World Card Making Day

Hello Everyone!

Today is World Card Making Day and to celebrate, Whimsy will be having our monthly digital stamp release and blog hop as well as a one day only 50% off digi sale! There are a bunch of brand new digital images and sentiments available in the store now along with all the oldies but goodies too. And every digital image and sentiment set will be on sale for 50% off for today only! So pop on over to the Whimsy Shop and check out the new release!

Our Whimsy DT members wanted to share some creations to mark this special crafting day...

GDT Alberto Gava - using Teen Idol

Ann Vento - using A Touch of Elegance and Dress Form Die

GDT Mariska van der Veer - using Pum Kinnie Fairy

Sylvia Blum - using Gratitude Sentiments

Tammy Louise using Kenny K "Hockey"

Ellie Stover - using Acorn Mouse, Lavish Flourishes and Autumn Letter Seals

Iris Wiechmann - using Pum Kinny Fairy and Autumn Letter Seals

Debbie Eastman - Using Barts Football and Fun Life ticket sentiments

Have a great day and happy card making!

*boo*

Hi everyone and happy Thursday!

Sylvia here with two cards I made recently using some of the newly released rubber stamps.

My first card is a cute spooky Halloween card using Meljen's Cat O Lantern stamp and one of the adorable digi ticket stamps by Raindrop Echo Design. The ticket sentiment I used here on this card is from the 'Halloween Ticket Sentiments' set:

 And here is one more card I made using one of the new rubber stamps, is this one using 'Wasn't Me' by KennyK and 'The Fun Life Tickets' by Raindrop Echo Designs:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you feel inspired :)

Sylvia

Starry Night

Hello Whimsy Fans!

Ellie here, and I am so excited to be posting to the Whimsy Blog. It's my first time!! A huge thank you again to Denise for allowing me to be part of this amazing Design Team!

For my card today I used an older Whimsy Stamp by Crissy Armstrong: "Starry Night". But it's new to me and soooooo cute!

I really wanted to make a shaker card with this but didn't have any acetate and I couldn't find any in town. So I decided to just create a window.

The penguin and polar bear were heat embossed, colored with derwent coloursoft pencils and cut out. The little star to the right is part of this cute image too, it has been cut out separately and covered with silver stickles.

I stamped some evergreen trees outside the window and applied some glitter to them for an icy look. Designer paper is from DCWV linen stack. I embellished with some ribbon, lace, machine sewing and snowflake brads.

The gorgeous sentiment is by Raindrop Echo Designs from the set: "Winter Letter Seals". Such a beautiful set for Christmas and Winter Cards!! I know I will be reaching for it for most mof my Christmas and Winter cards this season!

Here's a photo of the cute image.

Isn't it adorable!!

And that is about all from me for today. Hope you like the project and be sure to keep visiting the Whimsy Inspirations blog for new projects almost daily!!

Oh, and just a reminder, if you haven't already seen the new Whimsy Mini Magazine, featuring newly released stamps click the image below.

Have a great day,
Ellie.

A little Digi Inspiration.

Hi Everyone Hope your all having a fab weekend today I would like to share some of the digi teams inspiration with you

 Sarah

 Alissa

Jackie

Margreet

Toni

Kindra

Linda

If you would like more info on the designers cards please click onto there names on the sidebar.

Hugs 

,

Cute and romantic autumn - and two tutorial videos

Here is a very autumnal-looking card for you!! That little (breathtakingly CUTE) fairy by Crissy Armstrong is called Pum Kinnie Fairy and she is available from Whimsy Stamps. The sentiment is from Steampunk Travels set.

 The image was coloured with Prismas on kraft card and I recorded two tutorials - how to colour a pumpkin and how to achieve lighter veins on leaves. You can watch them if you scroll down.

The papers are from Prima Romantique pad, all edged with different flourishes from Lavish Flourishes stamp set. I made the pins myself using various spacers and pearls. The bling fourishes I just eyeballed, only tools being a bottle of glue and pile of loose flat-back gems. The flowers were also stamped with flourishes, then layered and I created centers with some link charms, flat back gems, big flat back pearl and generous blobs of Viva Pearl pens used as an adhesive.

Now, and here's the promised videos:

How to colour a pumpkin with Prismacolor pencils on kraft card

How to colour leaves (especially the lighter veins, really easy trick)

Hope you found something useful!

Thanks for popping by!
Hugs
Annika

Trying out new things is fun!

I am mostly a Copic marker girl but I find it really refreshing to try my hand with different mediums. I also find that skills I learn with pencils and watercolours can help my colouring with Copics too!

I had been meaning to try and colour with pencils on black cardstock before and finally got around to it! The result is ... interesting. The jury is still out if I like it or not.

 I stamped Whimsy Star by Kenny K in white ink on black cardstock and coloured her is mixture of different pencils, basically just testing various brands: Faber-castell Polychromos, Derwent Inktense and Prismacolor. If I were to do it again, I'd use Prismacolour only, mainly because they gave the most opaque result.

The Film marker sentiment is from a Whimsy sentiment set and I cut it out with a matching die.

I also wanted to try out colouring without black lines - but I used watercolour markers instead of Copics.
I chose to colour Teen Idol image stamp and sentiment from Fun Life Ticket set.

The image was coloured with Whispers water-soluble markers. It was kind of a challenge to myself because Kenny K images have such strong striking lines and not depending on those while colouring is a wee bit tricky to put it mildly.
I used Whimsy Music Note background to stamp on white twill ribbon.

Please promise me you will ignore couple of bad smudges where I went in shading and discovered that image wasn't completely dry yet!!!

That's it for today - hope I managed to nudge you to try something new yourself!
Hugs
Annika

Final Showcase Day, Mini Blog Hop Winners and Mini Magazine!

Hi Whimsy fans!

On September 14th we released our fabulous new rubber stamps and dies. Over the past week the Whimsy Stamps DT and Whimsy Special Guests have been showcasing these awesome new goodies, and each day we held a 24hr mini blog hop where you could enter to win a prize! So without further ado, here are the lucky winners from those draws:

Wednesday 14 September ~ Drawn from the comments left on Mariska's post :
Sandra from http://sansscrapcorner.blogspot.com

Thursday 15 September ~ Drawn from the comments left on Debbie's post :
Sandy G from http://sandycreativespace.blogspot.com

Friday 16 September ~ Drawn from the comments left on Ellie's post :
LaJanette from http://lajanette.blogspot.com

Saturday 17 September ~ Drawn from the comments left on Ann's post :
Glennis from http://creatingcards-grf.blogspot.com

Sunday 18 September ~ Drawn from the comments left on Tammy Louise's post :
Jill Hansen from http://jills-scrapping.blogspot.com

Monday 19 September ~ Drawn from the comments left on Sylvia's post :
Uta from http://bastelleidenschaft.blogspot.com

Tuesday 20 September ~ Drawn from the comments left on Annika's post :
Mary Lou from http://marylouscorner.blogspot.com/

Thank you to everyone who visited the blogs of our fantastic DT & Guests and left such wonderful comments.  Please would the winners email Denise with their full contact details so that their prizes can be mailed out to them as soon as possible. Thank you!

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:

Ann Vento
Ellie Stover
Erin Bailey
Tammy Louise Cunliffe

We are delighted to announce that we are releasing a Whimsy Inspirations Mini Magazine today that focuses on the new release stamps! It features some never-before-seen creations from our wonderful Magazine Staff as well as many of the beautiful creations shared by the Whimsy DT over the past week.  So grab a cup of your favourite beverage, CLICK HERE to open the *free* online  magazine and indulge yourself in a bit of "me time".

Finally, you still have a few more hours to take advantage of the fabulous Whimsy Stamps 10% discount on all new release stamps and die special offer. There is no need to enter any code when checking out as the 10% discount has already been applied. This special discount expires at midnight EST tonight (Wednesday 21 September 2011).

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

Thank you for joining us for our new release.

September Rubber & Die Release Showcase - Day 6

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

On Wednesday (Sept 14th), Whimsy Stamps released our September rubber designs and new shapeology die! From then until September 21st, the Whimsy Stamps DT will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and shapeology die with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop will have a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will 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 9.00am EST tomorrow morning. All winners will be announced here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12noon on September 21st.

Today we are showcasing the new Kenny K stamps and Raindrop Echo Designs sentiment stamps. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations by the Design Team, please click on the links below...

Annika Ryan
Debbie Eastman
Mariska van der Veer {Special Guest}
Simonne Clay
Sylvia Blum
Tammy Louise Cunliffe
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.  Whimsy Stamps is also offering a fabulous 10% discount on all new release stamps and die. There is no need to enter any code when checking out as the 10% discount has already been applied. (Please note that this special discount is valid for one week only and until stocks last, and expires at midnight EST on Wednesday 21 September 2011.)

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

September Rubber & Die Release Showcase - Day 5

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

On Wednesday (Sept 14th), Whimsy Stamps released our September rubber designs and new shapeology die! From then until September 21st, the Whimsy Stamps DT will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and shapeology die with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop will have a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will 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 9.00am EST tomorrow morning. All winners will be announced here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12noon on September 21st.

Today we are showcasing the new Crissy Armstrong stamps and Raindrop Echo Designs sentiment stamps. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations by the Design Team, please click on the links below...

Ann Vento
Debbie Eastman
Simonne Clay
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.  Whimsy Stamps is also offering a fabulous 10% discount on all new release stamps and die. There is no need to enter any code when checking out as the 10% discount has already been applied. (Please note that this special discount is valid for one week only and until stocks last, and expires at midnight EST on Wednesday 21 September 2011.)

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

September Rubber & Die Release Showcase - Day 4

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

On Wednesday (Sept 14th), Whimsy Stamps released our September rubber designs and new shapeology die! From then until September 21st, the Whimsy Stamps DT will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and shapeology die with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop will have a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will 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 9.00am EST tomorrow morning. All winners will be announced here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12noon on September 21st.

Today we are showcasing the the DT's choice of artist stamps along with the new Raindrop Echo Designs Sentiment stamps. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations by the Design Team, please click on the links below...

Ann Vento
Erin Bailey
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.

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

September Rubber & Die Release Showcase - Day 3

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

On Wednesday (Sept 14th), Whimsy Stamps released our September rubber designs and new shapeology die! From then until September 21st, the Whimsy Stamps DT will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and shapeology die with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop will have a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will 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 9.00am EST tomorrow morning. All winners will be announced here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12noon on September 21st.

Today we are showcasing the new Meljen's Designs stamps along with the new Raindrop Echo Designs Sentiment stamps. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations by the Design Team, please click on the links below...

Alberto Gava {Special Guest}
Ann Vento
Annika Ryan
Debbie Eastman
Erin Bailey
Mariska van der Veer {Special Guest}
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 tomorrow for more new release creations!

September Rubber & Die Release Showcase - Day 2

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of our September Rubber Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (Sept 14th), Whimsy Stamps released our September rubber designs and new shapeology die! From then until September 21st, the Whimsy Stamps DT will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and shapeology die with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop will have a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will 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 9.00am EST tomorrow morning. All winners will be announced here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12noon on September 21st.

Today we are showcasing the new Kenny K stamps and Sentiment stamps. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations by the Design Team, please click on the links below...

Alberto Gava {Special Guest}
Ann Vento
Debbie Eastman
Ellie Stover
Stephanne Maraver
Simonne Clay

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.  Whimsy Stamps is also offering a fabulous 10% discount on all new release stamps and die. There is no need to enter any code when checking out as the 10% discount has already been applied. (Please note that this special discount is valid for one week only and until stocks last, and expires at midnight EST on Wednesday 21 September 2011.)

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

September Rubber & Die Release Showcase - Day 1

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

Yesterday, Whimsy Stamps released our September rubber designs and new dies! From then until September 20th, the Whimsy Stamps DT will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and shapeology die with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop will have a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will 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 9.00am EST tomorrow morning. All winners will be announced here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12noon on September 21st.

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

Ann Vento
Debbie Eastman
Ellie Stover
Erin Bailey
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. Whimsy Stamps is also offering a fabulous 10% discount on all new release stamps to all our wonderful Whimsy customers! There is no need to enter any code when checking out as the 10% discount has already been applied. (Please note that this special discount is valid for one week only and until stocks last, and expires at midnight EST on Wednesday 21 September 2011.)

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

September Rubber & Die RELEASE DAY!

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

Whimsy Stamps have released 15 fabulous new rubber stamps and one wonderful new Shapeology die today.   These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

From today until September 20th, the Whimsy DT and Whimsy Special Guests will be showcasing these fabulous new stamps and shapeology die 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 ensuring you leave 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 11.00am EST tomorrow morning. All winners will be announced here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12noon on September 21st.

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

Ann Vento
Annika Ryan
Debbie Eastman
Ellie Stover
Erin Bailey
Mariska van der Veer {Special Guest}
Stephanne Maraver

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

3 Crissy Armstrong rubber stamps
Football Bart ~ Ock Toe Bur Fairy ~ Pum Kinnie Fairy




4 Kenny K rubber stamps
Golfer ~ Scarlett West ~ Teen Idol ~ Wasn't Me




4 Meljen's Designs rubber stamps
Acorn Mouse ~ Cat O Lantern ~ Fall Wreath ~ Little Bunny Witch




4 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets
Autumn Letter Seals ~ Lavish Flourishes ~ Steampunk Travels ~ The Fun Life Ticket Sentiments




Raindrop Echo Designs Shapeology die

Whimsy Stamps is also offering a fabulous 10% discount on all new release stamps to all our wonderful Whimsy customers! There is no need to enter any code when checking out as the 10% discount has already been applied. (Please note that this special discount is valid for one week only and until stocks last, and expires at midnight EST on Wednesday 21 September 2011.)

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 by tomorrow for the next list of showcase posts!

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