Just Cubbin' Around

Hi there and welcome to our final day of 

Whimsy Stamps Samples for this months release!!

Remember, you can hop along with us each day

for a chance at being our random winner!!

Now, get your sunglasses out. Today, I have used the newly released *in rubber* Cubbin' Around image by MelJen, of course painted in distress inks, paired it with a sentiment from the Definitions Notables 4 and coordinating die cut, Dainty Notables 4. I've also used a corner die cut from the corner die cut set, and the Spiral Notebook Border Die has come out for a play as well, all created by the mega-talented Ann Vento of raindrop echo designs.


This card is available for purchase, please visit My Ebay Listings if you're interested!! Oh, and the inside is now finished too lol!!

I painted in distress inks, naturally, used my oval nesties to cut out the image, the papers are a mix of Prima and MME and the other items used are from my stash.

I'm going to pop this in over at Stamp and Create's Bright and Bold challenge as well as PaperPlay's Use a Die challenge, got that covered, times 5 hehe.

For a list of all the mini hop participants,
please head over to the
Whimsy Inspirations Blog
I'll be adding the list here once I'm home from taking my little boy to his first dentist appointment, say a prayer for me, he's sort of a dramatic little fella!!

Okay, here we go, the list!!

Ann Vento
Erin Bailey
Iris Wiechmann
Lori Pachkowsky
Niki Estes
Stephanne Maraver
Tammy Louise Cunliffe
Michele Roos - Special Guest

thanks a bunch for visiting me!!
hugs, stephanne

Wee Mountain Lily

Hi there and welcome to day 4 of our

Whimsy Stamps mini hop showcase!!

In case you haven't seen all the lovely images released this month,

you can stop by the Whimsy Inspirations Blog

to get a looksie!!

So today I have used the completely GORGEOUS Mountain Lily image by the uber-talented Sylvia Zet. I have given Lily a feathered friend to gaze at by simply taking my previously released Peggy stamp and stamping her tweet friend onto my paper. In addition, I have used one of the sentiments from the newly released Take Flight set by raindrop echo designs, along with its coordinating die cut.

Now here's a complete list of mini hop participants:
Ann Vento
Ellie Stover
Heidy Blom - Designer
Iris Wiechmann - Senior Designer/Magazine Staff Designer
Stephanne Maraver - Designer
Tammy Louise Cunliffe - Designer/Magazine Staff Designer
Beate Johns - Special Guest
Zoe McGrath (Special Guest)

Thanks for popping in!!

big hugs, stephanne

Whimsy June Release Day

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

Today, Whimsy Stamps is releasing 19 wonderful new rubber stamps & stamp sets, 5 fabulous new Shapeology dies and an adorable new Shape EZ file. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favorites. 

From today until 26 June the Whimsy DT and Special Guests will be showcasing these wonderful new products 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 27 June) we will post a Release Round-Up on the Whimsy blog. This will include a selection of DT work from the new release week together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops.

So here we are, another fabulous Whimsy release!! Now, for those of you who have been bloggy buddies with me for a while now know that I ADORE kitties, as well as Autumn and all that comes with it, especially Hallloween and pumpkins and sweaters and and and... So when I saw this adorable image by Crissy Armstrong called Autumn Friends I pretty much freaked  out. HAD to have it!!!

I've coloured the image with distress inks, I experimented with my Prisma markers to make the shadowed background, the papers are My Minds Eye, and I have paired the image with a sentiment from our newly released Definitions Notables 4 and coordinating Notables 4 Die Cut which I like a great deal, as it is just the right size!!

I thought I'd pop this in over at PaperTake's Bingo Challenge, I went for Ribbons, FREE, and Blooms.

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: 

Colleen Schaan (Special Guest) 

Heidy Blom 

Iris Wiechmann 

Niki Estes 

Stephanne Maraver 

Tammy Louise Cunliffe 

Zoe McGrath (Special Guest)

For a full reveal of the new products released today, please visit the Whimsy blog. 

Whimsy Stamps is very excited to announce that they have decided to release the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine in PRINT! The first issue is on sale as a pre-order from TODAY! Here is a peek of the cover together with some info about what you will find within... 

 

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine: Tips & Tutorials, Volume I 

For this issue, we have gathered some of our favorite tutorials from previous online publications and packed them into an exciting 86-page bound book. We will guide you through how to color using various mediums (Copics, Tim Holtz® Distress Inks, colored pencils, etc.), how to create unique embellishments for your creations (flowers, trinket pins, stamped charms, etc.) and how to create fancy cards (book cards, criss cross cards, flip cards, etc.) that will be sure to impress the recipient. Grab up this issue and and let your creativity flow!

Available to pre-order NOW from the Whimsy Stamps store!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!

I love you beary much!!

Hi folks!!!

How is the summer going for you so far??

It has been soooooo swelteringly hot,

with a few mild days in the mix.

I have learned, on those mild days, to get outside immediately

since they seem to be so few and far between anymore.

Anyhoo, it's time for our mid-month reminder post 

over at CLP Sketch Challenges

This month is another grand slam sketch, thanks Chelsea!!

I used last seasons coveted Tilda, lol, I like to wait til things calm down a bit to use them. Seems everyone's in a hot rush to be the first to use new things and all that competition is unsettling!!

Anyhoooooo, she's painted in distress inks, with Prismacolor marker shadowing, the papers are Basic Grey, all punches used are by Martha Stewart and the other goodies are from my stash.

I'm going to pop this into a few challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Girls Girls Girls challenge

Crafty Creations How Charming Challenge

Cute Card Thursday's Punch Drunk challenge

Everybody Art's Roses Challenge

TOMIC's Happy Anniversary Anything Goes challenge

Thanks so much for stopping in!

I hope you're having a wonderful Summer so far,

or Fall, for my Aussie pals!!

hugs, stephanne

Tweet Peggy

Hi blogging pals.

Today at the Whimsy Inspirations Blog

we are doing a May release Re-Cap,

this is my contribution!!

I've used the super cute Peggy along with a sentiment and several Whimsy die cuts.

I have to cut this one short, as I am about ready to throw my computer out the window. 

hugs, stephanne

Jump For Joy!!

Hello and welcome to Day 6 of our May Rubber and Die Release Showcase! 

On Wednesday 23 May Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs and new Shapeology dies together with some new 'Shape EZ by TLC' cut files. From then until 29 May 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 on the Whimsy blog on 30 May.

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

Deb Routledge - Special Guest

Debbie Eastman

Erin Bailey

Ellie Stover

Heidy Blom

Lori Pachkowsky

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.

Well, here's my now finished project, got those little details and paper additives on there, woohoo!! I've used the new Frisbee Dog by Crissy Armstrong as well as a new Summer Oval Letter Seal by Ann Vento. I've painted in distress inks and the papers are My Minds Eye. I distressed the papers in Walnut Stain and added machine stitching as well as some buttons and bakers twine, ribbon and rick-rack, oh, and the best multitasking decoration ever: staples!!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop back here to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for the next mini blog hop list showcasing more amazing new release creations!

On an Adventure

Hello Whimsy Friends, 

welcome back!!!

We're on Day 4 of our Release Party with mini blog hops each day to celebrate!!

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 on the Whimsy blog on 30 May.

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

Michele Roos - Special Guest 

Niki Estes

Stephanne Maraver

Tammy Louise Cunliffe

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

Today, I've used the adorable Jack and Bobbin Gone Fishing designed by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps, as well as a sentiment designed by Raindrop Echo Designs from the newly released Oval Summer Letter Seals. I painted in distress inks, not surprisingly, and the papers are by My Minds Eye. I used Fiskars Scallop paper edgers on the red CS around the image and the other treasures are from my stash.

I'm going to add this in at:

Craft Catz Card for a man, do boys count?

Charisma Cardz No Flowers Allowed

PaperTake Weekly True Colours

Paper Play Summer Lovin'

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop back here to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for the next mini blog hop list showcasing more amazing new release creations!

hugs, stephanne

Whimsy May Release Sample, Love Bugs

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

On Wednesday 23 May Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs and new Shapeology dies together with some new 'Shape EZ by TLC' cut files. From then until 29 May 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 on the Whimsy blog on 30 May.

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

Beate Johns - Special Guest

Bev Rochester - Special Guest

Colleen Schaan - 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 and don't forget to pop back here to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for the next mini blog hop list showcasing more amazing new release creations!

And here is my sample featuring the overly-cute Love Trip stamp created by Sylvia Zet, as well as a smashing sentiment from the Always and Forever set by Ann Vento.

I painted in distress inks, big shock, I know. The papers are My Minds Eye, I used parts of a square doily to make the border for my purple polka dot paper, the flowers are from I Am Roses and the punch used is by Martha Stewart. I sanded the edges of my papers and distressed the white paper in Walnut Stain.

and here's a close up of the bugs in their little hot air balloon, which is fascinating to think about because, proportionately, it would only have to be as large as say, a thimble or an itty bitty saucer. Yeah, I think too much.

I'm going to add this to the entries at Sketch Saturday and Bunny Zoe's Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!! I'll be seeing you soon with some more cute Whimsy goodness!!

Big Hugs, stephanne

Welcome to Denise's birthday party hop!

If you've come here from Alberto Gava's blog 
then you're on the right track. 

If not, start at Iris's blog so you don't miss a thing!

Today (May 16) we are celebrating the birthday of one of the best stamp company owners out there: Denise Lynn of Whimsy Stamps! To show our appreciation for Denise's kindness, the Whimsy family and previous guest designers are holding a birthday party blog hop using some of the amazing Whimsy Stamps products that we have grown to love.  Thank you, Denise, for giving us the opportunity to represent a company with great products, wonderful customer service, and most of all, an owner who truly cares about its artists and designers.  You are the best!

To show some appreciation to the Whimsy customers for helping us celebrate Denise's birthday, we are giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to Whimsy Stamps store.  Just hop along, leave a comment on the birthday blog posts by May 21, and a random winner from the comments left on participating blogs will be chosen to win the gift certificate.  The winner will be posted on the Whimsy Stamps blog on May 22.

For today's birthday hop I've incorporated the adorable Dandelion Girl by Sylvia Zet, coloured in distress inks, into a sample for CLP Sketch challenge!! Our reminder post went live on the 15th, so I am a tad behind where that is concerned.

So Denise, here's wishing you a bundle of sweetness on your birthday, and heck, every day for that matter!!

This hop is rather large, so here's the hop order in case you get lost:
But hey, good news, if you made it this far, you're practically done, as this girl here is the caboose on our Happy Birthday Train!! Toot toot!!

Iris Weichmann

Pops Morfitt

Bev Rochester

Erin Bailey

Heidy Blom

Ann Vento

Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Mariska van der Veer

Lori Pachkowsky

Dena Concienne

Simonne Clay

Patricia Garcia

Alberto Gava

Stephanne Maraver

Thanks for joining us today!  Feel free to head over to Denise's blog to wish her a happy birthday :)


hugs, stephanne

Winner of my blogoversary candy!!

Hi there blogging friends!! The time has come for me to draw a winner from the comments left under this post!! Thank you to all who entered for sharing your stories with me!! Animals bring such a joy to me, and apparently, a lot of you all too!!! So thank you thank you thank you all for dropping by and leaving me your stories!!

So without further ado, random number generator popped out 30, so that means that Anreda is the lucky lady in todays drawing!! And I hope you don't mind my sharing your answer to the required question: tell me your favorite animal and why!!

My favorite animals are cats and of course especially my cat "Tiger".

Unfortunately it is not such a big hero as the name suggests, but she is extra nice to us.

The many birds in our garden already know her and know that they can feel free by eating. "Tiger" goes (before the "attack") first sitting. Than in the attack position with her ​​ass back, tail to high and then a little jump and then.... she walks all mewing to the birds.
The birds therefore have more than enough chance to fly away and come back later quietly.

Her friends, the fish in the pond, pulling really nothing of her, because if they come too close to swimming to "Tiger", she runs away screaming ...

She is no hero, not a real "Tiger" ... but owww ... w hat is she sweet, loved and
pendent and what will I miss her when she is no longer among us.

My little girl, my little "Tiger"

But of course I want to just state why I have become a follower of your blog. I'm through, through, through ended up on your blog and I love your creations.
Especially the stamp with TuTu Sweet is very cute.
I hope you get lots of inspiration and will certainly often just come to "visit".

Regards, Anreda

Excellent answer, my friend!! Please get in touch with me through my email at

eatwblimpy@yahoo.com to claim your prize, and please write BLOG PRIZE in the subject line, so I can recognize your email from the loads of spam I get!!

Thanks again to all who entered!!

Big Hugs, stephanne

Blogoversary Candy!!

**this post is pinned up until my candy ends, 

please scroll down for new posts**

Hi there friends,

as promised, I have put together a little candy

to celebrate my 3rd year of blogging!!

Through the year, I've had lots of fun on Design Teams

and entering challenges, and hey, occasionally winning them, 

so I think it's time to give something back!!

So here's what I'm asking of you in order to be in for a chance at winning my candy.

Firstly, please pop this image and a link back to my blog in your sidebar and

Secondly, and this I will be checking on, tell me what your favorite animal is and why.
Just a brief little description, unless, of course, you want to write an essay answer, that's up to you!!!
An example, I LOVE sea otters because they seem to be a combination of several cute animals and they get to swim around all day!!

On May 14th, I will draw a winner from the comments left on this post.

Thanks to all of you for your continued support and friendship through the years!!

hugs, stephanne

Final sample for Whimsy's April Release, a Wee Snippet at play!!

Good day to you all!!

So you're here on our last day of showcasings of our new release Whimsy Stamps for April!!

Yes, I am afraid that all good things must end...

So I have used the fantastically cute

Wee Snippets Bubbles by the talented Crissy Armstrong!! She's coloured in distress inks, of course, with Star Dust stickles on her wings and 3d Crystal Lacquer to give the bubbles some sheen. I've also used a sentiment from the new Everyday Notables collection by Raindrop Echo Designs, very versatile!!

Within the next hour or so I will get the full card published here, just wanted to make sure there was something to see in the short term, I am feverishly hungry and need to eat before I can finish, yes, always bumbling in at the last minute or later....

So I FINALLY finished up, but not without incident, I decided to slice my left index finger open with an exacto knife, yarg!!! Not easy to place things with a stinkin' wound on that finger!! Anyhoo, my papers are by October Afternoon, the buttons are Basic Grey, the flowers are a mixture of different companies, and I've added in our lovely vine die cut because I just love it to bits!! Staples, laces, some sewing and distressing and we're done!!

Welp, I'm going to enter this in at PaperTake Weekly since I used their sketch and Stampin' for the Weekends Sparkle and Shine challenge

Please take a moment to visit my DT pals and see what loveliness they've created with these fantabulous stamps!!!

                                                                                                      Ann Vento

Debbie Eastman

Patricia Garcia 

Tammy Louise Cunliffe 

Erin Bailey 

Heidy Blom
Niki Estes

Stephanne Maraver that's me!!

Lori Pachkowsky

Deb Routledge 

Mariska van der Veer 






Thanks for stopping by!!
hugs, stephanne

A Fairy Fun Saturday with Whimsy Stamps

Well hello hello helloooo, welcome to day 4 of our April Release Event at Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Blog!! We'll be showing you all 6 days of samples all feauturing images from the latest release, and for those who join us in leaving comments each day, they are being entered into a daily secret prize draw!! So you're gonna want to visit each of us because this months release is just precious!!!

I've used the adorable TuTu Sweet image by MelJen coloured in distress inks, of course, along with the newly released Vertical Ticket Notes by Raindrop Echo Designs, and last but not least, you can spot, peeping out of the upper right corner our new Swirly Tree Die that I have used as more of a cloud than a tree, it just looked like a cool detail when I was putting this card together so I left it!!

Now here is a list of the other DT members and special guests joining us today, I hope you will stop by to visit!!

Dena

Iris

Lori

Michele

Niki

hugs, stephanne

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