Whimsy Inspirations Magazine!

Good Morning everyone!

Sorry I don't have a card to share today, but wanted to let you all know that yesterday the new Whimsy Inspirations Magazine went live. I can tell you it's filled with awesome creations, several amazing ideas and tutorials, and it is absolutely free!!!

To view it just click the image below.

You will find lots and lots of inspirations using Whimsy Stamps by Kenny K, Meljens, Crissy Armstrong and Whimsy's newest artist Sylvia Zet, and don't forget all the amazing sentiments and shapeology dies by Raindrop Echo Designs.

Enjoy!

Cozy little Penguins

Happy Tuesday!!

Last night I decided to color this cute Lili of the Valley Stamp, and today I decided to make a card with it, since I wanted to enter a few challenges.

It has been been stamped with black stazon ink on hot press watercolor paper and colored with distress inks. Not really happy how I colored the igloo, still need some practice coloring with these inks.



Still didn't get to buy new christmas papers, so I used some old Basic Grey Designer Papers. Blue card stock is from Stampin Up.
I embellished with some punched out snowflakes using a Martha Stewart punch, added some tiny rhinestones to the sentiment and then star dust stickles. The little dots around the image were stamped with one of SU's retired "itty bitty backgrounds".

The sentiment is from the set "Winter Letter Seals" by Whimsy Stamps. And speaking of Whimsy Stamps, don't forget tomorrow the new Whimsy Inspirations magazine is going live, it's absolutely free and I can tell you it's filled with awesome creations and several great tutorials.

And here are the three challenges I wanted to enter my card to:

• Lili of the Valley - warm and cozy
• By the cute and the girly - blog hop and anything goes
• Top tip tuesday - layer it up

Thanks so much for visiting,
enjoy your day!!

Whimsy Stamps - October Showcase Day 5

Hello and welcome to Day 5 of our October Release Rubber and Die Showcase!

On Wednesday (12 October), Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 19 October the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new stamps and dies with a daily mini blog hop.

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

Here is what I created for today's showcase and mini blog hop.

I used the sweet "Santa Paws" stamp by Crissy Armstrong. What a cutie!! I decided to make a clean and simple card to keep the focus on the image.

It's been stamped on hot press watercolor paper using stazon ink. Colored with ranger distress inks. I applied some frosted lace stickles to the hat.
The beautiful ribbon was sent to me by the lovely and amazing Ann of raindrop echo designs who is the artist behind the whimsy shapeology dies and sentiments!

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

• Aud Sentiments - winter theme and sentiment
• Catch The Bug - 3E, SIO - Animal Antics
• Little Claire's - M, 3E, SIO - #14 Christmas

To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00 PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12.00 PM EST on 19 October.

To take a peek at the rest of today's fabulous new release creations by the Design Team, please click on the links below...

Erin
Mariska
Simonne
Stephanne
Sylvia

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favorites.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check the Whimsy Inspirations blog tomorrow for more new release creations!

Oh, and before I forgot, make sure you mark your calendars for October 19th! The new Whimsy Inspirations Magazine, Issue #4 will be going live! You won't want to miss it! I heard there are going to be several tutorials and of course lots of awesome creations to look at!

Penny Black at All Sorts Exciting news

Hi everyone!

Today I just wanted to let you all know about a few changes that are coming to the Penny Black at All Sorts challenge blog,

starting with the November Challenge. Penny Black and our team think they are going to make it even better than before, and allow lots more of you to join us, which means more of you will have a chance at winning some amazing Penny Black stamps and other prizes.

So.... starting with our November challenge you may use any stamp you like in your design, although strictly no digital images.

There will still be lots of prizes on offer and all eligible entries will to into the draw, plus there will be an additional prize each month for entries using a Penny Black stamp or stickeroo.

And, if that's not enough, we will be having a "Who's in the spotlight" feature every month, and about the 20th of each month we will feature two entries which stand out to us.

There will be a slight change in our name, in the future we will be know as Penny Black and more at All sorts.

Oh, and I don't think I mentioned it yet, but starting in November, our challenge will post the first Sunday of the month, instead of just the first.

Why the change you may ask? Our design team will still be using the oh so gorgeous Penny Black stamps, but...
we realize that not everybody is lucky enough to own Penny Black stamps and has been prevented from joining in previously. So we hope the changes will make it easier for more of you to join in the fun and also have the opportunity to win the stamps on offer from Penny Black and our other sponsors so you can start your very own Penny Black collection.

And since I don't have anything new to share today, I thought I'd include the very first Penny Black card that I posted to my blog, back in 2008.

What a fun image!! I think it's called "Best of Cluck". I have no idea if it is still current, but I am pretty sure it can be purchased at PB stamps.

I do have another special Penny Black at All Sorts project to show you later this month, Brenda our team leader, has surprised us all with a card kit including everything needed to make the card (besides the image), so we all received the same kit and are to pick our own penny black stamp to make a card with the kit. It's going to be sooo much fun to see how different all our projects turn out using the same things. So be sure to keep your eyes on the Penny Black at All Sorts Blog so you won't miss it.

And before I leave just a quick reminder that there is still time to play along in this month's challenge for a chance at some amazing prizes.

Enjoy your sunday!