Burst of Colors

Hello All! Thanks to all of you who entered the Whimsy Meljens Wednesday Giveaway! I'll keep it super short today. I just drew the winner and here we go........ Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 3 Timestamp: 2011-07-28 18:36:55 UTC Lucky number 3 - Ilona Congratulations hun! Please contact me with your shipping info at cocoacrafts(at)gmail(dot)com. You have until Sunday noon to claim your prize! Thanks for entering and visiting my blog! See you all next week when I'm back with new creations! Hugs,

Hello Everyone and Happy Hump-Day! It's the last Wednesday of the month and time for my Whimsy Meljens Wednesday Giveaway! Sorry another posting where I have no project to share but I'm taking a little break this week. Needed a little time off for enjoying Summertime and to work on some other projects. I'll be back next week with new stuff :-) Ok but before I go on with the Wednesday giveaway I like to announce the Whimsy Grand Prize Winner from our July Rubber Release Blog Hop! Woohoo...drum roll please........ the winner is: Aartje You just won the following stamps: Victory Kid, Boogie Down & Spy Chick along with Adventure Mini Postage Stamps and Vintage Bottle Labels Congratulations sweetie! Please contact me with your shipping information at: cocoacrafts(at)gmail(dot)com. You have a week from today to contact me. If the prize is not claimed until then I'll re-draw the winner.  *************************** And now the Whimsy Wedn...

Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Today I have now card or project to share but some exciting news for Belles 'n Whistles as well as for Whimsy Stamps! Belles 'n Whistles News! There is a new release coming very soon and how about we shake things up a bit?!   We thought that we would invite you all to hop in and get involved .   What could be more fun?  Trust me, you won't want to miss this. Prizes, fun, and a new release are all a part of the fun. You're Invited to join us on August 8th, 2011, for our very first "All Customer Blog Hop" If you would like to be a participant, please visit our Inspirational Blog HERE for all the details and how to enter your name! You will have until Friday, August 5th, 2011, to sign up. Needless to say that there willl be prizes too!!!!! We will have a TOP 3 with the number 1 spot being the "Grand Prize Winner"!  The Grand Prize Winner will receive the Entire Release ! 2nd Plac...

Hello Whimsy Fans and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps July rubber release BLOG HOP! The Whimsy July rubber release happened last week on July 13th, but today we are hosting our blog hop to showcase the 9 fabulous new rubber stamps and 2 new Shapeology metal dies now available at Whimsy Stamps ! These new goodies are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favorites. We also have our wonderful special guests joining us for this hop - Deb Routledge , Elaine Hughes , Niki Estes and Zoe McGrath . The Whimsy Stamps DT have been showcasing these fabulous stamps for the past 6 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 July release rubber stamps and dies: 5 stamps from Kenny K Boogie Down ~ Holla Back Girl ~ Hot Weave ~ Spy Chick ~ Victory Kid 4 stamps/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs A Touch of Elegance ~ Adventure Mini Postag...

Happy Monday and welcome to a new fortnightly BnW Challenge ! This time our super talented Lils is the host and she wants us to use "Complimentary Colors". Simply explained that means use a pair of colors that are opposite on the color wheel, e.g. red and green.   For my DT creation I chose the colors blue and orange together with the cute 'Sweet Dreams' image from the 'Forever Young' collection. I stamped the image onto iridescent cryogen white paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the cutie using my Copics. The sentiment is from Whimsy ( this is one of the free sentiments Denise adds to orders). The leave flourish is from Cheery Lynne Designs and the border punch is a MS punch. All other embellies are from my stash. Copic colors used are:  B 000-00-01-04-06; YR 0000-000-00-12-15-18; E 50-31-25 (Hair); E 000-00-01-11 (Skin). For shadows and to tone the colors down a bit I used: T 0-1-3 and W 00-0-1-2-3-5 Thanks fo...

Happy Sunday Stamping Friends! Today starts a new fortnightly lovely-hAnglar-only challenge with the theme 'Embossing'. No matter if you prefer heat embossing, embossing with folders and your die cutting machines or love to emboss using stencils and a hand embossing tool. We want to see some embossing on you projects. I did something different today. I used this sweet hAnglar girl, stamped it with pink pigment ink and heat embossed using 2 different embossing powders. I used a pink - was a little too pink for my liking - and mixed it with a burgundy colored embossing powder. I like the sprinkled look it has now. And I decided not to color the image for a change. I wanted the embossing to stand out. I also did some dry embossing using a Cuttlebug folder. DP is from Basic Grey, sentiment from Whimsy and all other embellies from my stash. Please visit my fellow DT sisters blogs for their embossing creations and I hope to see you over at our lovely-hAnglar-o...

Hello friends and welcome to my Whimsy New Rubber Release Showcasing Day 1. The card I made for today is a bit different from my usual style. It's clean and simple (at least for me) and mostly black and white. The stamp is one from the new Vintage Transportation Sentiment Set designed by Ann from Raindrop Echo Designs. When I first saw this set I knew instantly what I wanted to do with it. It just asked to be embossed...lol. And that's what I did. I stamped it with clear embossing ink onto white cardstock and embossed it using black ultra fine embossing powder. The DP I used is from MME 'MeadowLark'. I kept everything clean & simple and black & white and added an eye-catcher and contrast with the red satin ribbon. Please stop by at the Whimsy Inspirational blog (12 noon) to see who's showcasing the new stamps today and then please visit the designers blogs to see more details of their creations. Have a great day!

Hello everyone and Happy Wednesday! Today is an exciting day here at Whimsy Stamps because it's ... rubber stamp and die RELEASE DAY! This month we are doing things a little differently - we are releasing the stamps and dies a whole week before our new release blog hop! So that means... the July New Release rubber stamps and dies   are available to buy RIGHT NOW from the Whimsy Stamps store ! Yippee!! We are going to be holding a fabulous new release BLOG HOP on July 20th , when we will have our usual plethora of prizes, special guests, and lots of amazing creations from our DT. From today until July 19th, the DT are going to be showcasing this month's new release stamps and dies in the lead up to our BLOG HOP on July 20th, so be sure to stop by our blogs to see what we've created. Here is a list of the new stamps, sentiment sets and dies we have released today: 5 new Kenny K rubber stamps Boogie Down ~ Holla Back Girl ~ Hot Weave ~ Spy Chick ~...

Happy 4th of July for all of you in the US! A new BnW challenge is starting today. Audhild is our host this fortnight and she wants to see  Flowers and Pearls on your creations. Looks like this is going to be my week of bookmarks ;-) I made another one for this challenge. I used the colors red, white and blue in honor of the 4th of July today! The image is "A blossom for you" from the SweetArt Girls and I colored using my Copics. Thanks for visiting me today and have a good week! Hugs,