Cute Card Thursday - A stitch in time

One of my favourite themes at Cute Card Thursday this week -

A stitch in time!

Not often do I make anything without a  bit of stitching !

This is a very simple bookmark, I don't like to add 3d embellishments that would make my book bulge!  The stitching helps to add more definition without the bulk.

I used Whimsy Stamps Lil Montana  by Elisabeth Bell.

The perfect sentiment is Whimsy Stamps Spring Letter Seals by Raindrop Echo Designs.

The card and papers came from my scrap box, I always delve in there when I want to make a bookmark, I am pretty sure these ones are MME.  

We have a great prize over at Cute Card Thursday as always, this week we are sponsored by

Hope you can play along!  Thanks for dropping by!

WOYWW

A quiet WOYWW this week, kids are back at school!  Even though it is still pretty hot there are obvious signs of Autumn, the mountains are starting to change colour from green into reds, oranges and yellows, so pretty but so early!  The weather man says the change is due to the shorter days and not the temperature, there, question answered!

This week I am trying to categorize my stamps to make it easier to find the ones I need! I am starting with my Whimsy ones as  they are the ones I have most of.  

 My work in progress this week, colouring an image ready for tomorrow's project..... 

and the wildlife pic of the week......

a little baby moose staring through the window of my greenhouse room. You can just make out another ear behind him, that is his brother.  There were 2 babies and their Mom on my front lawn!

If you haven't come across WOYWW yet, pop on over to Julia's blog for more details on how to join in!

Thanks for dropping by!

Whimsy Stamps August Release Showcase Day 6

Hello and welcome to Day 6 of our June Rubber stamp and Die Release Showcase! 

 On Wednesday (22 August) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, new Shapeology dies, new digital papers and new Shape EZ by TLC. 

From then until 28 August the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop!
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I loved Whimsy's Wee Stamp Hazel  as soon as I saw her and also love Halloween decorations I put the two together with this result....

 I used the reverse side of a 12 x 12 canvas, painted with black acrylic paint and decorated using
Authentique 'glowing' one of my best steals from Scrapbook Steals!
The Trick or Treat is a Recollections sticker.  The paper tape around the frame is Martha Stewart.
The rosette and the Scary are K & Co.
I used the Whimsy Stamps Banner Pennants die  and then mounted the SCARY embellishments on it.

 Hazel was coloured using Copics and Prismacolor pencils, of course!

 The reverse side of the canvas makes a great shadow box. Think I will be making more of these!

Now back to the 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 blog on 29 August.

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

  Beate, Me,  Debbie, Ellie,  Jacque, Tammy Louise.

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 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 pop back to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for more new release creations!

Whimsy August Release Showcase Day 2

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of our June Rubber stamp and  Die Release Showcase! 

 On Wednesday (22 August) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, new Shapeology dies, new digital papers and new Shape EZ by TLC.

 From then until 28 August the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop!
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I am  getting organized for the kids to return to school and one of the things I like is a white board to keep us all on track.  I bought one to put on the inside of the pantry door, a place that is well used!  I was at a loss as to where to put the markers when I came up with this idea.  It can be mounted on the door or even held up with a pin on the cork part of the board.
I used an empty Ink Cartridge box as I thought the shape would work perfectly. I pulled it apart carefully and adhered the paper ( MME Abbey Road) with a glue gun.  The hot glue makes the card super strong, perfect for this project.
Next, the fun part, decorating it!
I used Whimsy Stamps Craft Star by Kenny K coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils.
The cute Scrabble-like tiles are also from this release by Whimsy called Spell it out by Raindrop Echo Designs.
I finished it off with plenty of bling to fit into our challenge on Cute Card Thursday this week!

 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 blog on 29 August.

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

Stephanne Maraver 
Bev Rochester
Deb Routledge 
Michele Roos 
Debbie Eastman 
Mariska van der Veer 
Lori Pachkowsky 

 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 pop back to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for more new release creations!

Whimsy Stamps August Rubber Stamp and Die release

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps August rubber stamp and die RELEASE!

Today, Whimsy Stamps are releasing 15 wonderful new rubber stamps and stamp sets, 4 fabulous new Shapeology dies, 4 new MRD digital paper sets and 2 new Shape EZ templates. 

These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favorites.

 From today until 28 August the Whimsy DT and Special Guests will be showcasing these new products 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 by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. 

 At the end of release week (Wednesday 29 August) we will post a Release Round-Up on the Whimsy blog. This will include a selection of DT work from the new release week together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops. To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12:00PM EST tomorrow:

Ann Vento Ellie Stover Erin Bailey Iris Wiechmann Niki Estes

Finally, here is a full reveal of the wonderful August release. 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!

[Please note that the following pictures are not to scale]

3 Elisabeth Bell rubber stamps Honey Bee ~ Kay Dance ~ Skippy Dee
 
4 Kenny K rubber stamps Anime Hockey ~ Anime Soccer ~ Caberet ~ Craft Star 3 Meljen's Designs rubber stamps Autumn Boots Mouse ~ Little Wizard Owl ~ Mummy Dog
3 Sylvia Zet rubber stamps Hazel ~ Summer Fairy ~ Wee Love You Bunches
  2 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets Permission Slip ~ Spell It Out
  4 Shapeology dies Chandelier ~ Leafy Corner Dies~ Square Double Scallop Doily ~ Star Spangled Tag
  Michele R Designs - Digital Paper Flower Doodles ~ Flower Shapes ~ Halloween Grunge ~ Vintage Christmas
 
  Shape EZ by TLC Spooky Boot ~ Wicked Hat
 
 Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!

WOYWW

It has been a while since I played along with Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday!

I have been gone way too long, my craft room was abandoned for almost 3 weeks!

Starting off some new projects, here is a hint of what I am working on.........

love Halloween!

and here is the reason for my prolonged absence, we were here......

 here

 here

 and we saw these little guys everywhere

then we were home 1 day and then we went here......

can you guess where we were?

A quick WOYWW for me this week as I must catch up with some makes, should have some things to share over the next week!

Hope you can join us on WOYWW and share what is on your work space!  Pop over to Julia's blog for details!

Thanks for dropping by!

One I made earlier......

Excuse my absences this summer, we are just back from a trip to UK to get our visas renewed, glad that is over with and won't have to do it again for a while!

Good thing was we were there while the Olympics were on, hubby and kidlets got to see a footie match and I just enjoyed seeing London Olympic style! 

Anyway, while I am just starting to get settled back into my craft room, (got some goodies to share later in the week) I found this card that I am pretty sure I never got around to showing although it did feature in one of the Whimsy Stamps magazines earlier this year!

The papers are all Authentique 'Uncommon' of course bought from 

Scrapbook Steals, my fave place to shop!

The stamps are Whimsy Stamps by Raindrop Echo Designs called Birthday Postage stamps sentiments and also Postage Stamp sentiments

Hopefully I will be around a long while from now, glad that things are returning to normal after a very busy summer!

Thanks for dropping by!