Anything Goes at Whimsy Stamps Challenge

Hello everyone, happy Wednesday to you all and what a chilly one it is too.  When I stepped outside to do the school run this morning we had frost yes that's what I said frost.  Its been very mild here for this time of year and it was a bit of a shock to the system so out came my winter boots, but it was so much nicer than walking to school in the rain. 

Anyway, I'm here today to share with you my challenge card for Whimsy Stamps Challenge.  Today its time for the rubber team to share with you their makes for the challenge over at the Whimsy Inspirations blog which as my title suggests is Anything Goes.  A real easy one folks so come on over and share with us your beautiful creations there's still plenty of time to enter and we'd love to have you.  As usual there are three fabulous prizes up for grabs and you got to be in it to win it!

Okay here is my card and again its another Christmas one but I'm not complaining I LOVE Christmas and I know some of you may groan but my Christmas Tree is a knocking on my loft hatch door so it wont be long before the house is festive - I haven't done any chrimbo shopping but hey the house will be decorated!!!!! 

Image:  'Winter Friends' by Wee Stamps for Whimsy

Sentiments:  Whimsy 'Holiday Ticket Sentiments'

Medium:  Distress Markers

Papers:  Dovecraft 'Tis the Season'

 

Okay so I'm sorry I only have one piccie to share with you today but its been one of those weeks this week and the camera battery has just died on me but at least I managed to get one shot in before it did.  Its annoyed me that I haven't got a close up as the image is gorgeous.  I've used my DM's again to colour her and I'm actually enjoying using them but at one point I was getting so frustrated I nearly got rid but so glad I didn't and just need the extra new ones now so a present idea for Santa I think.  

 

Right I think I've waffled enough don't you so I'll catch up with you all later.

 

Take care and happy crafting.

 

Ann-Marie

xxx

'Presents'

 

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."

 

Our daughter had her Beavers Remembrance Day service to attend this morning and we had the usual few moans and groans about going especially on a Sunday morning.  So whilst we had breakfast we had a little chat about how we are thankful for those who have sacrificed so we may live our lives as we do.  I think a little sank in as she went off very proudly wearing her poppy with pride.

 

Okay I have a Christmas card to show you today which I made using the fabulous Time for Tea stamp 'Presents' from the latest Whimsy release.   She is so cute and lovely to colour and I used the gorgeous papers 'Frosty Night' by Michele Roos as my colour inspiration.  I used my Distress Markers again to colour her as they were already out from my last card and I need to practice with them.  So here come the piccies:-

 

 

I made an easel card this time.  I haven't made one of these in ages and I'd forgotten how nice they look even if they are a pain to photograph! 

 

Image:  Time for Tea 'Presents' for Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment:  Whimsy 'Winter Letter Seals', Whimsy 'Holiday Wish List'

Medium:  Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Papers:  'Frosty Night' by Michele Roos for Whimsy

Dies: Whimsy 'Reindeer' die, Spellbinders 'Romantic Rectangles', Marianne Design Creatables: Lamp Post + Tree

 

Everything has been inked with walnut stain distress ink and lots of Stickles added.  A little close up of the cutie pie - look at those boots I want some!

 

Distress Markers list

 

Face/Body:  Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Worn Lipstick

Hair/Boots:  Tea Dye

Clothes:  Dusty Concorde, Tumbled Glass

Presents:  Dusty Concorde, Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint

 

Challenges I would like to enter:-

 

Papertake Weekly  -  anything goes

 

Sweet Stampin  -  Christmas is coming

 

Stampin Sensations  -  Christmas

 

Okay so its time for me to dash I've got a few last minute things to be done ready for school tomorrow.  The weekend flew by unfortunately, but today has been a gorgeous day, real autumnal lovely and fresh and crisp, beautiful.  Anyway, I hope you've all had an enjoyable weekend and squeezed in some crafty time.

 

Take care

Ann-Marie

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String of Hearts

Happy Wednesday everyone, half way through the week yay!!  A quick pop in from me today just to share with you my latest.

I've made a card using the adorable Crissy Armstrong 'String of Hearts' from the latest Whimsy release.  I decided to use my Distress Markers to colour my image and am really pleased with how its turned out and yes I've jump aboard the Frantage band wagon and I love the stuff so now I need more colours.  So let me share some piccies with you:-

Image:  'String of Hearts' by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Holiday Sliders 3'

Medium:  Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Papers:  'Let it Snow' by Dovecraft (left over from last year)

Dies:  Whimsy 'Slider 3', Spellbinders 'Fleur de Lis rectangles', Joy Crafts Snowflaker border

 

 

Plenty of Stickles has been added I used it for the snow and on the snowflake border.  I also used some flock with glitter on their hats.

Distress Markers list

 

Broken China, Barn Door, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Pumice Stone, Black Soot

 

Challenges I would like to enter

 

Papertake Weekly  -  anything goes (optional extra - Christmas)

 

Crafty Ribbons Challenge  -  anything goes

 

Allsorts  -  Christmas Cheer

 

Stamping Sensations  -  Christmas

 

Bunny Zoes  -  Ribbon

 

Okay must dash now I have a few things I should be doing but its so much more fun to blog hop and craft!

 

Take care folks

Ann-Marie

xxx

 

Mellow Yellow!!!

Hi everyone and a very happy Friday to you all.  I hope your week has gone well and you're ready for your weekend.  Mine has been a bit of a blur with the kiddies home for half term its been a little busy.  My Halloween was a little different this year as my youngest went to a party and my eldest who is now 12 decided he wasn't trick or treating as he is too old and its not the done thing apparently.  Well boo I didn't get to go out so I had to be content with the candy run when the door bell went and it was fun to see all their little faces and scary costumes!  

 

Anyway, with it being the 1st of the month its time again for another new challenge over at The ABC Challenge and I have my DT card to share with you all.  This challenge we are on the letter Y so that's Y for Yellow so we would like to see yellow as the focal/main colour of your creation.  We are being sponsored this time by the fab Tildas Town so come join us and have a chance at winning the great prize.  My teamies as usual have been busy making beautiful creations for you to feast your eyes upon so go and take a peek at all the gorgeous inspiration.

Okay time to show you what I made.  If I'm honest I was a little stumped at first as yellow is not a colour I use very often.  I eventually decided to ink up Tilda's Heart Flowers which I haven't used for ages and I coloured them with my Distress Markers for a change.  I'm struggling to master these little blighters but for once I'm happy with the outcome but I shall keep on practicing with them they won't get the better of me!  I'm wondering whether I need to change my watercolour paper so I may be doing some investigating on that front but if you have any tips they'd be most welcome.  Anyway, piccie time:-

Image:  Magnolia 'Tildas Heart Flowers'

Sentiment:  Whimsy 'Postage Stamp' sentiments

Medium:  Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Papers:  Prima 'Sun Kiss'

Dies:  Spellbinders 'Fleur de Lis rectangles'

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts, The Ribbon Girl

 

I didn't have the right coloured ribbon so I coloured some white with my copics and the daisy also started life as white and I coloured that in with my Distress Markers.

 

A little close up next.  I love these little flowers they're so pretty.  I got out the old stickles and added some of that to their centres and also some liquid pearls dotted around the image.  I came across a little tip a while ago for the liquid pearls.  I was finding that once I'd squeezed a blob out I was being left with a point rather than it being pearl looking.  Well I read that once you've dotted on the liquid pearls if you just flick your paper from underneath with your finger it flattens them out to look more like pearls and it really works too.  Unfortunately, I can't remember where I read this but its a pretty good tip so thank you. 

Distress Markers list

 

Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Aged Mahogany,

Shabby Shutters, Forest Moss

 

Okay I'm off now.  I'm meeting my mum and we're going to take a trip to The Range apparently they have all their Christmas decs out and I'm sure there's something I need!

 

Take care and happy crafting.

 

Ann-Marie

xxx

 

 

Whimsy Stamps October Release Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps October Release Blog Hop!

 

Today, Whimsy has released some fabulous rubber stamps and dies, papers and Shape EZs and these gorgeous new goodies are all available to buy now from the Whimsy Stamps store.

For those of you who are new to Whimsy Stamps, we hold a 3-day new release event each month: a Sneak Peek Blog Hop on the day before the release (yesterday), a Release Day Blog Hop on release day (today), and finally a Review Day Blog Hop (tomorrow) the day after the release.

Each 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 creation I used the new 'Little Jack n Bobbin Christmas' by Elisabeth Bell with the sentiments Holiday Sliders 3 by Raindrop Echo Designs and I made a matchbox Advent calendar with an easel card on top.  Here are my piccies:-

Image:  'Little Jack n Bobbin Christmas' by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps

Sentiments:  Holiday Sliders 3

Medium:  copics

Papers:  First Edition 'Christmas Village'

Dies:  Slider 3 die, , Spellbinders 'Labels 22', Spellbinders 'Poinsettia', Cheery Lynn Matchbox Small die

 

 

I love these advents and I normally always make at least one each year to give to somebody and the great thing is it can come out year after year - you just need to decide what goodies to put in the little drawers!

 

A close up of the image isn't he adorable in his little onesie!

List of copics

 

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E21, E11, R20, R81

Clothes:  R32, R35, R37, R59 + black prismacolor pencil/G02, G05, G07, G28

Hair/Dog/Train:  E31, E33, E35, E37, E29

 

Don't forget to be entered into today's blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow.  All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on Friday. 

 

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

 

Patricia Garcia

Ann-Marie (ME)

Iris Wiechmann

Shelby Thomas

Heidy Blom

Deb Routledge

Shannah Bartle

Debbie Eastman

 

Okay folks that's all from me today; have fun looking at my teamies gorgeous creations and remember to stop by the Whimsy blog again tomorrow for the final October Release Review Day blog hop!

 

Take care,

Ann-Marie

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Shabby Chic/Vintage over at Whimsy Stamps Challenge

Hello everyone from a rather soggy Bournemouth but there is an upside to that yep it means its a perfect day to stay in and just craft if you can. 

Well today its time for the Whimsy rubber team to share with you their makes for the challenge over at the Whimsy Inspirations blog which as my title suggests is Shabby Chic/Vintage.  So come on over and share with us your Vintage/Shabby loveliness there's still plenty of time to enter and we'd love to have you and as usual we have three prizes up for grabs. 

Anyway, let me show you what I made.  I'm kinda getting into full Christmas mode so I've made another Christmas card to add to my pile, my rather small pile that is, so going to have to get my backside into gear I think!!

Image:  'Snowflake Bauble' by Time for Tea for Whimsy Stamps

Medium:  copics

Papers:  First Edition 'Christmas Village' using up papers from last year

Dies:  Spellbinders 'Floral Ovals'

 

The usual close up.  I loved colouring her up and as usual I used my copics which I've listed below.

Copics List

 

Face/Body:  E000, E21, E11, R20, R81

Clothes/Shoes:  G02, G05, G28/R22, R27, R29, R59

Hair:  E31, E33, E35, E37, E29

 

I'm off now folks I've got a hankering for some homemade chicken soup just like my nan used to make so I've got me some chopping to do.

 

Take care and happy crafting.

 

Ann-Marie

xxx

 

 

X for Xtra Special over at The ABC Challenge

Hello everyone I hope you all well and are having a good start to your week.  I'm in full birthday party mode this week, we've just had our son's birthday celebration at the weekend and now I have my party head on arranging my daughter's party for a couple of weeks time.

Anyway, its the 15th of the month and that means its time for another new challenge over at The ABC Challenge and I have my DT card to share with you all.  This challenge we are on the letter X so that's X for Xtra Special so that's a card or creation for an xtra special occasion like wedding/new baby/birthday.  We have two fabby sponsors this time Bunny Zoes and The Paper Shelter so come over and join us we'd love to have you.  My teamies as usual have been busy making beautiful creations for you to feast your eyes upon so go and take a peek at all the gorgeous inspiration.

Okay let me show you my creation.  I decided to make a card for a new baby and got to use the adorable 'Enchanted Dream' from The Paper Shelter.  I used the printed version this time rather than the digi stamp and am really impressed with the quality it printed out lovely and if you're in a hurry its a great idea for a quick card.  Anyway, enough waffle here's my card:-

Image:  The Paper Shelter 'Enchanted Dream'

Papers:  DCWV 'Nana's Nursery baby girl'

Flowers:  WOC and The Ribbon Girl

 

A close up of the printed version and I've just distressed the edges and added some Stickles.

 

Okay time for me to go now.  Have a great day folks and I'll see you tomorrow as I have my Whimsy challenge card to share with you all.

 

Take care

Ann-Marie

xxx