Whimsy sponsors A Spoonful of Sugar

The challenge over at Spoonful of Sugar

this week is being sponsored by

Whimsy Stamps

and the theme is a recipe

1 patterned paper, 1 embossing, 1 button and 1 ribbon

Yikes, wasn't keen on those 1's!

I decided to use Whimsy Stamps 'A cool ride' one of the carousel horses designed by Crissy Armstrong. It is a nice big image so I woudn't miss my usual layering!

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The Whimsy Inspirations Blog is now open, the design team will be taking turns to showcase their favourite Whimsy creations and we will be watching blogland for Whimsy creations that catch our eye to feature too!

The Whimsy Online Store is now stocking Charms, there is a fantastic selection over there and such a great price too!

I used the sketch from the Totally Gorjuss Challenge. Not totally convinced I followed the sketch well, I turned it round and got confused! I am very easily confused!

Can also enter Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge the theme is punch it and bling it!

The secret crafter saturday challenge is asking for monochrome, tones of one colour + white.

Allsorts Challenge would like to see distressing, button(s) and bows.

My ingredients

Whimsy Stamps ~ A Cool Ride

Whimsy Stamps ~ Whimsy Holiday Postmarks

Basic Grey ~ Figgy Pudding 'Silent Night'

Image coloured with Copics

Edges distressed and stamped with Distress inks ~ Antique linen and Tea Dye

Cuttlebug and snowflakes embossing folder

Martha Steward border punch

EK Success snowflake punch

ribbon and gems

Thanks for dropping in!

little note of thanks

This was my original card for this weeks CCT spots and dots theme but then I got the chance to use a Phindys Place digi image (this weeks sponsor of CCT) and couldn't resist making another.

This is the thank you card for my kids' ski instructor, they are having their last lesson with him today and they have done so well in 5 weeks! They are better than me (not saying much)!

I kept it simple, after all it is for a man and you know what they're like!

challenges~

totally gorjuss ~ paper piecing

incywincy ~ use a hat

Hope to get to visit you all sometime over the weekend (keep hoping for a quiet one) after what has been a busy week!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Spots and Dots

Over on Cute Card Thursday this week the theme is

spots and dots

The image I used is a digi from Phindys Place, our sponsor this week, you just have to check out the cuties she has over there! This sweet image is called 'love cycle'.

The sentiment stamp is from Whimsy Stamps Sentiment collection

other challenges ~

I used the fabulous sketch from

A Spoonful of Sugar

Papertake weekly - Love Actually

whimsy stamps challenge lots of frills

I got the idea for this circular easel card from someone I visited recently for CCT, I am so sorry that I didn't remember the name, if you recognize yourself please shout up and I will credit you here!

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This week the theme for the Whimsy Stamps Challenge over on the Whimsy group at SNR is

lots of frills

what a great challenge, a good excuse to make something pretty and girly!

One random winner will be chosen to win a $10 gift certificate from the Whimsy online store!

The stamp I used here is the very sweet 'Summer Day Emma' from Whimsy Stamps.

other challenges

Pollycraft ~ things with wings

Pink Elephant ~ all about pink

Stamp, Scrap and doodle ~ open theme

Paperplay ~ pink, white and green

supplies:

Whimsy stamps 'summer time emma' coloured with Copics

SU sentiment stamp

nesties, circular and scalloped circles

DP ~ Basic Grey 'bittersweet'

prima flowers

Winner of Snickerdoodle Snowball Fight blog hop prize

Denise asked me to choose a winner from the comments left on my Whimsy Stamps Snowball Fight post to launch the fabulous new Snickerdoodle range of stamps designed by Crissy Armstrong.

The winner is

Tracey

Please contact Denise at whimsystamps@gmail.com to claim your prize of

The 'Janice and Marty's Snowday' stamp

that was the stamp that I used for my card in the hop.
Be sure to check out the winner of the grand prize at

Whimsy Stamps

don't worry if you didn't win, there are more prizes on more DT member's blogs, drop by to check out who won!

If you didn't win this time you can buy these fabulous stamps at

Whimsy Stamps Online Store

and also at

Bunny Zoe's Crafts online store

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this week on Cute Card Thursday the theme is Blooming Gorgeous!

Good excuse to get your flowers out! Not that I ever need an excuse, probably need an excuse to put them away!

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This is another from the Whimsy Stamps latest release Snickerdoodle Kids designed by uber talented Crissy Armstrong (who by the way has the most sensational blog candy on her blog just now)

this is the very sweet Janice and the stamp is called 'ready, set, duck'

Project Tuesday have a great challenge this week too, to create a Wiper Card. You can find the tutorial here it is such a fun fold, took a bit of working out so I spent a bit longer on this card than I had hoped but glad I tried it out!

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Over at the Whimsy Stamps group on SNR there is a new challenge this week set by Sue who is asking us to use hearts on our projects. You have to use a Whimsy image to be included in the draw for the prize, a whopping $10 Whimsy Gift Certificate! If you don't have a Whimsy image, you can download a freebie, just click on the link above.

More challenges for this card......Saturday Spotlight ~ Bright colours

Allsorts ~ Hearts and flowers

A spoonful of Sugar ~ Freestyle

your next stamp challenge ~ Anything that sparkles

creative inspirations ~ feminine

Lil red wagon ~ hearts

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There is still time to join the Snowball Fight and be in with a chance to win some fantastic prizes! See here to start!


You can also still purchase the fabulous Whimsy Stamps 'Wings of Hope' designed by Crissy Armstrong to aid the people of Haiti. You can purchase it for only $4 from here!

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Thank you so much for your visit, have a great thursday!

~Whimsy~ Sledding with Marty and Max

Here is another of Whimsy Stamps Snickerdoodle Kids

'Sledding with Marty and Max'

I love the look on Marty's face!

Okay, I have a few challenges for this card to fit into

Stamp Something~ Funny

Totally Gorjuss ~ Dimension

Fab's Christmas Card Challenge ~ Snowflakes

Basic Grey ~ Animals

Copic Colour Challenge ~ skin tones and sand

The designer paper is Basic Grey, sentiment stamp is from a Stampin' Up set, coloured with Copics.

If you haven't joined in the snowball fight blog hop yet, there is still time to do so, you can start

HERE!
Make sure you don't miss it, there are some fantastic prizes!
You can also still buy the Whimsy Stamps Wings of Hope digi image from Whimsy Stamps!

See here for more details!

Thanks for dropping by, have a great evening!

Whimsy Snowball Fight!!!

Welcome to the Whimsy Snowball Fight!

This is the very start of the Snowball Fight to launch the new release of

Whimsy Stamps

Snickerdoodle Kids

part of the

Crissy Armstrong Collection.

I hope you will join us by taking part in the Snowball fight and throwing a snowball at the next Whimsy Stamps Design Team member in this hop, she is

Sharon

If you follow the whole Snowball fight you should get links all the way to the subsequent blogs but if you get a little lost off there are links on the Whimsy Home Page where you must be sure to leave a link on the Mr Linky to be in with a chance of winning this amazing prize.....

a $50 gift certificate for Whimsy Stamps Online Store!!!!!

Also there are other prizes along the way

3 secret DT members will choose someone who leaves a comment on their blog to win one of the new stamps AND

if you go along at the end of the snowball fight to the Whimsy page on SNR Universe you can play along in fun game and have the chance to win other prizes!!!!!

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Now I get to show you my card. I used the very adorable 'Janice and Marty's Snow Day' stamp, they are such a cute pair! They are available to buy from today at

Whimsy Stamps Online Store!

This is a good time of year to get started on next year's christmas cards when things are a lot quieter, I for one, am definitely getting a head start on next year and there are so many great stamps and challenges to help us along!

I found this 'Fab' challenge this week

Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge

I didn't use the gold but I did use the sentiment!
I used a sentiment stamp from Whimsy Stamps Sentiment Collection

Don't forget about the fantastic

Wings of Hope digital image

which you can purchase here

until the end of February to raise much needed funds for the American Red Cross to aid Haiti.

Please see the post below for more details!

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I also hope you will drop by Crissy's blog for her amazing blog candy!

Thank you for dropping in, I hope you go and throw your next snowball at Sharon now to continue the Snowball Fight!

We have plenty of snow here this weekend so the snowball theme is very appropriate!
Have a great Sunday!

Whimsy Stamps ~ Wings of Hope for Haiti

Denise owner of Whimsy Stamps and Whimsy Artist Crissy Armstrong have collaborated on this stunning Carousel Horse image called 'Wings of Hope' to raise funds for the American Red Cross to aid their efforts to help the people of Haiti.

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This special 'Wings of Hope' digital image, illustrated by Crissy Armstrong, is being released by Whimsy Stamps and will only be available to purchase in digital form from now until the end of February. This 'Wings of Hope' image will be sold for $4 and all proceeds from the sales of this digital image will be sent to the American Red Cross for disaster relief efforts in Haiti. Please help us help the people of Haiti by purchasing this limited edition digital image.

How stunning is this Carousel Horse? Crissy is the most amazing artist and she makes these horses so special, I was gobsmacked when I saw this one for the first time, apart from it being for a good cause I am sure I will lots of future use from it too!

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If you would like to purchase this Carousel Horse in digital form for only $4 to help the people in Haiti you can do so here!
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Talking of special somethings, Crissy has also designed another new stamp set called the Snickerdoodle Kids Collection for Whimsy Stamps. Here is a sneak peek of what is come on Sunday 24th January, the official release day! Can't wait! They are so adorable!

Make sure you come back here to start the snowball fight (blog hop) on Sunday noon (EST) and you will get to see the whole range by visiting the Whimsy Stamps Design Team but also be in with a chance of winning some incredible prizes! Lets just say Denise is being very generous!!!

Here is the link to the incredible blog candy that Crissy is offering to anyone who is making a donation or for example buying the above digi image to aid Haiti, you must see it, she has help from a number of crafting companies who are offering her some prizes to add to her own very generous prizes! You really do not want to miss this!

Hope to see you Sunday, have a great weekend!!!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Fairy Fantastic

Cute Card Thursday

The theme this week is

Fairy Fantastic

I don't know why but I am not a huge fan of fairies and discovered that I had nothing suitable in my vast stamp stash! As soon as I spotted this over at Mo's digital pencil I knew I had to use it for this challenge!

The sweet little sentiment stamp is one from the Whimsy Stamps Sentiments Collection Whimsy Circle Postmarks.

I used Basic Grey Bittersweet Designer Paper and the punches are Martha Stewart, flowers all primas.

the other challenges I am entering this card into are

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays ~ Girly

Allsorts ~ brown and pink

Creative Card Crew ~ punch it

Papertake weekly ~ pretty pink
Simon says ~ punch it

Thanks for dropping in, have a great day!

whimsy stamps challenge ~ warm and cosy!

We have a new theme on the Whimsy Stamps Challenge over at SNR this week!

Cozy and Warm!

Just what we all need with all this crazy snow!

Denise is giving away a $10 Whimsy gift certificate to one lucky winner who participates in this challenge!

My lovely teamie Vicky has also created a fabulous tutorial to make a cocoa holder which is perfect to make for this challenge. Here is mine....

I used the beautiful Whimsy Stamps 'Cool Ride' designed by Crissy Armstrong. Watch out for Crissy's newest stamps being released on sunday, they are so cute!!!! The colour scheme is blue and white to fit into the Stamp Something Challenge this week. Whimsy are also sponsoring this challenge this week so make sure you play along!

It fits into a few more challenges too, see the list below!

This is the cute pocket inside the card for the cocoa to fit into.

Challenges~

Crafty Pad ~ Animals

Double Dutch ~ Frozen or Frosty

Saturday Spotlight ~ snowflakes

One stop Craft ~ fancy edges/corners

Spoonful of Sugar ~ Lots of layering

Be sure to visit Denise's blog as she is giving away some fabulous New Year Candy!!!

Whimsy ~ Baseball Connor havin' fun

This card fits into lots of challenges for this week! first of all the Copic Colour Challenge which is being sponsored by Whimsy Stamps this week, you could win a $15 gift certificate to spend in the Whimsy Online Store!!!

I used the ever so cute Whimsy Stamps Baseball Connor on this card, I thought this Cosmo Cricket paper was perfect for him, I love it, so boyish and so vintage!

My new mini voltage transformer arrived yesterday and no sooner was it through the door than it was attached to my UK sewing machine and off I went! It has been a bit of a drag having to fetch the large transformer that the kids have been using on the X Box but I missed not stitching on my cards so it was either a small transformer that the kids couldn't use or a new mini sewing machine. Think I made the right choice as I love my sewing machine.

I started off using the sketches from Papertake Weekly and Truly Scrumptious, had them both copied on one sheet and must have gone between them, weren't they so similar. Anyway, now it doesn't seem to resemble either one, more a mix of them both!

The other challenges are

Simon Says...... Shabby Chic

Creative Inspirations.....Distressing

Pink Elephant .........Birthday

Thanks to all of you for dropping by, hope you have a fabulous weekend! I am hoping for a very quiet one!!!!

cute card thursday - Pink and Grey

Over at Cute Card Thursday this week the theme is

Pink and Grey

They are not colours I normally put together but so glad this challenge made me do it as I love it now! Of course the BG papers are gorgeous so what's not to love?

I finally got around to making an easel card, been admiring them all around blogland for a while now but this week was the first chance I got to really take my time and enjoy making my card instead of the rush jobs I have had to do lately!

I got this adorable image from Denise a while back, gonna have to get this stamp I have loved using her!

I used the fantastic sketch over at Stamp Something this week. This week the sketch is designed by Denise,

I am also entering this card into the Spoonful of Sugar challenge set this week by Karen she gave us a recipe.
use 3 pieces of DP, one piece of ribbon, 3 flowers and 3 buttons. okay, so I got carried away with the flowers just a tad but the extra ones are only tiny!
It also fits into the ABC challenge which is l for layering.


we once again have a fantastic prize on offer over at CCT and the DT examples are fabulous as always, hope you can play along!

I went to a Stampin' Up class yesterday and we made this, isn't it sweet? We made 6 cards which fit neatly inside complete with envelopes. some lucky person is going to be receiving this as a gift later in the year and I signed up for the next class next month! It was great to meet up with other stampers, I hadn't met any locally up to then!

Thanks for dropping by, hope you have a great day!

whimsy stamps challenge on SNR ~ let it snow

I made this card for the Whimsy Challenge over on SNR Universe, the theme is Let it Snow! I am not over Christmas yet so very happily made another Christmas card! I was so behind with everything this Christmas just gone that I am determined to be more organised for next year so will be making Christmas Cards all through the year, I have even started my Christmas shopping!

This card was therapy for me today. Our Mothers left after a 3 week visit and I missed them terribly when they went so I threw myself into making this card, even though my heart wasn't in it when I started, all teary eyed, but I was enjoying getting back to my crafting by the end.This is the first card I have made since they arrived as all my latest stuff I had made just before Christmas.

I would also like to enter this card into the Stamp with Fun challenge, my first time! their theme this week is 'snowflakes'

The stamp I used is Whimsy's fantastic Winter Raccoons, so love these two critters! You do need to use a Whimsy image to join in the challenge but if you don't own a stamp yet you can download a free digi just visit here!

It is well worth playing along, Denise is offering one lucky winner a $10 gift certificate to be spent in the Whimsy store!

Cute Card Thursday ~ All New

Cute Card Thursday

This week on Cute Card Thursday we would like to see you use something new on your cards, the theme is

All New!

I used my brand new Whimsy Stamps Carousel horse 'Untamed Love', this was the new release from Whimsy this week, illustrated by the amazingly talented artist

Crissy Armstrong.

There is still time to take part in the Whimsy bloghop and be in with a chance to win this amazing stamp set! Just check out the post on Crissy's blog which is the starting place for the hop!

I am also entering this into the Stamp Something challenge this week the theme is 'new somethings'

We have a fantastic sponsor this week 'Kraftin Kimmie Stamps' and the DT examples are amazing as always! Hope you find time to play along!

Have a great day! Thanks for dropping by!

Whimsy Latest Release

Whimsy Blog Hop - come take a ride with us.....

Welcome to the Whimsy Blog Hop to launch the latest beautiful stamps designed for Whimsy by Crissy Armstrong.

Hopefully, if you are following the hop you arrived here from Vicky's blog. If not you can start the hop at Crissy's blog. Of course there is a fabulous prize to be won, you can see it above, those stamps are just amazing, you can check out all the details on the Whimsy Home Page which you should arrive it if you follow the hop! Be sure to leave a comment on all the blog hop posts if you want to be in with a chance of winning the prize!

Your next stop in the blog hop is at our Special Guest Designer

Bev's blog

How amazing is this carousel horse? It is available at Whimsy now as a complete set, the horse, the snowflake and the swirl. This set is called 'Cool Ride'. Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team to see the other set, named 'Untamed Love'.

The paper is My Mind's Eye and the circular sentiment stamp is Cat's Life Press.

The swirly sentiment stamp is from a Stampin' Up set.
That is it from me, hope you continue on the blog hop and don't forget to follow the rules and enter for the prize draw, you so need these fantastic stamps!

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Where did the holidays go? Can't believe they are almost over and it is back to normal!

Hope you all had an amazing time and got lots of lovely new stash to play with during these cold months!

cute card thursday ~ sketchtastic

Cute Card Thursday

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and that you all have a very safe and Happy New Year!

Over at Cute Card Thursday this week we have an amazing sketch by Caz.

I started this one before Christmas so it is yet another Christmas card, glad to be getting a start on next year! I am determined to be more organised in this coming year!

I used this adorable Whimsy stamp 'jolly puppy kisses' designed by Crissy Armstrong. Watch out for the next Whimsy release on January 3rd, they are more of Crissy's designs and you will totally love them!

The sentiment stamp is also from Whimsy from the sentiments collection. These were designed by our very own Ann Vento.

Hope you get the opportunity to play along this week!

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Happy New Year!

Over at Cute Card Thursday we would like to see your

Happy New Year

cards and creations.

I hope you are all sorted now, I feel Christmas has raced upon me and hope I am ready later on today! We have had some problems with flights etc and some family members are already here although a long and arduous journey was made and we are waiting for one more to arrive later today, just hoping things go a little smoother than they have on the previous flights.

I hope you are all where you need to be and have a very Merry Christmas or Happy Holiday whatever you celebrate!

Merry Christmas!!!

Day 18 Winner of the Whimsy Advent Event

The Winner of Day 18 of the Whimsy Advent Event was

Lynn

congratulations you win the adorable Whimsy Lion stamp, please email me your address so I can arrange for it to be sent to you.

Don't forget there is another chance to win today and every day up until Christmas Eve!

Pop over to Whimsy Stamps to see all the details!

Have a great weekend!

Whimsy Advent Event - Day 18

Welcome to the Whimsy Advent Event!

Cannot believe it is day 18 already, is the panic setting in yet?

I have been feeling it all month, there is never enough time during December is there?

Today it is my turn to host the prize for the Advent Event and it is this fantastic stamp!

He is such a cutie, such a cheeky grin on his face! All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning him is leave a comment on this post and I will choose a winner tomorrow morning! Good luck!

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I have seen a few of these chocolate bar covers around and thought they would make a really speedy gift! I created the circlular sentiment in word and then masked it and stamped the Whimsy 'N'ice Friends' image in the centre. The papers are My Minds Eye and the flowers are Prima.

The tag stamp on the back is by Stampin'Up.

Please pop over to see the fabulous Whimsy creation my good friend and fellow Design Team member Debbie has to show today.

I created a tutorial for the garland I made last week and it is posted on the SNR website here
Whimsy also has a guest designer call out just now, all details can be found on the Whimsy Website.

You will find all the details for this and also the Whimsy holiday card competition voting beneath the Whimsy Advent Event post.

Don't forget to check back tomorrow morning to find out the winner of the Whimsy Lion stamp!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Apertures

The Cute Card Thursday challenge this week is to create an

aperture card.

Mine was too simple this week that I nearly didn't join in but it is still quite cute so here it is, late as usual though! This was created very quickly using the Cricut machine with the Winter Woodland cartridge.

I know everyone is so busy this week but hope you will be able to join in, we have another fabulous prize on offer and the other DT members creations are fantastic!

I'll be back in the morning with my Whimsy Advent Post! Hope to see you then, have a goodnight!

Festive Fun!

I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers for this card, it came together so quickly, essential at this time of the year, I am sure the clock goes around faster in December!

It also fits the challenge over at Stamp Something, the theme is Winter Wonderland Somethings, as I made a Christmas card I am sure it works!

The papers are the fantastic My Minds Eye, I have used lots of this on my cards this year! The image is a very sweet one from Sugar Nellie. This card will be going to my youngest daughter, it is very her with her pink boots and stripey leggings!

Sorry can't hang about, so much to do before our Christmas guests arrive early next week!

have a great day!

Whimsy Advent Event - December 11th

Welcome to Day 11 of the Whimsy Advent Event!

I don't have the prize today, my good friend and fellow Whimsy Design Team member Debbie is hosting the prize this week. Please pop over and see her fabulous creation and also leave her a comment to be in with a chance of winning the hilarious Whimsy 'Bunny and Snowman' Stamp, I love that stamp, it always makes me giggle, suits my wicked sense of humour..

Here is my Whimsy Creation for this week!

A christmas garland.

It is difficult to show the whole thing as it is soooooo long! Here are some closer views.....

I opted for 'Cool Yule' as 'Merry Christmas' was going to be just too long!

I used my fabulous Cricut machine which has had a very long holiday since we first packed up in July but now it is back and I plan to do another project with it very soon! I was thrilled to find an American plug in the box, how convenient!

Here are the Whimsy Winter Racoons, they are so cheeky, love them!Next up is Whimsy 'jolly puppy kisses' from the Crissy Armstrong collection
and the last image I used on my garland is Whimsy 'N'ice friends' also from the Crissy Armstrong collection.

If you would like to make a similar garland Denise will be posting my tutorial on SNR on the Whimsy homepage very soon, I will let you know once it is up!

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Don't forget that the Advent Event runs right up until Christmas Eve with prizes given away every day! Check out my sidebar to see which DT member is hosting each day!

Have a fantastic weekend!

cute card thursday - Sew Beady

Cute Card Thursday

This week on Cute Card Thursday the theme is

Sew Beady

to use beads on youur cards/projects.

Stamps : Whiff of Joy 'Willow writing recipes'

SU sentiment stamp

DP : Basic Grey

sorry so short of time yet again, I'll be back in the morning for the Whimsy Advent Event, see you then!

too late for the challenge!

Like the cow's tail I am behind again! I whipped this up at the weekend and didn't have time to post it and of course now it is too late for the challenge I made it for! I used the ICSketches sketch for last week.

oh well, hopefully I will do better by next week!

have a great day!

Whimsy Stamps winner......

The winner of the fabulous Whimsy Summer Day Emma stamp is...........

Jennifer Orbaker

Please email me your address so I can arrange to have your stamp sent out.

If you didn't win don't forget you still have plenty of chances yet....pop on over to the Whimsy Website every day between now and Christmas and find out where the prize is being hosted today!
The Whimsy Holiday card competition is also still running so there is still time to enter details here

Whimsy Advent Event - December 4th

It is December the 4th.....my turn to host the Whimsy Stamps Advent Event!

Don't forget to check Whimsy Stamps Website each day through December up until Christmas to see which design team members are hosting each day and who has the candy on offer!

Today, it is my turn to offer up the candy! You can win this fantastic Whimsy Stamp called

Summer Day Emma

She is so sweet, I love colouring her and using her on cards, she is so versatile and a dream to colour! All you have to do is leave a comment under this post and you will be in with a chance to win her! I will drawing the winner at random tomorrow so you won't have long to wait to find out if you won!

Be sure to leave me a comment today if you would like a chance to win this adorable stamp. I will be drawing tomorrow morning!

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I found an amazing idea on Ali Edwards blog, (thanks Sparkle for pointing me in the right direction), she makes a December Daily every year. Each day in December she creates a page to document all the treats and traditions of the Christmas period.

I loved the idea and decided I had to create one.
I still have a couple of embellishments to add to my pages but this is the second page (need to add the number 2!) it shows the cards I was making and I had to add an image of the Whimsy snowman 'N'ice friends' stamp that I am using for my cards.

This is the first page, had to show off the advent calendars, the reason the kids are so excited for December 1st! Sorry for the blanked out faces, don't like to show pics of the kids on here!

HOw the pages will lie together.

The first page. I am leaving it like this until I get a family photo on christmas day to take pride of place in the centre.

I'll use some book rings to hold the whole thing together.

Will give you a glimpse of the completed album once it is complete, possibly in January!

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Don't forget to join in the Advent fun at Whimsy right up until Christmas! I will be back myself hosting again next friday!

have a fantastic weekend!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Swirly Girly

Cute Card Thursday

The Cute Card Thursday theme for this week is

Swirly Girly

A nice easy one this week!

As usual I am so late posting that there are already tons of entries in!

I am doing my last bit of decorating for this year and it is consuming all my crafting time this week.

I have managed to make something for tomorrow though, it is my turn to host the Whimsy Advent Event so make sure you pop back as there are prizes every day! Check here for who is hosting today!

Stamp - Whiff of Joy, DP - Basic Grey 'Nook and Pantry', flowers - Prima

Gotta run, got another coat of paint to do then I am finished - I hope!!!

have a great evening!

Whimsy Advent Event

December is a very exciting month at Whimsy Stamps. Each day up until Christmas at least one of the Whimsy Design Team will be hosting the advent event, showing a new card and offering a prize! Check out the Whimsy Website each day for details on who is hosting that day and where the prize for that day is on offer!

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This week Whimsy are sponsoring the

Creative Card Crew Challenge

their theme is Christmas!

A very plain and simple card from me today, I have decided that this one was so quick to make it will be my mass produced card for this year, I am hoping to make another 20+ of them tonight!

The snowman stamp is from ~Whimsy Stamps~ 'N'ice friends'

The beauty if this card, apart from the speed to make is that it is made from an a5 piece of card folded in half so it fits an ordinary sized envelope. I have also kept it fairly flat, no bulky embellishments so postage costs are kept to a minimum. I have spent a fortune at the post office already this year!


I cut down the centre of the front of the card and then stuck the image on after decorating, it gives a bit more dimension to an otherwise plain card.
The DP is Basic Grey Fruitcake.

Hope you all have a great day! Thanks for visiting!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Snips and snails

Cute Card Thursday

Apologies for being so late, we were so busy celebrating Thanksgiving I didn't get a minute to get online!

Here is my card for this week, the theme is Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

to create a boys card.

This is one of my favourite Sugar Nellie images for boys, so cool! I need to send my nephew's birthday card early as it is my nieces birthday today and her card hasn't arrived in time! I am gutted, I allowed a week and 2 days and it still didn't make it!

As usual on CCT we have a fantastic prize and the rest of the DT creations are amazing! Hope you find time to play along!

Have a great weekend!