Whimsy Stamps July Release Showcase Day 6

Hello and welcome to Day 6 of our July Rubber & Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (25 July), Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, new Shapeology dies, new Shape EZ by TLC templates and new MRD digital papers. From then until 31 July the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop!

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on 1 August.

For my creation today, I have used Li'l Bells.

To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Debbie Eastman

Ellie Stover

Erin Bailey

Heidy Blom

Pops Morfitt

YOU ARE HERE --> Simonne Clay <-- YOU ARE HERE

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop back to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for more new release creations!

Hugs,

Sparkle Creations & RIbbon Carousel Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday!

Today, the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps DT are thrilled to be teaming up with the amazing Crewmates from the Ribbon Carousel to bring you a fun-filled blog hop!

If you hopped here from Shaela's blog, then you're in the right place! However, if you happened here by chance and would like to join us today, please hop back to the beginning of the hop at the Ribbon Carousel blog.  

There are some fabby prizes up for grabs if you hop along with us! Just leave some love at every stop along the hop for a chance to win one of two prizes. The Ribbon Carousel will be giving away a $15 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store and Sparkle Creations will be giving away 2 darling rubber stamps - Traveling Josh and Suitcase Ruby! The winner of Traveling Josh and Suitcase Ruby will be announced on the Ribbon Carousel blog and the winner of the Ribbon Carousel gift certificate will be announced on the SCRS blog!

For my blog hop creation I used Beach Chloe togther with some ribbon from the July Ribbon Club Kit.  I followed Karen's fabby Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 163 for my layout:

Supplies
SCRS Beach Chloe rubber stamp
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Copic markers: Skin: E000 E00 E11 R20; Hair: E47 E44 E43; 
Gold: YR23 Y34 Y21; Red: R29 R24 R22 R20; Blue: BG75 BG72 BG11
Echo Park 'Paradise Beach' 6x6 paper pad
Echo Park 'Dots & Stripes Homefront' 6x6 paper pad
Core'dinations Colorcore 12x12 cardstock: VB020 Montego Bay
MFT Die-namics: Hibiscus; Mini Tabs Foursome; Prima Donna Petals
4mm turquoise gems, orange dew drop
Ribbon Carousel Ribbon: 5/8" Teal Cotton Twill Ribbon and 1.5" Turquoise Net Ribbon

My hibiscus flower was cut using my MFT Die-namics die of the same name, however the centre of the flower is from the MFT Die-namics Prima Donna Petals die set.  I hand-cut the leaves from some net ribbon included in the Ribbon Carousel July Ribbon Club Kit.

So now it's time for you to continue the hop by hopping to Sparkle's blog!

Finally, here is the complete blog hop list:



Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have fun hopping and good luck!

Hugs,

London 2012: Going for Gold

Hi everyone!

Today I have a card to share with you that I made for my brother. Some of my regular readers will know that my brother, Larry Godfrey, is competing in his 3rd consecutive Olympics at London 2012 as one third of the TEAM GB Men's Recurve Archery Team. So exciting!! *insert proud older sister moment here*

So of course I wanted to make a card to wish him luck, and here it is ....

(supplies and instructions are at the end of the post)

Good luck lil bro!! We're all rooting for you and will be cheering you on, whether it be from the stands at Lord's Cricket Ground or from our living rooms. And whatever the outcome, we couldn't be MORE proud!! Love you a million, billion, trillion! xx

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs,


Supplies

• My Favorite Things Die-namics: By The Letters die set
• My Favorite Things: Typewriter Alphabet stamp set
• Spellbinders Nestabilities: Standard Circles die set (SM S4-116)
• Echo Park ‘Happy Days’ 12x12 Collection: Diamond paper (HD19008)
• Echo Park ‘Happy Days’ 12x12 Collection: Alpha Stickers (HD19015)
• Echo Park ‘Happy Days’ 6x6 paper pad (HD19023)
• Cardstock: Black (Bazzill Raven); Red (SU Real Red); Green (SU?); Gold (Core’dinations); Blue (Core’dinations)
• Black ink
• Paper Trimmer, Scissors, PVA glue, Die-cutting machine

Instructions

1. Trim a 136x110mm piece of Echo Park Diamond 12x12 paper (reverse) and layer onto a 140x114mm piece of black card. Layer onto a 148x122mm piece of gold card and fix to the front of a 148x122mm card base (fold at the top).
2. Die cut the 5 Olympic rings from coloured card using the 2nd and 3rd smallest circle dies (42mm diameter circle with a 30mm diameter hole). Glue the top parts of the blue, black and red rings to the card base leaving the bottom of the rings unfixed. Cut open the gold and green rings with one scissor snip, thread through blue, black and red rings as shown Add glue to the reverse of the rings and fix to card base, hiding the cuts under one of the links.
3. Trim a 130x15mm piece of red spotty paper and cut a kite tail at one end. Trim a 114x4mm piece of black & white striped paper and cut a kit tail at one end. Adhere to card as shown. Die cut the word ‘LUCK’ from black card and glue to card as shown. Add alpha stickers to spell out the word ‘good’. Finally stamp LONDON 2012 and the name of the athlete in black ink using alphabet stamps as shown.

Wee Stamps - Papercraft Essentials Magazine Commission

Hi everyone!

A long while ago Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps and Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs were asked to design a clear stamp set as the free gift for issue 82 of the UK magazine 'Papercraft Essentials'. Myself, Iris, Lori, Mariska & Tammy Louise from the Whimsy Stamps DT were given the privileged task of making samples with these stamps for publication in the magazine.  I am so excited that they decided to publish my card using one of Sylvia's images and one of Ann's sentiments:

Supplies
Stamps from Papercraft Essentials issue 82 magazine (free gift)
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
ColorBox Creamy Brown chalk ink
Copic markers
Lily Bee Design 'Head Over Heels' 6x6 paper pad
Kraft & White cardstock
Whimsy Stamps mini ticket die
Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey Squares
Butterflies cut from MFT Die-namics
Flowers, pearls, ribbon & cotton lace

Thanks so much for dropping by today!  I'll be back tomorrow with an Olympic-themed card ...

Hugs,

Sparkle Creations 2nd Anniversary BLOG HOP!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps

 2nd Anniversary Hop!

Hi everyone!  As you may have guessed from the title of my post, we are celebrating 2 fabulous years of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps today with a BLOG HOP!  So if you've happened here by chance, please hop back to the SCRS blog to start hopping.  

I cannot believe how quickly these last 2 years have flown by! Two fabulous years of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps ... two fabulous years of being on the SCRS DT! I can still remember the utter joy I felt when Sparkle told me about her new stamp company, and how honoured and excited I was when she asked me to be on her very first design team ... and yep, I'm still here, lol!  THANK YOU Sparks - I adore SCRS, I adore my teamies and I adore you!!  I feel so humbled and grateful to know and work with you and the galsl! Thank you! xx

So not only are we here to help Sparkle celebrate 2 years of SCRS, but we are also officially releasing 4 new SCRS images this month -- Birthday Cake Emily, Festive Rin, Party Time Oliver, and Your Highness Lucy. They are ALL available to buy in the SCRS store NOW along with all your SCRS favorites!

Not only are the current DT hopping today, we are also being joined by DT Alumni and Guest Designers! Yeh baby! WOO-HOO!!! An all-star line up!

Did someone mention PRIZES? Hmmmm!  Well, we can't have a hop without prizes can we? I hope you'll be excited to hear that we've hidden TEN single stamp prizes along the way and one lucky winner will win the ENTIRE July release! That is going to be one lucky someone! All you need to do is leave some love at every stop along the hop (...we will be checking, lol!). You have until 11:59 PM EST on Sunday July 15th to leave comments for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on the SCRS blog on Monday.

Before I show you my hop card, I just want to do a little shout out to the super-talented and all-round awesome person who illustrates these fabby stamps - Aki Fukuoka.  Aki is such an amazing artist, and I LOVE working with the images she draws for Sparkle.

For my hop card I used Your Highness Lucy and paired her with some Echo Park Be Mine papers. I love glitter and bling, but must confess that I find it hard to use glitter on cards. It's not because I don't like it but because I can't change it once it's down (I fiddle and faff with pearls and flowers and ribbons for a long time before I finally glue them down!)  But Lucy deserves lots of glitter and bling don't you think?  (she is a 'highness' after all!) so I went to town ... well ... for me anyway, lol!


Thanks so much for stopping by today. Happy hopping and don't forget to leave me a comment before you go to be entered into our prize draws! ;) Now off you hop to Stephanie's blog...

Hugs,


Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps is holding a fantastic 2nd Year Anniversary SALE from July 14th through July 31st 2012 @ midnight EST! Simply enter the code 2YEARSALE when checking out for a huge 25% off your entire order!

SCRS July Previews: Festive Rin

Hi everyone! Today is our FINAL day of sneak peeks for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps July release!

As we are celebrating our 2nd Anniversary this month, we are releasing FOUR fabulous new stamps. On Sunday we previewed Birthday Cake Emily, Tuesday we showcased Your Highness Lucy, yesterday we sneak peeked Party Time Oliver and today we are excited to show you Festive Rin. All new stamps will be available to buy TOMORROW (Saturday 14th July 2012) when we will be holding an Anniversary Blog Hop with lots of special sparkly guests, so I hope you will be able to JOIN us!

Supplies
SCRS Festive Rin rubber stamp
Basic Grey Wisteria 6x6 paper pad
Copic Markers: Skin E000 E00 E11 R20; Hair W9 W7 W5 W3; 
Dress: V99 V95 V93 V91 V01; Gold: Y28 Y21 YG91
MFT Die-namics: Mini Monarch Border

Would you like to WIN your very own Festive Rin stamp? Be sure to visit our fabulous SCRS designers for more peeks of Festive Rin. Sparkle will be giving away a Festive Rin rubber stamp to one lucky person! For a chance to WIN, you need to visit and comment on all of the designers' Festive Rin blog posts (listed below) and then leave a comment on the Festive Rin SCRS blog post. You have until midnight EST tonight to comment.

Alice Wertz
Joni Wilson
Kim Yu
Leanne Poe - July Guest Designer

YOU ARE HERE ---> Simonne Clay <--- YOU ARE HERE

SCRS Blog

I hope you all have a great Friday and that you'll be able to join us tomorrow for our 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop (FYI we've got a TONNE of prizes!!!!)

Hugs,

SCRS July Release Preview: Party Time Oliver!

Hi everyone! Today is the third day of sneak peeks for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps July release!

As we are celebrating our 2nd Anniversary this month, we are releasing FOUR fabulous new stamps. On Sunday we previewed Birthday Cake Emily, Tuesday we showcased Your Highness Lucy, and today we are excited to show you Party Time Oliver who comes with 2 cute sentiments. All new stamps will be available to buy on Saturday 14th July 2012 when we will be holding an Anniversary Blog Hop with lots of special sparkly guests!

Supplies
SCRS Party Time Oliver rubber stamp (image)
MFT Die-namics By The Numbers & Stamp Set (sentiment)
Echo Park 'Paradise Beach' 6x6 paper pad
Core'dinations Colorcore cardstock: TB020 Cloudburst
Copic Markers
MFT Die-namics: Stacking Stars, Mini Tabs Foursome, Mini Monarch Border
Honeydew Chartreuse Twine

I followed the brand new My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp club sketch MFTWSC80 for the layout of my card.  I'd also like to enter this card into 2 further challenges: Celebrate the Occasion #70: Happy Birthday and Cards for men #14: Happy Birthday.

Would you like to WIN your very own Party Time Oliver stamp? Be sure to visit our fabulous SCRS designers for more peeks of Party Time Oliver. Sparkle will be giving away a Party Time Oliver rubber stamp to one lucky person! For a chance to WIN, you need to visit and comment on all of the designers' Party Time Oliver blog posts (listed below) and then leave a comment on the Party Time Oliver SCRS blog post. You have until midnight EST tonight to comment.

Piali Biswas
Shaela Odd

YOU ARE HERE ---> Simonne Clay <--- YOU ARE HERE

Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft
SCRS Blog

I hope you all have a great day! We'll be back tomorrow with our final preview!

Hugs,

SCRSC83: Cruisin' Chloe

Hi everyone!

Today I have my Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #83 card to share with you.

Our current challenge is a Throwback Challenge and we would like to see a new card or creation made with one of the stamps released within our first year. You have until Sunday 15 July @ 9 PM PST (which is Monday 16 July at 5 AM UK time) to play along.

At the end of June we said a fond farewell to Amber, Kerri, Margie, and Savannah. I shall miss each of these wonderful and talented gals very much!  It was a pleasure to work with you all! xx

It's always hard to say goodbye, but we do have new people to welcome to the SCRS team!  This month we have Piali returning to our team and we also have Joni who will be joining us until the end of December.  We also have Yvonne joining us in August, and Danielle will be joining our Senior Design Team!  And last but by no means least, we welcome Leanne Poe as our July Guest Designer.

For my challenge card I chose to use the darling Cruisin' Chloe (how I covet her 'bug', lol!) and the SCRS colours! Since Sparkle is sponsoring Feeling Sketchy for the month of July, I also followed their first sketch of the month for my layout.  You can see the original sketch here on their challenge blog.

Be sure to stop by the SCRS blog to take a peek at what the rest of challenge team B have made:

Piali Biswas
YOU ARE HERE ---> Simonne Clay <--- YOU ARE HERE

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

We'll be back tomorrow with our 2nd of four July release previews, so I would love to invite you to pop back then (there's prizes!).

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

SCRS July Previews: Birthday Cake Emily

Hi everyone!

This month is very exciting for everyone at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps as we are celebrating our 2 year anniversary! Over the next few days we will be previewing 4 brand new SCRS stamps and today we are excited to show you Birthday Cake Emily who comes with 2 darling sentiments. All new stamps will be available to buy on Saturday 14th July 2012 when we will be holding a special blog hop to celebrate our anniversary!

For my card I wanted to go bright and zingy so I used some old Cosmo Cricket DeLovely 6x6 paper and then followed the MFTWSC78 sketch (from a few weeks ago).  Sorry the photo is not the best. I use my old Windows Image Composer software (so old you haven't been able to buy it for years!) and the free Windows Live Photo Gallery software to edit my photos. I don't have the best digi camera either. Unfortunately, Image Composer has now become corrupt, and no matter what I do I can't make it work any longer, so this photo is a bit pants!  I think most of you will know how the colours are supposed to look re the papers (the yellow is more "yellow" rather than gold) and the pink is a bit warmer.  I added Stickles to the hem of Emily's dress, the flower in her hair, the icing on the cake and the MFT Die-namics Hibiscus flower. I also added some liquid pearls around Emily. It actually looks really pretty IRL and it's a shame the photo doesn't show that!  The fabulous "Happy Birthday" die cut is from the Whimsy Stamps Birthday Sentimentables die set.

Be sure to visit the rest of the fabulous SCRS designers for more peeks of Birthday Cake Emily. Sparkle will be giving away a Birthday Cake Emily rubber stamp to one lucky person! For a chance to WIN, you need to visit and comment on all of the designers' Birthday Cake Emily blog posts (listed below) and leave a comment on the SCRS blog post. You have until midnight EST tonight to comment.

Leanne Poe - July Guest Designer
Piali Biswas
Shaela Odd
YOU ARE HERE ---> Simonne Clay <--- YOU ARE HERE
 Stephanie Kraft
SCRS Blog 

I hope you all have a great day! Some of the team will be back tomorrow with week 2 of our current challenge and then its back to July previews on Wednesday!

Hugs,