Sparkle the Elf - Whimsy

Hi ya everyone!  Today, I took a bit of a risk with this card.  I colored up this adorable Whimsy Stamps called Christmas Elf by the talented Crissy Armstrong...and if you color, you know that once you have an image you like, you don't want to do anything to mess it up. 

And he's cute, am I right?  I love him...then I decided to sketch out a tree to put next to him.  I don't know, I think if I played with it some more, added more depth and more some darker greens, I would like it more.
 

I went ahead and added a bit of a snowy background and some clouds in the sky. In addition, I used the Sparkle sentiment from Whimsy dies called, Wonderland die set.  I love these sentiments, they are easy to pop on and look so cute with the elf.  More plaid paper too :)  I promise next week will have a few cards without plaid.

A Moose Wonderland - Whimsy Stamps

Hi ya everyone!  Today, I wanted to share a Whimsy creation.  I love this new red rubber stamp called Merry Moose-mas.  He's so cute and I loved coloring him with my Copics.  I used E70 series for his body and the E50 series for his snout and antlers.

I also used the new die set called Wonderland Word Die Set.  I cut the wonderland out twice, once in Kraft and once in black cardstock so that I could layer the two.  I think it makes the word really stand out.

I added a bit of sparkle and put everything on this cute plaid paper!

Hello - Whimsy Stamps and Wee Ruby

Hi ya everyone!
I'm sharing an adorable card I made using a Wee Rubber stamp, Ruby, from Whimsy Stamps!  I love purchasing from Whimsy Stamps.  Items arrive quickly and they are high quality.

I always start by stamping my image in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on X-Press It paper.  I colored Ruby in my Copics as follows:

Skin:  E000, E00, E04, E11

Pants:  BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Shirt/Vest:  R43, R46, E09 and YR61, YR65, YR68

Flowers:  R43, R46, E09, YR61, YR65, YR68, YR20, YR21, YR24, YR27, YG91, YG93, YG95

Hair:  E41, E42, E44, E47, E49

Background:  BG0000, BG000

After my image is colored, I mount the image on red card stock and trim the edges to a 1/4" width.  I cut a card base in white Neenah card stock to 5x10 and fold at the 5" mark on the 10" side forming a 5x5 card.  I cut another piece of red card stock at 4 1/2" and added an adorable piece of paper from Echo Park I Love Family 6x6 pad on top.  This sheet was cut to 4 1/4" and then mounted on the red card stock.  

I used the Whimsy Stamp dies called Double Scallop Border and the Corner die (both are retired).  I adhered the Double Scallop Border die to a piece of Echo Park I Love Family paper and placed this on top of my base papers and then mounted all of it to the card base.  I finished my card by adding the sentiment, heart stickers, sheer ribbon and opal paper pen.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and make sure to head over to the wonderful Whimsy Store to find your own images today.  They also have a beautiful blog where you can find inspiration from all!  Don't forget they also have a DT call happening now!!!  

Love You SLOW Much - Whimsy Release and Hop

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps March 2013 rubber stamp and die release!

Whimsy Stamps is releasing 27 fantastic new Rubber Stamps & Stamp Sets, 6 wonderful new Whimsy Shapeology Dies, 2 fabulous new Shape EZ by TLC templates, 2 beautiful Whimsy Designer Paper 6x6 packs, and 2 *NEW* gorgeous sets of Whimsy Prints. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

We are thrilled to announce that Monika Martinson has joined our talented group of stamp illustrators! Monika draws the most beautiful floral images and we are releasing 3 gorgeous rubber stamp sets illustrated by Monika for Whimsy Stamps this month.  Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps family, Monika!

Today's creation was made with the adorable new Wee Stamp called Love you Slow Much.  I've also used the new and adorable papers called Easter Eggstravaganza.  The sentiment is from Party Mini Letter Seals and the die is Slider 2 Die.  I also used some of the fabulous lace tape - my favorite!!

From today until 26 March, the Whimsy DT and our March Special Guest Designer, Louise Hodge, will be showcasing these new products with a daily mini blog hop. At the end of release week, we will draw 3 winners from the comments left on our designers' daily mini blog hop posts and each of these 3 winners will win 2 new release stamps! You have 24hrs to enter each daily mini blog hop by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. The prize locations are secret, so be sure to hop and leave comments every day to win!

At the end of release week (Wednesday 27 March) a release round-up will be posted on the Whimsy blog together with a list of winners.

To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Ellie Stover
Janette Garcia
Melissa Andrew - that's a ME!
Louise Hodge (GDT)
Heidy Blom 
Ann Vento
Erin Bailey
Stephanne Maraver
Simonne Clay
Bev Rochester
Debbie Eastman

If you would like to join Whimsy Stamps as our Guest Designer for our May 2013 release please go to the Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 27 March 2013.

For a full reveal of this month’s fabulous release, please visit the Whimsy blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!

Whimsy Stamps March Rubber and Die Release Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of Whimsy Stamps March Rubber and Die Release Showcase!

Today, (20 March) Whimsy Stamps is releasing this month's new rubber designs, Shapeology dies, Whimsy Designer Paper packs, new Shape EZ templates and new Whimsy Prints. From then until 26 March the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guest are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop!

For my card today, I've used the Everyday Button Sentiments (for the stamp on the button), Button Die, and an image from the new set Summertime Blooms by our new artist Monika Martinson!  The Enjoy Today sentiment is from SP and Company is called Bold Sentiments I Stamp Set.

At the end of release week, we will draw 3 winners from the comments left on our designers' daily mini blog hop posts and each of these 3 winners will win 2 new release stamps! You have 24hrs to enter each daily mini blog hop by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. The prize locations are secret, so be sure to hop and leave comments every day to win!

To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Ellie Stover

Janette Garcia

Melissa Andrew - That's a Me!

Michele Roos

Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

If you would like to join Whimsy Stamps as our Guest Designer for our May 2013 release please go to the Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 27 March 2013.

Whimsy Stamp Release - Spring

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps February 2013 rubber stamp and die release!

This week, Whimsy Stamps is releasing 22 fantastic new Rubber Stamps & Stamp Sets, 5 wonderful new Whimsy Shapeology Dies, 2 fabulous new Shape EZ by TLC templates, and 2 beautiful Whimsy Designer Paper 6x6 packs. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

From today until 26 February, the Whimsy DT and our February Special Guest Designer, Louise Roache, will be showcasing these new products with a daily mini blog hop. Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day.

My card today used a number of items from the new release!  The image is an Elizabeth Bell image called Spring Pick.  The sentiment is Lovely Spring Sliders 2.  The paper is from the new release too and is called Easter Eggstravaganza.  I used the Slider 2 Die and the Corners Die Set.

At the end of release week (Wednesday 27 February) a release round-up will be posted on the Whimsy blog together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops.

To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12.00pm EST tomorrow:

Heidy Blom

Louise Roache GDT

Stephanne Maraver

Bev Rochester

Melissa Andrew - that's ME

Simonne Clay

Mariska van der Veer

Michele Roos

Sylvia Blum

If you would like to join us as our Guest Designer for our April 2013 release please go to our Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 27 February 2013.

Some Bunny Loves You - Tiddly Inks Challenge

 

Hi ya everyone!  It's Tuesday and that means a new challenge at Tiddly Inks!  This week we are having a Critters Challenge.  You know it's spring, and that's when all those sweet cuddly animals, not so sweet and cuddly spiders and insects start to emerge and let us know the weather is getting warmer and they days longer.  We are celebrating at Tiddly Inks!

I used the adorable Wryn - Some Bunny Loves You image and sentiment.  I paired them with some adorable paper soon to be released at Whimsy stamps.  The die in the background is also from Whimsy.  The adorable arrow came in my Cocoa Daisy monthly kit.  All of my flowers are from Wild Orchard or I am Roses.  Of course Wryn is colored in Copics.

Happy Valentine's Day with Whimsy!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  I know you are all are done creating for Valentine's Day and on to spring cards but I wanted to created one more pink and red card to share.  It's not a Valentine's Day card per say, but the colors are reminiscent.  I love this cute little baby image from Wee Stamps called Birthday Baby Girl.

I colored her in my Copics and then paired her with some adorable paper from Echo Park.  The lace tape you see is from Whimsy along with the adorable corner die cuts.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is from 2 Cute Ink set called Happy Birthday to You. 

I hope you enjoyed this simple project today and were inspired to create your own project using Whimsy Stamps products!

Whimsy February Challenge

Hi ya everyone!  There is a new challenge on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog today!  The challenge is fancy edges!  I thought this would be a perfect challenge to use my Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities!  These are fabulous for making fun shaped cards.  I have a tutorial right HERE on how to make shaped cards using Spellbinders.  The adorable image is a Wee rubber stamp from Whimsy Stamps called Playful Kittens.  Four cuties come in this set with a number of sentiments.  I paper pieced the heart with my My Mind's Eye Blush paper.  The kitty was colored in my Copic markers.  The fancy edges that you see behind the kitty was made with the NEW Whimsy die cut Lace Doily Corner 2.

Make sure to join us for the Whimsy Challenge - fancy edges this month!  If you haven't gotten a chance to check out the new January release you must!!!  There are so many cute images and new dies.  You can find all of them showcased HERE.

Whimsy Stamps January rubber stamp and die release!

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps January 2013 rubber stamp and die release!

Whimsy Stamps is releasing 22 fantastic new Rubber Stamps & Stamp Sets, 5 wonderful new Whimsy Shapeology Dies, a fabulous new Shape EZ by TLC template, a beautiful Whimsy Designer Paper 6x6 pack, and 2 stunning new Whimsy Prints Collection. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

From today until 29 January, the Whimsy DT and our Special January Guest, Gail Lass, will be showcasing these new products with a daily mini blog hop. Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day.

Today, I used one of the adorable rubber stamps from 2 Cute Ink called Love and Hugs.  The balloons, stars and hearts die on the side is also new from Whimsy and is called Swirly Balloon Border Die.  I also used a bit of the fabulous lace tape from Whimsy that you can just barely see under the button on the side.

At the end of release week (Wednesday 30 January) a 'Release Round-Up' will be posted on the Whimsy blog together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops.

To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12.00pm EST tomorrow:

Debbie Eastman
Gail Lass - January Special Guest
Michele
Erin
Simonne
Stephanne
Mariska van der Veer
Melissa  - That's Me!

If you would like to join us as our Guest Designer for our March 2013 release please go to our Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 30 January 2013.

For a full reveal of this month’s fabulous release, please visit the Whimsy blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!