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,

Saturday Club Kid

Happy Saturday everyone! Simonne here just popping in with a quick post to share my Sketch Saturday DT make with you. I have used one of the newest Kenny K for Whimsy Stamps rubber stamps called 'Club Kid'.  I coloured her with Copics and had intended NOT to colour her hair with lots of texture, but have now found that I actually can't colour hair any other way ... oops!!  I also used the 'celebrate your day' sentiment from the Party Pony stamp set and the accessory stamp (stamped in the corners of the image plate) from the Spring Stepping stamp set. 

Hope you're having a great weekend and thanks for dropping by!

Hugs,

KK Strong Island and Blog Hop STILL RUNNING

Hello Whimsy fans!  Simonne here, just popping by to share one of the creations I made for last week's new rubber release. 

I have used one of the new Kenny K for Whimsy rubber stamps called Strong Island.  I had a BLAST colouring her with my Copics!  I also used the *NEW* Treasured Moments Ticket Stamps and cut them out perfectly using the corresponding Whimsy Shapeology Ticket Die.  All the DP is from my Echo Park Happy Halloween collection pack - I just LOVE the colours in this pack and as there are many non-halloween patterns included, it can be used all year round!

We are holding a fun BLOG HOP to celebrate all these fabulous new releases.  The hop started last week on Wednesday ... and is STILL OPEN!  We have 6 different prize draws included in the hop, so if you haven't hopped along with us yet, be sure to hop on over to the beginning of the hop at Crystal's blog and start hopping.  You have until Wednesday March 23rd at noon (EST) to hop along with us and enter all 6 prize draws to be in with a chance of winning some Whimsy rubber!!  START THE HOP HERE.

Hugs,

Vintage Rose Tag

Hi everyone!  Simonne here just popping on here to share a creation I made a few weeks ago with some of our newest Whimsy Stamps releases. I used the single rose stamp from the FRAGRANT ROSE stamp set and one of Ann's fab POSTAGE STAMPS stamps to mage a vintage tag.  I also used the brand new POSTAGE STAMP DIE to cut out the Postage Stamp.

I can see so many possibilities for these postage stamps - one being dressing up envelopes.  All my cards are popped into a plain, white envelope (unless they need a box...and then it's still plain white, LOL!) and so these stamps are going to be perfect for making each envelope special and unique.  Ooh, I may even stamp it in a coordinating colour to the card and then use some clear embossing powder to give it texture (must buy some first though, LOL!).

Thank you so much for dropping by today! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,


Supply List
STAMPS & DIE: Whimsy Stamps
CARDSTOCK: SU Kraft, Coredinations French Roast
PAPER: DCWV Garden Party 8x8 stack
INK: Dark Brown chalk ink
EMBELLIES: Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts (inked), ribbon from stash, SU linen thread, Prima pink flower, SU glitter, flatback pearls
TOOLS: Corner rounder punch, TH edge distresser, Sander, Martha Stewart border punch, mini x-cut butterfly punch

Sending Hugs and a Very Special Hop

Hello everyone, Simonne here!

Just hopping by to share 2 of my newest Whimsy Stamps creations with you. 

The first is a card using the adorable and *new* Love in a Bucket rubber stamp, illustrated by the uber-talented Crissy Armstrong, and one of the *new* Friendship Ticket Sentiments rubber stamps, designed by the amazing Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs:

And for my second card I used one of the brand new Whimsy Stamps KennyK Collection rubber stamps called All That.  I had so much fun colouring her and I also decided to paper-piece her hat.  I also made that ruffled ribbon myself using a normal piece of black organza ribbon, some black thread and a needle (all hand-stitched - no sewing machine used as I don't have one, LOL!)

We also have a rather special blog hop happening today - a Circle of Friends hop for one of our dear Whimsy DT sisters. 

Our Circle of Friends hop is to show our dear friend Annika Ryan that her Whimsy Family is here for her during this difficult time. Everyone needs a circle of friends, and sometimes, during those hard moments, you need to be placed in the centre of that circle and be given a big group hug.  Though we may be miles away, our hearts are with her along with our support.

The hop starts at Crystal's blog and I warmly invite you all to hop along with us to send smiles across the miles to Annika.

Wishing you all a wonderful Saturday!

Hugs,

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Hey everyone!

Just a quick post from me (Simonne) today to share one of my creations using stamps from our most recent rubber release just before Christmas.  I can't tell you how much fun I had colouring up these two  characters.  I think it is AWESOME that Kenny is now working with Whimsy Stamps to produce actual rubber stamps!  WOO-HOO!! These two cuties are my most favourite from our latest (and first!) KK for Whimsy Stamps release.  The girl on the left is called Download Diva and the girl on the right is called Rock Chick.  These fabby stamps, which are deeply etched rubber already mounted onto cling cushion foam, are a steal at only $7.00 each!!!!  I also used one of Raindrop Echo Designs Fast Lane digi sentiments stamps Ann designed specifically to match the Whimsy KK stamps.  I love digi sentiments as they can be resized to fit your needs perfectly.  And I love this particular one, as this song is one of my favourite 80s tunes!!

Okay, that's it from me!

Hope you are having the most wonderful day!

Luv n hugs, Simonne x

Beautiful Poinsettia

Hello Whimsy fans! Today I have a card to share using some of the fabulous and very beautiful new Whimsy Stamps Holiday stamps.

Initially, I was going to use a different Whimsy stamp for the main focal part of this card (can you guess which one it was?  Just look at the stripey paper for a clue, LOL!), but once I'd made up the base of the card, I decided it just didn't look right, and so I inked up the large poinsettia stamp from the Vintage Christmas stamp set and set about colouring it, then cut it out and popped it up with foam pads.  I also stamped the swirls onto the mistletoe DP and then traced over them with a gold spica pen:

The 'Merry Christmas' sentiment stamp, plus the holly stamp that I used to stamp on the green background paper, are both from the Jingle Bell Ride stamp set.

Thank you for dropping by today!

Hugs,

Whimsy Wedding

Happy Friday everyone!

Today I have a brand new card to share with you that is a little different from my normal Copic-coloured offerings - a vintage-style wedding easel card:

 

Although I didn't use an actual image stamp on this card, I did use 4 Whimsy stamps from 4 different stamp sets to create the wedding cake.  No template was used - I simply sketched the cake before cutting, stamping and distressing all the 'tiers' and then popped them all together!  I used my awesome Bow Easy (TM) to create the tiny bow for the cake - wouldn't have been able to do it without it, LOL!  I don't mind admitting that I spent a LONG time adding and taking away embellishments for this card, so that it would look 'just right'. I also stamped and distressed the hydrangeas that are behind the brown roses - they started life as plain, stark white until I attacked them with a French script stamp and brown ink, LOL!!

Whimsy Stamps used:

'Cake stand' swirl - Whimsy Stamps Party Pony stamp set

'Swirl' stamped in brown on the pale blue cake tiers - Whimsy Stamps Proud Momma stamp set

'Heart swirl' stamped in brown on the kraft cake tier - Whimsy Stamps Untamed Love stamp set

'Heart' at the top of the cake - Whimsy Stamps Snippets Set 1

Thank you for dropping by!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Shy-Ann

Happy Monday everyone!

Today I'd like to share one of my older Whimsy creations using the gorgeous Shy-Ann rubber stamp, designed for Whimsy by Katie Sowa:

I adore purple, but it find it a very difficult colour to work with craft-wise.  I'm not really sure why, as I have two beautiful 'sets' of purple copics that blend perfecly!!  Anyhoo, taking inspiration from this scrummy Basic Grey Kioshi pad helped me loads when making this card, and I just love that I thought to colour her eyes purple too! I would love to try out purple eyes, but am too squeamish to wear contacts, hee hee!

We have some VERY exciting events here at Whimsy starting at the end of this month!!  So the DT are very busy at the moment working behind the scenes creating for them!  I shall be back here on Friday with some more Whimsy inspiration, so be sure to stop by as I may even be able to tell you what's coming the week after! *wink* :o)

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by for a little bit of Whimsy Inspiration!

Hugs, Simonne x

Ready...Steady...DUCK!

Hey everyone and happy Friday!  Quick post today to show you a card I made last week using "Ready, Set, Duck!" rubber stamp from the Crissy Armstrong Collection at Whimsy Stamps.  When I was creating the sentiment for this card, silly old me got the name of the stamp slightly wrong, oops!, so it reads 'ready, steady, duck!' but no matter, it still means the same, LOL!

Just to remind you that there is a 25% off sale across the whole of the Whimsy Stamps store (excluding custom designs) through to the end of August, so you can snag this stamp for the bargain price of $5.25 at the moment!

Hope you're having a wonderful day!

Hugs, Sem x

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

....okay, so it's not really, LOL, as it's still technically Summer (althoug the temperatures in the SW of England sure don't feel summery!).  However, there are actually only just over 4 months left until Christmas 2010, and as I know we crafters like to be organised, I thought it would be a nice idea to share a card I made last Christmas using one of the adorable Snickerdoodle for Kids rubber stamps, designed by the awesome Crissy Armstrong, for a bit of Christmas inspiration.  This cutie is called 'Sledding with Marty and Max' and is available to buy HERE at the Whimsy Stamps store.

There are three stamps in the Snickerdoodles collection, and the best thing is that you can buy all 3 in one fabby bundle for the combined and discount price of $18.00 - that's a saving of $4.50 over buying them separately!!!  Edited to add:  As the 25% off sale is now on, these stamps are available to buy separately only.  However, they now cost the crazy prixe of $16.88 if you buy all three!

I also want to remind you about our AUGUST CHALLENGE that is running through the whole of August.  The theme is the easy-peasy one of 'Anything Goes', so get your Whimsy rubber or digis out and enter, as you could be the lucky recipient of 5 digi images of your choice!!!

Have a fab day, peeps, whatever you're up to!

Hugs,

Time to Celebrate!

Hi everyone!

I have a card to share with you today that is a teeny tiny 3"x3" notecard (...and the first one I have ever made, LOL!).  I used my brand new and very fabulous Birthday Letter Seals stamps, which are PERFECT for this size of notecard! 

This fabulous stamp set comprises 3 circular stamps and 6 sentiment stamps. I chose to use the 'birthday wishes' circular stamp then used my stamp positioner to add the "time to celebrate" sentiment in the middle (but you could add any of the 6 sentiment stamps here!). As this card was so small, I was able to use up some scraps from my Cosmo Cricket DeLovely 6x6 paper pad!

Thanks for popping by!  Oh and don't forget we've got a new digi stamp release and a brand new Whimsy challenge this Sunday so make sure you come back then!

Hugs,

Proud to be different

Hello everyone, Simonne here again!  Hope you're well this glorious Friday morning?

Almost a month ago, I showed you a card that I'd made using the fabulous 'Proud To Be' carousel horse stamp, and using the American flag colours of red, white & blue - here's a little reminder:

For my card today, I thought it would be a nice idea to share another card that I made using the same stamp but using entirely different colours so that you can compare the 2 cards and hopefully see how versatile this stamp is (especially for our non-US Whimsy fans!):

For this card I used paper from my Basic Grey 'Green at Heart' 6x6 paper pad and lots and lots of my favourite embellie - flatback pearls!

Here at Whimsy, we're beavering away behind the scenes preparing for our new digi release on July 1st!  We have some AMAZING new images to share with you, and perhaps a little blog hop and a new monthly challenge too!!  And of course our new DT members officially start their DT term on July 1st - I'm sure you're all as excited as we are to see their Whimsy creations! 

Thank you for popping by today!  I hope you've enjoyed my little bit of Whimsy inspiration!  Wishing you a wonderful weekend, whatever you're up to!

Hugs,

Swinging Emma

Hey everyone!  It's my turn to share some Whimsy Inspiration with you today, and I have a brand new card to show that I finished literally 30 minutes ago!

I've used one of the May release Whimsy Digi stamps called "Emma Swinging" - she is available to download instantly from the Whimsy Store along with all the other scrumptious Whimsy digi stamps (and of course Whimsy rubber ... although you'll have to wait for your postie to deliver those, LOL!).

I've decided that I'm going to have to tidy up my crafty stash, as I'm just shoving things in my Ikea storage unit at the moment and consequently it's very difficult to find stuff quickly and efficently!  Although I don't have a huge amount of stash, I am finding that I'm forgetting stuff that I've 'hidden' away, like this fairly new DCWV Garden Variety stack that I've used for today's card. So I think a trip to Ikea is necessary (urghh!) plus I'm going to have to spend some pennies on some 12x12 paper storage and a good system for storing stamps., baskets for punches, etc. etc - you know the drill!  I do have my buttons and nesties sorted and stored ... well it's a start, LOL!

I've followed this fortnight's fab sketch from Truly Scrumptious (in its mirror-image) -Whimy Stamps is sponsoring this challenge, so do pop along and join in to be in with a chance of winning a $15 Whimsy gift certificate!  Talking of sponsorship and challenges, I can also give you the heads up that Whimsy is sponsoring tomorrow's new Creative Card Crew challenge!  So two chances to win some Whimsy goodies this week!

Well, I think that's quite enough of my ramblings for one day, hee hee!  Wishing you a wonderful day, whatever you're up to, and look forward to seeing you here again tomorrow for some more Whimsy inspiration!

Thanks for popping by!

Hugs,

Proud to be Whimsy!

Happy Friday everyone!  If, like me, you live in good ole Blighty (UK) then you'll be gearing up for a 3-day weekend, or perhaps even a whole week off as it's the schools' half-term break this coming week - yay!

So today I have a card to show you that I made using one of Whimsy's brand new releases - this beautiful carousel horse rubber stamp set illustrated by Crissy Armstrong called 'Proud to Be'.  I'm not American, nor do I have any American relatives, but I am proud to say that I now have lots of American crafting/blogging buddies, and I just had to make a truly patriotic card using this fabulous stamp!

There's only a few days to go until our new Whimsy digi images release on 1st June! Woo-hoo!  We're having another blog hop to showcase these beauties, and we'll also have a brand new monthly challenge for you right here at the Whimsy Inspiration Blog.  You still have a few days to enter our May challenge to win 5 Whimsy digi stamps so click here to be taken to the May challenge post and get your entries in to be in with a chance to win!

Finally, if you haven't read all about our very own Lisa's special RAK event for her sister Jayme, then CLICK HERE to be taken to the post on her blog.  Crissy Armstrong has drawn a fabulous and FREE digi image for this cause as Jayme is frog-mad.  If you would like to make a card for Jayme using this image, you can download it from a link on the Whimsy Stamps store front or directly from here.

Wishing you all a great weekend and I'll 'see' you on the 1st of June for our new release hop!

Hugs,

New Release BLOG HOP!

Hey everyone!

Whimsy Stamps are releasing some brand new rubber stamps today, and to celebrate the DT are having a Blog Hop!

We have 2 new Carousel Horse stamp sets from the Whimsy Crissy Armstrong Collection and 1 amazing Ticket Sentiments stamp set by Raindrop Echo Designs to show you today.

The blog hop will run from Monday 17th May at noon EST until Friday 21st May at noon EST.

CLICK HERE to go to the start of the hop (at Crissy's blog) and start hopping away to see Party Pony, Proud to Be and Ticket Sentiments in all their glory!

Here's my blog hop creation (which you can see on my blog) using 'Party Pony':

Happy hopping everyone!

Hugs,

Truly Scrumptious Maya...

Woo-hoo - it's Friday! Yeahhhhhh!  Almost the beginning of the weekend (...and it's going to be a 3-day one if you live in the UK, yay!!).

Today I have a brand new card to share with you using the beautiful Maya Blowing Bubbles digi stamp - one of the wonderful new digis that Crissy Armstrong has designed for Whimsy Stamps.

I followed the fab sketch over at Truly Scrumptious, as it allowed me to use one of Ann's matching digi Maya Blowing Bubbles Sentiments stamps on the pull-out 'hidden' tag:

 

I've coloured Maya using Copic Ciaos, and used some co-ordinating paper from my Basic Grey 6x6 'Nook & Pantry' paper pad. 

 

Thanks for popping by today!  Wishing you all a FABULOUS weekend!

 

Hugs,

Horse-ing around!

Hello Whimsy fans and happy Monday to you all! 

A bit of mixed emotions for me today, as like most other UK parents, I had to wave our dd off to school this morning for the start of Term 5 following our 2-week Easter break - I was so sad as I love having her home!

So to cheer the mood, I have a bright and happy card to show you today, showcasing one of our brand new Whimsy Digital Stamps!  This one is from the Crissy's Digis line and is called 'Gift Horse':

I've also used one of the fabulous Raindrop Echo Designs digital sentiment stamps from the co-ordinating set entitled 'Gift Horse Sentiments'.  Isn't it just great how you can resize and move around digi stamps to fit your needs perfectly?  Pure awesomeness!  (...that's for you Ann, ROFL!!).  Not to mention the instant gratification of buying digi stamps - no waiting around for the postal service to do it's job, especially if your order is being shipped from outside your home country!

Okay, well I think that's enough from me! (...I'm in a bit of a chatty mood today, so I could go on and on if I'm not careful... LOL!).

Wishing you all a wonderful start to the week!

Thanks for popping by!

Hugs,

Spring Stepping in Blue Tulips

Happy Friday everyone!  Woo-hoo ... it's almost the weekend!  :o)

Today I'd like to share with you a new card I have made with the gorgeous 'Spring Stepping' stamp set: from the Crissy Armstrong Collection for Whimsy.  I had so much fun colouring this one (whilst listening to my Glee CD for the hundredth time, LOL!) with one of my fave colour combos:

I used chalk ink and the leafy swirl stamp included in the 'Spring Stepping' stamp set to stamp around the edges of the image plate - I love the effect this gives!  The wonderful sentiment is also part of the stamp set and I love that 2 different fonts have been used!  I'm going to enter this card into a few challenges including One Stop Craft Challenge 72 whose theme for this week is 'Let it Shine!' - Whimsy Stamps is sponsoring this challenge with a $15 gift certificate, woo-hoo!!

Thanks so much for popping by today, and I hope you all have a fabulous crafty weekend!

Hugs,

Nostalgia, Summer Days and a Duck!

Happy Friday everyone!

I'm a sentimental old soul, and so I thought it would be nice to share with you some of my Whimsy nostaligia today! :o)  September 2009 was a very special month for me, because it was the month I received an email from Denise inviting me onto the Whimsy DT!!  Of course I immediately replied with a very loud "YES"...accompanied by some air-punching and general leaping around in excitement! LOL!  Wind forward to today, and March represents my 6th month of being on the Whimsy DT!  I am having the BEST time, and I cannot thank Denise and the rest of the team enough for all the fun, laughter, support and friendship!!

So I'd like to share with you a couple of my very first Whimsy creations, and dedicate them to Denise and my wonderful team mates!

Summer Day Emma

Whimsy Duck

Have a FAB day everyone!

Hugs,