Happy Dancing

Ahhh it's been so long since I last made a card! I had family visiting and we spend a few fabulous weeks together, it was sad to say goodbye as usual but it was time for me again to do some crafting! It was not easy to get started again but then I ended up having so much fun!!

I decided to play in Mo's Digital Challenge this week, the theme is "Dancing or Singing". I thought of this image right away, it's one of my favorites, and the girl just looks like she is doing the happy dance. The image reminds me a  lot of my daughter, wearing her favorite tutu and then what better shoes to pick than boots LOL.

She has been colored using my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils.
The papers are from My Minds Eye lime twist line. I just loved the colors and decided to color my image to match the paper.

I simply embellished with some twine and a button, both of which I just cannot seem to stop using for many months now. The sentiment is from one of my favorite Whimsy Sentiment Stamps "Circle Pennants". It was cut out using Whimsy's Circle Pennants die.

Here are the challenges I combined here:

• Bella and Bronte's challenge - Dancing or singing
• Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Buttons & Bows
• There She Goes - Sewing and Stitching 
• Totally Stampalicious - Your Favorite Embellishment  (button and twine)

With this card I am also trying out for a guest designer spot at Mo's Digital Challenge, I would love to guest design using Mo's image, they are so much fun to color and create with!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Enjoy the rest of you day!

Whimsy Stamps Holiday Sale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning all!

Just a quick note to let you all  know that Whimsy Stamps is having a holiday sale!!!

 Now through the 24th of July save on select holiday themed stamps and dies! Prices marked, while supplies last.
http://whimsystamps.com/store/index.php?main_page=specials

Have fun shopping!!

Fun in the Sun

Hello and Happy 4th of July to everyone in the US. Hope you are enjoying your holiday!

It's Whimsy Stamps Review day today, so hop on over to the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Blog to see some never before seen cards using Whimsy Stamps from our June release.

For my card today I used the stamp set  "To the Beach" by the amazing Ann of Raindrop Echo Designs from Whimsy Stamps. What a fun set to use!! Plus there is also a matching die set available for the flip flops and swim suit, and the sunglasses in the set. 

I stamped the "waves" onto the dark blue card stock using white craft ink to create my patterened paper. The waves is one of the stamps in this set. Of course the  flip flos and the sentiment are also from the set.

Added some twine and a sunglasses charm, which is also from Whimsy stamps. Be sure to check out their embellishments, they have some really fun charms for sale, as well as twine, ribbons and flowers, and other fun embellishments for your creations.

And that is about it for today, still enjoying a few more days with my family from overseas, so I don't want to spend much time online at the moment.

Thanks so much for visiting!

PS: Just another quick Whimsy Note, if you like to use cut files, be sure to check out Tammy Louise's brand new "Star Spangled" Shape EZ file!! And don't forget to go see  her amazing creation using this file on Whimsy's Inspirations Blog.

Summer Blooms for Penny Black and More July Challenge

Good morning everyone and Happy Sunday! Hope you are all doing well!

We have a new challenge for you over at Penny Black and More. This month our theme is

"Summer Blooms".

For my card today I used the super adorable stamp "Poppy field" from penny black of course. I just love this stamp and thought it would be perfect to use, but now I have to admit I am not sure if Poppies actually bloom in summer....Can you tell I don't know a whole lot about flowers??

I stamped the image on sky blue card stock, then colored it using my faber castell polychomos. Cut it out using a circle nestabilities shape and my big kick, and then matted it onto a scallop circle nestabilities shape. This was then adhered to the designer paper (from a DCWV stack which I got at Joann's a long time ago), then adhered it to my white card front. I did some sewing along the designer paper edges.

The sentiment is from a clear Penny Black set (Critter party). I repeatedly stamped it on a white strip of cardstock, then stamped it once again and cut it out using a Notables shapeology die from Whimsy Stamps. This was then adhered to the strip of card stock with dimensionals and I added some tiny pearls on each side of the shape. To finish it off I added a little bow with a sticky dot.

And that's about it, I hope you liked my card.

If you'd like to play along with us this month simply click the logo below to go directly to the challenge blog. Would love if you'd join us!

 
Plus there are some amazing prizes up for grabs again, but you can't win if you don't play. You don't have to use a Penny Black stamp either, all we ask that your main image is a STAMPED image, it doesn't matter what brand.

Thanks for stopping by!