We have a winner of the GRAND PRIZE of 5 New Digital Images from Whimsy Stamps!
I have drawn the winner by True Random Number Generator from the 18 comments I received on my Whimsy Stamps Blog Hop Post. Congratulations to Julie Price (Comment #14 on September 2, 2011 at 7:20 pm) you have won the Grand Prize!
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Timestamp: 2011-09-09 15:13:03 UTC
This is my first Blog Hop with Whimsy Stamps! What a great group of lovely ladies I am getting to know. I am sure you will enjoy all of the creations they have come up with to showcase the new September Digital Images being released. The new digital images will be available for purchase on September 1, at 10am EST.
There will be 2 random blogs selected to choose a winner. The winner will then choose a Digital Image of their choice! The GRAND PRIZE winner will choose 5 New Digital Images and will be chosen from my blog comments. You have until September 8, at 12 Noon EST to comment and be eligible for a prize.
BLOG HOP STOPS:
Start Here Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Blog
Ann Vento
Linda Jessup
Margreet
Theresa
Toni
Domi
Jackie
End Here Jackie Rockwell (that’s me)
I created a card with an image by a brand new artist that Whimsy Stamps has just added to their line of Digi Stamps. Isn’t she cute? She is funky with a little bit of an edge. My daughter challenged me to create a card with her. My inspiration came from the outrageously cool Harajuku Girls. I am entering her into the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge HERE.
SUPPLIES:
Digital Stamp: Alex by LiaStampz at Whimsy Stamps
Paper: a Walk in the Park by Echo Park Paper Co.
& Basic White Paper Pad by BasicGrey
Cutting Dies: Small & Large Ovals by Spellbinders
Markers: E000, E00, R00, RV32, C1, C3, C6 & R59 by Copic
& White Gelly Roll by Sakura
Embellishments: Gemestones by Hero Arts
& Silver Eyelet by Close to My Heart (large gemstone & flowers unknown brand)
Are you ready for a challenge? Hop on over to the Whimsy Inspiration Challenge Blog and join this week’s challenge, Anything Goes with a Sentiment. This is a great opportunity to try a challenge if you haven’t before because the theme is so easy. Hope to see you there!
SUPPLIES:
Digital Stamps: Row of Flowers by Moon Cookie Gallery
& Flowers in Bloom by Raindrop Echo Designs
Paper: Happy Go Lucky by My Minds Eye
Colored Pencils: Rose & Magenta Prismacolor by Sanford,
Tortillon (blending stump) & Odorless Mineral Spirits or Baby Oil
(to blend the colored pencil)
Cutting Dies: Labels Eleven by Spellbinders
Border Punch: Picket Fence by Fiskars
Glitter: Prisma by Close to My Heart
Embellishments: Happy Go Lucky “Together” Twine by My Minds Eye
I am so excited to announce that today is Whimsy Stamps first challenge featuring digital stamps! Please stop by the new Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog for all of the details. I hope you will join us HERE. The theme of the first challenge is Ribbons and Bows. Here is my card for this week’s challenge featuring the adorable Back to School Bart by Crissy Armstrong.
SUPPLIES:
Digital Stamps: Back to School Bart by Crissy Armstrong
at Whimsy Stamps
Paper: Barefoot and Bliss by BoBunny
Markers: B32, YG03, Y17, & YR07 by Copic
Embellishments: Black Waxy Flax by Close to My Heart
& #3906 Grosgrain Swiss Dot Ribbon by Morex Corp.
Hope everyone is having a terrific weekend! I am really enjoying working with digital stamps lately. I still love to use traditional stamps but like going back and forth from creating with digital images to rubber stamp images. To me, there is not a lot of difference. I just use a different tool and medium to transfer the images to paper but from then on the process is pretty much the same. There are pros and cons to both types of images. The image I used in this card is called Heart Vase by Meljen’s Designs at Whimsy Stamps. I printed it out twice, colored it in with Copics and then cut out the flowers and the Spellbinders shape and popped them up. I was inspired to make this card by the color palette I saw on The Play Date Cafe Challenge #93. I was crazy about the colors so I created a card with them and now I am entering it in the challenge. There is still time to enter the challenge HERE if you want to play along. (I don’t list supplies on the weekends but will list a specific item or items for anyone that requests them either by email or in a comment.)
I am so excited to become a part of the Digital Design Team at Whimsy Stamps! This is the first card I made as a Team Member. Whimsy Stamps has a great variety of digital stamps to choose from. Check them out and see what you can find to play with. They are also starting a new Challenge Blog and the first challenge will begin Wednesday the 10th of August. Hope you will enter it’s sure to be a lot of FUN!
SUPPLIES:
Digital Stamps: Summer Shade by Moon Cookie Gallery & Inspirational Sentiments by Raindrop Echo Designs at Whimsy Stamps
Paper: Splash by Echo Park Paper Co.
Cutting Dies: Large and Small Circles by Spellbinders,
& Circle Scallop by Sizzix
Markers: R00, R20, E41, E31, G20, YG03 & E57 by Copic
Embellishments: Twinkle Stickers-Mini Dot by A Muse
Here is the (sea)quel 
to my last card the Seafaring Seagull Card that I paper pieced. I wanted to use the same image but use a different technique to colorize him. I printed the digital stamp onto kraft cardstock and then colored it in with Prismacolor colored pencils. I added hemp cord to the post the seagull is sitting on and Liguid Glass (similar to Glossy Accents by Ranger) to the water below.
SUPPLIES:
Digital Stamp: Seafaring Seagull Frame by Meljen’s Designs
at Whimsy Stamps
Stamps: Flourish Background & Thinking of You by Hero Arts
Inks: Breeze by Close to My Heart & Versafine Onyx Black by Tsukineko, Inc.
Colored Pencils: Prismacolor,
Tortillon (blending stump) & Baby Oil (to blend the colored pencil)
Embossing Folder: Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades–Notebook by Sizzix
Embellishments: Liquid Glass by Close to My Heart,
Sinamay Natural & Hemp Cord by Darice
I just discovered that Whimsy Stamps is launching a new
Challenge Blog! Their first challenge will begin Wednesday, August 1oth.
Anyone can enter HERE!
Happy Monday everyone! As I said in yesterday’s post I picked up a few of the Meljen’s Designs digital stamps from Whimsy Stamps. I paper pieced this card but I also want to create a card with this image using my Prismacolor colored pencils. I am going to print him onto kraft cardstock and then color him in with the pencils. I want to show how you can achieve a totally different look depending on what technique and or medium you use.
SUPPLIES:
Digital Stamp: Seafaring Seagull Frame by Meljen’s Designs
at Whimsy Stamps
Paper: Linen Closet Matstack by Die Cuts with a View
Markers: W1-Warm Gray, W2-Warm Gray, W4-Warm Gray, E31-Brick Beige, E57-Light Walnut, Y26-Mustard, YG91-Putty, Y15-Cadmium Yellow,
Y17-Golden Yellow & YR24-Pale Sepia by Copic
Embellishments: Hemp Cord by Darice
O.K. so I wanted to make something really different and out of my comfort zone. This card was entirely too much fun to make! It felt like I was playing with paper dolls again like I did as a small child. It was nostalgic and it was pure escapism to feel so playful again. I hope you give this paper piecing technique a try so you can feel like a kid again, even if it is only for a short time.
I won’t be listing the supplies I used to make this card but thought I would let you know where to find the apron image if you like it. I picked up this Meljen’s Designs digital stamp at Whimsy Stamps. I also selected a few others and plan on making some more cards with them. Although digital stamps take some getting use to, I find that for now they are appropriate for me, due to the limited space I have at the moment. (I don’t list supplies on the weekends but will provide them for anyone that requests them either by email or in a comment.)
