Whimsy Stamps Alberto Gava debut digital stamp release!

We are thrilled to welcome a brand new digital artist to the Whimsy Stamps team of artists... Alberto Gava

This month we are releasing FOUR digital stamps illustrated by Alberto Gava for Whimsy Stamps. To celebrate Alberto’s debut release we are holding a fabulous BLOG HOP to showcase creations made with these fantastic new digital stamps.

 The hop starts today (Wednesday September 11th at 8.00AM EST) and ends on Sunday September 15the at 12.00 midnight EST. For this hop we have a TWO GRAND PRIZE DRAWS!

Two lucky hoppers will each WIN the entire new release of ALL FOUR DIGITAL STAMPS.

But that's not all ... we've also hidden 9 single digital stamp prizes throughout the hop and I’m one of the prize stops! To be added to the draw to win one of the new Alberto Gava digital stamps (winner’s choice!), please leave a comment on this post! We will draw the winners shortly after the hop ends, and a full list of winners will be posted on the Whimsy blog on Monday 16th September.

Here is my creation!

A yuletide banner!

I coloured up Alberto's supercute Red Hat image and of course had to make her hat red!  Then green came naturally and once I saw her I knew I wanted to make something festive!

I have just ordered a new piece of furniture for my kitchen and knew this was what I wanted to make to decorate it for Christmas!  

 I used Authentique 'festive' and 'peaceful', October Afternoon buttons and the Stampin' Up stocking and pennant dies.

  Thanks so much for stopping by and happy hopping!

Have a spooktacular weekend!

My Stampin' Up 'perfect pennants' die arrived yesterday and I couldn't wait to get on with my next banner!  Of course it had to be Halloween!

challenges I am entering

Sweet Stampin' challenge ~ anything goes

Simon says stamp ~ anything goes (2nd entry) - they are trying to get 1,000 entries!

Paper Sundaes ~ anything goes

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ want to see your Halloween cards and projects

Moving along with the Times ~ Spooky Halloween theme

phew, it has been a while since I entered so many challenges at once! 

 The papers I used are My Minds Eye 'Boo to you', I love these papers, the collection came with these really cute characters.  I have made lots of things with them, not much left of them now though!

 I used my Martha Stewart punch for the edges around the pennants.

 The letters weren't the colour I wanted so I covered them in crackle glaze (3 layers), they aren't perfect but then it's Halloween, nothing is meant to be perfect right?

 I used part of a stamp to get the sentiment on the little tag, it came from Michael's last year.  

 Love, love, love banners, I predict many more will appearing soon, want to make some for the children's rooms next and then of course there will be a Christmas one!  

As you can probably tell from these outdoors shots, the weather has been fabulous here too!  All about to change though, storms predicted for next week followed by cold weather, yuk!  So not ready for it!

Thank you so much for dropping by!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend! Make the most of the sunshine while it lasts!

Fall banner!

 just had to share this with you.

I went to my Stampin' Up class earlier in the week and this was one of the things we made, I love it!

Of course I had to buy the die so I can make a Halloween, Christmas, Spring one etc....

Kathy has fantastic ideas and I always learn something at every class!

Halloween treats next month, can't wait!

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!