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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Sunday Sketch and Stamp

hello!!!  The SSS site was having technical difficulties, so the challenge is a bit late this week.  What a fun sketch!!!  I made a card for my brand new niece, Sophia.  The carriage is from an old SU set, buggies and booties, which is one of my all time favorites.  I then masked the carriage and stamped Life Defined from Whimsy Stamps over it.  The ribbon is the seam binding from SU which I crinkled with shimmer spritz.  The papers are from MME's girl pack.  I also added some distressed glitter to the edges and distressed them with scissors.  The flowers are from Wild Orchids.
challenges....
Everybody-Art-Challenge ...Brown & Pink 
One Stitch At A Time..... Mothers day or Babies
Scrappy Frogs .....Flowers and Lace 
Allsorts .....For A Special Lady 
Wee memories ..... Anything Goes 



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Monday, March 21, 2011

Happy Birthday Belle

Hi Everyone!!
Here's another birthday card for you!  I feel like we have a birthday every day this month!!!  This one is for a super special girl turning 5 who loves blue, yellow, and princesses!
I used this image from Sassy studios.  The paper is old SU.  I added tons of glitz, shimmer and sparkle!
Challenges...
Corrosive Challenges .....Recipe: 3 papers, 2 ribbons and 1 image
Crafty Pad ...Use a Digi 
One Stop Craft .... Plenty of Bling 



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Friday, March 18, 2011

Something Sweet!!

We're all about sweet at Stamp Something this week!  Come join us if you can.  Our fabulous sponsor is none other than Sugar Nellie!!!!!!
I used this little sweet kiddo from Sugar Nellie for my card.  And he's eating ice cream with a puppy, it doesn't get much sweeter than that!
Papers are some of the last scraps I have from Parisian Breeze.  The sentiment tickets are the new releases from Whimsy Stamps!!!  Don't forget to do the Whimsy hop if you haven't already, for a chance to win those fabulous tickets and more!!!!!!!
 challenges.....
A Spoonful Of Sugar ..... Sketch 
Clear It Out!.... Buttons
Paper Take Weekly ....3 of Something (tickets)
Top Tip Tuesday .... Birthday
Simon Says Stamp .....Happy Birthday
Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown.....no glitter - scallops
 Totally Papercrafts.....buttons

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Whimsy Hop!!!!!


Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps March new rubber release BLOG HOP!

We have 13 fabulous new Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new wonderful dies to show you today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favorites. We also have our wonderful special guests joining us for this hop - Beate Johns, Deb Routledge, Jacque Beddingfield and Elaine Hughes!

The Whimsy Stamps DT have been sneak peeking these fabulous stamps for the past 4 days, so if you missed them be sure to hop on over to the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for some more inspiration!

Here is a full list of the wonderful new rubber stamps and dies being released today:

4 stamps from Crissy Armstrong
Benny and Joon Have Cake ~ Celebrate Big! ~ Tippy By The Tail ~Valerie and Kitty Sitting Pretty

2 stamps from Meljen's Designs
Rainy Day Duckling ~ Little Puddle Duck

4 stamps from Kenny K
Brooklyn Babe ~ Club Kid ~ Strong Island ~ Let’s Party

3 stamps/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Treasured Moments Tickets ~ Time Flies ~ Spring Letter Seals

2 dies/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Banner Pennants Die Set ~ Double Scallop Border Die

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Ann Vento's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the beginning of the hop at Crystal’s blog.

The hop starts today (Wednesday March 16th at noon EST) and ends on Wednesday March 23rd at noon EST.

For this hop we have 6 different prize draws! We have not one but TWO grand prize draws, so two lucky hoppers will win a large selection of new release stamps. Grand Prize 1 will be for those who help us advertise the hop, and Grand Prize 2 will be for those who hop along with us. Also, we have 4 mini candy stops throughout the hop where you can enter to win a new release stamp! I'm not going to tell you where they are, so if you haven't found them you'll just have go back to the beginning and start hopping! *wink*

For my blog hop creation I used ......Valerie with Kitty.

So now it's time for you to continue the hop by hopping on over to Vicki Parson's blog.

Finally, here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:


Thank you so much for hopping with us today and I hope you enjoy the new releases!

Challenges....
Simon Says Stamp ....Happy Birthday
Friday sketchers...sketch
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Last Day of Sneak peeks!!!

It's anything goes today for Whimsy Sneak Peeks!
I made 2 cards...
First up celebrate big from Crissy Armstrong
And next is this little cutie from Meljen!!!
Enjoy the other sneak peeks out there in Blog Land today and see you tomorrow for the hop!!!!!!!!! WooHoo!

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Sunday Sketch and Stamp with a Whimsy Sneak peek!

Hi All!!  It's time for another fun sketch at Sunday Sketch and stamp!!   I used a new sneak peek image from Whimsy Stamps for my card this fortnight.  This is Brooklyn Babe from Kenny K.  Super sassy huh?  The sentiments are digi's from whimsy as well, created by Ann Vento.  The paper is actually ski slope or something like that from SU.  I stamped the orange layer lightly with classified ads also from Whimsy.  If you don't have classified ads yet, it's on sale for 7.50$ today, an awesome price for such a great background stamp!!!!
Check out the Whimsy inspiration blog for a list of other sneak peeks!
Challenges....
Do You Stack Up? .... Layers
Simon Says Stamp..... anything goes 
Flourishes .....Real or Faux stitches


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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Whimsy Sneak Peek

Hi all!!  Here come the Whimsy Sneak Peeks for the March release!!! YAY!!!  And this one is fabulous, tons of new images, sentiments and two new dies!!!!
I used Valerie with kitty from Crissy Armstrong for this one as well as the fancy bench from the last release.  The sentiment is brand new too!!  It's from Ann Vento!  A fun new line of tickets!  I cut it out with the ticket die, which if you don't have that yet...get it!  What a time saver!
The papers are DCWV from the once upon a time collection.  The circle layer has been embossed with my CB.  I also used wide striped ribbon from SU with a jumbo grommet.  Finally I added some wild orchid flowers, pearls and stickles.
Check out the Whimsy Inspiration blog for more sneak peeks and details!!!!
Challenges....
 Fairy Tale ........something for a child or with a child's image
Fab 'n' Funky ........ Girly
ABC Challenge .......P is for Pearls
Cute Card Thursday .......Birthday Cards for A 3yr Old

Stamping Scrapping Central ......Sketch
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Happy Birthday!!!

Hi Everyone!  This little cutie is one of the newest digi's from Whimsy Stamps!!  It's called in the dog house and was designed by Crissy Armstrong.  The party hat and presents are also new from Crissy!  I colored them all with copics.  I used basic grey max and whiskers papers.  I also added some fun boyish embellies of buttons and hemp twine. 
I used the small balloon shapeology to cut out 3 balloon, 1 of which I embossed.  I hand wrote Birthday on the dog house.
Challenge......
Bearly Mine.....Birthday card
Top Tip Tuesday ......Happy Birthday
Craft Your Passion ......Anything Goes
Paper Playtime.....Anything goes with a Digi
Paper Sundaes ....... Stripes
 Sketch Saturday .....SKETCH
Fun with Shapes & More ........happy birthday and die cut




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Monday, March 7, 2011

Happy Birthday!

Well it's a big month for birthdays around here.  Between family birthdays, kids birthdays and the arrival of twin cousins, I feel like everyday is a birthday!!!
This one os for my daughter's friend.  She was having a dragon themed party and loves birds.  So I used bubble dragon from Dustin Pike.  The papers are fine and dandy from My minds eye.  The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps, birthday letter seals.  I also added lots of glitter to glitz it up a bit.  There are also some rhinestones, buttons and ribbon.
Challenges....
Paper Sundaes ....Stripes 
Fairy Tale .....something for a child or with a child's image
Crafty Sentiments ....birthdays
Sweet Sketch ....SKETCH


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Friday, March 4, 2011

Jump Start on Easter!

Hello!!!  Well it's digi day on Stamp Something!!!!  I got to showcase Phindy's place digis this week and chose to use this little cutie to get a jump start on my Easter cards!  Easter may be a little later than usual this year but it always sneaks up on me!!
I colored her with copics and then added some stickles to her bow.  I added bunches of spring flowers and used Kioshi papers from basic grey.  I also added a little bow.  The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps, the holiday circle postmark set.  Hope you can join us this week, just use a digi and have fun!
Challenges.......
Cute Card Thursday....signs of Spring
ABC Challenge .....P is for Pink
Cooking It Up With Katie ....Spring, yellow, flowers
Everybody-Art-Challenge ......Spring
Stamp with Fun .........Sketch 

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Daisy Butterfly

Hi everyone!!!  Hope your week is going great so far!!  I am waiting patiently for it to warm up and start melting the ice skating rink that is my driveway!!!!
I organized my digi stamps the other day and came across this lovely one from Crissy Armstrong.  It is called daisy butterfly and is available at Whimsy Stamps.  I masked the butterfly then stamped life defined, also from Whimsy, on top of it.  The final stamp is also from whimsy from the postage stamp sentiment set designed by Ann Vento.
The papers are from Stampin Up, bella blue.  I also added some wide satin ribbon, flowers and antique brads. 
If you have a chance pop on over to the Whimsy blog and hop along to see the new Whimsy Digi Images available today!!!!!
Challenges....
papertake...sketch
Paper Playtime....Anything goes with a Digi
Corrosive Challenges ....Distressing
Crafty Emma.....Flowers and Flutterbys
Stampin For The Weekend.......monochrome
 
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