Valentine

Good morning my lovelies how are we all.  I come to you from a rather dreary and wet Bournemouth today so apart from the school runs there is no way I'm going out today.  Anyway, I've popped in to share with you a little make for my Dies to Die for DT.

With Valentine's Day fast approaching I have made a little hanging heart using the sweetie pie Bildmalarna Little Winged Friends 'Valentine' and my colours I have taken from the divine Maya Design Vintage Summer Basics paper.  So lets see a couple of piccies:-

Image:  Bildmalarna Little Winged Friends 'Valentine'

Papers:  Maya Design Vintage Summer Basics 1923

Dies: Nellies Multi Frames 

White Heart Doily

Stickles Glitter Glue 'Star Dust'

Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad 'Waltnut Stain'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

A little close up of the gorgeous image, I do love me some Bildmalarna so so cute.

Copics List

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R30

Hair/Shoes:  E50, E53, E57

Clothes:  RV91, RV93, V95, RV99/W1, BG93, BG96

Hearts:  R81, R83, R85, R39

Okay that's all from me today.  Take care and enjoy your Wednesday folks.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Whimsy Stamps - January 2014 Rubber and Die Release - Day 4

Hello and welcome to Day 4 of Whimsy Stamps first rubber & die release of the year!

We are making some changes to our releases this year. We are now going to release our new rubber and dies every other month rather than every month. As a consequence, the bi-monthly releases will be BIGGER than our previous monthly releases, and so we are now going to hold a 5 day release event for each release!

We would also love you to join us in welcoming 3 new artists to the Whimsy Stamps family this month! Cathy Delanssay and Sandy Allnock are both amazing image artists who have their own unique style of art, and Simonne Clay (our DT Coordinator) is dipping her toe into the world of design and has come up with some wonderful new word art and dies for us this month. We hope you will love their designs as much as we do!

We are hiding FOUR prizes of 2 new release rubber stamps on the DT’s blogs throughout the 5-day release event. You have until the end of the release week to leave comments on ALL the DT’s blogs each day. We will draw the lucky winners over the weekend and announce them on the Whimsy blog on Monday (January 27th).

Today the Whimsy DT is having a blog hop to share with you some beautiful creations made with our fabulous new release which are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store now!

Let me show you what I made for today's hop.  I got to work with sweet little 'Miss Mary Contrary' by Elisabeth Bell and I teamed her with a sentiment from the fabulous new 'Cup of Joy' sentiments.  I had visions of this little cutie pie pottering around in her garden so tried to make a card with a garden/flowers theme to it.

Image:  Miss Mary Contrary by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment:  Cup of Joy sentiments

Medium:  copics

Papers:  Prima 'Fairy Flora'

Okay that's it from me and time for you to take a peek at the rest of today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below..  

Ann-Marie (me!)

Bev Rochester

Heidy Blom

Iris Wiechmann 

Shannah Bartle

I hope you enjoy the hop folks and don't forget to visit each one and leave a comment and pop in on the Whimsy blog tomorrow for Day 5 of our January 2014 release!

Take care, 
Ann-Marie
xxx

Whimsy Stamps - January 2014 Rubber and Die Release - Day 2

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of Whimsy Stamps first rubber & die release of the year!

We are making some changes to our releases this year. We are now going to release our new rubber and dies every other month rather than every month. As a consequence, the bi-monthly releases will be BIGGER than our previous monthly releases, and so we are now going to hold a 5 day release event for each release!

We would also love you to join us in welcoming 3 new artists to the Whimsy Stamps family this month! Cathy Delanssay and Sandy Allnock are both amazing image artists who have their own unique style of art, and Simonne Clay (our DT Coordinator) is dipping her toe into the world of design and has come up with some wonderful new word art and dies for us this month. We hope you will love their designs as much as we do!

We are hiding FOUR prizes of 2 new release rubber stamps on the DT’s blogs throughout the 5-day release event. You have until the end of the release week to leave comments on ALL the DT’s blogs each day. We will draw the lucky winners over the weekend and announce them on the Whimsy blog on Monday (January 27th).

Today the Whimsy DT is having a blog hop to showcase some of the fabulous sentiments and dies in the new release which are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store now!

Let me show you what I made for the hop today.  I got to work with the new cute little 'teapot and cup' die set and I teamed it with the fabulous new 'Cup of Joy' sentiments so it seemed fitting to make a little teabag holder.

Sentiments: 'Cup of Joy' by Raindrop Echo Designs for Whimsy Stamps

Dies:  Whimsy Teapot and Cup die set

Papers:  First Edition 'love letters'

Okay so that's what I made and to take a peek at the rest of today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below..  

Ann-Marie Sinfield (me!)
Deb Routledge
Debbie Eastman
Denise Lynn
Iris Wiechmann
Simonne Clay

Don't forget to visit each one and leave a comment and pop in on the Whimsy blog tomorrow for Day 3 of our January 2014 release!

Take care, 
Ann-Marie
xxx

D for Dazzle over on The ABC Challenge

Good morning all from a rather dreary and wet Bournemouth.  

Well its the 15th so its time for a new challenge over on The ABC Challenge and we've moved on to the letter D so that's 'D' for Dazzle so that's lots of bling and/or sparkle so a real easy one folks.  We are sponsored this time by the fab Pink Gem Designs and I got to play with Ellie with Postbox and I used the pre-coloured version.

Okay so here's my card and it's another criss cross one, so loving these at the moment.  Well I used Christmas papers on this one although they're not overtly festive and I thought the image was quite versatile too as it doesn't have to be used for Christmas it would also work for Dec/Jan birthdays or just a thank you really. 

Image:  Pink Gem Designs 'Ellie with Postbox'

Papers:  Papermania 'Home for Christmas'

Sentiment:  Whimsy 'Vintage Birthday Tabs 1'

Okay folks time for me to go do something productive around the house - yuk would much rather be crafting!  

Enjoy your Wednesday, take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Mimosa and guitar - DTDF DT

Hello everyone I hope you all had a brilliant Christmas and New Year.  Ours was lovely and seemed quite busy this year with lots of visiting and people coming to ours, but I've come out the other side now and getting a little back to the norm.  Won't be fully back to normal until the kiddies go back which is next week but at least I've made it into my craft room, which I hadn't been in for over a week in fact probably more like two!  However, I have now overcome my withdrawal symptoms by creating one of my favourite types of card for my DTDF dt make - a criss cross card.  I've used lots of goodies from Dies to Die For and I've put all of the links below.

 

Items used

 

Image:  Bildmalarna Mimosa Guitar

Medium:  Copics

Papers:  Prima 'Delight'

Dies:  MFT 'Faux Crochet Border', Tonic Studios Butterflies & Blooms 'Summer Azura'

Gems:  Prima Say It In Crystals 'Crystal/White'

Memento Ink 'Tuxedo Black'

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress Ink pad

Stickles 'Diamond'

1" Sheer Lace/Wired Light Blue

 

A little piccie showing you what it looks like with the pull out section and aren't the papers gorgeous, just love them!  The little postcard is also part of a sheet of paper in the pad which I just cut out and its so sweet!

 

A quick close up of the cute stamp and I so enjoyed colouring her up found her really easy.

List of copics

 

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R81

Clothes/Hat:  E11, E13, E15/BG11, BG72

Boots/Hair/Guitar:  E43, E47, E49

 

Okay peeps gotta dash now hubby is looking at me and tapping his foot rather impatiently.  I was only meant to be popping on the computer for 5 mins whilst he jumped in the bath.  He wants to watch the new Sherlock on telly so going to make a cuppa and have a sneaky biscuit with it!

 

Take care folks and Happy New Year!

 

Ann-Marie

xxx

 

 

 

Two Turtle Doves

Hello everyone from a rather cold and extremely soggy Bournemouth.  I was intending to have this post up earlier than 11 o'clock this evening but with one thing and another I am now only just finishing it off.

So my post today is my Dies to Die for DT card and is still a little Christmas inspiration for you.  I have a couple of cards left to make but these are my 'special' cards to close family and they always seem to get done last for some reason.  Anyway, I do love making criss cross cards so that is what I did in fact I think all of my special cards will be this year.  I used the very cute 'Two Turtle Doves' and used my copics to colour it in.

Image:  'Two Turtle Doves' by Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment:  Whimsy 'Tis the Season Notables 5'

Papers:  Maja 'Vintage Winter'

Dies:  Cheery Lynn 'Spring Oval Frame'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Lace with pearl centre

'White Opal' Liquid Pearls

 

I'm so in love with these papers they are divine and I found it extremely difficult to cut into them I must say.  The inside sleeve is quite plainly decorated with just a part image stamped into the corner and a sentiment.  The pull out tab is in fact a Cheery Lynn oval die which I have just cut in half and attached. 

 

A close up and isn't she lovely.  I added some Stickles for the snow and some Liquid Pearls for the falling snow.

Copic List

 

Face/Body:  E000, E21, E11, R20

Hair:  E41, E43, E49

Clothes:  B93, B95, B97, B99/R32, R35, R37, R39

E41, E43/G20, G24, G28

Bird Cage/Doves:  C1, C3, C5, C7/W00, W3, W5

 

Challenges I would like to enter:

 

Papertake Weekly  -  last Christmas .... card of the year

 

Simon Says Stamp  -  bling it on

 

Sweet Stampin  -  last minute Christmas

 

Okay time for me to dash I've got some Snowman Soup bags to tie so my youngest can take them into school with her and I'm already in her bad books as they weren't ready to go this morning!

 

Take care,

Ann-Marie

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'B' for Bows, Blue and Bling over at The ABC Challenge

Hello everyone, happy Sunday to you.  A quick pop in from me as we're busy bees today.  Some visiting to do this afternoon, but first I have red velvet cupcakes to make and add cream cheese frosting to, then back home for my little one's choir service at the church this evening.  Looking forward to that as it will be all festive and lit with candles - beautiful!

Anyway, its the 15th which means its time for a new challenge over on The ABC Challenge and we've moved on to the letter B so that's 'B' for Bows, Blue and Bling.   Our lovely sponsor this time is Stamp Fairy and I got to use 'George and Cocoa'.

Okay so here's my card and he was real easy to colour with my copics and of course I had to add a little Stickles for the snow.

Image: Stamp Fairy 'George and Cocoa'

Medium:  Copics

 

Copics List

 

Snowman:  B0000, B000, B00/E02, E08/B02, B04, B05

Mug:  B02, B04, B05/E41, E43/RV00, R81

 

Okay folks, thanks for popping in to my little blog.  Gotta dash now as the cakes won't make themselves and my sister will be most disappointed if they're not forthcoming when we arrive this afternoon!

 

Take care,

Ann-Marie

xxx