Whimsy Stamps April Release Sample

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

Whimsy Stamps is releasing 18 gorgeous new rubber stamps and 4 fabulous new Shapeology dies today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

From today until 24 April the Whimsy DT and Special Guests will be showcasing these wonderful 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.

And here is my creation for todays showcase, I've used the amazingly sweet April Sunshine image by Elisabeth Bell along with a vertical ticket sentiment by Ann Vento!!



I've painted with my distress ink pads to bring this pretty little girly to life!! She looks so much like a friend of mines daughter, my heart just melted when I laid eyes on her!! The papers are Three Bugs in a Rug and the other treasures are from my stash!!


I'm going to pop this in over at:
Bearly Mine Crafts Tootie Fruity challenge
Sketch Saturday Sketch
The Pink Elephant Colour Inspiration challenge


At the end of release week (Wednesday 25 April) we will post a Release Round-Up here on the Whimsy blog. This will include a selection of new release DT work from the past week together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops.

To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12:00PM EST tomorrow:

Beate Johns {Special Guest}
Bev Rochester {Special Guest}
Ellie Stover
Jacque Beddingfield {Special Guest}
Stephanne Maraver

Here is a full reveal of the wonderful April release:

4 Crissy Armstrong rubber stamps
Double Scoop ~ Good Pony ~ Look Hoo's Graduating ~ Wee Snippet's Bubbles





2 Elisabeth Bell rubber stamps
April Sunshine ~ Ginger Meadows




4 Kenny K rubber stamps
Fireman ~ Chef ~ Home Improvement ~ Policeman




3 Meljen's Designs rubber stamps
Sunflower Buggies ~ Sweet Little Donkey ~ Tutu Sweet




2 Wee Stamps rubber stamps
Goldie ~ Mr and Mrs Teddy




3 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets
For The Women In Our Lives ~ Vertical Tickets ~ Everyday Sayings Notables 4





3 Raindrop Echo Designs Shapeology dies
Notables 4 ~ Swirly Tree ~ Fancy Ticket




1 TLC Shapeology die
Wedding Dress Tag

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 tomorrow for the next list of showcase posts!

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

April Showers CLP sample

Hi there blogging buddies,
how has life been lately?
Some wacky weather we're having in the Plains States today,
tonight we're under a Severe Storm/tornado warning,
a 9 on the TorCon scale,
definitely feeling the anxiety with this one, eek!!

On the bright side, I have my sample card for CLP Challenges to share, the lovely sketch can be found in my sidebar, or by simply clicking the link above.


I thought I'd use this adorable Tilda, as it looks like she may very well be in my area today lol!! The lovely ladies at Magnolia Down Under sent her to me along with some other fun stuff after I won a recent challenge of theirs!! Thank you ladies!! She's painted in distress inks and the papers are My Minds Eye.


Some challenges I thought I'd enter are:
Bunny Zoe's Ribbon or Twine challenge
Crafty Creations Flower Power challenge
Creative Inspirations Colour Scheme
Cupcake Crafts Spring is in the Air
Cute Card Thursday Spring Flowers
Everybody Art Spring
Just Magnolia Lovely Lace
Magnolia Down Under Use Flags or Banners
PaperTake Weekly April Showers

Thanks so much for popping in today!!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!
stephanne

Hippo Birthday to you....

Hi there blogging buddies,
today I have a card to share that I created for our
Whimsy Rewind on our Inspirations Blog.


I've used the super cute Birthday Hippo by Crissy Armstrong along with a sentiment and coordinating die cut from the Celebrations Circle Pennants set by Raindrop Echo Designs.


I'm going to pop this in over at Bunny Zoe's Shabby Chic challenge, PaperTake's Anything Goes challenge, Stamp With Fun's No Easter Card challenge and Truly Scrumptious' Use Lace challenge.

Well, I have an Easter Tilda card that I hope to post some time BEFORE Easter, we'll just see how that goes. I suppose I can just wait til next year to post it lol!!

Thanks for stopping by!!
stephanne

CLP Design Team Call and hey hey hey, it's my Blogoversary!!!

Hello my stamping pals,
I hope all is going well and you are out enjoying that sunshine!!!
I wanted to post about the Design Team call going on over at
CLP Sketch Challenges, we're looking for a couple new teamies,
so please read the info below for all the details!!!

Also, today is my blogoversary!!
Yep, it's been 3 years since I first started stamping,
and boy, it shows!!! I took a trip back to look at my first project
and wow, I have certainly learned a lot in the past few years lol!!
I didn't hide in the shadows practicing, getting good, then busting out into blogland with awesome skills, as you can see!! I still continue to learn and every project is like practice, even still!!
I hope to continue to learn and grow as a crafter so that one day,
maybe I can call myself an artist. We'll see about that hehehe.
So anyhoo, soon I will be posting a bit of candy to celebrate, so do keep your eyes peeled for that, especially my animal loving friends!!!

Now, about that DT call:

Crafting Life’s Pieces (CLP) Designer Search

Ends: April 17, 2012

Term: One Year

Hi crafty friends! Our team is searching for the next creative, enthusiastic, and committed artists to join our sweet group.

This call is only open once a year, so here is your chance to be apart of the kindest and most laid back Sketch challenge group.

Its a monthly Sketch challenge, so if you love blogging your creativity in the world of crafting ... we want you!

• We are looking for 5 inspirational designers.


• Designers are required to submit one project a month using the Sketch provided.


• Projects need to meet deadline on the 1st OR 15th of the month.


• Designers must take part in our group activities (message board, leaving comments, Top 3 pick ...)


• Deadline is April 17th

• Please send Chelsea the following informations crafty.pieces@gmail.com with DT in the subject line.

1. Name, and blog address


2. Tell us about yourself…your crafting style, favorite stamp line, preferred coloring medium and anything else you would like to share with us


3. Please tell us if you prefer posting on the 1st or 15th of the month


4. Send us at least 3 of your best work (card, scrapbook, altered projects…)

• New Designers will be notify before April 24th

We’d love to hear from you…email Chelsea!(crafty.pieces@gmail.com)

Don't forget...there's still time to enter CLP-45 challenge.

Have a good one!!
stephanne

Final Whimsy Mini Hop Sample for March

Hi there Whimsy Fans,
So have you got your favourite stamps from this release narrowed down yet? It's hard to do that when everything is so stinkin' cute!!! This month's release samples are winding down and I just want to take a moment to thank everyone who's been stopping by and visiting my projects, your sweet words are very encouraging!! Thanks again!!

So without further ado, here is my sample for today:



I've used the adorable Darling Dalmation by Melissa Jenkins, and of course, again with the Picket Fence Die hehe. I've coloured in distress inks and I'd like to point you in the direction of Beates wonderful tutorial for these corner bookmarks, this one has the dimensions of 5.5, just mentioning it so that there's no confusion as to the size of the stamp.


I've also used one of the dies from the Corner Die Set on both sides of the bookmark and ran a string through it for hanging or yanking purposes lol!! My workmanship with lining up the border punch in the back isn't spot on, but hey, that's part of the charm of handmade, right? I'm going to pop this in at Fussy and Fancy's Anything But a Square challenge!

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

Debbie Eastman
Niki Estes
Stephanne Maraver
Tammy Louise Cunliffe
Erin Bailey
Bev Rochester {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!!
stephanne

Whimsy Stamps Day 4 sample!!

Hello and welcome to Day 4 of our March Rubber & Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (21 March) Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs, new Shapeology dies and new Shape EZ templates. From then until 27 March the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new goodies 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 on 28 March.

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

Ann Vento
Stephanne Maraver
Debbie Eastman
Dena Concienne {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.


Alrighty, seems we are back in business over here where the electricity is concerned. I suspect that one of our neighbors had a little incident while trimming their trees, hopefully nothing more than a branch or two, yikes!!


SO I have used the darling Amy created by Sylvia Zet along with, and coloured her up with distress ink pads. I have also paired her with a newly released sentiment by Raindrop Echo Designs, this one is from the Vintage Birthday Tabs 1 set, and our fabulous new Picket Fence die as well as yet another use of our Vines Dies, gotta love those!! The papers are MME and the distressing was done in Vintage Photo. I have used the brilliant sketch from CLP Sketch Challenges that I should have had ready by the 15th for our reminder post but goofed that up pretty badly!!
I'm also going to pop this in over at Cute Card Thursdays Anything Goes challenge as well as Stampin' For The Weekend's Anything Goes challenge and at Simon Says Challenges they are playing Bingo, so I'm going straight down the middle with a bit o' Glitter, Lace, and Punches and/or Die Cuts, and being an opportunist, I'm going to pop this in at PaperPlay's Bingo challenge as well, once again going straight down the middle with Die Cut, *free* and glitter, hey hey hey!!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check back at the Whimsy Blog for new creations tomorrow!!
hugs, stephanne

Power Surges

Hi Whimsy Fans!!!
My power keeps surging here in the great plains of Kansas, so as soon as I can get this post up without things shutting off, I will!!
Sorry for the delay and Happy Hopping!!
hugs, stephanne

Whimsy Stamps March Release Info and sample!!

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

Whimsy Stamps is releasing 20 fantastic new rubber stamps and 7 wonderful new Shapeology dies today together with 2 brand new Shape EZ templates! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

From today until 27 March 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.

At the end of release week (Wednesday 28 March) we will post a Release Round-Up here on the Whimsy blog. This will include a selection of new release DT work from the past week together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops.


Alrighty, I had previously posted a not-quite done creation, so now I have gone and garnished this one, lol, and can now call it complete!!


I have used the ADORABLE Lemon Pepper image by Elisabeth Bell for we lucky duckies at Whimsy Stamps, as well as our newly released awesome Fence Die Cut and sentiment from the newly released Celebration Circle Pennants AND coordinating die cut by creative mastermind Ann Vento!! I painted the image in distress ink PADS, the papers are Basic Grey (yellow) and Simple Stories (plaid) and my vines can be found in store HERE and they are decorated with flowers from I Am Roses, the gemstones are Kaiser.


To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12:00PM EST tomorrow:

Ann Vento
Beate Johns {Special Guest}
Deb Routledge {Special Guest}
Ellie Stover
Iris Wiechmann
Niki Estes
Stephanne Maraver
Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Here is a full reveal of the wonderful March release:

4 Crissy Armstrong rubber stamps
Balloon Bouquet ~ Birthday Hippo ~ Birthday Pile-up ~ Wee Snippet's Cake




2 Elisabeth Bell rubber stamps
Cinnamon Sugar ~ Lemon Pepper



4 Kenny K rubber stamps
Football ~ Soccer ~ Fabby Farrah ~ Sassy Sadie



3 Meljen's Designs rubber stamps
Birthday Cupcake ~ Darling Dalmatian ~ Pixie Dust Fairy



3 Wee Stamps rubber stamps
Amy Whimsy ~ Angel Cody ~ Angie Whimsy



4 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets
Aged To Perfection Notables 3 (coordinating die available) ~ Celebration Circle Pennants (*new* coordinating die available) ~ Party Hat Sentiments (*new* coordinating die available) ~ Vintage Birthday Tabs 1 (coordinating die available)




5 Raindrop Echo Designs Shapeology dies
Birthday Sentiments ~ Fence ~ Party Hats Die set ~ Circle Pennants Die set ~ Party Time Notables 3





2 TLC Shapeology die
Cherry Cake ~ Egg Tag


Shape EZ by TLC
Cherry Cake ~ Gradient Wedding Dress

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 tomorrow for the next list of showcase posts!

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

Hoppy Easter Whimsy project!!

Hi there bloggy buddies!!
I have a card to share with you all this fine Monday!!
We at Whimsy Stamps are starting a new tradition on the Inspirations Blog, where we will share new creations from the months release as sort of a recap, or plain and simple, as a great excuse to play with more of our new rubber delights!!


So I used the precious Bunny stamp by Sylvia Zet, coloured it with distress ink pads, the papers are Prima, the punches are Martha Stewart and the ovals are Nesties. Distressing was done in Walnut Stain.

So I think I will pop this in at
PaperTake Weekly Anything Goes
and Sketch Saturday though I did neglect to add a sentiment!!

Welp, thanks for stopping by today!!
I hope the weather is being kind to you!!
hugs, stephanne