Whimsical Wednesday Challenge -- favorite colors

Hello, and happy Wednesday! This is the last day of the work week for me.  I am leaving tomorrow morning for a 4 day scrapbooking retreat.  I've never done anything like this before.  I'm driving 3 1/2 hours to a retreat center, meeting up with 7 other ladies I've only ever met online.  If I don't post next Wednesday, please send out a search party, LOL! My husband wonders how I know they are all trustworthy.  I feel I know them all quite well, and have no misgivings.  Well, except for Sharon Does Baskets.  She's a Chicago Bears fan.  That has me a little worried :)

Back to the challenge!  It's a new challenge at Whimsical Design, and it's gonna be a REALLY fun one! Everyone loves to work with our favorite colors, right? Well, this week, we get to do just that.

Our sponsor is the Paper Parade.

The winner of the challenge will get a $15 gift certificate to their great store!

Do your favorite colors change with the seasons?  Mine do.  In winter, I lean towards blues and browns.  Spring, is more soft pastels.  Summer finds me craving bright colors, and by Fall, I'm leaning towards greens, oranges, and browns.  So, when I was asked my favorite colors so our sponsor could send some product, I had to think about it for a bit.  I requested bubblegum pink and teal.

Here's the card I created with my wonderful papers:

 

 

The paper, from our sponsor, The Paper Parade, is Authentique Spring (from the Seasons Collection).  The image is a My Favorite Things stamp, Puppy Girl.  The sentiment, is of course, Whimsical Designs.  I love this font.  I love how crisply it stamps! It is the "With Love" stamp set, found HERE.

 

 

I colored the image with Copic markers and sponged around the outside with Tim Holtz distress ink in Spun Sugar.  The 3 Girl JAM ribbon is the cream ribbon from the coffee bundle. I used several Spellbinder dies on this card. And, a little bling from my stash.

This card was given to a friend when she got a new puppy.  Two friends got new puppies within a couple weeks of each other.  You saw one of the cards last week, and this one this week.  No puppies next week, I promise!

Pick out your favorite colors and join us at Whimsical Wednesday Challenges. And, visit the rest of the design team.  They're amazing!

 

 

Do You Know What Day It Is? It's Hump Day! and a New Challenge At Whimsical Designs!

I giggle every time I see that commercial with the camel walking around the office asking, "do you know what day it is?"  Yes, it's hump day!  And that means the fantastic DT at Whimsical Designs has more inspiration and a new challenge for you. This week's challenge is sponsored by Crafty Sentiments

 

 The challenge? To create a clean and simple card.  The winner will get three digi images of their choice.  Easy peasy, right?

 

Crafty Sentiments was kind enough to give design team members some images to work with.  I chose this sweet girl and her puppy for my CAS card:

 

 

I colored the digi stamp with Copic markers, using these colors.

 

plus these two that didn't fit in my cup!

 

 

I used the Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun - Vol. 1 Stamp set, found here!

 

The papers I used are Carta Bella True Friends 6x6 pad. The base is Close To My Heart blush cardstock.  The twine is Timeless Twine. I made the word bubble with a stamp by Lawn Fawn. I also added a little Creative Inspirations Fairy Dust paint to her dress to make it shimmer.  That's easier to see IRL.

Don't forget to visit the rest of the design team's blogs for some really great inspiration, then link up your CAS card. It'll be as much fun as the hump day commercial I enjoy so much!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge -- Anything Goes
MarkerPop Challenge -- Anything Goes
Oozak Challenge -- Anything Goes with a Girlie Theme
SPARK challenge -- Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint challenge -- anything goes
CMC Copic Challenge Group -- anything goes



I've Started my Christmas Cards! With Whimsical Wednesday Challenges

It's Wednesday, Hump Day, and the Day before Independence Day here in the USA.  It's also the perfect day to start Christmas cards.  Whimsical Designs is hosting a Christmas in July challenge the next 2 weeks, so join us, getting a jump start on your own holiday cards.

This week's challenge is sponsored by The Robin's Nest.

 

The prize is a great one -- a Christmas themed scrapbooking package!

 

I often make 2 cards at the same time, figuring it's just as easy to make one as two.  That's what I did here.  

 

 

 

 

I used some Studio Calico Mister Huey inks on the white cardstock bases before I started building my trees.  After it dried (I speeded the process up a bit with a heat gun), I began making the tree, beginning with the trunk and going upwards.  I used a variety of washi tape from My Mind's Eye, Doodle Bug Designs, and Target. The sentiment is from the Whimsical Designs Snow Much Fun set, found in the Whimsical Design store.

 

 

I stamped the sentiment on a tag, cut out with a Spellbinder die, using my Grand Calibur machine.  On the second card, I heat embossed the "trim the tree"sentiment.  The first card is stamped with Close To My Heart red ink. Don't you love the fonts of this set And they stamp so cleanly. Yum!

 

I topped off the tree with a star.  After all, a Christmas tree has to have a star on top! These chipboard stars are from UmWow Studios. I covered one with green pearl paint, and one with Christmas Red Stickles.  A tiny bow of baker's twine ribbon finishes off each card.

 

There's more wonderful projects on the Whimsical Design blog today. This design team rocks their projects week after week.  Go check them out! Then, make your own Christmas card (or two) and link them up, too!

ATC's are so darn much fun!

It's challenge time on the Whimsical Designs blog, and this week's theme is ATC's.  I love making and trading ATC's.  I think they are one of the most fun things I've experienced since starting this hobby. 

 

This week's challenge is sponsor by:

 

SK Digis has some adorable stamps.  Check out their website here.

 

I used a wonderful flower in a vase image to make this ATC:

 

 

I love how well this vase looks against the background.  Isn't it charming?   I used Whimsical Designs stamps. I love that I can find a stamp for any occasion.  This stamp is from the "With Love" stamp set.

 

 

You can buy all the wonderful stamps in the Whimsical Design store.

I used Pebbles Happy Go Lucky 12x12 papers on this, colored my image with Copics, then fussy cut it. The bow is some retired threads from Close To My Heart. I used a We R Memory Keepers cloud corner chomper on each layer. The wood bird is also from Close To My Heart.

Come join the ATC challenge on the Whimsical Design blog.  You have two weeks.





Summer Time Fun -- with Whimsical Designs

Wednesday -- hump day -- and, since I've joined the Whimsical Designs team, new challenge day.  It's Whimsical Wednesday over on the Whimsical Designs blog.  You'll love all the inspiration there from my fellow DT sisters!

 This week, we're having some "Summer Time Fun".  Maybe it'll help our weather here!  We were barely out of the fifties all weekend, we've hit 70 once or twice, but that's as warm as we've gotten.  Hoping for some warmth to spread our way, I made this summer sun card:

I used 2 stamp sets on this card.  Everyday Sentiments has the "Let's Celebrate" sentiment, and I used the adorable delicate butterfly on Whimsical Fun - Volume 1 to add character to the background paper of the sun.

 

The sun shaped card is a cutting file from the Cutting Café.  I used a circle punch to add the scalloped looking border to the sun.  Papers are from Close To My Heart -- a retired paper line called Flirty.  The rhinestones are also from Close To My Heart.

 

Our sponsor for this week's challenge at Whimsical Wednesday is Fresh Brewed Designs. 

 The winner will receive 3 digis of their choice.  What are you waiting for? Summer goes fast enough!  Make something summery and link up with us!

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party -- anything goes
Paper Nest Dolls Challenge Blog -- Summer Love Challenge