Whimsy Stamps Surprise Birthday IG Hop Winners

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with us for

Denise's Birthday Surprise Party Instagram Hop!

We had such an incredible turnout,

both of designers and hoppers!

We had 24 stops and over 1300 comments!!

If you didn't get time to see all the lovely posts created for Denise,

you can still check them out on our team Instagram pages via our @whimsystamps IG tag.

It is with much excitement we announce

the winners of the Instagram Hop...

Drum roll please....

The $100 Whimsy Stamps Gift Certificate

kindly donated by our wonderful Creative Director Deb Davis

goes to...

comment #161 left on Crissy's stop on the hop

Allison Cope from IG account - i_card_so_hard

Woohoo, congratulations!

Email Denise at whimsystamps@gmail.com

with Birthday IG Hop Winner

in the subject line.

The $50 This Calls For Confetti Gift Certificate

kindly donated by our Whimsy Stamps Video Team Leader Lisa Mensing

goes to...

comment #657 left on Larissa's stop on the hop

Kim Potts from IG account - craftsmadebykim

Woohoo, congratulations!

Email Lisa at thiscallsforconfetti@gmail.com

with Birthday IG Hop TCFC Winner

in the subject line.

Congratulations Allison and Kim!

Congratulations to all who won the Spot Prizes on the stops.

The teamies who offered spot prizes will be in touch with the winners

to get your address details to send the cards to, so watch for that!

Thank you again to all who joined us in this fun celebration

of our wonderful Whimsy owner, Denise Lynn.

Happy Birthday Denise from us all!

Winner's drawn from all valid entries

and chosen by True Random Number Generator

Cupcakes Galore!

Good morning! Michele here with TWO cards using the adorably cute new set by Whimsy Stamps called, Calories Schmalories! I just can not get enough of this set!

This first card was water colored.  The main image as well as the background panel.  I wanted it to have a sort of pop art feel, so I made sure the white areas remained really white.

I added Stickles to the darker pink areas for a bit of sparkle and shimmer.

I just couldn't resist adding a teeny flower from the Build a Garden die set. I cut the flower and leaves from water color paper and water colored it.  I adhered it to the cupcake with a little sweet string bow underneath it. 

I wanted the cupcake to stand out against my colorful background, so I cut a circle using the Pierced and Stitched Circle Dies. I added a shadow under the cupcake using a Copic marker.  I stamped the sentiment directly on the circle.  I used the Birthday die cut and adhered it directly to the background.  I added a scattering of gems to finish the card off.   

For my next card I wanted to stack the cupcakes to create a tower.  I masked off each layer and stamped the cupcakes with Black Memento ink.  While the masks were still in place I used Distress Ink in Spun Sugar to give it a soft color behind the cupcakes.  I colored the image using Copic markers. 

I stamped the sentiment using Versamark ink and embossed it in white. For the "table" that the cupcakes sit on, I used the new Curly Q Background Stamp. I used a Copic marker to add shadows. 

For my finishing touches, I added gems, Stickles to the frosting, and glossy accents to the straw.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Have a great day!

Supplies:

Quick and Easy Paper Door Birthday Cards - Stinkerbell Kit

Here are a couple of quick and easy birthday cards using the Paper Door Stinkerbell card kit.  Except where is Stinkerbell?!  Stay tuned she'll be back in a couple of days to say good-bye because March 25th is the last day this Paper Door kit will be available! 

All the supplies to make this card are included in this months Paper Door Kit.  The exclusive Fireworks stencil, the Stinkerbell sentiment, the beautiful gold, black and white cardstocks, the shimmery gold Delicata ink.  Everything you need (except black ink and adhesive) are included in the kit. 

Same goes for this card everything (except the label die) can be found in the Paper Door Stinkerbell box.  The centers of the fireworks is the gold glitter tape adhered to some scrap paper and punched out with a couple of different hole punches.  The largest one is a standard hole punch and the smaller ones are punched out with a Cropadile.

Hope you have fun with your Paper Door box and if you haven't gotten yours yet you only have a couple more days until it's gone!

Thanks for stopping by...see you soon,