Graph'It Color Challenge - Vintage Polka Dots

Happy Black Friday Everyone! I hope you all here in the US had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Are you going to do some Black Friday shopping? I know I wont go anywhere today - LOL. I never go out on Black Friday. I just don't like crowds and crazy shopping people. I'm planning on doing all my Christmas decoration inside the house today and get me my poinsettias tomorrow for my outside decorations.

Today a new Graph' It Color Challenge starts and the theme this week is Vintage and Polka Dots. Show us your vintage creations incorporating polka dots. And this is what I came up with:

This cute guy is called Snowy and can be found on the Polkadoodles 'A Home For Christmas' CD. The list of markers I've used is posted beneath the next photo. Sentiment and snowflake die is from Whimsy. The little wooden snowflakes are from Prima's Junkyard Findings collection. Flowers are from WOC and Prima. The Weathered Clock die is from Sizzix by Tim Holtz. Other embellies I used are lace tape, metal embellishments, German glass glitter, pearls, Gesso, Snow Tex and Shabby White Embossing Enamel.

Markers used:

Red: 5280, 3180, 5240, 5220

Green: 8290, 8280, 8260, 8220

Snow: 9103, 9101, 9100

Beige: 3210, 4110

Orange: 2130, 2110, 2105

Cheeks: 4145

Brown: 3140, 3125, 3110, 4170

Blender Pen

For last weeks winners, all the details of the challenge and the fantastic inspiration from my teamies please visit the Graph' It Color Challenge blog. I hope you'll join us and am looking forward to your vintage and polka dot creation!

Hugs,

Momas Julhyacint - Christmas Hyacinth

How about some freshly bloomed flowers in bright colors with a heavenly scent? Do you grow Christmas Hyacinths? When I was a kid my mom always started them in September so they would be in full bloom around Christmas time. The hyacinth bulbs where sitting in - actually on top of - special bowls full of water. I remember she used special paper cones in bright colors to cover the bulbs during the first weeks. 

My favorite hyacinth color always was violet. When I saw this beautiful Hyacinth image, called Julhyacint from Momas lil' shop of stamps I knew I gonna color it in violet shades. It's available as digital stamp.

Another CAS card here. I colored using Derwent Inktense pencils. I love the brilliant intense colors of these ink-like watercolor pencils and the fact that they are permanent when dry. Also that they can be used in both ways, with and without water! I used them as watercolor pencils.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs,

Whimsy Stamps November Rubber Release Review Day Hop - Baby It's Cold Outside

Hello all and Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps November Rubber Release Review Day Hop!

Yesterday Whimsy Stamps released this months rubber designs, Shapeology dies and Whimsy Stamps designer papers. Like the last two days there will also be a prize hidden somewhere along the way. For all the details on the new stamps, the hop and prizes please visit the Whimsy Inspirations Blog HERE.

For my blog hop card today I used *New* 'Baby It's Cold Outside' from the Time 4 Tea Designs  collection.

This card today is the complete opposite from what I did on Tuesday...LOL. I kept the card really Clean & Simple and only embellished it with a Sparkle Burst Brad from Karen Forster Designs. The image was colored with the new Graph'It markers (see list of colors below) and the sentiment is from the Winter Letter Seals stamped with Memento Teal Zeal. To give it a lille more bling I've added Stickles 'Stardust' and 'Turquoise' to the image.

Graph'It colors used:

Skin: 4115, 4120, 4125, 4155, 4135, 4145

Hair: 3280, 3250, 3210

Shirt & Boots: 5140, 5125, 5120, 5110,5115

Skirt, Hat & Boots: 7140, 7145, 7160, 7155

White: 9100, 9101, 9103

To be entered into today's blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog tomorrow. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below:

Debbie Eastman

DeNetra Bates

Iris Wiechmann

Jacque Beddingfield

Jodi Amidei

Kathy Tanner

Louise Roache

Patricia Garcia

Shannah Bartle

Shelby Thomas

Simonne Clay

Happy Hopping!

Hugs,

Whimsy Stamps November Rubber Release Sneak Peek Hop

Hello Everyone and Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps November Rubber Release Sneak Peek Hop!

Today the Whimsy DT are kicking off our November Release by sharing sneak peeks of some of the brand new Wee Stamps and Time for Tea Designs stamps that will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store TOMORROW! 

For those of you who are new to Whimsy Stamps, we hold a 3-day new release event each month: a Sneak Peek Blog Hop on the day before the release (today), a Release Day Blog Hop on release day (tomorrow), and finally a Review Day Blog Hop the day after the release.  Each blog hop has a prize of 2 new release stamps hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw!

Now onto my sneak peek creation ... I used *New* Posey from Wee Stamps, colored  with alcohol markers (Touch Twin and Copics - see list below).

Awww isn't she so cute? One of my absolutely favorites! DP is from an older memory Box collection. Sentiment is from Whimsy's Magical Mini Letter Seals. Flowers are WOC, doily, wood and metal embellies are from my stash. I also used the Whimsy Shapeology Dragonfly Border Die. The vintage seam binding is also from Whimsy's embellishment section HERE.

 Here are the markers I've used to color this sweetie pie!

Copic:
Red/Pink: R59, R46, R43, R21, RV00
Skin: E11, E00, E000, R20, R02
Hair: E29, E25, E21

Touch Twin:
Green: GY235, GY175, GY237, GY172, GY166
Background/Outline: B67, B182, BG1, BG3

To be entered into today's blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on Friday.

To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Bev Rochester
Deb Routledge
DeNetra Bates
Denise Lynn
Ellie Stover
Heidy Blom
Iris Wiechmann
Jacque Beddingfield
Janette Garcia
Louise Roache
Melissa Andrew
Patricia Garcia
Shannah Bartle
Shelby Thomas

Thanks for hopping with us and come back tomorrow for our Release Blog Hop!

Hugs,

Graph'It Color Challenge - Lucky 7 / Anything Goes

Happy TGIF and Welcome to a New Graph'It Color Challenge! This week our theme is 'Lucky 7 or Anything Goes'. Use all 7 new markers...and of course not all of you already have the 7 new markers yet that's then also Anything Goes! Well, that was quite difficult for me as of now I only have three of the new colors...LOL. But I have more markers on the way - YAY can't wait until they get here. Ok so I used what I had and this is what I came up with:

The cute teddy bear is a LOTV image and you will find the markers I've used below the next photo. Papers are from Bo Bunny's 'Elf Magic' collection. Flowers are from WOC and the charms and embellies are from my stash. Sentiment is a Whimsy sentiment. 

Here are the all the Graph' It markers I 've used:

Brown: 3190, 3170, 3130, 3110,4155

Pink: 5115,4135,9303

White: 7109(new), 7105

Lilac: 6120, 6140, 6175(new)

Red: 5220, 5210, 5250, 9303

Blue: 7105, 7125, 7170

Green: 8190(new), 8270, 8120

Lime: 8280, 3230, 1130

You can get them at Polkadoodles and they have free worldwide shipping on orders over £10 :-)

By now I've colored a few images with my new Graph 'It markers and must say I'm still very impressed. The juiciness and blendability of these markers is awesome. I can't wait to put my order in and get me some brush nibs....will dos o tomorrow, YAY :-) My feeling is that with brush nibs these markers are real close to Copics! And I'm not saying this only because I'm on the Graph'It team, this is my honest opinion. I'll keep you updated!

Hugs,

Whimsy Inspirations Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy Hump-Day Everyone! Today the Whimsy Rubber Team is sharing their inspirations cards over at the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog for this month's challenge. The challenge this time is 'Anything Goes'. Here is what I came up with:

I used Crissy Armstrong's Snowman String of Heart from October's release and colored it using mostly ShinHan Touch Twin brush markers and a few Copics. A list of all colors used is posted below the next photo. The sentiment is from the Holiday Ticket Sentiment set and cut out using the matching Shapeology Ticket Die.  Flowers are from WOC and the charms are from WOC, Whimsy and Hobby Lobby. Papers are from Glitz' Joeux Noel collection.

Touch Twin Markers used:

Red: R12, R15, WG5

Green: GY48, Y42, Y224

Brown (cloth): BR102, BR116, BR113

White: PB185, B182

Brown (hearts) BR94, BR111, BR97, BR113

Copic used:

Snow: W00, W1, E40, E42

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic rest of the week!

Xmas Stocking

Hello Everyone and Happy Tuesday! Wow can you believe it we are already 5 days into November! Only a little over 3 weeks until Thanksgiving and then Christmas is right around the corner....  How are you doing with your Christmas cards? Already made all the ones you need?

The card I want to show you today is made using one of Moma's gorgeous Christmas stamps called 'Julstrumpa' which translates to Christmas Stocking. It is available as a digital stamp HERE. Monika has lots of beautiful digital Christmas and flower images in her shop. Make sure to visit her HERE!

Isn't it so cute? I had so much fun coloring this gorgeous stocking with my new Graph'It markers! I'll list all the colors I used with the next photo. The DP I've used is from Basic Grey and the die cuts are from Memory Box. The sentiment is from Whimsy stamps' 'Holiday Mini Letter Seals'.

Here's a close-up on the cute image and also all the Graph'It marker colors I've used:

Red: 5250, 5220, 5210, 9305, 9303

White: 9100, 9101, 9103

Green: 8180, 8270, 8120, 8110

Teal: 7110, 7120, 7140, 7160, 7170

Gold: 1280, 1150, 1110

Berries: 3210, 4110

Brown: 3120, 3170, 3140, 4180

Shadows: 9501, 9503, 9505

The Graph'It markers are not available in the US yet BUT you get Free Shipping Worldwide on all orders over £10 at Polkadoodles!

I made an easel card and on the inside I used the beautiful Choo Choo Train Border Die from Whimsy.

And like almost all of my cards it comes with it's own custom made box. The box was decorated with the Choo Choo Train Border Die as well.

Finally I found the time to re-open my Etsy shop. So this card along with several others are now available in my Etsy Boutique Delightful Card Design!

Thanks for visiting me today

Hugs,

Graph'It Marker Challenge Tic Tac Toe - Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Happy TGIF and welcome to a new Graph'It Marker Color Challenge! It's my first Graph'It Color challenge as a DT member and I'm super excited! This weeks theme is 'Tic Tac Toe - choose three'. Please see all the details about the challenge on the Graph'It Marker Color Challenge blog. You don't have any Graph'It markers yet? No problem at all - you can of course use ANY brand of alcohol markers to enter our challenges :tup So come on over and join us, have fun and as always the winner will get a very generous price of some yummy Graph'It goodies! :-)

I chose the line 'blonde hair, fluffy stuff and checks. Well blonde hair - that's obvious! Fluffy stuff is the snow I made out of flower soft and checks are on my background papers. 

The image is from LOTV and the DP is from the new Teresa Collins collection 'Santa's List'. Sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps, dies used are from Memory Box and Whimsy Stamps. I also used paper flowers and ribbon to embellish my card.

Here are the Graph'It markers I've used:

Hair: 3245, 1280, 1210

Skin: 4120, 4125, 4150, 4135

Dress: 7109, 7105, 9100

Wings: 3210, 4110

Holly & berries: 8190, 8280, 5220

Snow: 9101

Yellow: 1110, 1150

Brown: 3120, 3160, 4150

and of course the blender pen

I also decorated the inside of the card!

This card is availabe for sale! It will be availabe in my Etsy boutique on Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

Hugs,

Winter Friends,Graph'It Markers & a First Try!

Happy Saturday to you all! Today I have another new Whimsy Wee image to share. and also some DT news. :-) I already shared the news on FB last week so some of you may already know ...I made the Graph'It Marker UK DT - WOOHOOO!! I still can't believe my luck. I officially start on November 1st and my first DT package already arrived this week. I could not resist to start playing. For me it's a bit of a change and I need to get used to these markers as they come with a bullet nib. But there is now also a brush nib available.... that's great news! The brush nib will replace the chisel nib which then gives you a marker with both bullet and brush nib - perfect!!  Can't wait to order me some. But even with the bullet nib I had so much fun coloring with these markers. They are very juicy and blend beautifully. Right now they are only available in the UK and France BUT if you order them at Polkadoodles.com you'll receive free worldwide shipping (over £10!)

 

This is 'Winter Friends' and was just released this week. It's available as a Digital Stamp HERE and in Whimsy Rubber HERE.

As mentioned before I colored with my new Graph'It markers :-) The papers are from an older MME collection and just fit my image perfectly. Usually I pick my papers first and then I color accordingly to the DP colors. This time just started coloring and was happy to see that the MME fit quite nicely. I already saw me going through my stash of papers for ever to find a match - something I hate to do.... 

The sentiment is from Whimsy's Winter Letter Seals. Snowflake dies I used are from Spellbinders.

Here are the Graph'It marker colors I've used:

Skin/Cheeks: 4120, 4125, 4155, 4135

Dress: red:5210, 5220, 5250, 3170/ turquoise: 7210, 7220, 7250, 7270

Hair: 3190, 3170, 3130, 4180, 4155, 4115

Bunny: 9100, 9101, 9103
Penguin: 9109, 9107, 9105, 9103,9101 / 2120, 1210

Snow: 7125, 9101

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Whimsy Stamps October Release Hop - Peace on Earth

Hello Everyone and welcome today to the Whimsy Stamps October Release Hop! Today is the second day of our release hops and the Whimsy DT is showcasing today new images from Crissy Armstrong and Elisabeht Bell.

To see all the images and to read more details about our hop please visit the Whimsy Inspirations Blog!

For my release card today I chose one of Elisabeth Bells new images called Guardian Angel.

The image was colored with alcohol markers and cut out with Spellbinders ovals. The card base is cut out with Spellbinders Card Creator 5x7 and Labels 28. The sentiment is from Crissy's Peace on Earth set and cut out with a Cuttle Bug tag die. I also used the *New* Shapeology Rocking Horse die and the Large Leafy Flourish die.

Closer look on the image

To be entered into today's blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on Friday.

To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Ann-Marie Sinfield
Deb Routledge
Debbie Eastman
Heidy Blom
Iris Wiechmann
Patricia Garcia
Shannah Bartle
Shelby Thomas

Hugs,