Burst of Colors

Welcome to Day 2 of our ...  September Rubber Stamp and Die Release Yesterday and over the next 2 days we will showcase 19*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets, 3 new Clearly Whimsy clear sets, and 3 Shapeology Die Sets . All of these new products are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers.  Today I am able to show you again 2 creations, one made with the new clear sets and on the other is made using a new rubber stamp On my first card I used the adorable Christmas Bunny Stockings stamp from the Crissy Armstrong collection. I used quite bright and not so typical Christmmas colors and also kept the card clean and simple. The die used is the new Merry Large Word die. I colored with my Copics and the papers are from Bo Bunny / Candy Cane Lane Collection. The second card is even simpler than the first. Again quite a bright turquoise was used for this one layer card. The Merry L...

Welcome to Day 1 of our ... September Rubber Stamp and Die Release Over the next 2 days we will showcase 19*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets, 3 new Clearly Whimsy clear sets, and 3 Shapeology Die Sets . All of these new products are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers.  I am happy to show you 2 creations today. One I made with one of the new clear sets and on the other I used one of the new rubber stamps :-) This is Emi and Giant Pumpkin from the Lizzy Love Collection . I colored her using Copics and the outline is done with Pitt Pastel Pencils. I also used the Large Leafy Floursih Die.  The papres are from and older MME collection called Spider Web. To embellish I've added ribbon, flowers and rhinestone swirls.  Here's my second card in a CAS style using the *NEW* Funky Christmas Tree die , Basic Christmas Border Backgrounds and a sentiment from the Oh Christ...

Hi Everyone & Happy Saturday!   Here is my GDT card for the PaperNestDolls using Country Girl Ellie . Oh I just love Ellie holding that little piglet, just too adorable! :-)    I colored her using Copics and Faber Castell Pit Pastell Pencils. I had so much fun coloring this adorable image. I'll have two more GD cards to show you through out the month of September. Thanks so much for having me Christine! Have a great weekend all! Luv 'n hugs,

Hello everyone! Ummm I know it's been a while since my last posting but I took a much needed break to enjoy summertime. Hope you all are doing well out there. I'm back today with a Whimsy creation o share..... The cute image was colored with Copics and is from Whimsy's Lizzy Love collection called "Sally Hangs Her Herat on a String". I also used the large word die "Love" from the Shapeology collection. Copics used: Skin: E50, E43, E53, E93, BV02 Hair: B41, C5, C7, C9 Eyes: B63, B66 Pink:RV19, RV55, RV52, RV00 Turquoise: BG18, BG57, BG53, BG000 Hugs and have a fab Thursday everyone!

Welcome to Day 1 of our ... June Rubber Stamp and Die Release Over the next 3 days we will reveal  19*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets  and 1 word Die   They will be available to buy from the  Whimsy Stamps store  and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday. Today we are excited to show you the brand new  Crissy Armstrong, Time for Tea Designs, Lizzy Love ,  stamps and dies being released this month. For a full reveal of all the the stamps and die please visit the Whimsy blog. For my card today I used 'Make a Splash Duck' by Crissy Armstrong: I colored this cutie pie with Copics and cut him out using Whimsy's Stitched Circles Die Set . The sentiment is from the *New* Simple Sayings Postage Stamps       PRIZE ALERT ...   We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop!  We will draw the lucky winner from t...

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps May Rubber Release Blog Hop   The DT  have been sharing some amazing creations made with the new stamps over the last couple of days, and today we are celebrating their release with a  GRAND BLOG HOP !The hop starts today (Wednesday May 20th at 12.00PM noon ET) and ends on Friday, May 22nd at 12:00pm noon ET My card today shows "Dolly" an image by Wee Stamps "Dolly" was colored with alcohol markers. Papers are from Basic Grey's "Picadilly" line.  I used the large word die 'Cupcake' and the 'Stitched Border Die Trio' One lucky hopper will win  a $25 gift certificate!  To enter the draw, simply  leave a comment at EVERY stop along the hop   by 12.00pm noon on Friday May 22nd. Please visit the Whimsy Inspirational blog to check out the stamps from this release. The entire new release is available to buy from the  Whimsy Stamps  store  RIGHT NOW! ...

Welcome to Day 2 of our ... May Rubber Stamp and Die Release Over the next 3 days we will reveal  18 *BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets  and 3 Die Sets . They will be available to buy from the  Whimsy Stamps store  and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday. Today we are excited to show you the brand new  Art by Mi Ran and Krista Heij-Barber, Wee Stamps, Meljen Designs  stamps. To see a full reveal of all the stamps please visit the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Blog HERE. For my sneak peek card today I chose Meljens 'Flowers in my Pocket' stamp: I went with a CAS style and the cute image was colored using alcohol markers. The following Shapeology dies were used: Stitched Circles Die Set and Corner Dies Set.       Here is a close-up on the image : Markers used: Pink (Copic): RV00, RV52, RV55, R56 Blue-Flowers (Copic): B00, B000 Yellow-Flowers& Bac...

Hello Everyone! This weeks challenge at the LaLa Land Crafts Challenge blog  is "Fussy Cutting" - please see the blog for some inspirational photos. For all the details about the challenge and how to participate please also visit the La La Land Crafts blog. For my GDT creation this week I used LaLa Land Crafts Baby Marci: I cut out the image (something I rarely do) and used more intricate dies to comply with the challenge theme. Dies used: Heart Scroll Corners Die,  Stitched Ribbon Die  Heart Doily Border Die .  The sentiment is included with the stamp . Copics: Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20 Cloth: C5, C3, C1, C0 B91, B93, B95, B97, B99 Pacifier: Y19, Y15, Y11 G20, G21, G24, G28 Bunny: E49, E44, E42, E41 Bottle: E23, E21, E00 G24, G21, G20, BG000, Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like to join us for the La La Land Crafts Challenge - Fussy Cutting.   Looking forward to seeing your creations! Hugs, ...

Hello All and a Very Happy Monday ..it's the time of the week again...challenge time at  La La Land Crafts ! This weeks challenge is "A Color Inspiration" - please see the blog for some inspirational photos. For all the details about the challenge and how to participate please also visit the La La Land Crafts blog. For my GDT creation this week I used LaLa Land Crafts dies only.  Dies used: Heart Scroll Corners Die Set , Topiary Die Set ,  Tall Birdhouses Die Set ,  Love To Garden Die Set , Stitched Ribbon Die    Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like to join us for the La La Land Crafts Challenge - Color Inspiration.   Looking forward to seeing your creations! Hugs,

Hello Everyone and Happy Mothers Day Weekend! Today I have a card to share using Super Girl from Whimsy's Krista Heij-Barber Collection. This is an almost one layer card...lol. I colored Super Girl with Copics and the outline is done with Sennelier water colors. The die cut stars are made using the Pierced Stacking Star die. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely Mothers Day  Hugs,

Hello All and a Very Happy Monday ..it's the time of the week again...challegen time at  La La Land Crafts ! Wow times flies - that's what Marci thinks too ;-) - we are in May already, isn't that crazy??   This weeks challenge is "For a Special Lady" - perfect also for a mothers day card ;-) For all the details about the challenge and how to participate please visit the La La Land Crafts blog.  For my GDT creation this week I used the adorable Time Flies Marci : I colored Time Flies Marci using Copics. For a list of colors used please scroll down to the next picture. I've also used the Steampunk Border die , Tall Birdhouses   and Topiary Die set. The sentiment is one of the 2 sentiments which are included with the image stamp. Copic colors used: Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20 Hair: Y00, Y21, E21, Y28, E25 Violoett: BV00, BV02, BV04, BV08 Gold: Y00, Y11, Y15, YR23, YR24, Brown: E33, E35, E47, E08, R05,...

Hello Everyone! Hope you all are having a great weekend! Today I want to show a card I made using 'Baseball Love' by Time for Tea Designs from Whimsy Stamps . She's been colored using Copics. Here are the colors I've used: Skin E000, E00, E04, E11, R20 - Hair E21, E25, E29 - Cloth R81, R83, R85, R89 - BV08, BV04, BV02, BV02, BV01, BV00, BV000 - Eyes YG09, YG05, YG67 The sentiment is from the Say it Big sentiment set . Papers are from a retired Whimsy paper pad. Here's a close-up: And here's the artsy shot Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Sunday! Hugs,