Burst of Colors

Happy Tuesday all! I know I'm a day late with my posting for our Belles 'n Whistles Challenge but better late than never, right? ;-)  Our wonderful Elise is the host this time and she challenges us to use our favorite Elisabeth Bell stamp . Sounds easy, huh? Haaaa but it was quite difficult to choose as they are ALL so super cute. I decided to go with Belinda with Teddy . I love her beautiful face and this stamp is also so versatile. Check out our challenge blog HERE to see the Christmas card version my lovely DT sister Kathrin made using the same stamp. I also have to re-draw my Candy winner as the prize was not claimed yet. Scroll down to the end of the posting to see the new winner Ok onto my challenge card now... I colored sweet Bellinda with Copics. DP is Basic Grey 'Kioshi'. To cut my card base I used my Cricut. Other punches and dies used are Spellbinders and EK Success. The flower is from Whimsy and the ribbon, rhinestones and button are fr...

Hello Everyone and sorry for being that late with posting my winner today! I had lots of errands to run and just came home. Well, I promised I'll announce the winner today and it still is Thursday here (and this for over another 4 hours...LOL) ;-) Ok and now without further ado....my randomly chosen winner of my secret birthday candy is..... .........TADAAAAAAAAAA No. 22 Sharon Peele Edited to add the photo - finally *sigh* And here's the candy: Included is: 1 x Whimsy Autumn Letter Seals 1x Belles 'n Whistles 'Belinda with Teddy' from the SweetArt Girls Collection 1 x satin ribbon 1 x lace 1x small border punch different buttons different rhinestones 1 x bag mixed embellishments paper doilies mixed paper flowers and 40 6x6 inch sheets of DP from Recollections 'Sugar Plums' pad (20 different designs 2 of each, includes glitter paper!) Congrats sweetie! Please contact me at cocoacrafts (at) gmail (dot) com with your shipp...

***** Candy winner will be announced tomorrow ***** Hello Everyone! Today's the day! Whimsy Stamps is releasing 6 new Wee Stamps for Whimsy Stamps today and these new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. So the wait is finally over and you can go and get your favorites :-) There is also a BLOG HOP today to celebrate the release ! The hop starts today (Wednesday October 5th at noon EST) and ends on Tuesday October 11th at noon EST. For all the details on the hop please visit the Whimsy Inspirational Blog! I'm not participating in the hop this time, I've been busy creating for our new Magazine ;-). But I was able to whip up a card last night pretty quick with one of the Wee cuties available today in rubber! So I can at least join the celebration :-) I used 'Silver Fairy' and colored her with Copics. The style is pretty clean and simple this time due to time is...

Hello Friends and Happy Sunday! We here at Whimsy are super excited to announce that from October, Whimsy Stamps will be releasing Sylvia Zet's adorable Wee Collection exclusively in Whimsy rubber! Whimsy Stamps will be releasing six Wee Stamps for Whimsy Stamps rubber stamps this month on 5. October: Autumn Happiness ~ Rose's Bike Ride ~ Silver Fairy ~ Sweet Blossom ~ Wee Suzi ~ Winter Fairy The Whimsy Stamps DT are going to be sharing some fabulous sneak peeks of these darling stamps over the next 3 days in the lead up to their release on Wednesday 5. October! We will be holding a fantastic BLOG HOP on 5. October to celebrate the new release, so be sure to join us then as we will be giving away the entire release to one lucky hopper as well as having a few secret prize draws scattered throughout the hop. To take a peek at today's amazing sneak peek projects, please visit the Whimsy Inspirational Blog for a list of participating blogs...

Hello all! I hope you all had a fab weekend and are ready for our new Belles 'n Whistles challenge starting today! It's my turn to host the challenge and I thought I let you decide what colors you want to use... Pick your Favorite Color / Color Combination is our theme this time! Use one color or several, whatever your favorite is! Looking forward to see all the beautiful color combinations! And here is my challenge creation. I decided to go with a brown-black combo for my 'spooktacular' card.  The sweet image is called Little Witch with Broom and available in the Belles 'n Whistles store. The cute little witch is colored using Copics. DP is from an older MME collection I found in my stash. The spiderweb is created using a Memory Box die. Sentiment is a stamp I found at Michales in the $1 bin. All other embellies are from my stash.   Thanks for visiting me today and hope to see you over at our  Belles 'n Whistles challenge blog...

Hello Everyone! Happy Sunday and welcome to our LHO challenge 34 . Today we want to see something round shaped, so our theme is: Round . For all the challenge details and how to enter please visit our challenge blog HERE. For my challenge creation I used this cute hAnglar boy winter image. To fit the theme I used several circle shapes on my card. DP is from Memory Box 'Spiceberry' collection. Copics were used for coloring the image. Sentiment is from Catslife Press. Dies used: Spellbinders, Memory Box Snowyville Border, Magnolia swirls and leaf die. Flowers are Whimsy buds and from my stash. The shadow around the image is done using Prismacolor pencils. Looking forward seeing your entries over at our challenge blog ! Happy crafting and thanks for stopping by! Little reminder: My birthday candy is still open to enter until September 30th. Click HERE to enter!

Hi all! On September 14th Whimsy released fabulous new rubber stamps and dies.Over the past week the Whimsy Stamps DT and Whimsy Special Guests have been showcasing these awesome new goodies, and each day was held a 24hr mini blog hop where you could enter to win a prize! So without further ado, the lucky winners are chosen! Please visit the Whimsy Inspirational Blog to see if you are one of them! But there are more exciting news....... We are delighted to announce that we are releasing a Whimsy Inspirations Mini Magazine today that focuses on the new release stamps!! Here's a little teaser for you.... click on the picture to go to the magazine and see my whole project! Finally, you still have a few more hours to take advantage of the fabulous Whimsy Stamps   10% discount on all new release stamps and die special offer. There is no need to enter any code when checking out as the 10% discount has already been applied. This special discount expires at...

Happy Tuesday stamping friends! How cute is this little fella balancing all his gifts!? One of my fav Christmas images from LOTV, not a new one but still oh so cute! I made a different card shape this time, a funky fold card. Coloring is done with Copics and DP is from Basic Greys new 'Nordic Holiday' collection. Sentiment is from Whimsy's Holiday Ticket Sentiment Stamp Set. Snowflake dies are from Spellbinders (Create a Flake 1 & 3) and the Holly Swirl die is from Memory Box. Cherry Blossom is a Whimsy Bud and the mulberry paper aster I got from ebay. To make the image pop I used different Stickles and Spica Glitter pens. Here you can see the 'funky fold' from the side. A few reminders: My surprise Birthday Candy is still open **** click here to enter **** ************   Two more days where the Whimsy Stamps DT will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and shapeology die with a daily mini blog hop . For...

Happy Saturday Everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your weekend! My card for today is one of my creations which were published in the last Whimsy Inspirational Magazine Issue 2 in August. The cute mermaid stamp is by Crissy Armstrong, called ' Journey into the Sea' and was released by Whimsy in August. I stamped onto kraft card stock and coloring was done using Prismacolor Pencils, no blending medium was used. The sentiment is from the Whimsy Vintage Transportation sentiment set by Raindrop Echo Designs . DP is from Basic Grey ‘Lauderdale’ collection. The flourish die is from the Whimsy Shapeology collection. Here's a close-up on the image and you can see the background shimmering golden. I used some gold metallic rub-on to get a shimmering gold effect for the background. It's just hard to see on the photo. This picture was still taken with my old camera.  **************************** REMINDER: On Wednesday (Sept 14th), Whimsy ...

  Welcome to Whimsy Stamps September rubber stamp and die RELEASE DAY ! Whimsy Stamps have released 15 fabulous new rubber stamps and one wonderful new Shapeology die today.   These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. From today until September 20th, the Whimsy DT and Whimsy Special Guests will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and shapeology die with a daily mini blog hop . Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by ensuring you leave a comment on every blog listed for that day. To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 11.00am EST tomorrow morning . All winners will be announced here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12noon on September 21st. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations by the Desig...