribbon, and a baby bottle charm (available at Whimsy). Then to finish off I've used the new Welcome Baby Sentiment set with our new Welcome Baby Die Set! This die is a rattle and I've added one of the seal sentiments.

This card fits at:
Cute Card Thursday: It's so Distressing
Crafts and Me - #34 Punches
Crafty Creations - #118 Anything Goes
Divas by Design -  Anything goes
My Mum's Craft shop - #5 Die-cuts
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #53 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Baby Cards
Stampavie and More - #141 Ribbons
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Flowers
 Bunny Zoe's Crafts -  Lace

Now on to my blog candy chance which is sponsored by Whimsy Stamps! Whimsy is offering one lucky commenter and linker from my blog the prize of 6 of the new release rubber stamps - 2 from each of our image artists - along with some cherry blossom flowers and an assortment of charms! All you have to do is comment and leave a link using the linky feature below by 7pm ET on Thursday, May 19th. My winner will be chosen and posted the following Friday morning with the next SS challenge. Good luck!

The next stop on our hop today is the fabulously talented Erin's blog! Be sure to pop over and see what she has in store for you too. Be aware though that with all the blogger trouble, some of the DT posts are going up late so you might want to plan to hop tomorrow instead. Have a great night and happy hopping!

Two More Sneak Peeks - Emma Swinging and A Sentiment

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

I hope you're having a great day! I have to keep this post quick as my to do list is a mile long today! Hope you have a great day with fun things planned!

I have two sneak peeks for you today, remember these images will be available to purchase tomorrow in the Whimsy Stamps shop! First, is my card using the new digital image Emma Swinging from Whimsy's Digital Stamps. My daughter's favorite thing to do this time of year is swing, so my hubby created this stamp in honor of that!

I've gone with a purple and green color comb and used some Wild Asparagus papers. The sketch is from the challenge at Friday Sketchers. And I've embellished with Prima flowers and Cherry Blossoms, which you can purchase at Whimsy Stamps.

Next I have a card using only a sentiment, no image stamps. This sentiment is from the new Flowers Bloom set from the Raindrop Echo Designs digital collection at Whimsy Stamps. I created this card using only scraps too, pretty proud of my recycling there!

I've printed the sentiment and colored the rose detail and then framed with the rectangles Nestabilities. The papers are Wild Asparagus and I've stitched the edges. I embellished simply with some Stickles and a few roses.

This card fits the challenge at:
Sentimental Sundays: For That Someone Special

Have a great afternoon! See you tomorrow for the Whimsy Stamps new release party!

Happy Stamping,

Sneak Peek

Hi All!

No card from me today, but I do have a little teaser of a sneak peek to share with you! You'll have to come back here tomorrow at 9am EST to see the whole card and have a chance to enter to win your very own stamp set too!

Whimsy Stamps will be releasing 3 new Carousel Horse stamp sets on Sunday, March 14th! They are just beautiful, Crissy out did herself again creating these fabulous new stamps! I can't wait for you to see them!

Have a great night! See you tomorrow, happy stamping!

Whimsy Sneak Peek Day 2

Good Morning!

Hope you're having a good day so far! I've got a busy day ahead to get ready for our newest Whimsy Stamps release, but I do have another sneak peek to share with you first.

This is Splashy Sabrina from our Mythical Collection. She will be available tomorrow along with her friends Pretty Peartunia, Water Lily, and Shy-Ann! Hope you'll join us for the "Magical Mythical Tour" blog hop beginning at noon EST tomorrow!

I used the sketch from BasicGrey Challenges with some Eskimo Kisses BG brads for my BG product. The papers are DCWV with distressed edges. I colored Sabrina with Copics in blues and greens and then used Feather Blending to mix the colors on her tail. I added some stickles to give her some shimmer too. I finished this card with some flowers and ribbons with a new sentiment from our Oval Snippets set, also available tomorrow.

This card also fits the challenges at:
Cute Daisy May: Bright and Cheerful
My Time to Craft: Green Plus One
A Spoon Full of Sugar: Spring Time

Thanks for popping over today! See you all back here at noon EST time for our Whimsy new release blog hop! Be sure to stop by the new Whimsy Inspirations Blog for links to more design team sneak peeks!

Happy stamping! :)

Whimsy Sneak Peek Day 1

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend. We stayed in for most of it with sick kiddos, but got some stuff around the house finished and I got some time to stamp too. Not a bad weekend, but I wish my kids would stop getting every germ known to man and sharing with each other!

So today is our first day of Whimsy Stamps sneak peeks to share the new Mythical Collection releasing on Wednesday the 17th. Our design team will be hosting a "Magical Mythical Tour" blog hop on Wednesday, but in the meantime some designers will have sneak peeks at the new stamps for you today and tomorrow!

I have a little sneak peek for you today using the new stamp "Shy-Ann" and she's a rather sweet fairy! We are very excited about this new stamp collection. They are fun and whimsical and a little different too!

Shy-Ann was designed by our artist Katie Sowa who is also the Animals Collection artist. She's created 3 fairies and a mermaid for this release! We hope you will enjoy them as much as we do! I had a blast coloring all 4 images this weekend, but I only had time enough to make one card. Hoping to make another later today!

I've colored the image with Copics and then cut her out and added stickles to her wings. The sketch is from Friday Sketchers with some DCWV papers from the Fairytale Stack. I've embellished with lots of flowers, ribbon, and some brads.

This card also fits the challenges at:
Pile It On!: Flowers
The Pink Elephant: Ribbon

I'll be back tomorrow with another sneak peek, until then here's a little teaser!

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you have a great Monday! Be sure to stop by the new Whimsy Inspirations Blog later today for links to the other DT member sneak peeks for today! Happy Stamping! :)

Whimsy and Creative Card Crew

Hi All!

I'm back again! Hope you're having a great day! It's been another busy one for me, lots going on here and for design work this week!

The card I want to share with you now is for a couple of challenges which are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps. Our challenge at Whimsy Challenges this week is "Touchy Feely," we want to see some texture on your creations. And Whimsy is sponsoring the challenge at Creative Card Crew which is a color challenge of black, white, and pink.

For my card I went with Whimsy Skunk for the image and colored him with Copics and added some white fun flock to his tail for some texture. I also added some flower soft around him for even more texture. The layout for this card is from Friday Sketchers and I used some BasicGrey Two Scoops paper with SU! black, white, and Pink Pirouette. I've embossed the white piece with the paisley CB folder and then sponged on some ink. I embellished with some eyelets, ribbons, a pink bead, Prima flowers, and some hodgepodge hardware. The sentiment is a retired SU! set. This fits the thank you challenge at Cute Daisy May also.

I have a little sneak peek to share with you today too! Right now, until September 15th you can PRE-ORDER this fun Whimsy Pet Collection Bundle! Each PRE-ORDER comes with 3 image stamps and 1 coordinating sentiment set. Each stamp is individually packaged with the cling foam attached and laminate cards for storage. They are only available together as a set during this PRE-ORDER period. And, right now we are also having an End of Summer SALE and you can use the coupon code SUMMER25 to save 25% on everything in the store, including this PRE-ORDER bundle!

Please note that PRE-ORDER items will ship in early October, separately from any other items. The End of Summer SALE ends on Monday, September 6th and the PRE-ORDER ends on Tuesday, September 15th! These Whimsy Pet Collection stamps will be available to order individually in early October.

Thanks for stopping by today. Head on over to Whimsy Challenges and Creative Card Crew and join in the fun challenges this week! Happy Stamping!

Weekend Sketch Challenge

Good Morning,

I finally have some time for stamping today, so I've decided to start out with the weekend sketch challenge on Beate's blog, Fresh and Fun.

Here's the card I made. The sketch was pretty simple, so I added a few more layers to my finished card. The stamp set is from the new Occasions Mini catalog, available March 1st. It's called For Father. I love this little puppy. He's just adorable with those sad little eyes! The designer paper is Afternoon Tea, also from the new mini.

Thanks for looking. Happy Stamping! :)

More Fun with New Stamps

Hi,

I just wanted to share a couple cards that I've been working on. These are ones which I've made using my new stamps from the Occasions Mini.

The first one is a 4 1/4" X 4 1/4" sized card that I made for the sketch challenge on SCS. I used the new Bloomin' Beautiful set and the Afternoon Tea DSP. These colors are so pretty together. I also added a piece of the new silver hodgepodge to finish off this card. Love that shiny silver!

This next card is an idea I've been playing around with for a swap I'm doing. I used the Cuttlebug on the Banana piece, but for the swap I won't do that as the swap is all Stampin' Up!. The stamp set is the new By Ones & Twos. It's really cute!

I was inspired to use this layout by a card I received from my SBS3 sister Cassie. I never think to tear edges and I liked the way her card came out, so I went with it. These colors are perfect for a baby boy. I love them together. The banana colored star has crystal effects on it to give it a little shine and I used the word window punch to add detail to the senitment.

Thanks for looking. Have a great Thursday and Happy Valentine's Day! :)

New Stampin' Up! Goodies....

Here's a sneak peek at some of the new Occasions Mini products that I just received today! The Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Collection becomes available on March 1st. It's filled with lots of great new stamp sets, all die cut by the way, and new rub-ons, Designer Series Papers, and this great new silver Hodgepodge Hardware!

If you would like a copy of this mini catalog, please contact me and I'll get one out to you as soon as I receive them. If you would like to host a workshop and earn some new FREE Stampin' Up! products, contact me to book a date! All hostesses in March will receive 20% off one Occasions Mini stamp set of their choice.

Happy Stamping! Hope to post some new creations soon! :)