Just Because

I was excited to see that I was chosen as a winner in the Art by MiRan Facebook group in their December Progressive Challenge. THIS is the card I entered and it was chosen by the design team as one of the winners. 

I won a free digi stamp from Art by MiRan's Etsy shop! What a hard choice it was to choose as I adore so many of them but when I saw Annabelle, the search was over! I couldn't pass her up since she shares the same name as my daughter!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges~

• Crafty Gals Corner~ Anything Goes
• Simply Papercraft~ Anything Goes
• Art By MiRan Challenge~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! I'm excited--all things are in order and I start working at the YMCA on Sunday! Yay!!

Stamps~ Art by MiRan~ digi~ Annabelle, TAC Sophisticated Sentiments, TAC Paisley Rocks,
Ink~ SU Archival Black, SU Island Indigo,
Cardstock~ SU Crumb Cake,
Designer Paper~ Carta Bella~ Hello Again,
Other Goodies~ copics, MFT Blueprints 6, SU Metal Rimmed Pearls,

With Love Lucy

I decided to take a break from redoing my stamp catalog to color and create today! I must say I am so pleased with how things are going with my stamp catalog. I can't wait for it to be done as I think it will be more useful to me now! Plus I'm going to organize my clear stamps so that will be helpful too!

I found that the Art by Miran Facebook group has a progressive challenge going on so I got the cute image, With Love Lucy, and decided to play along. 

I can never get the sparkle to show so I tried a few angles to see if it would work and look at that, it did! 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous day!

Don't forget that I'm looking for a new Flutter By Team!! See all the details~ HERE!!

Stamps~ Art by MiRan~digi~ With Love Lucy, SU Express Yourself
Ink~ SU Poppy Parade,
Cardstock~ Copic Xpress-it, SU Lost Lagoon,
Designer Paper~ Basic Grey~ Lucille, 
Other Goodies~ copics, Clear Wink of Stella pen, MFT Stitched Oval STAX, Quikutz flourish die, flowers, 

Day 2 of the Whimsy Stamps May Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Welcome to Day 2 of our ...

May Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Over the next 3 days we will reveal 18*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets and 3 BRAND NEW Die Sets. They will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday.

Today we are excited to show you the brand new Art by Mi Ran and Krista Heij-Barber, Wee Stamps, Meljen Designs stamps:

Today I used the gorgeous new stamp, Bountiful Ceci, from Art by Mi Ran! I think she is just so pretty!!

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop to be entered into the draw.

Bev Rochester

Maya Go 

Bridget Curnow 

Cindy Hoesel 

Iris Wiechmann

Chitra Nair

Danni Bindel-that's me!

Shelby Thomas

  

See you again tomorrow for our release day hop.

Thanks so much for visiting us today. Happy hopping! 

Ceclilia

I've been wanting to ink up this stamp, Ceclilia from Whimsy Stamps, ever since she was released so I figured today was a great day to just do it!

It's hard to see the shimmer but I used Smooch Illuminate and Wink of Stella pens on many parts of the image. I also used some liquid pearls on the pearls in her hair. 

I'm entering this into the following challenges~

• Craft Your Passion-Anything Goes
• Through The Craftroom Door-Anything Goes
• Scrap-Creations-Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to be back very soon with another creation!

Stamps~ Whimsy Stamps-Ceclilia,
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock~ SU Basic Black, misc white
Designer Paper~ Basic Grey-Konnichiwa
Other Goodies~ copics, Smooch Illuminate, Wink of Stella pens, SU pearls, Martha Stewart butterfly punch

You Rock!

Hello there!! Today I have a card to share that was so much fun to make!!

First I colored up the newly released, Number One from the Art by Mi Ran collection at Whimsy Stamps. I used my copics and really had fun giving her jeans texture. I had posted these photos on Instagram and Facebook and then realized several people didn't know how to do this technique so I thought I'd just explain as it's a really fun and easy technique to use!

Once you have the area colored that you want to add texture, in this case the jeans, you'll need some colorless blender and some fabric, in this case a swatch of denim. (I would do this technique before you color around the area you're adding texture to so that it doesn't accidentally get onto other colored areas)

I didn't get photos of the next step but it's super easy. Just put a little of the colorless blender onto the fabric/denim and then set it onto your colored area. I push it down for a few seconds and then remove. Let it dry and voila', instant texture.

You can experiment with different fabrics to achieve different results. I have used an old towel for a "fuzzy" texture on an animal before. The possibilities are endless!!

Here's the end result of the jeans~

To finish my card I had fun with the Whimsy stamp set, Distressed Backgrounds and Ink Splats. To finish it off I used my favorite Whimsy sentiment set, Everyday Moments.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges~

• one of my yahoo groups Friday Challenge #9 to use white
• Sister Act Card Challenges~ Anything Goes
• Through The Craftroom Door~ Anything Goes
• Loves Rubberstamps~ Create Your Own Background
• Love to Scrap~ Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon! Before I leave wanted to let you all know that there's a Spring Sale at Whimsy Stamps!! It ends Thursday the 26th so hurry over and do some shopping!!

Stamps~ Whimsy Stamps-Number One, Distressed Backgrounds and Ink Splats, Everyday Moments
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black, SU Real Red, SU Basic Grey, SU Smoky Slate
Cardstock~ Copic Xpress It, misc white
Designer Paper~ 
Other Goodies~ copics, denim fabric/colorless blender

Love Buzz

Buzz, Buzz!! I just love this adorable newer stamp from Whimsy Stamps called Love Buzz. So much fun!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges~

• Addicted to Stamps~Embossing
• The Corrosive Challenge~ Things with wings
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends~ Anything Goes

Thanks for buzzing by and hope to see you again soon!

Stamps~ Whimsy Stamps-Love Buzz,
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock~ SU Real Red, Copic Xpress-It
Designer Paper~ Echo Park-Country Drive
Other Goodies~ copics, SU heart punch, nestabilities, SU Honeycomb embossing folder, Wink of Stella, stickles

Whimsy Stamps February Release Day 2!

Welcome to Day 2 of our ...

February Rubber Stamp and Die Release

For 3 days we will reveal 19 *BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps and stamp sets and 4 *BRAND NEW* die/die sets. They will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday.

Today we are excited to show you the brand new  Mi Ran Designs and Krista Heij-Barber and Wee stamps!

Today I used the new stamp, SHH... by Art by MiRan. For the sentiment I used the Simply Stitched Circles set.

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PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop to be entered into the draw.

Danni Bindel-that's me!

Iris Wiechmann

Cindy Hoesel

Chitra Nair

Bridget Curnow 

Debbie Eastman

Lizzy Smith 

Shannah Bartle

Maya Go

Shelby Thomas

Natalie Dever

See you again tomorrow for our release day hop.

Thanks so much for visiting us today. Happy hopping!

Whimsy Stamps December Rubber Stamp and Die Release Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the ...
Whimsy Stamps December Rubber Stamp and Die Release!

This week Whimsy Stamps is releasing 10 new red rubber stamp/stamp sets and 4 brand new die/die sets, and they will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and all selected Whimsy Stamps retailers ... TOMORROW!

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! The lucky winner will be drawn from the comments left on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw.

Yesterday we sneak peeked the new Crissy Armstrong, Time for Tea Designs and Raindrop Echo Designs stamps and dies. Today we are excited to show you the brand new Mi Ran and Wee stamps and dies being released this month. For a full reveal of these stamps, check out the Whimsy blog!

For my card today I used the new Love and Kisses With Tia stamp from Mi Ran! 

I also used the Everyday Moments stamp set for the sentiment. I am finding I grab this sentiment set often!! 

So now it's time for you to continue today's hop! Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a gift certificate:

Bev Rochester

Linda Levoir (GDT)

Shelby Thomas 

Danni Bindel-that's me!

Iris Wiechmann

Be sure to visit the Whimsy blog again tomorrow for the release day grand hop!

Thanks so much for visiting today. Happy hopping! 

A little public service reminder today too--back up your computer files! I hadn't done my back up in a while and yesterday my laptop wouldn't start. I finally got it started but in the process lost everything. In the grand scheme of things, I got lucky it was only a few digis, some SVG files, some spreadsheets, some music, but still...it could have been avoided so be sure you're backing up your files!!!

Stamps~ Whimsy Stamps-Love and Kisses With Tia, Everyday Moments
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Riding Hood Red,
Cardstock~ SU Basic Black, Crafter's Companion White,
Designer Paper~ Bo Bunny-Crush
Other Goodies~ copics, SU retired heart punch, flowers, button, scrappers floss, nesties, stickles, Wink of Stella pen, 

Winter Princess

Last month I found out I had been featured as a Spotlight Winner at Crafting By Designs Challenge Blog. You can see that post~ HERE!  I was honored to find out that because I was one of the Spotlight Winners, I was asked to be a guest designer for their November 5th challenge of Anything Goes!! How fun is that!!

For my card I used the Whimsy Stamp, Winter Princess from artist, Art by Miran. I also used the Whimsy Shapeology Die-Winter's Jewel 1. I think it's just such a pretty snowflake!!

A big thanks to Crafting By Designs for having me as a guest designer! Be sure to go check them out and why not play along with their Anything Goes Challenge!

Art by Mi Ran Collection available NOW!!

The new Art by Mi Ran collection of stamps for Whimsy stamps is available now!! You can find them~ HERE!!

There's also another fun and inspirational blog hop today so be sure to check it out too~ HERE!

Happy hopping and shopping!!

If all else fails, add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!

Don't forget to hop along--Whimsy New Artist Release Day 2!

I'm not in today's hop but make sure you hop along and see the fab inspiration for the Whimsy Stamps New Artist Release Hop Day 2!!

Start HERE!!

If all else fails, add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!

Whimsy New Artist Art by Mi Ran Blog Hop Day 1

Hello Friends!

We are celebrating the debut release of our new Art by Mi Ran Collection! We are very excited to have Mi Ran Jung joining our team of illustrators! Over the next 3 days we will reveal 7 new rubber stamps, illustrated by Mi Ran exclusively for Whimsy Stamps. We hope you will join us each day at 12pm ET for our blog hops full of inspiration and chances to win some prizes too!

All of the new rubber stamps will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday, July 16th. For this release, we are excited to be joined by guest designers Alyce Keegan and Mariska van der Veer as well as the Art by MiRan digital design team.

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw.

For my card today I used the super cute and fun new stamp, For You!

Such a versatile stamp~ could be used for birthday's, anniversary, any celebration or just because!!

So now, it’s time to check out what our amazing designers have created with these new stamps. Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $15 gift certificate.

Joey
Jacque
Monica
Danni-that's me!
Ruza
Ann-Marie
Shelby
Desire
Alyce (Guest)
Iris

Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see you again tomorrow for another fun day of inspiration!

If all else fails, add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!

Stamps~ Whimsy Stamps-Mi Ran-For You
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black,
Cardstock~ Crafter's Companion white, SU Real Red, Su Daffodil Delight, misc white,
Designer Paper~
Other Goodies~ copics, ribbon, stickles, glossy accents

psstt...Did you see the news?

How FUN and exciting is that!!! Coming next week!! eeek!!!

Lollipop Leslie

I've discovered a new digi stamp store/artist~ Art by Miran. Love these fun images and am happy to be joining in their first Facebook group challenge~ Girly. There is a free digi to use, Lollipop Leslie--how fun is she!! You can check out all the details, HERE!

Hope you're having a great day!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

If all else fails, add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!

Stamps~ Art by Miran digi- Lollipop Leslie, TAC Basic Backgrounds, SU Six-Sided Sampler
Ink~ SU Crumb Cake, CTMH Gypsy,
Cardstock~ SU Crumb Cake, SU Pear Pizzazz 
Designer Paper~ some scraps of TAC paper
Other Goodies~ Rock Candy Stickles, Copics, Copic glitter pens, flowers, SU pearls, SU Hexagon punch to make the flag