Burst of Colors

Hello Everyone and Happy Tuesday! Today is my second Peachy Keen GD day. First I want to say a huge thank you to all of you who left me such nice and lovely comments yesterday! You guys really made my day! :-D Today it's challenge day at Peachy Keen Challenges , a sketch challenge with a twist! To read all details about the challenge and how to enter please click HERE Onto my my challenge creation now for which I used my absolutely favorite stamp from PK 'Sleeping Teddy' When I first saw this cutie I fell instantly in love with him...LOL.  I colored again with Copics and Prismas. The DP I used is from Echo Park, For the Record collection. The decorative corner is cut out with a Marianne Design die. I used kraft cardstock and sponged it with Walnut Stain Distress Ink (that's also the 'twist' on the sketch challenge!). For some bling I've added Stickles to the corner and on the image as well as the flowers. Brad and rhinestone swirls are from Recol...

  Hello all and Happy Memorial Day for those in the US. This week it's my turn as a GD at Peachy Keen . It's an honor to be invited to a full GDT week at the Peachy Keen blog . Thanks a lot for this great opportunity! :-) For my card today I used this super adorable Peachy Keen "Happy Bird and phrases" stamp. I colored using Copics and Prisma pencils to deepen the shadows.DP is from Nitwitt, Flowers are Prima, Petaloo & my stash. The charm I found at Tuesday Morning and the ribbon is from my stash and Carolyn's Cards & Things . Sentiment is from Whimsy . A close-up on the image Now on to the sweet stuff ;-) I also have a yummy candy for you! You can win this: PK-229 Funny Flowers What you have to do: *** Leave a comment here on my blog and at the Peachy Keen blog   on all five days of my GDT week! *** Also enter your name in the linky gadget below.  I will randomly choose a winner from the inlinkz entries but will check if you left ...

Hello All & Happy Sunday! Unfortunately my Whimsy Wednesday Giveaway from last week was not claimed. I had to re-draw the winner and the new randomly chosen winner is: No. 19 - Chrissy Congratulations hun! :-) Please contact me with your shipping info at cocoacrafts(at)gmail(dot)com! You have until Wednesday 12 noon EST to contact me! Have a wonderful day! Hugs,

Hello my blogging friends and Happy Holiday Weekend for the ones of you that live in the US! Finally I had time to finish my card. I used Hockey Girl from Whimsy's Kenny K Collection. This stamp is available HERE . I did not use any DP this time. Well very unusual for me as I am a huge DP lover..LOL! Instead I used Whimsy's Street Art background stamp from Raindrop Echo Designs and embossed the violet card stock. I think these two stamps are just perfect together! I colored with Copics and also used my Copic airbrush system for the background. Sentiment is from the Magical Mini Letter Seals available HERE . The white gauze I used is actually cheese cloth which I got from Walmart. I saw it the first time used on my super talented DT sister Minna 's blog. She uses it a lot on her fabulous cards and I got inspired to try it on my cards as well :-) For a little bling I've added rhinestones to the gauze. Ribbon is from my stash and flowers are from Petaloo and Prima . ...

Hi Everyone , hope you're all doing alright! Unfortunately I could not finish my card for today as I had planned yesterday. I have to postpone it to tomorrow. We were still busy getting our new grass sod laid down. With the temp's in the 90's right now we had to work quickly before the grass starts withering on the pallets. Now we are done and everything looks nice and green again, yeah! :-) Just needs looooooots of watering. I'm so hoping for some long needed rain..... I have drawn the winner of my Whimsy Meljens Wednesday Giveaway Winner ! And without further ado the winner of one surprise Meljens rubber stamp is: Kleeblatt (As always I used random.org to draw the winner!) Congratulatiosn sweetie! Herzlichen Glueckwunsch! Please contact me with your shipping info at cocoacrafts(at)gmail(dot)com. You have until Saturday 10am EST to claim your prize. Otherwise I have to re-draw a winner. Have a wonderful day! Hugs,

Hello Friends, Happy Hump-Day!! As always on the 4th Wednesday of a month it's time for my Whimsy Meljens Giveaway . I'm having the honor of giving away 1 surprise stamp from ' Whimsy's Meljens Designs Collection ' . Kindly sponsored by Denise from Whimsy Stamps . All you have to do to be eligible for the prize draw is enter your name below in the linky gadget. That's it! Easy peasy isn't it? So come and play along!  But remember, the candy is only open for 24 hours! So better be quick and put your name in right away Let all your blogging friends know about it, but this is not a must! I'll draw a winner tomorrow afternoon and announce it here on my blog together with my weekly Whimsy DT project! Good luck to all who enter! Hugs,  

  Hello Friends! Happy Monday and welcome to a new BnW challenge ! This fortnight it's my turn to host our BnW challenge . I thought I make it real easy for you, Anything Goes! is the theme I picked. I hope you all like to enter. Start creating what ever you want! No matter if it is a card, tag, bookmark, altered item, LO, stamped T-shirt etc. Everything counts! Just keep in mind you must be using one of Elisabeth Bell's designs! You have time until June 5th, 6pm European time to enter your creation. Winners will be announced shortly before our new challenge starts. And here is my challenge creation. I used the cute Sweet Art Girl stamp 'Giddyup Horsey'     I got inspired by my incredibly talented Whimsy DT sister Beate with the shape of my card. She makes the most incredible cards! I colored the cute SweetArt Girls image with Copics and Prisma Pencils. Sentiment is from Whimsy . The card shape is cut out using Spellbinders labels 8. Thanks for stopping ...

Hello Everyone and welcome to another stop of the fabulous SCACD New Release Blog Hop - Natural Beauty Collection by Carmen Medlin . If you came here from wonderful Rowena's blog you are on the right track! If not please go back to the SCACD store blog to start from the beginning. There you'll also find the complete blog hop list and all the details regarding the hop! I'm thrilled and honored that Susana asked me again to participate in one of her awesome new release hops! Thanks Susana :-)!  The stamps are available as of today and you can start ordering right away. Here is a link to the new collection Natural Beauty Collection For my blog hop creation I used 'Sweet Water Babies'. Isn't she just a beauty? I love mermaids :-D I colored her using Copics and Prismas. The DP is from MME Stella Rose - Hazel collection and also available at Susana's store. Border Punch is an EK Sucess punch and the branch die is from Marianne Design. Charm and r...

 Hello Friends & welcome to the Whimsy Stamps May new rubber release BLOG HOP! We have 18 fabulous new Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new wonderful dies to show you today! These new goodies 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 - Beate Johns , Deb Routledge , Jacque Beddingfield , Deb Mitchell and Elaine Hughes . The Whimsy Stamps DT have been sneak peeking these fabulous stamps for the past 5 days, so if you missed them be sure to hop on over to the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for some more inspiration! Here is a full list of the wonderful new rubber stamps and dies being released today: 5 stamps from Crissy Armstrong Baby of Mine ~ Mystic ~ Thunder Lizzy ~ Wee Snippet ~ Wee Snippet & Mystic 4 stamps from Meljen's Designs Birthday Cake Mouse ~ Birthday Cup Mouse ~ Gruffy Little Gnome ~ Happy Little Gnome 4 stamps from Kenny K Deva...

Hi All and Happy Sneak Peek Day 5! This is the last sneak peek day before the huge Whimsy May release on Wednesday.   Today it's the DT's choice what stamps to show and I picked one of the new Kenny K's , called 'Super Mom'. Again colored with Copics and Prisma Pencils. The circle sentiment is from the soon to be released 'Magical Mini Letter Seals' designed by Raindrop Echo Designs. The cherry blossoms are Whimsy Buds (pink) and from my stash. The Pale Blue Crystal Stems are also available at Whimsy in the Paper Crafting Embellishments  section of the store. DP is from an older Basic Grey collection (Gypsy). Border punch is from EK Success.   Please make sure to visit all my participating DT sisters blogs for more fabulous sneaks! Ann Vento Debbie Eastman Iris Wiechmann Erin Bailey Jackie Randolph Minna Paajanen Beate Johns Vicki Parson Sylvia Blum Chris Olsen Simonne Clay Pattie Goldman Annika Ryan Melissa Cross Ok and then ple...

Happy Sneak Peek Day 4! Today it's 'Meljens' day at Whimsy . The DT is showcasing the new rubber stamps from Meljens Designs available May 18th. For my sneak peek creation today I used one of my favorites from the new collection called 'Gruffy Little Gnome' . I'm just into all things magical like gnomes, fairies, pixies etc. I just love his grumpy look...lol! I colored him with Copics and Prisma pencil. The sentiment is from the soon to be released 'Film Strip Sentiments' and cut out with the new matching 'Film Strip Die' . The circle sentiment is from a set called 'PartyMini Letter Seals' and already available at Whimsy . DP is from Basic Grey. I decorated the inside to match the outside. Thanks for visiting me here today and I'll post my next sneak peek here tomorrow.To see a list of all the blogs participating in the daily sneak peeks please visit the Whimsy Inspirational Blog .   Hugs,    

Hello everyone and welcome to Whimsy's Sneak Peek Day 2! Today we are showing sneak peeks from the new Crissy Armstrong Collection, available through Whimsy on May 18th! I made a baby gift box with an attached easel card on top. This is going to be part of a gift for a very special friend of mine. Hope she likes it. I also went a little wild with my photos today, I took a lot so be prepared for a longer posting ;-) -please click on the pictures for larger view- This new and soon to be released stamp is called 'Baby of Mine' from Crissy Armstrong . It is so super cute and I was in love with it from the first time I had a glimpse at it :-) I colored it using Copics and Prisma pencils to deepen the shadows. I also airbrushed around the image and text. DP is from the new Basic Grey paper collection 'Sweet Threads'. The circle sentiment 'Sweet Addition' is from the 'Welcome Baby Sentiments' also available May 18th. From the same sentiment set is...