On Your Special Day

Happy Friday! 

First day of Summer break here, and I woke up as usual at 6:30, although I had plans on sleeping in today. But I was wide awake so I decided to finish a card I started working on a couple days ago. 

The cute stamp I used here is from Whimsy Stamps latest release - Josie Bell Bride from the Elisabeth Bell collection. 

I stamped her with versafine onyx ink on Neenah Solar Crest card stock and coloring was done using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. The card has been kept simple. I did add a flourish die cut which was done using Whimsy's Vines Die set, along with some silk ribbon and a little flower. Framed it onto some soft coral polka dotted paper and then onto the Mellow Moss card stock. The sentiment is from the set "Everyday Moments", one of my go-to sentiment sets. 

I am playing along here:

Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.164 - (W1 of 2) - Dies and/or Punches
 Inky Impressions -M, E1, C10  #284 Die-Cuts & Flowers (Week 2 of 4)
PDE Linky Party - W,JFF, E3 - #124 - Anything Goes

Have a great weekend everyone! I hope you'll get to enjoy some sunshine. I finally prepared my garden over the last few days and I will be busy planting my vegetables this weekend.

Moments to Cherish

Today is day 3 of this month's Whimsy Stamps Release Inspiration posts. If you haven't already,  be sure to visit the Whimsy blog to find out how to enter into this month's prize draw for a Whimsy gift certificate. Several chances to win, so don't miss your chance!

Today I am sharing a card made with one of Elisabeth Bell's new stamps - Holly Little Spring Helper.

I colored the image using copic markers and also a pencil for some extra shading in her hair. I feel like I went a little bit overboard with embellishments here, I used prima flowers and pearls and a leaf ribbon/trim to surround the image. Designer paper is by Prima Marketing.

Product Links:

Holly Little Spring Helper

Party Mini Letter Seals

(both by Whimsy Stamps)

Leaf trim from May Arts (available in my Etsy shop)


I am playing along here:
Cardz 4 Galz  -Fantastic Florals
Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations - Always Anything Goes
Southern Girls -Anything Goes-

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination -always Anything Goes
Wonderful Wednesdays - Always Anything Goes

Thank you so much for visiting. And don't forget to stop by the Whimsy blog to enter into this month's New Release Prize draw. Good luck everyone!!

With Love - for Whimsy Stamps January Challenge

Today the new challenge is going live at whimsy inspires challenges, and the theme this month is

 "With Love".

 I used one of the new stamps from the Elisabeth Bell collection to make my card. 

She's been stamped with Memento ink and colored with copics and Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. Then fussy cut. Grass was done with an old punch. I added some postage sentiments to the card along with some twine. A little bit of glitter to the ruffles on the dress and the flowers to finish it off.

There is a Whimsy gift certificate to win over at the Whimsy challenge blog, come play along, you can use any stamp manufacturer. 

You can find the Whimsy products here:

Milly little spring helper

Everyday mini postage sentiments

Mini postage die

I would also like to play along here: 
Deep Ocean Challenge - Something New (new stamp) 
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes with a twist: Make It Girly 
Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge- Something New, Something Old (new stamp old patterned paper)
 Sweet Stamps - January -  Anything Goes 
 Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes

Have a great day everyone,
stay warm!

Shimmery Sparkles Faery

Happy Saturday :-)

Hope you're having a great weekend so far with some nice weather. I woke up bright and early today to some cooler weather and clouds, but now the sun is out with a few clouds scattered around. Love this type of weather! 

I have a card to share today using one of the new Whimsy Stamps just released last week. 

I went with a natural and gold look, so it's not very colorful, but I like how it turned out. 

Image was colored using copic markers and fussy cut. Glitter was applied to the wings and wand. The original stamp has some little stars scattered around the wand, but I had to cut them away to make it work for my design. I couldn't find a designer paper that would have worked, so I simply made my own by stamping a sentiment and some music notes onto so saffron cards stock, then inked the edges using distress ink. Sentiments used are also from Whimsy Stamps from a couple years ago. I finished off the card by adding a scallop border to the left side and a little button with gold cord onto the little "flag" on the right side. Christmas tree die I used here was also just released. 

You can find the Whimsy products here:

Shimmery Sparkles Faery

Holiday Cheer

funky Christmas Tree die

 I am playing along here:

Crafting-With-Friends -  Anything Goes
Jingle Belles - Use Something From Your Stash that's at least a year old and tell what it is (sentiments, border punch, twine, buttons are all very old)
Kitty Bee Designs - Make Music (music notes on background paper)
Simply Create Too -Early Holiday Wishes
Winter Wonderland -  A Christmas Fairy

 

And that should be all for today. Thanks so much for visiting!

 

Summer Days are Moments to Treasure

Good morning!

For this week's Whimsy stamps Summer creation I inked up the cute stamp Sweet 'n Sassy from Whimsy's Cottage Cuties collection.

She's been colored using Copic markers and a couple polychromos pencils. The little butterflies are from an ancient SU set, I thought they were perfect to stamp onto my white paper. 

Added a bit of glitter and some twine for embellishments.

The sentiment is from the set "Summer Letter Seals" and I used one of Whimsy's border dies for the top border.

Whimsy Product Links:

Sweet 'n Sassy

Summer Letter Seals

Stitched Border Die Set

I am playing along here:

• Copic Marker Europe- Summer Vibes 
• Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!!

Let is Snow

Hello and thanks for visiting! I have a new card to share today using a beautiful stamp from Whimsy's Cottage Cuties collection along with some other Whimsy favorites.

This beautiful stamp is called "Snow Bunny". It was one of the have to have stamps for me from the November release. I stamped her onto copic blending card using memento ink and then colored with copic markers. As you can see it's been fussy cut. 

I created the background using the "Christmas Scene Builder" set from Whimsy's SCDesigns. Sentiments are from the stamp set "Winter Wonderland", another Whimsy SCDesigns favorite of mine. The card base was done using Whimsy's double scallop square die. I simply added some glitter to finish it off.

Product List:

Snow Bunny, Winter Wonderland, Christmas Scene Builder - all Whimsy Stamps

Memento and SU ink

xpress and SU papers

double scallop square die - Whimsy Stamps

Playing along in these challenges:
Sweet Stampin -  TO DIE FOR
Brown Sugar –  Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long -  Anything Goes
Creative Corner -  Let It Sparkle

Have a great day!!

Get Well Wishes

Happy Thursday! Hope you're having a good week! 

Today I am sharing another card I made using an older stamp from Whimsy Stamps, illustrated by Elisabeth Bell, along with a clear sentiment by Raindrop Echo designs, also available at Whimsy Stamps.

Image has been stamped onto copic blending card and then fussy cut. I used a simple sketch and simply embellished with a little button and some twine.

Product list:

Little Belle's Snacktime, Simple Sentiments (both by Whimsy Stamps)

copic blending card, SU card stock, designer papers from stash

lace tape, button, twine

copics for coloring

I am playing along here:

Addicted to Stamps and More -coloring
Creative Bug on the Loose - Child's Play
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Lace
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
 Incy Wincy Designs -  Girly

 Enjoy the rest of your week!

Smiles and Sunshine...

Happy Wednesday! 

Time for me to share a little Whimsy Inspiration here on my blog. I used a new rubber stamp from Whimsy's Elisabeth Bell August release for today's card, along with an older sentiment and dies.

Image has been stamped onto copic blending card using memento ink and then colored with copic markers and fussy cut. Watercolors were used behind the sentiment, but it's hard to see in the photo. It's been a while since sewed on my card, but this card was perfect for it so I sewed the edges. 

Product list:

Little Sunkissed Summer Sweetness, Summer Letter Seals (both by Whimsy Stamps)

MME designer papers, recollections 110lb -white, SU - colored card stock

vines die set, butterfly border die - I only used one butterfly from diecut (both by Whimsy Stamps)

ribbon, twine

Today I am playing along in the following challenges:

The Sailing Pineapple Blog It's Summer 

Top Tip Tuesday -  Something Sweet 

Bunny Zoe's Crafts -  Summer Colours
Crafting from the Heart -Always Anything Goes
Inkspirational - Use markers or pencils
Just Us Girls - Word Inspiration - Ribbon

Thanks for visiting, 

hope you have happy day filled with smiles and sunshine :-)

Summertime Birthday

I recently made this card using more of Whimsy's new rubber stamps. The image on today's card is called "Zoe Butterfly" from Elisabeth Bell's Little Cottage Cuties Collection.

It's been stamped onto copic xpress blending card and colored with copic markers. The blue background paper panel was done by inking white card stock with distress ink, then I stamped a verse from Whimsy's set Birthday Greetings onto it several times. The belated birthday sentiment is from the new set Life's Moments. Designer paper probably from Basic Grey (I had if forever!). I applied some gesso to it because it seemed a little too bright.  I finished off the card by adding a layered contest ribbon diecut shape (also from Whimsy), added some twine and glitter, and did some sewing.

I am playing along here:

Amusing -  Anything Goes

Catered Crop -  Garden Party

The Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes

  A Creative Romance  - Girly Creations
Stampin' For The Weekend - For The Girls

Twisted Tuesday -Challenge: Sunshine or Yellow  Twist :Childlike Playful Image

Thanks  for stopping by today!
Hope you have a fabulous day filled with lots of sunshine!

Sweet & Sassy

I should really have been doing some cleaning, but I had a card idea on my mind, and so that took priority :-) There's more time to clean afterwards.

I used some stamps from Whimsy's latest rubber stamp release. Image stamp from the Elisabeth Bell collection - Miss Sunkissed, and sentiment from SC designs - Girl Talk.The image has been stamped on to copic blending card using memento tuxedo ink, and then colored using copic markers. I cut it out after coloring using cutterbee scissors. To stamp the words on the inside of the heart, I stamped the image a second time onto a post it note, cut out part of it to use as a mask.

I cut the sentiment out using part of Whimsy's Contest Ribbon die set. 
On the top part I used Whimsy's double scallop border die and some espresso card stock. Somehow it looks black in the photo, but it is just a dark brown. I embellished with a little button and twine, and a few sticky rhinestones.

I'd love to play along in a few challenges today:

 ABC Challenge -  J is for Just as you like it  

 Crafting from the Heart -Anything Goes

 Creative Card Crew  - Girly  

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Get Inky! -  Die Cuts 

Thanks so much for visiting!

 Hope you have a nice and sunny weekend! 

Word Play Saturday - February

Good Morning and thanks for stopping by!

It's time for a new challenge here on my blog, but first I'd like to announce last week's winner.

Thank you all for playing along in my "yellow" challenge. It was fun seeing some spring-y cards using some yellow!

Random.org selected # 9

That is Melissa Sunshine Honeybee

Congratulations! Please email me at ellibelle_blog at yahoo dot com with your mailing address so I can send the prize to you.

*  *  *

The challenge word for this month is

*Swirls*

Simply create a papercrafting project following this month's theme and then link it up below.

Here is what I created.

Products used:

Stamps: princess of hearts, lavish flourishes, everyday moments (sentiment and little hearts) ..all whimsy stamps)

papers: MME, SU, copic xpress

Ink: SU, memento

Tools: whimsy fancy square die, circle nesties, butterfly punch (MS)

copics for coloring

I am also giving away a prize this month, but I haven't decided yet which stamp it is going to be. It will be something from my own personal collection, and I will update this post once I decided and have taken a picture of the prize.

Edited to add:
This month I am giving away this cute owl stamp with matching sentiment "owl miss you" by 2cute ink. Comes from my personal stamp collection.

As always here are a few things to remember:

 It must be a new creation
You may combine this with other challenges
You must mention and link this blog when entering the challenge
You may enter up to 4 times
Would love to have you as a follower, but it is not a requirement

ETA 5/20/18:

To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

Whimsy Inspirations Challenge - Rubber DT Inspiration

Happy Wednesday everyone and thanks so much for visiting! It's time for some Inspiration from the Whimsy Stamps Rubber Design Team for our current Whimsy Inspirations Challenge. There are still about 2 weeks left to play along, don't miss your chance to be entered into the prize drawing. Several Whimsy prizes are up for grabs!

This month it's all about "Partytime". I decided to make a " Christmas Tea-Party" time card, thought this stamp by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps would be perfect for that. And which little girl wouldn't want to have a little tea party with her kitty on Christmas Day?

The image has been stamped onto Copic Xpress Blending card stock, which I finally decided to get, since I almost ran out of Neenah Card Stock. In case anyone is wondering about this card stock, compared with Neenah Card Stock, the ink stays wet longer, which means the markers are easier to blend. I also noticed a lot less bleeding out of the lines, which always annoyed me when using Neenah CS.  The paper is pricy, but I am using it only for my copic coloring, so the 25 sheets I received from Amazon will probably last me some time.

As I do on many of my cards, the image has been cut out using my cutterbee scissors. The bottom part of my background (white) card stock, has been inked using the direct to paper technique and a couple shades of distress inks. Then I stamped the "Christmas Tree in Words" on the right side. I wanted to stamp the girl image before adhering it onto the white card stock, so I could get the steam onto the card that I ended up cutting off. But, as you can see, I forgot to do that before I glued the image on, so now I have no steam. Oh well...

The border on top was made using Whimsy's double scallop border die. I added the two ornaments (seasonal ornaments set) cut out using the ornaments die set and some gold cord. 

Products used:

 Stamps: Apple Cyder Jubilee, Christmas Tree in Words set, Seasonal Ornaments set (all Whimsy Stamps)

Papers: Copic blending card, SU

Tools: Ornaments die set, double scallop border die (both Whimsy Stamps)

Accessories: gold cord, glitter

To play along in the Whimsy Challenge simply click the logo below. 

You don't have to use a Whimsy Stamps to play along, although if you do you will have an extra chance at being invited as a guest designer for a future challenge.

I am playing along in a few other challenges too:

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Christmas

 LEJ Designs  -Festive Fun 

Loves Rubber Stamps-Anything Goes Christmas

 Paper Minutes - Christmas Cards With Typical Christmas Symbols
Twisted Tuesday -Fussy Cutting (by hand)

 Get Inky! - Christmas   

Have a fabulous day everyone, and stay warm!!

24 Days of Christmas Event at Whimsy Stamps

 Hello everyone and thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have you heard yet about the exciting 24 days of Christmas Event we are holding at Whimsy Stamps?

Every day this month until December 24th, one or more of the Design Team members will share a new creation with you on the Whimsy blog, as well as a letter  each day. After you have written down all 24 letters, you will need to unscramble them to make a 4-word phrase and you can email the phrase to Whimsy Stamps to be entered into the grand prize drawing.  That is not all, there will also be some random winners during the month, but we don't know yet which blogs or when they will be chosen from, so to maximize your chances of winning, you should leave comments on both the Whimsy blog and our own personal blogs.

Today is my turn to share some Whimsy Christmas Inspiration with you!  Be sure to visit the Whimsy blog to collect your letter if you'd like to play along in this event.

I had some time to create two cards for today's post.

The first one  uses the gorgeous stamp "Lissy's Little Light", which is from the latest release. Hadn't had a chance yet to use it, so I decided to use it for today's post. 

She's been colored using copic markers and then cut out. I found the music sheet paper in my stash, I did use some distress ink along the edge, and stamped one of the "lavish flourishes" stamps in the top left corner. The sentiment is from the set "Holiday Cheer" Thought it would be perfect to use with the image. As you can see, I used the same flourish behind the sentiment too. 

Embellished with some ribbon and gold cord, glitter and the diecut "holly and berries" using Whimsy's die.


For my second card I used an older stamp set, illustrated by Crissy Armstrong - Peace on Earth.

This set includes several beautiful images, including a gorgeous angel, and sentiments.  One of my favorite non-cute sets!
The image above has been colored using copic markers. The sentiment is from the set "Holiday Notables 2", and cut out using the Notables 2 die. Embellished with glitter, a clear button and silver cord.

Don't forget to stop by the Whimsy Inspirations Blog to collect your letter, and to leave a comment there too for more chances to win. 

Have a great day!

Summer Ice Cream

I had some time today to finally create a card with this cute stamp from Whimsy's Elisabeth Bell collection. The stamp is called "Summer Ice Cream" and it was one of the gorgeous new stamps just released last week. 

I know my coloring is not that great, but I am including the copics used anyway, in case anyone is wondering what I used. I really need to figure out a better color combo for blue shades, especially jeans.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11

Hair: E31, E33, E37

Hat and Pants: B0000, B41, B45, 0 -blender

Shirt: Y11, Y15, Y17

Grass:YG00, YG03, YG06, YG63, G21

Leaves: YG00, YG03, YG06

Flowers: R20, R22, R24

Fence: E31, E43, E57, E33

Cone: E31, Y21, R00, R22

Dog: W1, W3, W5, W7

Here is another view.

As you can see I added some glitter to all the flowers, and the dragonfly border die cut. The sentiment is part of the set "Everyday Honeycomb Greetings" from Whimsy's Raindrop Echo Designs", and the Dragonfly border die was also just released by Whimsy. Love that die!  I layered the dragonfly die cut onto a black dragonfly die cut, because I just needed a little bit of black on the top part of the card.

I used one of my favorite simple sketches. The paper is from a 6x6 designer paper pack by My Mind's Eye.  

I would like to play along in a few challenges today:

Fitztown Challenge -Add Sparkles
Stamp and Create -  Glitter
 Lacy Sunshine - Girls, Girls, Girls. 
 Pile It On - Designer Paper.
That Craft Place -  Stitch Real or Faux  

 Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of your week!

Happy Stamping!!

Childhood Memories

Happy Thursday everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Today I am showing you another card I made using one of the adorable new July Rubber Stamps from Whimsy Stamps.

 The stamp I used is from Elisabeth Bell's Little Cottage Cuties Collection,

Maybelle with chores.

She has been colored using using my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. Another card I had made for Whimsy Stamps to use at CHA, so it has been done back in June before I had gotten out my Copics. While I really do love these pencils, I am ready do to some more coloring/practicing  with my copics. Haven't done much of any crafting recently because I had too much on my mind, but I finally feel like getting inky again!

I really thought this image was perfect to create a little scene with. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the grass. The "hill" was made using the Creative Memories oval cutting system. Then the fence was made with Whimsy's picket fence die.  Clouds are made with the Memory box die set, and then finally the sun was made using Whimsy's Sun Moon Stars die set.

I used sentiments from the set Welcome to the Big Top, which was also just released. I embellished with a simple little flower and brad. Now looking at the card, I really wish  I had done some sewing around the hill too, but it is too late now. 

Here is another view.

I would love to enter this card to the following challenges:

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Stitching
 Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Goes 
Party Time Tuesdays PTT #131 Anything Goes

Thanks so much everyone for visiting! Enjoy the rest of your week!!

Whimsy Stamps - June Release Review Day Hop

Hi everyone, been busy making cards for the Whimsy Stamps new release this month, so I thought why not join in today's hop too! I hope you'll hop along with us for some more fabulous inspiration from the Whimsy Stamps Designers. 

Of course there will be another fabulous prize hidden in one of the Designer's blogs, so be sure to leave comments along the way. You can find the complete list below the photo. All hop winners will be announced on the Whimsy Blog tomorrow.

For today's card I used the super cute stamp "Sweet n' Sassy" from Whimsy's Elisabeth Bell collection.

I don't usually color with copics, but I decided to get them out for this card. It's just fun to play with different coloring mediums once in a while. 

Here's the complete list of products used:

Stamps: Sweet n' Sassy, sentiment from a touch of elegant furniture (both whimsy stamps)

Papers: in the  Garden (whimsy stamps designer paper), SU, neenah 

Tools: picket fence die, leafy corner die set (both whimsy stamps), oval punch (SU), grass punch (MS) butterfly punch (MS)

Embellishments: glitter, sticky pearls

To hop along in today's blog hop just visit the blogs below. Don't forget to leave comments along the way for a chance to win.

Debbie, Gina -June GDT,  Iris,  Michele, Ellie (me)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and don't forget all these new products are available right now in the Whimsy Stamps store.

Also, the Whimsy Design Team call is still open for one more day, click the logo below if you'd like to find out more about it.

 

Have a wonderful day!!

Just as you like it for ABC

Good morning everyone and Happy Friday!!

 I have card to share with you today which I made for

the new challenge at ABC challenges. We're at the letter J and our challenge for you is simply Just as you like it.  Hope you'll join us. We have two wonderful sponsors this time, one is The Paper Shelter, and the other one is Stamp and Create.

To make my card I used a stamp from Whimsy Stamps Little Cottage Cuties collection, which is also available at our sponsor's Stamp and Create.

I used my faber castell polychromos pencils for coloring.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Spring Pick, lavish Flourishes, Party Mini Letter seals (all by whimsy stamps)
Papers: lavender designer paper from 6x6 set Cottage Garden (whimsy stamps), other designer paper from my stash. Card stock by stampin up and neenah
Tools:Vines die (Whimsy Stamps), corner rounder (creative memories), word window punch (SU)
Embellishments: Prima flowers, twine, glitter.

I would love to combine this with a few other challenges too: First up it's the Inkspirational challenge, the cute photo below is the inspiration.

 

At Celebrate the Occasion  the challenge is "spring is in the air so I am entering it there too.  Finally, anything goes at Cute Card Thursday.

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you have a great friday and fabulous weekend!

ABC Challenges - E is for....

Good Morning and a

 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!

We have a brand new challenge for you over at ABC challenges, we're at the letter E and the challenge is

E is for Embossing.

Heat or dry embossing, or both, whatever you like, as long as there is some form of embossing on your card.

We have not one but two amazing sponsors this time, 

and

Here is what I made.

 

I used the stamp Bella Sole Love Letters from Whimsy's Elisabeth Bell collection. You might also find this stamp at one of our sponsors -  Stamp and Create 

as they also carry Whimsy Stamps products.

The image was stamped using memento ink, onto neenah solar crest card stock. It's been colored using Faber Castell Polychromos and copic markers. 

I've embellished with some die cut keys using the die set "Lock and Key" from Whimsy Stamps.

For my embossing I used two cuttlebug embossing folders. Had them for ages, and I don't remember their names.

The border was done using Whimsy's double scallop square doily, I just cut one of the sides off to use as my border.

I  needed something on the top right corner, so I stamped a flourish from the set "Lavish Flourishes" by Whimsy stamps, and I used a postmark stamp from the set "Vintage Travel postage stamps". 

I am entering my card to the following challenges:

• Card Crafter's Circle -  Anything Goes
  Hotshot Crafts -  Clean and Simple
• Jellypark Challenges - , Old and New (Old embossing folders, new image and key die)
• Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - Embossing

If you'd like to play along in our E is for Embossing challenge, simply click the link above or on the ABC logo in my side bar. 

Thanks again for visiting!!