Christmas Tags - Whimsy Challenge

The Whimsy Challenge this week is Anything But a Card so I decided to do some Christmas tags with various digi images by Moon Cookie and digi sentiments designed by Raindrop Echo.  All the images and sentiments can be found at the Whimsy Stamps store.
I don't do this quickly so I'm thinking that since 6 tags took me all afternoon, I had better buy a supply as well.  I used a Go Kreate tag die, Copics to colour and added Stickles and some little pearls.  The ribbon is from the last monthly kit of Really Reasonable Ribbon.
Be sure to head on over to the Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the DT have created.  ... speaking of design team, I wanted to mention Whimsy Stamps has a design team call right now - here is the info (also posted on the Challenge Blog). 

Whimsy Stamps is also holding a Design Team call from now until December 9th. We are looking for some talented crafters to join our Digital Stamp DT and help us showcase our growing digital stamp collections.

Each Digi Team Designer is asked to...

* share one project per week on his/her blog (applicants must have a blog),

* participate in our monthly releases and blog hop,

* Participate in at least 2 monthly challenges on our new Whimsy Inspires Challenge blog. The challenges post weekly, but DT members are only required to participate bi-weekly unless you choose to do more.

* become a member of our Yahoo and private Facebook group,

* share your artwork on our Facebook Fan page, Whimsy Blog, and any other online community you belong to,

* promote Whimsy Stamps by using our images, mentioning Whimsy news and promotions, and linking to our shop.

In exchange for DT work and helping to promote our products...

* members will have access to our digital stamps for use in weekly DT projects,

* members will receive a DT discount of 20% off, on all Whimsy shop purchases, while a member of our team,

* personal bio and photo will be placed on our blog.

If you are interested in applying, please send an email with your contact info, blog link, some details about yourself, and 3 of your favourite projects to whimsystamps@gmail.com with the subject line Digi DT. We will reply to let you know your application has been received. All new members will be contacted during the week of December 12th and announced on our Whimsy Blog thereafter.

Challenges:

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Stampin Royalty - Anything but a card

Creative Craft Challenges - Free for all

Groove Dude - Kenny K

Time for another challenge at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz and this week's theme is Stitching and it can be either faux or real.  The challenge is sponsored by Kenny K and Dies to Die For and there's some great prizes up for grabs so be sure to enter your project.
I decided it was time to practice with that new sewing machine I got so mine is real stitching - wish it was perfect but I do have a little more work before I'm used to it.
I used Kenny K's Groove Dude image and coloured him with Copics.  My new 'craze' is stamping around the edges of my images and I did it here as well with a small flourish stamp I have.  The paper is from Basic Grey's Little Black dress pad which I purchased at One Crazy Stamper.  Oh my... I love, love, love that paper and there isn't a piece in there I don't like!  I used a Marianne Creatable die for the flourishes, the brads are from my stash and the sentiment is from Whimsy's Fast Lane digi collection.
Challenges:
Lexi's Creations  - One for the Lads
Here Come the Boys - For the Man/Men in your life

Ballerina Magnolia

Hope you are all well and enjoying these last few days in November.

My card today was very easy to make because the papers are so glittery and sparkly plus the sentiment is actually from one of the papers in the Best Creations Inc Ballet Princess collection which I purchased from One Crazy Stamper.  The image is Magnolia's Ballerina and the pearls from my stash.  I coloured the little gal with Copics and then added Tiara Stickles around all the edges.

Challenges:

Just Magnolia - Use some white/red/ or pink on your cards

Color Create - Pink, white and gold
Divas by Design - Monochromatic

Bearly Mine - My favourite things (mine is glitter and sparkles)

Christmas Bear

Wow, I cannot get over how time is flying by so quickly!  Christmas will be here before we know it and although it is my favourite holiday, I am always so, so far behind!

I have managed to get a few cards done though and this is one of them.  I used Chrissy's Christmas Bear digi from Whimsy Stamps and used Copics to colour him.  Poloar White Flower Soft was added to his cap fur and pom and while the glue was wet, I tapped in a little Glamour Dust for some sparkle.  The snowflake is Whimsy Stamps Winter Jewel 1 die and I the brad is Stampin Up.  The papers are from a Basic Grey 6x6 paper pad collection called Wassail.  The sentiment is from Whimsy's Winter Letter Seals and the ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.
Challenges:
Basic Grey - Mix n' Match
2 Sisters - Let it Sparkle
Crafts4Eternity - Recipe (snowflake, button,  ribbon)
Bizzy Becs - Circles

Sharing the Warmth

It's Wednesday again and time for another challenge at the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog. This week the theme is use flowers on your card or project.  Up for grabs is a $15 gift certificate to the Whimsy Store and also...As well as a random winner being chosen, one entrant who has used a Whimsy image will have the opportunity to be a guest designer for a future challenge. Be sure to head on over to see what the rest of the gals have come up with for inspiration.
For my card, I chose one of Whimsy's November new release digis called Sharing the Warmth.  Now I'm not big on mice but I do think these two little guys are quite cute so as long as they are 'pretend mice', I'm ok with it.
I had originally made the card for a monochromatic challenge but decided on another and this one fits this challenge perfectly.  The papers are some I've had in my stash forever - it was a big package of paper I'd bought at Walmart a long time ago and it is sort of a 'no name' brand, I guess.  The sentiment is from Whimsy's Winter Letter Seals set.  That collection is so versatile and I use it again and again and again!  I coloured the image with Copics and the flowers were a Christmas gift last year and I simply added some matching brads to the centers.

Wedding Dance - Kenny K Challenge

This week's challenge at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz is embossing so grab those powders, folders, plates and anything else to do a little embossing.  Your entry into the challenge gives you a chance to win a couple of great prizes.  Kenny K is giving the winner 5 digis of your choice

and another great prize from My Mum's Craft Shop

 I've used the Wedding Dance digi from Kenny K and coloured it with Copics.  A Cheery Lynn die was used to cut and emboss the doily out of some sparkly paper I have.  Nestabilities were used for cutting and embossing the circle and oval and then I used a Scor-Pal to emboss lines on the cardstock.  I added pearls and then Glamour Dust to her dress, veil, around the sentiment and a bit on the flowers.

Be sure to head on over to see what the rest of the Krafty Girlz have designed for you to check out - I've seen some of them already and they are gorgeous.
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Cardmad Fairies - Add some texture
Glitter Geeks - Humourous
Paper Crafting Journey - Embossing
Stamp Insanity - Blues
Mark's Finest Papers - use your favourite technique (mine is embossing)

Zorana, A Dancing Gypsy

 

It has been a long time since I've posted cards other than my design team work but happily, I am caught up and have spent two wonderful days making cards.  The vacuuming still needs done and I would hate for you to have a peek at my craft room (I am not one of those tidy crafters) but fun is fun!

I recently discovered Saturated Canary digis, love them and hope I can do some more soon.  This one is called Zorana, A Dancing Gypsy.  I used papers from DCWV's Princess Stack and coloured the image with Copics.  The sentiment is Whimsy Stamp's Double Scallop Tag die and the binding is also from Whimsy.  The pearl is from my stash and the sentiment is one from Verve's Beautiful You collection.

Challenges:

Saturated Canary - 1-2-3 which is 1 image, 2 patterned papers and 3 embellishments (mine are the brad, binding and sentiment tag.

 

Happy New Year Harry - Whimsy Challenge

It's Wednesday and that means it's time for another challenge at the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog. This week the theme is monochromatic which means use one colour and neutrals for your card or project.  Up for grabs is a $15 gift certificate to the Whimsy Store and also...As well as a random winner being chosen, one entrant who has used a Whimsy image will have the opportunity to be a guest designer for a future challenge. Be sure to head on over to see what the rest of the gals have come up with for inspiration.
This funny fellow can be purchased at the Whimsy store and is designed by Lia Stampz.  His name is Harry and it's fairly obvious that Harry is having a party.  It's maybe a little early but he's doing it anyway.  The sentiment is also one of Lia's and I thought it went perfectly with the image, which by the way, cracks me up every time I look at it.
The image is coloured with Copics, the papers are My Mind's Eye and the big sparkly brad is from the stash... it didn't photograph very well but it is a big one!  The other embellishments are laser cut chipboard pieces from Make it Crafty and I heat embossed them black.  I love those chipboard pieces because they are amazingly versatile and pretty enough without doing anything to them.  Lastly, I added some gold stickles for the bubbles.
Challenges:
Stamps R Us - masculine
Stamp Scrap and Doodle - monochromatic

Whimsy November Digi Release

Today is the new digi release at Whimsy Stamps and all I can say is wow... there's some cute digis this month, including this one which is Stamp Art Design's Hollybelle.  Make sure you head over to the Whimsy Inspiration Blog because there's a Blog Hop going on and you don't want to miss out.
I used a Marianne Creatable die cut to make the shape of this scalloped easel card and coloured the image with Copics.  I tried to get a little texture in the fur so took a few drops of Copic Colourless Blender and dabbed a towel into it and then pressed down so it would lift a little colour off.  I did this after colouring the fur and before colouring anything else.  I like the technique and won't be quite so timid with it next time but I didn't want to ruin the image so I dabbed it down for only a couple seconds.  I added a little glamour dust to give the wings some sparkle and then added some gold Stickles to the edges.   The sentiment is from Whimsy's Winter Letter Seals, the paper is Memory Box Co and the brad is from the stash.
Challenges:
Emerald Faeries - Christmas Red
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes plus Bling
Sentimental Sundays - Use the colour of your birth flower (mine is garnet)
Always Something Creative - It must sparkle
Marianne's - use your dies