"Yuki"

Hello everyone and a happy Wednesday to you all.  Well with it being Wednesday that means it's my turn to share with you my Dies to Die for DT card.

For my post I decided to make my favourite style of card as it's been a few weeks and was about time I made one, so I have a criss cross card to share with you today.  I had a play with the sweet image from Saturated Canary called "Yuki" and I love all her layers of clothes.  She has been coloured up using a mixture of copics and promarkers.  The gorgeous papers which were the inspiration for my colour combo are Echo Park "Birthday Girl" and the elements on my card and the inside section have been cut from one of the sheets too.  I love it when you have added elements to use as it brings the card together lovely.

Items Used

Image:  Saturated Canary "Yuki" for Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Papers:  Echo Park "Birthday Girl"

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Copics/Promarker list

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R30
Clothes:  Buttercup, Tulip Yellow, Sunflower/R81, R83, R85/
YG11, YG13, YG63, YG67
Hair/Shoes:  E43, E47, E49
W3 for added shadow

Challenges I would like to enter:

My Mum's Craft Shop  -  anything goes

Crafty Ribbons Challenge  -  anything goes with ribbon

Stamping Sensations  -  use dies and/or punches

Really don't think the mob would appreciate not getting any tea tonight so best go and rustle up some culinary delight!

Thank you for stopping by.

Take care, 
Ann-Marie 
xxx

Mouse on Bluebells

Good morning my lovelies, half way through the working week gosh these weeks seem to be flying by lately.

Anyway, I'm here today to share with you my Dies to Dies for DT card and I hope you like it.  I just love bluebells they bring back childhood memories of seeing my nan and granddad and playing in the woods nearby and seeing a carpet of bluebells on a warm spring day.  My card today was made using a gorgeous stamp from Wild Rose Studio called 'Mouse on Bluebells' and when I first set eyes on it I immediately knew I wanted to decoupage up all the flowers so that's what I did.  I coloured it with my copics and teamed it up with some beautiful Prima 'Princess' papers - these are gorgeous so soft and pretty.

Image:  Wild Rose Studio 'Mouse on Bluebells'

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Everyday Moments' by Simonne Clay

Papers:  Prima 'Princess'

Dies:  Cheery Lynn 'Ivy Corner Flourish', Memory Box 'Puffy Clouds'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress Ink pad

Copics/Promarkers List

Bluebells:  BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29/R00, R20, R81

Mouse/Present:  Ice Gray 1, Ice Gray 3, Ice Gray/R81, R83, R85, R39

Grass:  YG11, YG13, YG63, YG67

W5, W7 for extra shading

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Papertake Weekly  -  anything goes

Creative Inspirations  -  lovely lace

Okay, enjoy the rest of your day folks and catch up with you soon.

Take care.
Ann-Marie 
xxx

In a line - ABC DT

Hello everyone and a happy Tuesday and 1st April peeps!

Okay so as its the 1st I am here with my creation for the new challenge that is up over on the ABC Challenges and today's letter is I so that is I for In a Line and we have a board up for you to choose a line from so just pick your favourite combination and craft away folks.   



We are being sponsored by Sherri Baldy for this challenge and you can be in with a chance of winning 5 'Bestie' digis.





Right for my card I followed the line 'Pearls, lace and flowers' but went fairly clean and simple with my card.  My image has been coloured using copics and it seems my new favourite colour combination.  

  Copics List

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R30 + W3 for extra shadow
Hair:  E41, E43, E47, E49
Clothes/Shoes:  BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29/R81, R83, R85

Okay that's all from me today, I hope you can join in with us over on the challenge it would be lovely to see you there.  Have a great day.

Take care, 
Ann-Marie 
xxx

Lollipop lollipop ooh la la lollipop!

So going to have that song stuck in my head now folks!!  

Well good morning my lovelies and sending you all fabulous Monday morning wishes.  Its quiet in the house today just me and the washing machine doing its thing, so what better way to spend my bit of quiet time than to share with you all a little bit of the Whimsy love.

I've made my card using 'Sweet Lollipop Boy' by Crissy Armstrong from the new March release.  I coloured him up using a mixture of copics and promarkers and used my papers as my colour inspiration.   They're not normally colours I go for but I actually like how fresh looking they've turned out.  I also used the fabulous new 'Sweet' word die by Simonne Clay and can see this one being used a lot folks.  I die cut the word and then used the actual die to draw around onto a piece of card to make my mat for it and once I'd stuck it down I then covered it in 'Diamond' Stickles as I wanted it to look like it was covered in sugar!

Anyway, let me show you what it turned out like.

Image:  'Sweet Lollipop Boy' by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment:  'Sweet' word die by Simonne Clay for Whimsy Stamps

Medium:  copics/promarkers

Papers:  First Edition 'Animal Antics'

A bit of a side view.  As you can see I decided to cut him out and used 3d glue gel to stick him down as I didn't want to cover up too  much of the paper.

Here's a close up of the image, such a gorgeous little fella isn't he and I'm not sure if you can see it in the photo but I did put 3d clear gloss on the lolly to make it look all shiny and sticky!

Copics/Promarkers list

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair:  E31, E35, E37, E29

Dungarees:  BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78, W5

Shirt:  Oatmeal, Honeycomb, Spice, W3

Grass:  YG00, YG03, YG63, YG67

Okay going to grab myself a coffee now and if I remember correctly I think there's a leftover doughnut with my name on it!

Enjoy your day folks.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Bildmalarna Alva 'Feeling'

Good morning my lovelies how are you all today?  Gosh hasn't it turned chilly again I thought it was warming up a little!

Anyway, I've popped in to share with you my Dies to Dies For dt card.  I've made a step card for a change and I used a Cheery Lynn Designs 'Step Card' die and oh how I love this!  Really it's fab you run it through your machine and voila one step card all cut and ready to decorate and it even comes with dies to cut the panels and inside panel too, so absolutely no measuring, just love it! (It is out of stock at the mo but Tracy is getting deliveries all the time so just keep checking).  For my image I used Bildmalarna Alva 'Feeling' and she is so sweet and easy to colour.  I took my colour inspiration from the gorgeous Bildmalarna papers 'Music in my Garden' and 'Purple Flowers' and boy these are so so beautiful really didn't want to cut into them.

Image:  Bildmalarna Alva 'Feeling'

Papers:  Bildmalarna Sweet Tones 'Music in my Garden' & 'Purple Flowers'

Die:  Cheery Lynn Designs 'Step Card'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress Ink pad

Copics used

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R30 & W3 for extra shading

Hair:  E11, E13, E15, E29

Clothes:  V91, V95, V99

Leaves:  YG11, YG13, YG67

Okay time for me to toodle on off now folks, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and catch up with you soon. 

Take care

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Whimsy Stamps March Rubber and Die Release - Final Day

March Rubber & Die Release - Final Day

Welcome to the final day of our March rubber & die release!

Today the Whimsy DT is holding a blog hop to share creations made with the brand new 
Wee Stamps andTime 4 Tea Designs stamps that were released on Wednesday. The 
entire March release is now available to buy from the Whimsy Store and all good Whimsy 
Stamps retailers!

We have hidden FOUR prizes of 2 new release rubber stamps somewhere on the DT’s blogs throughout the 5-day release event.  As the location of the prizes are secret, be sure to leave a comment on ALL the stops on each daily blog hop to maximize your chance of winning! We will 
draw the lucky winners over the weekend and announce them here on the Whimsy blog on 
Monday (March 24th).

Here is what I made for our hop today.  I used the little sweetie pie 'New Baby' by Wee Stamps and made an exploding box for a baby boy.  I also used the new ''Tabula Rasa Frames' as a stamped 
layer under the sentiments.  

Image:  Whimsy 'New Baby' by Wee Stamps

Medium:  copics

Stamped Frames:  Whimsy 'Tabula Rasa Frames' by Raindrop Echo Designs

Papers:  First Edition 'Animal Antics'

A little close up of the adorable image - look at that little chubby face so sweet!

Okay now to take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations from some of my teamies, please click on the links below...

Ann-Marie Sinfield
Bev Rochester
Debbie Eastman
Heidy Blom
Jacque Beddingfield
Kathy Tanner
Shannah Bartle
Simonne Clay

Thanks so much for popping in and I hope you have fun on the hop.

Take care, 
Ann-Marie 
xxx

Whimsy Stamps March Rubber and Die Release - Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 Whimsy Stamps March rubber & 

die release!

We are releasing a fabulous selection of new rubber stamps, clear stamps, shapeology dies and papers this month.  Today the Whimsy DT is holding a blog hop to showcase the new releases from Crissy Armstrong and Elisabeth Bell.  The entire new release is available now to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store.

We have hidden FOUR prizes of 2 new release rubber stamps somewhere on the DT’s blogs throughout the 5-day release event.  As the location of the prizes are secret, be sure to leave a comment on ALL the stops on each daily blog hop to maximize your chance of winning! We will draw the lucky winners over the weekend and announce them here on the Whimsy blog on Monday (March 24th).

Okay so let me show you the card I made for my contribution to today's hop.  I chose to work with the gorgeous Elisabeth Bell image 'Miss Apple Blossom Vignette' and the new 'Girl Talk' sentiments by Simonne Clay.  I decided to make an easel card as its been a while and love how it turned out.  

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Miss Apple Blossom Vignette' by Elisabeth Bell

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Girl Talk' by Simonne Clay

Medium:  copics

Papers:  First Edition 'Spring Drop'

Dies:  Whimsy Stamps 'Notables 5'

A little close up of the gorgeous image, so many possibilities and styles of card with this one I think.

Okay so now it's time for you to take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations from some of my other teamies, please click on the links below...

Ann-Marie (that's me!)

Deb Routledge 

Shelby Thomas

Jenny Hodges

Don’t forget to stop by the Whimsy Blog again tomorrow for Day 5 of our March release.

Thanks you so much for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop.

Take care, 

Ann-Marie 

xxx