Whimise Doodles New 2012 DT & Blog Hop!

Hi All! And a Very Happy Friday to you! I have been hinting at some Super exciting news for the last couple of months, now, and I finally get to share that as of today, I am officially a Whimsie Doodles Doodleicious Diva!! Whoo Hoo!! I am SOOO doing my Happy dance right now!! Yay! 8-)  And let me just tell you, you could have knocked me over with a feather I was so thrilled when received Melyssa's invite! I can't even begin to tell you just how excited and honored I am to be part of this Super Talented team and to get to work with this Warm and Wonderful group of Ladies!! 8-) 

Well in honor of the New Whimsie Doodle Design Team today we thought we would host a Hop so you could get to know everyone and help us Celebrate! Whoo Hoo! You should be arriving here from the Blog of the Mega talented Laura Whitaker ... 8-)
And as an added bonus, if you hop along to all the DT members blogs, and then go back and leave a comment on the Whimsie Doodles Blog too, we will randomly draw a name on Saturday Sept 1st for a $10.00 gift certificate to the Whimsie Doodles Store! Pretty Cool, huh?... 8-)

My Fun creation today was completely inspired and Pretty much out and out Cased from My Awesome Friend and Doodleicious Diva Alumni, Miss Kim O'Connell! Lol.. 8-)  I just completely fell in LOVE with her Fantastic Card featuring the Darling Whimsie Doodle Blogger Girl image & Super layout too! So here's my take on her Adorable creation...  I  paired this little Sweetie up with a Big Comfy chair from the Have a Seat set and printed them both out onto  Flourishes Classic White, did a little Paper piecing and colored up the rest with my trusty Copics. I just had to make her a Redhead, of course, lol and I popped her up with a bit of foam tape and used the out of the box technique too.. My mats and BG layers and paper piecing were created with the Simple Stories Fun Summer Fresh collection. And to finish it all up, I hand cut my sentiment into a fun matted banner, added a Sweet TE Clouds Border die cut and some Cheery red ribbon from my stash! 8-) 

Next up on our Celebration Hop today is the Fabulously Talented Joy Stagg! 8-) And just in case, here's the entire Blog Hop Order so you won't get lost along the way! 8-)

Mary Johnson

Laura Whitaker

Shannon White ( You are here! )

Joy Stagg

Marlene Gomez  

Judy Rozema

Nikki Tanner

Kerry Bucklely

Melyssa Connolly

Hope you all have a Fantastic day & thanks so much for hopping by! 8-)

TE's August KI Kit - You're Amazing! 8-)

Hi All! And a Very Happy Thursday to you! Hope you all have been having a Fabulous week! It's been pretty busy hear this week, but definitely good, lol 8-) Well, today I'm back with a Super Quick post to share another Sweet project I created with TE's Awesome August Key Ingredients kit! I've really been having a lot of Fun with the Prima Doodle Deux dp's, So Upbeat and Funky and Sweet all at the same time! I just love this set! 8-) 

For my card today, I used TE's Super Prettty Make it Amazing set with coordinating TE's Elegant Butterflies dies and a little help from my Classic Ovals and Open Scallop nesties sets, TE's Fly your flag 2 dies and Chevron Border dies as well. All the papers ribbons and washi tape are from The August KI Kit.. 8-) 

Here are all the Fun items I used on my card today and you can find them in the TE Store...

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Told ya it was going to be Super Quick! Lol.. Hope you all have a Wonderful day & thanks so much for dropping in! 8-)

Bakers Dozen Studio Challenge August!

For my Tuesday Throwdown Post Please click HERE or just Scroll down.. 8-)

Hi All! And a Very Happy Tuesday to you! 8-) It's time for the Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge.  This is a monthly opportunity for us to share what makes our stamping studios hum.  Each month we will have a fun, crafty question so we can share our favorites, some tips and tricks, stamping advice and more.

The theme for August is:

PROJECT RUNWAY!  Do you watch this show?  It's perfect for creative types like us!  On PR, the designers are given crazy challenges each week and asked to maintain their own personal style or point of view in their creation.

So, what's your stamping style or point of view?  Would you consider your style to be CAS (Clean and Simple), Cutesy, Graphic, Vintage, Elegant, Layers & More Layers, or what?  Describe it any way you like, it's your style after all!  Today's challenge is to show us a couple of different projects using the same supplies.  Show us one CAS card and one Fancy Fold card while still retaining your own personal style as much as possible.

What a Great question! 8-) And, believe it or not, lol, this was a REALLY tough one for me, lol  Not so much the creating part, that was Super Fun and Easy...8-) But more so the, "What's your Style part"... I honestly don't think I have one particular style.. I like So many different styles myself, and would LOVE to be able to master them all, lol Not to mention, I like to change things up and try new things, as I have a tendency to get bored easily, lol.. So, to answer this question today, I even enlisted the help of a few close & trusted Crafty Blog Buddies, and the only thing that they All seamed to come up with that was the same, was my use of colorful, well coordinated dp's.. lol  I do Adore Cute little Animal images, and I also Love Florals and Pretty and Elegant Feminine styles as well.. CAS has always been a big challenge for me.. lol Sounds so funny to say that, but it just doesn't come very natural to me.. And though I Adore Shabby Chic, I've never really been able to pull it off myself.. lol  And it seams I have a tendency to create whatever I am inspired by at the moment,  So maybe my style is more of a Variable or Eclectic style.. ( Maybe??)...8-)

We were asked to create 2 different cards to show off our style today, a Fancy Fold card and a CAS card. So here is my Fancy 'Joy' fold card! 8-) it was a lot of fun to put together from Miss Beates' Super Easy Tutorial, for those of you who have never made one of these, like me, up until now anyway 8-)... For Both of my creations today I chose to use TE's Darling Oops A Daisy set and coordinating Oops A Daisy Dies for their Great versatility and Pretty style. I paired these Sweet Cheery Daisies up with MME's The Sweetest Thing Lavender Collection.. For my Fancy version I stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, colored up my Daisy's with my trusty Copics and aded a touch of stardust stickles for a bit of Bling. I popped up my daisies onto SB Classic Ovals and Scallop Ovals die cuts with a bit of foam tape. And my sentiment oval was matted up with a Fun little TE Friendship Blooms Die Cut.. Here are a couple more shots of the inside of my card..

For my CAS Card I stamped My Sweet Daisies with Pastel Pink, Olive and Yellow  Color Box inks, added bit of shading with my trusty Copics, popped them up onto layered SB Classic Circles Large & Small die cuts, and used the Fun TE Scallops & Circles Impression Plate for my main BG panel...  And, believe it or not, My CAS card was actually more of a challenge for me to put together, I kept wanting to add more stuff to it, lol...8-) 

The Baker's Dozen has Lots more goodies for you this morning, so hop on over and see...8-)

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess

Here are the items I used for my projects today and they can all be found in the TE Store...

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Hope you all have a Super day & thanks so much for visiting! 8-)

Feeling Under the Weather...? - TT113

Hi all! And a Very Happy Tuesday to you! Hope you all had a Wonderful weekend and are enjoying a Terrific week so far..8-) Today I'm back with another Fabulous Tuesday Throwdown Challenge! Yay! 8-) Our Theme this time is"Crazy Colors!" So use some fun wild colors that you would NOT normally use and come join in the fun!! 8-)  Our Wonderful Sponsor is Digital Delights By Louby Loo, They have So many Sweet Adorable images to choose from, So I sure hope you will stop by and check them out!... 8-) And they have put together a very generous prize package for One lucky winner, so I sure hope you can play along with us.  Also, please do stop by the Tuesday Throwdown Blog to take a peek at the Darling creations the rest of the Terrificly Talented Design Team has in store for you! 8-)

I printed out my Sweet Rainy Day Dilly onto onto Flourishes Classic White, did a little Paper piecing and colored up the rest of him with my trusty Copics. I cut him out with the help of my Classic Circles Large & Small Nesties sets and popped him up with a bit of foam tape. For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of ivory CS from my stash and some Pretty dp's from Basic Grey's Kioshi collection. To finish it all up printed out my Computer generated sentiment and hand cut it into a Fun little banner, also popped up with a bit of foam tape as well.  Pretty easy peasy, huh?... 8-)

Hope you all have a Super day & thanks so much for dropping in! 8-)

Dream Big! - CR84FN61 Week 2!

Hi all! And a Very Happy Sunday to you! 8-) Sure hope you've all been enjoying your weekend..8-)  Well today I'm back with a real quick post for Week 2 of the CR84FN Color Challenge! So you guys still have a few more days to play along with our Pretty Color Combo! Yay! 8-)

I stamped my Sweet Flowers from SNSS's Dream Big set with SU Crumbcake and colored them up with my trusty Copics. I cut them out with the help of my Classic Ovals, Scallop Ovals and added a touch of shading with Antique Linen Distress ink while the die was still in place.  I added a some Stardust Stickles for little bling and popped the panel up with a bit of foam tape. My mats and BG layers were created with a combo of tan and ivory CS from my stash, my CB, the Swiss Dots EF and some fun dp's from MME's Indie Chick Nutmeg collection. And to finish it all up I stamped my SNSS sentiment with SU Crumbcake onto an MFT first place ribbon die-namic die cut. Pretty easy peasy, huh?... 8-)

Here are the Wonderful CR84FN Colors...

For all the CR84FN Challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN Blog. And Of course, please do go and check out the Wonderful creations the rest of the Super talented DT has Cooked up for your inspiration...8-)  l Sure hope you can join us!

Andrea Matthews

Deborah Frings

Heather Jensen

Mona Pendleton

Pauline Pollington

Sue Lelli

Hope you all have a Fantastic day & thanks so much for stopping in! 8-)

Back to School (TE) - SSS173

Hi all! And a Very Happy Sweet Stop Sketch Saturday to you too! 8-) Hope you all had a Wonderful week! Mine's been Super busy creating and I will be able to announce that exciting news I mentioned a while back real soon, so stay tuned.. lol 8-)...Well today I'm back with the latest  Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge, Yay!  I Loved Miss Korin's Super Awesome sketch! Thought it would be Perfect for my Darling TE Moka Gwen image and Just in time for back to School too! So without further delay, here's my take on Miss Korin's Fabulous sketch..

I stamped my Sweet  TE Moka Gwen with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored her up with my trusty Copics. I fussy cut her out and popped her up with a bit of foam tape onto layered SB Classic Oval and Scallop Oval die cuts. My Mats and BG layers were created with a combination of Coral CS from my stash and some Pretty dp's from Echo Parks 6x6 Sweet Day Collection. My sentiment was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto a Cute little TE Mini Tags Die cut. And to finish it all up I added a fun little button all tied up with two different shades of Doodle Twine! 8-)

Here's Miss Korin's Awesome Sketch...

I sure hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop! Can't wait to see what you all come up with this week! 8-) And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Wonderful creations the rest of the Wonderfully Talented Sugar Babies have put together for your inspiration. Leave them a little Love too, it's Always greatly Appreciated. 8-)    

The Sugar Babies

                                                                                Cathy

Chrissy

Janice

Korin

Monika

Shelby

Wendy( on vacation )

                                                        

Here are the Fun items I used on my project today..

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Hope you all have a Fantastic day & thanks so much for visiting! 8-)

TE's August KI Kit - Happy Birthday Tags! 8-)

Hi All! And a Very Happy Tuesday to you! Hope you all had a Fabulous weekend! We had some unexpected Company come in from out of town and it was so Great to see them! A really fun Surprise for sure! 8-)  Well, today I'm back to share a Fun little project created with TE's Awesome August Key Ingredients kit! I really Loved the Darling Prima Doodle Deux dp's, So Upbeat and Funky! 8-) So you just know I had to create something Fun! 8-) 

I've been wanting to put together some Sweet little Birthday tags for while now, and TE's August KI kit definitely provided that Perfect inspiration to accomplish the task! 8-) My tag bases were all created with TE's Frame it Up 1 die. I added the Sweet little Butterflies with the help of TE's Make it Amazing Set, the Elegant Butterflies Dies and a few adhesive pearls from my stash. I used the Sweet Prima flowers that came with the KI kit and added their leaves with the Friendship Blooms set and Coordinating  Leafy Branch die. I stamped my Happy Birthday Sentiments from TE's Adventure Land set with Memento Tuxedo Black onto TE's Fly your Flag 2 Die cuts. To finish them all up, I did a bit of shading with Tumbled Glass and Victorian Velvet Distress inks, used TE's Chevron Border dies with the KI kit's Fun polkadot washi tape for Fun decorative touch, added some oversized eyelets and tied my ribbons! 8-) 

Here are a few pics of the individual tags..

 

Here are the items I used for my project today, and you can find them all at the TE Store..

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Hope you all have a Fabulous day & thanks so much for dropping in! 8-)