Storybook Fairy

Happy Saturday everyone!  Simonne here, just popping by to share a brand new card I've just made! 

I used 2 stamps from the most recent Whimsy Stamps rubber release for my card - Little Fairy Friend and Fairy Toadstools - plus one of the gorgeous Birthday Postage Stamps and the coordinating Postage Stamp die to cut it out!

I wanted to create the look of a page that had been ripped out of a storybook - I hope I suceeded! And so I just had to use the gorgeous 'book' paper from my Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe 6x6 pad for the main background DP (as well as 2 of the other designs in this pad). Further details are on my blog.

Okay, that's it from me!! :o) 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend - it's another 4-day weekend for us Brits, yippee!!

Hugs,

Tutorial: Colouring in small areas with Copics - clothes (dull creamy yellow and greyish purple)

I am back to colouring up Kitty Katastrophy .  Today I am showing you how I achieved those muted yellow and purplish gray tones on her clothes.

I would actually call it more so a colouring video than a tutorial. A lot of babbling, as usual.

Markers needed:
YR21, YR23, Y28, E97
and
BV20/23/25/29

You can see all my colouring videos on Youtube HERE.

The second part of that video about colouring suede leather boots and adding final touches is coming up soon.

And THEN I'm going to tackle colouring on kraft cardstock with Prismacolor pencils, lol

Luvs ya all!
Hugs
Annika The Messy

Whimsy Party Candy

Hi All~

Erin here with you today!!  I used an oldie but goodie for my Whimsy creation.  It's party pony from Crissy Armstrong.  I have some yummy candy on my blog...so pop on over and enter!!!  It includes the fabulous sentiments I used on my card, mini postage and some flowers too!!!
Have a great day,
Erin:)

April Rubber Release Blog Hop Winners

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our April rubber release blog hop last week, and for leaving such wonderful comments for our amazing Design Team!

The winners of the blog hop candies have been announced on the individual DT blogs that hosted the prize draws, however here is a full list of the winners:

"Thanks for Hopping" Grand Prize (hosted Simonne) - Corry of http://fancyfree4ever.blogspot.com/

"Help us Advertise" Grand Prize (hosted by Annika) : Marilyn S of http://onestampingfool.blogspot.com/

KennyK Soho (hosted by Donna) : Marilyn S of http://onestampingfool.blogspot.com/

Meljen's Designs 'Curious Fairy' (hosted by Vicki) :  Lesley K of http://lesliekcreations.blogspot.com/

Party Mini Letter Seals (hosted by Ann) : Mary J of http://maryjdesigns.blogspot.com/

Come Fly with Me (hosted by Crissy) : Rhonda Miller of http://bluepoohbear753.blogspot.com/

Congratulations to all!

Tutorial: colouring tousled dark reddish brown hair

Here is my next tutorial coloring Kitty Katastrophe. This time I'll show how I'm colouring her hair. I wanted it to be rich reddish brown and messy-looking, thus without very sharp highlights.

The markers I am using are YR14, E59/19/08. The paper is a marker blending card from Make It Crafty, takes a lot of abuse, that stuff!!

You can watch it on Youtube HERE.

Next week I will have a little tutorial on colouring her clothing.

Thanks a million for dropping by!
Hugs
Annika

Love and Shopping!!

Good Morning Everyone Happy Thursday!!!! Crystal here and today I would like to share a creation with you that I made with this FABULOUS NEW Whimsy Image Madison Attitude by Kenny K . This image was a blast to paper piece, I also used this GORGEOUS paper from Prima called Reflections...I just love these colors!!! Hope you enjoy my creation today!!!

(Please click on the picture for a better view)

Isn't she beautiful??? I just LOVE this image..... and I found this super fun sentiment in my stash!!!! If you haven't had a chance to check out all of Whimsy's April New Release check those out HERE!! You will just love all the new fabby images!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope everyone has a GREAT Thursday!!!</<>

Madison Attitude card

Hi Everyone today it's my turn to share a little bit of inspiration with you I thought i would share the card I made for the recent release

 Inside panel with pocket to add some money in

 Back of card

For my card I have used a fab Kenny K stamp Madison Attitude along with one of the Party Mini Letter Seals, and a couple of the Everyday Mini Postage Stamps on the inside money pocket.On the back of my card I have used a personalized stamp which is also available from the  Whimsy Stamps store

 

 Hugs 

Happy Spring...Baby Joon in the Meadow

Hi All!!  Spring is here!!  Not really here in New York although it should be...

Anywho...I wanted to share one of the fun spring images over at Whimsy.

This uses the darling Newborn Joon  and the Meadow background available at Whimsy Stamps and illustrated by the Uber talented Crissy Armstrong.

 

 The designer paper is from Websters Pages and SU.  The bow is tied with the bow easy using White wrinkled ribbon from May Arts.  The image is colored with copics.  The card is framed in brown but the picture makes it look brown.  Tomorrow I will post a matching piece to this card to make it a giftset on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Have a great day!

New DT Member

Hello All!

Today I wanted to share some exciting news! But first I must share the sad news. Our DT member Vanja had to step down at the end of her term for a much needed blogging break. We will certainly miss her lovely creations and also her wonderful personality. Best wishes and hugs to you Vanja!

Now for the fun news...our GDT from the April release hop, Minna Paajanen, has graciously accepted a full time spot with us! We are thrilled to have Minna and can't wait for you to see all of her gorgeous Whimsy creations. Welcome to the team Minna! To learn more about Minna you can read her bio on our DT page or visit her blog: Mintun Askartelujutut

Here are her beautiful creations from our newest release....

using KennyK Biker Girl and Party Mini Letter Seals

using Little Fairy Friend and Party Mini Letter Seals

Shopping up a storm in Paris!

Hi everyone! Simonne here, just dropping by to remind you that our fabulous April release BLOG HOP is still running, where you have not one but SIX chances to win a prize!! The blog hop ends on Wednesday at 12 noon (EST). Start hopping at Annika’s blog.

For my blog hop creation I used Madison Attitude.  I decided that Madison was in France, shopping up a storm in Avenue des Champs-Elysees!

I also used the Postcard Background stamp, the Everyday Mini Postage Stamps and the Mini Postage Stamp Die to complete my blog hop card!

Wishing you a wonderful Monday!

Hugs, Simonne x

Tutorial on colouring the face with Copic markers

Hi all Whimsy fans, it's Annika here!

I finally managed to put together a video tutorial and as colouring face was one of popular requests I started there. I am still learning and struggling with video editing so be merciful.

I am using Kenny K rubber stamp Kitty Katastrophe from Whimsy Stamps  and marker blending paper from Make It Crafty.

DISCLAIMER:
1) I am NO expert. Don't even have Copic certification and can't get certified here in Ireland either, as far as I know.
2) I do have strong accent and poor-ish English. Brace yourselves.
3) I'm a waffler. 'Nuf said.

First video requires following markers:
E13/11/01/00/000/0000 (the last one is optional)

You can watch it on Youtube HERE - the quality options are better there.

The second video is a very short one on colouring eyes and lips. It was originally part of the first one and butchered in editing to ultra short. It's thus fairly useless but I just didn't have time to re-edit. :( I'll plan things better next time (well, I hope to).

You will need B02/05 and R12/14/39

You can watch it on Youtube HERE - the quality options are better there.

Thanks for dropping by!!

Hugs

Annika

New Stamps now available....

Hello everyone. Yesterday Whimsy had an amazing release of rubber stamps from Crissy Armstrong, MelJen Designs, Kenny K and Raindrop Echo. They are all so gorgeous and fun to colour. Today I wanted to share my three samples with you. The top card features Two of Meljens images - Fairy Toadstool and Little Fairy Friend.

This is Madison Attitude from Kenny K. The postage stamp sentiments are Raindrop Echo!

And last but certainly not least, the adorable Cupcake bliss with matching sentiment by Crissy Armstrong. So head over to the store and check out all the new releases, you won't be disappointed.

Whimsy April Rubber Release

Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps April new rubber release BLOG HOP!

We have 13 new Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new metal dies to show you today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favorites. We also have our wonderful special guests joining us for this hop - Beate Johns, Deb Routledge, Jacque Beddingfield, Mindy Baxter and Minna Paajanen.

The Whimsy Stamps DT have been sneak peeking these fabulous stamps for the past 5 days, so if you missed them be sure to hop on over to the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for some more inspiration!

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

3 stamps from Crissy Armstrong
Big Comfy Cake ~ Come Fly With Me ~ Cupcake Bliss

3 stamps from Meljen's Designs
Curious Little Fairy ~ Fairy Toadstools ~ Little Fairy Friend

4 stamps from Kenny K
Biker Babe ~ Cheers Dude ~ Madison Attitude ~ Soho

3 stamps/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Everyday Mini Postage Stamps ~ Party Mini Letter Seals ~ Postcard Background

2 dies/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Mini Postage Die ~ Double Scallop Tag Die

For this hop we have 6 different prize draws! We have not one but TWO grand prize draws, so two lucky hoppers will win a large selection of new release stamps. Grand Prize 1 will be for those who help us advertise the hop, and Grand Prize 2 will be for those who hop along with us. We also have 4 mini candy stops throughout the hop where you can enter to win a new release stamp! The hop will run from today until Noon ET on Wednesday April 20th.

Finally, here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Annika Ryan
Deb Routledge
Crystal Irwin
Vicki Parson
Stephanne Maraver
Erin Bailey
Jacque Beddingfield
Marley van der Heijden
Ann Vento
Iris Wiechmann
Mindy Baxter
Denise Lynn
Crissy Armstrong
Chris Olsen
Debbie Eastman
Beate Johns
Donna Smith
Lori Pachkowsky
Minna Paajanen
Patricia Garcia
Simonne Clay

April Whimsy Sneak Peeks Day 5- Your Choice

Happy Tuesday Everyone!! Over the last few days we,  the Whimsy team, have been sharing lots of inspiration or sneak peaks using the new rubber images for our April release!!  This release includes images or sentiments by the uber talented Crissy Armstrong, Melissa Jenkins (Meljens), Kenny K and Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs!

 This is our final day of sneak peaks before the Release tomorrow at 12 p.m. EST!!!!  I hope you will have the opportunity to hop along to the links below since the team has lots of inspiration to share with you!  Today our Whimsy Designers will be sharing sneak peeks of some of the new April release stamps from all our designers!!!  Yes, that means collections Crissy Armstrong, Melissa Jenkins (Meljens), Kenny K and Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs!

To take a peek, click on the links below....

Ann

Annika

Cheryl

Crystal

Debbie 
Denise
Donna 

Erin
 Iris
Jacque
Jackie
Lisa

Sylvia

Stephanne

We hope you will join us for the hop TOMORROW at 12 p.m. EST.  The hop will begin here. 
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

April Whimsy Sneak Peaks Day 4- Meljen's and Sentiment/die collection

Happy Monday Everyone!!! I hope everyone had a great weekend!! Welcome to day 4 of our Sneak peaks for the new April rubber stamp release on April 13!

Over the past few days the team has been sharing some awesome sneaks of another exciting Whimsy release which will include rubber stamps designed by the uber talented Crissy Armstrong, Melissa Jenkins (Meljens), Kenny K and Ann of Raindrop Echo Designs!

You won't want to miss all the sneak peaks over the next couple of days as the team has lots more inspiration to share with you! Only one more day of sneak peaks until the release!!

Today our Whimsy Designers will be sharing sneak peeks of some of the new April release stamps from the Meljens Collection and/or the Sentiments Collection designed by Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo designs!!!

To take a peek, click on the links below....

Beate

Chris O

Crystal

Dawn Debbie

Donna

Iris Jackie Patricia

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!! Only one more day of sneak peaks until the big release!!!

April Whimsy Sneak Peaks Day 3- Kenny K and Sentiment Collection

Happy Sunday Everyone!!!  Welcome to day 3 of our Sneak peaks for the new April rubber stamp release on April 13! If you did not drop by for the past two days, you may not know that Whimsy will be having another exciting rubber release including images or sentiments by the uber talented Crissy Armstrong, Melissa Jenkins (Meljens), Kenny K and Ann of Raindrop Echo Designs on April 13!  You won't want to miss all the sneak peaks over the next few days as the team has lots of inspiration to share with you!  

Today our Whimsy Designers will be sharing sneak peeks of some of the new Apr release stamps from the Kenny K and  our Sentiment Collection designed by Raindrop Echo Designs! So why not grab a cup of your favorite beverage and.....

a peek by clicking on the links below....

Deb

Debbie
Donna 
Lori

Marley
Mindy
Minna

 Linda

Patricia

Vicki

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!  Tomorrow we will have yet another fun day of sneak peaks.  Hope to see you here!!

Whimsy Sneak Peaks Day 2-Crissy Armstrong and Sentiments collection

On April 13 we will be having another exciting rubber release including images or sentiments by the uber talented Crissy Armstrong, Melissa Jenkins (Meljens), Kenny K and Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs!

  You won't want to miss all the sneak peaks over the next four days as the team has lots of inspiration to share with you!  Today our Whimsy Designers will be sharing sneak peeks of some of the new April release stamps from the Crissy Armstrong Collection and or our Sentiment Collection designed by Raindrop Echo Designs! 

To take a peek, click on the links below....

Annika
Chris O

 Dawn

Erin
Jackie  
Marley

Patricia

Vicki  

Have a great day!!  Thanks for stopping by.  For more sneak peaks, by some of our other designers, please drop by again tomorrow.

April Digi Hop Winners

Hi Everyone Just a quick post to let you know who our random April  Digi Hop winners are

 

The Winner of Our Grand Prize of 5 Digi's from the last stop on the hop which was Cheryl's blog is

 

Sherry K -  http://stampingcowgirlcreations.blogspot.com/

 The winner of 1digi of there choice from Lisa's blog is 

Sandra - http://sammiescrapt.blogspot.com/  

The winner of 1digi of there choice from Sylvia's blog is 

'bastelkueken'- http://bastelkueken.wordpress.com/

Congratulations Ladies if you could please contact (Me) Debbie at

eastman.debbie @yahoo.com to claim your prizes.

Whimsy Stamps Digi Inspiration

Hi Everyone Today is my turn to share some of the digi teams Gorgeous Creations with you 

 

Anneke

 Cheryl

 Dawn

Domi

 Ellie

 Heike

 Jackie

 Linda

 Lisa

 Melissa

 Pattie

 Sandra

 Sylvia

 Tina

 

Hugs 

 

April Whimsy Sneak Peaks Day 1- Sentiments and dies

Hello all!!  On April 13 we will be having another exciting rubber release including images or sentiments by the uber talented Crissy Armstrong, Melissa Jenkins (Meljens), Kenny K and Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs!

  You won't want to miss all the sneak peaks over the next five days as the team has lots of inspiration to share with you!  Today our Whimsy Designers are excited to be sharing sneak peeks of some of the new April release stamps from the Sentiment and die Collection designed by Raindrop Echo Designs! 

To take a peek, click on the links below....

Ann

Anneke

Annika

Denise

Donna

Erin
Jackie

Lisa 

Have a great day!!  Thanks for stopping by.  For more sneak peaks, by some of our other designers, please drop by again tomorrow.

Hello Whimsy Fans! Iris here! It's my turn today to post on the Whimsy blog and I like to show you two of my latest creations! The first card I liek to show is using Rainy Day Duckling. Isn't it just too adorable?

 

I colored with Prisma pencils and OMS. Papers are from 'Black Market Paper Society' and the die cut doily circle is I think a Marianne Design die. I also used Stickles for some sparkle. The sentiment is from the 'Spring Letter Seals' and you'll find it HERE

On my second card I used one of the Kenny K Designs stamps called 'Trouble Maker'. 

This time I colored again with my pencils (Prismas) BUT did not use any kind of blender. So no Gamsol (OMS) or blender pencils etc. were used to blend the colors, only the pencils itself. The sentiment is from the digital Fast Lane Sentiments  and I also used the new Whimsy Double Scalloped border die. DP is from MME, the decorative pin is self-made and flowers and ribbon are from my stash.

Thanks for dropping in today and have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Let Them Eat Cake

Hi there Whimsy fans,
Stephanne here to share with you a project
I made with one of our lastest releases!!!


I've used the adorable Benny and Joon Have Cake from the Crissy Armstrong collection at Whimsy Stamps!!
They've been coloured in distress inks and the paper, which I am in love with, at the moment, is by 3 Bugs in a Rug, the flowers are Prima and the sentiment comes with the stamp, yay coordinates!! I also used our newly released lace die cut from Whimsy's Shapeology Collection and ran some gingham through it. My cake has a slathering of Frosted Lace Stickles on it.


Thanks for stopping by today,
please stop by our
Help For Japan Blog Hop
hugs, stephanne

Help For Japan Special Blog Hop!

Hello and happy Monday friends!!

I have something very special to announce today and we hope you will join us!! 

Starting today, April 4th at noon EST

The illustrators of Whimsy Stamps have come together to draw a special set of digital stamp images for the purpose of raising money for the relief effort in Japan. All proceeds (less any PayPal fees) from the sale of these images will be donated to that cause. Kenny K, Raindrop Echo Designs, Meljens Designs, and Crissy Armstrong all contributed special art work just for this purpose.

  During the whole month of April, you can purchase the images as a set or individually (your choice) by visiting this page on the Whimsy store site. Please consider helping this special cause by purchasing one or all of the digital images we are offering. 

Several DT members have also joined together as one effort to put together this special blog hop for you to enjoy while helping to raise efforts and awareness for our friends in Japan.  If you would like to take a peek at all of the wonderful digital images and beautiful creations from many different DT members,  then we would like to have you join with us through this special blog hop!

This hop runs from now through til Sunday April 10 at noon EST.  There will be several opportunities to win blog candy!  Four random commenters will get a chance to receive one of the three individual images or Ann's sentiment set.  So be sure to leave comments all along the way for your chance at a free digi!  Also, if you post the "Help for Japan" button on your blog's sidebar, you can enter into the draw for the grand prize!  The grand prize will consist of the entire digital set made just for this cause as well as a gift certificate donated by Ann of Raindrop Echo Designs worth 10$ to use at the Whimsy Stamps store! To enter, you must help us advertise for this cause by posting the "Help for Japan" button on your blog's side bar (just grab it from the top of this post) and then get your name on the Inlinkz option on Crissy's post so we can be sure to find the winner. 

If you could, please start from the very beginning of this blog hop

at Crissy Armstrong's blog....(and special thanks to Crissy for putting it all together!)

and here's a complete list of the blog hop members if you get lost:

**START HERE!!**  1. Crissy: http://crissysartnheart.blogspot.com/
2. Maria: http://mariasstudio.blogspot.com/
3. Lisa C. http://www.bylisac.blogspot.com/
4. Mary Lou: http://marylouscorner.blogspot.com/
5. Melanie: http://paperblessingsbymelanie.blogspot.com/
6. Sylvia: http://sylviastamps.blogspot.com/
7. Pattie G. http://pattie-g.blogspot.com/
8. Donna: http://bearlymine.blogspot.com/
9. Lori: http://www.justsoducky.blogspot.com/
10. Vicki: http://stampedsmiles.blogspot.com/
11. Debbie E.: http://debbieeastmancardsimake.blogspot.com/
12. Ellie: http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.com/
13. Jackie: http://papermoments.blogspot.com/
14. Deb R. : http://www.countrylovincardmaker.blogspot.com/
15. Marley:  http://www.scrapping-marley.blogspot.com/
16. Linda: http://pinksandlilacs.blogspot.com/
17. Erin: http://www.scrapstampandbemerry.blogspot.com/
18. Sandra: http://cherrypickins.blogspot.com/
19. Tina: http://cyberbumz1967.blogspot.com/
20. Annika: http://anothermessycrafter.blogspot.com/

Here's a bit of a sneak peek from me, but once you hit my blog through the hop, you will be able to see the entire creation as well as another one I've made!!  *wink*

 So I hope you will be able to join us!!  Thanks so much for stopping by and for your support and any efforts you'd like to help us with!!  HUGS

Whimsy Stamps April Digi Hop

Welcome to the April digi release blog hop!!!! 

We have lots of new images to share with you today created by Crissy, and Meljen's Designs collection. All Whimsy Stamps digital images are 300dpi for high print quality.You can re-size, flip, or rotate to fit your own project

  To find all of today's new releases please visit the Whimsy Stamps Store

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there will be 2 mystery DT Members who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts! These winners will each win a Whimsy digi image of their choice.

The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop, which is Cheryl's blog. This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from Whimsy and will also get a chance to use those new digital images as a guest designer for Whimsy for the entire month of April .

The hop will run for 1 week and end on Friday 8th April at 12 Noon EST, when the lucky winners will be announced right here.


below is a list of the hop rotation just in case you get lost along the way, happy hopping!!

Dawn

Crissy

Debbie

Melissa

Beate

Sylvia

Sandra

Anneke

Heike

Domi

Lisa

Pattie

Linda

Ellie

Jackie

Cheryl

        

Love birds

Hi ladies,

Today I want to show you this birdcage I have made.
The design papers are from Tilda.
The cute digi stamp is from Whimsy and is called love birds.. you can find the digi here I colored the cute birds with the copic markers.
The flowers are from WOC, some lace, pearls and feathers..

Hope you like it!

Hugs,
Marley