Whimsy Stamps - February Rubber Stamp Release - Day 1

Happy Monday and Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps February Rubber Stamp and Die Release Blog Hop -  Day 1!

We are celebrating the new release with 3 days of blog hops and of course there are PRIZES!!!

Be sure to hop along and leave comments for chance to win! 

Today we are showing you creations made with the beautiful stamp designs by Lizzy Love, Time4Tea Designs and Crissy Armstrong. 

I used Annie has a Sweet Tooth on today's card from Whimsy's Lizzy Love collection. This image is actually part of a set, and also includes a small ice cream cone and a sentiment.

I decided to use her with another sentiment. She's been colored with copic markers and fussy cut.

I thought the designer paper was perfect to use, to create a scene with, and the purple matched my image perfectly too :-) 

The sentiment is also from a brand new set - Elegant Labels - and I used the new elegant label die to cut it out. Simply embellished with some twine to finish it off.

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop to be entered into the draw.

Bridget

Shelby

Danni

Debbie

Bev

Cindy

Lizzy

Ellie

Maya

Natalie

Louise 

Have fun hopping and good luck everyone!!!

Heart Balloons and Roses

I had some time last night to color up this cutie, and decided to turn it into a card today.

The cute cat is from one of Penny Black's new stamp sets from the Love and Friendship collection "Share a Hug", available in my Etsy shop. 

I used my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils blended with baby oil on this image, and then fussy cut. The background was quickly made by masking off a hill and inking it up with distress inks. I used a couple cloud masks to create clouds. 

The "happy birthday" sentiment is from an old Penny Black stamp set, the "Love" circle is from the new "Posted with Love" sentiment set, also available in my Shop.

I would love to play along here:

Crafter's Cafe - Birthday card
Crafting for all Seasons - Have a Heart
Fab 'n' Funky - Hearts and/or Flowers
Fresh Brewed Designs -Pink, Hearts or a Valentine
Inspiration Destination - Always Anything goes 
Wonderful Wednesdays -Always Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays -  Anything Goes
Cards in Envy -2 or more Hearts (Heart shaped balloons)
Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes

Product List:

Share a Hug, Posted with Love

distress ink (broken china, mowed lawn)

versafine onyx ink

Faber Castell Polychromos pencils, baby oil  

Thanks so much for visiting!! 

PS: There is still plenty of time to play along in my Monday Morning Challenge. 

Simply click here to find the original challenge post with inlinkz.

Happy Cupcake

Good morning!

It's snowing again...as much as I do love winter and playing in the snow, I hate driving in it! And I had to today since school wasn't cancelled. We got lots of snow on Sunday. The kids and I were out in it because it was perfect for playing with (until the afternoon). We built a couple minecraft inspired snowmen :) and a couple snow animals. I think I had a bit too much fun, as my neck and back are still hurting from it. 

I recently needed a birthday card for a little boy who just turned 7, and I thought this cute cupcake stamp from Whimsy stamps was perfect for the occasion. 

I started out by stamping the cupcake onto xpress it blending card, colored it with copics and then fussy cut.

For the background I used 110lb recollections card stock. I used 2 clear stamps sets from Whimsy stamps - basic borders and distressed backgrounds to add a little interest to the card. The sentiment is from an older set also by Whimsy - Birthday Greetings. There is another part of the sentiment, but I masked it off, and then stamped that part on the inside. (Sorry, I didn't take a photo of the inside.)

For the lines on the bottom portion of the card, I used one of Whimsy's photopolymer sets - basic borders and backgrounds. I used another photopolymer set for chickenwire -distressed backgrounds and ink splats. Whimsy's little star die was used for the stars on the card. I finished it off by rounding the corners on the bottom and added some glitter to the sprinkles.

Product List:

Happy Cupcake, Birthday Greetings

Basic Borders and Backgrounds, Distressed Backgrounds and ink splats

pierced stacking star die

(all of the above are from Whimsy Stamps)

xpress blending card, 110lb recollections card stock, SU card stock

memento ink, distress ink

I am playing along here:

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly W -  Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays  - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - H is for... Happy Cupcake or Happy Day

And here is one of our snowy creations :-)

And a beautiful photo by the lake.

 I just can't get enough of beautiful winter scenery photos :-) Doesn't the bright blue sky look beautiful against the snow?!!!

Have a great day everyone!

 

Delicate Florals for Penny Black and More

Hello and happy Sunday! February already, that means time for a new Penny Black and More challenge. We are making it very easy for you this time around. Anything goes it this month's theme. I do hope you'll play along. You may use any stamp company, just no digis and also the main focal point does need to be stamped, but it can also be a Penny Black stickeroo.

I got out my favorite floral stamp set for this challenge - Delicate Florals.

 

There is just something I absolutely love about these flowers!

I started out by stamping the flower with black ink. Then I masked the blooms with masking fluid. I also flicked the paint brush onto the paper for some random white spots. Once the masking fluid was dry, I inked up the background using distress ink, and stamped the flowers again using the same color distress ink. I also used the the clear heart shaped sentiment from one of Penny Black's newest clear stamp sets on the background. I didn't want to show the complete heart, so I bent the sentiment to randomly stamp some words here and there. 

After this was finished, I rubbed off the masking fluid and colored the blooms with copic markers. Sentiment from was added along with some twine to finish it off. I simply rounded the bottom portion of it using a circle nestabilities shape.

Products used:

Delicate Florals, So Very Much

black archival ink, turquoise distress in

Windsor &Newton masking fluid

copic markers, twine

I am also playing along here:

Kit and Clowder  - Anything Goes
Open-Minded Challenges - no pink , no red 
Sweet Stampin - love
Sister Act Card Challenge -  Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge -  Valentine or Love Sentiment
Scrap & Craft Challenge - Flowery Cards
C.R.A.F.T. -  Valentines Day/Love
Simon Says Stamp -  Anything goes
Stampavie and More - lots of flowers

 

Thanks so much for visiting!!