Whimsy Stamps September Release: Summer Fairy

Hello and welcome to Day 7 of Whimsy Stamps August Rubber Stamp; Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday 22 August, 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 today, 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 tomorrow!

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

Iris Wiechmann
Stephanne Maraver
Sylvia Blum 
Heidy Blom
Debbie Eastman
Lori Pachkowsky
Mariska van der Veer - Special Guest
YOU ARE HERE ---> Simonne Clay<--- YOU ARE HERE

I have a card to share using the *new* Summer Fairy stamp, illustrated by Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps:

Supplies
Whimsy Stamps 'Summer Fairy' rubber stamp
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

If you read or have a copy of issue 82 of the UK magazine 'Papercraft Essentials' you will have already seen this card. 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 the magazine. 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.  And now the main Sylvia Zet image stamps from that set are available in lovely deeply-etched Whimsy Stamps red rubber! Yippee!!

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 to see if you are one of the 7 lucky mini blog winners!

Hugs,

Sparkle Creations August Release - Cowgirl Chloe

Hi everyone and welcome to Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps AUGUST RELEASE DAY!

All new stamps are now available to buy from the SCRS store! Click here to start shopping now. We are also previewing Cowgirl Chloe today who comes with a darling sentiment that reads "yee-haw!":

Supplies
Stamp: SCRS Cowgirl Chloe
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic markers: Skin E000 E00 E11 R20; Hair & Mane E18 E14 E11; 
Shorts B99 B97 B95 B93; Boots R59 R29 R27 R44 E47; Hat E44 E43 E42; Horse E21
Paper: Simple Stories 'Summer Fresh' 12x12 paper - Easy Breezy #2408
Card: Bazzill Kraft; Red and White
Dies: Spellbinders; MFT Die-namics Country Charms
Embellies: Gingham ribbon, Kraft twine
Tools: Sewing Machine, Thread, Die-cutting machine

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

Danielle Lounds
Joni Wilson
Kim Yu
Piali Biswas
Shaela Odd
Sheri Gilson - August Guest Designer
YOU ARE HERE ---> Simonne Clay <--- YOU ARE HERE
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft
Yvonne Yam
SCRS Blog

Thank you so much for popping by today and I hope you've enjoyed our new release!

Hugs,

Sparkle Creations August Previews - Cowboy Josh

Hi everyone and welcome to the first day of the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps August Previews! Today we are excited to show you Cowboy Josh who comes with a darling sentiment that reads "HOWDY". All new stamps will be available to buy on Saturday 11th August 2012, which is TOMORROW!! Yay!

I paired Cowboy Josh with papers from my brand new October Afternoon Sasparilla pad and one of my MFT Country Charm die-namics dies (all bought especially for this release, hehe!). When I was making this card I actually remembered the sewing machine (yay!) and so I added a little sewing around the edge. I'm definitely getting faster at changing the bobbin and threading the cotton now, and even managed to do it without referring to the manual - woo-hoo!!  Hopefully I'll start to become more confident soon and will increase the speed a little - at the moment it's on the tortoise setting (no lie - my machine has a sliding speed scale from tortoise to hare, and no, it's not a child's machine, lol!).

Supplies
Stamp: SCRS Cowboy Josh
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Antique Linen
Copics: Skin E000 E00 E11 R20; Hair E49 E47 E44;
Hat, Chaps & Waistcoat E44 E43 E42 R24;
Jeans B99 B97 B95 B93; Rope E30 E31
Paper: October Afternoon 'Sasparilla' 8x8 pad
Card: Bazzill Bitter Chocolate; Bazzill Kraft
Dies: MFT Die-namics Country Charms; MFT Die-namics By the Letters; MFT Die-namics Notebook Edge
Embellishments: Natural Twine
Tools: Sewing Machine; Edge Distresser; Cuttlebug

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

Danielle Lounds
Joni Wilson
Kim Yu
Piali Biswas
Shaela Odd
Sheri Gilson {August Guest Designer}
YOU ARE HERE ---> Simonne Clay <---YOU ARE HERE
 Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft
Yvonne Yam
SCRS Blog

I hope you all have a great Friday! We'll be back tomorrow for release day!

SCRSC85B: Charlotte with a Rose

Hi everyone!

Today I have my Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #85 card to share with you.  Sorry it's a few hours late!  Hubby is a high school teacher so he and our daughter are home for the entire Summer hols and I'm finding it almost impossible to steal a few hours for crafting, lol!

Our current challenge is a Sketch challenge and so we would like to see a new card or creation made following Kim's fabby sketch. You have until Sunday 12 August @ 9 PM PST (which is Monday 13 August at 5 AM UK time) to play along.

For my challenge card I chose to ink up my beloved Charlotte with a Rose stamp. I paper pieced her outfit (my fave technique!) and paired her with some scrummy (and unused until now!) paper from MME. I really wish I'd added some black stitching to the paper panels, as I think it would have been the perfect finishing touch. My sewing machine has to live packed away in a different cupboard from my crafty stash, and as it's a fairly new addition to the household, I seem to always forget about it! I think I will stick a note to the outside of my crafting cupboard saying "don't forget the sewing machine", lol!

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

Danielle Lounds

Piali Biswas

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

Sparkle Smith

Stephanie Kraft

The SCRS DT will be back on Friday with the 1st of our August release previews, so I would love to invite you to pop back then (there are prizes!).

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Kenny K Spy Chick for Whimsy Stamps Magazine

Hi everyone!

Today I have a card to share that was published in the latest FREE online Whimsy Inspirations Magazine (Issue 9) and will also be published in the extended print version of the magazine later this month.  The full colour print version of this magazine will start shipping between 10-15 August 2012.  If you would like to pre-order your copy, please click here to be taken to the relevant page at the Whimsy Stamps store.

For my card I used a older Whimsy Stamps Kenny K rubber stamp called Spy Chick.  I used Copics to colour her, then fussy-cut her out and popped her up on foam pads on a little road scene I created.  I used some Echo Park checkered paper to represent a starting flag, and some of my all-time favourite May Arts striped twill ribbon (available from www.sewsweet.co.uk) to represent tyre marks. Finally, some metal brads and staples and it was finished! A rather simple card in terms of layout and embellies, but the colouring took a LONG time and so I wanted to make that the focus of the card.

Supplies
Stamp: Whimsy Stamps Kenny K Spy Chick
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers: Skin E11 E02 E00 E000 R20; Eyes B05 B02; Hair E55 E53 E51; Reds R59 R29 R27 R24 R22;
Greys 100 C7 C5 C3 C1; Headlight Y02; Colorless Blender
Paper: Echo Park 12x12 Ladybug Small Dot (DSHF6005); Echo Park 12x12 Checkerboard (HD19010)
Card: Bazzill 12x12 Raven
Embellishments: May Arts 3/4” Striped Twill Ribbon; Silver Brads; Staples

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Whimsy Stamps Elisabeth Bell L'il Sweet Tweeter

Hi everyone!  First I would like to apologise profusely - I was supposed to post this card yesterday, but due to computer problems (argh!) I couldn't. Better late than never I hope? :)

Anywho ... last 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. On Monday I shared a card I made using L'il Bells and today I have used the super-cute L'il Sweet Tweeter illustrated by Elisabeth Bell:

Supplies
Stamp: Whimsy Stamps L'il Sweet Tweeter rubber stamp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Versamagic Wheat dew drop
Markers: Copic markers
Paper: Basic Grey Porcelain 6x6 pad
Card: Bazzill Kraft; Core'dinations Colorcore
Dies: MFT Die-namics Contempo Cage; Whimsy Stamps Vines die set
Embellishments: Ribbons, pearls, WOC flowers
Tools: Sewing machine, Die-cutting machine, white thread

I have been hoarding this birdcage-print paper from my very old Basic Grey Porcelain pad for years now, waiting for the perfect stamp, lol!, so the paper dictated my colour choices for this card! :) I didn't have a perfect colour match of ribbon, so I laid some ivory organza over the top of some pink silk ribbon.  It looks lovely, but boy was it difficult to tie a bow with two ribbons!  The leaves were die-cut from my Whimsy Stamps Vines die set.  I really love how versatile this set is!  I often snip off the leaves (as I did here) and use them individually rather than part of the swirly die.

If you have joined the Whimsy Stamps team this week and hopped along in our daily mini hops, you may have won a new release stamp! So don't forget to pop along to the Whimsy blog later today to see if you're one of our lucky randomly-drawn winners! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may have - I truly appreciate each and every one! :)

Hugs,