SunnyDee and Sunflower

I have a Whimsy card to share today, using a gorgeous new Elisabeth Bell stamp called SunnyDee and Sunflower.  It's a beautiful image isn't it?

I also used the Whimsy Sweet as candy Word Die, it just seemed a perfect fit with this gorgeous stamp.
I had fun colouring this pretty scene.

Ingredients :
Stamps :  SunnyDee and Sunflower
Card : x-press it, baked sugar, suede, Kate and Co (MME)
Ink : memento black, antique linen distress ink
Other : Whimsy Sweet as candy Word Die, marvellous square (SB), brad, copics

Copics used:

R 000, 20, 30

YG 03, 17, 91, 95

Y 15, 21, 23, 26, 28

E 000, 00, 11, 21, 50, 53, 55

YR 14

B 93, 95, 97

BG 0000, 000, 11, 72

W 00, 1

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Time Out Challenges - Summer with a twist of flowers

A Creative Romance - Anything goes with an option of birthday

Thanks for dropping by for a look today :)

Kathy

Sugarberry Bliss

Hi and welcome to Day 22 of the Whimsy Stamps 24 Days of Christmas Event :)

The Whimsy Stamps design team are holding a fun event on the Whimsy blog in the lead up to Christmas. Each day from the 1st to the 24th of Dec. a member of the design team will share a holiday creation with you and today it's my turn :)
We will be posting a letter each day.  You need to visit every day, make a note of the letter and keep them safe. Once you've collected all 24 letters, you need to unscramble them to make a 4 word phrase.
Then email your phrase to whimsystampscontests@gmail.com by Dec. 31 2013 and if you've guess right, you will be entered into the draw to win the fantastic Grand prize :)

For my card I've used the beautiful Elizabeth Bell stamp Sugarberry Bliss.  Isn't she gorgeous and her puppy is sooo cute too!
I also used Holiday Sliders 3 for the sentiment and the Large Leafy Flourish Die.

So here is today's letter :

We also have some fun Spot Prizes to be won!!!
The prizes could be hidden on the Whimsy Blog or on a Design Team member's blog, so be sure to leave a comment at both places :)

Thanks for stopping by today.

Kathy

Christmas Turtle and Dove

I have another Christmas card for Whimsy Stamps to share today.  And I used another cutie from Crissy Armstrong called Christmas Turtle and Dove.

This stamp is wonderful!  It's very cute, it's fun to colour, and there is no snow in sight!
I do love the look of snow on Christmas cards but we don't get snow in Australia at Christmas time and it's great to be able to make a card that fits our kind of Christmas too!

Hopefully you can tell that they are meant to be at the beach! :)
I brayered pool party, tempting turquoise and island indigo at the top and river rock at the bottom. I used some clear rock candy stickles to make little dots of foam for the waters edge and added some white gel pen to this too.  Then I added some fran-tage for the sand.

The sentiment is from Whimsy too and is a digi stamp called Sentiment for Christmas.  There are a lot of great Christmas sayings in it and you can make them as big as you like of course to suit your card.  That's the great thing about digi stamps.

Ingredients :

Stamps :  Christmas Turtle and Dove, Sentiment for Christmas
Card :  pool party, crumb cake, black, x-press it, Quill galaxy, silver glimmer
Ink : memento black, pool party, turquoise, indigo, river rock
Other : big shot, music ef (SB), cosmic star border (MB), rock candy stickles, star dust stickles, circle nesties, pearls, white gel pen, copics

Copics used :

YG 0000, 01, 03, 13

BG 0000, 000, 01, 05, 49, 72

Y21

YR 14

BV 0000, 00

R 24, 27, 29, 30

C 1 

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Cute Card Thursday - sparkles

Cas-ual Fridays - embossing

Christmas Turtle and Dove is also available at  Bunny Zoe's Crafts .

Kathy

Little Jack

Whimsy Stamps has released so many gorgeous new Christmas Stamps this month and this is one of my favourites.  It's by Elisabeth Bell and is called Little Jack and Bobbin Christmas.
It's so sweet isn't it?!

I used the Holiday Sliders 3 sentiment set again but this time I just cut around the oval and put it on top of a die cut star.  I coloured it with some copics, inked around the edges and used some Fran-tage on it too.  It is such a wonderful sentiment set, you can use it in so many different ways to change the look of it.

I also used some beautiful Whimsy paper designed by Michelle Roos called Winter Frost.

Ingredients :

Stamps :   Little Jack and Bobbin Christmas, Holiday Sliders 3
Card : x-press it, crumb cake, suede, soft sky, Winter Frost
Ink : memento black, crumb cake, walnut distress ink
Other : Big shot, 5 point star (Nellie Snellen), Traditional tag stax (MFT), Stripes ef, frant-tage, linen thread, button, crochet trim, glossy accents, gold spica pen, copics

Copics Used :

W 00, 1 ,3

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

Y 11, 15, 26

R 24, 27, 29, 30, 39

YG 03, 91, 93, 95

B 000, 00, 93, 95

The Whimsy Stamps on this card are also available at Bunny Zoe's Crafts

I had lots of fun colouring this cute stamp :)

Kathy

2 Christmas Tales

Today we are having a Review Day Hop at Whimsy Stamps and the October release is a beauty so make sure you hop along to each blog and take a look.  There is a prize of 2 new release stamps hidden somewhere along the way so please leave a comment today for a chance to win.

For my card I used the super cute stamp by Crissy Armstrong called  2 Christmas Tales.  Aren't they adorable!!!

I created a pretty sunset by sponging on some pink, purple and blue ink and I also used the blue to create some snow mounds and added some frosted lace stickles for the snow.  I coloured the rest in with my copics and I was really happy with how cute they turned out (although I think they'd look cute no matter how well you coloured them actually)!  I added some shine to the candy cane and their noses with glossy accents and used some Fun Flock on their hats too.

Ingredients :

Stamps :  2 Christmas Tales, Holiday Sliders 3

Card : x-press it, crumb cake

Ink : pool party, wisteria, pip, stazon, memento black

Other : big shot, nordic sweater ef (sizzix), Slider 3 die, subtle candy dot, fun flock, frosted lace stickles, glossy accents, copics

Copics used :

RV 21, 23, 25, 66

R 000, 00, 20, 24, 27, 29, 30, 39

BG 000, 01, 05

W 00, 1, 3, 5

C 1

E 50, 53, 55 

Now please hop over to Louise's blog.

Here is a list of all the Designers participating today. 

Debbie Eastman 

DeNetra Bates 

Ellie Stover 

Jodi Amidei 

Kathy Tanner  (that's me)

Louise Roache 

Patricia Garcia 

Shannah Bartle

Simonne Clay

Tammy Louise Cunliffe 

Don't forget to leave a comment for everyone and Happy Hopping :)

Kathy

Santa Baby

I've made another Christmas card for my slowly growing stash :)
This time I've used Santa Baby from Whimsy Stamps.
Isn't she cute!

I used copics to colour her and then cut her out and I used Fun Flock for the first time too.
The extra dimension and "fluffiness" does look great on her dress and hat.

Ingredients :
Stamps :  Santa Baby
Card : olive, x-press it, brights core'dinations, Vintage Summer (Little yellow bicycle)
Ink : memento black
Other : fun flock, big shot, cross stitch #2 ef (sizzix), cosmic star border (memory box), copics

Copics used :

R 00, 20, 24, 27, 29

W 7

E 000, 00, 50, 53, 31

YG 11, 13, 17

The Whimsy Stamp on this card is also available at Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Hopefully you've made a start on your Christmas cards too :)

Kathy

Cherish Wyanet

The challenge on the Whimsy Stamps Blog this month is to make a card which is Shabby Chic or Vintage.
I don't tend to do that style of card very much.
Possibly my card is a Clean Shabby Chic one?  I'm not sure that's even possible but perhaps I've created a new style! :)

This stamp is called Wyanet (Beautiful) and it's by Syliva Zet.  She really is gorgeous isn't she!
I thought I might colour her with my warm greys (there is just hint of pink on her cheeks) and try to bring a vintage, sepia photo feel to it.

Hopefully you'll join us in the challenge this month, and you may even be lucky enough to win a prize :)

Ingredients :

Stamps : Wyanet, Birthday Letter Seals
Card : suede, crumb cake, x-press it, SU dsp, subtles core'dinations
Ink : memento black, crumb cake, baja
Other : big shot, circle nesties, double scallop doily die, fancy fan ef, crumb cake seam binding, subtles candy dots, fran-tage, copics

Kathy

A circle of friends

Welcome to our Circle of Friends blog hop especially for our dear DT member and friend Bev Rochester

Unfortunately, Bev has had to take a little break from crafting over the past few months due to ill health. We are missing her here at Whimsy and want to let her know that we are thinking about her and wishing her a speedy recovery. Even though the Whimsy family is scattered all around the world, we have come together as a circle of friends to show Bev our love and support by each making her a card. Although this hop is for Bev, we do hope you will hop along with us to support our wonderful teammate and friend. If you arrived here from Jacque Beddingfield’s blog, then you are in the right place! If you’ve happened upon this post by chance and would like to hop with us, hop on over to the Whimsy Stamps blog to begin the hop.

I wanted to make Bev something bright and happy that will hopefully make her smile.

I decided to use the beautiful Beau and Bashful stamp by Sylvia Zet again.  I decided to just use Beau though, so I coloured him with my brightest copics, added some sparkle to his horn and cut him out.  I wanted a sentiment about making someone’s day brighter and I didn’t have one so I just printed this up myself and sponged a cloudy sky over the top of it.

I know it would make a great Get Well card for a little girl but I’m really hoping that a big girl like Bev will appreciate it too :)

I hope it did brighten your day a little Bev and I hope you start feeling much better really soon.

Ingredients :
Stamps : Beau and Bashful
Card : x-press it, celery, limeaid
Ink : pool party, memento black
Other : big shot, grassy edges die (MFT), kindy glitz, pearl pen, Romantic Rectangles (spellbinders), copics

copics used:

RV 21, 23, 25, 63, 66, 69

YG 0000, 01, 03

Y 11, 13, 15

BV 04, 08

R 30

C 1

W 3, 5, 7

BG 10

B 0000, 00, 02, 04

So now it's time for you to hop over to ... Debbie Eastman’s Blog.
Finally, here is a full hop list in hopping order:

Whimsy Stamps blog Simonne Clay Jacque Beddingfield Kathy Tanner Debbie Eastman Louise Roache Deb Routledge Ann-Marie Sinfield Heidy Blom Iris Wiechmann Shelby Thomas Melissa Andrew Patricia Garcia Shannah Bartle Tammy Louise Cunliffe Denise Lynn

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Kathy

Wee Love You

 

I have some BIG news to share with you today.

I am now a designer for Whimsy Stamps!    WoooHooo!

I am so very excited to join this wonderfully creative team and company and use their gorgeous stamps!  I am truly very honoured to be a Whimsy Designer :)

Most of you know that I have been a Stampin Up demonstrator for many years and the decision to leave has been a very hard one. Although I still like a lot about Stampin Up, my love of colouring is the reason I made that decision. I was feeling very disappointed with the amount of line art images that Stampin Up have to be honest and I have been craving stamps to colour with my copics that are cute and pretty. 

So I decided to try applying for the Whimsy Design Team. I crossed my fingers and everything else I could and I am just so happy that I was one of the lucky ones chosen :)

So this is my first Whimsy card :)

And she was so much fun to colour and so was the snail.  Isn’t he the cutest snail you’ve ever seen ?!

 

 

 

This card is for the Whimsy Challenge this month to use Ribbon and Lace.

I made this card for my little Granddaughter who is about to turn one.  She probably won’t think much of it at the moment but hopefully her Mummy and Daddy like it and she might appreciate it when she’s a bit older  :)

 

Ingredients :

Stamps : Whimsy Wee Love You Slow Much

Card : basic grey, white, going grey, pink pirouette, silver shimmer, pip, celery

Ink : memento black, copics, white pen

Other : big shot, square scallop die, timeless type alpha, MFT mini rolled roses, bird punch, pip satin ribbon, crochet trim, rhinestone, faceted button, bakers twine, sewing machine

 

Please take a look at what the rest of the Design Team have created and play along with our theme challenge.  There are some wonderful cards to inspire you and some great prizes to win as well :)

 

Kathy