April 13, 2011

Whimsy April Release Blog Hop

Hello friends! Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps
April new rubber release BLOG HOP!


We have 13 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, Mindy Baxter and Minna Paajanen.

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:

3 stamps from Crissy Armstrong
Big Comfy Cake ~ Come Fly With Me ~ Cupcake Bliss

3 stamps from Meljen's Designs
Curious Little Fairy ~ Fairy Toadstools ~ Little Fairy Friend

4 stamps from Kenny K
Biker Babe ~ Cheers Dude ~ Madison Attitude ~ Soho

3 stamps/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Everyday Mini Postage Stamps ~ Party Mini Letter Seals ~ Postcard Background

2 dies/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Mini Postage Die ~ Double Scallop Tag Die

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from  Ann's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the beginning of the hop at Annika’s blog.

The hop starts today (Wednesday April 13th at noon EST) and ends on Wednesday April 20th at noon EST.

For this hop we have 6 different prize draws! We have not one but TWO grand prize draws, so two lucky hoppers will win a large selection of new release stamps. Grand Prize 1 will be for those who help us advertise the hop, and Grand Prize 2 will be for those who hop along with us. We also have 4 mini candy stops throughout the hop where you can enter to win a new release stamp! I'm not going to tell you where they are, so if you haven't found them you'll just have go back to the beginning and start hopping! *wink*

Here is my blog hop creation:

I used 'Fairy Toadstools' and 'Little Fairy Friend' from the new Meljens Collection and masked them together. I colored with Copics (skin) and Prismas (no OMS or blender used). To create the background I airbrushed, sprayed some adhesive on and sprinkled it with super fine glitter. For the 3D effect on the grass I used Flower Soft. The sentiment is from the new Party Mini Letter Seals. DP is from Basic Grey.

Here is a close-up on the image:

 I added even more glitz with Stickles to her wings and to the mushroom caps.




So now it's time for you to continue the hop by hopping on over to Mindy's blog.

In the case you got lost, here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:


Thank you so much for hopping with us today and I hope you enjoy the new release!

Hugs,

63 comments:

  1. Oh WOW< this is beautiful Iris! I love the little scene you've created with both these stamps, and your colouring is breathtaking! Hugs, Simonne x

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  2. great card - love that image - so sweet.
    ~ Jacqueline
    Made by Jacqueline

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  3. Very pretty! Love the buttons!

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  4. What a great card, with those gorgeous images.

    Marie-Anne

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  5. Oh Iris, your coloring is just amazing hun!! I love your layout with the buttons, flowers and ribbons!! Great coloring too!! :) Smiles, Vicki

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  6. The colouring on this image is beautifull! Lovely card x

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  7. Beautiful card, Iris! Wonderful colouring.
    hugs
    Vanja

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  8. A lovely card with fabby colouring. Carol

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  9. Beautiful card.
    hugs Tessa & Anke

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  10. Awww this is adorable and your coloring is gorgeous!!

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  11. I love the cute little scene you created here! Beautiful card.

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  12. What a sweet card. I just love that image. TFS.

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  13. Great sparkly freckly background! Lovely buttons! Superb layout! TFS

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  14. Gorgeous creation, I love how you did you background, fantastic!

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  15. gorgeous card and color.
    Francy

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  16. what a sweet little fairy! love your coloring on this!

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  17. Lovely card and a sweet scene, gorgeous colouring!

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  18. Gorgeous card Iris...such a cute image coloured perfectly,and i love the flowersoft!

    Take care
    San x

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  19. Beautiful...that's all i can say you are so talented. TFS!
    www.canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com

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  20. Waw I love how the background makes the beautiful colored image pop. Wonderful card.

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  21. Iris WOW this is sooo wonderful, I LOVE your scene you created with these images, sooooo beautiful!

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  22. GORGEOUS!!!! I LOVE the fairy sitting on the mushroom! Awesome card.
    Hugs and smiles

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  23. Beautiful card. Love the use of colors here, great stamp

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  24. Cute card and beautifully colored. "Hugs" Carol

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  25. Purple and red together are fab (always reminds me of that red hat poem). Great card! :D

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  26. Aaaawwwhh Iris, your card is beautiful! Stunning coloring of that fab Meljen image!

    Lots of love,
    Randi WS

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  27. As always your creations are beautiful!

    XOXO Mi

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  28. What a beautiful card, especially love how your background makes the image stand out.

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  29. Gorgeos card, Iris! Great color combo and embellies!
    Thank you for sharing!
    Hugs,
    Silvie
    xx

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  30. Fabulous card and that background is so pretty.

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  31. The background is gorgeous. I'm going to try that with my Copics ABS. THANKS

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  32. So beautiful card Iris,I love the image and the colours.
    So gorgeous papers.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  33. Fab card and love the soft colouring too thanks for sharing.

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  34. Lovely card. Beautiful colouring of this sweet fairy. Love the sparkle, and the simple layout too.
    Great inspiration,
    Have a very nice day,
    Laetitia xx

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  35. Love the colours:)

    mitch1066(at)gmail.com

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  36. Cute Card. Love the buttons. cool idea
    Hugs, Rosalee

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  37. Love the addition of all of the buttons to your card and of course, the image is wonderful!

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  38. Lovely masking tachnique! Super cute fairy image, great colours. Ruby x

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  39. Great card. The special effects you have used make the image really stand out

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  40. GREAT colors...Darling little fairy getting ready to direct the Fairy Band!!! CUTE!!! Loves & Hugs

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  41. Very cute card, and the fairy is so sweet!! TFS!!! I am a new follower!!!!

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    ilovetonkinese2 at hotmail dot com
    Rexann

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  42. Hello Iris,

    cute, lovely, wonderful... I like your card so much!!

    Greetings from Germany
    Katrin

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  43. Such a great image and the stickles really made the difference.

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  44. OMGosh... this is absolutely gorgeous & I like it so much!

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  45. Your card is just darling :)
    hugs Nikki C

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  46. Your card is sooo lovely. The image is perfectly coloured x

    Gotta keep hopping Lol

    hugs sally x
    sallysbitz.blogspot.com

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  47. Love the way you masked those to images together! Fabulous coloring, and I love the sparkle of the Stickles.

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  48. Gorgeous card Iris :-) The imsge is lovely and the colours and design are stunning :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  49. Such a sweet fairy. Love your card, especially the fab airbrushing and the mini letter seal.Great.Take care Debbie Johns x

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  50. That little fairy's ears make me smile - so cute!

    Love all the mini postage tags you used in your Whimsy giraffe card - those are on my wish list for sure! :)

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  51. The coloring on this image is amazing Iris...tooo stinkin cute...thanks for sharing :)

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  52. Deine Karte ist mal wieder sooooooooooo schön.
    Liebe Grüße Moni

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