Whimsy Projects #2

Today I wanted to post the last 2 projects that I made for the Whimsy Online Magazine.  If you missed my first 3 projects, please visit my March 10th post. I really enjoyed making these projects and would love to hear what you think. Thanks for looking!

Full description and products used can be found on the magazine here.  Thanks again for looking and thanks for any comments you may leave. Have a great day!

Whimsy Projects

Hi there! Today,  I wanted to post some of the projects that I made for the Whimsy Online Magazine. I had fun making these projects and worked hard on them.

Full details of the products I used on these projects are listed in the magazine.  Hope you like them! I have 2 more projects from the magazine that I will post here next week.  Thanks for looking! Have a great day! hugs xx

Whimsy Online Magazine

Hi there! I'm excited to share with you that I was a guest designer for the recent issue of the Whimsy Online Magazine.  I'm made a few projects/cards for this issue and would love it if you could take a look.  I'll post the projects here in a few weeks but would love it if you would take a look at this beautifully made issue filled with so many wonderful designers and projects, templates and tutorials. Thanks my friends and have a great day!

Guest Designer at Sunday's With Crissy

Hi everyone! Today I'm super excited to be a guest designer at Sunday's With Crissy. I've been a fan of Crissy Armstrong for a long time and love her rubber stamps and digi images and when she asked me to be a guest designer I jumped at the chance.  So the theme this month for Sunday's With Crissy is to use non traditional Christmas colors and make a Christmas card.  So this is what I made:

I know that splash of red that I used is a traditional color but I used very little. My card is primarily blue and white and I added several pearls to the Spellbinder snowflake diecuts that I used.  My papers are SEI and the sentiment and image both came from Whimsy Stamps. You can find the Season's Greetings sentiment  HERE and Valerie's Gift rubberstamp HERE.

Copic colors I used here are: BG18, BG15, BG13, BG11, BG10, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, R24, R22, R20, E11, E00, E000. I also used some colored pencils for added shadow and highlight.

Thanks for visiting me today! See you soon!

Happy Sunday everyone!  This is another prescheduled post. As you read this, I'll be in Hershey Pennsylvania with my family riding the roller coasters! :)

Whimsy Stamps & Make it Crafty have come together to create a fun Urban Themed digi collection!

Ann Vento has whipped up her magic and designed an incredible collection of
funky wall sayings, city landscapes and of course a range of super cool street signs.

Checkout the Sentiments collection HERE.

Make it Crafty is trying something new offering all the different elements for you to build your own urban backdrop.

Checkout the Urban Street Collection HERE.

Then of course, what better characters to incorporate into such a scene than the fabulous KennyK rubber stamps available from Whimsy Stamps!

Our incredibly talented Design Teams have had a blast playing with all the different elementsto bring you LOTS of inspiration!

We have broken it into TWO HOPS
HOP A Starts Here & HOP B Starts HERE!

There will be a winner for EACH HOP and if you hop your way through BOTH, you’ll go in the draw for the GRAND PRIZE TOO!

HOP A & B Winners will each receive a $15 voucher from both Whimsy Stamps and Make it Crafty

GRAND WINNER will win our full Urban Digital Collection
4 Digi Sentiment sets by Ann Vento & the Urban Elements Collection from Make it Crafty

You are currently on HOP B and should have arrived from Elaine's blog.

Here is my card:

I used the wooden fence and sidewalk digi background image from Make It Crafty. The KennyK image I used today is Brooklyn Babe and fun urban sentiment is from Raindrop Echo Designs both can be found at Whimsy Stamps. I also embellished with Make It Crafty's awesome chipboard gears.

Your next stop on HOP B is the Whimsy Inspirations Blog but before you go make sure you leave a comment below!

You have until August 21st 8PM Australian QLD time to make your way through the hops!

Be there... or be square!

Whimsy - Touched by Love

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!  Woot! Woot! the big day is almost here!  Christmas came way to fast for me!! I need another week. ;)

Well, isn't this just the loveliest image!? This digital image is from Whimsy designs and is created by Chrissy Armstrong and is called Touched by Love.  This image comes already colored (which I used in a previous post) or non - colored.  Today I chose to color this image with my copics and used prisma pencils for a little extra shading.  What do you think?  I'm still getting the hang of using the pencils and still need more practice I think. These papers can also be found at Whimsy and are absolutely gorgeous!

Here is a close up of this angel and baby Jesus:

This will be my last post with Whimsy although I do plan to continue working with their beautiful images when time permits.  This was a wonderful group to work  with and I will miss designing with them. Thank you Denise for the opportunity!

This is probably my last Christmas card of the year. I'm not sure if I will get a chance to post again before the new year but I'll take this opportunity to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you so much for coming to visit me!  Big hugs to you, xoxo!

Whimsy's Teddy's First Christmas

I'm back again with a colored Teddy's First Christmas image unlike my prior post where I used the adorable pre-colored image.  I got out my copics for this one,  I thought he'd look sweet as a white polar bear so I colored him using the C00s -greys. My wonderful sentiment is by Raindrop Echo Designs and can also be found in digital form from Whimsy.

Here's a closeup:

I used white flock on the bears hat and birds hat. I really love the blue and red color combination. So wintery and something just a little different for the holidays.  I used the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch for my card today.  My papers are by SEI and I also used the Spellbinder snowflake die.

I hope you like my card today! Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

Crazy 4 Challenges #66

Today at Crazy 4 Challenges we have a sketch challenge. This sketch was created by the very talented Cindy Haffner.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card using Jolly Tilda and Basket with Presents that I picked up from Magnolia-licious.  They don't seem to be in stock right now but I'm sure it will be available soon.

Here are the details:

Papers: Webster's Pages and Cosmo Cricut
Stamps: Magnolia
Sentiment: Whimsy Digi Images from Raindrop Echo Designs
Ink: Copics (sorry, I used so many colors and just didn't keep track of all of them)
Tools: pearls, spellbinder die, stickles

We would love it if you would play along with us. All you have to do is create a card/project, and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C66.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Just Magnolia - anything goes with sparkle
Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club challenge - santa's sack  (there are presents in santa's sack, right?)
Challenge up your life - advent or christmas card
That's it for now. See you next time! Have a great weekend!

December Whimsy Digi Blog Hop

** For my Birthday Blog Candy Winner, please scroll down to my YNS post **

It's time for the Whimsy Digi Blog Hop!  We have some super sweet images to show you so I hope you will take time to visit everyone on the hop as there will be an awesome prize for you lucky commentors!! 

Because I had to travel last week for the Thanksgiving holiday, I was so pinched for time in meeting this deadline so what I did was use the new pre-colored digi images that Whimsy is now offering. What a life saver they were.  All I did was print them out on my favorite paper and cut them out with dies and made these fun treat bags and lollipop and candy cane treats.  I thought they would be fun for my kids to bring to school to give to their friends.  Just print about 20 of these pics out and there you go, nice and quick!

Aren't they cute? These lovely images were designed by Chrissy Armstrong. You can get the images already colored or the more traditional non-colored versions.  When I have a moment, I hope to color some up myself since I just love coloring with my copics. 

I also made a card with this sweet angel and baby Jesus image. What a precious image!

I used a snowflake die that my good friend Chris sent to me for my birthday (thanks hunny)!! And I used the angel wings Magnolia die (so pretty).

Here is the DT hop lineup in case you get lost on the way):

Whimsy Blog
Debbie
Angela    *** you are here ***

Lorraine
Domi  
Heike
Stephanne
Pattie

Melissa  

Anneke  

Sandra   

Crissy

Whimsy News: There are new digital designs from Ann, Crissy, and Katie, along with many new images released in November to the Meljen's Designs collection.  There is also a brand new colored digital collection. These beautifully colored images designed by Crissy Armstrong and Melissa Jenkins are great for making quick cards.  Each file is JPG at 300dpi for high print quality. Resize, flip, or rotate to fit your project. Visit the store to see all the new digital stamps available and then join us again on Wednesday the 8th for a new rubber stamp release!

This blog hop will remain open from 12 noon EST  Wednesday 1st December  and will close on Tuesday 7th December  at 12 noon EST. Thanks for stopping by today! Your next stop on the hop is my friend Lorraine.  Happy hopping!!

Whimsy's Classic Santa

Happy Cyber Monday to you!  Hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend? It sure went by fast but I managed to get a bit of Christmas shopping done and will be surfing the net today for more shopping ;)  I hope there are some great deals out there!!

Well, today I have a fun card to show you using this wonderful  Classic Santa digi image from Whimsy stamps:

This happy fellow was designed by Chrissy Armstrong - I LOVE her designs. I colored him with the following copics: R29, R27, R24, R22, R20, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, E11, E00, E000, YG67, YG63, YG21, YG20, and I used white flock on his coat trim and hat.  I love this Christmas paper pad from My Mind's Eye.  All the papers in this pack are wonderful with rich colors. The sweet present and jingle bell charm/button was sent to me by my good friend Crystal and the gorgeous silk ribbon on this card was also a gift sent to me from my other good friend Chris .  Thank you gals, luv ya!!!

I plan to enter this card at the following challenge:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch
One Stop Craft Challenge - christmas cuties (I think this Santa is extremely cute!)
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - anything goes

Well that's it for now. Don't forget about my blog candy which is ending tomorrow, November 30.  Thanks for stopping by today. Take care,

Crazy 4 Challenges #63

At C4C this week, our challenge is to make a Christmas card/project. So I made this gift card/money holder that can be hung on a tree:

Here is a closeup of this cute Christmas puppy digi image that I got from Whimsy:



Oh she is too cute!! This is another Christmas digi image designed by Chrissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps. Please visit the Whimsy store to see more digis and stamps created by Ms. Chrissy Armstrong. I cut out my ornament using my Cricut machine. Added a border punch around the circle. My papers are from My Mind's Eye (love it!). I colored Santa's puppy with copics and added white Scribble paint to the brim and pom pom of the puppy's hat then added some MS white glitter for extra sparkle.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - winter card with furry friend
Just Add Ink - christmas
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
A Spoonful of Sugar - holiday card

I hope you like my project today. Please leave a comment if you would, I love reading them. Have a great weekend!

Crazy 4 Challenges #62

Today at Crazy 4 Challenges, our challenge is to make a square card. So here is my card using this digi image from Whimsy:



I love the warm fall colors in this card! Isn't this image perfect for Thanksgiving?  Please visit Whimsy Stamps to find this digi image and many more new Christmas images just released. 
I will enter this card at the following challenge:

Just Add Ink - sketch

I hope you can play along with us this week.  If you do decide to play along, all you have to do is create a card/project, and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword *C4C62*.

Thanks for visiting me today and please don't forget to enter my blog candy HERE.

Whimsy November New Release Digi Hop

Please enter my Blog Candy draw.

It's time for the Whimsy Digital Blog Hop!  If you've come from Marjon's awesome blog then you're in the right place.  Otherwise, please start at the beginning at the Whimsy Inspirations Blog.

Here is the card I came up with for today:

This adorable image is designed by Crissy Armstrong and is called Little Christmas Angel. Isn't she precious!? You can find this digi image at Whimsy Stamps.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Friday Sketcher - sketch
Susie and Vickie's Christmas Club - use a Christmas digi
One Stop Craft Challenge - anything goes
Sunday's With Crissy - color challenge - red, green, gold
Secret Crafter - anything that flies

This digital image and many others will be ready for sale at 10am EST on November 1.  Please make sure to leave a comment on every post along the blog hop to be in the running to win some fabulous prizes from Whimsy.  There will be 2 winners chosen from 2 random blogs.  This blog hop will remain open from 12 noon EST  Monday 1st November  and will close on Sunday 7th November at 12 noon EST.

 Following is the blog hop rotation in case you get lost on the way:

Whimsy Inspirations Blog  

Domi  
       Lisa         

Marjon  

Angela  - you are here
Stephanne  

Anneke  

   Heike 
Sandra
Crissy

Debbie  

Danni  

Melissa  

Thanks for visiting me today.  Your next stop on the hop is the fabulously talented Stephanne! 

Crazy 4 Challenges #61

Today we have a sketch challenge for you over at Crazy 4 Challenges. Here is the sketch:

Here's how I interpreted it:

I turned the sketch around and made the oval a square.  These are 2 Meljen digi images that I got from Whimsy. I used the Fall Quilt image and Thomas Turkey. Here is a close up pic of the images:

If you would like to play along with us at C4C, all you have to do is create a card/project, and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C61 then link it at the C4C challenge blog.
Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

Crazy 4 Challenges #59

October is such a beautiful month with the leaves changing.  Our leaves here in CT are just about starting to turn. In another week or 2 the colors will be amazing! Then rake rake rake... (my back hurts just thinking about it). Well this week at Crazy 4 Challenges we need to create an *Autumn/Fall* card!!!
Here is the easel card that I created:

I had the front door background stamp that I got from Magnolia-licious and my adorable trick or treators are from Whimy Stamps.  These digital images were created by the very talented artist Chrissy Armstrong.  My sentiment is computer generated. Don't you just love that checkerboard border punch?  That is an EK Success punch - LOVE IT!

Here are a few more pics:

These kids are just tooo cute!! ;)  I will enter this card at the following challenges:

The Creative Cottage Challenge - Halloween
Crafty Cardmakers - fancy folds
One Stitch At A Time - use your digi stamps
My Grafico - anything goes
Challenge up your Life - autumn (halloween reminds me of autumn)

I hope you can play along with us this week at Crazy 4 Challenges. I'll be looking for you! ;)

October Whimsy Digital Blog Hop

It's time for the October Whimsy Digital blog hop!  If you came from Danni's blog then you're in the right place.  Otherwise, please start at the beginning at the Whimsy Inspirations Blog.  You want to make sure to comment at every stop on the hop for your chance to win some awesome prizes. There will be 3 chances to win. So here is the stair-step card I created for the hop today:

I found this haunted house image on the net and used these adorable Meljen images as my trick or treators.  Do you think they'll stop to trick or treat at this house?  I certainly wouldn't - too spoooooky and I'm a big chicken! LOL!  That fun GONE HAUNTING sign is from Raindrop Echo Designs' Halloween sentiments release and can also be found at Whimsy Stamps.

My family and I love watching the Charlie Brown Halloween classic, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."  Don't these guys look just like some of the Peanut's gang?  Just need to add some extra  "eye holes" to one of the ghosts. ;)

These digital images and more have been released today.  So hurry on over and pick some out.  This blog hop will remain open from 12 noon EST  Friday 15th October and will close on Friday 22nd October  at 12 noon EST.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

The Creative Cottage Challenge - Halloween
Papertake Weekly Challenge - 3 of something (I used 3 bats)
Crafty Cardmakers - fancy folds
Cupcake Craft Challenge - scary creatures
Lexi's Creations - spooky
I Did It - spooky
One Stitch At A Time - use your digi stamps
My Grafico - anything goes
Challenge up your Life - autumn (halloween reminds me of autumn)

Thanks for stopping buy today and for any comments you might leave. I enjoy reading them so much!  Your next stop on the hop is my friend Domi.