Toot Toot

It’s my turn to share over on the Digi Bells Blog today, but I almost didn’t make it. Emily is teething, has a cold and has started pulling herself to standing against the furniture….shame she hasn’t learnt how to get back down!!

Here is a cute little boys Birthday card I have made a card with the adorable Toot Toot…

The DP I have used is actually from a Christmas pad but I thought it matched perfectly with the image…

Very CAS compared to some of my recent makes.

Supplies:

• Image: Toot Toot  by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: First Edition ‘Stocking Fillers’ 6x6 pad
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and Black card from Lidl
• Stamps: Personal Impressions ‘Double Sayings’ Clear Stamps
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’
• Dies & Punches: MS Zig Zag Border Punch
• Embellishments: Twine from The Ribbon Girls and button from stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Digi Bells New Release Blog Hop

Hurrah! It’s time for a new release at Elisabeth Bell and we have an adorable new Digi this month. Without further ado please welcome…

** Apple Berry **

…to our little family at Elisabeth Bell.

You should have arrived here from Sebrina’s Blog but if you didn’t and you would like to take part in the hop please head over to the Digi Bells Blog to get started.

You have plenty of time to join in the fun as the hop runs for a whole week, ending on Friday, October 4th, 2013 at 9:00am Arizona time (which should be 5pm UK time!).

I have coloured Apple Berry with my ProMarkers and those little apples were just crying out from some Stickles and Glossy Accents.

Supplies:

• Image: Apple Berry by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Melissa Frances ‘Kitschy Kitchen’ 6x6 paper pad
• Stamps: Personal Impression ‘Double Saying’ Stamp Set
• Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ Inkpad
• Card: Kraft Card base from Anna Marie Designs, Beige Card and Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm 
• Dies & Punches: X-Cut Leaf Punch, Tonic Doily Edge Punch, Whimsy Stamps Notables 1 & 2 Die and Nesties Plain & Scalloped Circles
• Embellishments: Lace, Paper Flowers, Viva Decor Peal Pen and Liquid Pearls

Your next stop should be the lovely Alethea’s blog.

For a chance to win don’t forget to leave a comment on each blog and at the very end hop back to the Digi Bells blog and let us know you’ve hopped along and what you thought of the of hop.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Make it Monday - #159
• Anything Goes Challenge – Out with the Girls
• Simon Says Wednesday – Anything Goes
• Chocolate Coffee and Cards – Flowers
• Fussy and Fancy  - Punches and Dies
• Heck of a Challenge – In the Kitchen
• Designed to Colour – Anything Goes
• The Corrosive Challenge – Maiden, Mother or Crone

Thanks for hopping

Lisa

For A Boy at PCJ

Evening All. Had a busy day today as I started a new baby group with baby Emily and lot’s of boring chores to get done. So while tea is cooking I thought I would pop on and blog my card for the new challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey. Our theme this fortnight is…

For a Boy

Masculine cards can be a little tricky, but I’ve used the fantastic Frankie Knuckles from Kenny K to make a Birthday Card for my Niece’s Boyfriend. And I’m pleased with it (despite it’s lack of all thinks pretty, pink and sparkly!)…

I’ve coloured the image with my ProMarkers and as it’s a masculine card I’ve laid off the embellishments and just used a few stars to decorate…

The small wooden letters have been coloured to match with a ProMarker and I used a square punch to add the notches on the corner of the image.

Supplies:

• Image: Frankie Knuckles from Kenny K 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: MME ‘On the Bright Side –One’ 6x6 paper pad
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and black, red and grey card from stash
• Dies & Punches: All Occasion Word Dies ‘Happy’ and ‘Birthday’, Sizzix Star Framelits and an X-Cut 1” Square Punch
• Embellishments: Stickles ‘Gunmetal’ and ‘Black’, Studio Calico Wood Letters and gems

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Clear it Out – Let’s hear it for the boys
• Make it Monday - #159
• Passion for ProMarkers – One for the boys
• Top Tip Tuesday – Get in Shape (anything but a rectangle)
• Tuesday Throwdown – Clean and Simple
• Simon Says Wednesday – Anything Goes
• Fussy and Fancy  - Punches and Dies
• The Cupboard Trilogy – Male
• Designed to Colour – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Shape It Up at EB World Challenge

It’s time for a new challenge at Elisabeth Bell’s World Challenge and the theme this month is…

Shape It Up

So we want see cards other than squares or rectangles. I’ve made an Octagon Card by first making a square card from a sheet of blue 12x12 card and then chopping all four corners off.

My image is the adorable Curly Locks Kiki from Elisabeth Bell and has been coloured with my ProMarkers…

I tried cutting the roses from tissue paper, they look quite effective now they’re done but they sure were fiddly to roll up.

Supplies:

• Image: Curly Locks Kiki by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Kanban
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and American Crafts Textured Card
• Stamps: Personal Impressions Think Big Stamp set
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’  Inkpad and Distress Ink ‘Weathered Wood’
• Dies & Punches: X-Cut Leaf Punch, MFT Die-namics Royal Rose Die and Go-Kreate Frilly Frames die
• Embellishments: Seed Beads, Paper Border, Ribbon, Flat Back Pearl and Tissue Paper (Recycled from The Ribbon Girls lovely packaging!)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Make it Monday - #159
• Anything Goes Challenge – Out with the Girls
• Inky Chicks – Pretty in Pink
• Ladybugs TLT Challenge – No Squares Allowed
• Top Tip Tuesday – Get in Shape (anything but a rectangle)
• Creative Belli Challenge – Ribbons and Pearls
• I Love ProMarkers – Make your own flowers
• Simon Says Wednesday – Anything Goes
• Fussy and Fancy  - Punches and Dies
• Designed to Colour – Anything Goes
• The Corrosive Challenge – Maiden, Mother or Crone

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Autumn Delight

Today is my day to share over on the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge. This little cutie is Autumn Delight and is one of the newest digis from StampArt by Kathryne available at Whimsy Stamps…

My flowers are handmade using Kraft card and a hessian type material. One is simply a strip of card snipped, rolled and flattened and the other is a strip of material folded, snipped, rolled and squished (works well with felt as well). I think you can get fancy dies to pre-cut the shapes for you but I think this method works well for me.

This post is a bit picture heavy but this isn’t a standard square card and I wanted to show it…

Supplies:

• Image: Autumn Delight from Whimsy Stamps 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Fancy Pants ‘Summers End’ 6x6 paper pad
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm, Copper Mirri Card and brown card
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Doily Edge Border punch, X-Cut corner rounder and Woodware Tag punch
• Embellishments: Handmade Flowers, gems, flat backed pearl, ribbon bow, skeleton leaves, Stickles, sentiment peel off and Viva Decor Pearl Pen

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Cute Card Thursday – Hip to be Square
• Milk Coffee Challenge – Fabulous Fall Colours
• A Creative Romance – Dies or Punches
• Chocolate Coffee and Cards – Anything Goes
• My time to Craft – Autumnal Colours
• Sweet Stampin’ – Fancy Folds 
• Totally Gorjuss – Stripes
• Come and Get It – Image on the Side
• Designed to Colour – Anything Goes
• Craft your Passion – Autumn/Fall Colours
• Created with Love – Anything Goes
• Creative Creations Challenge – Photo (Down at the bottom of the garden)
• Lexis Creations – Autumn Colours
• Top Tip Tuesday – Get in Shape (My Tip is: When using a white Pearl pen/Liquid Pearls put a dot of a watercolour marker underneath and then as the pearl dries it takes on a lovely marbled colour.
• Make It Monday - #158
• Anything Goes Challenge – In the Garden
• Oldie but a Goodie – Dies/Punches (Old stash is patterned paper and Mirri Card
• Divas by Design – Anything Goes
• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Leaves
• I Love ProMarkers – Anything Goes
• Joanna Sheen Challenge - Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Sweet Tooth

Evening All. hope you have all had a good weekend. I ahve been catching up on some house work today. Boring I know for a Sunday but it has been hard to do with a teething 7 month old and trying to decorate a bathroom.

It’s my turn to share over on the Digi Bells Blog today and I have made a card with the adorable Sweet Tooth…

As soon as I got this image I knew I wanted to go with a pretty theme so I’ve used pink, green and Kraft as my colour scheme…

And I had to add some Glossy Accents!

Supplies:

• Image: Sweet Tooth by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: First Edition ‘Birdsong’ 6x6 pad
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and Woodware Kraft card
• Stamps: Whimsy Mini Ticket Sentiments
• Dies & Punches: MS Half Daisy Border Punch, X-Cut Small Flower Punch, MFT Die-Namics Flourish Die and Whimsy Notables 1 and Mini Ticket Dies
• Embellishments: Lace from The Ribbon Girls, Viva Decor Pearl Pen and Glossy Accents

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Oldie but a Goodie – Spots & Stripes (my patterned papers are over 6 months old)
• Papertake weekly – Card for a child
• Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes
• Crafts & Me – Lovely Lace
• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Sweet Treats
• I Love ProMarkers – 3 Different Shapes (Square, Ticket and mini label)
• Cute Card Thursday – Hip to be square
• A Creative Romance  – Dies/Punches
• Card Makin Mamas – For a child
• Chocolate Coffee and Cards – Anything Goes
• Totally Gorjuss – Anything Goes
• Designed to Colour – Anything Goes
• The Corrosive Challenge – Maiden, Mother, Crone
• The Ribbon Girls – Peach colour challenge

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Chloe and Andy

 

Happy Saturday! I hope the weather is a bit brighter in your part of the world, it’s very dull and grey here this morning. I’ve got some cooking simmering in the kitchen (Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce), so the kids and I are taking a break and catching up on some of last weeks X-Factor :-)

It’s time for a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and it’s my turn to set the theme and I’ve chosen…

Use 2 Images

With a bit of jiggery pokery on the computer I’ve flipped Andy with Snowman and placed in behind Chloe with Snowman to make this cute little scene…

I wanted to focus on the fabulous images so I have kept the rest of the card clean and simple with just a couple of snowflakes and a bow in the corner. I’ve also used some of the fabulous new American Crafts textured card I picked up in TK Maxx yesterday (a real bargain as it was half price)…

Supplies:

• Image: Andy with Snowman and Chloe with Snowman from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and American Crafts Textured Card
• Embellishments: Hobbycraft large white snowflake sprayed with Cosmic Shimmer Mist ‘Aqua Lagoon’, Hobbycraft Wooden snowflake and ribbon

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Anything Goes Challenge – In the Garden
• Papertake weekly – Card for a child
• Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday – Hip to be square
• Chocolate Coffee and Cards – Anything Goes
• Totally Gorjuss – Anything Goes
• Winter Wonderland – Frosty the Snowman
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge – Cut it out (I used a ruler and craft knife…hop that’s ok)
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra – anything Christmas goes
• Christmas Stampin All Year Long – Cute and/or Cuddly
• The Glory of Christmas – Anything Goes
• Bunny Zoes Monthly Challenge – Something Blue
• My Mums Craft Shop – Boys Only

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

PCJ

Morning All. As you read this we should be on our way to Thorpe Park for a day of Theme Park fun. My lovely Mum collected me lots of tokens in the Sun Newspaper and we got ourselves two free adult tickets, so we just have to pay for Elliot for value for money day out :-)

I am here share a couple of things today. First up it’s time for a new challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey and our theme this week is…

Flowers

I’ve used the super cute Chloe with Daisy from Pink Gem Designs to make my card so I thought I would share it on the Gems of Inspiration Blog as well…

 

Chloe has been coloured with ProMarkers…

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe with Daisy from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Cosmo Cricket ‘Material Girl’ Mini Deck
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and red card from stash
• Stamps: Personal Impressions ‘Think Big’ Sentiment Stamps by Paula Pascual
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: MS Four Petal Eyelet Border Punch 
• Embellishments: Doodling, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Mini Staples, ribbon, butterfly charm and paper flowers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Flutterby Wednesdays – Autumn colours
• Joanna Sheen Challenge – Ribbon
• Creative Card Crew – Things with Wings
• Anything Goes Challenge – In the Garden
• Papertake weekly – Card for a child
• Creative Belli Challenge – Red, Yellow & Orange (old embellishment is my charm)
• Cute Card Thursday – Hip to be square

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Alberto Gava Debut Release Blog Hop

We are thrilled to welcome a brand new digital artist to the Whimsy Stamps team of artists...

This month we are releasing FOUR digital stamps illustrated by Alberto Gava for Whimsy Stamps 

To celebrate Alberto’s debut release we are holding a fabulous BLOG HOP to showcase creations made with these fantastic new digital stamps.

The hop starts today (Wednesday September 11th at 8am EST) and ends on Sunday September 15th at 12pm EST).

For this hop we have TWO GRAND PRIZE DRAWS and two lucky hoppers will each WIN the entire new release of ALL FOUR DIGITAL STAMPS. That's not all ... we've also hidden NINE single digital stamp prizes throughout the hop and I’m one of the prize stops!

To be added to the draw to win one of the new Alberto Gava digital stamps (winner’s choice!), please leave a comment on this post! We will draw the winners shortly after the hop ends, and a full list of winners will be posted on the Whimsy blog on Monday 16th September.

Here is my card using Queen of Hearts…

When I first saw this digi it made me think of Wedding Photographs where the whole picture is either Black & White or Sepia with just little details coloured in. In fact I think Hubby and I have one in our Wedding Album of us drinking Champers and the only coloured things in the photo were little strawberries balanced very delicately on the side of the Champagne glasses! So that’s the theme I went with for this card…

My image has been coloured with ProMarkers.

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

1.	Whimsy Stamps
2.	Shaky A Digis
3.	Iris Wiechmann
4.	Elise
5.	Ann-Marie Sinfield
6.	Vili
7.	Jodi Amidei
8.	Lollyrot
9.	Deb Routledge
10.	Jenny
11.	Franz
12.	Janette Garcia
13.	Eulalia
14.	Shannah Bartle
15.	Giò
16.	Michelle Oatman
17.	Alyce
18.	Kelly Mannix
19.	Elizabeth
20.	Lisa West
21.	Alberto Gava

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Divas by Design – Weddings/Anniversaries
• Country View Crafts Challenge – Lot’s of Layers
• Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes
• I Love ProMarkers – 3 Different Shapes (Heart, Rectangle and Fancy Square)
• Stampin with the Dragon – Weddings

Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!

Lisa

Chloe in Knitted Hat

Morning All. I hope everyone had a good weekend. We spent it looking at used cars, as now we have two children I need something bigger than my little old Clio. It’s been hard work as I didn’t really have a clue what I fancied, but after test driving a few I think I have narrowed it down. I just need to find one for the right price now (and more importantly the right colour lol!).

Enough of my waffle…today I’m sharing a card over on the Gems of Inspiration blog and here is the gorgeous Chloe in Knitted Hat…

I’ve coloured Chloe with ProMarkers and teamed her with some gorgeous patterned paper from the First Edition ‘Desert Blooms’ 6x6 paper pad.

Easel cards are nice but they are really difficult to photograph (I’m cringing at the sight of the foam pads showing under the rosette).

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe in Knitted Hat from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: First Edition ‘Desert Blooms’ 6x6 paper pad
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm
• Stamps: Pink Gem Designs Round Sentiment Stamp
• Dies & Punches: X-Cut Nesting Parenthesis Dies, Marianne Crafts Border Die, Hobbycraft Small Butterfly punch and X-Cut Flower Punches
• Embellishments: Seam binding, Gems, Stickles Glitter Glue, Viva Decor Pearl Pen and paper flowers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Anything Goes Challenge – In the Garden
• Country View Crafts Challenge - Layers

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pati’s Kisses

Happy Thursday morning everyone. My little boy Elliot has his second morning at pre-school today and although I miss him it’s nice just having me and baby Emily in the house for a few hours.

I was just having a quick Cuppa before heading back out to pick him him, so I thought I would pop on and post a card I made using the adorable Pati’s Kisses by Elisabeth Bell.

I have had these free Teresa Collins for ages, so decided to colour up the image to match. The patterned paper that is underneath has orange and purple on it although I think I have managed to cover most of it up and my dodgy photography skills have made the image and flowers look a lot brighter than they do IRL!

Supplies:

• Image: Pati’s Kisses by Elisabeth Bell
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Teresa Collins Magazine freebie
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and Core’dinations card
• Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Doily Squares and a Woodware corrner punch
• Embellishments: Paper flowers, pearl stems, pearls, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Teresa Collins Chipbaord Shapes (magazine freebie), ribon and large pearl. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• The Corrosive Challenge – All about Fall (I’ve chosen colours)
• Make it Monday - #154
• Totally Gorjuss – Texture
• Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Purple and Yellow
• Crafty Ribbons – Anything Goes with Ribbon
• Crafty Little Fairies – Cute and Cuddly

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Masculine at Whimsy

It’s time for a new challenge at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge and our theme this month is…

Masculine Cards

I’ve used one of the gorgeous new digis that was released on September 1st, Birthday Croco by Lia Stampz:

This month our prizes are…first winner:

Second winner:

And third and final winner:

A Mystery Rubber Stamp

Please hop across to Whimsy Inspirations Challenge to see what the other designers have created and to check out the challenge rules.

Supplies:

• Image: Birthday Croco by Lia Stampz 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Magazine Freebie
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm
• Stamps: Whimsy Mini Ticket Stamps
• Dies & Punches: Sizzix Star Framelits and Hexagon Framelits Dies and MS Zig Zag Border Punch
• Embellishments: Green fineliner pens, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Stickles, ribbon and buttons

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Make It Monday - #154
• Card Crafters Circle – For the Boys
• Stampin for the Weekend – Colours of Summer
• Totally Gorjuss – Texture
• Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
• Simon Says Wednesday  – Animal Antics
• The Cupboard Trilogy – Male
• My Mums Craft Shop – Boys Only

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Whimsy September Digi Stamp Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the September digital release blog hop!

We have lots of new images to share with you today created by:

   

All Whimsy Stamps digital images are 300dpi for high print quality. You can re-size, flip, or rotate to fit your own project.

Here is my card using the wonderful new Penguin Light Me Up by Crissy’s Armstrong…

I have coloured the image with my ProMarkers.

To find all of today's new fabulous new digital releases please visit the Whimsy Stamps Store.

Whilst you are hopping don't forget to leave comments on each blog along the way as there will be two mystery DT Members who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts!

These winners will each win a Whimsy digital image of their choice. The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop. This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from the Whimsy Stamps Store.

The hop will run for one week and end on Sunday 8th September at 12 Noon EST, when the lucky winners will be announced on the Whimsy Blog.

Below is a complete list of the hop in case you get lost along the way:

1. Marjolein Dekker

2. Judith Hall 

3. Charlene Brown

4. Me

5. Judith Gowdy

6. Kelly Mannix

7. Carrie Robinson

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Dream Valley – For a Child
• A Creative Romance – CAS
• Card Crafters Circle – For the Boys
• Totally Papercrafts – Decoupage
• Sweet Stampin’ – Spots and Stripes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge – Inky/Painty
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra – Always Anything Goes (Thanks for point in the right direction Hazel)
• The Glory of Christmas – Anything Goes
• The Cupboard Trilogy – Male
• My Mums Craft Shop – Boys Only

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa