Flower Power

A nice easy theme at Cute Card Thursday this week

Flower Power!

We are sponsored this week by Whimsy Stamps!

I couldn't resist getting this cutie out again, she is one of my all time favourite stamps by the uber-talented Elisabeth Bell!

This one was my original from Sugar Nellie but now she is available from Belles and Whistles  here! She is coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils, of course! 

The thank you sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps, available here!

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Talking of Elisabeth Bell, it is getting closer to her fabulous new release at Whimsy Stamps, I have had a peek and have to tell you, these will be  my favourite stamps ever!  They are so adorable, I can't wait!

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Also entering the One stop craft challenge whose theme is flowers and ribbon!

Thanks for dropping by, have a fabulous day!

WOYWW

ON my desk today, those pretty papers I shared last week, but look, I have cut them and punched out hearts. Unfortunately, can't show the card yet!  I seem to have done a lot of secret stuff lately, lots to share in the next month at least!

The tin is no longer full of chocolate fingers, I am going to keep my large bottles of glue in there now so it is waiting for a make over, see the washi tape around the tin lid, it is a start!

Card is finished now, (pics took on Tuesday for good light etc) and I am now busily creating for a new release next Wednesday!

I can share this card with you, although I am not too sure about it, one I made last week with something else in mind that didn't work out! Rather than scrap it, this was what I salvaged.  

It is made with Tim Holtz stamps, MME paper, the sentiment is from a Whimsy Stamps set and the paper is an old dressmakers pattern. 

If you are not familiar with WOYWW please pop over to our leader Julia who will tell you how!  You will find many links to other WOYWW-ers and you just might be tempted to leave your own!

Three companies team up!

So today is the day that the three companies team up!

Did you guess who they were?

Whimsy Stamps,  Little Miss Muffet Stamps and Make it Crafty!

for an amazing blog hop and fabulous prizes you can start at 

Ann's blog

more details on the blog hop and prizes can be found on the 

three companies team up blog!

I am not participating in this hop but I do have some cards using all 3 companies to be featured in the  next Whimsy Magazine to be released on February 29th!

Watch this space!

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Also, great news, Whimsy Stamps have a sale on all digital stamps this week!

Pink Valentines

With Valentines day soon approaching the theme this week at Cute Card Thursday is

Pink  Valentines

Don't know if the hubster will appreciate the pink too much but at least I held back on flowers and frills! 

The adorable image is a Precious Moments stamp it is coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils!

The papers are My Minds Eye Lost and Found Madison Avenue.

The sweet sentiment stamp is from Whimsy Stamps and is part of the 

Friendship Notables 2 set. There is also a matching die to cut out the sentiment!

The cute little hearts are made using a punch from Stampin' Up.

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Challenges I am entering with this card

One stop craft challenge ~ to the one I love

ABC challenge is in pairs

Simon says stamps challenge is love is in the air

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Hope you can join us this week, we have our fabulous regular monthly sponsor this week

Whiff of Joy who are offering one lucky winner the stamp of their choice from their store!

Please drop by and check out the rest of the DT's fabulous Valentines  creations!

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thanks so much for dropping in, I really appreciate your visit!

WOYWW

Wednesday came around so fast this week, having a busy one!  

The pencils are still on my desk, I have lots of lovely new things to colour but nothing I can share just yet!  

The mini eggs are last years!!  Still good though!  I stashed them away before Easter last year and only found them the other day hiding amongst my papers etc! 

Eldest DD (home from college this week) enjoyed some when we got home from our shopping trip yesterday!

 As my desk is a little dull, thought I would share my latest crafty purchase!

Hope you will join us for WOYWW!  Pop on over to Julia's blog to link up!

For You....

 Another super easy theme over at Cute Card Thursday

Buttons and Bows!

This week we are sponsored by Love to Stamp who are offering a $10 merchandise voucher for the store or any Little Darlings Stamp.

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other challenges

Sweet Stamping Challenge ~ animals

One stop craft ~ stitching

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The stamp I used is Emma from Susanna's Custom Art and Card Design by artist Elisabeth Bell.

She is coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils.

The background stamp is from Whimsy Stamps called Classified Ads.  

Paper is Basic Grey 'pyrus'

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Thanks so much for dropping by, hope you have a fantastic day!

WOYWW

The weeks are flying by, that is the first month over with, not sorry though, January is my least favourite month of the year!

Wednesday again, means it is time for WOYWW!

This week I am enjoying colouring.  I am working on my shadows and creating some depth on my images, inspired by this lady, just look at this amazing colouring!

You might be wondering why I do all the faces first.  I use Copics for the flesh tones, no good reason other than my preference,  then I do everything else with my Prismacolor pencils.  

(photographed Tuesday cos Wednesday morning is too dark and yucky!)

If you would like to more about WOYWW or would like to play along visit Julia for all the details!

Thanks for dropping by!

Celebrate!

Our theme on Cute Card Thursday this week is

You're a gem!

We are sponsored this week by Kimberley from My Craft Spot who is giving away a fabulous stamp set to one lucky winner.

I used this super sweet stamp by Elisabeth Bell for Whiff of Joy.  She is still one of my favourites.

I must let you in on some good news.  Elisabeth Bell is going to have a line of rubber stamps available from Whimsy Stamps from March.  I am so excited I can't tell you!  I have loved every one of Elisabeth's designs, they are so ridiculously cute!  

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Also entering

Simon Says Stamp Challenge ~ anything goes

Creative Inspirations ~ anything goes

Pile it on ~ add lace

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Supplies list

Stamp ~ Whiff of Joy' Melinda doing dishes'

colouring medium ~ copics and prismacolor pencils

Papers ~ My Minds Eye 'Lost and found Portobello Road'

Embellishments ~ antique lace, Elite charm, Recollections adhesive pearls, The girls paperie seam binding, eyelet, twine and ribbon.

Tools ~ big kick and SU top note die, sewing machine.

Thank you so much for dropping by today, I hope you will join in with us over at CCT, please stop by the rest of the DT blogs to see their fabulous cards. 

WOYWW

Wednesday again means it is time for Whats on your workdesk Wednesday!

This week I am  making my CCT card so if you want to see it finished you can to pop back tomorrow, here is a sneak peek though.....

Admittedly, I did take the picture yesterday as at this time in the morning it is horribly dark and I guessed you might like to see the sunshine streaming in. Those are blinds by the way, not prison bars!

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 Here is the finished layout I was deciding on last week, I finally picked out some Bo Bunny papers that matched my son's shirt!  I had such a job matching papers to my Christmas photos this year, next year I am going to make everyone wear black and white on Christmas Day!

I used a fabulous sketch from the Scrapbook Steals Midweek Mojo, this one is Garnet 1, they are now up to Garnet 7 so I am a little behind!  

 So, last week I was preparing for the snow and boy, did it come!

 This shovel became buried just on Saturday night, the kids had played with it on Saturday afternoon and left it there, when we got back from our basketball game we found over a foot of snow on our drive!  Hubby had to snow blow just to put the car away!  He would have driven through the foot and a bit but the winds had formed a snow dune right in front of his garage which was more like 4 foot high!

 Brenda commented last week that we should have a snow blower, well we do but it is a monster that runs away with me so I still prefer to shovel.  Anyway, we have steps up the front and to the back yard so we have to shovel those bits. 

(These pics taken first thing Sunday morning, before the shoveling!)

 Thankfully our snow tends to be very light and powdery so it is very easy to shovel.  The greatest snow on earth you know!

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Hope you will join us in our weekly nose around, if you would like to play along pop on over to Julia Dunnit's blog for the deets!

Whimsy Stamps January Rubber Stamps and die release showcase

Hello and welcome to Day 6 of our January Rubber Stamp and Die Release Showcase!

My card today uses the very cute 'Cozy Winter Raccoon' by artist Meljen now in rubber at Whimsy stamps.  He is coloured with Prismacolor pencils.
It is very appropriate given the huge dump of snow we have had over the last week!

The papers are My Minds Eye Merry Little Christmas.
I used the fabulous sketch from the Simon Says Stamp Challenge
also entering
paperplay challenges where the theme is ribbon
and
one stop craft challenge for their weather theme

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 On Wednesday (18 January) Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 25 January 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.

 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 EST on 25 January. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Ann Vento
Deb Routledge {Special Guest}
Debbie Eastman
Simonne Clay
Stephanne Maraver
Tammy Louise Cunliffe

 Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check the Whimsy Inspirations blog tomorrow for more new release creations!

 

Day 3 Whimsy Stamps January Rubber Stamps Showcase.

Hello and welcome to Day 3 of our January Rubber Die Release Showcase! 

I used super cute Heidi by artist Sylvia Zet now available in rubber at Whimsy Stamps!

She is coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils.

The postcard and stamp are also Whimsy rubber stamps from former releases.

The papers are My Minds Eye Merry Little Christmas.

The trees are Cricut cut using the Winter Woodland cartridge.

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 On Wednesday (18 January) Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 25 January 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. 

 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 EST on 25 January. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Ann Vento
Beate Johns {Special Guest}
Deb Routledge {Special Guest}me!
Dena Concienne {Special Guest}
Erin Bailey
Iris Wiechmann
Jacque Beddingfield {Special Guest}
Tammy Louise Cunliffe

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

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

Whimsy Stamps January Release Showcase Day 1

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of our January Rubber Die Release Showcase!

 On Wednesday (18 January) Whimsy Stamps released this month's rubber designs and new shapeology dies. From then until 25 January 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. 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.

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This is also my Cute Card Thursday card.

The theme this week is

Music and Dance!
it just so happens that Whimsy Stamps are also sponsoring our challenge over on Cute Card Thursday this week too!

I chose this very sweet Kenny K image, 'download diva'  available in rubber from Whimsy Stamps and also showcasing one of the brand new sentiment stamps from Whimsy Stamps designed by Raindrop Echo Designs from the Thank You Tabs, the tabs also have a matching die to make life easy!

Also entering for the Totally Gorjuss challenge ~ be a star

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Back to the Whimsy Stamps Showcase.......

 All winners will be announced on the Whimsy Inspirations blog after 12.00PM EST on 25 January. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below..
Alberto Gava {Guest Designer}
Ann Vento
Beate Johns {Special Guest}
Deb Routledge {Special Guest}
Debbie Eastman
Dena Concienne {Special Guest}
Erin Bailey
 Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check the Whimsy Inspirations blog tomorrow for more new release creations!


 

WOYWW

Hope you all had a great week!  After weeks of unseasonable, settled weather we are finally expecting the first big storm of the season.   I am prepared, got my snow shovels at the ready! Stocked up my pantry and fridge so I don't need to go out until Friday ~ not because I won't be able to get out but because I will be so busy shovelling snow, keeping our steps and driveway clear takes up hours of my day!

Whoa!  I have just spotted the first flakes, coming in earlier than anticipated!!!

There is an eery atmosphere right before a storm, I think I like it!  

Anyway, enough of the weather forecast, as this is a WOYWW post here is my desk today....

No WIP as I finished all my DT cards for the next week so I got my Christmas papers out and my huge packs of photos from this Christmas, think a layout is on the cards for today!

Pop along to Julia's blog to discover more work spaces this fine Wednesday, I look forward to this day to see what everyone else is up to!  

have a fabulous day, thanks so much for dropping by!

Whimsy Stamps January Rubber Stamps Release Day!

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!