Whimsy Stamps Kenny K Release Blog Hop!

Did you hear?!?!  Kenny K images are now available IN RUBBER at Whimsy Stamps!

Whimsy Stamps have some fab news to share with you today - we have a new rubber artist joining our team.... KENNY KIERNAN!

To celebrate, we're holding a blog hop for this release.  If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Vanja's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the beginning of the hop at Simonne's blog.

As many of you will know, Kenny K is currently a digital stamp artist (amongst many other things) and although Whimsy will not be carrying any Kenny K digis, we are making some of Kenny's existing designs into rubber and then hopefully adding some new designs along the line that will be exclusive to the Whimsy Stamps Rubber Collection!

So to celebrate this wonderful new venture, the Whimsy Stamps DT plus our fab special Whimsy guests Elaine Hughes, Deb, and Janna, are holding a BLOG HOP to showcase the EIGHT images that are being made into rubber:

All That
Devilish Donna
Download Diva
Kitty Katastrophe
Luscious Linda
Movie Star
Rock Chick
Troublemaker

Remember that Whimsy Stamps will be carrying the rubber versions of these stamps only. Kenny K will continue to offer the digital versions in his store. The rubber stamps are available to PRE-ORDER  today from the Whimsy store, and will hopefully be in stock and begin shipping during the week of the 27th.

Releasing today are also some digital sentiments that work with these images.  You can check them out here: Fast Lane Sentiments.

The hop starts today (Thursday December 16th at noon EST) and ends on Thursday December 23rd at noon EST.

For this hop we have 4 different prize draws! The grand prize of ALL 8 of the new release rubber stamps is being hosted by Denise at the very end of the hop, but there are also 3 mini candy stops throughout the hop! I'm not going to tell you where they are, so you'll just have to keep on hopping to find them! Winners will be announced on December 23rd after the hop ends - what a wonderful Christmas present for those lucky hoppers!

Today I've used the Troublemaker stamp as well as two sentiments from the Fast Lane Sentiments set.  I have two versions of the card, one a little more girly and the other is an attempt at trying not to make it as girly :) I still ended up with flowers and pearls from my Viva Decor Pearl Pens everywhere, lol.

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps KennyK Troublemaker, Fast Lane Sentiments (digital)
Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush  
Paper: BasicGrey Eva Paper Pad
Accessories: pearls, ribbon, button, bakers twin, WOC flowers
Tools:  Tonic 12x12 Guillotine Paper Cutter,  ATG adhesive gun

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps KennyK Troublemaker, Fast Lane Sentiments (digital)
Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush  
Paper: BasicGrey Oliver 6x6 Paper Pad
Accessories: Viva Decor Pearl Pens in Red, Magenta, and Blue; WOC flowers, ribbon, ribbon net
Tools: Cuttlebug, Martha Stewart Heart Doily Border Punch, Sizzix die, Tonic 12x12 Guillotine Paper Cutter,  ATG adhesive gun

So now it's time for you to continue the hop by hopping on over to Marley's blog where she'll be sure to amaze with you her fantastic creation!

Finally, here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order in case you get lost along the way:

Simonne Clay
Lori Pachkowsky
Donna Smith
Debbie Eastman
Erin Bailey
Elaine Hughes
Patricia Garcia
Annika Ryan
Deb Routledge
Chris Olsen
Vanja Stevanovic
Ann Vento
Marley van der Heijden
Crystal Irwin
Janna Sicard
Iris Wiechmann
Vicki Parson
Denise Lynn

Thank you so much for hopping with us today and I hope you enjoy this exciting new release!

Whimsy Stamps December Rubber Release!

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps December new rubber release BLOG HOP! 

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Annika's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the beginning of the hop at Bev's blog.

We have NINE gorgeous new Whimsy Stamps to show you today! These new stamps are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. We also have our wonderful special guests joining us for this hop - the amazing trio of Bev, Deb, and Beate!

Here is a full list of the super fabulous new rubber stamps being released today:

Winter's Joy (Crissy Armstrong)
Valerie's Gift (Crissy Armstrong)
I'd Follow You Anywhere (Crissy Armstrong)
Love in a Bucket (Crissy Armstrong)
Cozy Cap Mouse (Meljen's Designs)
Penguin's Present (Meljen's Designs)
Love Letter Seals (Raindrop Echo Designs)
Music Notes Background (Raindrop Echo Designs)
Friendship Tickets (Raindrop Echo Designs)

The hop starts today (Wednesday December 8th at noon EST) and ends on Wednesday December 15th at noon EST.

For this hop we have 7 different prize draws.  The grand prize of ALL 9 of the new release stamps is being hosted by Simonne at the very end of the hop, but there are also 6 mini candy stops throughout the hop! I'm one of those giving away some mini candy!  Denise was nice enough to let me give away the Friendship Ticket Sentiments and the Music Notes background. To be in the running to win these two stamps, simply leave your information in InLinkz below.

Here are the two stamps I'm giving away at this post:

First, I'd like to share my creations using a bunch of the new stamps!  I got to use my new sewing machine on one of the cards.  And I really had fun creating the last card :)  It was something really new to me and it was nice to try something I hadn't tried before.

Using Crissy's I'd Follow You Anywhere
and Raindrop Echo Designs Friendship Tickets

Using Crissy's Winter's Joy 
(and Raindrop Echo Designs Holiday Circle Postmarks oldie) 

Using Meljen's Designs Penguin's Present

and Raindrop Echo Designs Friendship Tickets

Using Crissy's Love in a Bucket

and Raindrop Echo Designs Love Letter Seals

Well, I hope you enjoyed visiting me today. Now it's time for you to continue on with the hop by heading on over to Chris' blog where she'll be sure to blow you away with something very special and gorgeous!

Here's the complete blog hop list in case you lose your way:

Bev Rochester
Crissy Armstrong
Beate Johns
Vanja Stevanovic
Lori Pachkowsky
Debbie Eastman
Patricia Garcia
Donna Smith
Annika Ryan
Ann Vento
Chris Olsen
Marley van der Heljden
Vicki Parson
Denise Lynn
Erin Bailey
Iris Wiechmann
Deb Routledge
Crystal Irwin
Simonne Clay

Thank you so much for hopping with us today and I hope you enjoy the new releases!

These cards are for a few challenges:

1. Dutch Dare - Christmas
2. Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch (3rd card)
3. CRAFT Challenge - Christmas Birthday (3rd card)
4. Frosted Designs - Glitter (2nd card)
5. Saturday Challenge - Christmas
6. Sundays with Crissy - Christmas is coming or Winter is here
7. Let's Ink It Up - Christmas + Sparkle (2nd card)
8. The Paper Players - Christmas
9. Craft Ho's - Religious Holiday
10. Crazy Challenge - All I want for Christmas is You
11. Lollipop Crafts - Welcome Winter
12. Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
13. Pear Tree Designs -  Winter Wonderland

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #31: A Recipe!

Hello everyone!  I'm here today to share a card for the new Sentimental Sundays challenge.  This week, we're asking you to use a recipe: 3 patterned papers, 3 buttons, and ribbon.  Of course, you must have a sentiment of some kind :)

For this challenge, I made a card using some new sentiments that will be releasing at the Whimsy Stamps Raindrop Echo Designs Digital Sentiments Collection on December 1st.  The frame is from a new set called "Label Frame - Script," the Christmas sentiment is from a set called "Christmas Sentiments" and the Let it snow circle sentiment is from the "Season's Greeting Sentiments."  I recolored the frame and I'm planning to do a tutorial on how to do that soon!  Again, these sentiments will be released on December 1st, along with some wonderful new images from Crissy and Melissa.  I also used some Whimsy Designer Papers from the Holiday Folly paper pack.  I love the soft colors in this pack!

Make sure to pop on over to the Sentimental Sundays Challenge Blog to join along in the challenge this week, to see the wonderful creations by the DT, and to pick up the new freebie sentiment set!

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps Christmas Sentiments, Season's Greetings Sentiments, Label Frame - Script (releasing December 1st)
Paper: Whimsy Stamps Holiday Folly
Accessories: buttons, ribbon, clear dew drop
Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart border punch, Tonic 12x12 Guillotine Paper Cutter,  ATG adhesive gun

This card is for a few challenges:

1. Stampin' Royalty - Sketch
2. Meljen's Designs -  Buttons and Bows
3. Daring Cardmakers - Spotty Stripy Christmas
4. Stampin' B's - Holiday Card
5. Stampin' for the Weekend - Winter
6. Crafty Catz - Christmas
7. Simple Doodles - Cute as a Button
8. Totally Paper Crafts - Nontraditional Christmas Colors
9. Crazy 4 Challenges - Script - Script on frame
10. Sweet Stampin' - Buttons and Bows
11. 2 Sisters Challenge - Nontraditional Christmas Colors
12. CES Challenges - Vintage Christmas

7 Kids College Fund: Non-traditional Chirstmas Colors!

Where have the days gone?? I feel like the days are hours, hours are minutes, and minutes are seconds.  Thanksgiving is tomorrow and pretty soon it's Christmas and then the year will be over!  What a year it was....

Anywho, before I get too nostalgic, I'd like to share my card with you!  This is for the new 7 Kids College Fund Challenge that was posted today.  For the next two weeks, we want you to use Non-Traditional Christmas Colors on your creations.  I hope my card counts!  I always think of Christmas colors as red and green, maybe gold, but lately, so many people have been using blue that I feel like it's becoming a norm now.

I've used another Whiff of Joy image called Henry Mouse with Christmas Bauble; he's colored with Distress Reinkers using the Small Koi Water Brush.  I adore all the Henry Mouse images! The papers I used were from the BasicGrey Olivia 6x6 Paper Pad and paired it up with lots of Prima and WOC flowers.

I put a snowflake die cut behind the flower on the top left, but you can't really see it.  I put some glitter using my Clear Atyou Spica Glitter Pen from Copics (can't see this so well in the picture either) on the snowflake on the bauble and used Stickles on Henry's hat.  I layered the Large Circle Nestabilities die cut on top of the Labels Three die cut.  I've been wanting the Labels Three Nestabilities set for a while now and I finally caved in after seeing so many wonderful creations of people layering it with the circle die cuts.

The highlight lines were made using Inkssentials Opaque White Pen. I'm STILL trying to figure out where to put these darn lines.  The border die is Marianne D. and the die cut leaves are from the Shapeabilities Assorted Leaves set.

Stamps: Whiff of Joy Henry Mouse with Christmas Bauble
Paper: BasicGrey Olivia 6x6 Paper Pad
Accessories: Prima and WOC flowers, Clear Atyou Spica Glitter Pen from Copics, Stickles, Inkssentials Opaque White Pen 
Tools:   Cuttlebug, Large Circle Nestabilities, Labels Three Nestabilities, Tonic 12x12 Guillotine Paper Cutter,  ATG adhesive gun, Marianne Designs dies, Shapeabilities Create a Flake, Shapeabilities Assorted Leaves

This card is for the following challenges:

1. Lots to Do - Favorite Technique - Watercoloring!
2. Creative Inspirations -  Christmassy/Winter
3. A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything Goes
4. Everybody Art - Use Shapes
5. Papertake Weekly - Cut it Out - snowflake and border die cut
6. Anything Goes -  Let it Snow - Snowflake die cut (under flower) and snowflake on bauble
7. ABC Challenge - Ice and Snow - Snowflake die cut (under flower) and snowflake on bauble
8. Crafty Creations - Christmas
9. Little Red Wagon - BasicGrey
10. Simon Says - Let it Snow - Snowflake die cut (under flower) and snowflake on bauble
11. The Creative Cottage - Non-traditional Christmas
12. Fab 'n' Funky - Going with the flow
13. Crafts and Me - Christmas

A thankful heart - Sentimental Sundays Challenge

Hello everyone!  It's time for another Sentimental Sundays Challenge and this time, we're asking you to create something with a "Thank You" theme.  Even though Thanksgiving is coming up for those in the US, you don't have to create something specifically for Thanksgiving - just anything that shows gratitude or mentions gratitude.

For my card, I've used papers my new BasicGrey Curio paper stack.  Oh my goodness, the papers in this pad are just plain gorgeous! I thought this DP in particular went very well with the Leafy Oval from Whimsy Stamps.  The Leafy Oval set comes with one that's filled in with a sentiment and one that's blank that you can use with your other favorite sentiments :) I stuck a sentiment in from the Gratitude Sentiments set, also from Whimsy Stamps.  I just love this quote!

Oh, and you will be noticing some new die cuts in my creations! I caved in and bought some Marianne Designs Creatables die cuts from an online store in the UK and I am just in LOVE with them.  The swirls/flourishes are just so delicate and beautiful.  The die cuts well, but my only problem with them is that they don't have "poke holes" like the Spellbinders dies and like the other dies that you see popping up in lots of other stamp companies now.  Those poke holes would have made me love the Marianne D's dies even more, but they're still beautiful designs so I'll definitely be using them a lot :)  

A little clarification: A couple of you (thank you!) have nicely pointed out to me the trick about getting these dies out by using wax paper. My deal about them isn't actually about the die not popping out, but about the little cut-outs staying in.  I have to dig the little cutouts (like the holes you see in the flower) out of the die using my paper piercer.  Anyone have any advice on any easy way to do this?

Anywho, please head over to the Sentimental Sundays blog to see the design team's fantastic creations (the creations are mind-blowing this week) and to pick up the new freebie that our DT member Chris is giving away!

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps Leafy Oval and Gratitude Sentiments
Paper: BasicGrey Curio 6x6 Paper Pad
Accessories: lace, pearl
Tools:   Cuttlebug, Tonic 12x12 Guillotine Paper Cutter,  ATG adhesive gun, Marianne Designs dies

This card is for a few challenges:

1. Little Paper Shop - Die Cuts
2. The Crazy Challenge - Thank You or Thanksgiving
3. Lolipop Crafts - Very Girlie
4. Creative Card Crew - Let's Give Thanks
5. Sparkle Creations - Give Thanks
6. Stampin' Royalty - Focus on patterned paper
7. Daring Cardmakers - We Three - Three panels of DP in the back
8. Stamp Something - Something with Thanks
9. Raise the Bar - Grateful
10. My Sheri Crafts - Harvest/Thanksgiving
11. Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Thankfulness
12. Cute Card Thursday - Sketch

Showcasing some Whimsy paper (and stamps)

As I mentioned before, I got some new goodies in the mail the other day - Whimsy Designer papers!  Today I'm showcasing both of the packs: Holiday Folly and Very Merry.  Holiday Folly contains that are softer, more subtle, and Very Merry has papers that are brighter and bolder.  You can see that your cards can come out look pretty different depending on which papers you use :)

I've also used Whimsy stamps from the October release.  The first one is uses the image "Santa's Midnight Snack" from Crissy Armstrong along with the Holiday Ticket Sentiments.  Oh, and I've finally had a chance to use the Whimsy Stamps Ticket Die! Look how cleanly it cuts!  I tried doing the whole "dramatic shadows" coloring thing with lots of white space again.  Again, I'm still trying to figure out where the highlights are supposed to go.  Does anyone have any tips??  I created the snowflakes from Shapeabilities Create a Flake 1 and Create a Flake 2 dies and added some pale pink pearls in the middle.

The second card also uses one of Crissy's beautiful drawings from the Vintage Christmas set.  The poinsettia image goes so well with the Very Merry papers because, well, we used the poinsettia image to make those papers! Crissy gorgeously colored them and I arranged them.  Of course, my coloring is not as great as Crissy, and I managed to NOT match the poinsettia color with the paper color, but if you do it right, your papers should exactly match the image :)  Sorry for the blurry picture - I just couldn't get it right and it kept coming out the same way!

By the way, speaking of Crissy, make sure to stop by her Sundays with Crissy Challenge Blog to enter her monthly challenges! She always has a great prize up for grabs, an Artist Choice button for you to win, and also some GREAT inspiration for her super talented DT.  Make sure you check it out!

Hope you had a good weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps Santa's Midnight Snack, Holiday Ticket Sentiments and Vintage Christmas
Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush 
Paper: Whimsy Stamps Designer Papers from the Holiday Folly pack and Very Merry pack
Accessories: pale pink pearls, lace, flowers from WOC, snowflakes from Shapeabilities Create a Flake 1 and Create a Flake 2 dies
Tools:  Cuttlebug, Whimsy Stamps Ticket Die, Tonic 12x12 Guillotine Paper Cutter,  ATG adhesive gun

These cards are for a few challenges:

1. A Spoon Full of Sugar - Snow and Snowflakes - first card
2. The Paper Players - Color Combo - second card
3. Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
4. Simple Doodles - Lace and Pearls - first card
5. If the Shoe Fits - Do it Yourself - made my own snowflakes!
6. Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas
7. Sweet Stampin' - Snowflakes - first card
8. Totally Gorjuss - Traditional Christmas Colors - second card
9. Mark's Finest Papers - Snowflakes - first card
10. Creative Inspiration - Christmas/Winter
11. I Did It Creations - Traditional Christmas Colors - second card
12. Keep it Simple - Wonderland - first card

Get well soon, Aaron!

Hello again :) 

I have a get well card to share with you that I made for Tab's son.  If you haven't heard about what happened to him, you can read about it here.  I thought maybe he needed some cheering up, even though his mom made him smile for a picture already :)

This card was made using the ever-so-cute Henry Mouse.  This particular card uses Henry Mouse with Broken Leg, which was colored with my Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush. The stamp also comes with the perfectly coordinating sentiment that you see on the card! Even though what happened is not funny, I thought it was soooo appropriate and I knew I just had to send this card off to him. 

In THIS CARD which I made for the new 7 Kids College Fund challenge, which is GIVE THANKS, I was raving about how I love October Afternoon papers, and for this card, I've used papers again from the Fly a Kite 8x8 paper pad, which comes with 34 sheets!

The green dotty paper was punched using the Martha Stewart Scallop Dot Edge Border Punch and topped off with ribbon :)

Stamps: Whiff of Joy Henry Mouse with Broken Leg
Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush 
Paper: October Afternoon Fly a Kite
Accessories: ribbon
Tools: Martha Stewart Scallop Dot Edge Border Punch, Making Memories Paper Trimmer,  ATG adhesive gun

7 Kids College Fund Challenge #8: Thank You

Hello all! Happy Wednesday :)

Are you ready for another 7 Kids College Fund Challenge?!  Well, you better be because the PRIZE this week is a great one.  I wish I could enter, lol.  The PRIZE this week is a whopping $75 Gift Certificate to the 7 Kids College Fund store!! Tab has decided to give such a generous prize to say thank you for all the well wishes that she received for Aaron.  We all hope that he's doing well and still wish him the best.

Well, I guess before you can win the prize, you have to know what the challenge is.  The challenge this week couldn't be any easier and more appropriate: we want to see creations with a "Thank You" theme.  See, easy right?

For my challenge card, I've used the super cute Whiff of Joy Henry Mouse Hugging Heart stamp.  This image remains to be one of my favorite Whiff of Joy images ever - just look at how precious he is!  And he's very versatile.  He was colored with Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush.  After I photographed the card, I actually used my Clear Atyou Spica Glitter Pen to add some dazzle to the heart, but I was too lazy to take a picture.  You'll just have to trust me that it added a nice effect to it :)

OH!! Did you notice the gorgeous papers?!  Well, 7 Kids College Fund now carries the October Afternoon Fly a Kite and and Thrift Shop 8x8 paper pads! I just adore these papers and it actually pains me to have to cut them up, but when I do, I am always pleased with how my card turns out.  I know that once you see the papers in this pad, you will also fall in love with them, too.  I've used papers from the Fly a Kite pad.

For this card, I went with a cleaner, less-embellished look.  The added some green pearls and some die cuts from the Shapeabilities Doodle Part set, added some lace to soften the design, and punched out the border using the Martha Stewart Doily Hearts Edge Punch.  The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps Ticket Sentiments and the outside die was cut using the NEW Whimsy Stamps Ticket Die from the Shapeology Collection.

Yummy  October Afternoon Papers:

Make sure to visit the 7 Kids Challenge Blog to enter for a chance to win the generous prize from Tab!

Stamps: Whiff of Joy Henry Mouse Hugging Heart, Whimsy Stamps Ticket Sentiments
Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush 
Paper: October Afternoon Fly a Kite
Accessories: green pearls, lace, flourishes from Shapeabilities Doodle Parts
Tools: Cuttlebug, Martha Stewart Doily Hearts Edge Punch, Whimsy Stamps Ticket Die, Making Memories Paper Trimmer,  ATG adhesive gun

This card is for a few challenges:

1. S2G - The word "thanks"
2. Wags 'n Whiskers - Sister or Friendship - this card is for a friend who I'm thankful to have :)
3. Oh, Alice - Tickets
4. Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
5. Craft Your Passion - Recipe: Double Something - Doubled the swirls
6. Creative Card Crew - Give Thanks
7. City Crafter - Thank You
8. Tip Top Tuesday - Use an Image/Sentiment
9. Moving Along with the Times - Sketch
10. If the Shoe Fits - Blue

Whimsy Stamps Sneak Day 2 - Christmas Tree in Words set

Hello all!  Yep, I told you it was going to be a busy week!

Today I have another sneak peak of a rubber sentiment set called Christmas Tree in Words that will be releasing tomorrow at Whimsy Stamps!  Yep, tomorrow is the big day.  I have two blog hops tomorrow and a challenge card to post so I hope I can keep everything straight and have everything posted on time : /

Anywho, I must admit (and my Whimsy DT sisters can vouch for it) that at first I had a difficult time trying to figure out how to use this stamp.  I designed it, and I had envisioned using it a certain way, but I'm no good at CAS cards and it was difficult for me to come up with some these.  Well, they were finally able to materialize and I'm very happy with the results.  I think the wonderful DCWV papers really helped :)

For this creation, I've used the name sentiment from the Christmas Tree in Words stamped in Rich Cocoa and I've punched some borders using my Martha Stewart border punches.  I've topped off the sentiment panels with some ribbon. I hope you like my set of cards!

These cards also fits the challenge at Little Red Wagon (Red) and Dutch Dare Card Challenges (CAS).

Please visit my Whimsy DT sisters, who are also sharing sneak peaks today: 
Debbie, Donna, Lori, Patricia, Vanja, Iris, Deb, Bev , and Annika

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps Christmas Tree in Words
Paper: DCWV The Homemade Christmas Stack
Accessories: ribbon
Tools: Martha Stewart border punches, Making Memories Paper Trimmer,  ATG adhesive gun

Whimsy Stamps Sneak Peak Day 1!

I cannot believe it's almost time again for another Whimsy Stamps rubber release!

BUT make sure you join us for the blog hop on November 10th because it's not just a rubber release.  We're also debuting two new product lines!  We will now be offering metal die cuts in our Shapeology Die Collection (I came up with that name!) and we will also be offering Designer Papers!  The designer papers were designed by Crissy and I, with some guidance from Denise.  It's always wonderful to work with such great company :)




Anywho, back to today's sneak peak.  Today I'm sharing with you a card using this cute new Cozy Little Snowman illustrated by Meljen's Designs.  It's the perfect guy for your blue winter cards :)  I've also used a sentiment from the new Winter Seals set, designed by me :) The scene was colored with Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush. 

I used generously used Stickles on this card - it's seriously everywhere, lol.  The snowflake was made using dies from the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Create a Flake 1 and Create a Flake 2.  The snowflakes were inked a bit to give them dimension.  I added some Flower Soft on the ground.  I've had Flower soft for a while, but never found a good way to use them, with the exception of these winter cards.  I bought the Pastel Color Selection Box, which is a pretty good deal for what you get with it because it even comes with the glue!  If you wanted to get the individual pots, the ones that I used on this card are the Ivory and Baby Blue colors.

Please visit my Whimsy DT sisters, who are also sharing sneak peaks today: 
Chris, Crystal, Debbie, Denise,  Donna, Lori, Patricia, and Vanja

Oh! And I also wanted to mention that we still have all two year anniversary celebration going on!  This week, from November 8 to November 14, digital stamps (excluding custom digital designs) are a whopping 50% off.  Yes, 50%!  Make sure to grab all those digital stamps that were on your wish list because now is the time to stock up.  Once the week is over, the go back to full price so take advantage while you can!

 
Well, that's it for now, but come back tomorrow for another sneak peak!  I guarantee that you will love all the new stamps from this release :)

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps Cozy Little Snowman and Winter Seals
Coloring Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush 
Paper: DCWV Holiday Combo Stack
Accessories: Stickles, Ivory and Baby Blue Flower Soft from the Pastel Color Selection Box, ribbon,
Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Labels 5, Martha Stewart border punch, Making Memories Paper Trimmer,  ATG adhesive gun

This card is for a few challenges:

1. Tip Top Tuesday - Christmas
2. Creative Belli - Flocking or Flower Soft - My old and forgotten material is the Flower Soft :)
3. CCEE Stampers - Winter Scene
4. The Paper Players - Snowman
5. Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Weather
6. Paper Sundaes - Let it Snow
7. Cards & Things - Sketch
8. If the Shoe Fits - Feeling Blue
9. Ellephantastic - Blue

A sketch challenge at Sentimental Sundays

Hello everyone! Are you ready to get sentimental?

This week at Sentimental Sundays, we have a fantastic sketch for you to try out!  The sketch was done by one of our new DT members, Dorcas.  It was a great sketch to work with.  Very versatile!  For my creation, I laid off of the flowers (which I've been going CRAZY with these past few days) and went for a cleaner look.  I used two different ribbons, one on top of the other, and tied it in a bow.  Oh my goodness, it took me FOREVER to tie these ribbons, and they still don't look all that great, but I was done messing with it and got frustrated.  It turned out okay, but it could have been better : /

I'm not sure which challenge it was for, but I recently won a $15 GC at the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps store.  I hardly ever win any challenge prizes!  I've actually been admiring this image (Fall Charlotte) for a while now and I was SO delighted when I found out that I won!  I picked up two other stamps, which I can hopefully ink up soon.  The Thanksgiving sentiment is from the Whimsy Stamps Holiday Postmarks sentiment set, which was one of the first rubber sentiments I ever designed for Whimsy :)

Make sure to visit the Sentimental Sundays Blog to see creations from the NEW design team members and to grab the freebie for the week.  Here's a peek at the freebie set this week, but you have to head to the Sentimental Sundays Blog to get the download link:

Stamps: Sparkle Creations Stamps - Fall Charlotte
Coloring Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush 
Paper: BasicGrey Pyrus 6x6 Paper Pad
Accessories: WOC flowers, ribbons
Tools:  Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Labels 1, Shapeabilities Doodle Parts, Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool, Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad, Making Memories Paper Trimmer,  ATG adhesive gun

This card is for a few challenges:

1. Cupcake Craft - Thank You + Autumn Colors
2. Scrap-Creations - Favorite Technique - watercoloring!
3. Tuesday Throwdown - Give Thanks
4. TCP - Girls Rule
5. Sisterhood of Crafters - Fall with Leaves
6. S2G - Use "thanks" in creation
7. Meljen's - 3 Different Shapes - Square (card, image), Circle (sentiment), Rectangle (2 panels)
8. CES Challenges - Forever Autumn
9. Lots To Do - Autumnal Colors
10. Our Creative Corner - An Attitude of Gratitude
11. Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle - Fall
12. Crazy 4 Challenges - Square Card
13. Play Date Cafe - Color Combo
14. Hand Stamped Sentiments - Color Combo

Whimsy Stamps - Some shabby cards and SALE info!!

I'm sorry this is so late!

I'm here to share some cards today using two of the new digital images that were released today at Whimsy Stamps.  We have a boat-load of new digital images from Crissy, Meljen's, Katie, and myself.  I think that you'll find there's something for you because there's a great variety of images :)

For the first card, I've used Curvy Frame - Small Dots with a sentiment from the new Gratitude Sentiments and for the second card, I've used Winter Curvy Frame.  I know, I am NOT the best at naming things!  Make sure you visit the Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Blog to check out the festivities for this week as well as to check out the blog hop that the Whimsy Digital Team is putting on!

Images: Whimsy Stamps Curvy Frame - Small Dots, Gratitude Sentiments, Winter Curvy Frame
Paper: DCWV Luxury Stack
Accessories: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, MS border punches
Tools: Cuttlebug,  Nestabilities, Making Memories Paper Trimmer,  ATG adhesive gun

And now for the SALE announcements!

Whimsy Stamps turns TWO this month and we're celebrating with some great deals all month along.  Yep, you read right - all month long!  This week, we're having a 25% sale on rubber stamps (excluding custom rubber designs) AND we're starting the Fan Favorites Week.  Check out the Whimsy Stamps Inspiration blog post here for more info.

Make sure you visit the store every week this month to take advantage of the HUGE savings!



These cards are for a couple of challenges:

1. Scrappy Frogs - Give Thanks
2. One Stop Craft - Anything Goes
3. Our Creative Corner - Inspiration Picture
4. Drunken Stampers - Before Copics
5. Mark's Finest Papers - Holiday Card
6. wee Memories - Anything Goes
7. The Paper Players - Anything Goes
8. Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
9. Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
10. Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
11. Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Cream
12. Taylored Expressions - Sketch

7 Kids College Fund: Birthdays!

Hello all!  Today we have a new challenge over at the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog!  This week we have another easy one for you: created anything birthday related!

On my card, I've used the very fun Popcorn the Bear Party Time stamp set (it comes with the Party Time sentiment) along with a circle sentiment from the Whimsy Stamps Circle Postmarks set.  As usual, the image was colored using Distress Reinkers with the Small Koi Water Brush.  Nowadays, I've been coloring my images with only distress reinkers, but I may go back to using watercolor pencils and blending stumps.  I remember it being so fun coloring that way, but lately I've just been lazy and distress reinkers are so much easier.  The ribbons on the presents were topped with Stickles.

All papers used for this card are from the BasicGrey Oliver 6x6 Paper Pad.  This is card okay for a guy?  I mean, it has guy colors, but then it has that big old bow on top.  I think it would still be okay if a guy got it, at least I hope, lol.

You can pick up most of the supplies I've used at the 7 Kids College Fund Store.  Remember, shipping is FREE if you order over $75!

Stamp: Crafter's Companion Popcorn the Bear Party Time; Whimsy Stamps Circle Postmarks
Coloring Medium: Distress Reinkers with Small Koi Water Brush
Paper: BasicGrey Oliver 6x6 Paper Pad
Accessories: Stickles, ribbon, button, twine
Tools: Making Memories Paper Trimmer,  ATG adhesive gun

This card is for a few challenges:

• Totally Papercrafts - Stick a number on it - "2" on circle postmark
• Totally Gorjuss - Sparkle
• 2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes
• CES Challenges - Buttons and Bows
• I Did It - Surprise Me
• Keep It Simple - Bow
• Lexi's Creations - Birthdays
• Craft Your Passion - Add glitter/sparkles
• Cards for Men - Anything for male
• Papertake Weekly - Sparkly and Bright
• Tip Top Tuesday - Anything Goes
• ABC Challenge - G is for Glitter
• Friday Sketchers - Sketch