A Whimsie DOOdle BlOg HOp

Thanks for stopping by and joining in the blog hop. My card was inspired by my recent mini vacation. Can you guess where I went? (and I'm going back next week!)

I used Beach Hat Ava to create my beach scene card. The waves and sentiment are from a retired Lizzie Anne Designs set called Shore Thoughts and the sand castle is a High Hopes stamp.

Now visit all of the following blogs (in no particular order) and retrieve a special letter from each one. Check my blog title to guess my letter. Then unscramble the letters to make a 3 word phrase!  The phrase will be your special discount code for the Whimsie Doodles store and this super cute image will be yours! The code will be good until midnight Friday!

Visit these Divas to collect your letters and see some super inspiring projects!

Emily

Julie

Kim

Laura

Marlene

Melyssa

Min

Nikki

*Paula * - You are here!
My letter is O (in case you didn't figure it out)

Whimsie Doodle Catch-up!

I've been neglecting my Whimsie Doodle images lately...so many images, so little time! LOL! Anyway here are a two cards I made with a few of the May images...just a few days late!!

The first one used the Flowers image along with a paper piercing pattern from Fred She Said.

The next one uses Buzz in the Air. It's hard to see in the photo but I used a Friskar's honeycomb texture plate to emboss the background (click on it to see it better). It looks just like a beehive!

Be sure to check back in a few days and see the new images in the June release...very cute and summery!

Card Cupids

I'm very honored & proud to be one of Card Cupids' guest designers for April. Card Cupids, with the help of numerous volunteers, provides Card Cuddle Care Packages to children in hospitals, foster care, and homeless shelters as well as children facing difficulties, regardless of their economic background. If you'd like to learn more about this wonderful organization and how you can support their efforts check HERE.

Card Cupids also has a Birthday Bundles Program that provides ongoing support to a homeless shelter in the Northern Virginia area. They provide each birthday child with a goodie bag filled with a bundle of cards and a new toy, game, or book.

Here are two of the cards that I designed for Card Cupids for their birthday project. The first one uses a cute image from Whimsie Doodles called Birthday Turtle.

This one uses Silly Monkey from Hambo Stamps.

I'll be sending both of these cards to Card Cupids, along with some others that I've made.

Thank you Card Cupids for the wonderful job that you do and for choosing me as a guest designer.

I am also submitting my Silly Monkey card to Party Time Tuesday's Anything Goes + Kraft challenge.

More Easter Cards

A few more cards using images from Whimsie Doodles March release images...

The first one uses Egg Hunt. I printed the image twice, cut out the cute bunny butt, and popped it up to give it some added dimension. 

This next card uses the image Painting Bunny. I used a piece of towel dipped into blending refill and dabbed it on the bunny to create  furry look.

 

I entered the first card in Challenge 14 -  Easter at Squirrel and Fox.

Happy Easter!

WD March Release

It's time for some new Whimsie Doodle images. This month's release welcomes some new additions to the Whimsie Doodles family, The Social Teens, along with some cute Easter images and sentiments. I used  Easter Sentiments to make my project along with the jelly bean goody bag holder and jelly bean background set from the Cutting Cafe.

Be sure to check out Whimsie Doodles new release and the Cutting Cafe's Easter sets. You'll love them both.

Whimsie Snippet

It's almost Whimsie Doodle Release time. You'll love all of the cute images. Here's a snippet of what I made. I'll share the complete project tomorrow, so stop back and check it out.

Sweet Friend

Cherry pie! Oh my! Isn't this the sweetest image? It's Pie Lizzie from Whimsie Doodles February release. I thought this paper from the Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy Girl 6X6 pad was perfect for this image.

Be sure to check out the Whimsie Doodles Store...lots of cute images for Easter and Spring, which are right around the corner.

I just discovered the site The Outlawz...lots of inspiration for paper crafters, along with challenges, tutorials and discussion forums. I submitted this card for their Wednesday sketch challenge. Check out their site. I also submitted my card to Simon Says Challenge to use 3 different patterned papers. If you like challeges, check out their site too.

I also submitted my card in the CMC Copic Challenge #37 to use fun, bright colors.

Whimsie Doodle Snippet Time

Tomorrow is February release day for Whimsie Doodles. That means it's time for a sneaky snippet!  Here's mine...

Check out Whimsie Doodles Blog to see the other Doodlelicious Divas' snippets. Be sure to check back tomorrow to see the new release digi images and what I made with one of them.

Tag Valentines

My granddaughters are having a Valentine craft party and I'm planning the projects for them to make. The girls attending the party are 9 years old, so I wanted to design some cards that would be easy and fun to make. Whimsie Doodles has a set of images called Valentine Messages that are so cute and whimsical and perfect for what I had in mind - valentine tag cards...

I think the girls will have fun making a set of these and they'll use up lots of paper from my scrap box!!





WD Sneek Peek

It's the most exciting time of the Whimsie Doodles month--time for new releases! Well, tomorrow that is! Here's a sneek peek of my card!!

You'll love the images in this months release, so don't forget to check back tomorrow.

Flower Pot Snowman

I saw these cute snowman flower pots on Beth-a-Palooza's blog and thought they were so cute. Beth used Nesties and punches to make the snowman for the front. I used a cute Whimsie Doodle digi called Flakey Snowman. I love how it turned out.

Behind the image is a small flower pot with seeds and growing medium to grow Carpet of Snow flowers. I bought the flower pots in the dollar spot at Target.

Wouldn't these make cute favors?

Whimsie Doodle Sneek Peek

It's Sneaky Snippet time at Whimsie Doodles! We get to show you snippets today and then on Monday you get to see it all! This month's new images will not disappoint you....they're fantastic!  Here's a a snippet of my card...

Be sure to hop over the the WD Blog and check out the design teams' snippets for a tasty little tidbit of what's to come on Monday :)

Merry Wishes

Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is just around the corner! If you went shopping today, I hope you got some good bargains. No shopping for me, but I did have a chance to stamp. Here's a card I made with a Whimsie Doodles image called Sleigh Ride Elfling. I decided to use a blue color scheme instead of the traditional Christmas colors of red and green.

Don't forget Whimsie Doodles is having a Black Friday Sale - 50% off everything digital (with a minimum purchase of $10.00) from today, Friday the 25th until midnight (Eastern time) on Sunday, the 27th. Don't forget to use the code "friday50sale "



Time for a Sale...or two!

It's Black Friday....and time for a SALE or two! Bombshell Stamps & Whimsie Doodles are both having a sale this weekend. Check them out...

It's Bombshell's Black Friday SALE! Receive 25% off your entire purchase from NOW through Monday, Nov. 28! Just use coupon code "CYBR30" at check out! Click here to be whisked away to your shopping trip!

At Whimsie Doodles Black Friday Sale, receive 50% everything digital (with a minimum purchase of $10.00) from today, Friday the 25th until midnight (Eastern time)  on Sunday, the 27th. You MUST use the code "friday50sale "

 

Happy Shopping!

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Another Makeover

I recently discovered the Makeover Monday Challenge blog, a weekly challenge by the Paper Crafter’s Library and Sunny Stampin’ Studios I enjoyed doing the Monday Makeover Challenge #3 ( see my Santa Baby card) and decided to do another. This card uses a Whimsie Doodles digi image called Candy Cane Elfling.

 

A new challenge is posted every Monday and you have a week to play. It's a fun way to take ideas and inspiration and make it your own. You just might win a prize too.

Tag You're It!

This month's challenge over at Whimsie Doodles is to make a tag using one of the many cute Whimsie Doodle digi images. I love the Cookie Fairy digi released this month. I wanted to use her on a cookies in a jar Christmas gift that I was making, so I colored her dress and shoes red and put some holly on her headband to get her ready for the holiday season. Here she is...

The ingredients in the jar are for Chocolate Chip Cookies and the directions for using them are on the back of the tag. I plan to make a few more of these as gifts for the holidays.

Hop on over to the Whimsie Doodle blog and join in the challenge. Remember ...

Starting this month, there will be two (2) winners for each challenge! One (1) lucky winner will be drawn at random to win a FREE Whimsie Doodles image, of their choice, from our latest release. And the second winner will join our team as a Guest Artist in January 2012!!  See the details here.

I'm also submitting my card to Paper Sundaes Challenge #95 to use a digital image. I love digital images and use them quite a bit. They are so versatile. Take the challenge. You might win some free digi images.

New Whimsie Doodles Challenge

Whimsie Doodles has a new monthly challenge! For November's challenge, create a project that focuses on a tag. Your project could be a decorated tag, or a card that showcases a tag in someway.

Starting this month, there will be two (2) winners for each challenge! One (1) lucky winner will be drawn at random to win a FREE Whimsie Doodles image, of their choice, from our latest release. The second winner will join our team as a Guest Artist in January 2012!!

If you would like to be considered for the Guest Artist spot, you must...

- Have a blog

- Use a Whimsie Doodles image on your challenge creation

- Place an asterisk(*) by your linked name, so we know you are interested

- Be willing and able to join us the entire month of January 2012

As Guest Artist...

- you will receive the ENTIRE January 2012 digital release
- a link to your blog will be placed on the Whimsie Doodles blog for the month
- you will be provided with a Guest Artist badge to display on your blog

So get out the WD images and create a tag item! Can't wait to see what you come up with.

New Release Day

It's NEW RELEASE DAY at Whimsie Doodles! The new images are so cute and I know you will love them!! There are elves, fairies and expecting moms. Here's my project using Hiding Elfling.

Isn't she cute? I paper pieced her dress and hat. I used a cutting file from The Cutting Cafe called Present Treat Box. This will be perfect for a small gift or even a gift card.

You can check out all of the adorable new digis, and incredible samples from the rest of the Doodlelicious Divas here.

Sneaky Snippet

Tomorrow is NEW RELEASE day for November at Whimsie Doodles , and today I have a sneaky snippet to share with you!  Can you guess what the image is? 

Be sure to check back tomorrow and see what I made with this cute digi. I think you'll like it!

Have a Fabulous Friday!

Witches & Chocolate

The Whimsie Doodle digi called Act Like a Witch  is so cute and it was free on the WD Facebook page. I love the sentiment and knew I wanted to make something that included chocolate.

I made this candy bar slider! Just pull the ribbon and out comes a Hershey Bar! It'll be a perfect Halloween treat for my daughter-in-law who loves chocolate...but she's not a witch!!