Mother's Day

This card is going to be sent to my mom for Mother' Day, along with some of her favorite perfume. I can't wait until I live closer to her and get to celebrate Mother's Day with her again!!!!

I used my new scalloped circle nesties for this card! They are so fun to play with. And they work in my Cuttlebug! The image is from Whimsy Stamps~! Love them! I colored her in with my Stampin Up! markers. The paper is also Stampin' Up. The "with love" on the bottom was punched out with the word window punch. The little white strip of paper was embossed with my Cuttlebug and the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Happy Early Mother's Day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Let It Snow!

We are getting more snow here in New York. So I thought this was perfect timing to make this decoration. I made this for a Christmas gift for next year actually! I am so going to be ready for Christmas next year, lol!

This is made out of 4x4 square chipboard coasters. So it fits in perfectly with the Whimsy Challenge for using chipboard! You can see the details of the challenge on their blog here: Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog.

I used the cute snowman from Whimsy Stamps on both of the ends. The designer paper is retired Stampin' Up! (Holiday Treasures). After I glued on the paper to the coasters, I then sanded all the edges. The snowmen are colored in with my SU markers and also have glitter all over them.

The SNOW letters are also from SU and they are from the Decor Elements line, so they are vinyl. They have been sitting on my desk for a while and begging for me to use them! This fit in perfectly for the Stamp Something Challenge Blog of using something new!

I then used my cropadile to punch holes in the chipboard and used various SU ribbon (some retired) to hold it all together.

I just might have to make one for myself to use also!

Happy Stampin!

Jen

Cute Kitty!

Isn't this a cute little kitty, all wrapped up! This is another one of my new Whimsy Stamps that I bought for myself! I love their new Christmas images! This kitty is just perfect for paper piecing. I used a green dotted Christmas paper for the box and some sparkly gold paper for the bow. I love all the sparkle! The designer paper is from a DCWV pack from JoAnn's. The card base is also from JoAnn's. I used my Stampin' Up! punches for the greeting. The saying 'for you' is also a Whimsy Stamp.

I love still being able to work on holiday cards for next year! Keeps Christmas alive all year long for me!

Happy Stampin!

Jen

N'ice Friends

Isn't this the cutetest little snowman? I just love all snowman images and had to have this one from Whimsy Stamps. He is called N'ice Friends and was designed by Crissy Armstrong.

The card turned out to be 5.5 x 6 inches and uses Stampin' Up! designer paper called Christmas Cocoa. I love this paper!! I cut the snowflakes using my Cricut. The cute snowman is colored in using my SU markers and then outlined with my glitter pen. The snowflakes also have glitter. It is very sparkly!

I am excited to say that while my Christmas supplies are out I will be working on starting my holiday cards for next year! My Christmas Card Challenge that I participate in on Splitcoaststampers has me making 10 cards a month so that I will have a whole box full of cards come Thanksgiving time next year all ready to go! I think I may be making 10 of this design card for my January cards since I have everything out and this is so fast and easy to do.

Happy Stampin!

Birthday Whimsy Frog

Here are some projects that I have made for my daughter's birthday. We are having her 8th birthday party this next Sunday at a local park that has a sprinkler and an awesome playground for the kids to play on.

I used my adorable frog stamp from Whimsy Stamps, and it fits perfectly in the birthday theme for their challenge blog.

I have made her a card using all Stampin' Up! cardstock. I used some colors which I am really not used to using: Brilliant Blue, Rose Red, Garden Green, and More Mustard. They go perfectly with Stampin' Up!s new designer paper called Tall Tales! I fauxed stitched on the green layer, and connected the dots with my white gel pen.

Then I made her a matching corner bookmark using the directions on my last blog post. Doesn't it look cute with her name on it? I just used a Rebecca sticker for that part.

Lastly, I made her a matching little notepad that has the matching designer paper, and another Rebecca sticker.

For her gift, we will be giving her the High School Musical 3 DVD, which I think I will wrap with some matching paper, that is, if I can part with it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Don't Forget: If you click on the smaller picture, it will bring up a larger picture for you to view!

Happy Birthday!

I made this card for another Whimsy Challenge. Today was my last day as guest designer for their challenge blog. I really enjoyed being their guest designer for the month of June! They have some of the cutest stamps! I'm still waiting for Denise to come out with a cow stamp, lol!

For this card I used the cute Whimsy Duck. I had received these stamped images from a friend. I cut out two of them and gave them little party hats since this is a Birthday card! For the background I used the faux grid technique that I saw over on Dawn's blog. She does a great tutorial video for this technique, you should check her out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

With Love Whimsy

I really love this Whimsy Frog!! I made this for the Whimsy Challenge Blog this week. We had to do a Recipe Challenge: 2 papers, 1 ribbon, and 3 brads.

As you can see, I am directionally challenged also! I did use 2 papers, the designer paper is double sided, so I just flipped the one over. And I also used 3 jumbo eylettes instead of brads, oh well! What's a girl to do? I think it turned out cute!

I distressed all the edges of the paper with my sponge and choc chip ink. And I added the white dots to the scallop circle with my white gel pen. I really had fun making this card!

Details:

Stamps: Whimsy Frog, Yummy (SU)

Ink: Black, Choc Chip, SU Markers

Paper: White, Close to Cocoa, Parisian Breeze Designer Paper

Acc: Scallop Circle Punch, Cullozzle, Dimensionals , White Gel Pen, Green Ribbon, Jumbo Eylettes

ETA: Forgot to mention that I used the Weekend Sketch Challenge to make my card! You can see the sketch over on this blog. My card size is 4x4!!

Whimsy Thank You

This week over at the Whimsy Challenge Blog we had to make a Thank You card or project. I made this cute little Thank You card in five quick minutes last night! I love only taking a few minutes to thank someone! And I was also so very good at using up some scrap paper and ribbon from my stash! I may be able to get some new fun goodies soon if I continue to use up what I have!!!!! Can't wait for the new Stampin' Up! catalog to come out July 1st!!!!!!

Supplies used for this card:

Stamps: Whismy Stamps Owl, Thank You Kindly (SU)

Paper: Whisper White, Delicate Dots Designer Paper (retired SU)

Ink: Black Stazon, SU Markers, Basic Grey

Acc: Eyelette Border Punch (SU), Retired SU Ribbon, Scallop Punch, Dimensionals, Library Clip (SU), Hemp Twine (SU)

Hope you all had a great weekend! I enjoyed the nice weather, but wish it would be summer allready here in Western New York!!! I will be doing year end testing with my children this week, wish us luck, and patience for me to get through it all!!!

Happy Stampin!

Jen

Whimsy Guest Designer!!!!

I am so excited to be the Guest Designer for the month of June over at the Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog!!!! This week was a sketch challenge, you can see the sketch over at their blog. I decided to do a 6x6 scrapbook page for mine. This turtle photo was from a field trip to the zoo that I took with my oldest son and his class several years ago. I thought the cute little Whimsy Turtle went so well with him! He is colored in with Stampin Up markers and I used my White Signo Gel Pen for some highlights. You can also get the white gel pen from Stampin Up! All the papers are from SU and are called A Walk in the Park.

We are having a dark rainy day today here in Western New York. Hopefully I'll have some time to get a little stamping done! Gotta go run and get some groceries first though, I'm out of coffee!!!!

Happy Stampin!

Jen

Whimsy Stamps Release!!!

One of my new favorite places to get my stamps has been Whimsy Stamps as you may have been able to tell by my blog, lol!!! I love all their cute animal images. They also have a kid's collection too.

Head on over to the Whimsy Website and see some of the new releases coming out on June 1st!!!!

www.whimsystamps.com

Summer Fun with Whimsy Stamps

I made this fun card for the Whimsy Challenge Blog. You can see details of the challenge over at their blog if you would like to participate. You don't have to own any Whimsy Stamps in order to participate!

I thought the colors were a great reminder that summer is coming, even though it is cold tonight! We actually have a frost warning and I had to cover up all the vegetables that I've been busy planting.

The Whimsy image and the dew drops were all given to me from some online stamping friends over at Splitcoast Stampers. All of the cardstock and ink were from Stampin' Up! And the saying "Life's a Beach" is from My Favorite Things - Twisted Sayings stamp set.

Hope you all have a great week!

Happy Stamping!

Jen

Flower Power Owl

This card was done for Whimsy's Challenge Blog. You can see the details of the challenge over on their blog. But basically you had to use some type of flowers on your creation.

I used the cute little Whimsy Owl for my image. The designer paper in the background has flowers on it, it is also sponged with choc chip ink using Stampin' Up!s awesome sponges!

The main image panel is also sponged with choc chip, and I used my tool kit to put little holes all the way around it.

I have no idea where this flower came from, it was in my stash that I got from my mother-in-law. It is cream in color and says love, celebrate, share, friend, fun, hope, etc. I put a rhinestone brad in the center (also from SU).

I wasn't sure who this card is going to, so I left it blank for now. I'm sure I'll find a good recipient for it! I love having a whole basket full of cards so that I can just grab one when the occasion calls for it. And everyone knows that they can come to me when they need a quick card, cause chances are I have one!

Happy Stampin!

Jen

Monochromatic Challenge over at Whimsy!

First of all, I won!!! Yippy!!! I won the Whimsy Challenge from last week with my cute little party turtle!!!! So I will be receiving two new Whimsy Stamps soon! Head on over to the Whimsy Challenge Blog for this weeks new challenge.



This challenge is all about color, but we don't want to see too many different colors, just your favorite one paired with one neutral. We are challenging you to make a monochromatic project!Our definition of monochromatic for this challenge is one neutral paired with one other color. You may use as many different shades of that one color, but you may only use one color and one neutral. You also, of course, need to include a Whimsy Stamps image in your project.

Now since you all know that my favorite color in the world is Certainly Celery, I choose that to be my color. And doesn't this cute little Whimsy Frog look adorable all in green? I did use two neutrals on my card, black and white, but I figure black and white as one neutral in my little world, lol!

The saying on the top of the card says 'Thanks so much' and is just a clear dollar stamp. The inside of the card has more cert. celery paper, and says 'Have a great day'. I also stamped a dragonfly on the inside.

The cute froggy is just colored in with all of my green watercolor pencils from Stampin Up! and a blender pen.

Hope you all have a wonderful day as well! Happy Stampin! And thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Whimsy Challenge Blog

This card is for the very first Whimsy Challenge on their new blog! The challenge was to make a card for a special occasion or celebration. So I made this for a special friend on Splitcoaststampers because it is her birthday soon. This is my very first time using the Whimsy Stamps and I am really glad I got this cute turtle. I also ordered the adorable frog one. I am really into frogs and turtles. All of my outdoor garden decorations are frogs and turtles!

My cardstock for this card is a whisper white base, the mat layer is some retired river rock and soft sky, and the scallop circle layer is wild wasabi (notice how I'm still using up all my retired paper and the tons of stash paper that I have, yahoo!). I have no idea where the designer paper comes from. I have mentioned before that my mother-in-law gave me tons of her stamping stuff when she decided not to stamp anymore, so this paper is from a huge! pile of paper that she gave me.

I stamped the turtle on water color paper and cut him out with my Cullozle (retired SU). He is watercolored in with soft sky, wild wasabi, and certainly celery inks using my ink pads and a blender pen. I also sponged some soft sky around the sky part and edges. The rocks are close to cocoa.

On the turtles shell I have used my Sakura Glaze pen, which adds a little dimension and shine to his shell. There is also some outlining with my white gel pen, from SU! The photo didn't come out so well, but they are very bright happy colors IRL.

Also, the turtle is wearing a party hat for the birthday celebration! It comes from the Stampin' Up! stamp set A Little Birdie told me! The saying is 'it's your birthday!' And the inside says 'it's time to celebrate!'

Hope you all enjoyed this cute little Whimsy turtle today!

Happy Stampin!

Jen