Whimsy stamps June rubber stamp and die release

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

Our brand new June release Rubber Stamps, Stamp Sets, Whimsy Shapeology Dies, Shape EZ by TLC templates and Whimsy Designer Paper 6x6 packs are now available to buy from the

  Whimsy Stamps store!!

 For a full reveal of our new release goodies, please visit the Whimsy blog . 

 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, Meljens Designs and 2 Cute Ink 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. 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 on the Whimsy blog on Friday.

For my creation I used Elizabeth Bell's Pretty Kitty and Raindrop Echo Designs Sun, Moon, Stars

 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 2 more weeks to join this month's challenge which is "Shaped Cards" and as always we have 3 prizes up for grabs: a $15 gift certificate, 5 digi stamps, and 1 surprise rubber stamp.

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

Ann Vento Deb Routledge Debbie Eastman Ellie Stover Heidy Blom Iris Wiechmann Gina - June Special Guest

Just a little reminder about our DT call which ends on 21 June! Click HERE to read all the details.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release! Don't forget to visit the Whimsy blog tomorrow for our final blog hop!

Cute Card Thursday - Ebony and Ivory

The theme on Cute Card Thursday this week is 

Ebony and Ivory.

We are sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

Stamps used

Whimsy Stamps Mr Gullible

Whimsy Stamps Nautical Postage Stamps

Thanks for dropping by!

Cute Card Thursday - Too Cool for School

Better late than never!

Here is my Cute Card Thursday card for the theme

Too Cool for School.

I decided to make a graduation card as my son is graduating High School this week!

It is a little crazy here just now, we have family arriving tomorrow for a month so I have been preparing the house for the extra guests!

Stamps used

Whimsy Stamps Fun in the Sun

Whimsy Stamps Nautical Postage Stamps

Whimsy Stamps Vintage Postcard

Die

Whimsy Stamps Anchor Die

Thanks for dropping by!

Winner of the Wee Stamps......

and the winner is.......

Antoinette from Cultivate Life in Joy

Congratulations Antoinette!  You have won your choice of either 3 digital Wee Stamps or 1 rubber Wee Stamp from Whimsy Stamps. Please email me to claim your prize!

Huge thanks to Sylvia Zet who sponsored this giveaway and for having me as a guest designer during the month of May!

Whimsy Stamps May Release Review Day Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps May Release Review Day Blog Hop! 

 Yesterday (22 May) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, Shapeology dies and Whimsy Designer Paper packs. From 21 May until today the Whimsy Stamps DT are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily blog hop!

 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 (Friday 24 May).

 For my blog hop card, I inked up 

Naughty Puppies by Sylvia Zet for Wee Stamps.

 They are such a cute set of little puppies.
******Giveaway Alert******
Because I am the Wee Stamps Whimsy Guest Designer this month I am able do a Wee Stamps giveaway!
Just leave a comment below to be included in the draw!
The winner gets to choose between either 3 digital Wee Stamps or 1 rubber Wee Stamp of their choice!
This Candy will end on Monday 27th May at midnight, the winner will be chosen at random and will be announced here on Tuesday 28th May!
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I created a handbag template to make this project.  

I also made this for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge this week which is

Tie it Up!  

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

Deb Routledge Erin Bailey Heidy Blom  Mary Lou Schroeder (May Special Guest Designer)

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.

Whimsy Stamps May Release Day Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps May 2013 Release Day BLOG HOP!

Today, Whimsy Stamps has released some brand new Rubber Stamps ; Stamp Sets, Whimsy Shapeology Dies and Whimsy Designer Paper 6x6 packs. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

 Please visit the Whimsy blog for a full reveal of this month’s new release.

 Just as we did last month, we are now hosting a 3-day new release event each month where we will have a Sneak Peek Blog Hop on the day before the release (today!), a Release Day Blog Hop on release day (tomorrow), and finally a Review Day Blog Hop the day after the release.

 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. Today we are excited to share sneak peeks of some of the brand new Crissy Armstrong, Elisabeth Bell, Meljens Designs and 2 Cute Ink stamps that are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store! For today’s card I used …

Crissy Armstrong's The Little Captain, Nautical Postage Stamps by Raindrop Echo Designs and the Anchor die.  I love this release, all the nautical stamps and dies are just so fabulous together!

 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 June 4th to join this month's challenge which is "Anything Goes" 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 on the Whimsy blog on Friday. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Deb Routledge Debbie Eastman Heidy Blom Iris Wiechmann Simonne Clay Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Don’t forget to stop by the Whimsy blog again tomorrow for our final May Release Blog Hop! Thanks so much for stopping by and happy hopping!

WOYWW

I print way too many photos!  I won't ever fully trust technology so end up saving my pics everywhere and still print out every one that I want to keep!

Those ones on my desk are just from Christmas!

I found this Smash book in Michaels last week and thought it would be perfect for a lazy person's version of Project Life.  I am never going to keep up with a weekly thing so I am not going to try.

  This is ideal though, there are a few pages for each month of the year.  This one is the 365 Folio.

Any of you Brits remember this advert from the 70's?  It came up in conversation this morning when I was having coffee with some friends so I just had to try and find it.  You can find anything on You Tube eh?

here is the link for those the video isn't showing for  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9FsEi2us88

Guest room update, walls are back and painted yey! Just waiting for flooring and then the baseboards and we can get everything back in!  If you are wondering why I am showing my guest room in this state, this is what it was like a couple of weeks back.. following water damage.

If you would like to know more about WOYWW or would like to join us pop over to Julia's blog for more details!

Cute Card Thursday - Dancing Queen

The theme for Cute Card Thursday this week is 

Dancing Queen

I didn't have a lot of time so I coloured this sweet Mo Manning image very quickly.  I was running out of time and photographed it hastily only to realize that I had forgotten to put on some bling!

Oh well, it will be a good one to put in the mail at least!

The papers are My Minds Eye as is the sentiment stamp.

Hope you can join us this week, we are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps, a fabulous prize as always!

thanks for dropping by!

WOYWW

On my desk this week - some new stash!

Some My Minds Eye collections, they were a huge bargain, really it had to be done!

Oh, and my enormous tub of marshmallows!  I need a sweet treat whenever I have a cup of tea and these being fat free hit the mark! Of course I would prefer a nice big slab of something chocolately but I am on a health drive so fat free it is for the next few weeks at least!

 My knitting coming along ever so slowly!  With tendonitis in my elbow I struggle to do more than a few rows, I am trying to rest it as much as possible from the things that aggravate it, knitting being one of those!

At this rate at least it should be finished by winter!

update on the guest room, some progress there!

If you would like to join us this week pop on over to Julia's blog for the details!

Cute Card Thursday - Something Blue

Just look at this cutie! She is from Whimsy Stamps part of the Little Cottage Cuties range designed by Elisabeth Bell called Skippy and Bobbin.

The Keep Calm stamp is also a Whimsy Stamp in the Birthday Greetings Set designed by Raindrop Echo Designs.  The die is the Lace Doily Border Die 1, also from Whimsy stamps this has become my go to die border!

The theme for Cute Card Thursday this week is Something Blue, think this fits the bill!

WE are sponsored this week by Whiff of Joy, a fabulous prize as always!
Thanks for dropping by!

WOYWW

On my desk today is a little cutie from Whimsy Stamps that will soon be transformed into a card using the Authentique paper collection underneath.  Above those are my latest purchases, a couple of memory box dies and a lovely pack of travel stamps a la 7gypsies.

This one is for Jan, we rather enjoyed a butterbeer or 2.  

 Update on the guest room.  All dried out now although we did have a secondary leak that we found last night. We discovered that some of the water had come from an outside hose bib that has a hole in the pipe that was inside our walls!  No wonder there was so much damage, leaks from two sides!  We were just lucky that we turned on the tap last night as it only leaks when it is turned on.  The reconstruction part was about to begin today!

Just waiting for the plumber to fix the pipes now and then we should be back on schedule.  I can't wait until it is all done, this is totally stressing me out and sabotaging my mojo!

Hoping for a more pleasant picture next week!

If you would like to join in and show us what is on your workdesk this Wednesday pop over to Julia's blog for all the details!

Cute Card Thursday - Come Fly with Me!

Our theme over at Cute Card Thursday this week is Come Fly with Me!

This cute little dragon was in the Whimsy Stamps April Release and I couldn't resist using her!  I say her, although she could be used for girl or boy depending what colour you make the nappy/diaper. 

You can find the dragon here - Meljen's little baby dragon

WE are sponsored this week by Bunny Zoe's Crafts. a great prize as always.

Hope you can find time to play along!

WOYWW

Not a lot of crafting to show this week, it has been quite a week, more about that in a minute.  I am trying to work on this...... love this box which was once filled with chocolates and will soon be getting a makeover.  It will be on here on Thursday all finished.....I hope!

 My distraction at the moment......

 a leak from a waste pipe caused a huge amount of damage in our guest bedroom in the basement.  Of course this is the only room we had finished decorating in the basement since we moved into this house last year!

The walls and ceilings are pretty bad but the wooden floor just buckled upwards and it was like walking over hills and dales.  

The restoration guys have been here this afternoon and we now have no floor or skirting boards down there and there are a gazillion fans drying the room out.  It is rather upsetting but I am trying not to think about it too much and just let them get on with it!

 The reason for my absence last week, we were away on vacation in sunny Florida.  The wizarding world of Harry Potter was amazing!

 But my favourite place of all is Seuss Landing.  I could live there.  I so want a who house to live in.
Who wouldn't want to live on Bliss Street?

 My favourite ride, the cute Seuss train.  

I have just had a lovely visit with Bernie!  I only found out this morning that she was in the area and she did a little detour from her road trip to meet up with me! I have to say, she is as lovely in real life as she is in blogland!

Looking forward to catching up with all you WOYWWers this week!

If you would like to play along go over to Julia's blog for details!

Cute Card Thursday - Can't stop the rain

This week on Cute Card Thursday the theme is 

Can't stop the rain

I don't have many rainy images, maybe because I don't love rain, but this one is just perfect for this theme!

It is April Sunshine by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps.

We are sponsored this week by Saturated Canary who are offering 2 digi images as a prize! 

Thank you so much for dropping by!

Whimsy Stamps Challenge

The Whimsy Stamps Challenge this month is 

Pretty in Pink

a nice easy one, I seem to be unable to put my pink papers away just now!

I used the very adorable Crafty Cats stamp by 2 Cute Ink for Whimsy Stamps and the sentiment part of the Birthday Greetings set by Raindrop Echo Designs for Whimsy Stamps.  

These are part of the new release that you can now purchase from today over at Whimsy Stamps!

Today is release day for these stamps and you can get all the details over on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog!
Thanks for dropping by!

Whimsy Stamps April Sneak Peeks

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps April Sneak Peek Day!

Tomorrow is release day so these little cuties will available to purchase from Whimsy Stamps then along with  plenty other fabulous stamps, dies and papers!  Make sure you pop over to the store tomorrow to check them all out!

You can also pop on over to the Whimsy Inspirations Blog to get all the details on the release this month including links to the rest of the design team and their sneak peeks.

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These little cuties are called Flower Fairies by Sylvia Zet for Whimsy Stamps.

You might have realized we are doing things slightly differently this month.  Today we are just teasing you with sneak peeks, tomorrow is release day and then Thursday there will be a further showcase day.
Thanks for dropping by!

Cute Card Thursday - Cake Walk

Another nice easy theme this week over on Cute Card Thursday....

Cake Walk

This little sweetie is just perfect for the theme and I couldn't resist colouring her again!

She is Cinnamon Sugar by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps.

The papers I used are My Minds Eye Blush.

 We are sponsored this week by Whimsy Stamps, a great prize on offer!

Thanks for dropping by!

WOYWW

My desk has been taken over by my kids this week!  They are making cards for their school Community Service to send to OWH.

 I was relegated to my little table in front of the window (must admit I prefer to colour here anyway so it is fine).

 Managed to snatch this pic of a northern flicker on my front lawn, tricky to get the pic as I had to try to shoot between the blinds!

If you would like to join in this week go and visit Julia's blog for links and details!

Cute Card Thursday - Butterfly Kisses

Our theme over at Cute Card Thursday this week is

Butterfly Kisses

The obvious thing to do is add a butterfly but I thought I would try to use the kisses part too and create a mini album I have had in mind for a while now.

I have lots of photos of the hubster and me from our early days together and thought it would be nice to have them all in one place!

The paper collection I have used here is My Minds Eye - Lost and Found 3 Ruby.

We are sponsored this week by Whiff of Joy who will give a stamp of choice to the winner!

Thanks for dropping by!

WOYWW

On my work desk today are some delicious MME papers, that is not unusual at all!

This is what I will be working on today, come back tomorrow to see it finished (I hope) yesterday I had a number of hiccups and didn't get to work on this much so fingers crossed for a better day today!

Look what arrived at the weekend!

Lovely Jan offered to make me this fabulous knitting needle holder, I totally love it, huge thanks to Jan!

 How gorgeous is that fabric and the buttons?

It is still sitting on my desk where I can admire it whenever I am in my craft room!

A quick post from me today, I was out last night so didn't manage to get my post written up ready for  this morning, like I usually do!

 If you want to play along pop on over to Julia's blog for more details!

Cute Card Thursday - Something Borrowed

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is Something Borrowed.

As always, we welcome your own interpretation.  I used a recycled 'something', the little flower came off another card, it has been laying around on my table for months so I decided this would be my perfect borrowed thing!

The sentiment and leaf stamp is Whimsy Stamps Spring Silhouettes Notables 6 I love this collection of sentiments I may be making a full set of these thank you tags! 

Papers are My Minds Eye, of course!

We are sponsored this week by Bunny Zoe's Crafts, a great prize as always! Hope you can join us!

WOYWW

WOYWW time! Wednesday came around so fast and we didn't even have Monday off!

We did have  a lovely weekend though, the weather was perfect and we managed to fit in 3 lovely long walks, hence another bird picture below!

First though, my workspace.

In the process of making a card for tomorrow (isn't that always the same here?)

Those stamps are MME aren't they fab?

I went to a reliable source for the identification of this one (after my red headed sparrow mistake last week, reminding me not to believe everything on the internet!)

the red winged blackbird

I love the call these birds make as you walk along past them.

If you want to join in with us this week pop along to our leader Julia's blog for more details!

It's not about the money, money, money......

This  week on Cute Card Thursday the theme is

Brass in Pocket

some suggestions for the theme are pockets, use metal charms etc or anything to do with money.

I went with the money as I have been wanting to make a paper wallet for a while.  I decided to make a minecraft wallet card for my son's birthday as he is crazy about minecraft.

 Lots of stitching detail but otherwise I tried to keep it simple!

 Here you can see the real wallet with the card version!

WE are sponsored this week by Heather's hobbie haven!

Thanks for dropping by!

WOYWW

 Time to show our desks once again!

I am in the middle of a card, unable to show the finished article until Thursday but here is a sneak peek!

Still got a pile of rubber sitting here, waiting to be put away!

Also, some scraps from a card I made yesterday!

The knitting is coming along nicely although the cardigan is getting heavy so can't do as much in one go, the scarf is also growing slowly.  I will try to remember to photograph them next week!

 Lots of birds around in the garden just now.  This is a red headed sparrow.....(edited to say found a better source for identification which claims it is a male house finch) guess the red headed sparrow is an urban legend!

 and a chickadee about to fly off with it's lunch!

Not the best pictures but I do love how this one's legs are just hanging there!

If you would like to share your workspace (and if you are like me sneak in a little something extra) then pop over to Julia's blog for more details and links!

Whimsy Stamps Challenge

The Whimsy Stamps Challenge this month is to use stitching, can be real or faux.  

Well, just has to be real for me, it is a rare day I don't stitch on a card!

I used this very cute Wee Stamp Love you slow much.

The sentiment is the Fun Life Tickets 2 set.

Remember you have 3 chances to win a prize!

Thanks for dropping by!

Whimsy Stamps Showcase Day 6

Hello and welcome to Day 6 of Whimsy Stamps March Rubber Stamp & Die Release Showcase!

 On Wednesday (20 March) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, Shapeology dies, Whimsy Designer Paper packs, new Shape EZ templates and new Whimsy Prints.

 From then until 26 March the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guest are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop!

I used the Tiger Lily stamp set part of the new Moma's collection.

 At the end of release week, we will draw 3 winners from the comments left on our designers' daily mini blog hop posts and each of these 3 winners will win 2 new release stamps! 

You have 24hrs to enter each daily mini blog hop by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. The prize locations are secret, so be sure to hop and leave comments every day to win! To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

 Debbie, Ellie,  Heidy, Stephanne, Tammy Louise

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

If you would like to join Whimsy Stamps as our Guest Designer for our April 2013 release; please go to the Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 27 March 2013.

Whimsy Stamps showcase day 4

Hello and welcome to Day 4 of Whimsy Stamps March Rubber Stamp & Die Release Showcase!

 On Wednesday (20 March) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, Shapeology dies, Whimsy Designer Paper packs, new Shape EZ templates and new Whimsy Prints. From then until 26 March the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guest are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop!

I used It's Play Time from the 2 Cute Ink Collection 

 At the end of release week, we will draw 3 winners from the comments left on our designers' daily mini blog hop posts and each of these 3 winners will win 2 new release stamps! You have 24hrs to enter each daily mini blog hop by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. The prize locations are secret, so be sure to hop and leave comments every day to win! To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Ellie, Tammy Louise, Jacque, Ann , Louise

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

If you would like to join Whimsy Stamps as our Guest Designer for our April 2013 release</ b> please go to the Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 27 March 2013.