Stamp Something February Digi Week

Happy Friday and thanks so much for stopping by today!!
I hope you all had a great week and are ready for the weekend! We have been snowed in for the most part of the week, the kids finally went back to school today after 3 days of snow days. I am so ready for spring!!

It is time for our monthly digi- week over at stamp something. We have some amazing sponsors again, one of them is Meljen's Designs, and the image I used on my card is by Meljen's. I just love this cute little skunk! It is available at Whimsy Stamps.

I am taking a short break from "pink" so instead I used touches of yellow. The image has been colored using Derwent coloursoft pencils and some baby oil. The papers are from DCWV (dots, stripes and plaid stack and sweet stack), colored card stock is from stampin up and white is from my local printing place.
I distressed all of the edges using some scissors and embellished with some flourishes (tim holtz), prima flowers and brads. The sentiment is from an old Stampin Up set. To finish it all off I did some sewing with my janome sew mini. I have also used a few punches (Martha Stewart branch punch and lace doily punch, and a circle punch)

Here are some challenges I'd like to enter this to:

• For Fun challenges (spring or winter)
• Sisterhood of crafters (anything goes)
• My time to craft (flourishes)
• Papertake weekly (anything goes and flowers)
• Tuesday Throwdown (stitching)
• Magical Mondays (flowers)
• Paper Playtime (anything goes with a digi)

I hope you get a chance to play along this week! Lots of prizes are up for grabs, and if you happen to use shades of gray and one other color then you can also enter it to this week's digital tuesday challenge for another chance to win!

Also, be sure to check back here in a little bit, as I have a sneak peek of a not yet released Whimsy Rubber stamp to show you! It is so very cute!!

Whimsy Stamps Digi Release Blog Hop

Hi again ! This is my 3rd and final post of the day! We are celebrating a new digital release over at Whimsy stamps and that means we're having a blog hop!!

If you arrived here from Dawn's fabulous blog then you are in the right place. If not and would like to see all the fabulous whimsy creations you will want to go to the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Blog to start hopping.

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there are going to be 2 mystery blogs which will have a prize of a digital stamp that the winners get to choose. And then there will also be a grand prize of 5 digis of winner's choice. The grand prize winner will also get the chance to use those new digital images as a guest designer for Whimsy for the entire month of February.


For my card today I used two new cuties from the Crissy Armstrong collection, "Shy Sarah" and "Can I kiss you?" Aren't they just adorable!!! These are available as single images, but can also be purchased as a set. The set also includes a cute bench.

I colored the image with derwent coloursoft pencils and baby oil, and copic markers for the skin. Did lots of distressing along the edges and then sewed with my janome sew mini.
I used papers from Bo Bunny and card stock is stampin up. Embellished with some prima flowers, sticky pearls, button and charm, and then some ribbon and thread. The flourishes were done with a tim holtz sizzix die. I computer generated the sentiment and, believe me, all day long I had that "cinderella song" on my mind. I love the disney princess movies!

Some challenges I'd like to enter my card to:

• Friday Sketchers (sketch)
• I did it creations (red for valentines)
• paper sundaes (valentines)
• Craft your days away (Love)
• Crazy 4 challenges (vintage or shabby chic)
• Mark's finest papers (valentine's card)
• Simply create (give your heart away)
• Charisma cardz (valentines/love)
• Fab n funky (use a digi)
• Sugar Creek Hollow (vintage valentine)
• Sundays with Crissy (Love)
  

Your next stop on the hop is Heike's amazing blog. Remember to leave comments for a chance at winning at two mystery blogs! You have a whole week to hop along, the hop ends at noon EST on February 8th.

I am not sure how much blogging I'll get done the next few days, but I will be busy making cards. If you love whimsy stamps be sure to check back here on friday for a sneak peek of a brand new whimsy rubber stamp to be released later this month!

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Penny Black at All Sorts February challenge

Here I am again with my second post for the day, scroll down if you'd like to see my "Shades of gray and one other color" card.

Since it's the first of the month it's time for a new challenge at Penny Black at All sorts. Our theme this month is


Say it with flowers.


We also have some super exciting news again, we have a new sponsor joining us every month, in addition to the Penny Black company and PB stamps, we have Letraset joining us, with a chance to win an awesome prize every single month!! They also generously sent every Design Team member a package of their Aquamarkers. Wow, these are AMAZING!! I love how easy they are to use and I love the results!

And here is my card. The stamp I used is called "poppy field".

I used some hot press watercolor paper. I first inked the stamp with versamark ink and then I immediately inked it with versafine onyx and stamped it on the paper. I then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

For my coloring I first used a clean watercolor brush to make it a little but wet, then I added just a little bit of marker on the edges and then pulled the color in with the brush. For darker shadows I just repeated the steps.
I did use a couple of alcohol markers for hedgie's face and hands.

My papers are from bo bunny and card stock is bazzill. I embellished with a couple of layered prima flowers with a button, ribbon and silver cord, and then a punched out butterfly using a martha stewart punch.
The sentiment is from the Penny Black clear set "Critter party".

I'd also like to enter my cards to the following challenges:

• Corrosive challenge (button it up)
• Quirky crafts (stripes spots and embossing)
• Stamp Scrap and Doodle (get punchy)
• Crafty catz (flowers)
• Crafty Sentiments (favorite things - PB hedgies are my most favorite stamps!!)

Now it's your turn to get out those Penny Black cuties and get stamping! I can't wait to see what you make!

Shades of Gray plus one

Happy Tuesday everyone and thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I have been very busy these last few days creating cards, I have 2 more posts scheduled for later today so be sure to check back!

This week our hostess at Digital Tuesday is the talented Sharon, and she wants to see

shades of gray plus one other color

on our creations this week. I love gray and had so much fun creating this card!

This is also the card I made for Annika, one of my Whimsy Stamps and Stamp Something Design Team mates. Whimsy is holding a "circle of friends" blog hop for her to show her that we are there for her in this difficult time. Unfortunately I did not have time to be part of the hop but of course Annika has been in my thoughts and I hope this card will put a little smile on her face. If you'd like to hop along to support Annika you can start here at Crystals blog.

The image I used today is from Phindy's place. It has been colored with my derwent coloursoft pencils and then blended with baby oil.
I used some brand new gray patterned paper from a DCWV stack that I just picked up at Joann's. The pink Designer paper is an oldie from Stampin Up. I distressed and sewed along the edges. The flowers were made by punching out assorted flowers with a Su punch (spring bouquet - retired), then I crumbled them up and then layered them.
My sentiment is from Stampin Up.

I have made this card with a few other challenges in mind:

• Phindy's place (sketch by Anne-Marije)
• Delightful Challenges (include a heart - heart shaped balloon)
• Creative Belli (the letter P - how about puppy)
• Fab n funky (use a digi)
• Stamp scrap and doodle (get punchy)

Hope you'll join us this week at digital tuesday, we have a brand new sponsor, limited runs, and a fun prize is up for grabs!

Now that's all for this post. Hope you'll get some time to check back later for my february penny black at all sorts card and then at noon EST we are starting our monthly Whimsy digital release blog hop with some new super cute digis and a few prizes too!