Under the Sea

Good morning! 

Time for a little Whimsy Inspiration today using one of the new MiRan rubber stamps from the January release. This gorgeous stamp is called "Coralia" .

She's been colored with copic markers. The background was done with distress ink, SU ink and water. The card is CAS, I just added some washi tape and the sentiment, then finished it off with sticky pearls and twine. I will most likely re-do this card, unfortunately I got ink onto her hand when inking the backgorund...

The sentiment is from an older Whimsy Stamp set - Summer Letter Seals. 

Hope you like today's card, and thank you for visiting!

Stay warm!!

Sweet & Sassy

Happy Saturday!! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far! Busy day planned here today (that will probably also include decorating our Christmas Tree - the kids can't wait :-) , but first I wanted to share my newest Whimsy Stamps card, that I was able to finish last night.  

I used one of the new stamps from Whimsy Stamps latest release. This cute stamp is called "Lovely Tracy" illustrated by Mi Ran. She's been colored using Copic markers and Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.

I used a circle die to cut it out and framed it with a scallop circle. Sentiments are from the set Girl Talk, which was released a year of so ago. I think it's the perfect set for all the cute Mi Ran stamps.

No idea where this sketch originates from, it was in my notebook from years ago. 

Papers are from MME. I added a little flower and twine for embellishments. 

Here is a closeup view of the cute stamp. I always struggle coloring curly hair...so I used my pencils to color the hair. I also used a sepia colored pencil to add some shadows around the image.

Lots of Christmas challenges going on at the moment, but luckily I did find several non-Christmas ones to play along in :-)

2 Creative Chicks -Anything Goes 
 Card and Scrap - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe -Die Cuts and/or Punches

Crafty Time-Anything Goes
Brown Sugar – Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations - Always Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination -Always Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Thanks so much for visiting. 

Whimsy Stamps - June Rubber Stamp Release - Grand Blog Hop

Welcome to the 

Whimsy Stamps June release BLOG HOP!

The DT  have been sharing some amazing creations made with the new stamps over the last couple of days, and today we are celebrating their release with a GRAND BLOG HOP!

The hop starts today (wednesday June 10th at 12.00PM noon ET) and ends on Friday June 12th at 12.00pm noon ET.

Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Ellie 

Danni

Shannah 

Chitra

Debbie

One lucky hopper will win a $25 gift certificate! To enter the draw, simply leave a comment at EVERY stop along the hop by 12.00pm noon on Friday June 12^th

And here is what I made for today, using Sweet Sara from the Art by Mi Ran collection.

I colored the image using copic markers and then fussy cut. I thought the sentiment from the set "Chalkboard Greetings" was perfect to use with this image. It's been stamped onto a die cut kraft card stock oval. Designer papers are from MME.

Don't forget, the entire new release is available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store RIGHT NOW!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have fun hopping!!

Whimsy Stamps - May Rubber Stamp and Die Grand Hop and Release

  Happy Wednesday everyone and welcome to Whimsy Stamps Rubber and Die Release Day blog hop!! 

I hope you got to hop along with us the last two days for some wonderful whimsy prizes. If not, we have another fun hop scheduled for today and you can win a $25 gift certificate from Whimsy Stamps!! To be entered into the drawing, simply visit the links listed at the bottom of my post below, and don't forget to leave a comment along the way. 
By the way, all these new products are available for purchase right now at the  
Whimsy Stamps Shop. 

For today I inked up the sweet stamp "Summertime Sue" illustrated by MiRan. 

She's been stamped onto xpress it blending card and colored with copic markers. The sea background was done with masks and distress inks. I used a white pitt marker for the waves, but I wish I hadn't added any waves. Sentiment is from the set "Everyday Moments", and I also added a postmark sentiment over the "special day" greeting. If you'd like to hop along with us today, simply visit the blogs below, and don't forget to leave a comment along the way. A winner will be chosen from all the comments left on one of the blogs.

Ellie 

Chitra

Cindy

Iris

Louise

Debbie

Lizzy

Bev 


Whimsy Product List:
Summertime Sue, Everyday Moments
Nautical Postage Stamps

Hope you have fun hopping with us, and don't forget to check the Whimsy Inspiration blog at the end the week to see if you were one of the winners :-)

Whimsy Stamps - April Rubber Stamp Release Day 2

Happy Tuesday and Welcome to the 2nd Day of Whimsy Stamps Rubber Stamp and Die Release Blog Hop!

 Like yesterday, there is a fabulous prize up for grabs today, and then tomorrow, we are having our grand blog hop and a bigger prize, so be sure to hop along on both days to be entered.

Today we are showing you creations made with stamps by Mi Ran, Krista Heij-Barber and Wee Stamps.

I used the new rubber stamp "Steam Punk" by Mi Ran. I had lots of fun coloring up this image. I wanted to try another color besides blonde or brown for the hair, this is my first time doing a grayish black color. I also used a blue copic for the hair to give it a blue-ish undertone. I knew I wanted to do black, red and white as my main colors, but then decided to add some more blue too, to coordinate with the blue-ish/ black-ish hair. I really love how the finished card turned out :-)

The sentiment and the cross stitch border on the bottom are also from this release from the set "Sew Special".  The diecut heart button was done using one of the new button dies. 

Here is another view.

The little square blocks have been stamped using a really old SU set, but you could also use a small square acrylic block or create your own square stamp using crafting foam. The clock designs were stenciled.

I embellished with some twine and glitter, and did some sewing with my sewing machine. 

If you'd like to hop along with us today simply visit the blogs listed below, and don't forget to leave a comment at each stop. The prize is hidden in one of the blogs, and winner will be chosen from the comments left. 

Maya 

Louise

Ellie 

Lizzy

Natalie

Debbie 

Bridget 

Bev

Iris

Happy Hopping and Good Luck!!

PS: This card is going up for sale in my Etsy *card* shop in a little bit :-) 

 This card is up for sale NOW in my
Etsy *card* shop

You are Fabulous

Happy Wednesday! Hope you're having a great day so far! Cloudy day here, hopefully the sun will peek out later... 

Last night I colored this cute image from Whimsy Stamps, today, I just added some shading with a pencils, and created a card with it.

The image is a new rubber stamp from Whimsy's Mi Ran collection, just released earlier this month. She's been stamped onto xpress blending card, colored with copics and pencils, and then fussy cut. 

I thought these ticket sentiments were prefect for the image. They are from an older sentiment set - Fun Life, and I used the ticket die to cut them out.

Papers are all from my stash. I embellished with some glitter, a button and twine, and some die cut stars.

Products used: 

Number One, Fun Life 

(both by Whimsy Stamps)

ticket die, pierced stacking star die

(both by Whimsy Stamps)

Papers by Bo Bunny, DCWV, SU, neenah

washi tape, glitter, button, twine

I am  playing along here:

Inky Impressions -  Bold and Bright
Little Red Wagon - You're A Star
Ruby's Rainbow -  Buttons & Bows (Week 2 of 2)
Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Goes
Wonderful Wednesdays -   Always Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly -  A Cut Above - die cutting, fussy cutting, punches

 

Thanks so much for visiting!! 

PS: This card is going to be up for sale in my Etsy *Card* shop :-) 

Whimsy Stamps - January Rubber Stamp and Die Release - Day 2

Happy Tuesday and thanks for visiting! 

Today is day 2 of the Whimsy Stamps January Rubber Stamp and Die release sneak peek! And of course we are having another fabulous prize giveaway hidden in one of the participating designer's blogs, so be sure to leave a comment on each blog (links below) for a chance to win!

Today we are showing you creations made by stamp designs from Mi Ran  and Krista Heij-Barber. 

And here is what I made using the Mi Ran cutie - Cotton Candy - she will be in the shop tomorrow, January 14th.

She's been stamped onto copic blending card, then colored with copics and fussy cut. I cut out a hill using Whimsy's stitched border die set, and adhered it onto my blue background. Cotton Candy was then adhered to that. The sentiment cirlce is from an old set by Whimsy - Spring Letter Seals.

The whole card design was actually inspired by a marker mistake I made, after fussy cutting her, when I inked the edges of the cut image with a black marker. My only two choices were, recoloring and re-fussy cutting, or trying to cover it up. Since it would have taken me a long time to re-do everything (and this was already my second time coloring the image), I decided trying to cover it up. These tiny butterflies came to mind, and then I remembered the old Whimsy stamp set  - Spring Letter Seals, and everything worked out perfectly. Love how the card turned out! I think the image is perfect for a spring butterfly themed card.

I finished it off by adding a few more butterflies and some twine.

If you'd like to hop along with us today to see the amazing creations by the rest of the team, simply visit the links below.

Bridget

Chitra

Ellie

Maya

Natalie

Debbie

Cindy

Shelby

Danni 

Don't forget, all stamps will be available for purchase tomorrow at Whimsy Stamps. There is also another blog hop scheduled for tomorrow, but I won't be part of it.

Have fun hopping and good luck everyone!

Sending smiles

Hello and thanks for visiting!I had some time to do some coloring over the weekend, and today I finally was able to turn this cutie into a card.

For the main image I used the rubber stamp "Dreams of Paris" from Whimsy Stamps, illustrated by Mi Ran. She's been colored with copic markers and fussy cut. My designer paper is from my stash, probably by My Minds Eye. I used a few stamps from whimsy to add to the designer paper print. Sentiment was also just recently released. I used the new nested rectangle die set to cut it out. 

A  pretty simple sketch. I just added a few matching designer paper strips and button with twine to the card to finish it off.

 Products  used:

Dreams of Paris, Simple Labels, Vintage Travel Postage Stamps, Lavish Flourishes, Life Defined

(all stamps above by Whimsy Stamps)

nested rectangle dies set (Whimsy Stamps)

Papers from Stash, 

Distress inks, memento black ink, copics for coloring

button, twine

I am playing along here:

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
 Bunny Zoe's Crafts -  Buttons
Craft-Dee BowZ -  Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

And that should be all for today, I'll be back again tomorrow with a couple new cards!
Have a great day!!

Guest Designer at Art by Mi Ran

Happy Friday! 

I recently was invited to be a guest designer for the Art by Mi Ran challenge blog, and lucky me I got to choose not one but two gorgeous stamps to play with. Of course I couldn't help coloring them up both, so I have two cards to share with you.

First up is Stephanie brings surprises.

Isn't she a cutie!! Loved coloring her up, although I had lots of problems with bleeding ink, and the printer ink turning purple ... due to my printer not liking my paper. But I ended up fussy cutting, so I could fix the problem a little bit. Papers are from Prima markerting, sentiment from Whimsy's Everyday Greetings set. Embellished with some twine and glitter.

I am entering the above card here:
Creative Moments -  Anything goes/ Celebration 

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The card below uses the image Elfi Elizabeth. Another cutie from Mi Ran's shop.

I've used some older sentiment stamps from Whimsy stamps on the card to create this Christmas card (Holiday postage stamps). Papers are from my stash. I embellished with gold cord and glitter. The die in the corner is whimsy's holly and berries die, and felt flower that I had for a long time.

I am entering the Christmas card here:

C.R.A.F.T. -  Christmas
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything goes

Whimsy Stamps - November Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Happy Monday! Already time for the November Release events at Whimsy Stamps, and once again there are going to be some amazing stamps being released on Wednesday. As always we are holding a 3-day blog hop event, showing you creations made with these new goodies. I hope you will join us each day for a chance to win some prizes.

Today the Design Team is sharing creations made with stamps by Art by Mi Ran, Time4Tea and Wee stamps. And I am so excited to be part of today's hop. (You will find the complete hop order at the bottom of this post.)

For today I decided to create a pocket card.

The sentiment "Believe in the Magic" is also going to be released on Wednesday - Winter Brackets by RED. The "sparklers" are from a set released last month -Christmas Scene Builder.

Here is the beautiful image peeking out.

Moon Goddess will be available on Wednesday in Whimsy's Art by MiRan section. It's been stamped onto copic blending card and colored using copic markers. Glitter was added to the stars and flowers. 

Stars were diecut using an older Whimsy Stamps die set - Sun Moon Star sie set. 

And this is the complete image. Isn't she gorgeous!! On the back of it I adhered a white piece of card stock, so I can either write a note or stamp a message. This will make a really cute bookmark,and I already know who will receive it :-) 

Sorry I don't have instructions on how to create this pocket card, but I started with a piece of card stock measuring 11x 4.25. Then scored at about 1" on top and folded down. Used strong adhesive down the two sides to create the pocket. Then I simply decorated it.

Here is the hopping list. Be sure to comment at each stop to be entered into the prize draw. 

Danni

Iris

Jacque

Mi Ran (GDT)

Shelby

Debbie

Louise

Ellie

Have fun, and good luck everyone! I will be back again on Wednesday for our grand release hop.

Winter Princess

It's a rainy day here today, perfect time to finish this cute card that I started on yesterday. I used the gorgeous stamp "Winter Princess" from Whimsy Stamps, illustrated by Mi Ran.

Stamped onto copic xpress blending card and then colored using copic markers. I inked the edges  using broken china distress ink.

I used Whimsy's snowflake border die from last year's release to surround the image with. Sentiment circles are from the set "Build a Snowman". But instead of building a snowman, I simply cut out the two stamped circles and put some silver cord through eyelets to add to my card. 

A little bit of glitter was added to finish it off.

I try to post my creations on intagram too. Would love for you to follow  me if you are on there.

 Instagram

I am also on twitter :-)

Twitter

I am playing along here:

2 Cute Ink Challenge -Princesses & Queens
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Artbymiran Challenge -  Anything Goes

Thanks so much for visiting, 

have a great day!!

Whimsy Stamps - Special NEW ARTIST Blog Hop

Have you heard yet?? Whimsy stamps is having a new artist join their very talented team of artists - Art by Mi Ran! Today is actually the last blog hop day, I hope you were able to hop along with us on Monday and Tuesday! If not you can find the hop links for those 2 days on the whimsy blog, and you have until Saturday to hop along and leave comments for a chance to win.

We are celebrating the debut release of our new Art by Mi Ran Collection! We have 7 new rubber stamps, illustrated by Mi Ran, exclusively for Whimsy Stamps. If you didn't join the hops Monday or Tuesday, you might want to scroll down the page for the links to the DT blogs and hop along for a chance at prizes and to see some wonderful eye candy.

All of the new rubber stamps are now available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers.

I used the stamp "Painter Pennie" for my creation. Pennie has been colored with copic markers and then fussy cut. 

I created the background by using a stencil and some distress inks. I didn't like the cleanliness of the background so I flicked a paintbrush over it using gelatos diluted with water. 

The grass was done using some designer paper from my stash and a grass punch. I flicked some more color using a paintbrush and gelatos onto the grass too.

I thought a climbing flower would look nice on the brick wall, so I added a flourish diecut using Whimsy's large flourish die. The card measures approx. 4.25x5 inches, I wanted the scene to cover the whole card so I adhered the card front onto the same size card base. 

I embellished with some prima flowers and rhinestones to finish it off.

PRIZE ALERT ... Hop and comment for a chance to win our Grand Prize of 3 new Art by Mi Ran rubber stamps!! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left on the Whimsy blog and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw.

For this release, we are excited to be joined by guest designers Alyce Keegan and Mariska van der Veer as well as the Art by MiRan digital design team.  So without further ado, it’s time to check out what the amazing designers have created with these new stamps. Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the grand prize draw and if you didn't hop Monday or Tuesday, you can go back and hop and comment for a chance to win 1 of 2 $15 gift certificate prizes.

Ruza
Iris
Samantha
Mariska (guest)
Monica
Jackie
Ellie
Vesi
Shannah

Thanks for joining us for our Art by Mi Ran debut release. We hope you loved our creations! Please hop and comment by the end of the day Saturday, July 19th to be eligible for a chance to win! Winners will be posted on Monday, July 21st at Noon ET on the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations blog.

Happy hopping and good luck to everyone!