Whimsy Stamps September Release Grand Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to Whimsy Stamps 

September Release Blog Hop!!!

If you've arrived here from 

Louise Roache's blog, 

then you are well on your way through the hop.

If you'd like to hop along and just stumbled upon my card, 

you can head over to

Debbie Eastman's blog

to begin at the beginning. 

The Whimsy Stamps DT and GDT have been sharing some amazing creations made with the new stamps and dies over the last couple of days, and today we are celebrating their release with a GRAND BLOG HOP! 

The hop starts today (Wednesday September 17th at 12.00PM noon ET) and ends on Friday September 19th at 12.00pm noon ET. 

One lucky hopper will win a $25 gift certificate! To enter the draw, simply leave a comment at EVERY stop along the hop by 12.00 pm noon EST on Friday September 19th.

For my project today, I've painted up the adorable Polly, illustrated by the superbly talented Sylvia Zet, available for purchase, along with the other gorgeous images, at Whimsy Stamps.

Look who came to help me craft yesterday hehehe!!

Now off you go to see what the amazing Ellie Stover

has created with these adorable stamps!!!

Thanks for popping in today!!

hugs, stephanne

Whimsy Stamps Holiday Release - Part 1 Sneaky Peeky

Welcome to Day 1 of our
2014 Holiday Release - Part 1

We are super excited to announce that this months release is our very first HOLIDAY RELEASE of 2014! We have so many fantastic holiday stamps and dies this year that we have split them into 2 releases.  We are releasing part 1 of the collection this week, and will release the second part next month.

Over the next 3 days we will reveal *BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets and *BRAND NEW* coordinating die/die sets. They will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps Store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday.

We are thrilled to welcome Linda, Liz, and & stephanne (me me me!!!) as our Guest Designers for this release. We are also excited to welcome some of our artists as guest designers this month. Welcome ladies!

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 at the Whimsy Blog and on today’s design team posts, 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, Meljen Designs, Elisabeth Bell and Raindrop Echo Designs stamps and dies being released this month. For a full reveal of these stamps, hop on over to the Whimsy Blog!!

For todays project, I inked up the oh so cute Candy Canes and Lights image illustrated by the amazing MelJen and used the Christmas Tree Trio sentiment set and dies by the talented Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs. I've used distress ink pads for coloring and the papers are Basic Grey.

So now its time for you to continue todays hop! Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $15 gift certificate:
Alright, off to Shelby Thomas's you go!!

Thanks so much for visiting today!!
Take Care!!
stephanne