Day 10 – 24 Days of Christmas Event

To thank everyone for their continued support of Whimsy Stamps, the Whimsy design team are holding a fun Christmas event over on the Whimsy Stamps Blog in the run up to Christmas!
Every day from 1st to 24th December, a member of the design team will be sharing a brand new Whimsy holiday creation. Included in the daily posts will be a LETTER.  Visit the Whimsy Stamps Blog every day, make a note of each letter and keep them safe.  Once you have collected all 24 letters, you should be able to unscramble them and make a 4 word phrase.  Email your phrase to [email protected] by 31st December 2013, and if you've guessed correctly, you will be entered into the draw to win a fantastic GRAND PRIZE!
But that's not all!  There will also be some fun SPOT PRIZES throughout the entire event.  The prizes could be hidden over on the Whimsy Stamps Blog or on any of the design team member's blogs, so be sure to leave a comment on the Whimsy Stamps Blog  and here on my blog post for a chance to win!

This is the Christmas card I have made for my little boy. His ‘bestest’ colour is green so that had to feature on his card.
Supplies:

• Image:  Santa Mouse from StampArt by Kathryne
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Part of a craft pack from Lidl
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and green card from stash
• Stamps: Sentiment from a HobbyArt
• Ink: Archival Black inkpad
• Dies & Punches: X-Cut square punch
• Embellishments: Gems,  glitter glue, tiny staples, wooden Christmas Trees and Glitter Alpha stickers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Thanks for stopping by
Lisa

Christmas at Paper Crafting Journey

This is a sad post for me as it’s my last challenge with the girls at Paper Crafting Journey. I have been on the team for a long time now and will miss the girls and boss lady Wendy so much but I think as 2013 draws to a close it’s my time to move on to pastures new…..anyhoo enough waffle here is my card for the last challenge of the year which is

Christmas

This time of year when I realise that (despite starting back in August) I don’t have enough Christmas cards it’s time to keep things simple. Clean layout, quick colouring, a single embellishment and DPs that double as the sentiment are what I like.

Supplies:

• Image: The Paper Shelter
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP:  These were scraps but I think it’s an old DCWV stack
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and bottle green card from my stash
• Dies & Punches: Kars starburst punch
• Embellishments: Felt snowflake, glitter border, a pearl and doodling

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Another Snowman

 

This is a card made with Rick St Dennis digi. I have sparkled up the star and my blue frame is pearlescent too so I would like to add this to the Sparkle challenge at Less is More …

Image is stunning so went CAS on the rest of the card

It doesn’t show well but I printed the image twice and on the top layer cut away the sky to add depth to the frame of the image (hope that makes sense).

Supplies:

• Image: Rick St Dennis
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and Blue pearlescent card
• Embellishments: Ribbon and Gold Stickles

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

•  Less is More - Sparkle

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Frosty the Snowman

 

I had a little thought that I might try and schedule a post for every day of December…we’ll see how that pans out ;-) but for now I’m here to let you know that you still have a couple days left to enter the current challenge at Paper Crafting Journey, where the theme is

Bling It Up!

This fabulous snowman is from Digistamps4Joy…

Not quite so CAS as yesterdays card but I just had to use these fabulous Dovecraft Traditional Christmas papers again…

Supplies:

• Image: Digistamps4Joy
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm, Woodware Ribbed Kraft card and Bazzill Ruby Slippers card
• DP: Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas ‘Traditional’
• Stamps: Greeting stamp set from Stamp Addicts
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ inkpad
• Dies & Punches: MS Snowflake Punch, Woodware Tag Punch, X-Cut Corner Punch and Kars Starburst Punch
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Button, Metallic Thread, Glitter Glue and Gem

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Andy with Snowman

 

Good Evening. We’ve had a busy weekend doing DIY and things but we managed to get the tree up today and will finish decorating it tomorrow. Made some mulled wine too so getting well and truly in the Christmas spirit…lol.

So, the children are in bed, I’ve had a nice warm bath and I’ve put my feet up to watch the Strictly and X-Factor results so I thought I would share this over on Gems of Inspiration and it uses Andy with Snowman

Such a fabulous image doesn’t really need a lot else, so I have kept the card quite CAS with an embossed Kraft background, a snowflake and some pom-pom trim.

Supplies:

• Image: Andy with Snowman from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Woodware Ribbed Kraft card and Bazzill Ruby Slippers card
• Stamps: Greeting stamp set from Stamp Addicts
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Marianne Snowflake dies
• Embellishments: Pom-pom trim, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Glitter Glue and Card Candi

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Gingerbread Man Dress Up and News

In the midst of my lack of mojo, motivation and whatever else has gone on strike I have some really fantastic news to share…..I have joined the Jellypark design team. There is a fantastic introduction post over on the Jellypark Challenge Blog where you can also meet the over five girls joining the DT….Sandra, Nancy, Sophie, Cynthia and Audrey.

Also starting today there is a special Month Long Christmas Challenge. Us newbies have all created something using the super cute Gingerbread Man Dress Up…

 

Supplies:

• Image: Gingerbread Man Dress Up
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas 6x6 paper ‘Traditional’
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm, Bazzill Basics Ruby Slippers card and Woodware Ribbed Kraft Card
• Stamps: Stamp Addicts Banners Stamp Set
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: X-Cut Square Punch and a Quickutz mini gingerbread man die
• Embellishments: Pearls, Gems and gold Stickles

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Party Time at Whimsy

Hello. We have a new challenge starting today at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge and our theme this month is…

Party Time

I’ve used a fabulous new digi from Crissy Armstrong called Penguin Party…

This month our prizes are…first winner:

Second winner:

And third and final winner:

A Mystery Rubber Stamp

Please hop across to Whimsy Inspirations Challenge to see what the other designers have created and to check out the challenge rules.
Supplies:

• Image: Penguin Party by Crissy Armstrong
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Craft pack from Lidl
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and black card from stash
• Embellishments: Pearl stars and alpha beads

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Thanks for stopping by
Lisa

Merry Christmas Chloe

I promise this is the last post from me tonight ;-) I’m off to bed now, a little later than planned as I watched Dr Who on catch up.

This time I’m here with my latest creation for Pink Gem Designs. This was a challenge card for last weeks challenge which has unfortunately finished now, but if you head on over to A Gem of A Challenge there is a new challenge running with a theme of Sparkles and hosted by the fabulous Ria.

I have used the super cute Merry Christmas Chloe and some gorgeous First Edition papers called New Bloom to create another Christmas card for the pile.

Supplies:

• Image: Merry Christmas Chloe Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers 
• DP: First Edition ‘New Bloom’ 6x6 paper pad
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and purple card from stash
• Stamps: Alpha Stamps unknown make
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Border Punch ‘Doily’ and MS Snowflake punch
• Embellishments: Pearls, wooden pennants and wooden Christmas tree

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Creative Card Crew – Pearls
• Passion for ProMarkers – Check it Out (hat and boots but photo not that clear)
• Divas by Design – Something Pretty
• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Anything Goes 
• Stampin for the Weekend – Feeling Festive
• Allsorts – Bring on the Bling
• My Time to Craft – Special Christmas
• Totally Gorjuss – Child’s Christmas
• Designed to Colour – Christmas/Winter
• Dream Valley – CAS
• Clear It Out - Theme: anything goes & Stash: put a snowflake on your card
• Created with Love – Anything Goes
• Creative Creations Challenge – Sparkle and Shine
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – All things Christmas
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra – Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge – For a child
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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Bonfire Brights

Me again. This time with my latest creation for the Sarah Hurley Challenge. You still have a few days left to enter the current challenge which is…

Bonfire Brights

I have made a card using some of Sarah’s bright digial papers and also used a theme of little stars as they remind me of fireworks…

I have used star paper from the Back to School kit and wood grain paper from the Say Cheese kit. The sentiment is part of Sarah's Hand drawn Roses stamp set.

 

And just a touch of faux stitching/doodling with a couple of fine line pens.

Supplies:

• DP: Back to School and Say Cheese digi kits from Sarah Hurley
• Card: White, Yellow and Blue card from my stash
• Stamps: Hand drawn Roses stamp set from Sarah Hurley
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Sizzix Star Framelits

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Anything Goes at Whimsy

Long time no see! We have been fighting one set of germs after another in our house for well over a month now :-( and although I have managed to do a little crafting (grabbing a few minutes here and there) old Mr Mojo seems to have taken a hike and I haven’t really felt that the resulting creations were worth the effort :-(
Now we are returning to normal routine (I hope) so I’m going to do a few quick posts to try and catch up on the things I have missed.
First up it’s Whimsy Stamps and you still have a few days left to enter the current challenge at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge. Our theme this month has been…

Anything Goes

I’ve used a gorgeous digi by Crissy Armstrong called Birthday Cow… 

Supplies:

• Image: Birthday Cow by Crissy’s Digis for Whimsy Stamps  
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Magazine freebie
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and Bazzill Kraft card (from Dies to Die For)
• Stamps: Whimsy Mini Tickets
• Dies & Punches: Whimsy Mini Ticket Die, MFT Die-Namic Flower Dies and Woodware Circle Punch
• Embellishments: Gems and Stickles Glitter Glue

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

•  Ladybugs TLT Challenge – Get Krafty
• Divas by Design – Something Pretty
• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Anything Goes 
• Allsorts – Bring on the Bling
• Created with Love – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by
Lisa

Whimsy November Digi Stamp Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the November digital release blog hop!

We have lots of new images to share with you today created by:

All Whimsy Stamps digital images are 300dpi for high print quality. You can re-size, flip, or rotate to fit your own project.
Here is my card using the wonderful new Snowmen by Lia Stampz…

I have coloured the image with my ProMarkers.
To find all of today's new fabulous new digital releases please visit the Whimsy Stamps Store.

Whilst you are hopping don't forget to leave comments on each blog along the way as there will be two 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 digital image of their choice. The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop. This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from the Whimsy Stamps Store.
The hop will run for one week and end on Friday 8th November at 12 Noon EST, when the lucky winners will be announced on the Whimsy Blog.
Below is a complete list of the hop in case you get lost along the way:

1. Michelle Oatman
2. Me

Kelly Mannix

Judith Hall 

Jackie Smith

Charlene Brown

Jackie Randolph

Crissy Armstrong

Marjolein Dekker Dejager

Sheri Danielson

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lisa

Click

It’s been a right old day. Still not very well and I have got an eye infection now to top it all off. I’ve been chasing my tail all week so we took a few hours out this evening to go Trick or Treating. My little boy (3.5 years) dressed up as Dracula and was so excited and although my baby girl looked cute as a pumpkin she kind of had a look on her face that said ‘what are we up to Mummy?’. Here is a quick snap of them…very hard to get as baby girl like to crawl over and grab the camera…

And on another sad note it’s my turn to post my last GDT make over on the Digi Bells blog today. I have had a fantastic three months as GDT and want to thanks all the girls there for having me play along. For my final post I have used Click…  

I’ve been using some of those  unloved DCWV Matstacks, that I found at the bottom of a drawer, again. The colours in this stack are very Halloween, so is was nice to use them with a non Halloween image…

This is one of my favourite layouts at the moment and looks equally good CAS as it does overly embellished…as you can see by the amount of flowers I went with the later on this one.

Supplies:

• Image: Click from Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: DCWV ‘Latte’ Matstack
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and cream card from my stash
• Stamps: Sentiment is from Sarah Hurley’s Rose Stamp Set
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts corner die
• Embellishments: Paper flowers, pearls, ribbon bow and a Viva Decor Pearl Pen

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Double Double Toil and Trouble..

 

Happy All Hallows Eve!  My week isn’t going to well, I’ve got a really bad head cold, littlest one is teething, my little boy is home from Nursery as it’s half term and Tuesday I managed to hurt my finger on the tumble dryer!! I bent it backwards…it’s not too painful but is feels a bit numb and stiff :-(

And on another not so happy note it’s my last week as a GDT for I Love ProMarkers, but I’m happy really as I have enjoyed playing along so a huge big thank you to Karen and the Girls for having me join them for October.  The challenge started yesterday and you still have plenty time to enter this weeks challenge of…

Anything Goes

This challenge is being sponsored by Crafty Sentiments so hop across to the I Love ProMarkers blog to see all the details.

 

I think I’ve mentioned before I’m not one for Halloween, but my little boy is really excited by it. He has a little costume all ready to go Trick or Treating later and my littlest one has a pumpkin costume.  So for the children I have made another little sign to put in the window. This time I’ve used Chloe with Cauldron…

I’ve coloured Chloe with my ProMarkers and as she’s a little witch I tried to get a spooky grey tone to her skin. And spot the hair…inspired by last weeks attempt at pink hair this week I thought I would give green hair a try…

 

I’ve made another little bat as well (I’m a bit addicted to these at the moment) and if it doesn’t stay still long it gets googly eyes put on it….the kids better watch out!!!

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe with Cauldron from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and card from my stash
• Dies & Punches: Small Circle Punch
• Embellishments: Raffia Lace, Glitter, Googly Eyes, Dymo Label Maker, Card Candi, Gems and Stickles glitter glue

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Just playing catch up so I will be back later with my card for the new Whimsy Challenge.

 

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Barclay Bear

Good evening! All the headaches I’ve been getting have been leading to something…a cold! I woke up this morning with a sore throat and bunged up nose :-(

Anyhoo enough feeling sorry for myself, it’s time for a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and this week Helen N has chosen a theme of…

More than 1 Fold

I’ve gone Barclay mad and used Barclay with Presents, Barclay with Envelope and Barclay with Bauble to make a concertina tag card…

A few close-up pictures…

The sentiments are also from Pink Gem Designs from the Vintage Occasion Sentiments set.

Supplies:

• Image: Barclay with Presents, Barclay with Envelope and Barclay with Bauble from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm, concertina tag card from Little Claire and red, kraft and gold mirri cardd from my stash
• Dies & Punches: Martha Stewart Snowflake punch and Kars Starburst punch
• Embellishments: Gems, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, padded hearts, Stickles, ribbon, button, embroidery thread and wooden snowflake

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Witches at EB World Challenge

Oh boy, I’m still suffering….this time it’s just a bad headache and thank goodness not a full migraine. It’s affecting my vision a little so I’ll keep this short and to the point.

It’s time for a new challenge at Elisabeth Bell’s World Challenge and the theme this month is…

Witches

Well it is nearly Halloween so we want to see your little witches. I have used the adorable Belladonna and Hoot from Elisabeth Bells’s digi collection…

I have coloured this little cutie with my ProMarkers. I’ve used really typical Halloween colours and dug out yet another unloved DCWV Matstack…

And who could resist a couple more cute Card Candi Spiders and doodled cobwebs.

Supplies:

• Image: Belladonna and Hoot by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Glitter DCWV Matstack
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and purple card from stash
• Dies & Punches: Waste from a Whimsy Lace Border die, word dies from All Occasion Dies and X-Cut small leaf punch
• Embellishments: Paper flowers, green metallic trim, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Card Candi and doodling with a black fine liner.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Anything Goes

Morning all. It’s time for a new challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey and this time our theme is…

Anything Goes

I’ve made another Christmas card to add to my pile…

This one uses the adorable Andy on Sledge from Pink Gem Designs…

Quite a quick make as I kept the layout and embellishments simple.

Supplies:

• Image: Andy on Sledge by Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and red, blue pearl and silver glitter card from stash
• Stamps: Greetings Stamp set from Stamp Addicts
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ inkpad
• Dies, Embossing Folders & Punches: Spellbinders plain circles, Marianne Snowflake dies and a Crafts Too Snowflake embossing folder
• Embellishments: Card Candi

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa