Whimsy Stamps May Rubber Release Hop

Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps May new rubber release BLOG HOP!

We have 18 fabby new Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new wonderful Shapeology metal cutting dies to show you today! And Ann and Melissa have also released some new custom rubber options today too! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favorites. We also have our super talented special guests joining us for this hop - Beate Johns, Deb Routledge, Jacque Beddingfield, Deb Mitchell and Elaine Hughes.

The Whimsy Stamps DT have been sneak peeking these fabulous stamps for the past 5 days, so if you missed them be sure to hop on over to the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for some more inspiration!

Here is a full list of the wonderful new rubber stamps and dies being released today:

5 stamps from Crissy Armstrong
Baby of Mine ~ Mystic ~ Thunder Lizzy ~ Wee Snippet ~ Wee Snippet and Mystic

4 stamps from Meljen's Designs
Birthday Cake Mouse ~ Birthday Cup Mouse ~ Gruffy Little Gnome ~ Happy Little Gnome

4 stamps from Kenny K
Devastatia ~ Hockey Girl ~ Queens Cutie ~ Super Mom

5 stamps/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Celebration Pennants ~ Film Strip Sentiments ~ Magical Mini Letter Seals ~ Street Art BG ~ Welcome Baby Sentiments

2 dies/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Film Strip Die ~ Welcome Baby Die Set

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Deb's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the beginning of the hop at Lori’s blog.

The hop starts today (Wednesday May 18th at noon EST) and ends on Wednesday May 25th at noon EST.

For this hop we have 6 different prize draws! We have not one but TWO grand prize draws, so two lucky hoppers will win a large selection of new release stamps. Grand Prize 1 will be for those who help us advertise the hop and Grand Prize 2 will be for those who hop along with us. We also have 4 mini candy stops throughout the hop where you can enter to win a new release stamp! I'm not going to tell you where they are, so if you haven't found them you'll just have go back to the beginning and start hopping!

Wee Snippet and Mystic and Magical Mini Letter Seals

For my blog hop creation I used the new image stamp "Wee Snippet and Mystic" along with a sentiment from the new "Magical Mini Letter Seals". Crissy has illustrated these beautiful new characters called Mystic and Wee Snippet and Ann has done a fabulous job creating a sentiment set to coordinate perfectly.

My image was colored using Copics and some Stickles accents. I've used papers from Memory Box and distressed all the edges. The Double Scallop Border Die is accenting the edge of one paper layer and has been embellished with ribbon, a button, twine, and a mushroom charm (also available at Whimsy). The rest of the card was embellished with lots of flowers, more glitter, and some butterflies cut from the papers. The sentiment was stamped with brown ink and it says "Fairy Happy Birthday".

This card fits the challenges at:
Crafts and Me - Anything goes, Optional Kraft
Crafty Creations - Flowers, Patterned paper, ribbon
Divas by Design - For the Girls
Creative Card Crew - Cute & Girly
Flutterby Wednesdays - must include butterfly, fairy or angel - #155 Open, Optional Sketch*
Paper Pretties -  Flowers
Penny's Paper-Crafty -  Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
A Spoonful Of Sugar -  Anything Goes
Claudia & Co -  Girls Birthday Card
Creative Craft Challenges -  Distressed/Vintage
Stamping Scrapping Central - Birthday Theme


Thank you very much for stopping by to see my hop creation today, now it's time for you to continue the hop by hopping on over to Beate's blog to see what she has in store for you! And in case you get lost along the way, here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Lori Pachkowsky
Patricia Garcia
Donna Smith
Simonne Clay
Vicki Parson
Iris Wiechmann
Deb Routledge
Crystal Irwin
Minna Paajanen
Stephanne Maraver
Chris Olsen
Ann Vento
Deb Mitchell
Denise Lynn
Beate Johns
Marley van der Heijden
Debbie Eastman
Elaine Hughes
Annika Ryan
Erin Bailey

Happy hopping your way through our May rubber release at Whimsy Stamps!

Whimsy April Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps April new rubber release BLOG HOP!

We have 13 super fun new Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new metal dies to show you today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favorites. We also have our wonderful special guests joining us for this hop - Beate Johns, Deb Routledge, Jacque Beddingfield, Mindy Baxter and Minna Paajanen.

The Whimsy Stamps DT have been sneak peeking these fabulous stamps for the past 5 days, so if you missed them be sure to hop on over to the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for some more inspiration!

Here is a full list of the wonderful new rubber stamps and dies being released today:

3 stamps from Crissy Armstrong
Big Comfy Cake ~ Come Fly With Me ~ Cupcake Bliss

3 stamps from Meljen's Designs
Curious Little Fairy ~ Fairy Toadstools ~ Little Fairy Friend

4 stamps from Kenny K
Biker Babe ~ Cheers Dude ~ Madison Attitude ~ Soho

3 stamps/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Everyday Mini Postage Stamps ~ Party Mini Letter Seals ~ Postcard Background

2 dies/sets from Raindrop Echo Designs
Mini Postage Die ~ Double Scallop Tag Die

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Mindy's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the beginning of the hop at Annika’s blog.

The hop starts today (Wednesday April 13th at noon EST) and ends on Wednesday April 20th at noon EST.

For this hop we have 6 different prize draws! We have not one but TWO grand prize draws, so two lucky hoppers will win a large selection of new release stamps. Grand Prize 1 will be for those who help us advertise the hop, and Grand Prize 2 will be for those who hop along with us. We also have 4 mini candy stops throughout the hop where you can enter to win a new release stamp! I'm not going to tell you where they are, so if you haven't found them you'll just have go back to the beginning and start hopping! *wink*

For my blog hop creation I used a few of the new stamps. First as a layer of the card the Postcard Background stamp designed by Ann Vento along with the new Everyday Mini Postage Stamps (and Mini Postage die) for the sentiment and then the image is the new Curious Little Fairy by Meljen's Designs.

The papers are Memory Box and the edges have been stitched on the sewing machine. I've colored the image with copics and then highlighted with stickles glitter. The image was framed with circle nesties. I've embellished with flowers, ribbon, gems, and chandelier crystals.

This card fits the challenges at:
Anita Be Stampin' - Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps -  For The Ladies
Top Tip Tuesday -  Spring Has Sprung
Tuesday Throwdown - Sparkle & Bling
DDH Challenges -  Stitches
Incy Wincy Designs - flower frenzy
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Stamp-N-Doodle -  Girly
Dream Valley Challenges - Things with wings

Thank you for stopping by my blog today, now it's time for you to continue the hop by stopping on over to our talented Crissy's blog. I know she will have something gorgeous to show you!

Finally, here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Annika Ryan
Deb Routledge
Crystal Irwin
Vicki Parson
Stephanne Maraver
Erin Bailey
Jacque Beddingfield
Marley van der Heijden
Ann Vento
Iris Wiechmann
Mindy Baxter
Denise Lynn
Crissy Armstrong
Chris Olsen
Debbie Eastman
Beate Johns
Donna Smith
Lori Pachkowsky
Minna Paajanen
Patricia Garcia
Simonne Clay

I hope you enjoy the new release! Happy hopping!

All in a Row and Spring

Happy Friday!

Did you have a good week? It's been good but busy here, didn't get much time in for crafting, but hoping this weekend will mean a break and some me time. I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Just Magnolia

Today we have brand new challenges over at Just Magnolia and at Stamp Something. Sadly, this is my last official JM challenge as a DT member. I'm going to move over and give someone else a shot at working with this amazing group of women. I had the BEST time and I am going to miss them all dearly! It's a sad day for me but I have wonderful memories and the honor of having been given the chance to work on such a special DT. Miss you all already!

Our challenge today is to use this little bingo board and make your card accordingly. I've chosen to go diagonal from top left to bottom right and use Gems, Flowers, and Ribbon and Lace. Be sure to also include either a Magnolia stamp or Hanglar and Stanglar stamp on your creation to be eligible for the blog candy prize.

I've used some pretty Memory Box papers and have stitched the edges on my sewing machine. The layout is from this week's Mojo Monday challenge. I've colored Tilda with Copics and then embellished with sticky gems and pearls, roses, vintage seam binding and a vintage brad, lace, and a crackle paint finished chipboard piece. The sentiment is from the Birthday Letter Seals set from Whimsy Stamps.

This card also fits at:
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Ribbons & Bows
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Celebrations
Do You Stack Up? - Sparkles and bling bling
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Brads, Gems or Pearls
Stamp Insanity - Punch It Out
Crafty Creations -  in stitches
Penny's Paper-Crafty - from the kitchen
Mojo Monday - SKETCH

Stamp Something

Next up is my card for our "Spring Somethings" challenge over at Stamp Something. You can create anything you like with spring time in mind. I've made a baby card using the new Rainy Day Duckling image from Whimsy Stamps.

I colored my image with copics and then cut it out and did a second layer of the umbrella for some dimension. I also paper pieced the umbrella with the same papers on my card. Then used some crystal effects to make it shiny. The papers are Heidi Grace from my stash and I've stitched the edges on the sewing machine again. I embellished with ribbons, pearl ribbon slides, vintage seam binding, and a plastic pacifier charm.

This card fits at:
Colour Create -  Pastels
Delightful Challenges - Pastels and Ribbons
Pals Paper Arts - Embossing
The Rubber Cafe - Embossing
Southern Girls - Add An Animal
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Thanks so much for dropping by today. I hope you have a fantastic Friday! Happy Weekend!

Favorite Color Combo

For the Whimsy Stamps Blog Hop, please click HERE!

Happy Friday!

Hope you've all had a good week. Mine was busy busy busy! Very much looking forward to the weekend and hopefully some crafty time too.

Just Magnolia

Today is new challenge day over at Just Magnolia and this week we would like to see you use your favorite colors on your creation. Remember to also include a Magnolia or Hanglar and Stanglar image on your creation. Our sponsor this week is Quixotic Paperie!

I went with my favorite colors of blue and green, which these Memory Box papers happen to be! Love these pretty papers. I stitched the edges on the sewing machine and then added some ribbon which was sprayed with glimmer mist to give it the crinkle. The image was colored with copics and accented with glitter and crystal effects. I've embellished with sticky gems and flowers. The sentiment is from the new Treasured Moments Ticket set available now at Whimsy Stamps.

This card also fits at:
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Brads, Gems or Pearls
Southern Girls -  Use Flowers
Stamping Vacation - Nestabilities
Freshly Brewed - Spots and dots

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you have a fabulous Friday!

Emerald Faeries New Release Hop

 Hi All!

Welcome to the new release blog hop to showcase the two new Emerald Faeries available at Deb's Creations! There are 2 super sweet new images being released today, "Isla" and "Willy and Mia" and these new designs are available to purchase now in digital and preorder in rubber!

Our blog hop began today over on DT member Vicki's blog and if you've been hopping along with us, you should be joining me from Ronda's blog. If you just stumbled on to the hop today, please head back over to Vicki's blog and join the fun!

Isla

I have two cards to share, one using Isla and the other using Willy and Mia. These images were easy to color and lots of fun to work with, I know I will be using them again. I want to thank Deb for inviting me along as a guest DT for this release!

For this card I wanted to go for a more vintage feel and so I've distressed the edges of the papers and kept the colors more muted. Sadly, my attempt to color my own flower with reinkers resulted in an orange flower when I was shooting for peach! It does look less bright in person. The papers are BG Curio. I used the new Whimsy Shapeology Double Scallop border die and some vintage seam binding to create one layer, they used a doily on the other layer. The image was colored with Copics and then framed with a crackle paint finished chipboard piece. I added another layer using the clock image from the new Whimsy Time Flies set and did a cracked glass finish on the face of the clock. The final accents are some vintage brads, flowers, and a charm.

Willy and Mia

Next is my card using the sweet pair Willy and Mia, aren't they darling! I colored the image with Copics and then framed it with oval nesties and added some stitching to the edges.

The papers on this card are Memory Box Minuet and I've stitched all the edges with the sewing machine. I also used the Shapeology Double Border die on the edges of the two smaller paper layers. I've embellished with lots of flowers, glitter, and a sentiment from the new Whimsy Spring Letter Seals set. I cut and adhered some butterflies near the sentiment. They were from a piece of paper. And pearls finish off this card.

Thank you so much for stopping at my blog today. The next stop on the hop is the talented Tracey M! Be sure to stop by her blog and see what she has in store for you today. There will be random prize draws along the way so you won't want to miss any blogs! To be one of the random winners of a free digital stamp of one of these new images, you must be a follower and leave a comment on all blogs. Winners will be announced in 2 days time!

Happy hopping!