Whimsy Stamps November Rubber Stamp and Die Release Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Whimsy Stamps ...

November 2014 Release
 

I am thrilled to join Whimsy Stamps as a guest designer this week to help showcase their November release!

This week Whimsy is releasing 19 *BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/ stamp sets and 4 *BRAND NEW* coordinating die/die sets, and they will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers TOMORROW. Whimsy is thrilled to welcome Olivia Marmara, Lizzy Smith, Mi Ran and Crissy Armstrong as Guest Designers for this release.

 

 

 

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 the comments left on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop to be entered into the draw.

 

Today we are excited to show you the brand new Crissy Armstrong and Elisabeth Bell stamps being released this month. For a full reveal of these stamps, hop on over to the Whimsy blog!

For today's project, I inked up Candy’s Christmas Candle by Elisabeth Bell.  Isn't she just the sweetest image! I went with the classic Christmas colors for this image as I colored it with my Copics and used an assortment of papers from my Christmas paper stash. I also get to use one of the great new Dies being release as well called Stocking Border Die on the interior of the card.

 

 

 

 Now it's time for you to continue today's hop! Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a gift certificate:

 

Debbie Eastman

Olivia Marmara (GDT)

Shannah Bartle

Jacque Beddingfield

Lizzy Smith (GDT)

Shelby Thomas

Crissy Armstrong (GDT)

Bev Rochester
 

 

And be sure to visit the Whimsy blog again tomorrow for the release day grand hop! Thanks so much for visiting today. Happy hopping!

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

It is time for a new challenges over at Crafty Sentiments and this week the challenge is one of favs.... 

 

 

Make it Sparkle

 

Now I love to add some type of sparkle or bling to my cards so this one was pretty easy for me. I decided to showcase one of the adorable fairies from the Lollipop Dreams collection called Petal Fairy

 

 

 

 

I adore so many of the new Lollipop Dreams stamps and this one is no exception. As always I colored with my Copics and then went Stickle happy for the rest of it.

 

I hope to see may sparkly creations in this next challenge.

 

I will also be entering this one into a few challenges:

 

Crafting from the Heart-Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion-Bright and Sparkly  

MarkerPop-Anything Goes

 Loves Rubberstamps-Anything Goes

Copic Marker Spain-Anything Goes

The Sisters of Craft-Anything Goes

 

 

 

 

Sweet Pea Stamps-Poinsetta Fairy

This week for Sweet Pea Stamps I decided to showcase one of the images from Ching Chou Kuik called Poinsetta Fairy.

 

I have always adored this image and love using it for Christmas card.

 

 

I  colored the image with my Copics and tried a new hair recipe I really like and actually wrote it down lol.

Hair: E47,E57,E43,E53
Skin: E11,E00,E000, R20
Flowers: R29,27,24
Dress:G09,7.5
Wings:G02,G00

I will also be entering this card into a few challenges:

Crafty Blogger Network-Anything Christmas
Paper Minutes-Christmas and Red
Christmas Card Challenge-Anything Goes Christmas
Allsorts Challenge-Christmas
Hiding in my Craft Room-Any Holiday
Ching-Chou Challenge-Anything Goes

Featured Artist @ Sweet Pea Stamps-Helena Reis

Since I still have Halloween on the brain, I thought this adorable image from Helena Reis called Trick or Treat.  The paper is from my stash of Halloween papers. I used a variety of Copics to color this one up. 

Our lovely Lynette from Sweet Pea also gave us some sentiments to work with and thought this one was perfect for a Halloween theme card.  See sure to check out all the lovely images available from Helena at Sweet Pea Stamps.

Since this will most likely be my last Halloween Card for the season, I have decided to enter this one into a few challenges.

Shopping Our Stash-use Halloween colors
Crafty Boots-Fall or Halloween
Dream Valley Challenges-Halloween
Without Words-Boo (Halloween theme)
Sentimental Sundays-Too Cute to Spook
The Corrosive Challenge-Halloween
Pumpkin Spice-Halloween
Sweet Pea Stampers-Halloween
Fairytale Challenge-Happy Halloween

Crafty Sentiments Challenge-Use a Sentiment

It is time for another new challenge for Crafty Sentiments.

This week, new challenge is:

 

Use a sentiment,

(all you need is add a sentiment somewhere on your card/project)

The fantastic prize is the great stamp! Isn't it perfect for the upcoming holidays?

prize

Today I decided to use this stamp called Sing a Long.

 

I have decided I am more classic style with making my cards and I think I will embrace it instead of trying to get all embellishment happy here. I colored the image with my Copics and did it a bit different in which I tried to match the image to the paper (I usually do it backwards). I am also trying to perfect different skin shades.

 

Copic Combo:

 

Skin: E35,34,31,R32

Hair: E49,47,44

Outfit Blue: B97,95,93

Orange: YR07.04

Guitar: E57,55

 

So I hope to see your lovely creations in our challenge and check out the adorable stamps available over at Crafty Sentiments. I just posted the new sale info as well for those who love a bargain.

 

I will also be entering this one into the following challenges:

A Random Fan-Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door-Anything Goes

Loves Rubberstamps-Warm Colors

PPinkydolls Challenge-Anything Goes or Halloween

Paper Nest Dolls Challenge-Anything Goes

That Craft Place-Girly but no Pink (3rd entry)

Whimsy Stamps DT Call

Hey everyone,

I have always been a lover of the many designers over at Whimsy Stamps and was super excited to see they are having a DT call. I have always had a passion for using stamps over digis, especially rubber stamps and I have adored the artists past and present that have worked with Whimsy. I would be honored to use these fantastic stamps and dies as a designer.  So I am throwing my hat into the ring with a few cards I made this week.



The first one is from an adorable image from the Wee Collection by Sylvia Zet called Dandelion Girl. I colored her with my trusty Copics and used a variety of papers from my MME paper pads. Also used one of my punches to create the border trim.

 

 

Copics used were :

 

Skin: E15,13,11R20

Hair: E 49.47.44

Dress Green: G29,28,21,20

Orange: YR61,65

Dandelion: touch of C1

Sky: B0000,B00,B01

Can: C3,2,1

 

 

I also had time to use one of the fabulous Whimsy Stamps in the Little Cottage Collection by Elisabeth Bell.  This beauty is called Miss Chloe. 

 

Again I added a mish mash of papers from both Bo Bunny and Fancy Pants. I colored the images with my Copics. The sentiment came from one of my Whimsy Sentiment Stamp set called Everyday Notables Saying 4 which is such a handy set for your cards. I also did some sponging to add more color to the image itself.

 

Copic Recipe

 

Skin: E11,E00,E000, R20

Hair: E37,35,33,31

Dress/Flowers: B18,14,12

 

 

Best of luck to all who are entering and for my followers thanks for the well wishes. Here is the info if anyone else is looking for more info.

 

 

 

 

Zuri Artsy Crafty New Release

It is time for another new monthly release here at Zuri Artsy Crafty. This month Zuri has three new images for you.  Here is my new card with the image, Flora.  Isn't she a doll?

I  colored the image with my Copics and used one of my MME paper pads. Be sure to stop by our page to see all the wonderful creations made with the newest release.

Cupcake Thief Card

Today I created a birthday card for my daughter who birthday is next week. She is NOT a fan of pink and loves blues so that was the starting point for my inspiration. She also loves cupcakes too so this one was a no brainer.

 

I used paper from Fancy Pants Collection called Park Bench and I think I may finally be done with this pad (yes I did the unthinkable and used up a paper pad lol).

 

I colored the image with my Copics and used some ribbon trim I had in my stash as well. The sentiment is from my collection.

 

Skin: E11,E00,E000

Hair: E49.47.44

Dress: B02,01,00

Yellow: Y19,15,11

Grey: C5,3,1

 

 

I will be entering this one into the following challenges:

 

7 Kids College Fund-Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More-Make your Mark-Coloring

That Craft Place-Girly but no Pink

Penny's Paper Crafty-Anything goes

WordArt Wednesdays-Anything Goes

Stamping Bella-based on Sketch

Party Time Tuesday-Anything Goes

Crafting at the Weekends-Anything Goes

 

Variation Week @ Sweet Pea Stamps-Conie Fong Joy to the World

This week our team is showcasing one of the new Holidays inspired images by Conie Fong called, Joy to the World

 

This image struck me as a perfect classic Christmas card image and color scheme. I colored the image with my copics and used some paper from my Collection.

 

Be sure to stop by all this week to check out the brilliant work from my teammates

 

I will also be entering this one into the following challenges:

 

Deep Ocean Challenges-Christmas in October

Inky Chicks-Christmas

Party Time Tuesday-Anything Goes

Classy Cards-Polka Dot Christmas

My Perfect Life-Anything Christmas

We Do Doobadoo-Christmas

Delicious Doodles-Christmas in October 

Christmas Stampin All Year Long-Color Combo

 

 

 

 

 

Amanda Card

Mo Manning recent created an image in honor of Amanda Reed. She was a great cat lover and the proceeds from this image will go to support a local animal shelter in her area.

I just love how this image turned out so did keep my card to a minimal.  I used a sentiment from My Creative Time.  I used a number of colors to make the cats but did write down some of my combos

Skin: E11,E00,E000,R20
Hair: Y21,YR12,YR14,E15,E18
Blues: B04,B02,B01,B00
Yellows: Y15,13,11

I will be entering this one into a few challenges:

613 Avenue Create-Anything Goes w/CAS
That Craft Place-Girly but no Pink
Kit and Clowder-Anything Goes
Mos Digital Pencil-Amanda
Creative Moments-Anything Goes
WordArt Wednesday-Anything Goes

CC Designs Card

I recently saw that CC Design is having a DT call and I decided to give it a try.  I have always enjoyed a number of their image lines.  The card I decided to create is using this cutie of image called Birgitta

 

 

I used the sketch from Deconstructed Sketch and colored the image with my Copics. I also did one of my favorite techniques of paper piecing her clothes.  The paper is a mixture of Lawn Fawn and Simple Stories. 

Quick Creations-The Fox GDT Post

 

 

I was super honored to be asked to be a Guest DT member for Quick Creations. This month I am showcasing some of the fabulous paper and stamps available at the shop that I was fortunate enough to get to use.

 

 

 

I am so liking this new color hair combo I found and wanted to do some paper piecing on my project.
I used the paper set I used was Lawn Fawn-"Sweater Weather". I then colored this gorgeous stamp by DoCrafts from the Gorjuss Collection called "The Fox"  . I also used the leaves from the stamp set to make a small leaf border.

My color Recipe:

Hair: E47,E57,E43,E53
Skin: E21, E11,E00,E000,R20
Orange: YR07,04
Beige on tail: E43,42


I will also be entering this one into a few challenges:

Quick Creations-Fall/Halloween Project
7 Kids College Fund-Anything Goes
PaperTake Weekly-Anything Goes
Pininspirational Challenge-Anything Goes
Through the Craft Door-Anything Goes
Stamp and Create-Fall/Autumn
Fashionable Stamping-Anything Goes

Sweet Pea Stamps Inspiration-Copia

Hello everyone. Today I decided to showcase one of the newer artist to come to Sweet Pea Stamps. This image is Zoimar Lezama's Copia

 

As I am a great lovely of fall and the fall colors, I decided to create this piece in a more fallish color scheme.  I colored the image with my Copics as usually.

Be sure to stop by the store to check out the great image available from Sweet Pea stamps in Digital and in Rubber Stamps.

Crafty Sentiments-Anything Goes challenge

Good morning sweet crafters and welcome to our brand new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments .  

The prize:

Today I decided to use the stamp-Off to the Ball . I am really in love with so many of the images in the Lollipop Dreams Collection so be sure to go and check them out.

 

I was feeling the pink mood so decided to go that route. Use my classic combo

 

Hair: Y11,15,19

Skin: E11,E00,E000

Dress: R81,83,85

 

 

 

 

I will also be entering this card into a few challenges as well

:

 

Papertake Weekly-Anything goes

Loves Rubberstamps-Anything goes

The Pink Elephant-Think Pink  

Classy Cards and Such-Think Pink

Dragonfly Dreams-Mainly Pink

 

Zuri Crafty-Sophie

Hello Zuri fans. It is my turn today to post an inspirational post with the adorable images available at Zuri Crafty. 

 This week I colored the image called, Sophie. I colored her with my copics and used the last few papers in this paper pad (yeah for not hoarding it anymore).  I decided to do the out-of-the-box technique on the image with a Spellbinders stamp.

I hope you like this one and be back soon to see more amazing inspirations from our team.

 I will also be entering her into a few challenges:

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps-Anything Goes
A Creative Romance-In the Garden

Zuri Crafty Artsy FIRST CHALLENGE!!!

Welcome to the very first challenge for Zuri Crafty Artsy Challenge. Sine it is the very first one we chose the theme:

 

 "Anything Goes Challenge" 

For this challenge, Zuri created some brand new images for us to work with. I decided to use the image Fany

 

 

I was in a bright color mood so you can see that in my work. I colored the card with my Copics and hit my paper stash bin to pull this together. I added s lace border on the bottom.

 

I will also be entering this card into a few challenges as well

 

A Gem of a Challenge-Clean and Simple

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps-Anything goes

Anything Goes with a Twist-Anything Goes

Sister's Act-Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts-lace/Ribbon  

 

 

 

Kenny K Card

Hey everyone. I have a stack of Bday I have to make since it seems that October is quite the busy month for my family and friends.

I made this card for my Sister's Bday and decided to follow along with a few challenges for inspiration.

I keep it in the color scheme for the KennyK's Krafty Crew which is black and orange and based my layout on the sketch from


I will also be entering this one into the following challenges:

Kenny K Krafty Kew-Use Black and Orange
Hiding in my Craft Room-Halloween colors
VandiCrafts Artisty-Happy Birthday
Wags &Whiskers-Fall Colors
Your Next Stamp-based on sketch(Rotated)


Seize the Birthday-Pennents or banners
Crafty Creations-Use Orange
Paradise of Stamps-Girly

Whimsy Stamp-Time for Tea

I have been eyeing these Whimsy Stamps set-Time for Tea Designs for some time and was lucky enough to get my hands on some recently.

So as I turn on the heat tonight in the house due to first really cool night here as we enter fall, I thought this card is just so appropriate.

 

I used a variety of papers from my MME stash I have. I took a portion of the stamp called Fall Love.

I colored it with my Copics and used some self-made plaid work on it. I then used one of my dies from Your Next Stamps called Insta Love for the polaroid effect. The sentiments is from my sticker stash.

 

I will be entering this one into a few challenges:

 

Whimsy Stamps-Anything Goes

7 Kids College Fund-Anything Goes

Always Something Creative-Fall or Halloween

Ladybug Crafts-Autumn or Halloween 

Pinspirational Challenges-Anything goes

Penny Black and More Challenges-Autumn Colors

MarkerPop Challenges-Anything Goes  

Open-minded Crafting-Fall/Autumn

Sweet Pea-Valarie Wade

Welcome back everyone for my inspirational post for this week. Today I am showcasing one of the adorable images from Sweet Pea Artist-Valarie Wade.  This image is called mermaid and available as a digi or a rubber stamp as well.

Isn't this Mermaid too cute. I used some paper from my stash and added some left over stickers from my CTMH embellishments sets I have. As always I colored the image with my Copics and I adore the color purple so that was the first thing that came to my mind when I colored this cutie.