Love!

Hi everyone!  We've been enjoying some wonderful January weather the past few days here in Kansas.  It's been fun hearing my kids playing basketball outside and drawing with sidewalk chalk.  Just enjoying the sunshine and fresh air!!!

I have a fun valentine to share today (it was also featured over on the Frantic Stamper blog last week) using a new die from Frantic Stamper called Rose Heart.  But sneaky me, I didn't use this die in the traditional way!  I love to get extra miles from my dies and this die is one of those!  

This die actually cuts 2 parts......this skinny heart outline and an inner heart with a rose cutout (see image below).  After making this card, I have plenty hearts to make some elegant valentines later!  I just love the effect of all the hearts lined up!  Very easy to do!

All the cardstocks used are from PTI and the word "love" is a die from Frantic Stamper called Handwritten "love you".  I knew I wanted to add some shine to this so using gold for the sentiment and a few mini sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) was just what I had envisioned.

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

Clearly Whimsy Stamps Release: Day 3

Welcome to the ... Clearly Whimsy Stamps January release BLOG HOP!

The CWS design team have been sharing some amazing creations made with these new stamps and dies over the last couple of days, and today we are celebrating their release with a GRAND BLOG HOP! The hop starts today (Saturday January 17th at 8.00AM ET) and ends on Wednesday January 21st at midnight EDT. If you would like to hop along with us today, please CLICK HERE to start the hop.

I've used the Up, Up, and Away stamp set and sentiments from Whimy Stamps.  I started by lightly Distress Inking the edges of the white layered piece with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  I was going for subtle....hope I achieved that!  LOL  I stamped and trimmed my hot air balloon by hand and layered behind some diecut clouds (that are just amazing BTW).  The sentiment was stamped in the left corner with Amuse Slate ink.....my favorite gray ink!!!  Lastly, some embellishing was done with white sequins.  I kinda LOVE this card!!  

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts, so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw. 

Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Whimsy blog  Amy Kolling Sylvia Blum Heather Pulvirenti Jen Carter Kristie Goulet Becky Carafa Alanna Moses Debbie Eastman Denise Lynn

 Please visit the Whimsy blog for a full reveal of this month's new release. The entire new release is available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store RIGHT NOW, and if you love our new clear line as much as we do, why not ask your LSS to stock it! We are running a special promotion until Sunday 18th January, and have discounted everything in this release by 10%!! Whimsy Stamps also offers FREE SHIPPING for US orders over $75.

     

Finally, we would like to let you know that our friends over at StampNation are celebrating their 4th birthday this week and Whimsy Stamps is one of their sponsors! As well as giving away some great prizes, we also have a special offer for StampNation members - you can find details about this on the StampNation site. We hope you've enjoyed this release! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Soft Scarf

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

photo source: cottonandflax.wordpress.com

We have a new sponsor, Hero Arts, for this challenge!  A randomly selected participant will receive SIX new clear stamp sets from the Hero Arts, while the LEAD will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!

I could not resist coloring up these adorable little foxes from Hero Arts called The Fox Says.  The image was stamped and colored with Copics.  To create the grass to appear behind the image, I masked off the fox and stamped over it with the grass image.  I stamped the heart and overstamped just a bit with the sentiment.  I just love the size of this card too......tiny (4 bar size)!!!

Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Soft Scarf Designers

Guest Designer, Angie Tieman

Amy Kolling
Amy Sheffer
Amy Tsuruta
Gayatri Murali
Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Lisa Henke
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Monika Davis
Sarah Gough
Sheri Gilson
Stacey Schafer
Tenia Nelson
Tracey McNeely

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Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Clearly Whimsy Stamps Release: Day 1

Hi everyone and welcome to the first sneak peek day of the Clearly Whimsy Stamps January 2015 release!!

Over the next 3 days we will reveal our *BRAND NEW* Clearly Whimsy Stamps release! We are releasing 6 new clear stamp sets and 8 coordinating die/die sets this week, and they will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store TODAY and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Saturday!!

 Today we are revealing the Birthday Balloon 3x4” stamp set together with its coordinating Birthday Balloon die, a standalone Birthday word die, Up Up and Away 4x6” stamp set and its companion Up Up and Away Sentiments 3x4" stamp set, together with a coordinating Up Up and Away die set and a Stitched Clouds die set. Hop on over to the Whimsy blog for more details.

I have been with Whimsy Stamps for just about a year now and I'm sad to say that I am stepping down from the team after this release.  I have had a fabulous time designing with Simonne's designs.....will definitely miss the team!!  That being said, I have just a few things to share for the release this time around.

This card is so bright that you might need shades!  I definitely think this card would lift anyones spirits!!  I've used the Up, Up, and Away set along with the Up, Up, and Away sentiments.  I stamped my sun rays across a white card.  For the center of the sun, I diecut a standard circle and gave it texture.  The sentiment was stamped onto the circle and adhered with foam tape.  The extra was trimmed off with scissors.  One little kite was stamped, cut out, and adhered with foam adhesive.  

We are running a special promotion until Sunday 18th January, and have discounted everything in this release by 10%!! Whimsy Stamps also offers FREE SHIPPING for US orders over $75.

     

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw:

Jen Carter Amy Kolling Kirstie Goulet Becky Carafa Heather Pulvirenti Sylvia Blum Alanna Moses Debbie Eastman Denise Lynn

Finally, we would like to let you know that our friends over at StampNation are celebrating their 4th birthday this week and Whimsy Stamps is one of their sponsors! As well as giving away some great prizes, we also have a special offer for StampNation members - you can find details about this on the StampNation site. 

 Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again on Saturday for Day 3 of our release!

Heart to Heart by Reverse Confetti

***If you are here for my Lil' Inker Designs Release post, please scroll down or click HERE!***

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I have another card to share using the Heart to Heart stamp set that was released last week from Reverse Confetti.  The font and the shape of the hearts makes for such a unique look that I love!!  I stamped and diecut the hearts with the coordinating Confetti Cuts dies and had to embellish with my favorite Sparkling Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

 

There are 2 other new dies on this and they are the layers behind all the hearts........Big Chevron Pretty Panels Confetti Cuts and the large rounded rectangle die from Documented Confetti Cuts.

Thanks so much for sharing a part of your day with me!

Lil' Inker Designs January Release: Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the Lil' Inker Designs January Release!  This release is HUGE and FULL of amazing dies and stamps that will be perfect for those any occasion cards or Valentines.......are you ready?  You should have arrived from the  Lil' Inker Designs blog.   But guess what??  The whole new release is now available and can be found HERE!!!

I have a few more things to share to today using the new products from this release and many more to share over the next few weeks!  Let's get started!!!

Let's talk Valentines.  Specifically......kids Valentines for school.  I don't know about you but I SOO appreciate a NON-CANDY treat to go along with the Valentine.  So using the new Treat Holder Die, I came up with a quick and cute Valentine that my daughter will be taking (unless she changes her mind on the "treat"!) to her classmates.  I found these heart straws and they fit the Treat Holder Die perfectly.  

I embellished the Treat Holder with some Heart Banners Dies and sentiments (from Robot Builder Stamps) stamped onto Pinking Edge Sentiment Flags that were stapled with the Tim Holtz stapler.

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One more project for today......using more of the Robot Builders stamps.  I created a window type card for my adorable robots using the Dual Stitched, Stitched Mats: Circles.  I love that these leave the stitching on the outside of the circle diecut!!!  Genius!!  I white heat embossed the sentiments and added some enamel hearts!

Now for the fun part!  There is a $15 gift certificate up for grabs for one lucky commenter along the way!  One lucky winner is chosen for each day!!  

Here is the blog hop list to get you started:

Laura Pryor

Amy----you are here

Chrissy Larson

Erin Lee Schreiner

Jen Carter

Karen Baker

Laura Williams

Lea Lawson

Lisa Henke

Maureen Merritt

Sarah Jay

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