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

I'm so excited... and I just can't hide it!

I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!  {disco dancing to the Pointer Sisters}

I am soooo thrilled to announce I am now officially a Whimsie Doodles Design Team member!!  YIPEE!  This is my first ever time being a DT member.  Yep... a real, full-time gig for six months!!  Thank you so much ladies.  I will totally do my bestest.

Four other lucky and talented gals were also selected to be on this DT.  If you have a spare minute, take the time to go visit, say hello and leave 'em some love.  I'm looking forward to working with all of you ladies.

Paula Bloom - Love Blooms in Me

Alicia Ekermans - Call Me Crafty Al

Dawn Burnworth - My Stamping Thyme

Sheri Gilson - PaperCrafty's Creations

ME!

If you're not yet familiar with Whimsie Doodles, please go check out their store and take a look around.  They carry a great selection of digital images I think you'll fall in love with.  Plus they have Whimsie Cuts which will help you make such cute, cute projects.

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  Come back soon.  My Whimsie Doodles creations will be starting in January!
Denise

I'm a Copic Colour Challenge GDT today!!

I'm sooooo excited!!  I love this challenge and all their color combinations.  I try to join in whenever I can, then have a great old time enjoying everyone's creations.  Here's the color combo for this week's challenge...

Pretty, huh?!?!  Now... what did I create for my first GD opportunity?  Drum roll please...

It's Stamping Bella's Ella Lollipop!  She is so much fun to work up!  She's just the cutest all on her own, then you get her colored up and holy moly!!  I love her!!  This image was perfect for the three colors of this challenge.

If you've never tried the Copic Color Challenge before, take the leap.  It's a great group of gals and I think you'll enjoy it as much as I do.  The sponsor this week is In Style Stamps so it's well worth the try.

 

As a final word, I'd like to thank the Copic Colour Challenge gals for affording me this honor.  I've just enjoyed it soooo much!!  Thank you gals!!

And thank YOU for stopping in.  Come again, 'K?

Denise

Stamps:  Stamping Bella Ella Lollipop and sentiment

Paper:  My Minds Eye, Gina K. pure luxury

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, VersaMagic sea breeze chalk ink

Supplies:  Nesties, flowers, small brads... yep, that's it!

Techniques:  Copic markers, sponging

Warm and Cozy Greetings!

Hi and welcome!  How's your week going?  Mine's going pretty darned well.  Good things are happening and I'm very tickled about them.  One I'll share with you  today is that my son, Ryan, is engaged!!!  Happened about a week ago... he finally did it!!!  He sounds sooo happy and I couldn't be more pleased.  His fiancee (first time I've written that word!) is a great gal and they really get along so well.  Way to go honey!!

Now... on to stamping!  I'm still working on my Christmas cards, but am getting closer.  YAY!  This is Lizzie, one of Whiff of Joy's sweet stamps.  Isn't she so sweet?  Not much to explain that you can't see for yourself.  Now, one thing different for me is I left all the white areas plain white.  I usually try to shade with some cool or warm gray.  I just wanted pure, pure white on Lizzie's litte 'fluffies'.  What do you think?

Once I got going on this card, I found it fits several challenges so please bear with me.

1.  Mojo Monday - the sketch.  Love this one as it fit my image sooooo well.

2.  Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Let it Snow.  There's a great group of DT cards.  If you have some time, go check 'em out.

3.  The Corrosive Challenge - Walking in a Winter Wonderland.  Again, some wonderful sample cards.

4.  Stampin' for the Weekend - Blue and Brown.  This is a fun challenge with two of my favorite colors!

5.  Creative Inspirations - Non-traditional Colors.  My blue and brown totally fits in.

6.  Creatalicious Challenges - something new, something old, something torn, something blue.  Isn't that a cute challenge?  Well... I've got 'em all in there except the 'torn' part.  I tried putting little torn polka dot paper corners on the top, but it just didn't improve the card at all so I didn't include them.  I'm sure I'm not 'legit' for this challenge, but wanted to share it with you anyway in case you wanted to join in.  : )

7.  The Pink Elephant - Winter and/or Christmas.  LOVE it!!

8.  Crazy 4 Challenges - Snow, Snowmen or Snowflakes.  I've got snowflakes on my paper, right?  : )

9. Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Snow  : )

That's it for this post.  Hope you've enjoyed your visit.  I'm so glad you've stopped by.  Come again!

Denise 

Stamps:  Whiff of Joy Lizzie, Whipper Snappers Winter Quilt (sentiment)

Paper:  Paper Studio (blue), MME (brown polka dot), Gina K. pure luxury

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, VersaMagic gingerbread chalk ink

Supplies:  Nesties, Bella's string of pearls baubles, edge punch, satin ribbon

Techniques:  Copic markers, sponging