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Whimsy Stamps April Release Day

Copics, Grand Nestabilities, Nestabilities, Want2Scrap, Whimsy Stamps 102 Responses »

Apr 182012

Welcome to Whimsy Stamps April rubber stamp and die RELEASE DAY!

Whimsy Stamps is releasing 18 gorgeous new rubber stamps and 4 fabulous new Shapeology dies today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

From today until 24 April the Whimsy DT and Special Guests will be showcasing these wonderful 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 will have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day.

At the end of release week (Wednesday 25 April) we will post a Release Round-Up here on the Whimsy blog. This will include a selection of new release DT work from the past week together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops.

To be entered into today’s mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12:00PM EST tomorrow:

Bev Rochester {Special Guest}
Ellie Stover
Jacque Beddingfield {Special Guest}
Stephanne Maraver

Here is a full reveal of the wonderful April release:

4 Crissy Armstrong rubber stamps
Double Scoop ~ Good Pony ~ Look Hoo’s Graduating ~ Wee Snippet’s Bubbles

2 Elisabeth Bell rubber stamps
April Sunshine ~ Ginger Meadows

4 Kenny K rubber stamps
Fireman ~ Chef ~ Home Improvement ~ Policeman

3 Meljen’s Designs rubber stamps
Sunflower Buggies ~ Sweet Little Donkey ~ Tutu Sweet

2 Wee Stamps rubber stamps
Goldie ~ Mr and Mrs Teddy

3 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets
For The Women In Our Lives ~ Vertical Tickets ~ Everyday Sayings Notables 4

3 Raindrop Echo Designs Shapeology dies
Notables 4 ~ Swirly Tree ~ Fancy Ticket

1 TLC Shapeology die
Wedding Dress Tag

For my sample today I stamped Ginger Meadows in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock. It was cut and embossed with the largest Classic Rectangle Nestabilities die and colored with Copic Markers (Skin: E50, E51, E52 Lips: R21 Hair: Y26, E31, E33, E35, E37 Pants: B000, B01, B02, B04 Shirt/head band: RV000, RV10, RV13 Grass/flower headband: YG01, YG03, YG17 Flowers: Y11, Y13, Y15, E99, E29, Y32, Y17, YR15 Fence: W00, W1, W3 Basket: E31, E33, E35, E37 Eggs: YR20, YR21, W1 Cat: N0, N1, N3).

The image was stitched on a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with the largest Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities die.

Two pieces of Bazill Basics Paper Vintage Marketplace patterned paper were cut with a Grand Oval Nestabilities die die. The edges were sanded and stitched before May Arts Pink Sheer ribbon was tied around the horizontal strip before the paper was adhered to a piece of white cardstock, cut and embossed with a Grand Scallop Oval Nestabilities die die.

The image layer were adhered to the center of the card and topped with part of a Fancy That! Border Bling. To finish the card off I stamped a sentiment from the new Ticket Notes on white cardstock, cut it out and colored it with Copic Marker B0000. It was tied on to the ribbon bow with embroidery thread and a button.

Don’t forget to visit today’s DT and leave a comment on their blog posts to be entered into the draw to win a new release stamp, then pop back here tomorrow for the next list of showcase posts!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!
Have a wonderful day!
Hugs and smiles

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Whimsy Rubber Stamps February Release

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Jan 182012

Welcome to Whimsy Stamps January rubber stamp and die RELEASE DAY!

Whimsy Stamps is releasing 16 fantastic new rubber stamps and 2 wonderful new Shapeology dies. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

From today until 25 January the Whimsy DT and Special Guests will be 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 will have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day.

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 12:00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12:00PM on 25 January.

To take a peek at today’s fabulous new release creations by the Design Team, please click on the links below…

Debbie Eastman
Ellie Stover
Erin Bailey
Mariska van der Veer {Special Guest}
Niki Estes
Stephanne Maraver
Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Here is a full list of the wonderful new goodies released today:

3 Crissy Armstrong rubber stamps
Everything’s Just Ducky ~ Heart Hugs ~ Spring Zebra

4 Kenny K rubber stamps
Bodacious Bev ~ Cool Kid ~ Mad Skillz ~ Val Ventura

3 Meljen’s Designs rubber stamps
Snow Bunny ~ Yeti Cocoa ~ Cozy Winter Raccoon

3 Wee Stamps rubber stamps
Bird Swing ~ Heidi ~ Wee Bunny

3 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets
Sympathy Notables 3 (coordinating die available below)~ Thank You Tabs (coordinating die available below) ~ Celebrations Mini Tickets (coordinates with already released Mini Ticket die)

2 Raindrop Echo Designs Shapeology dies
Notables 3 (coordinating stamp set available above) ~ Tabs (coordinating stamp set available above)

Don’t forget to visit today’s DT and leave a comment on their blog posts to be entered into the draw to win a new release stamp, then pop back to the Whimsy Inspirations blog tomorrow for the next list of showcase posts!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!

JustRite Friday Color Challenge

Copics, JustRite Stampers, JustRite Stampers Friday Challenge, Nestabilities, SCS - Way to use it Challenge 16 Responses »

Apr 012011

I created this card for today’s JustRite Stampers Color Challenge. The inspiration piece is a beautiful bed cover shown in this picture. It also worked great for yesterday’s Way to Use it Challenge on Splitcoast, Flower Frenzy.

Doesn’t that just scream Springtime? I hope Ohio hears that scream….because on Wednesday, I created this card while snow was falling. It didn’t stay on the ground, thank goodness, but really? Snow at the end of March? No thank you!

For my card I decided to use a frame from the Fancy Label Cling set with an image from the Breath of Spring set. The frame was stamped first in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink on Neenah Solar White cardstock, It was then masked and the tulip bouquet from Breath of Spring was stamped in the same color.

The image was colored with Copic Markers (Tulips: YR61, YR65, YR68 Y21, Y23, Y38 Leaves: YG61, YG63, YG67 Bow and tag: B60, B63 Shading and Frame: YR30, 1/5th YR31 (custom made marker), YR31) and cut out with Label 18 Nestabilities (those just came in that day! Perfect timing).

After coloring I went on the hunt for the perfect paper. I looked through my entire stash trying to find matching blue paper, but couldn’t find a thing. I guess I need more paper, LOL?

I finally settled on a 2 1/4″ x 3 3/4″ strip of Material Girl green paper from Cosmo Cricket stitched on a 3 3/4″ x 5 /12″ piece of Cosmo Cricket Ever After paper. 1/2 a doily was adhered to the top and White Organdy Ribbon was tied around the green paper strip. The ribbon was heated with a heat gun to age it and topped with a Vintage Brad from Stampin’ Up!. A second brad was placed over it.

The image was adhered over the ribbon with dimensionals. A Recollections Pearl Swirl was cut up. The big part was adhered on the top left , the small piece was adhered to the lower right of the image.

The sentiment is from the Cling set Fancy Tags. It was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink (just noticed I did a booboo and didn’t stamp that in Rich Cocoa. DUH) on a piece of Solar White cardstock cut and embossed with the smallest die from the Tag Trio set. The embossed part of the tag was colored with Copic Marker B60.

I hope you have time to play in this challenge. To participate, make a card, upload it and post a link on the JustRite Inspiration blog. Please visit the other designers that prepared samples for you:

Sharon Harnist

Lori Craig

Bianca Mandity

Kathy Jones

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs and smiles

Birthday Tin

3-D items, Challenge, Stampin' Up! 18 Responses »

Aug 222009

Yesterday’s Limited Supply Challenge was indeed challenging, but very cool . It was called Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man. The challenge was to create a card for a teen or man in your life. Masculine cards are always challenging. I decided to get a head-start on Austin’s birthday card.

At first I was thinking about creating a little Bind-it-All book with photos of him growing up (he will be 15 this November) with little anecdotes of him growing up or special memories that made me go all mushy. Well…somehow along the BIA book changed into an altered tin. Stampin’ Up! offered those tin last years to purchase and I still have quite a few.

I started by sanding a 3 3/4″ square of To the Nines Specialty Paper, then sponging it with Creamy Caramel. Next the Kind Thought Stencil was laid on top of the Designer Paper, and Chocolate Chip craft ink was sponged through it with a sponge dauber. The stenciled image was embossed with Glassy Glaze Enamel.

The background Sanded was stamped over everything in Chocolate Chip ink and the edges were sponged with the same ink. Then the edges were distressed with the Cutter Kit. It was layered on a 4″ square of Sahara Sand, the edges of which were distressed as well. The next layer is a sponged and distressed 4 1/4″ square of Chocolate Chip.

I traced the lid of the tin on a piece of Always Artichoke, cut it out, sponged it first with Always Artichoke, then sponged the edges with Chocolate Chip. On the lower half I added a 1 3/4″ wide sponged and distressed strip of Sahara Sand Cardstock. Then I added several Antique Brass Brads from the Vintage Brad collection. Three on top, five on the Sahara Sand strip and three more on the left hand side of my sentiment.

The sentiment is from the set Favorite things. It was stamped in Chocolate Chip on Sahara Sand. It was stamped again on a piece of To The Nines Specialty paper that had been sanded and sponged just like the bigger square. I cut out Favorite things and layered it on the main sentiment layer. The sentiment was punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle punch and layered on a sponged Chocolate Chip Curly Label Punch-out. The sentiment layer as well as the main layers were attached to the tin front with dimensionals. The tin front was adhered to the tin with Scor-Tape. Last I added Crystal Effect over the sentiment and set it aside to dry.

For the insides of the tin, I cut two more pieces of To The Nines Specialty Paper and treated them the same way as I did the square in the front. The only difference is that I used Chocolate Chip Classic ink to sponge the stencil. I used Snail Adhesive to tape the paper to the inside of the tin after paper piercing the edges. On the left hand side I stamped the sentiment from Upsy Daisy ink Chocolate Ink.

Then I created a little index card with Favorite Things stamp set. The index card stamp was stamped in Chocolate Chip on Sahara Sand cardstock. It was cut out, distressed and layered on a sponged Chocolate Chip layer. The arrow of the index card was stamped again in Chocolate Chip on Always Artichoke, cut out and layered on the index card. Last I stamped the gorgeous stamp from Friends 24-7 on the lower right hand side in Sahara Sand. I thought it would fit well with the Kind Thought Stencil.

I am planning to create one for each family member (minus Austin) and let everyone write down some of the things we love about Austin the most. I think I will add a few pictures (him as a baby, toddler, kindergarten….and so on) into the tin as well. I can’t believe my little chubby baby will be fifteen soon and is 6′ 2″. Crazy!

Have a wonderful Saturday. Hugs and smiles

A Muse Calendar fundraiser

3-D items, Stampin' Up! 53 Responses »

Sep 152008

Most of you probably know Julie Ebersole. She is an amazing stamper, was a team member of SCS and is the Creative Teams Director of A Muse Artstamps. I had the pleasure of meeting her twice. She is such a sweetheart.

Well….Julie approached me and asked if I could make a sample for a fundraiser A Muse is starting today. I had to say yes! Not only would I do almost anything for Julie, but this fundraiser is for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. My Dad died of Leukemia one day before Rebecca was born. How could I say no?

Here is more information about this fundraiser:

Last year, Linda Carnell, owner of A Muse Artstamps, designed a calendar to raise funds for Scleroderma Research, an illness her mother suffers from. The project was so successful, that she was determined to expand the variety of calendars, and find another great cause to support!In honor of Victoria Nelson, an avid fan of A Muse, who is undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s Disease, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this year’s calendar will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

This year’s Calendar features 16 months and includes Sept 2008 through December 2009. It also includes a perpetual calendar which is great for keeping track of birthdays and anniversaries.

The calendar has been designed in several different sizes.There are THREE donation levels per calendar. The minimum donation is $4 per calendar, but, there is also an option to donate $10 or $20 for each version.We hope people will enjoy stamping these calendars as fun projects and gifts for friends and family, while contributing to a great organization at the same time!

I printed out the beautiful square calendar pages, cut them down to 4″ squares and decorated them with Stampin’ Up! stamps and paper.

I just don’t have enough A Muse stamps to make it all A Muse.

The calendar was bound together with the Zutter Bind-It-All machine and a 1″ silver wire.

I order my postage stamps online from USPS.com. They always come with great sturdy cardboard pieces to keep the postage stamps sheets straight. I keep them for BIA projects. I cut two down to 4 1/2″ squares for my Calendar front and backing.

The cardboard front is covered with Urban Garden Designer Paper. The bottom part measures 3″ x 4 1/4″, the top 1 7/8″ x 4 1/4″. In between I taped a thin strip of Whisper White cardstock that was punched with the Scallop Edge Punch. I covered the front of the back cover the same way. The insides are covered with a 4 1/2″ square of the Olive paper from Ski Slope Designer Paper. I tied 5/8″ Baja Breeze Ribbon around the top.

The frame is from Frames & Flourishes and was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on Whisper White cardstock. 2009 was stamped with the Short Order Numbers in Old Olive. I cut out the frame, added Flower Flusions II flowers with an Ice Circle Rhinestone Brad in it’s center to the left of the frame and taped everything down with dimensionals.

This will be a LONG post. If you want to see all the pages, click on more.

Holiday Address book

3-D items, Stampin' Up! 44 Responses »

Sep 252007

I sent this book in to SU for my application as display stamper.

You had to send one 3D item. I had fun making it.

I love that paper. It was so pretty, I didn’t have to do much more then adding the medaillon, the photo corner and some ribbon on the wire.

You can find step by step instructions for this BIA book HERE.

On the insides, I stamped each index card with River Rock ink and the swirl stamp from Baroque Motifs.

Here is the recipe for this book.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Office Accoutrement, Simple Serif Alpha

Inks: River Rock, Always Artichoke, Chocolate chip (of course)

Paper: Shimmery White, Basic Black, River rock, Always Artichoke cardstock, Baroque Background Designer paper

Acc.: Round Tab punch, vintage brads, 1 3/8″ circle punch, Scallop circle punch, black gingham ribbon, Beachfront Ribbon Original, black grosgrain and River Rock Double stitched ribbon

Bind it all Adress book

3-D items, Tutorials 43 Responses »

Aug 252007

Do you own a Bind It All (BIA) and you haven’t used it yet? Are you thinking about purchasing a BIA and you aren’t sure if you would like it?

I enjoy making these little Address books. They aren’t hard and don’t cost much once you have the BIA.

I really like how this book turned out. Here is the receipe:

Stamps: Linen, Simple Serif Alpha, Label Classic, Flowers & Flourish

Ink: Cameo Coral, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Classic ink, Chocolate Chip Craft ink

Paper: Cameo Coral, Very Vanilla, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip cardstock, Linen Prints Designer Paper

Acc.: BIA, 7/8″ silver wire, 5/8″ chocolate grosgrain ribbon, Ribbon Originals Beach front, Theatre and Fairytale, Clear Embossing powder, photo corner punch, vintage brads, SS and EE brads, Three for you Punch

If you are interested to see just how easy these booklets are, click on more and check out my quick tutorial.

Featured Stamper Challenge: Jen70

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Aug 122007

Jen70 is our wonderful Limited Supply Challenge hostess on SCS. She was the Featured stamper in today’s challenge. Check out her awesome splitcoast gallery by clicking on her name, or find more of her work on her blog Stamping Therapy. For featured stamper challenges, I always browse the galleries for great layouts. Usually layouts are my starting point with most cards and I work from there.

I picked this card from Jen, because I thought it was a simple, but great layout. I should have known that simple looking layouts aren’t always that simple. I played around with this for quite a while. I am still not 100% happy with it, but this is how it will stay.

It’s very dark here and it looks like we are going to have a bad thunderstorm in a minute. I don’t like to work in artifical light.

This card started out as a rectangle, but in one of my many changes, it got chopped down to a 4 1/4″ square card. I used Almost Amethyst Prints designer paper, because my downline Stephanie recently laughed about my purple-phobia. Maybe that’s why I had such a hard time with the card. LOL

The card is pretty self explanatory, so I will just post it’s recipe. I think I will lay down and take a nap. Dang…it’s dark here!

Stamps: Artfully Asian, All in a Row

Ink: Chocolate chip, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery Classic Inks

Paper: Chocolate chip and Shimmery White cardstock, Almost Amethyst and Certainly Celery Prints Designer Paper

Acc.: 1 3/8″ and Scallop circle punch, photo corner punch, ticket corner punch, Ice Jewel Brads, Bold & Brights Brads, dimensionals

Have a great Sunday Afternoon. Oh oh….heard the first thunder!

It's a BIG DEAL!!!

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May 112007

I can’t believe it, but I don’t think the counter is lying. I am approaching the 200,000 mark! That’s just crazy! Because it is such a big deal, the winner of these Fresh and Fun Freebies will receive:

One brand spanking new wonderful Big Deal Alpha Stamp set from Stampin’ Up!
one card from me
a big pile of May Arts ribbon

This time, I am not asking for answers to a question, I am asking you to STAMP! Use this layout:

Make a card, upload it on your blog and/or on splitcoast and put a link to the card in the comment box. I will leave this contest running until Monday morning and draw a winner at 9 a.m. central time. One link to a card equals one entry. You can make more then one card.

Only comments with links to cards will count for as an entry for the giveaway. I will count over the ones that don’t have one!

If you are interested in sharing some of your cards, send Debbi Dresser an email at [email protected]. She collects cards for the troops. Right now she needs Father’s day cards and any occasion cards. The cards will have to be blank and she will need a blank envelope as well.

I can’t wait to see what you all come up with. I made a card last week with this sketch. You can find it here.

I got sweet RAK's again...

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Apr 192007

Cambria Turnbow is one of my bestest online friends. We have been chatting with each other since we “met” on SCS years ago. We haven’t yet met in real life. I just has never worked out so far. I told Cami that my thick coasters didn’t work with my BIA, so guess what?

She send me a bunch of medium coasters along with a card and a post it note holder she knew had been drooling over! She is THE BOMB!!!! Everything she stamps is amazing. No wonder she was one of our original 12 dirty dozen girls!!!!

Make sure you click the more button, you don’t want to miss the other RAK’s I got. I feel so blessed!

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