Cheers

Today I am participating in Day 5, the last day of the Whimsy Stamps New Release Blog Hop. Today we are showcasing stamps by Time For Tea Designs and Elisabeth Bell.

I chose this stamp called Cheers by Time For Tea Designs.  My niece is turning 21 in a couple of weeks and I knew this stamp would be perfect for a 21st card (and this girl even looks like her :)  Hopefully she likes it.

The sentiment comes with the image and there is also a "Cheers" sentiment too.  This one fits perfectly on the Treasured Moments Tickets stamp set, which was a happy discovery. I used a new Whimsy die too called the Cocktail Glass Die Set. I cut a glass out of acetate and put the ticket behind it, trying to give the impression that the ticket was inside the empty glass.  This card does look a bit nicer in real life, as the gold shoes, drink and top of her dress are all done with a gold spica pen which is nice and sparkly but it hasn't photographed that way unfortunately. You'll just have to trust me ;)

Ingredients :
Stamps : Cheers, Treasured Moments Tickets
Card : x-press it, black, gold, acetate, Capture Life (Echo Park)
Ink : memento black, Brilliance pearlescent purple, antique linen distress ink
Other : Cocktail Glass Die Set, timeless type alphabet (sizzix), rhinestones, gold spica, copics

Copics used :

V 12, 15, 17

E 000, 00, 35, 50, 53, 55

Y 21, 23, 28

R 00, 30

BG 0000

YG 95

These Whimsy products are available to purchase now from the Whimsy Store.

PRIZE ALERT ... There are FOUR prizes of 2 new release rubber stamps somewhere on the DT’s blogs throughout the 5-day release event this week. As the location of the prizes are secret, be sure to leave a comment on ALL the stops on each daily blog hop to maximize your chance of winning! The winner will be drawn over the weekend and announced on the Whimsy blog next week.

So please leave me a comment before you hop over to the next blog, you might even be lucky enough to win a prize :)

Kathy

Kathy Tanner  (Me)
Jodi Amidei
Shelby Thomas 
Shannah Bartle
Ann-Marie Sinfield 
Iris Wiechmann 
Bev Rochester

Linda Klaringe

Whimsy World Card Making Day Hop

Happy World Card Making Day 2013!

World Card Making Day is a holiday especially for card makers around the world to ... celebrate the creativity of handmade cards and the personal connection that they create between friends and family, AND to kick off (and get a head start on) the holiday card-making season! Today, Whimsy Stamps is celebrating World Card Making Day 2013 with our very own BLOG HOP! 

I decided to make a card for my Daughter's violin teacher.  There are music exams coming up and she has been helping her so much with her studies that I wanted to make a special card to say "Thanks for everything".

I used Jo Davies' gorgeous Bookish girl again.  I love her and thought she would work well if I also added a few musical touches to the card.  I used the new sentiment set Holiday Sliders 3 as a pretty backdrop for the sentiment from Treasured Moments Tickets too. I embossed it with white embossing powder and cut it out with the slider 3 die and then cut the other sentiment out and stuck it on top.  Sliding this partly behind the main image makes it into a nice "file tab" kind of shape which I like.

Ingredients :

Stamps : Bookish,  Holiday Sliders 3, Treasured Moments Tickets
Card : x-press it, olive, limeaid, blushing bride, subtles core'dinations
Ink : memento black
Other : big shot, slider 3 die, music notes (MFT), pretty posies (MFT), pearls, pearl brad, crystal effects, copics, white ep, music ef (spellbinders)


The hop starts today at 9.00AM (EST) and ends on Monday 7th October 2013 at 12.00PM (EST). We've hidden a fantastic rubber stamp prize pack somewhere along the hop, so be sure to complete the hop and leave comments on all the DT's hop posts to enter! We will announce the lucky winner on the Whimsy blog on Monday, once the hop has ended.

But that's not all! Once you've finished the hop and entered the prize draw, hop on over to the Whimsy Stamps store where you will find some free digital stamps that have been posted in celebration of WCMD! Be quick to grab them, as they will only be available for a very short time! Finally, we will be posting another announcement on the Whimsy blog on Monday, which could save you a few pennies, so be sure to check it out! Okay, so now it's time for you to hop! Your next stop is Jodi's Blog.

 Finally, here is a full hop list in hopping order:

Whimsy Stamps blog Simonne Clay Kathy Tanner Jodi Amidei Ellie Stover Jackie Randolph Patricia Garcia Ann-Marie Sinfield Debbie Eastman

Thanks so much for stopping by today and happy hopping!

Kathy

Inspiring Apple

Hello and welcome to the

Whimsy Stamps September Release Review Day Blog Hop!

Yesterday (18 September) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, Shapeology dies and Whimsy Designer Paper packs. From 17 September until today the Whimsy Stamps DT are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily blog hop!

I decided to use a beautiful new stamp by Elisabeth Bell called Apple Dumpling.
Isn't she so sweet!!!

I also used the new set from Raindrop Echo called Holiday Sliders 3 again.  As you can probably tell, that sentiment doesn't come with the set, it is actually from Treasured Moments Tickets.  I just cut the sentiment out in an oval and placed it on top.  There are lots of smaller sentiments that could be used with the Holiday Sliders set this way, such as ones in the mini letter seals and ticket sets. So it is a great Christmas set but it also means you have a beautiful frame for your sentiments that you can use throughout the year.


Ingredients :

Stamps : Apple Dumpling, Holiday Sliders 3, Treasured Moments Tickets
Card : Black, x-press it, blushing bride, Delightful (Authentique)
Ink : memento black
Other : big shot, marvellous squares SB, Slider 3 die, circles and ovals SB, red satin ribbon, copics

copics used :

BV0000, BV00

Y11, Y13, Y21, Y23

YG11, YG13

YR16

R000, R00, R24, R27, R29, R30

RV21

E000, E00, E11, E31

BG000, BG72

W1, W3, W5, W7, W9

Each blog hop has a prize of 2 new release stamps hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered into today's 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 here on the Whimsy blog tomorrow.


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

Ann-Marie Sinfield
Debbie Eastman
Ellie Stover
Iris Wiechmann
Jodi Amidei
Kathy Tanner
Louise Roache
Melissa Andrew
Shanna Shands
Tammy Louise Cunliffe
Patricia Garcia

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

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy hopping!

Kathy

Horse Love

 

This is a card I made using a new Whimsy Stamp by Crissy Armstrong called Horse Love.

Isn’t this image so sweet!  If you have a girl that loves horses then this stamp is a must have I think.  My girls aren’t really horse crazy (although they do like them) but they both have good friends who are. I think this will be a great card for one of them. (I probably should make another one too!)

I would also like to enter this card into the challenge at Stamp and Create.  Their challenge this month is Birthdays.

 

Ingredients :

Stamps : Horse Love, Treasured Moments Tickets

Card : river rock, pool party, x-press it, paper?

Ink : memento black, not quite navy

Other : big shot, Ticket Die, Vines Die, Mini rolled rose (MFT), pearl pen, lacy brocade ef, copics, oval and oval scallop nesties

Copics used:

E000, E00, E31, E33, E35

R00, R20

BG0000, BG000, BG10, BG01

Y11, Y21, Y23

BV0000

Kathy

Goldfish Kid

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps August 2013 rubber stamp and die release BLOG HOP!

Our brand new August release Rubber Stamps & Stamp Sets, Whimsy Shapeology Dies, Shape EZ template and Whimsy Designer Paper 6x6 packs are now available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store!! To celebrate our new release, the DT are holding a blog hop today and are sharing creations made with some of the brand new Crissy Armstrong, Elisabeth Bell and Kenny K stamps! The blog hop has a prize of 2 new release stamps hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

 For my card I used a new Kenny K image called Goldfish Kid.
 I realised the last time my daughter had a boy's birthday party to go to, that I had no good boy stamps that weren't babyish!  (She is 8 and was not impressed with the card she had to give :(  Very uncool!)
So I thought this one would be a perfect addition to my stamp collection :)  Great for boys of any age I think.

I coloured the kid all in greys to try to give it a real comic strip feel. And I put the emphasis on the cute goldfish by giving it all the colour and  using crystal effects on the bag to make it shiny.
I printed the O'fish'ally saying on the computer and used the great "smile" saying from the Treasured Moments Tickets set.  I think it's perfect for the goldfish and kid.


Ingredients :
Stamps : Goldfish Kid (KK), Treasured Moments Tickets
Card : x-press it, pumpkin coredinations, grey
Ink : memento black
Other : crystal effects, ticket die, big shot, alphabet press ef, copics

Copics used :
W00, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
Y13, 15
YR14, 16
BG000, 10, 01

This is also my Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge card. Today the Whimsy Stamps rubber team are posting their challenge creations on the challenge blog. You have until September 3rd to join this month's challenge which is "Clean & Simple" and as always we have 3 prizes up for grabs: a $15 gift certificate, 5 digi stamps, and 1 surprise rubber stamp. To be entered into today's blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced here on the Whimsy blog on Friday. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Ann-Marie Sinfield
Deb Routledge
Debbie Eastman
DeNetra Bates
Ellie Stover
Iris Wiechmann
Janette Garcia
Jodi Amidei
Kathy Tanner
Louise Roache
  Melissa Andrew
Patricia Garcia
Shannah Bartle
Simonne Clay
Tracy

For a full reveal of the wonderful August release, please visit the Whimsy blog. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!

Kathy