Whimsie Doodles Birthday and New Release Party!

It's time for Whimsie Doodles 1st BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP!!

And we're celebrating by giving YOU the presents!

In addition to the blog hop, we're having a card contest and we know you won't be able to resist once you see the awesome prize our fearless leader has decided to put up for grabs! Check out the deets below on our big birthday par-tay activities...

First, hop hop hop:

Visit all of our Doodlelicious Diva blogs to see some of their awesome creations using the new releases!  Leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win a

 $5.00 coupon from each Diva!

Alicia

Denise

Donna

Joni

Kelli

Kelly (that's me!)

Melyssa

Nicole

Nikki

Paula

Sheri

Thanh

Next, create a card using a  WD image (freebies are welcome)!!

You will have until the 12th of May to complete and submit your card.

Here is the card that I created...

My card uses the new WD release Sock It Party Monkey that is available today on the Whimsie Doodles Website! The DP is from Basic Grey's Sugar Rush collection.  I used Copic markers to color the sock monkey. The flowers are Prima and Petaloo. I added the cute red pom pom trim from Joann's and placed it over the white border punch lace trim from Martha Stewart.  


I used SC72 from SCS's  Master Card Sketch list for my card today. ..

In addition to creating a card and leaving comments on each Doodlelicious Diva blog, 

you must also do the following things for a chance to win the 

BiG gIaNt SuPeR pRiZe!!

•Blog about or mention in a SCS or PCP gallery entry about entering the contest

•Become a follower of the Whimsie Doodles blog

•Leave a comment and  link here on the Whimsie Doodles blog to your card

The winner of our card challenge/blog hop will receive 

ALL the new releases from today
plus 12 Copic markers (your choice)

OR 

$25.00 gift certificate for the Whimsie Doodles store 
plus 12 Copics (your choice)!!!!

Is that a prize or what???  I told you we knew how to party!

Want a chance to win a discount on your next WD purchase?

Leave a comment on my blog post today and have a chance at winning a

 $5 off coupon

I will draw a winner tomorrow!!

Good Luck!!

Now go forth and hop and then create something Doodleliciously fabulous!

Next stop on your hop is the ever-talented, stamp designer extraordinaire and owner of Whimsie Doodles,

Melyssa

CLICK on her name to be taken to her blog!

Have a great day and may your bucket overflow with many things to celebrate that are as wonderful as new rubber stamps!!

Let's Hear it for the Boys!!

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday to you!!

I hope you all had a chance to check out (and even purchase) some of the new Whimsie Doodle stamps that were released yesterday!!  And today I have another sample to share with you that uses one of them.

The card I made today is for this week's Whimsie Wednesday Challenge #26 called Let's Hear it for the Boys.  Nicole is our hostess this week and since two of her boys have birthdays this week she thought that it would be wise to challenge us to make a card for a guy!!

Thankfully Melyssa released the perfect image yesterday to work with so this is what I came up with!

This was a really fun card to make!!  Swing Koale takes center stage on his rope swing which is attached to the tree from the Sunny Day set at Whimsie Doodles that was released last year.  I enlarged it quite a bit and originally was going to cut it off at the cord borders even with the card on top, but decided to leave it extending over the edge instead.  The finished card is 5 x 6.5 when closed!

I started with the SCS Sketch SC17 for the bones of the card and then I went a little crazy with adding things that you probably don't see on the sketch!  But heck... we do get some creative license while designing right??

See the resemblance??  The number 2 panel is the grass that I made by piecing some MME paper, trimming the edge to make it appear to have blades of grass and then shading it and adding grass sprigs with various green colored Copics.

Koale was colored in using my Copics. I chose orange for his shirt because I thought it was a complementary color for the greens and blues that were in the MME papers.  The tree top is from the Quite Contrary collection.  The sentiment is from one of the Changito sets by Stampendous.  The inside says "Hi!"

My friend Vianna shared a link to Sherrie Siemen's blog who is a Regional Copics Certified Instructor.  She has a video HERE that you can watch to learn how to shade around images to give better depth to your designs.  I knew about shading before but not to this extent.  So I gave it a try and will definitely be practicing this more.  When you look at it from a slight distance you can appreciate the effect better!  But this is a great technique to have in my Copic's repertoire of tricks!!  Thanks Vianna!!  

That's all I have for you today!!  Be sure to visit Whimsie Doodles 

and get your New Releases if you haven't already!!  

Then come back tomorrow for another Hip Hop with Unity and Ippity DT members!

Have a wonderful day and may your bucket overflow with the happiness you get when a friend swings by to say hi to you!!  :-)

New Whimsie Doodles For You!!

Wohoo!! It is that time of the month again!

(OK, well maybe that doesn't sound right!)  It is however time for another 

New Release of  Whimsie Doodle Stamps!

Yesterday you got to see some sneak peeks of what was to come so are you ready to see the whole thing today?  All right well get ready to be excited because Melyssa has done it again!

My first card uses the new digistamp called Standing Baby Bear...

The DP is from the new DCWV paper pack called the Crafty Stack.  The musical score background stamp is from the {ippity} stamp set called Music of My Heart. 

I used the Baby Bear from the set called Baby Bear Standing, but you can also get the sitting version!.

Standing and Sitting Baby Bears

And some adorable sentiments like the one I used are also being released!

Baby Sentiments Digital Stamp Set

The next card I have to share with you is one I call Berry Sweet that comes from the new set called So Sweet!

I am not sure who makes the DP I used, but to create the layered border, I used my new Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop border on three coordinating colors and them layered them while staggering the scallops. 

I colored the cherries using my Copic Markers and the button I used is from the black package I bought while at CHA from Clear and Simple Stamps.  I paper pieced the towel that hangs from the jar.  The adorable label is interchangeable with the other sentiments you see below. 

And guess what??  This set is available in RED RUBBER!!

How Sweet Rubber Stamp Set

And finally how about a set just in time for St. Patty's Day?  In fact that is the name of this set!  

The DP is from the MME Home paper pack.  I colored in the pot of gold and rainbow with Copic markers.  I printed the image twice once to print the image with the cloud empty and then the second time so that the sentiment would fit inside the cloud.  I used the color combo from this week's color challenge CC260 at SCS which was to use Basic Gray, Crushes Curry and Always Artichoke and conveniently were the exact colors from the MME collection that I used.

St. Patty's Day Digistamp set

Like what you see?  Well then head right on over to the  

Whimsie Doodles Store 

to get yourself some!

Be sure to come back by 8am EST to see my Friends with Flair post for Unity!

A Blog Hop Word Search!

Welcome to Whimsie Doodle's Valentine Inspired Blog Hop!

The DT is featuring some of the new Whimsie Doodles images being released today!!

Today we are sending you around to all the DT members blogs to be inspired by the new images .  But while you are visiting the blogs be sure to collect the scrambled letters needed to spell out a discount code to use on the website!  Good Luck finding all your letters!


My blog is the first stop on the list!  My project features the letter B, which is for Bow & Arrow.  you can see the Bow and Arrow in my project below... 

The adorable Penguin Cupid (Penguin 5), Stitched Heart and sentiment 

come from the new set called Lil Cupid!

I printed and heat set my images on GP cardstock and colored them in with my Copic Markers.  I chose my colors based on the DP from the BG Nook & Pantry line.  The heart stamp was enlarged  to match the sketch I used.  The black accent cardstock is from Bazzill.  The sketch for this  card is the very first Sketch Challenge from SCS... SC01.  Remember I told you yesterday that I had some personal crafting goals for this year? Well one of them is to eventually use all the sketches on the SCS Sketch Challenge forum!  So I figured why not start at number One!!  I will share more about this goal in a future post!!

Lil Cupid and two other new sets are available in the

Whimsie Doodles store, starting today!

Be sure to visit all of our Doodlelicious Design Team blogs today and comment on their projects and on the Whimsie Doodles blog for your chance to win some fantastic prizes! 

Kelly (You are Here!)

Linda

Dawn

Paula

Thanh

Joni

Sheri

Alicia

Denise

Donna

Nicole

Kelli

Nikki

So the first letter on your hop is the letter B! 

Have fun finding one letter from each DT member's blog.

Unscramble them and spell out your discount code for today's sale!

Edited to Add: Leave a comment here and on every blog on the hop for a chance to win a prize!!  :-)

Have a great time on the hop and may your bucket overflow with the kind of love that only Cupid can be responsible for!! 

DD Gallery Opening and Whimsie Doodles Release Day!!

It is the 15th of the month and besides it being payday (yeah!!) it is also the day that the

 

Splitcoaststamper's Dirty Dozen/Fan Club Gallery opens  

AND it is also a

New release day for Whimsie Doodles!!

I have been working like a fool because I am such a procrastinator who probably has a little touch of ADD as well!  I have just been swamped lately with deadlines and Christmas.  I am really happy that the Galllery projects got completed and uploaded even if it was just in the nick of time!  I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my chest.  Next month I am not going to wait too long to start my projects.  That is going to be one of my resolutions for 2010!  LOL!

To view the Fan Club Gallery at Splitcoaststampers, you can Click HERE.  But you have to be a Fan Club member to do so.  So if you aren't a Fan Club member, then click HERE to find out how you can become one!  The fee is minimal and gives you awesome advantages over the free membership!

The DD Gallery's theme this month is "Home for the Holidays" and it is filled with fabulous submissions from the current Dirty Dozen!!  You can also find out who the new Dirty Girls are if you head over there!!

Here is a snippet from one of my submissions!!

Now for Whimsie Doodles!!  It is another release day!! Woohoo!!  

I just love my WD stamps and look forward to playing with them as often as I can!  Today there are two new stamps available for puchase.  I am going to share only one of them with you now, and if all goes well, I will be back later to share another one with you this afternoon!

Here is the card that I created for one of the Whimsie Doodles releases today.  The digistamp is called Lush and from the looks of things, it is a very appropriate name!!

What do you think of that color combo?  It is olive green, navy and red!! After adding the red into the olives with Stickles, I decided to go with more red making it my accent color.  I think I like it, but I don't think I will have a lot of opportunity to use this combination again!  Just so you know, this is also the sample card that I made for the sketch challenge that will start tomorrow on the WD group at Paper Craft Planet.  So now you can get a little head start if you want to!  Wink!

Here is a closeup of the image. I colored the cute little lamb in with Copics, and kind of made her dirty like you sometimes see the wool being after the animals are roaming around on the farm.  The set that starts selling today comes with Lush in the martini glass and the sentiment too!

To purchase this Lush stamp, please visit the Whimsie Doodles stamp store and click on the Winter images tab.  Or click HERE to be taken directly there.

On this view I am trying to show you how I applied Diamond glaze to the martini glass to make it seem more realistic. It adds some depth and shine to the card as well!  The card stock used is Bazzill which I ran through the script embossing folder on my CB, and the DP is from K& Co.  The sentiment was printed out on white CS and both it and the mat were cut using oval nesties!

I hope you head on over to both the Fan Club Gallery at SCS and to the Whimsie Doodles store to grab this new image!! Have a great day and I hope to be back later with another creation from the other newly released WD digi!

Have a great Tuesday and may your bucket overflow with opportunities to enjoy the spirits  this holiday season!

New Releases for Whimsie Doodles!

This is my second post of the day so to see my post about the new SheetLoad of Cards eZine issue and a big announcement there, please scroll down!

So today is the first of December which means that Whimsie Doodles has some new digistamps being released today!  The image you see pictured above is called Snow Angel.      Isn't it adorable??

With the colors I chose to use,  I  was going for a rustic looking snow angel. I used DP that was in my stash and is from DCWV (I believe!)  The Red striped DP is from The Greeting Farm.

The glitter paper is amazing and doesn't come off on your hands! It is from K & Co.  The snowflake punches are from Martha Stewart.  I colored in my image using Copics.  The ribbon is from Michael's.

Melyssa is releasing several stamp sets today and all are perfect for use in making your holiday cards and projects.  Each set is only $2.50 and comes with a sentiment too.  And don't forget that with digis, you can get your downloads almost immediately and not have to wait for them to be snail mailed to you.  You can begin creating with  your new digis today!

Here are today's releases...

Snow Angel

Christmas Undies

(Can you get over how ridiculously cute this set is? And oh how true it is! LOL!)

Tree Trimmers

To see more of these stamp sets used on projects, please visit the WD blog today and link to the DT from my side bar.

So head on over the Whimsie Doodles store now and get these adorable new images! What are you waiting for??/  :-)  I will have some more projects to share with you using the other two sets very soon!  Until then, happy shopping and may your bucket overflow with an abundance of cute digistamps to use for your Christmas projects this year!

New Whimsie Doodles are Here!!

First I have a little housekeeping and then I will get right on with showing you my samples for today's Whimsie Doodles release!!

First, today is my Anniversary and I wanted to take a moment to publicly tell all of you how grateful I am to have a husband who allows me the time it takes in my craft room to pursue my passion and reach my  goals in the stamping community!  These projects don't make themselves and neither do the blog posts, so you can imagine the amount of time that I spend doing these things.  I promised him the day to day and so we are going to go head out with no for sure direction in mind, but hope to end up at a local Ribfest where Zack Brown will be performing.  (Turn your speakers up if you don't know who Zack Brown is! He is the guy singing the first song on my Playlist called "Toes")  It will be a wonderful day!!

Secondly, thanks to all of you for your kind and humorous comments about yesterday's layout.  I felt really rusty getting into doing a layout again, but you all were very encouraging and inspired me to try it more often!  So that is what I am going to try and do!!

I was thrilled to death when I received a Facebook message from Marah Johnson (the lady who designed the Creative Imaginations paper called King of Rock that I used in my layout yesterday) asking me if I would let her put my layout on her blog!  Are you kidding me???  It took me all of one second to decide yes!!!Of course you can!!  I think she is posting it today, but go to her blog anyway because she has some amazingly inspirational creations on there that could leave you surfing for a while!!  And check out her collections of CI papers, I think you will be surprised to see that you have a lot of them in your stash .  I know that I do!!  Thank you Marah for contacting me!!

And Thirdly, today is the 15th of the month which means that a new Dirty Dozen Fan Club Gallery is officially open!!  The theme this month was "In Touch with Texture" and all of the projects contain really cool textures on them!! You won't want to miss it!!  And I can tell you that you will see {Ippity}, Unity and a Whimsie Doodles project in there!  I hope you will take a look!  You will have to be a Fan Club member to view it, but hopefully you will join if you haven't already!!

Now, onto the goods!!

Whimsie Doodles is releasing four new stamp sets today that are perfect for the upcoming holidays!! Have you started your Christmas cards yet???  Now you have a great excuse to do so!!

The first one is called Pull Toy Pony...

Here is my sample using this image...

Remember that the beauty of digistamps is that they can be resized and turned in any direction.  I chose to horizontally flip my image for today's card.  I colored the image with Copic markers in light girly colors and placed it on top of some cute glittery paper from MME called Winter Wonderland.  The snowflake punches and border punch and the ribbon are all MS.  The pink trim is from Joann's and I used the Nestabilitie Label 1 to cut out the shape.

The sentiment I used is from the Holiday Sentiments collection at WD.

Another set being released today is called Penguin Muffin Top...

Again I used the MME DP and some ribbon from MM and MS   This image was cut out using Nestabilitie Label 6.  The penguin was colored with Copics and a glitter glue was added to the frosting on the muffin!

At this angle you can see the glitter sparkle really well!

The sentiment I used is from the WD collection called Sweet Sentiments

The last two sets I didn't get a chance to make a sample for, but here they are anyway...

Tweet Holiday

Christmas Rocking Horse

Sorry for the long post, but sometimes there is just a lot to be said!!  I hope that you have a wonderful Sunday and by the time you read this I plan on being relaxed with my husband celebrating our first anniversary!!  

Have a wonderful day and may your bucket overflow with fun ways to celebrate your day today!!

New Releases for Whimsie Doodles!

It's November 1st and that means that it is Release Day over at Whimsie Doodles!!

Can I hear a Hooray??? Now that Halloween is behind us, Melyssa has turned her sights to the upcoming holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas and she has some awesome images for us!!

The first set she has for us is the one that I didn't get a chance to show you a sneak peek of. This one is called Muffin For Christmas! See this cute little Christmas tree that is actually a muffin inside a cupcake liner? ADORABLE!!!

Here is the whole card that I made. I used BG Eskimo Kisses paper and colored my image in with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I added some red stickles to the tree for a sprinkle effect. The big pink satin ribbon is from Joann's. The sketch for this card uses Mojo Monday's sketch for week #110.

Included in Muffin For Christmas is the muffin and sentiment you see here and also a snowman muffin and various cupcake bases. Click HERE to see this set.

Considering Melyssa has already celebrated her Thanksgiving holiday in Canada, it was really sweet of her to make this image at the request of one of our DT members. Isn't it so cute!! And doesn't it accurately depict how we feel after eating all that food on Thanksgiving??

This is one stuffed bird! LOL! This set is called Get Stuffed!!

This card was made using papers from Recollection's Fall Paper pad. I went with the colors on the DP and colored the turkey using Copic markers. I accented the circles on the DP by adding the brads. Using Nestabilities label 3 I framed the turkey. I love that ric-rac and thought it added a perfect touch of country!!

This set comes with the turkey and sentiment you see pictured here! You can see the full set HERE. This set is located in the "This and That" section of the store!

And now one more new release for Christmas. Isn't this pair just the sweetest? You are looking at Olive the reindeer and Toasty the Penguin. Toasty is hanging on for "deer" life there isn't he??

I struggled choosing my DP for this one and finally ended up using an old BG paper from the Scarlett's letter collection. I liked that it had black in it to match the penguin, and also had some colors that worked for Christmas too. I thought it turned out to be a nice color combo and one you wouldn't ordinarily expect to see at Christmas time! Grey, black and brown are not the typical Christmas colors! Can you see where I added diamond glaze to the light bulbs?

This set is called Olive and Toasty and comes with only the image you see here. I paired it with a sentiment from the Sweet Sentiments collection that was released on October 15th! Click HERE to see Olive and Toasty.

Whew!! That was a lot!! But if you want to see more, there are still all the DT members blogs and the Whimsie Doodles Blog too that will be featuring some more of these images today so I encourage you to visit them. Just click on the names of the DT members from my side bar to visit all the WD blogs today!

To shop at Whimsie Doodles... CLICK HERE!!

Happy Shopping and have a great Sunday!! Can you believe it's November already??? Did you remember to set your clock back??

There are more new releases happening today too! Scroll down to get the link for your copy of this month's SheetLoad of Cards eZine and also head over the the Unity Blog to see the newly released KOM there!!

Have a great day and may your bucket overflow with quality time spent with friends and family!