YNS Darling DIva Blog Hop

Hi everyone! I am thrilled to be guest designing for Your Next Stamp today as part of their DARLING DIVAS blog hop!

So what are we celebrating today? Well, Your Next Stamp are so very excited about their newest collection that they decided to give it its very own release and blog hop to introduce you to the new .... DARLING DIVAS!!

The wonderfully talented YNS illustrator, Macy Wong, has outdone herself with this brand new collection and we think you will find the fabulous Darling Divas - Roxy, Summer, Amber and Payton - to be the perfect combination of chic and cute!

Today you are in store for tons of inspiration from the incredibly talented YNS designers as well as some serious eye candy with creations from some very special Guest Designers who are joining YNS for this very special release. (I was beyond excited when Karen asked me to be one of the special guest designers - of course I immediately said yes, hehe)

Would you like to win one these new Darling Divas? We have hidden FOUR prizes throughout the hop. For your chance to be entered into the prize draws, be sure to visit and comment on all of the YNS Designers' and Guest Designers' Darling Divas posts along the hop.

The blog hop starts today and runs until midnight (EST) on 30th March. Prize winners will be drawn and announced on the YNS Blog on Sunday 31st March.

For my card, I inked up Darling Diva Summer:

Supplies
YNS Darling Diva Summer rubber stamp
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Copic Markers
MME Miss Caroline Dolled Up 6x6 paper pad
Core'dinations Colorcore cardstock (Heartfelt)
MFT Open Scallop Edge die-namics; 4mm lemon flatback pearls

And that's not all! Enter code YNSDD2013 when checking out at the YNS store and you will receive an extra special 20% discount off orders over $20! How awesome is that?

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the darling new release!

Hugs,

Whimsy Stamps March Release Day 7 - Wee Stamps Birthday Baby Boy

Hi everyone and welcome to the Final Day of the Whimsy Stamps March Rubber & Die Release Showcase!

Last Wednesday (20 March) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, Shapeology dies, Whimsy Designer Paper packs, new Shape EZ templates and new Whimsy Prints. From then until today the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guest have been showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today's hop!! :)

At the end of release week (tomorrow!), we will draw 3 winners from the comments left on our designers' daily mini blog hop posts and each of these 3 winners will win 2 new release stamps! You have 24hrs to enter each daily mini blog hop by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. The prize locations are secret, so be sure to hop and leave comments every day to win!

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

Janette Garcia
Melissa Andrew
Ann Vento
Erin Bailey
Stephanne Maraver
Simonne Clay (that's me!)
Ellie Stover
Heidy Blom
Debbie Eastman
Louise Hodge (March GDT)
For today's card I inked up the adorable Birthday Baby Boy rubber stamp, illustrated by Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps for Whimsy Stamps. I also used the fabulous new Everyday Button Sentiments stamp set and the new Button Die (...again, lol!):

I also used the amazing Whimsy Stamps Swirly Balloon Border Die and the banner in the top left corner was made using my Whimsy Stamps Circle Pennants Die Set. Paper is from the MME Lime Twist 'Fly A Kite' 6x6 paper pad (I love this pad and wish I'd been savvy enough to buy 2 extra pads when I bought this one when it was first released, as now MME don't make it anymore, sob, sob!)

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

If you would like to join Whimsy Stamps as our Guest Designer for our May 2013 release please go to the Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 27 March 2013.

Thanks so much for dropping by today!

Hugs,

Hmmmmm...?

So it's 11.21pm here in the UK, and according to my Feedjit Live feed, someone from Sunnyvale California has been systematically looking at blog posts here on my blog for the past 1hr 30mins - 29 clicks and counting. Mostly posts with older non-copyrighted pictures, or cards that could easily have their copyrights removed. Plus multiple visits to the same posts. Hmmmmm .....?

UPDATED: Since posting the above and adding a right-click disable widget to my blog, the visitor hasn't clicked on another blog post!  I really hope this visitor was genuine ...

Whimsy Stamps Release Day 5 - Elisabeth Bell Skippydee & Indiana

Hi everyone and welcome to Day 5 of the Whimsy Stamps March Rubber & Die Release Showcase!

Last Wednesday (20 March) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, Shapeology dies, Whimsy Designer Paper packs, new Shape EZ templates and new Whimsy Prints. From then until 26 March, the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guest are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today's hop!

At the end of release week, we will draw 3 winners from the comments left on our designers' daily mini blog hop posts and each of these 3 winners will win 2 new release stamps! You have 24hrs to enter each daily mini blog hop by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. The prize locations are secret, so be sure to hop and leave comments every day to win! ;)

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

Ann Vento
Debbie Eastman
Michele Roos
Simonne Clay (that's me!)
Heidy Blom
For today's card I decided to ink up one of the darling new Little Cottage Cuties images, illustrated for Whimsy Stamps by Elisabeth Bell. This one is called Skippydee and Indiana. I also used the new Everyday Button Sentiments stamp set and the new Button Die:

I do confess to having a bit of a patterned paper addiction, and I am finding that I am only using 2-4 sheets from each 6x6 paper pad before moving onto the next one.  This is quite shameful and also makes my cards really expensive to make. So I've promised myself that I will start to use up the pads I have now before buying any new ones ... well, that's the plan, lol!  So for this card I used paper from my MME Indie Chic Nutmeg 6x6 pad.  I had a hard time matching the flowers, so I had to use a bit of chalk ink to colour them, but I think it turned out okay!  Here's a list of supplies:

Supplies
Whimsy Stamps Skippydee and Indiana rubber stamp
Whimsy Stamps Everyday Button Sentiments stamp set
Whimsy Stamps Shapeology Button Die
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Copics: Skin E000 E00 E11 R20; Hair E47 E44 E43 E42; Dog E43 E41 E40; 
Blues BG78 BG74 BG72 BG70; Sky BG70; Yellows YG95 YG91 Y13 YG11 YR23; 
Grass YG63 YG67 G82 G85 G94 G20
MME Indie Chic Nutmeg 6x6 paper pad
Bazzil Kraft card; Core'dinations Artctic Pool (TW040) card
Twine; blue 4mm pearls (coloured with Copic BG75) 
WOC & Prima flowers 

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

If you would like to join Whimsy Stamps as our Guest Designer for our May 2013 release please go to the Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 27 March 2013.

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

- Glitter n Sparkle #25: Animals
- Catered Crop: Flower Power
- Stempelsonne #85: Animals
- Forever Friends Monthly Challenge: Lots of Flowers
- CCMC244: Color challenge
- Creative Moments #13: Animals
- Whimsical Designs Challenge: Buttons and Bows (I hope my die-cut button sentiment counts!)
- Crafty Sentiments: Flowers Galore

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you have a great Sunday.

Hugs,

Whimsy Stamps March Release!

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps March 2013 rubber stamp and die release!

Today, Whimsy Stamps is releasing 27 fantastic new Rubber Stamps & Stamp Sets, 6 wonderful new Whimsy Shapeology Dies, 2 fabulous new Shape EZ by TLC templates, 2 beautiful Whimsy Designer Paper 6x6 packs, and 2 *NEW* gorgeous sets of Whimsy Prints. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

We are thrilled to announce that Monika Martinson has joined our talented group of stamp illustrators! Monika draws the most beautiful floral images and we are releasing 4 gorgeous rubber stamp sets illustrated by Monika for Whimsy Stamps this month.  Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps family, Monika!

From today until 26 March, the Whimsy DT and our March Special Guest Designer, Louise Hodge, will be showcasing these new products with a daily mini blog hop. At the end of release week, we will draw 3 winners from the comments left on our designers' daily mini blog hop posts and each of these 3 winners will win 2 new release stamps! You have 24hrs to enter each daily mini blog hop by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. The prize locations are secret, so be sure to hop and leave comments every day to win!

At the end of release week (Wednesday 27 March) a release round-up will be posted on the Whimsy blog together with a list of winners.

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

Ellie Stover
Janette Garcia
Melissa Andrew
Michele Roos
Tammy Louise Cunliffe

If you would like to join Whimsy Stamps as our Guest Designer for our May 2013 release please go to the Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 27 March 2013.

Finally, here is a full reveal of the wonderful March release. Don't forget to visit today's DT and leave a comment on their blog posts!

[Please note that the following pictures are not to scale]

4 Crissy Armstrong rubber stamps
Am I a Keeper? ~ Crown of Daisies ~ Hip Hippo-ray ~ Summer Pony




3 Elisabeth Bell rubber stamps
Goldie Locks ~ L'il Bells Snack Time ~ Skippydee and Indiana



4 Kenny K rubber stamps
Blonde Bombshell ~ Total Drama ~ What If? ~ Wise Guy




2 Meljen's Designs rubber stamps
Hunny Bunny ~ Lazy Susan Buggies



2 Sylvia Zet rubber stamps
Birthday Baby Boy ~ Love You Slow Much



3 2CuteInk Rubber stamp sets
Bundles of Joy ~ It's Play Time ~ Let's Party



*NEW ARTIST* Monika Martinson
Cup of Sunshine ~ Spring Tulips ~ Summertime Blooms ~ Tiger Lily




5 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets
Everyday Button Sentiments ~ Fun Life Tickets 2 ~ Singing in the Rain
Spring Silhouettes Notables 6 ~ Vintage Fancy Corners




6 Shapeology dies
Button Die ~ Daisy Doily ~ Dandelion Border
Lace Border ~ Mini Lace Doily Die ~ Umbrella Die




6x6 Paper Stacks
Designer Grunge ~ Vintage Harmony

24 sheets per pack - 12 designs, 2 of each printed on heavy weight slightly textured papers.
Acid and Lignin free.




2 *NEW* sets of Whimsy Prints
Birthday Wishes (Crissy Armstrong) ~ Make a Wish (Elisabeth Bell)

The "Whimsy Prints Collection" are beautiful sets of hand-colored images which have been digitally reproduced and die-cut into various shapes. The "Birthday Wishes" pack contains 3 sets of 4 images illustrated and hand-coloured by Crissy Armstrong. The "Make A Wish" pack contains 3 sets 4 images illustrated by Elisabeth Bell and hand-coloured by Simonne Clay. Whimsy Prints are printed on 100lb premium coated paper and professionally die-cut leaving smooth edges. Each pack contains 12 die-cut printed toppers.




2 Shape EZ by TLC templates
Flip Basket ~ PIllow Box


Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!

Hugs,

SCRSC100 - Cheerleading Emily

Hi everyone! Today I have my Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #100 card to share with you. This fortnight's challenge is a wonderful SKETCH by my teamie Kim and you have until Sunday 24 March @ 9 PM PST to play along!

For my challenge card I decided to ink up Cheerleading Emily and paired her with some Echo Park Everyday Eclectic 12x12 papers. I made this card as a congratulations card for my niece (who is also called Emily!).

 Be sure to visit the SCRS blog for more inspiration from the rest of my teamies, and to read all the details about the prizes and how to enter! This week the following designers have creations to share with you:

Danielle Lounds
Joni Wilson
Simonne Clay (that's me!)
Sparkle Smith

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a great Tuesday!

Hugs,