Sketch Saturday #80 and Whimsy December Advent Event Candy

Hello everyone!

Today I'd like to share with you my DT card for Sketch Saturday (#80), which is also my DT card for the Whimsy Stamps December Advent Event! 

This week at Sketch Saturday, Jeanette has given us a wonderful sketch to follow, and the challenge is being sponsored by Whiff of Joy.

I have used my Whimsy N'ice Friends stamp, coloured with Copic Ciaos, and with a few dabs of Stickles added to represent the glistening snow!

As I'm sure you know by now, Whimsy Stamps is holding a December Advent Event and giving away a prize each day from 1st December through to Christmas!  Each day, selected Whimsy DT members (and guests) will be posting their special Whimsy December Advent Event posts, so make sure you keep checking the Whimsy Stamps home page every day for details of each day's prize and the URLs of where to enter.  So today (Saturday 5th December) it's my turn to host the prize which is Whimsy Dog and Sign AND Ruff Day Sentiments:

To enter the random draw for these stamps, please leave your name and your blog URL in Mr Linky below.  If you'd like to advertise this awesome event by popping the blinkie on your blog, that would be fab, but not necessary.  Please also LEAVE A COMMENT below, just in case Mr Linky has a wobbly and stops working (otherwise some entries may be lost, or they may end up in the wrong order, and I like to play fair!) - thanks!

You have 24 hours to enter this draw from the time of posting, so this draw will end at 08:00am (GMT) tomorrow (Sunday 6th December 2009), and I will use Random.org to draw a winner later that day.

There will also be weekly specials at Whimsy Stamps, so be sure to check out the Whimsy Home Page for this week's weekly special.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

1. The Pink Elephant ... Challenge #43 Color Me Wonderful : Use your favourite colouring medium - I have used my Copic Ciaos!

2. A Spoon Full of Sugar ... Challenge #80 Non-traditional Christmas Colours (no red / green) : I have used orange, turquoise, lime and pink!

3. PollyCraft Monday Challenge ... Challenge #29 Ria's Wonderful Christmas Time : Create something with a Christmas theme.

4. Creative Card Crew ... Challenge #39 Christmas : Create something with a Christmas theme.

5. Simon Says Stamp ... So Charming : Create something with charms - I have added a lovely Christmas Tree charm given to me by my buddy Shelia (aka DippyDog) - thanks Shelia!

6. Quixotic Challenges ... Challenge #5 Be Charming : Create a project that features a charm in some way.

7. Copic Colour Challenge ... Challenge #42 - YR04 RV06 YG03 : I have used YR04 and YG03, but as I only own Copic Cias sets 36A and 36B, I don't have RV06, so I have used some of the other RV colours I do have - hope this is okay?

8. Stamp with Fun ... Challenge 35 Christmas : Create something Christmassy!

9. 2RedBananas ... Christmas/Winter Card : To make a Christmas or Winter card!

10. Crafty Calendar ... Challenge 3 Winter Sparkle : Winter-themed cards and projects, with the added option of sparkle and bling.

Thanks for popping by and for any comments you have!  Don't forget to visit all my wonderful teamies at Sketch Saturday, and also enter the Whimsy Stamps December Advent Event Candy draw below!

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,



Ingredients
STAMP: Whimsy Stamps N'ice Friends
COLOURING MEDIA: Copic Ciaos (YR06 YR04 YR00, YG06 YG03, RV29 RV21, E29 E37 E35 E33, BG15 BG10)
PAPER: MME Colorful Christmas 12x12 'Frosty Pines' (CC1003)
CARD: Core'dinations 12x12 ColorCore 'Aquarium' (AB020) and 'Tangerine' (CC030)
EMBELLISHMENTS: Versamagic Dew Drop 'Sea Breeze' (GD-37), Stickles 'Icicle', Orange satin ribbon, Christmas Tree charm, Olive green 4mm half-back pearls, Prima flowers, spacer, small brad
TOOLS: Paper Trimmer, Scissors, PVA glue, 3D foam pads, EK Success flower punch, Martha Stewart Scallop Dot border punch, Woodware inverted corner rounder punch

Kreatin Blogger Award

I have just received the 'Kreatin Blogger' award from my wonderful blogging buddies Jo and Louise - thank you so much, girls!

The rules for accepting this award are ...

~ Copy the award to your site ~

~ Thank the sender/s for nominating you ~

~ Link to the person/s from whom you received the award ~

~ List 7 interesting things about yourself ~

~ Nominate 7 creative bloggers ~

~ Post links to their blog ~

~ Leave a message on the blogs you nominated letting them know of their nomination ~

 

So here are 7 facts about me (...not sure if they're interesting, LOL!):

1. Christmas is my favourite time of the year, and even though I'm 30-something, I still get excited and wake up earlier than our daughter on Christmas morning!
2. I love my Nintendo DS and own over 90 games!
3. My favourite programme of all time is the medical drama "House"
4. Before we were married, we owned a red MR2 sports car (now we drive a Renault Scenic MPV!)
5. I've always been fascinated with sports motorbikes, even though I can't ride one!
6. I hate any form of gossip, bitching and back-stabbing, and still get extremely upset when I come across it (whether it be directed at me or someone else).
7. I'm a dreamer and an idealist....my Utopia would be for every person and every nation to live in peace and harmony and want the best for each other.

I would like to pass this award onto all my fellow Your Next Stamp Starlets, who continually inspire, support and encourage me:

Karen

Amy

Cabio

Kerri

Lana

Maureen

Maylee

Steph

Hugs,

Your Next Stamp Challenge #5: Birthday Hearts

It's Wednesday again and time for a brand new challenge over at Your Next Stamp Challenges! It's YNS DT Starlet Cabio's turn to host this challenge, and she has chosen the theme of 'Birthday Card/Project with Hearts'.

The prizes for challenge #5 are:

1. One randomly-chosen winner will receive the wonderful YNS Fhiona Shopper stamp set, plus the 'Winner' blinkie to proudly display on their blog.

2. Cabio will choose her favourite card, and that winner will get the YNS Challenge 'Top Pick' blinkie to proudly display on their blog PLUS a $5 gift certificate to spend at the Your Next Stamp store!

3. One randomly-chosen commentator will win a $5 gift certificate to spend at the Your Next Stamp store - so make sure you LEAVE A COMMENT to be in with a chance to win!

Remember, you can enter our challenges using ANY stamp, but if you do choose to use a YNS stamp, then you will be entered into the prize draw TWICE!

For my challenge card, I chose to use my Teacher Fhiona stamp plus accessory and sentiment stamps from the Birthday Princess stamp set.  I stamped the chalkboard onto some DP (carefully wiping off the ink of the 'A B C' text with a baby wipe) and then stamped the sentiment onto the blank space.  I then cut it out and stuck it over the originally stamped chalkboard.

I also added some pink glitter glue to Fhiona's shoes, the present tag, cupcake cherry, and sentiment hearts.  As Fhiona had an apple on her hairband, I decided to change this to match the overall theme of the card by cutting out a heart from the DP, and then adding a heart pearl to the centre.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

1. Friday Sketchers ... Challenge #80 : I have followed their fab sketch, turning it 90 degress to the left.

Ooh, and don't forget that we have a brand new release BLOG HOP starting on the 10th of December.  If you hop on over to Karen's blog right now and grab the blog hop blinkie plus leave a comment, you can enter the Blog Hop Blinkie Contest to be in the draw to win 5 of the new release stamps!  Be quick though, as this contest ends on 9th December.

Thanks for popping by!

Hugs, Sem x


Ingredients
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Whimsy December Advent Event KICK OFF!

Today is the 1st of December, and so that means it's the first day of our fab Whimsy December Advent Event!  We have inspiration to share with you and prizes to give away every day, so we'd love you to join us!

Hop on over to WHIMSY STAMPS now to check out what you could win today, and which DT members' blogs you need to visit!

 Remember, there's a prize to win EVERY DAY - that's 24 prizes to be won - and all Whimsy DT members (plus some special guests) will be giving away at least one prize during the event, so make sure you keep checking back here for my turn!

Hugs, Sem x

Whimsy DT: Crafty Angel Turtle

Hi everyone!

Today I'd like to share with you a Whimsy DT card I've just finished following Caz's scrummmy sketch over at Crafty Angels (but turned it 90 degrees to the left). I've used this adorable image called "Whimsy Turtle" - isn't his expression so cute!

Although I knew I wanted to use my Basic Grey Marrakech 6x6 paper pad, I spent ages choosing exactly which papers to use, LOL!  I also spent ages tying the fiddly twine through the small buttons that I added to the centre of my flowers:

Finally, I decided to stamp one of the wonderful Whimsy Circle Postmark stamps straight onto the DP using my Jumbo Java Versamagic Dew Drop:

I'm really pleased with how this card came out, as I love the rich colours of the Marrakech pad.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

1. Crafty Angels ... Week 11 Caz's sketch : I've followed Caz's sketch which worked perfectly for this image - thanks hun!

2. Allsorts Challenge Blog ... Week 29 Buttons : I've added buttons to the middle of my flowers.

Thanks for popping by and for any comments you may have!

Hugs, Sem x

Ingredients

STAMP: Whimsy Turtle and Whimsy Circle Postmarks
COLOURING MEDIA: Whispers brush markers
PAPER: Basic Grey 6x6 Marrakech paper pad
CARD: Core'dinations 12x12 ColorCore 'French Roast' (CC040)
EMBELLSHMENTS: Buttons, SU Linen thread, Prima flowers, Half-back pearls, 9mm brown organza ribbon, Versamagic Dew Drop 'Jumbo Java' (GD-52)
TOOLS: Paper Trimmer, Scissors, PVA glue, 3D foam pads, Cuttlebug, Small Oval Nestabilities dies