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 Challenges

How cute is this little guy?

He is a digital stamp called 'young leprechaun' by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps.

The sentiment is a rubber stamp set also from Whimsy Stamps!

I am guest designer on the Whimsy Stamps Challenge this week which is to use  ribbon!

I just had to use  this little leprechaun and I made him just in time to give the card to a friend for St. Patrick's Day! 

He is coloured with Prismacolor pencils I love the depth of colour you can achieve with these pencils.

Why don't you join in the challenge, the prize is a Whimsy Stamps $15 gift certificate!

Thanks for dropping by! 

Cute Card Thursday ~ In the name of love

Along with many other challenges this week the

Cute Card Thursday Challenge

has a loved up theme!

In the name of love!

Well, it is that time of year!

This week our sponsor is Simon Says Stamp

I used my old favourite Whimsy Stamps 'Owl' and printed the computer generated sentiment.

I stamped around the edges with the swirl stamp that comes with the Whimsy Stamps 'Untamed love' from the Crissy Armstrong collection.

I used the sketch from the

Sketch and Stamp Challenge

the challenge is being sponsored by Whimsy Stamps and you can win a whopping $15 gift certificate to spend in the Whimsy Online Store!

The Whimsy Stamps Challenge over at SNR Universe is also sponsored by Whimsy and you have another chance to win a $10 gift certificate, the theme over there is also

'Sweetness and Love'

Whimsy Stamps are also sponsoring Colour Create Challenge this week! The colours are red, white, chocolate and pink so I think I can just about qualify!

Other love themed challenges

Stamp Something

Everybody Art

My time to craft

Stamptacular Sunday

Die cut dreams

Stamping for the weekend

Our Creative Corner

Phew!
Don't forget there is the new Whimsy Inspiration Blog, take a look over there, today it is my turn to post!

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

**~ Blooming Gorgeous~**

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 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 Stamps Challenge - Watercolours

Whimsy Stamps Challenge

The theme for the Whimsy Stamps Challenge this week is Watercolours!

I had to dust mine off, it is so long since I got them out but I enjoyed using them again, bit rusty though!

I used my supercute Whimsy Stamps Fall Fox, he is available now in the fabulous newly refurbished Whimsy Shop!

Don't forget to join us tomorrow at noon (EST) for our twelve days of christmas blog hop where Whimsy will launch their brand new range of stamps designed by the fabulous

Crissy Armstrong!

Hope to see you then!

Whimsy Challenge ~ rounding up love for Jaimie

I made this card to send to Jaimie Cates who recently was the victim of a horrific crime. Whimsy Stamps owner Denise and Erin have arranged a fabulous, humongous blog hop and created a special new blog to encourage us all to send a card to Jaimie to help create some hope and lighten the dark days. Many amazing people have taken part in the blog hop and there are a huge amount of prizes! Although I am sure once you read Jaimie's story you will want to send a card no matter what!

To take part in the hop start here at Katharina's blog.


Here is my card for Jaimie and also for the Whimsy Stamps Challenge which is to create a card for Jaimie!
I used my Whimsy Stamps Fall Raccoons, they are such cheeky chaps they are guaranteed to bring a smile!

Whimsy Stamps Cat and Fish

This is one of the new Whimsy Stamps latest releases, from the Animals Collection, it is called Whimsy Cat and Fish.

It is such a naughty looking cat, still very cute though! He makes me giggle!

I am entering this card for the Whimsy Stamps Challenge which this week is punches and die cuts. I did struggle as I decided this was a male card so didn't want to add any flowers or leaves so went for a nestie frame cut around the image.

I found this great paper on saturday in Robert's, it is The Paper Company and it is called Paws and Claws Cat Toys! It was so perfect for this stamp!

The other papers are Stampin' Up and were a great match. The sentiment is a rub-on, the tiny cute star buttons are Dress It Up and the gems are Prima.

Whimsy Challenge Summer Day Emma

Here is the very adorable Summer Day Emma from Whimsy Kids Collection.

I knew as soon as I saw the sneak peeks of her she would be a delight to colour and I wasn't disappointed! Again I used one of the sentiment stamps from the Whimsy Sentiment Collection Circle Postmark Sentiments. These fabulous new stamps were released this week and are available to purchase here!

This is my card for this week's Whimsy Stamps Challenge which is Sugar and Spice/Frogs and Snails or make a girl or boy card! Well, I would say this is a very girly card!
You might recognise the sketch from the Basic Grey Challenge, I followed it very carefully then realised I hadn't used any Basic Grey.....duhhhh! Oh well, maybe next time!
This must the first card I made in a long time that didn't have some BG on it!

Papers are Crate from the Mia Collection, the flowers and pearls are Prima and of course all stamps are Whimsy!

Have a great weekend!

Whimsy Stamps Challenge~buttons

The Whimsy Stamps Giraffe is such a perfect shape and size for a bookmark and my daughter is badly in need of one. In fact all the kids are, they are reading loads more since our move here..a very good thing! I decided as I went along that this is looking more boyish now so I will make some more, one for each of them and this will be for one of the boys!

The Whimsy Stamps Challenge this week is to use buttons! I had to keep them small on here so the book will still close!

This quote is from an Inkadinkado stamp set 'kid quotes', all the quotes are so cute, you will see more of them here very soon!

Couldn't resist showing you my latest craft room find, we bought this at the weekend at a Consignment store. I have had my eye on it for a few weeks and it was reduced when we went in on saturday so we had to have it! Can't wait to fill all those drawers with crafty goodies!

Whimsy Stamps have a cute digi image for sale to raise funds for Paige a 13year old girl involved in a boating accident who has since has part of her arm amputated. You can send Paige a card and register with Erin for tons of blog candy for doing so!
You can read what happened to Paige here

If you visit Whimsy Stamps you will see the cute teddy digi image and samples of card made with it. Please pop over and purchase this image and make a card for Paige, it is really lifting her spirits to receive cards from so many kind hearted crafters.

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend and are having a great start to your week!

Whimsy Stamps Challenge and ASOS

Autumnal (or fall as I should say now) colours are the themes on A Spoonful of Sugar and also Whimsy Stamps Challenge!

I found this fabulous DP by Cosmo Cricket at Robert's the other week and knew it had to be Whimsy Stamps Connor on his bike. Nearly all these patterns were on the one 12x12 sheet!

Supplies: Stamp ~ Whimsy Stamps 'Connor on bike'

DP ~ Cosmo Cricket 'Mr Campy', Basic Grey 'Offbeat'

Embellishments ~ Buttons from Wal-Mart, Jewellery Essentials Hemp Cord

A card for Paige!

I made my card for Paige, a 13 year old girl who had a serious boating accident and as a result has had to have part of her arm amputated....read more on Erin's blog here

You can get the cute Whimsy image I used over at Whimsy Stamps Paige's story and the link to the image is on the homepage. Please consider purchasing this image as every purchase goes to Paige's fund, please also consider making a card to send to Paige.

I am entering this card into the Whimsy Stamps Challenge this week, the theme is sew, sew, sew! Of course my stitching is faux as I don't even have a needle and thread with me never mind a sewing machine! I used letraset and doodlebug rub on alphabet 'x's instead!

Here Erin explains about the new digi image from Whimsy Stamps!

Go to Erin's blog to register for some fantastic candy for sending Paige a card!

That sweet little bear image at the top of the post is the newest digi image from Whimsy Stamps!! One of the talented designers created this Teddy for Paige over the weekend. All proceeds from the sale of this image go right to Paige's medical fund. Check out the Whimsy site to get your own bear. The blog candy winner will also win the download!! Big hugs to Denise and her designer for getting this bear so quicjkly and so cute!!! It's amazing!

Supplies used:

Basic Grey ~ June Bug and Lemonade

Embellishments ~ Prima flower, Martha stewart leaf punch, letraset alphabets.

Whimsy 3 in 1

A 3 in 1 challenge card today! This is my Whimsy Stamps Challenge card, the theme is flower power, I think I added plenty of those! The prize this time is the winners choice of any Whimsy Stamp! You can use any stamp for this challenge it doesn't have to be Whimsy and you can still be included in the draw for the prize but if you do use a Whimsy stamp you get 2 chances to win! Can't say fairer than that eh?

I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers, this has become my favourite sketch challenge lately. This week it is a sketch designed by the very sweet and talented Claudia!

The third Challenge is Cafe Mojo which asks for bling! I added some blingy brads! Whimsy Stamps are sponsoring Cafe Mojo all month and this week you can win Baseball Connor, Knight Connor and a pack of BAsic Grey Brads! Fabulous prize!

I used Whimsy Stamps 'Rainy Day Emma', the papers are Basic Grey 'Marrakesh', sentiment stamp is studio G and the small roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Other flowers made with punches.

I hope you will all drop by Whimsy Stamps Challenge and the Cafe Mojo challenge, they are fairly new so only have a few players, of course that means you have a very good chance of winning!!

Have a great day!

whimsy challenges and stamp something

The Whimsy Stamps Challenge this week is to create something monochromatic. It had to be all shades of one colour plus a neutral. I think I am stretching the neutral a little as I needed to have brown for the hair, didn't think she would look too good with cream hair!
I used Whimsy Stamps Rainy Day Emma as she fits the theme of Showers or flowers perfectly over on Stamp Something so I can enter this there too!

I decided to make a bookmark as I have just discovered the Twilight novels (thanks Denise) and am using a piece of card as a bookmark. I followed Suzanne Dean's fabulous tutorial for the corner bookmark! They are pretty quick and easy to make!
Last night I realised both my little ones were reading without bookmarks (where do they go?) so I reckon they will both be getting one amongst their birthday pressies!
I have just had a sneak peek at the 2 new kids collection Whimsy stamps, they are adorable, no hints just yet but I promise you will love them, can't wait to get my hands on them!

We also have a new DT member, I am sure you will all know her, Claire of CraftyC!

Watch out for more of her amazing creations!

Whimsy Challenge and Ismaki

Not at all sure about this card, I am out of my comfort zone using red and green! I usually save this colour combo for Christmas cards but decided to give them whirl. Think I will keep them for Christmas in future!

This card is for 2 challenges, first of all the fabulous new Whimsy Stamps Challenge which is celebrating its first week so the theme is 'Occasion Celebrations', so I made a birthday card!

The winner can choose any 2 stamps from the Whimsy Animal Collection, what a fantastic prize!

I used the fabulous sketch over at Ismaki this week created by Elisa.

Supplies: Stamps ~ Whimsy Stamps Kids Collection 'Rainy Day Emma', SU 'Circle of friendship'

DP ~ Basic Grey 'Infuse'

Embellishments ~ Papermania adhesive pearls, ribbon and eyelets, Prima flower