Showing posts with label Whimsical Wednesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Whimsical Wednesday. Show all posts

Sweet Kisses

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Top of the mornin' to ya! And Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone!

I'm part Irish...I think. Well, my maiden name was McDermott, so I'm pretty sure I'm part Irish! LOL And yes, I went from a 'Mc' (Irish) to a 'Mac' (Scottish) and I'm sure my ancestors are rolling in their graves because of it! We're going out for bangers and mash tonight, and maybe a pint to wash it all down too. :D Are you doing anything special today?

Today's Whimsical Wednesday challenge is a sketch by little Nikolas Diedrich. It's a pretty easy one and perfect for those little stamps we all have. You can check out the details on the Diedrich Dare blog and while you're there, check out what this week's featured daredevil, Sara Henton, has created!

The last time I used this Love Bug Cupid image from The Character Cafe, I used the little butterfly, so this week I decided to use Mr Skunk instead.

He's really cute with the butterfly, but the nice thing about digital images, is that you can print all of the image or just part of it. And the other nice thing is that you can resize them, which I did so I could get Mr. Skunk to fit inside this center panel. Yep, he's a skunk and I colored him in brown. I had to - black didn't go with the rest of the card! ;)

Need more inspiration?? Check out what the rest of the Daredevils came up with:

Unfortunately, this is my last card for the Whimsical Wednesday challenge. I haven't been able to manage my time very well since returning to full time work, so I had to make a tough decision and say goodbye to the Daredevils. I've had a great time creating these cards! Thanks for the fun times girls!!

Supplies
Stamps: The Character Cafe 'Love Bug Cupid' and TGF 'Sweet Messages'
Inks: Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Basic Grey 'Bittersweet Collection'
Access: Ribbon, EK Success Corner Punch, Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Sponges, Dimensionals

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Whimsical Wednesday: Cheshire Cat

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Good Morning again!

This is my second post for today. (If you want to know how to create those cloud backgrounds I do (ALL THE TIME!), then scroll down!)

I have another Whimsical Wednesday challenge for you again! This week's challenge is brought to us by little Jack Diedrich and I think he has been bitten by the Alice bug, just like his mum has, because today's challenge is THIS POSTER! *grinning like a Cheshire cat* ;) You can check out all the details on the Whimsical Wednesday blog and while you're there, check out what this week's fabulous featured Daredevil, Rebecca Ednie, has created for you today!

So.....this card looked a WHOLE LOT BETTER in my head than it does in real life! *grin* Does that happen to you too? I love the colors but it's definitely lacking something. I don't know what happened in the translation but man! Something went a little awry! And rather than pull out from today's challenge, I decided to show it to you so you can see that we all have off days! LOL

I combined three challenges into this one card: besides the Whimsical Wednesday Cheshire cat challenge; this week's A Sketch For You To Try for the layout and Jess's Oh Alice color challenge of blue, red and purple. Maybe this was my downfall I think! ;)

If you would like to see better examples of today's challenge, which is a fabulous one BTW, then check out what the rest of the Daredevils came up with:


　
Thanks so much for stopping by today.


Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs 'Halloween Expressions'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Versamark, Vintage Violet, Distress Inks 'Walnut Stain'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Recollections 'Halloween'
Access: Ribbon, Buttons, PTI Twine, Spellbinders Large Circle Nestibilities, EK Success Corner Punch, Adhesive Rhinestones, Sponges, Dimensionals

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Love Bug

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

It's Wednesday and only two more days until the weekend! Yay!

Good Morning! Can you tell I'm excited for the weekend to get here?! I've been anxiously waiting for the Alice in Wonderland movie to come out for six months and now it's only two more days away! :D *doing my happy dance*

For today however, I have a fun Whimsical Wednesday/Diedrich Dare challenge for you all. It's a sketch by the talented little tyke, Jack Diedrich! It also happens to be the first challenge of a new month and that means this week's sketch is sponsored! :D

The sweet gals at The Character Cafe are giving away a $10 gift certificate to one lucky winner this week. They have a whole store full of great digi images, so you'll have lots to choose from. All the Daredevils were generously given a digi or two to play with. Please pop on over to the WW blog to check out the sketch and this week's featured daredevil - Jacquie Peifer! But before you do that, here's what I did with my digi:

I chose Love Bug Cupid since I can't resist cute little animals in love. :) I actually used half of the image, which is the nice thing about digi's - you can resize and crop them to your needs! I used reinkers to color this cutie patootie in and then added some sparkle to it's wings with a Sakura Stardust pen.

To see some more images from The Character Cafe, please check out what the other Daredevils created with their digi's:
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Supplies
Stamps: The Character Cafe 'Love Bug Cupid', Stamping Bella 'Love Is In The Air'
Inks: Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Pretty in Pink, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - My Minds Eye 'Home 6x6 Glitter Pad Collection'
Access: Sakura Stardust Gel Pen, Buttons, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals

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A Whimsical Butterfly

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Good Morning all!

Well, we finally have snow on the ground again. It's been falling all night and is expected to stop sometime around 4pm today. Just when it was starting to look like Spring around here! Bugger. LOL! And wouldn't you know it; I'm traveling to Chester, NY this morning for an overnight work related visit. It hasn't snowed for weeks and when it does, I'm on the road, away from home! Good thing is that I'm not driving in it! Which is a good thing really, because who wants an Australian expat driving them in a snow storm?!? I certainly wouldn't! LOL

Today's Whimsical Wednesday challenge is a sketch by the seasoned pro, Madelynn Diedrich! Please pop over to the Whimsical Wednesday blog to check out the sketch, but before you do, here's what I did with it!

A dear friend gave me my first Unity stamps this past Christmas and they have been sitting on my desk, I swear, staring at me this whole time, begging me to use them! LOL So when I saw this week's sketch, I immediately knew what stamps I was going to use. ;)

I sponged around the Label Four nestie with two different colored chalk inks to match some scrap K&Company paper I picked out. Not sure if you can make them out, but I added some tiny adhesive rhinestones in the bottom left and top right hand corners. The butterfly punch I have matches the butterflies in the stamp perfectly, so I punched a few out from the patterned paper and scattered them around the quote. I never used to be a fan of purple on cards, but I think I'm in love with the color now! It's such a classy color!

The Daredevils have some great inspiration for you all, so please check out their blogs:

Cassie Larson
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica Diedrich (a.k.a.Mom ;)
Kim Ross
Kris Palakiko
Randi Wall
Rebecca Ednie
Sara Henton
Val Urtiaga

And please help us welcome our newest Daredevil, Andrea Murdock!!

And now it's your turn to play. Just create your card using Madelynn's sketch and leave a link to it in the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this week's Whimsical Wednesday post!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company 'Quote Bundle Pack'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink 'Dusty Plum and Warm Wisteria'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'Que Sera Sera'
Access: Spellbinders Labels 4 Nestibilities, EK Success Butterfly Punch, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles, Sponges, Dimensionals

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Whimsical Wednesday and Princess Ava!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Good Morning!

Today's sketch is a VERY special one because it's by the youngest Diedrich kidlet, Princess Ava! This is her very first sketch for the Whimsical Wednesday challenge and I have a feeling that Mama is incredibly proud of her little Princess right now! :) Head on over to the WW blog to check out the sketch and this week's featured Daredevil, Kim Ross, but before you do, here's what I created!



I just HAD to use The Greeting Farm's Princess Ava Twinkle Tot for this card since little Miss Ava was the model for it! I hope she gets a kick out of this! :) The horizontal strip screamed "ribbon" to me so I used this beautiful wide ribbon. It makes such a statement doesn't it?? Love wide ribbon!

If you need some inspiration, then check out what the other Daredevils have created with this sketch:


And please help me us welcome the newest Daredevil....Sara Henton!! Anyone who stands in line with Jess to meet Tim Holtz, is a friend ours! We're so happy to have you on the team Sara!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Please keep a look out for two other posts from me this morning! :)

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Whimsical Wednesday and a TSG Challenge

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A happy Wednesday to you all!

It's time for another Whimsical Wednesday challenge! This week's sketch is from little Jack Diedrich and it's a real easy one so you all have no excuses not to play! ;)

And as an incentive, up for grabs is a grab bag of Unity singles sweetly donated by the matriarch of this challenge blog, Mama Jess Diedrich!! Woohooo! You can check out the sketch over at the Whimsical Wednesday blog this morning and leave some love for this week's featured daredevil Heather "No Brown" Schlatter! (Love ya girl!)

The sketch is pretty rectangular and reminded me of an ATC (Artist Trading Card), so I decided to combine two challenges this week. The There She Goes challenge (TSG40) this week is to create an artist trading card, so I created one for the center of my Whimsical Wednesday card. :) Pretty smart of me really.... LOL!

I used the recently released Chemistry set from There She Goes since the images are the perfect size for ATC's. I have never really done an ATC before and didn't really know where to start, but after seeing the amazing examples that Maki and Jessica created, I realised that all you need to do is create a miniature card! :) Really sorry about the bad photo. These dark winter days are seriously detrimental to my card making! Day light savings couldn't come soon enough!

Now check out what the amazing Daredevils have created with this challenge:

And then check out what Maki and Jessica did with the TSG ATC challenge!! Amazing stuff!

If you'd like to play along with this week's Whimsical Wednesday sketch challenge, and be in with a chance to win the grab bag of Unity singles, just leave a link to your card in the Mr Linky at the bottom of today's post. And if you want to play along with this week's There She Goes ATC challenge, and possibly win a gift certificate to the TSG store, link your creation at the bottom of this blog post.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I appreciate it!





Supplies
Stamps: There She Goes 'Chemistry'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Ruby Red, Cool Caribbean, Creamy Caramel
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Fancy Pants
Access: Ribbon, Buttons, Ranger Glossy Accents, Stickles, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals

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A Couple of Lollipops!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

A happy Wednesday morning to you all!

Are you up for another sketch challenge from the Diedrich kids?! Yes, it's Whimsical Wednesday time again and this week's awesomely easy sketch is drawn by Nikolas Diedrich. Head over to the Whimsical Wednesday blog to check out the sketch and this week's featured Daredevil, Jaqueline Nordaune!

I have had these adorable Lollipop kids (drawn by Lori Boyd for Stamping Bella) since October last year and because of all the DT commitments I had going on I didn't have the time to ink them up. And it was such a shame too because I was so missing out! These stick figures with their cute little hands are easy peesy to color and are done in no time at all!!

They were so perfect for Nicky's sketch that I couldn't resist creating two cards! One with Avery the ballerina, and the other with Ethan, the skater. They're cute aren't they?? I didn't veer from the sketch much this week, but that's ok because sometimes the sketch just works as it is, like this one! Both images were watercolored with reinkers on Strathmore Bristol Vellum. I couldn't resist adding some Stickles to Avery's bow and skirt....it was begging for some!

Want to see more inspiration?? Check out what the Daredevils have created with this week's sketch:

It's your turn now! We wanna see what you can do with the sketch! Leave a link to your creation using the Mr Linky at the bottom of this week's Whimsical Wednesday blog post. Thanks so much for stopping by today and be sure to come back tomorrow! I will have some candy up for grabs! :)

Supplies
Card 1
Stamps: Stamping Bella 'Avery Lollipop'
Inks: Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, More Mustard
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'Lovely Collection'
Access: Ribbon, Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Machine Stitching, Rangers Stickles, Sakura Micron Pen, Dimensionals

Card 2
Stamps: Stamping Bella 'Ethan Lollipop'
Inks: Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Going Gray, Cool Caribbean, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Cosmo Cricket 'The Boyfriend Collection'
Access: Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Machine Stitching, Sakura Micron Pen, Dimensionals

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A Boy and His Dinosaurs!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Happy Hump Day to you all!

Did anyone catch season one of the show 'United States of Tara'? We don't have Showtime on our TV, but I saw the pilot episode for it on one of our Dexter DVD's, and I was instantly hooked! I finally got the DVD towards the end of last year. IMHO it's hilarious! The Man is a little disturbed by all the potty mouths but if you can get past that, it's such a great show with a really interesting storyline. Toni Collette is an incredible actress...and Australian to boot! Enough said. :)

It's Whimsical Wednesday time again and this week's sketch (DDSC18) by little Jack Diedrich is so easy, even a caveman could do it! Head on over to the blog to check out the sketch as well as today's featured Daredevil, who happens to be the uber creative Kris Palakiko!

I was so excited to be one of the few people who snagged this new, soon-to-be-released Happy Day set from The Greeting Farm! I loved the little girl in the set, but since Jack designed this sketch, I thought it appropriate to use the little boy for this card. (The set is officially being released March 1st, just in case you wanted to know!)

I'm off to check out what the other girls have whipped up with this sketch and you might want to do the same!

Thanks so much for popping in today! Tomorrow I have a Whipper Snapper card to show you. Talk about long time-no ink! :)


Supplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Happy Day' (to be released March 2010)
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pretty in Pink, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, More Mustard, Really Rust, Buckaroo Blue, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Going Gray, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Cool Caribbean, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'Actopus to Zelephant' and American Crafts 'Everyday - Howdy'
Embellishments: Spellbinders Large Rectangle Nestibilities, Buttons, Ribbon, DMC Embroidery Thread, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

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Whimsical Wednesday...Monster!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Good Morning!

Yesterday The Man decided to play hookie from work and stayed home with me. Can you guess what that does to my stamping time?? Yep, it went from a few hours to nought! But it was nice to spend some time together while the Miss Sweetie is in daycare. :) We went to breakfast and did a bit of grocery shopping, then putted around the house until it was time to get Miss Sweetie and take her to her audiology appointment. A couple of years ago she had a bad bout of ear infections that lead to tubes being put in her ears. They've since fallen out and they've closely monitored her ears to make sure her hearing hasn't been affected by all the infections. Thankfully she was given the all clear and we don't need to continue the visits unless the infections flare up again - which they haven't this winter at all. So thankful for that!

Today's Wednesday and that means I have another Whimsical Wednesday challenge for you! This week's challenge is an inspiration one and I know you're all going to want to play along!

It's the makeup collection of our very own Jessica Diedrich! None of my makeup looks this fancy! LOL (But I wish it would!) You can take ANY aspect of this image and create a card from it. And, like I said earlier, you'll want to play along this week because we have our very first sponsor and prize for 2010!! Paper Makeup Stamps is giving away some rubber to one random winner of this challenge! Wooohooo! Katie, the owner of PMS, generously gave each of the Daredevils a digi image to play with this month, so you'll see lots of great eye candy today.

I am a bit partial to monsters (which is really funny because when I was little, I was soooo afraid of those giant monster puppets on the Muppets) so I picked out this sad looking (but completely adorable at the same time) Boo Boo Monster from PMS's digi line. Don't you just want to hug him to make the pain go away?! Poor thing! So here's the lowdown on my 'slightly pink, but predominantly green' card: I picked some green polka dot paper and proceeded to color up Mr Boo Boo in green before I realised that we had an inspiration challenge this week and I had better take a peek at it before I went any further. It's a good thing I did because there's not a lick of green to be found in this image!! Bugger. So that's when I decided to switch out the patterned paper with something a little more suitable and call it a day! :) Go ahead and gong me if you like. I deserve it this week! Definitely check out the other digi monsters Katie has in her collection or the wonderful fairies scattered all throughout her store!

Check out what the other Daredevils have done with their digi images (I hear there are a few fairies out there!):

Now it's your turn! Create a card using the image as your inspiration and leave your name and a link to your creation in the Mr Linky at the bottom of the WW:DD post to be in with a chance to win your very own Paper Makeup rubber stamp! You have until next Tuesday, January 12th to get your card linked.

Thank you so much for popping by today!

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps 'BooBoo Monster digi'
Inks: Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Cool Caribbean, Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red, Going Gray
Papers: Georgia Pacific, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'Cut n Paste Collection'
Access: Ribbon, Micron Pen, Dimensionals

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Whimsical Wednesday

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Good Morning!

So yesterday was a pretty productive day for me. I took down the Christmas tree, put all the ornaments and decorations away in their boxes, hurled the dried up tree off our second story balcony and propped it up against the dumpster. Thank goodness no one was around to see me do that! LOL

It feels like forever since I played along with a Whimsical Wednesday Challenge! With the holidays and what not, I wasn't able to play last week. But I'm back and rearing to go! This week's artist is Nicky Diedrich and you can check out his sketch on today's WW:DD post.

The Loads of Fun set from There She Goes hasn't left the top of my craft table since the release last week. I am having so much fun with it! When I saw today's sketch, I knew one of the images from this set would be perfect for it. Aren't those undies cute?! Sadly, you will not find those in my underwear drawer! LOL I did *kind of* tweaked the sketch a little. :) Well, I just moved the focal point off center a wee bit and instead of two tabs on either side of the image, I just made a continuous tag that runs across the middle. A sketch is just a guide, right?? ;) LOVE that sentiment! You could it as a segway some kind of hot, juicy gossip, like for instance... I'm now a Senior Trendsetter for There She Goes!! :D

I'm so thrilled (and a little shocked!) to be a part of the Senior team and amongst such a great deal of talent! Thank you Jess for this fantastic opportunity!

And now for the bigger announcement...Starting January, this blog will be sponsored EACH MONTH which means there will be a PRIZE EVERY MONTH!! Woohooooo! Next week we will announce the first sponsor of 2010. Tune in next week to find out what you can win!!

Ok, wanna check out more inspiration from the Daredevils? Check out their blogs:



Thanks so much for stopping by today! :)


Supplies
Stamps: There She Goes 'Loads Of Fun'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen and Tea Dye'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP = Cosmo Cricket 'Boyfriend Collection'
Access: Marvey Scalloped Square Punch, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

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Quick! Make A Wish!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Good Morning!

It's time for another Whimsical Wednesday challenge and we have two new Daredevils to introduce to you this week! Please help me welcome Jacquie and Valerie to the team! Can't wait to get to know you both!

Ok, this week's challenge is brought to us by Madelynn Diedrich and her challenge is an inspiration image. You can find it and all the details over at today's Whimsical Wednesday post. While you're there, check out what featured Daredevil Darla Wilson has created this week!

I borrowed the colors from the image and made a birthday card using the cute, new Chibi images from The Greeting Farm. These images were created by illustrator Jessica Hymas are they are really growing on me! I think I might have to color up a few more this weekend! :) The sketch was from this week's Friday Sketchers Challenge #81.

Do yourself a favor and check out what the other Daredevils have created with this inspiration image!

Ok, I'm off to check out what the girls have done. Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Supplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Chibi Cake - digi', Stamping Bella 'Make A Wish'
Inks: Creamy Caramel, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Cool Caribbean, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain'
Papers: Georgia Pacific, Bazzil Basics, PP - My Minds Eye
Access: Prima Marketing Flowers, Making Memories Brads, Sponges, Spellbinders Large Circle Nestibilities and Tags Trio, EK Success Corner Punch, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals

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Whimsical Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Good Morning!

I just have to say thank you to everyone who played along on yesterday's TGF blog hop! What an amazing turnout we got! And a BIG personal thank you from me for all your sweet comments about my work. I am truly thankful for them and for you all. I have been in a very 'bah humbug' mood of late. Mainly due to homesickness and not having seen my parents in over 5 years, so it was really touching to read all your wonderful comments. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. :)

Ok, onto today's Whimsical Wednesday Challenge! This week's sketch is a doozy! You can see it over at the Whimsical Wednesday website and don't forget to leave some love for this week's featured Daredevil, Cassie Larson! I hummed and haaed over this sketch for the longest time. It looks a little tricky, but I ended up rotated the sketch and omited the the two strips that wrap around each side with the stars. Then I used a ribbon to represent the strip running straight across the front of the sketch.

The sketch really didn't show a place for a stamp image, and I wasn't going to use one, but I couldn't bring myself to do it and ended up coloring this cute Christmas package image from Whipper Snapper Designs.

We'd love to have you play along with us this week, but before you do, check out what the other girls have created with this sketch:



And this week please give a warm, whimsical welcome to our newest Daredevil Kris Palakiko!! Welcome Kris! We're so excited to have you on board Kris!
Yesterday, Rebecca sent me this awesome YouTube video of the muppets and if you love Queen or the Muppets, you have to check it out!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs 'Lovely Xmas Presents' and 'Season's Greetings'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Cool Caribbean, Sahara Sand, Old Olve, True Thyme, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, Ballet Blue, Morning Marigold, More Mustard
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - My Mind's Eye
Access: Ribbon, Buttons, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals, Stickles, Stampendous Crystal Snow Glitter

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TSG Holiday Tags Blog Hop!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Hello and welcome to the There She Goes Holiday Tags Blog Hop!

We're showing you sneak peeks all week long of the new sets being released in December and you won't want to miss a single day! If you've stopped by my blog from the uber talented Maki Jones's blog, then you're on the right track, but if you've stopped here by chance and would like to play along on this hop, just head over to TSG blog and start your journey there.

I made two cards for you today so you could see how versatile these tags really are. If you haven't figured out by now, the tags are a three-step stamp set with a few choices for embellishments, so you can mix and match to your heart's desire!

On this first card I wanted to show the tag as it would typically be used...as a tag of course! I used this week's Whimsical Wednesday sketch for the layout. You can check it out after the hop. :)


For this second card I wanted to give you a different look at how to use the set. I stamped out the embellishment images from the set, colored them up then mounted them on squares of book text paper. It's quite striking when layered on the red patterned paper.

I think I've kept you long enough, now back to the TSG blog for some more eye candy! Thanks for hopping by!


Supplies
Card 1
Stamps: There She Goes 'Holiday Tags'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Real Red, Cranberry Crisp, Close To Cocoa, Distress Inks 'Vintage Photo
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP -
Access: Ribbon, Button, Gold Thread, Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Decorative Scissors, Sponges
Card 2
Stamps: There She Goes 'Holiday Tags'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Ruby Red, Old Olive, Morning Marigold, More Mustard, Distress Inks 'Vintage Photo'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - ??
Access: Button, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Sponging, Dimensionals

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Easel-ly Influenced

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Good Morning!

If you haven't noticed already, this week's turning into a Greeting Farm kind of week! Since I have been a little behind in showing you a few of the new digi's that have been released over the past couple of weeks, I thought I'd spend a good portion of this week playing with them. Hope you don't mind! ;)

It's Whimsical Wednesday again and this week our challenge is to create an easel card. It's Mama Jess's favorite thing to make these days, so she challenged us to give it a go. But wait a minute! What's an easel card you ask?? I had to ask the same question. So Jess and Jacquie sent us a link to these awesome instructions and it looked easy peezy!

This is a close up on the coloring of Gothic Roxy; the digi stamp by designer Janet McDonnell. Her images have a real human quality to them and I just love the sweet look on Roxy's face. Even in all her goth clothing, she's still someone's little girl. :)

Here's my finished easel card. Don't laugh! :) It's my first attempt at it so I obviously need some more experience at it. I do love how they fold down into a perfect square card that fits in a standard envelope. Please note that the instructions are for a 4"x4" card but you can make it any size as long as you keep the proportions the same.
Need some more ideas?? Check out what the other daredevils have created:

Please leave a link to your creation on today's Whimsical Wednesday post using Mr. Linky so the Daredevils can check out your creation and leave you some love. And while you're there, check out the amazing creation this week's featured Daredevil, Randi Wall created! :D
Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Gothic Roxy digi', MFT 'Essential Sentiments'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Buckaroo Blue, Going Gray, Pretty In Pink, Pink Passion, Sahara Sand, Almost Amethyst, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'
Papers: Georgia Pacific, Bazzil Basics, PP - KI Memories 'Love Elsie Collection - Roxie Math Class' and 'Scenic Route Loveland Collection - Ruby Ave'
Access: Ribbon, Making Memories Brads, Prima Flowers, Decorative Scissors, Micron Pen

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Just Because Lottie

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Hey there!

I have another Whimsical Wednesday challenge for you all this week and it's an inspiration image challenge! You can check out the details and the image on the Whimsical Wednesday blog...HERE! And while you're there, check out the awesome card created by this week's featured Daredevil - Lisa Hjulberg!

I am starting to really like inspiration challenges because you can take any piece of the inspiration and make it yours. I decided to go with the colors of the mugs since they were a perrrfect match to my new favorite patterned paper - Earth Love by Cosmo Cricket! And can you believe I found this paper at Michaels?!? I was so beside myself when I spied them in the store!! :D That was a excellent shopping day! hehehe

I paired the paper with she sweet Twinkle Tot 'Lottie' from The Greeting Farm and this week's Inspirational Card Sketches (ICS#42) layout. And can I tell you; I could NOT contain my excitement when I saw that their sponsor this week was....THE GREETING FARM!! (If you don't have Keep Cosy in your collection, you might want to play along too!) Just a suggestion. ;)

Lottie was colored up with reinkers again and this time I cut her out and made her appear to sit on the horizontal panel, like all the Magnolia cards you see out there in blogland. :) All the decorative edges were done with either decorative scissors or a corner punch. No fancy machine or tool; just staple supplies. I was a little worried that I Lottie would look a little lost against that pattern but I think leaving some white paper around her and lifting her off the page helped it some.

If you'd like to play along this week, just create your card and leave a link to it on this week's WW post so the Daredevils can leave some love! And if you upload your creation to SCS or PCP, don't forget to use the keyword DDSC10! Don't forget to check out how the other Daredevils used the mugs as their inspiration this week!

I think this cold is getting the better of me this week. It probably hasn't helped that I haven't gotten enough sleep these past several days, but I'm hoping that all the orange juice and cough medicine I've been taking will pay off soon. And if it doesn't, well...I'm a mum; I don't have a day off! Am I right?! You all know what I'm talking about. I also found out that Syd's daycare class had 6 absentees yesterday; all out with a fever or cold. I've got my fingers crossed she doesn't come down with another cold...or worse!

Thanks so much for stopping by again today. :)

Suppplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Lottie Twinkle Tot' & 'PTI Mixed Messages'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Blush Blossom, Certain Celery, Old Olive, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Ruby Red, Distress Inks 'Tea Dye and Frayed Burlap'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Cosmo Cricket 'Earth Love'
Access: Ribbon, Buttons, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Martha Stewart Tag Punch, EK Success Corner Punch, Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Sponges, Dimensionals

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Shine At Any Age

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Good Morning!

It's Whimsical Wednesday time again and this week young Nick Diedrich has a fabulous sketch drawn up for all of you! You can find the sketch on the WW blog and while you're there, check out what our girl Jacquie has created with it!

I went with a 5.5" x 5.5" square card and used the VERY recently released Mr. and Mrs. Katz stamp set from Hanna Stamps. I colored up Mrs. Katz and made sure she looked like the crazy cat lady she is! Check out the fish headband!! I added some Stickles to it to make sure it shined. :) The paper is from We R Memory Keepers and I always seem to gravitate to it when I do a fuddy duddy card. Maybe because it reminds me of the wallpaper we had in our house when we bought it. It SCREAMS '70s country decor!

Kim Ross (will be posting a little later)

If you want to play along, just upload your creation to your blog and leave a message on the Whimsical Wednesday post with a link back to your creation so we can all check it out! If you upload it to SCS or PCP, remember to use the keyword DDSC9!

Before I go, I had to share with you the contents of an interesting package I received in the mail yesterday! When I opened this package, I was very curious because I wasn't expecting anything from this sweet friend of mine so I couldn't guess what in the world she was sending me.


Check out that label!!! Is that HYSTERICAL or what?! I broke into a HUGE coughing and laiughing fit when I read it!! I couldn't stop coughing because I was gasping for enough air to get it under control and that was making me laugh even more! I took it to work today to show a few of my coworkers - they should get a huge kick out of it too! Hope it made you laugh too. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supplies
Stamps: Hanna Stamps! 'Mr. and Mrs. Katz', Karen Foster Snap Stamps
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Going Gray, Ruby Red, Buckaroo Blue, Old Olive, Soft Sky, More Mustard, Morning Marigold, Sahara Sand
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Kraft, Bazzil Basics, PP - We Are Memory Keepers 'Grandma's Kitchen Collection - Rich Ribbon & Flower Frenzy'
Access: Twill Ribbon, Spellbinders Large Oval Nesties and Scalloped Nesties, Rangers Stickles, Dimensionals

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Whimsical Wednesday Challenge

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Hi again! (Scroll down if you're hopping along the TSG blog hop and my Diedrich Dare card!!)

The Diedrich Daredevils have a fun quiz going on over at the Whimsical Wednesday blog today and since I couldn't really include this in my TSG blog hop earlier, I just had to make a new post about it!

Besides the sketch challenge we Daredevils have a fun little quiz for you! Yesterday, the lovely CASSIE gave the Daredevils a blog award and with it came this little questionnaire.We decided that rather than pass it on to specific people, we'd all fill out the Q&A and share some fun facts with you today!

The key is: YOU CAN ONLY USE ONE-WORD ANSWERS:

1. Where is your cell phone? Lost?!
2. Your hair? Wild
3. Your mother? Inspirational
4. Your father? Funny
5. Your favorite food? Chocolate!
6. Your dream last night? Forgotten
7. Your favorite drink? Smoothies
8. Your dream/goal? Fading
9. What room are you in? Work
10. Your hobby? DUH
11. Your fear? Death
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home
13. Where were you last night? Couch
14. Something that you aren’t? Healthy
15. Muffins? Pumpkin
16. Wish list item? Plane ticket
17. Where did you grow up? Australia
18. Last thing you did? Coughed
19. What are you wearing? Heels
20. Your TV? Modern Family
21. Your pets? Fish
22. Friends? Online
23. Your life? Fantastical
24. Your mood? Melancholy
25. Missing someone? Family
26. Vehicle? Ridgeline
27. Something you’re not wearing? Necklace
28. Your favorite store? LSS
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday
31. Last time you cried? Last week
32. Your best friend? Melanie
33. One place that I go to over and over? Work (regrettably!)
34. One person who emails me regularly? KadieandMary (Can't pick one!)
35. Favorite place to eat? Lucca's (Everything melts in your mouth!)

Well, hopefully you enjoyed those 35 little bitty facts about me! If you happen to take this and fill it out, leave me a comment so I know to come visit you and see your answers :) For now, head on over to see the other Daredevil's amazing creations and fun facts! They are:


Last but not least, be sure to head over to the DARE Blog to see our Featured Daredevil, KIM has something AWESOME to share with you!

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TSG Home Sweet Home Holiday Additions Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the There She Goes blog hop celebrating the soon to be released set of the Home Sweet Home Holiday Additions set!!

If you've just happened upon this blog post and would like to hop along, then head over to the There She Goes blog to get started. If you've stopped by here from the uber talented Maki Joneses blog, then you're on the right path. :)

I have been soooooo excited for everyone to see this new Holiday Additions set of the Home Sweet Home series! It has everything - and I mean EVERYTHING, you are going to need to create your holiday cards! TI'm not kidding either, there are over 40 images in the set - 40!!

This first card uses the two-step wreath stamp in the set. The detail these stamps have is incredible! You're going to love this set! For this first card, I stamped out the base image with Certain Celery then stamped the second, more detailed image on top of it with True Thyme. I then added the bows to the top of the wreaths and some Stickles around each wreath for sparkle. If you think this card looks a little large, that's because it is. I used the large sized Labels One nestie which ended up making this card 4" x 8". I had been hoarding some of this Basic Grey paper from last year and I'm so glad I did! (I bet you still have some in your colletion!)

This second card uses the larger sock image in the set. I wanted to show that you don't need to build a fireplace scene to create a great holiday card. The image was watercolored with SU's Pretty in Pink and Taken With Teal and sponged around the outside with Cool Caribbean. I just got the Cosmo Cricket paper stack and couldn't WAIT to break into it! :) Add some velvet ribbon and you've got yourself a fun holiday card! I used this week's Whimsical Wednesday sketch from young Madelynn Diedrich for this layout. It was perfect for a small image like this! You can check out what the other Daredevils have created with it after this hop. :)

The thing I love about all of Jess's sets is that they have the BEST sentiments! Sentiments for the outside and inside. She really thinks of everything when she puts these sets together.

Ok, your next stop along this hop is the amazing Miss Wendy Bond! If you get lost along the way, here's the list of blogs, just in case. :)
Supplies
Card 1
Stamps: There She Goes 'Home Sweet Home Holiday Additions'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Certain Celery, True Thyme, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen and Tea Dye'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Basic Grey 'Wassail Collection'
Access: Spellbinders Labels One Nestibilities, Decorative Scissors, Sponges, Dimensionals
Card 2
Stamps: There She Goes 'Home Sweet Home Holiday Additions'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Pretty In Pink, Taken With Teal, Cool Caribbean
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Cosmo Cricket 'Holly Jolly Collection'
Access: Velvet ribbon, Spellbinders Small Oval Nestibilties, Sponges, Dimensionals

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Arghh! There She Goes!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Good Morning!

(Please scroll down if you're hopping along on the DoodleFactory Blog Hop!! Thank you!)

I'm not sure if I'm coming down with something or what but I've woken up with somewhat of a sore throat then it slowly subsides over the course of the day. Hopefully this isn't the start of anything bad. I definitely can't come down with something a week before all the releases!! Eek! I might have to grab myself a lemon and make some lemon honey drinks to soothe this throat.

Ok, onto today's Whimsical Wednesday challenge! This week's challenge is an inspirational one and it's brought to us by little Jack Diedrich!

Arrrgh!! Me matey! It be a treasure map ye seek! LOL Yes, we have a treasure map as our inspiration and I just want to be the first to say that I completely bombed out on this challenge! I thought I'd be clever and combine this weeks There She goes challenge (TSG25) which is to use dry embossing on your project and make it more of an elegant card, but it didn't quite turn out that way...

I don't know if it's the colors, or the layout or just the idea, but whatever it is, it didn't work out all that well. :( Sometimes things just don't go the way you want!


For some much more brill ant examples of this inspiration challenge, check out what the other daredevils did with it!

And for more awesome examples of There She Goes challenge, check out what the talented Trendsetters did!



Head over to the Whimsical Wednesday blog to see this week's featured stamper, the super busy Jessica Diedrich and to get all the details on this week's challenge. We also want to give a big warm WELCOME to our newest designer, Randi Wall!! Can't wait to see your creations Randi!

Supplies
Stamps: There She Goes 'Life's A Beach'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Cool Caribbean, Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo'
Papers: Kraft, Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics
Access: Ribbon, Cuttlebug Swirls and Distressed Stripes Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Sponges

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