Whimsy Stamps January 2014 Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Hello Everyone and Welcome to Whimsy Stamps January Rubber Stamp and Die release! 

Things have changed slightly if it comes to our release routine for 2014. Whimsy is now releasing every other month and we will have a full week of sneak peek and release hops where we feature different artists every day! We also have 3 new artists joining the Whimsy team: Sandy Allnock, Cathy Delanssay and our very own Simonne Clay!

We are releasing 30 new stamps by 6 artists, 9 dies, 8 sentiment sets and 1 paper pack! 

Today we are kicking of the release week with images from Sandy Allnock and Cathy Delanssay! 

We are hiding FOUR prizes of 2 new release rubber stamps on the DT’s blogs throughout the 5-day release event. You have until the end of the release week to leave comments on ALL the DT’s blogs each day. We will draw the lucky winners over the weekend and announce them here on the Whimsy blog on Monday (January 27th).

My release creation for today features one of Cathy Delanssay's images called 'The Prayer'.

I kept the card quite simple to have the focus on the beautiful image. I colored her using my Copics. The heart shaped sentiment is from the *NEW* All You Need Is Love sentiment set by Simonne Clay and cut out using the heart die from the 'Tiny Shapes Die Set'.

A close-up on the image

Here are the blogs participating in todays hop:

Deb Routledge
Ellie Stover
Iris Wiechmann
Jodi Amidei
Kathy Tanner
Shelby Thomas
Sandy Allnock (artist)

 Thanks for hopping with us today and I hope I see you tomorrow again!

Hugs,

 

Just Wanting to Say Hi!

Wonderful Thursday Everyone! Today I like to share my 3rd GD creation for Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps with you.

This cute Giraffe stamp is called 'Thoughtful Giraffe' and is available in red rubber. The sentiment is also availabe in red rubber and can be found HERE. I stamped the image using Memento Ink Rich Cocoa and colored it using Graph' It markers (see a list of markers used beneath the next photo), available to purchase HERE. Papers are from Basic Grey's collection 'Clippings'. Flowers are from WOC and pearl accents form Martha Stewart. Leave dies are from Memory Box and the ribbon is from my stash. 

Here's a close-up on the image and a list of Graph'It markers I've used:

2130, 2120, 2105, 1270, 1250,
1210, 4125, 3170, 3130, 

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Season's Greetings - Whimsy Stamps featured in Magnolia Ink

Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you are all having a good start into the new week! I'm still dealing with an injured knee and have to take it easy. So not much walking around for me these days :-/ But on the happy side that gives me more time to sit down and be creative ;-) 

Before we are completely into Valentines and Spring creations I like to show you another Christmas card I made. It was published in the latest Magnolia Ink magazine 'Winter Wonderland', page 61.

Whimsy Stamps was featured in this magazine and this cute image is called "Little Jack and Bobbin Christmas" by Elisabeth Bell. Here's what I made:

Coloring: Copic Markers, X-Press It Card and Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Dies: Choo Choo Train, Layered Snowflakes, Holly & Berries - all Whimsy
Holiday Goodie Border - Memory Box

Design Paper: Echo Park

Other: Flowers (WOC), small jingle bells, coarse glass glitter, pearls and rhinestones (Hobby Lobby), lace, ribbon and hat pin (stash), wooden snowflake ornament (Michales)

 

A close-up on the little cutie

The inside is decorated to match the outside

Thanks for visiting me today! :-)

Hugs,

Yellows and Blues - Graph'It Challenge

Hello Everyone and welcome to a new Graph'It Color Challenge - Spring inspired yellows and blues! What a great color combo to start thinking spring! I used Dolly Daydream from the NEW Dolly Daydream Girl Talk CD - available HERE

Isn't she sassy? I loved coloring her! Finally I got me some brush nibs for my Graph'It's and what shall I say ... it's like a dream come true...LOL. I promised I was giving you an update on how I like these markers down the road and I can say I'm still very impressed! Now that I have brush nibs on all my skin tones it really is a charm! I new it would be great but honestly the blending abilities are beyond my expectations. The juiciness is one thing but how the colors are 'melting together' so easily, so smooth and even without any lines is absolutely amazing! BTW this is my judgement based on my experience with these markers and not because I'm happen to be on the DT - just saying!

  Colors used:
Skin/Lips: 4125, 4155, 4170, 4180, 4135, 5210, 5220

Blues: 7160, 7155, 7140
Golden-Yellow: 4110, 1210, 1230, 2130
Hair: 3180, 3170, 3130, 4180, 4155, 4115

 

I hope I could inspire you to come and play along in this weeks challenge over at the Graph'It Color Challenge blog. While there check out the amazing creations from my teamies!!

Luv & Hugs,

Enjoy Every Moment - White on White

Hello Everyone! I'm here today with my second posting for Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps as a guest designer. This time I have an 'All White' card to share..well almost....the sentiment is stamped with black ink and I've added 3 tiny blue rhinestones...but see for your self:

The gorgeous dragonfly is from the Dragonflies 2 clear stamp set and cut out with the matching Dragonfly Die. I stamped with VersaMark ink onto white cardstock and heat embossed using clear super fine detailed embossing powder. The sentiment is from the Dragonflies 2 set as well. 

Here's a close look on the dragonfly:

And here you can see how nice the heat embossing looks.

Other dies I've used are from Memory Bo. The white grosgrain ribbon and the three tiny blue rhinestones are from my stash. 

Thanks for visiting me here today. I'll be back tomorrow with a new Graph'It marker creation for the new challenge! 

Hugs,

Just a Note & GD Prickley Pear Stamps

Hello All and a Happy New Year! I start off the new year with a 2 month guest designer position at Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps. I am all excited about it and if you don't know their line of stamps yet make sure you check them out! They've got beautiful rubber and clear stamps with matching dies.

Here is my first GDT card in CAS style

The dragonfly stamp and the sentiment are from the Dragonflies 2 clear stamp set. The Card measures 7 1/2" x 3 1/2". The dragonflies were stamped with Memento inks Lulu Lavender, Sweet Plum and Elderberry onto white smooth cardstock. I then cut them out using Spellbinders square Nestabilities and layered them onto scalloped, dark lilac squares. the sentiment was stamped with Memento Elderberry ink onto the lavender cardstock. The only embellishments I've used are 3 small lavender pearls. 

Close-up on one of the dragonflies and the sentiment. I'm usually not a big fan of clear stamps but these give a fantastic impression and are high quality photo polymer stamps.

 

Thanks for stopping by and I'll have another Prickley Pear creation for you to see here on my blog next Thursday!

Luv 'n hugs,

For you! & Graph' It Challenge

Hello Everyone, hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. It's Friday and time for another Graph'It marker challenge. This week we are challenging ourselves to get out of our comfort zones and use a color we would not normally pick to color an image.

I chose orange and yellow, two colors I'm not using very often to color. Just not my favorites. But I really like the rich tones you can get with the Graph'It markers.

The cute image is from LOTV as well as the sentiment , the flowers are from WOC and the DP is from Basic Grey's Piccadilly collection.

 Graph'It Colors used:

Yellow: 1110, 1130, 1180, 1280

Orange: 2130, 2120, 2110, 2105

Blue: 165, 7140, 7150

Teddy: 3255, 3250, 3210, 9400, 4135, 4145

Outline: 9100, 9101

I also used the blender pen and the Mix'It palette

Come and join us in this fun challenge and check out my teamies fabulous creations over at the Graph'It challenge blog! 

Hugs,

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to Everyone!

I hope you all have wonderful and blessed holidays and here's to a happy and prosperous 2014!

This will be a very short posting. I just want to share with you a tag and gift wrap I made for the last Whimsy Inspirations Magazine. Print issue available HERE. The cute little rocking horse die can be found here!

Enjoy the holidays and hopefully some days off!

Hugs,

Penguin Happy Mail

Happy 4th Advent Everyone! Only one more day and then it's Christmas Eve already, can't believe how fast the time went. Temperatures here are at record high so I have more of a summer feeling 8-).

Here's another card I made for the Whimsy Inspirations Magazine # 14. You can view the whole issue online HERE.

I used Penguin Happy Mail from Crissy Armstrong and colored it as usual with my alcohol markers - I think I used Copics here. Sentiment is from the Tis the Season Notables 5 Set and cut out with the matching Notables 5 die. I also used the Layered Snowflake Die and the Snowflake Border die.

Close-up look on the little fella. To give the snow some texture and sparkle I've added Stickles and mica flakes.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great start into the holiday week!

Hugs,

Graph'It Marker Challenge - Background with GI Markers and Mix It Fluid

Happy Friday Everyone! It's time for another Graph'It marker challenge. This week we are challenging you to create your own background using GI markers and the Mix It fluid. There are endless possibilities and here is what I did:

I used four different shades of teal markers, an acrylic blog and the Mix It fluid to create my background (the teal one right behind the image). With the broad nib I scribbled all four shades (overlapping) onto an acrylic blog, sprayed it with the Mix It fluid and stamped onto white card stock. You have to work quickly as the alcohol evaporates quickly and the color dries fast.

The image is from Whimsy's November release called Penguin Chocolate Surprise by Crissy Armstrong. The sign in the background is a Make It Crafty stamp and you can also get it in the Whimsy store HERE. The sentiment is from LOTV , the flowers are from WOC, the bling is from Want to Scrap and the papers are from Echo Parks Holly Jolly Christmas collection. The sprig is a Memory Box die.

Graph'It Markers used:

Sign: 3120, 3140, 3160, 3190

Snow: 9100, 9101

Scarf & Hat: 7210, 7220, 7240, 7260, 7290
4175, 4135, 4145, 4120,4125

Penguin: 9109, 9107, 9105, 9103, 9101

2105, 2110, 2150

9101, 9100, 7105, 4115,9303

Candy Box: 4150, 4120, 5210, 5220, 5250, 3180

And the blender pen!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to visit the Graph'It challenge blog to check out my teamies amazing creations!  

Hugs,