Do Ewe Love FREEBIES??

If so (and who doesn't?),  head over to the Whimsie Doodles Paper Planet Craft Group for a brand new freebie provided by Melyssa!!  Check it out...

Dontcha love it???? Now, this perk is for MEMBERS only, but becoming one is easy and free.  Head on over, click on the "New Freebie!!" post and grab your own little lambie.  Then... go have some fun!!

Pink and Penguiny

And I love it!!  Pink is one of my favorite colors and sometimes I just can't get enough of it!  Obviously, this was one of those times!!  heeheehee!  Anyhoooo... here's another Valentines card I made with a Whimsie Doodle image from the Little Cupid set.  Isn't she sweet???  You can also make little guy penguins with this set.

I just adore this Basic Grey paper, don't you???  It so, so, soooooo perfect for Valentine's Day cards.  This card is mega girlie with lots of pink, glitter and gems.  Makes me smile!!  : )  As does this cute image.

Now... what is it about angel wings?  I just have to put glitter on 'em.  I just can not have plain wings.  What's up with that?!?  You too?  Funny!  Also on this card I did NO shading at all.  I don't really think she needs it!  She's adorable just as she is.

 

This card will be posted to several challenges:

1.  Whimsie Wednesday Challenge (on Paper Craft Planet) - Keep it Real.  This means replace a small part of your stamped/digi image with the real thing.  I've replace cupid's arrow heart with a pink gem heart

2.  Stamping 411 - the SKETCH.  Simple and straightfoward.  LOVE it!

3.  Digital Tuesday Challenge - Valentines
4.  A Spoonful of Sugar - Hearts  {I think I've covered this one!!:)
5.  By the Cute and Girly - New... my new digi image from my new Design Team gig for Whimsie Doodles!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I always appreciate it!!  Come back soon, 'K?

Denise

Stamps:  Whimsie Doodles Little Cupid digital set

Paper:  BG bittersweet, PTI (image and sentiment whites)

Ink:  none

Supplies:  Nesties,ribbon, white glitter, pink glitter, flower gems, heart gem and MS zinnia

Technique:  Prismacolor pencils & gamsol

Friends are Treasures

Good morning stampers!  It's Friday and that is always a good thing!!

Today is another new Stamp Something challenge and what a great one it is!!  This week, Sketch Something... a sketch is being provided by Denise (the other one) to help you get started with your project.  Isn't it a great one?!?!?!

Here's what I've come up.

Isn't this image just precious???  Our sponsor this week is Wags 'n Whiskers and they have generously supplied each DT member a stamp that's now available with their new release.  This little cutie is called Bear Hug.  It makes me think of giving your best buddy a big ole squeeze!!  After all, we can't ever get too many hugs, can we?!

Now... for the sentiment I used a rub on.  I have never done that before!!  I always felt it was a little like cheating.  I mean if you're a stamper, you must stamp!!  Now I think... oh phooey!  That's just plain silly!  Stampers are able to do a multitude of things and placing a little transparency to your project should be one of them.  : )  Anyway, I ended up kinda liking it (but I'll still stamp more often than not).  Of course, even with this simple task I have room for improvement!  I got a corner kinda folded over, ever so slightly.  Then, when attempting to fix it, it got worse instead of better, so I just stopped and didn't touch it any more!!!  heeheehee.  Something else to add to my 'improve on' list!!

I hope you'll have time to join us this week at Stamp Something.  We'd love to see you.  Thanks for stopping in today.  As always, your comments are very heart-warming to me and I so appreciate your taking the time to leave one!

Denise

Stamps:  Wags 'n Whiskers Bear Hug

Paper:  Me and My Big Ideas Fashion District, PTI (image)

Supplies:  Nesties, blue pearls, white glitter, rub on sentiment

Techniques:  Prismacolor pencils with gamsol

The Whimsie Doodles Blog Hop!!

Welcome all you lucky Whimsie Doodles lovers!  So glad you've stopped by today to play along in our Doodlelicious blog hop and see the new releases!!

For my project, I used the new Whimsie Doodles digital image 'Cloud 9 Cupid' and grabbed the sentiment from the 'Little Cupid' set.  Isn't this guy one of the sweetest cupids you've ever seen??  I absolutely fell in love the moment I saw him.  I bet you will too!  These are both available in the Whimsie Doodles store starting today!!

If you've just happened upon my blog, so glad you're here!!  But you might want to head back to the Whimsie Doodles blog as that's where our fun begins.  It's also where the master list can be found if you've gotten lost along the way.  If you've come here from Alicia's blog, you're right on track.  Next on the list... Donna's blog and I don't think you'll be disappointed!!

My project features the letter 'V', which is for 'Very sweet' which I'll bet you agree is exactly what this little feller is. 

Remember... grab my 'V' and at the end of the hop, solve the scramble to be able to use that solution as a discount code for the Whimsie Doodles store!!  That code will be valid until Friday, 1.8.10 at midnight ET.  Also, be sure to leave a comment on each blog for a chance at some doodlelicious prizes which are shown on the Whimsie Doodles blog.  Winners will be announced on the Whimsie Doodles blog around noonish on Wed., 1.6.10!!

Do you not love this layout?  Me too!  I got it from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  It's a challenge blog I found last week.  I figure I'll be visiting there often.  Thank you ladies.  You made my efforts much easier!!

Thanks for hopping by today and best of luck!!  The hop lasts today until midnight (ET), then it's over!!  So go... go... keep on hoppin'!!
Denise

Stamps:  Whimsie Doodles Cloud 9 Cupid and Little Cupid (sentiment)

Paper:  Making Memories black gingham, PTI (for image)

Ink:  none

Supplies:  Nesties, big cloth brads, metal tag (LOVE), white glitter, red glitter.

Techniques:  Prismacolor pencils and gamsol

A Whimsie Doodles Blog Hop - January 5th!

Are you as excited as I am????  Probably not, but you should be!  On January 5th (tomorrow) we're having a fun BLOG HOP for a new release of Whimsie Doodles.  I sure hope you can make it.  It'll be wonderfully Doodlelicious!!  Here's just a little sneak peek to help pique your interest.

Visit our Whimsie Doodles blog tomorrow starting at 7 am ET.  That will be the starting point for our hop.  You'll then want to visit each and every design team member on the list to leave comments and have a chance to win some fabulous prizes.  PLUS, get the old brain cells a-working as solving a puzzle by finding letters on each blog will be part of the fun.  The word scramble solution will be your special discount code for the Whimsie Doodles store!!

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you come around again tomorrow.  The hop will be held on the 5th, then that's it.  Plezzzzz... don't miss out!!
Denise

Fussy & Fancy DT Kick-off Challenge {2nd post}

Welcome, welcome!!  If you're looking for the Stamp Something DT challenge card, please scroll down to the previous post.

So glad you've stopped by to share in my enthusiasm for my first assignment for the first challenge on the new blog Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge.   This is their premiere challenge and they already have over 500 followers!!  Isn't that awesome??  Looks like everyone is excited about this!!!

The challenge this week is "New".  Very appropriate for a brand new site, right!  This could be for a new baby, a new celebration, new stamping stuff!  You get to interpret however you want.  The entire DT also went with hot pink and black colors to coordinate with Fussy & Fancy's colors... just for fun.  You do not need to use those colors if you don't want to.  You're free to use anything that touches your fancy.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Paper Makeup Stamps.  That's really motivation to join in!!

 

I had a great time working up this card.  It's one of the new line of Lollipops from Stamping Bella.  Isn't Presley just fabulous with her bunny buddy and slippers?!?!?!  I love the entire line and can't wait until a new release date is announced.  : )  I paper-pieced her little nightie as well as her bunny slippers as I wanted them to stand out as much as they could... so cute!!

Oh yeah... to help me out, I used one of the sketches from The Pink Elephant.  That's right... they have two sketches to choose from this week.  Talk about helpful!!  : )  Thanks ladies!!  It should also fit the Crafty Creations challenge which is Glitter and Bling.  I guess there's no glitter, but there is a little bling.  Hope it's enough!!

That's it for today.  I hope you enjoyed your visit here and will come back often.  And I really hope you'll head over to the Fussy & Fancy challenge and join in the fun.

Denise

Stamps:  Stamping Bella Presley Lollipop (sentiment included)

Paper:  K&Co Black and Ivory Fusion, BG urban prairie, Gina K. pure luxury

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, VersaMagic pixie dust chalk ink

Supplies:  Nesties, bella's bauble string of pearls, ribbon, flower gem, bow-easy

Technique:  Copic markers, sponging, paper-piecing

Stamp Something DT - New Goodies

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  I sincerely hope you and yours have a safe and wonderful 2010!!

Hello fellow stampers and thanks for stopping by for my FIRST DT post EVER!!  My term as DT member for Stamp Something will run from Jan. through Jun. 2010 and I look forward to every week.  I'm so stoked and have really been looking forward to this day!!!  It's time for the fun to begin...

This week our challenge is "New Goodies".  We'd like to challenge you to create something using a product that's new to you.  This was an easy one for me as the image is brand new and I've never used this paper (which I love) before.  I hope you'll pop over to the challenge blog and join in.

Isn't this little cowboy just adorable???  It's an excellent image for that little boy in your family... or even for that cowboy that's all grown up.  It's from our sponsor for the week, KLM.  Kim has lots of great digital images from which to choose.  The winner of this challenge will receive three (3) images of their choice.

For this image, I used prismacolor pencils as I still haven't found a way to use my copics on digis.  They seem to just NOT like my printer ink!!  They always smear no matter what I've tried.  If anyone has any more suggestions, I'd love to hear them!  But it does give me a chance to use my pencils which sometime do get neglected!

The challenges:
Stamp Simply - NEW Somethings
My Time to Craft - Anything Goes (LOVE it!)
Stampin' for the Weekend - New Beginnings

That's it.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Come back soon, ya hear!
Denise

Stamps:  KLM cowboy, hand written sentiment

Paper:  We R Memory Keepers MVP, PTI (for image and sentiment)

Ink:  none

Supplies:  Big black brads, jute cord

Technique:  Prismacolor pencils and gamsol

Even more exciting shtuff!!

Before I get to my news, let me say that I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.  I did even with the blizzard conditions we experienced here in the midwest.  I was able to make it to be with family, then home again even though it was a day and a half later than anticipated!  You know how it is... good to go... good to get home again.  : )

Now for the fun news.  {drumroll please)  I am now a Design Team member for TWO more challenge sites!!!  YeeHAW!!  I still really can't believe it!!  I am just so pleased and proud to have been invited to participate on these teams.  Thank you so much gals!  I promise... I'll work very, very hard.

Simply alphabetically, I'll first chat about my association with the Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge.  This is a brand new challenge site and its kick-off challenge will be this Friday, 1.1.10.  How fun is that!?!?!?!  To start in on the ground floor!  : )  Fussy & Fancy challenges will run every other Friday and can be any type of papercraft... 'fussy & fancy' or 'clean and simple'.  I certainly hope you'll come join us.  It'll be tons of fun!!

I'm also so very excited to have been chosen to be on the Stamp Something team.  We post a new challenge every Friday for motivation, inspiration and FUN!  A random prize winner is chosen each week as well as a top 5 list.  If you've never tried us out, or if you participate every now and then, come and join us Friday, 1.1.10.  They really do have great challenges and we'll get the new year off to a great start!!

Thanks for popping in today.  Come back Friday and I'll share my very first DT projects.  {smiling}

Have a very safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Denise

A Season for Giving

Hi all!  How are you doing with all your Christmas chores??  I suppose you're all done!!  Hmphf!!  Oh well... I'm getting much closer.  I'll get there soon... at least I'd better!  haha

Tonight I'm going to share a couple of the gifts I'm giving.  I have a couple of girlfriends that, you know, you just put a little extra effort into.  These gals are great and I really hope they enjoy these gifts.

This first one is for Kathy.  She is one sweet seamstress.  She has a lot of talents, but her sewing is just fabulous.  And she makes quilts... wonderful quilts!  I thought this adorable Whipper Snapper set called Winter Quilt by Anna Wight would be just perfect for her.  Instead of making a card, I thought I'd work it into something she can display (if she wants), maybe in her sewing room.  I know the frame looks like it's gold, but it's really a wonderful soft green.  Goes with the greens in the quilt just perfectly!  I sewed the little BG buttons to the corner of each quilt 'seam' and sponged all pieces with Distress Ink antique linen.

Stamps:  Whipper Snapper Winter Quilt

Paper:  K&Co, Gina K. pure luxury

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink antique linen

Supplies:  Nesties, BG buttons, linen-colored thread

Techniques:  Copic markers, sponging

Next... this second gift is for my friend Mary Ann.  This is a woman who is genius at knowing just the right thing to say.  Always!!!  I remembered being at her home a couple years ago to work on Christmas cards and she mentioned she loves to decorate for the fall.  So, I'm giving her something else to decorate with.  Hope you like it Mary Ann!  Thanks for all you've done for me.

The paper crafting part of this gift is not new.  I created it back in the fall and it's been posted on my SCS gallery.  I thought of Mary Ann the whole time I was making this.  I was soooo pleased when I found these frames.  This one is exactly like the winter quilt frame, except it's an amazing copper color.  Very luxurious looking.  I'll go ahead and list the specifics of this card for you as it never has been posted on my blog.

Stamps:  Michael's $1 stamp (pumpkin), Inkadinkado (sentiment and swirls below pumpkin) 

Paper:   My Mind's Eye Night Light, Gina K. pure luxury 

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
Supplies:  Nesties, BG ribbon, BG Buttons, SU ribbon slide 
Techniques:  Copic markers, sponging 

Thanks for stopping in today!  Hope you enjoy your visit and will come back again soon.  In case this is my last post before the holidays... Merry, Merry Christmas!

Denise

Unto us a child is born

 

Yep... still finishing up Christmas cards!!  Isn't that awful!!  Oh well... it's not really my fault.  The last few days of Christmas shopping and cooking have really gotten in my way!!.  hahahaha!

Here's a sweet little image, isn't it?  This was another of my stamp choices when I won the prize from janlynn.com.  That little face peeking over the straw in the manager just tickles my soul!!  The one thing I don't especially like is that there isn't a ton of creativity we can opt for in the way of coloring.  Straw is straw and wood is wood.  I did change the  dirt circle thingie into more of a rug, just to add another color.  But still, the image is cute and can be turned into a great card.

 

I started this card a week or so ago when Pals Paper Arts when they had a color challenge to use soft suede, crushed curry and old olive (SU colors).  Well... I missed that challenge, but went ahead and used the colors on this card as they really were quite perfect for it.  I glittered up the image star, then tried to create a 'glitter beam' shining down on little Jesus.  Hmmmmm... I don't really think I achieved the intended results.  {sigh}  That's OK though.  I'm learning to let that stuff go.  You know... that stuff that doesn't go quite as expected.  Happens to me wayyyy too often!!  : )  I also used gold glimmer Blingz on the paper star, both the yellow dotted and brown layers.

 

Thanks for stopping in today!  If I don't have time to post the rest of my Christmas cards/gifts, I'll get them put up as soon as I can.  Have a wonderful, WONDERFUL Holiday Season!!

Denise

Stamps:  Stamps Happen A Child is Born!

Paper:  Cosmo Cricket Early Bird, Gina K. pure luxury

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black

Supplies:  Nesties, BG button, brown thread, silk ribbon, white glitter