Hugs and Kisses and Warm Winter Wishes!!

Hi there friends!!!
I have MADE a moment to come down in my craft room and create
and here is what I've put together!! I used the Sealed With a Kiss stamp by Crissy Armstrong from our November release, along with our Love Mini Tickets and our Country Heart Die by the amazing Ann Vento from this months release over at Whimsy Stamps!!


You may remember these little guys from Novembers release. Now, I sorta had an idea in mind for them to be on a Valentiney-ish card so I went ahead and took my sweet time getting this put together, sorta wintery, sorta Valentiney, it works either way!! My first project of the month, hahahahaha, yeah, you're not imagining things if you noticed my project's off-balanced, a bit of a slant going on lol!!! But once it's down, it's too late!!


The papers are Basic Grey, distressing has been done with Brushed Corduroy, the laces are from my stash and I layered the seal pups up with foam dots and stickled the snow drifts with Star Dust stickles!!

I am going to pop this in over at Sketch Saturday, The Pixie Cottage Someone Special, and hmmmm, yep!!!

So everyone who is out there bloggin!!!! Happy New Year!!! And I hope your Christmas was blessed!!!!

hugs, stephanne

Whimsy Stamps December Release, Get Ready for Love!!!

Welcome to Whimsy Stamps December rubber stamp and die RELEASE DAY!

Whimsy Stamps is releasing 20 gorgeous new rubber stamps, 3 fabulous new Shapeology dies and 6 new Shape EZ templates and cut files today. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

From today until 21 December the Whimsy DT and Special Guests will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps, dies and Shape EZs with a daily mini blog hop. Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day.

To be entered into today's mini 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 Inspirations blog after 12:00PM on 21 December.

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

Deb Routledge {Special Guest}
Ellie Stover
Erin Bailey
Jacque Beddingfield {Special Guest}
Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Here is a full list of the wonderful new goodies released today:

5 Crissy Armstrong rubber stamps
Giraffes in Love ~ Lend me your Ear ~ Valentine Fairy ~ Love Birds ~ Jumbo in Love




4 Kenny K rubber stamps
Atlantea ~ Groove Dude ~ Miss Fortune ~ Miss Thang




3 Meljen's Designs rubber stamps
Lovey Pup ~ Lovin' Turtle ~ Loving Ewe




4 Wee Stamps rubber stamps
Fluffy on the Lily ~ Rose and Felix ~ Sam's Special Delivery ~ Spring Bringer





4 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets
Everyday Circle Postmarks ~ Friendship Notables 2 (coordinating die available below) ~ Love Mini Tickets (coordinating die available below) ~ Stylized Notables 1 (coordinates with already released Notables 1 die)




3 Raindrop Echo Designs Shapeology dies
Mini Ticket (coordinating stamp set available above) ~ Notables 2 (coordinating stamp set available above) ~ Country Heart





6 Shape EZ downloadable templates
Flip Tree ~ Magnolia Flower ~ Mini Rosettes ~ Pedestal Tag 1 ~ Sparkle Holiday Pin ~ Take Out Box

Don't forget to visit today's DT and leave a comment on their blog posts to be entered into the draw to win a new release stamp, then pop back to the Whimsy Inspirations blog tomorrow for the next list of showcase posts!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!

A little update and Koala Cuddles Tilda shout-out!!

Hiya friends,
I just wanted to pop by and give a quick update.
It's official, I have some serious health problems.
I thought I was being a hypochondriac but it turns out,
there are a multitude of reasons why I have been getting sick
so stinkin' often,
so just saying, I'm here, I'm here, slowly but surely!!!
I always hope I can pick up the pace and get back to crafting like I used to,
but I guess it's gonna be a while longer yet.

Aside from lousy health, I am quite fortunate when it comes to stamping because, now, I don't know if you've spotted this cutie out in Blogland, she's called Koala Cuddles Tilda and is designed exclusively for SHOPBRON in Australia!!! Well, Bron graciously sent the amazingly talented Debbie Dolphin an extra stamp to give away and guess who won it???? Oh yes!!!! It was me!!!!! I can't express how excited I am and how thankful I am to both Debbie and Bron!!! A blog shout-out doesn't seem like enough, ya know!!! Alas, it will have to do for now. So, dear friends, if you've been eyeing this cutie,



SHOPBRON is the place to buy her!!!

Thanks again, and thanks to those who stop in today!!

Big Hugs, stephanne

Let it Snow Tilda Project (she must be freezing!!)

Hi there blogger buddies!!
Been a while, hasn't it!!
I've been avoiding my housework
trying to sneak in a few more Christmas cards
before my work schedule changes for the holidays.
So I thought I'd dig a Tilda out and have some fun!!


She's not a Christmas image, I know, but I thought, hey, those sparkles could pass for snowflakes, and went to work!! I've used some yummy winter accesories from Whimsy Stamps to help Tilda get her winter overhaul, I've used a sentiment from the recently released Winter Notables by Raindrop Echo Designs, as well as the coordinating Elegant Notables Die AND the lovely Layered Snowflake Dies.


I painted in distress inks, the papers are Basic Grey, I've used my MS Doiley punch as well as the Magnolia Lace die cut, with doileys, doily die cut, etc. and lace lace lace!!! I love that with these cute lil' Maggies you don't have to restrain yourself where the girly stuff is concerned!!

Now, with that, I want to enter some challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Anything Christmas with Pearls (does winter-themed get me in???)
Magnolia Down Under Let It Snow
The Official Magnolia inspiration Challenge wants vintage and lace

Thanks for stopping by, my friends, your kind words mean a lot to me!!!
Warm Hugs,
stephanne

Sealed with a Kiss image at Whimsy Stamps

Hi there Whimsy fans,
Now as you know,
Whimsy Stamps released a super sweet series of stamps this month.
Here's my last project for the release, that unfortunately,
isn't quite complete, but I thought I would share the image,
as it is ready to go, except for a little touch up around the edges of my cutting.

Here they are, the adorable pair: Sealed With a Kiss by the talented Crissy Armstrong!! Coloured in distress inks, and admittedly, not complete!! But hey, I thought I'd let these snow pups out for a little show and share!!



Although the mini blog hop prize draws have ended, we still have one final day of showcases for you, so please visit today's DT to take a peek at their final new release projects:

Debbie Eastman
Dena Concienne {Special Guest}
Ellie Stover
Stephanne Maraver
Sylvia Blum
Tammy Louise Cunliffe

If you have made something using one of the new release stamps and/or dies, please send us a link as we would love to see your creation!

Thank you for joining us for our new release.

More Whimsy fun!!!

Hello and welcome to Day 5 of our November Rubber Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (16 November) Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 23 November the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new stamps and dies with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered into today's mini 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 here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12.00PM EST on 23 November.

Ok, here we are, back in action!!! This time I used an ADORABLE image from Sylvia Zet called Suzi With Bunny painted in distress inks and pink-a-fied with Prima goodies!! An interesting switch from the holiday cards, eh?




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

Beate Johns {Special Guest}
Deb Routledge {Special Guest}
Debbie Eastman
Ellie Stover
Erin Bailey
Jacque Beddingfield {Special Guest}
Simonne Clay
Stephanne Maraver
Sylvia Blum

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check back here tomorrow for more new release creations!

Whimsy Stamps November Release, Day 3!!

Hello and welcome to Day 3 of our November Rubber Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (16 November) Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 23 November the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new stamps and dies with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered into today's mini 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 here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12.00PM EST on 23 November.

Alrighty, I have my project done, I got a little caught up in glittering this morning, so for those who have already been by and left the "I was here" comment, as instructed, thank you!! And for those of you just stopping by, this may look slightly familiar, eh? I had another neurotic moment while painting and felt I HAD to, yes, HAD TO repaint the image in it's intended likeness, a polar bear and a penguin!!



For my project, I used the adorable Served With Love image by the talented Crissy Armstrong, as well as our newly released Layered Snowflake Die by the amazing Ann Vento. I love it!! I just whipped it out this morning, and I can tell you, I'm not putting it away!! It cuts like a dream, even on my beat up cuttlebug plates and they are the perfect size for my 5.5x5.5 cards!!


I have an outerwear obsession, so again, we have some paper pieced hats and scarves, the papers are all Basic Grey, I painted in distress inks, and for their snow, I used Snow Writer then while it was still wet, topped it with Shaved Ice from Stampendous!!



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

Alberto Gava {Special Guest}
Deb Routledge {Special Guest}
Debbie Eastman
Dena Concienne {Special Guest}
Ellie Stover
Erin Bailey
Stephanne Maraver

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

Thanks for stopping by. I'll be back in rotation on Monday with another New Release Creation!!
hugs, stephanne

Whimsy Rubber Release!!

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of our November Rubber Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (16 November) Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 23 November, the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new stamps and dies with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered into today's mini 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 here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12.00PM EST on 23 November.


Now, if you're thinkin, "What happened to that Polar Bear?" then you are not alone lol!!! I figured, this is the season for sharing, so who's to say that the little penguin didn't trudge into the woods to give this big brown bear some cocoa? Anything is possible!!


I painted in distress inks and added paper pieced outerwear, the papers are a mix, I used the adorable Served With Love stamp by Crissy Armstrong and the Cozy Hands sentiments by Ann Vento.


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

Beate Johns {Special Guest}
Deb Routledge {Special
Debbie Eastman
Erin Bailey
Minna Paajanen
Stephanne Maraver
Zoe McGrath {Special Guest}

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check back here tomorrow for more new release creations!

Whimsy's November Release, Heart-melting Cuteness!!!

Welcome to Whimsy Stamps November rubber stamp and die RELEASE DAY!

Whimsy Stamps has released 20 fabulous new rubber stamps and 4 wonderful new Shapeology die sets today. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

From today until 23 November the Whimsy DT and Special Guests will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and dies with a daily mini blog hop. Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day.

To be entered into today's mini 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 here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12.00PM on 23 November.

For my project today, I used MelJen's Cozy Little Chickadee's. Let me confess a little something here, I painted them in browns and creams, as I have a kinship with those gorgeous vintage inks, and then I came down to my computer and googled Chickadee images.... and had to start over!!! With Chickadee's in the name of the stamp, my OCD required accuracy lol...



I paper pieced them some scarves, the papers are a mix of Basic Grey and Webster's Pages, the goodies are from my ever-growing stash, and that divine sentiment and die cut were released today at Whimsy, created by the talented Ann Vento!!
Now, I hope a close-up in place of my usual side-angle will do... I decided to tape the cardstock base on upside down so..... oops....

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

Beate Johns {Special Guest}

Crissy Armstrong

Debbie Eastman

Deb Routledge {Special Guest}

Ellie Stover

Erin Bailey

Mariska van der Veer {Special Guest}

Stephanne Maraver

Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Here is a full list of the wonderful new rubber stamps and dies released today:

5 Crissy Armstrong rubber stamps

Cool Pony ~ Penguin Skier ~ Sealed With A Kiss ~ Served With Love ~ Snow Fun

4 Kenny K rubber stamps

Brianna Blaster ~ Sexy Elf ~ Superhero ~ Toy Soldier

3 Meljen's Designs rubber stamps

Bundled Little Snowboy ~ Cozy Little Chickadees ~ Cozy Winter Owl

5 Wee Stamps rubber stamps

A Letter For Me ~ Christmas Bunny ~ Let It Snow ~ Suzi With Bunny ~ Wee Florist

3 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets

Cozy Hands sentiments (co-ordinating die set available) ~ Sleigh Ride ~ Winter Notables (co-ordinating dies available)

4 Raindrop Echo Designs Shapeology dies

Layered Snowflakes ~ Mittens (co-ordinating stamp set available) ~ Notables 1 (co-ordinating stamp set available) ~ Elegant Notables 1 (co-ordinating stamp set available)

Don't forget to visit today's DT and leave a comment on their blog posts to be entered into the draw to win a new release stamp, then pop back here to the Whimsy Inspirations blog tomorrow for the next list of showcase posts!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!