Graph'it Challenge #10: Reds & Greens

Happy Friday everyone!

Today I have my Graph'it Challenge Week 10 card to share with you. Our challenge this week is TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS, so we want to see red & green Christmas creations!

For my challenge card I used the beautiful tree stamp from the *new* Winter Spruce clear stamp set and digi papers from the gorgeous Polkadoodles Angelberry Christmas CD. This was one of the cards I made for the Premium Art Brands/Graph'it Markers show on Create & Craft TV on 18th August, so if you happened to watch that show you may have spotted this card!

Graph'it Markers used:
Tree: 8270 8260 8240 8110
Red Berries: 5245
Trunk: 3290 3255 3245
Sky: 7105 0000
So now it's your turn to get creating! You have until Sunday 8th September 2013 at noon GMT to enter our Red & Green Christmas challenge. As always, there is an awesome prize up for grabs and the lucky winner of this challenge will be announced on the blog on Friday 13th September.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Graph'it Markers: Red Hair Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Hope you're having a great week?

I just thought I'd pop by to let you know that I've done a tutorial for colouring red hair over at the Graph'it Markers blog!  It's my very first tutorial (eek!) and you can find it HERE.

Here's a little sneak peek for you...

I haven't revealed the complete coloured image in the tutorial, as I'm keeping that for a future Graph'it Markers challenge *wink* but I do show you how I colour skin and red hair!!  I would love for you to check it out and let me know what you think (but please be gentle as it's my very first time, hehe!).

Hugs,

Whimsy Stamps August Release: Kenny K Tomboy Trouble

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps August 2013 rubber stamp and die release BLOG HOP!

Our brand new August release Rubber Stamps & Stamp Sets, Whimsy Shapeology Dies, Shape EZ template and Whimsy Designer Paper 6x6 packs are now available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store!!

To celebrate our new release, the DT are holding a blog hop today and are sharing creations made with some of the brand new Crissy Armstrong, Elisabeth Bell and Kenny K stamps! The blog hop has a prize of 2 new release stamps hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

For my card I inked up Kenny K Tomboy Trouble.  The "Just Because" sentiment is from an older Whimsy set called Film Strip Sentiments:

Supplies
Whimsy Stamps KK Tomboy Trouble
Whimsy Stamps Film Strip Sentiments
Bazzill cardstock: Watermelon Sensation
Versacolor ink: 20 Turquoise
Memento ink: Rose Bud (MD 400) & Tuxedo Black (ME 900)
My Favorite Things: Abstract Art stamp set
Corner rounder punch

This is also my Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge card. Today the Whimsy Stamps rubber team are posting their challenge creations on the challenge blog. You have until September 3rd to join this month's challenge which is Clean & Simple and as always we have 3 prizes up for grabs: a $15 gift certificate, 5 digi stamps, and 1 surprise rubber stamp.

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

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

Ann-Marie Sinfield
Deb Routledge
Debbie Eastman
DeNetra Bates
Ellie Stover
Iris Wiechmann
Janette Garcia
Jodi Amidei
Kathy Tanner
Louise Roache
Melissa Andrew
Patricia Garcia
Shannah Bartle
Simonne Clay
Tracy

For a full reveal of the wonderful August release, please visit the Whimsy blog.

Oh, and don't forget to enter yesterday's blog hop grand prize draw!!  You have until Friday to enter that one. Simply scroll down to my next post to find out how to enter!! ;)

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

Hugs,

Whimsy Stamps August Release - Time for Tea Designs debut BLOG HOP!

Hi everyone and welcome to the ...
 Time For Tea Designs for Whimsy Stamps
BLOG HOP

Last month we announced the very exciting news that Jo Davies of Time For Tea Designs has joined the Whimsy Stamps family of artists!

Jo’s debut release for Whimsy Stamps will be available to buy from the Whimsy store tomorrow (21 August 2013) along with the rest of the brand new August rubber and die release. In the lead up to the release, the Whimsy Stamps DT are excited to share with you an exclusive Time For Tea Designs for Whimsy Stamps BLOG HOP packed full of previews of these fabulous new stamps.

This month we are releasing FOUR Time For Tea Designs for Whimsy Stamps rubber stamps:

Bookish                                     Heart Balloon


Fall Love                                          Windy Day

The hop starts today (Tuesday August 20th at 12.00PM EST), runs through the entire August release week, and ends on Friday August 23rd at 12.00PM EST.

For this hop we have a GRAND PRIZE DRAW! One lucky hopper will WIN the entire new release of ALL FOUR TFTD STAMPS and I am the host for the grand prize draw!  So to enter, please add your details to the InLinkz link at the end of this post!

For my blog hop card, I used the adorable *NEW* Heart Balloon rubber stamp:

Supplies
Whimsy Stamps Heart Balloon rubber stamp (image)
Whimsy Stamps Sun Moon Stars rubber stamp set (sentiment)
Whimsy Stamps Country Heart die
Whimsy Stamps Dainty Notables 4 die
Whimsy Stamps Notables 4 die
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Copic Markers
Carta Bella 'Devoted' 6x6 paper pad
Ribbon, Twine, Flowers, Half pearls
Sewing machine and white thread

If you haven't come to me from Louise's blog and would like to hop along with us today, please CLICK HERE to start the hop at the Whimsy blog.



If you've made it all the way to the end of the hop, then you've found the GRAND PRIZE DRAW location as I am hosting the grand prize draw!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you've enjoyed our hop!

Hugs,

Graph'it Challenge #8: Colouring White

Hi everyone!

Hope you're having a good weekend? Today I have my Graph'it Challenge Week 8 card to share with you. Our challenge this week is COLOURING WHITE, so we want to see how you colour white!

For my challenge card I used papers and digi stamps from the Polkadoodles Bonbon Belles Double CD Collection. This was one of the cards I made for one of the Polkadoodles/Graph'it Marker shows on Create & Craft TV on 29th July, so if you happened to watch that show you may have spotted this card, hehe!

(Apols for the naff photography - I took it with my now-completely-dead-but-dying-at-the-time-I-shot-this-photo camera before sending it off to Nikky, so I couldn't take another with our new camera)

Graph'it Markers used:
Parasol & deckchair:
Red 3180 3170 5250 5220 5210
White 9503 9501 9500 0000
Wood: 3210 3245
Huts: 5220 (red) 7175 (navy) 7130 (light blue) 9500 (shading)

So now it's your turn to get creating! You have until Sunday 25th August 2013 at noon GMT to enter our White challenge. As always, there is an awesome prize up for grabs (worth a whopping £30!!!) and the lucky winner of this challenge will be announced on the blog on Friday 31st August.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I'll be back on Tuesday with my Sparkle Creations challenge card, and on the same day the Whimsy Stamps August release kicks off with a blog hop you won't want to miss!!

Hugs,

Paperbabe Stamps August Release sneak peek

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Last month, Kim Costello (aka Paperbabe) launched her very own stamp line, Paperbabe Stamps, and I was beyond thrilled to take part in her debut release.  I am excited to be back as a guest to help showcase her August release! Thank you Kim for inviting me to play with your fabulous stamps again!

This month Kim has designed some beautiful Japanese-inspired stamps.  The Oriental Zen clear stamp set and the MayLeeDee Kimono clear stamp (which comes in 2 versions as a clear rubber stamp, plus you can also get it as a digi) will be available to buy from the store on Friday 9th August.

For my sneak peek card, I have used MayLeeDee Kimono clear stamp and paired her with some of my unused-until-now (hehe!) Graphic 45 Bird Song 8x8 paper.  I was obviously storing this paper in anticipation of this stamp, lol!

Supplies
Paperbabe Stamps MLD Kimono clear stamp
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Copic markers
Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink pad
Bazzill Raven cardstock
Graphic 45 Bird Song 8x8 paper pad
WOC flowers, 4mm black half pearls

For more peeks of this darling stamp, be sure to stop by the Paperbabe blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Graph'it Challenge #6: Jeans & Denim

Hi everyone!

Sorry I'm a day late posting this! Unfortunately I've been battling a very severe case of capylobacter gastroenteritis for the past week and a half. I've never actually had gastroenteritis before and I definitely don't wish this experience on my worse enemy! Thankfully I am now on the correct antibiotics so am slowly on the mend!

So today it's the turn of Graph'it Challenge Team B (that's me, Cara, Deb and Kevin) to provide you with some Graph'it inspiration this week! Our challenge this week is JEANS & DENIM, so we want to see your favourite denim marker combinations!

For my challenge card I used papers and 5 dfferent digi stamps from the Polkadoodles Bonbon Belles Double CD Collection to create a one layer scene card. I compiled the background papers and digi images  in Microsoft Word (no fancy software needed, lol!), printed it out, coloured it with my Graph'It markers, then matt and layered it onto some coordinating purple and aqua card:

Graph'it Markers used:
Skin: 4155 4125 4115 4120 4135 4145
Hair: 3245 1280 1230 1210 4110
Jeans: 7290 7180 7115 7110 7105
Purples: 6110 6120 6130 6140 6180
Turquoise: 7260 7240 7220 7210
Fence: 3250 3245 3210
Trunk: 3250 3245
Greens: 8260 8240 8220 0000
Bird: 9503 9501 9500 0000

So now it's your turn to get creating! You have until Sunday 11th August 2013 at noon GMT to enter our Jeans & Denim challenge. There is a FAB-U-LOUS prize up for grabs (worth a whopping £30!!!) and the lucky winner of this challenge will be announced on the blog on Friday 16th August.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,