Hey Friend!

Hello to all my lovely followers and blog friends, I have taken just a tiny bit of my weekend to finish off this card after doing the whipper snipping and mowing yesterday then taking my little grand daughter to a fun day.  I'm worn out and I have to start packing for a work trip week away.  Now that I have my fabulous little netbook, I hope to be able to keep up the blogging while I'm gone.

I've had this little stamp for ages now, this is my first attempt at creating a card with her.  The gorgeous Cinnamon Sugar from Elisabeth Bell.  I read a profile of Elisabeth in one of the recent Whimsy magazines and realised that she's an Aussie!  A very talented one too!  I love her cottage cuties.

Copics used

Skin:  E50, 51 & 53

Hair:  E50, 21, 15, 23, 37 Sand Spica

Dress and cupcakes:  R43 & 46, N1, Lipstick Spica

B0000 background.

I'm entering this little sweetie into the following challenges...

DYSU - For a Friend

Simon Says - Hey Girl

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Summer Fun with Whimsy Inspirations Challenge #49

Welcome to a new Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Summer Fun! This is my last post as a DT member for Whimsy, sadly I have to step down.  I believe women can have it all, just not all at once so to free up some of my time, I need to clear some things off my plate.


I think I'm ending on an high with this fabulous card.....

Here in Australia, it is winter, so these bright summery cards are just what we need to warm us up.

I've use Marie a new digi image from LiaStampz which you can find at the Whimsy Store.  She's so cute and sassy, I have coloured her with Copics and have put some clear gloss over her glasses.

I've used some Kaiser craft Off Shore collection papers and a mix of Green Tara and Wild Orchid Crafts flowers.  The fabulous metal flower is also from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Can't wait to see what you come up with for Summer Fun!

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Punches and Edgers Challenge # 48

Welcome to a new challenge at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge.  This week we are asking you to use your punches and edgers.  How simple is that?

Here's what I came up with using this gorgeous Carnival Carousel Horse from Chrissy Armstrong.  You will find this image at the Whimsy Store.

 I've kept the horse white with subtle shading in C1 and 2 and then added colour in all the design sections and of course LOTS of spica, what carnival horse doesn't have pizazz!

I love how sweet this card looks, perfect little girls birthday card.

So get crafting and using your edgers and punches and enter our challenge, you could be a winner of 5 FREE Digital Stamps from the Whimsy Store!

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Whimsy Challenge #47 - Monochromatic!

Hello and welcome to Whimsy's Inspiration challenge number 47, we're going Monochromatic.  I love Monochromatic cards, they have that special something, that wow factor.

I've used Chrissy Armstrong's Lexis Beach Ball image here and gone all Yellow!  You can find this image at the Whimsy Store

Here is a closeup of the image showing the sparkle from the Spica pens.  

Lots of Nesties from the Damask Motifs set used here and of course beautiful mix of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The backing papers are from a very old SU 6x6 pad and the sentiment is from SU.

Hope you find time to make up your Monochromatic creations and link them up to our challenge, you could be in the running for a $15.00 Whimsy Stamps voucher!

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

Whimsy Challenge # 46!

Hi all, welcome to all my FABULOUS new followers!  A very BIG Welcome to another Wednesday and you know what that means?  A new challenge at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge blog!


This week our challenge is Anything Goes, I know this is always a favourite with our fans.  I've used a new LiaStampz digi image Faerie Dandelion available at the Whimsy Store now.  I've used very few colours with her as she looked like a little woodland nymph so I stuck to Greens and some golden tones in her hair.

Can't wait to see your beautiful creations, so get crafting and link 'em up!

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

Proud as a Peacock!

Whimsy Inspirations challenge this week is anything but a square and Anything Goes,  we know how much you all love an Anything goes challenge, but you just can't do square!

How fabulous is this Moon Cookie Gallery digi of a peacock.  I used mainly spica pens to colour the peacock and some copics to do the flowers.

Due to the super bright colours, I've kept the card design very simple with only the corner embellishments.  I'm really happy with how it looks.

The design team have some totally awesome creations to really give you some fabulous inspiration.  Check it all out at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge.


Have a wonderfully creative crafty day!

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

White on White and Whimsy

Welcome to my new followers, thank you for choosing my blog!  

OK on to this weeks Whimsy Inspirations Challenge, it's White on White!  Your image can be coloured, but that's the only thing, you'll see that using only white and texture really makes your image pop!

 I had fun with this, I've used a Livy Bo image called Flap Happy, she's just so chic.  Her flower is coloured in spica pens, silver, clear and red The rest is coloured in copics E50, 51 and 53 for her skin, E40, 43, 44, 49 for her hair, R27 46 for her headband and lips. A row of tiny pearls for her necklace and she'd finished.

It hasn't picked up so well in the photo, the back panel is a script stamp, stamped in versamark then dusted with Macro Pearls mica powder.  It shimmers beautifully. The next layer is dry embossed with a damask design, this has been sprayed with Champagne Shimmer Mist paint mixed with rubbing alcohol so it's also sparkly in a slightly different way to the mica powder.

I've then cut the Butterfly from my Whimsy butterfly die from Pearlised white card and then decided that the little holes would look great with rhinestones, and look I have a W!  LOL... I wonder if that was deliberate as it's a Whimsy die.  

I've also really gone to town with all my white Wild Orchid Crafts flowers.  I sponged a little bit of light gray over the edges of my layers to help define them better.  I've also used my Nestie ovals to frame the image and the sentiment.

Have fun with our White on White challenge, can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Buttons and Bows at Whimsy

Welcome to a new challenge at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge.  This week we bring you Buttons and Bows.  Here is what I made as my inspiration card.

I've used the Butterfly Bonus digi stamp that comes as a bonus when you purchase the new release Butterfly Border a StampArt Design by Kathryne.  You can find it here.

I've also used the new release butterfly papers from Michelle Roos design.  Love this paper!  My bonus butterfly has been printed 5 times, a tad smaller each time.  Don't you just love digi stamps!  I have to say I wasn't exactly a fan when they first came out, but wow, you can do some much with them.

My butterflies are coloured with copics.  BG000, BG15, B00, B02, B04, G000, E71 & E74.  Mint, Turquoise and Blue spica.

Hope you get out your buttons and bows this week and enter the challenge at Whimsy Inspirations.  

This card is also being entered at ...


Hand Stamped Sentiments ~ Peacock / bird photo inspiration.  I used peacock colours.

Craft your Passion ~ Anything Goes

Make it Monday ~ Anything Goes
 

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Things with Wings at Whimsy!

Things with Wings at 

Whimsy Inspiration Challenges

You don't have to use a whimsy image. It would be great if you did though, and it doesn't have to be a card. We welcome all paper projects.

Our Prize this week is

Dont' forget also...As well as a random winner being chosen each challenge one lucky player who has used a Whimsy Stamps image (rubber or digital) will have the opportunity to be a guest designer for a future challenge.  If you have used a whimsy Image and would like to be a future guest please add GDT to your name when entering, The guest designer will be able to choose a digi stamp of their choice from the store to create their guest card too!

Here is my card. Using 'I am Blue' by LiaStampz I just had to go yellow!  Too cute.  Hope you like this inspiration card. 

Remember anyone can enter our challenge and we don't mind you combining with other challenges either! Please Remember No more than 3 entries per challenge and all we ask is that you add a link in your blog post to tell your friends you entered the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge

There is more inspiration over at the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge site, so head on over and see what the fabulous design team has to show you.

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

What is your favourite stamp?

Isn't that such a hard question to answer?  I have so many favourites and I swap and change my mind so often then a new image is released from one of my favourite artists and I've all of a sudden got another new favourite!  Sound familiar?

Sweet Stampin' Challenge is asking us to use our favourite stamp for their challenge this week.  The main sponsor this week is Letraset.  Wow a whole set of pens, I'd love to try these as I've hear a lot about them and seen them used on so many blogs.

This is still one of my favourites and I have such fun inking her up.

Lots used here on this card.  I had some pretty lilac floral velum in my stash and this seemed like the perfect card for it.  I've used a Marianne Creatables die and some Whimsy flourish dies in SU Concord Crush to provide some balance to the lighter SU Wisteria Wonder which perfectly matched the velum and the BV02 in her top.

The flowers are mostly Wild Orchid Crafts and some I've coloured with Copics.  I've not added a sentiment to this one yet as I think she can be used for several different occasions, so I'll figure that out when I want to use her.

Copics used, there's lots!

Skin:  E0000, E00 E01 R20

Hair:  R00, R01, R05, R22, R35, E21 & YR02 Orange spica

Clothes:  B91, 95, 97, BV0000, BV00, BV02, R27, YR31, YR12

Bucket and shoes: N1, N3, N5, N7

Roses: R22, R27, R29, R46, G14, G17

Seat:  E25 & E27 

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Whimsy new release

The Whimsy Digi stamps June new release is on at the Whimsy Inspirations Blog and we're having a 

blog hop!

We have lots of new images to share with you today created by Mooncookie Gallery, StampArt Design by Kathryne, Crissy Armstrong and Lia Stampz. All Whimsy Stamps digital images are 300dpi for high print quality.You can re-size, flip, or rotate to fit your own project.

  To find all of today's new releases please visit the Whimsy Stamps Store

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there will be 2 mystery DT Members who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts! These winners will each win a Whimsy digi image of their choice.

The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop, which is  Joann's   Blog

 This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from Whimsy stamps 

The hop will run for 1 week and end on Friday 8th June at 12 Noon EST, when the lucky winners will be announced at the Whimsy Inspirations Blog.

I've used fabulous new digi paper by Michelle R Designs with its gorgeous mint green and butterflies.  The image is the new Mooncookie Gallery Romantic Bouquet and I have coloured it using my copic markers and tons of spica pen.  The corners and butterfly are dies from Whimsy stamps.

Colours used

RV00; RV02; RV04.  YR12; YR31; V01; V04 and V06  Turquoise, Pink, Lavender and Lemon spica pens

Head on over to the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog to start your hop and be in the running for some fabulous digi stamps.

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Whimsy Inspiration Challenge # 41

Hello!  I hope you're feeling creative and are ready to play along with our challenge this week at the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge blog.

This week we bring you a bingo or Tic Tac Toe challenge.  I chose the top line of Pearls, Image and Flowers.  Although I could have easily used all of them!





I've used one of Chrissy Armstrong's beautiful digi images Daisy Butterfly, I love the flowing wings and I used my copic markers to colour this one up as well as add some colour to the flowers.

Don't forget that there are some prizes up for grabs!  Can't wait to see your creations using one of the lines on the Bingo board.

Adding this card to the Make it Monday linky party.

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Not so Shabby

I'd say it's more Vintage than Shabby with these deep browns, what do you think?

Hello everyone, through the miracle of modern technology, (hopefully) this post is going live while I'm about 3000klms away from my computer!  I'm in Sydney for a few days so I'm apologising if you're missing my comments.  I will try to catch up when I get back, but I'm only home for a day! then I'm off again.  Why do things tend to happen all at once?

On to my post, This week Whimsy Inspirations challenges brings you a Shabby Chic challenge. I've used two of the fabulous StampArt digi's here, Blooming Border 2 which I used twice to create this lovely border for the Inspirational Cross both available at Whimsy Stamps store.  

I fussy cut the outside edge to layer it on the deep brown layer.  All coloured with Copics and very few colours used. 

The flowers are a mix of E31, E33, E35 & E37 with some chocolate spica and adhesive pearls.  The cross is E31 with smooch on the border the tulips are G43 & G46 for the leaves and Y15, 17 & 19.

I found some cork sheets really cheap (they are quite thin) and I've had the Weathered Clock die for ages, this is the first time I've used it...LOL not that you can see much of it.  I've also used some of the fabulous corner embellishments I got from Wild Orchid Crafts and some lace and tuelle.  Lots of layers and Vintage Photo distress ink. 

I hope you're inspired to join us this week and show us your Shabby Chic creations.

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Anything goes

Hello and welcome to a new 'Anything Goes' challenge at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog. 

I am now singing "da da de a glimpse of stocking.. da de da.. as something shocking ... heaven knows, anything goes.  I can see this will be one of those song worms, pity I don't know the words properly!  LOL  Hope I haven't started that worm for you now.

My card this week features a fabulous 'Spring Garden' of flowers in this digi from Moon Cookie Gallery available from Whimsy Stamps store.

 I decided to do a little bit of layering with this image and have layered the flowers so I printed out the image at the same size three times and proceeded to colour up all the flowers that I wanted to layer.  Lots of 'fussy cutting' later and some foam dots, a bit of bling and some spica pen.  I've added a punched strip, a die cut butterfly and label for the sentiment.

So if you want to get your hands on one some fabulous digi stamps from Whimsy, enter our anything goes challenge and you could win a $15 certificate!

Remember if you use a Whimsy stamp you also go into the draw for an additional prize of one digi stamp!  How cool is that?

This is also another entry at Make it Monday linky party!

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Make it Pop!

The Whimsy challenge this week is to make it pop!  I've used two digi stamps and papers from Whimsy.  The stamps are by Chrissy Armstrong 'Sarah' and 'Love Seat'. I've also used some gorgeous digi papers 'Vintage Summer Garden' from Michelle R Designs.

Lovely dusky pinks in these papers and a touch of purple too.  What's not to love?!

I love the way this love seat just pops on the old fashioned roses wallpaper, at least that's what I think it looks like.  The edgesof the papers have been inked with Victorian Velvet distress ink.

Thanks for visiting, you can see the fabulous inspiration cards from the rest of the Whimsy Digi Design Team at the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge Blog.

Hope to see your projects that POP!

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Silver Fairy

I have such a hectic work month on this month and I've been flat out getting my DT commitments sorted and making cards ahead of time.  Just when I need it the least, I get sick!  I've got an infected lymph node on my neck.  Rather painful and being treated with antibiotics and pain killers, so my crafting and blogging is limited for now.

I found a card that I had made a while ago but hadn't posted, so I've decided to post it for you now.

This is the gorgeous Silver Fairy from Whimsy Stamps.  I fell in love with her the moment I saw her and just had to have her!

 This second photo is to show the shimmer from the spica pens, lots in her hair and on her wings.

This card is for the 4 Crafty Chicks use your favourite embellishment.  Well in case you hadn't guessed, for me it's bling!  then flowers, then dies and all three are on this card.

I'm also linking up to Make it Monday linky party.

Thanks for stopping in to visit.  

Sorry because I coloured her up a while ago, I'm a bit vague on the colours used.  Here goes.....  Dress is W1, W3 and W5, underskirt is R56 and R59 Wings are R81, R83 and R85 and W1, 3 & 5  Hair is E21, 33 and 35 (I think), skin is E50, 51 &53  Leggins and armbands  YG91 and 95

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Double up Challenge

Paper Lovin' Gals and Friday Mashup unite for this week only, to bring you this fabulous dual challenge.



What a fabulous challenge photo.  you could almost pick those biscuits up and start munching!
The Paper Lovin' Gals post is live now, make anything using the inspiration photo







The Friday Mashup won't go live till midnight Thursday US Pacific Time.  So those seeing this post have a few hours head start.

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project for "Mom, Grandmother, Aunt etc...".
2. Or Make a project with a " Pop-Up Element ".*
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a " Pop-Up Project for Mom".
4.  Or join in Both challenges and create a "Pop-Up Project for Mom using the inspiration photo above."

*There are many different variations of Pop-Ups... Make sure something pops up when you open your project. 
 

I've used the sensational Wee Florist from Whimsy Stamps here, I just love this little stamp. 

She's coloured with Copic markers and I've used a Martha Stewart round the page pansy punch set to create the border.  The burgundy scroll is a frame from Marianne Designs and a Corture Victorian die to cut the frame.  With all that lovely detail I tried to keep the card  fairly simple and didn't use patterned papers.


Have fun being inspired with our joint challenge.

Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

Spots and Dots at Whimsy

Hello all, this is my very first post for the Whimsy Digi Design Team!  How exciting is that?  The Challenge we have for you this week at the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenges is 'Spots and Dots'  I've used spotted grosgrain ribbon and dotted pearls around as accents.

This is the first time I've used digital papers and I have to say, I love them!  These Michelle R Designs Blue Linen Floral papers are gorgeous vintage style and I've added some ink on the edges to add to the vintage look.  The image is a digi from StampArt called Full Bloom. My apologies, I incorrectly listed it as a LiaStampz when this post first went live. I've coloured it up with copic markers and spica pens.  The Sentiment is Spring Sentiment 5 from Raindrop Echo Designs.

A funny thing happened on the way to making this card.  See those lovely pearly flower centers?  Well, they are tiny adhesive pearls, I put them on and then completely forgot about them and ran the image through the bigshot to die cut it and it squished the little pearls flat!  After a moment of sheer panic....I realised that they looked OK like that and I finished the card off.  I have to laugh because, I 'discover' a lot of things by 'accident' just like that.

Head on over to the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenges and see what the talented Digi Design Team has to inspire you

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

My exciting news....

OK I'll end the suspense for those of you waiting for my news....

Deborah from Whimsy Stamps contacted me to ask me to join the

 Whimsy Digi Design Team!

That's all the details I have at the moment except the gig starts on 1st May, no idea when my first project will go live, but stay tuned and you'll see it!

 Whimsy Inspiration Blog

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Friday Mashup Graduates!

OK, we are not really Graduating, but I'm sure there are special people in your life who are or will.  Kim brings us the Friday Mashup challenge this week to use a Graduation Theme or Text/Definition stamps.  It's that easy!  I don't have anyone graduating from any schooling or university so I didn't mash it up this week.

I've used Natrual Ivory as my base, Newsprint retired papers and some twine and twill tape.  Teamed with this lovely image by Chrissy Armstrong and a Life Definitions stamp.

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project for "Graduation".
2. Or Make a project using " Text or Definition Stamps and/or Paper".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a " Graduation project with Text or Definition stamps/papers".

Copics used are...

Skin: E50, 51, 53 & 93
Hair: E25, 19 & 21
Shirt: YR31 & 12
Jeans: B60, 63 & 66
Puppy: C3 and R12 &14 for his collar 


Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz