Whimsy Stamps Holiday Release

I am thrilled to join Whimsy Stamps as a guest designer this week to help showcase their October release! So without further ado …  Welcome to Day 1 of the Whimsy Stamps ...

2014 Holiday Release - Part 2

A few weeks ago Whimsy Stamps released Part 1 of their 2014 Holiday Collection. Today, the DT and GDT are extremely excited to start sneak peeks for the second part of their 2014 Holiday Collection! Over the next 3 days, myself and the team will reveal 18 *BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets and 6 *BRAND NEW* coordinating die/die sets. They will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday. Whimsy is thrilled to welcome Stephanne Maraver, Vicki Parson, Denise Griffith, Debbie Jennett, Donna Rudy and Crissy Armstrong as Guest Designers for this release. Today we are excited to show you the brand new Art by Mi Ran, Crissy Armstrong and SC Design stamps and dies being released this month. For a full reveal of these stamps, hop on over to the Whimsy blog!

 For today's project, I inked up "Penguins Hang a Wreath" from the "Crissy Armstrong Collection" and sentiment from "Whimsy Sentiments Collection".

I loved colouring this particular image, it was fun, cute and loads of detail.

I wanted the penguins to really stand out (and look fat and cuddly) so I fussy cut them from another image and then mounted them to help give them dimension and bring them to life.   

Copic Markers & Materials Used:

Wood/Weatherboards: E11, E25, E37 and E47

Door & Front Step: E40 and E41 - Deco Art Snow Writer

Wreath: G21, G28 and G46

Ribbon: R22, R27 and R29

Baubles, Door Handle and Bells: Y26 and Gold and Sand Spica Pens

Penguins: Black00, C9, C7 and C5 (YR18 for feet and nose/beak)

Patterned Paper & (top)Sentiment:  KaiserCraft - Basecoat Christmas Range

Tree:  Green Tiara

(& various different cardstock)

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop to be entered into the draw.

Bev Rochester
Debbie Jennett (GDT)
Crissy Armstrong (GDT)
Ellie Stover
Denise Griffith (GDT)
Iris Wiechmann
Stephanne Maraver (GDT)
Jacque Beddingfield
Louise Roache
Shelby Thomas
Simonne Clay

Be sure to visit the Whimsy blog again tomorrow for the second day of sneak peeks. Thanks so much for visiting today. Happy hopping!

Some more amazing images from Saturated Canary

Say hello to "Wombat Love", "Gorgo", "Love Language - Gifts", "The Donut That Went Straight To My Hips" & "Daisy Lu Pick a Shoe" :)

Introducing Ellie and Julie

Hi there.  This weekend I wanted to colour up these fab images from Saturated Canary.  We have "Ellie Awesome Sauce" and "Julie Stylist".  Both fun images to being to life.

Julie                                                                             Ellie

I have just entered Ellie into the Kit and Clowder Fun Hair Combos Challenge :)

This is a great site if you'e never visited before  http://kitandclowder.ning.com/

Sisterly Love

This gorgeous image is called 'Sisters' from Saturated Canary.

A little bit of Jammin'

Introducing "Angie Jam" from the Saturated Canary range of digital stamps.  This stamp was a custom design by another Saturated Canary fan, Angie Vallee, my new crafting gal pal from California.  This stamp sooooo looks like Angie.

I firstly coloured her with fluorescent pink and then decided that maybe she'd look better in purple :)

 

The Stamping Chef

Introducing "Alyce the Copic Fairy", special celebration image from "The Stamping Chef".
This image was created for Alyce Keegan, owner of Kit and Clowder.  I had a lot of fun colouring this image.  I received an incredible amount of comments and feedback on this piece (on the Kit and Clowder facebook page).  It's so wonderful to receive messages from all over the world.  One particular private message was from a fellow colouring gal pal in Salt Lake City which made my day :)

You can find the Stamping Chef here at: http://thestampingchef.com/Shop/
and you can find Alyce's brilliant Kit and Clowder web page here at: http://kitandclowder.ning.com/

A little Mermaid splash ..

This is Evie, a new digital image from Krista Smith, Saturated Canary.  Experimenting with a little fin fun.

A little touch of France and Frozen - some colouring fun over the weekend

This image is called Si Belle from The Paper Shelter.  A gorgeous little touch of French style and beauty.  (The image also comes with a small table with a wine glass and a rose).  Pop on over to The Paper Shelter and have a look at their gorgeous range of digital images.

This image is called Mademonsieur from The Stamping Chef.  Cheeky little French lady.  Check out the incredible images over at www.thestampingchef.com

This image is part of the Jade Dragonne collection.

The ever popular Elsa and Olaf from the Disney movie Frozen.

Copyright (Elsa and Olaf belong to Disney).

My Custom Image from the amazing Krista Smith, Saturated Canary

Recently I was given the opportunity to have a custom image designed by Krista Smith, Artist and Owner of Saturated Canary.  All I had to do was provide Krista with as much detail about my vision of an image, which she would then create for me and of course, her ever so popular business.  I asked Krista to design a Parisian Fashionista given my love of Paris.  Krista captured all the elements and my description beautifully.  Here is the digital image called "Denise" which is available to purchase in digital format through the Saturated Canary Store.  I just adore her.

Je M'Appelle Denise

The colours I used for this classy little beauty are as follows:

Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11, E13 and E21

Blush:  R20

Eyes:  B23

Eye Shadow:  E70 and E71

Beret, Bag, Socks and Skirt: RV52, RV55, RV66 and RV69

Boots and Inside Her Coat:  Cool Greys and Black 100

Hair:  E50, E53, E55, E57 and E59

Shadow under her Boots:  E42

Gold detail on the bag and jewellery:  Y26 and Gold Spica Pen

I coloured the image again to create a Mothers Day Card for my amazing mum, Sue.
This time I wanted to use the traditional French colours and give her a different look.  The colours for this image are as follows:

Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11, E13 and E21

Blush:  R20

Eyes:  E57

Eye Shadow:  E71

Beret and Skirt: R22, R27, R29, R37 and R59

Coat and Bag:  B21, B24, B26, B34, B37 and B39
Boots and Hair:  Cool Greys and Black 100

Shadow under her Boots:  E42

Gold detail on the bag and jewellery:  Y26 and Gold Spica Pen

Eiffel Tower Rubber Stamp and Paris Washi Tape with embossing to the frame of the image.  Mounted on Kaiser cardstock in Navy Blue, Red and White.  There is also bling on her buttons and tassle on her bag (although difficult to see in the picture).

A big day of colouring with my crafty friends

Had some fun colouring up some new images (both digital and rubber stamps) from the amazing Saturated Canary collection.  Still experimenting with casting shadows and light sources.  And refining hair is always a challenge.  (I should make reference to the fact that I am a Copic girl).

Eva - Rubber Stamp from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps (Saturated Canary Range)

Hair:  E50, E55 and E59

Skin:  E000, E00, E04, E11 and E21 - R20 for cheeks

Dress: B32, B34, B37 and B39

Underskirt: C00, C3, C5 and B32

Flower: YR12 and G43 and G46 for the leaves

Yuki - Rubber Stamp from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps (Saturated Canary Range)

Hair: R32, R35, R37, R39 and C7

Various Cool Greys and Black to capture the light and shadow

Dress: Same shades of Red in her hair

Eyes: E57

Face: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20

Breeze - Rubber Stamps from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps (Saturated Canary Range)

Hair: E71, E74, E77, E79 and E49

Eyes: BG93, Eye Shadow E71

Lips: RV32

Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21 and R20 for cheeks

Dress: V22, V25, V28, V20, V99

Lilac and Black Spica Pens to colour dots and the top part of her dress.

Emma - Rubber Stamp from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps (Saturated Canary Range)

Hair: BV02, BV04, BV08 and V09 plus Purple 05 Medallion Drawing Pen

Face: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21 and R20 for the cheeks

Lips: V01 under with RV34 on top

Eyes: BV04

Dress: RV00 and RV21 plus Purple 05 Medallion Drawing Pen

Isabella - Rubber Stamp from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps (Saturated Canary range)

Hair: E21, E23 and E27

Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11 and E21

Eyes: BG13

Lips: RV34

Dress: RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, RV66 and RV69

Jordanna - Digital Stamp from Saturated Canary

Hair: E50, E55, E57 and E59

Fluffy Collar: C7 and black multiliner

Vest: E43, C3, BG93, YG91 and YG99 - dotted effect

Jeans: B91, B93, B95 and B97

Boots: Same colour combinations as her vest with some E44

Face: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21 and R20 for cheeks

"A New Canvass" and "Breath" actually on the canvas - both digital stamps from Saturated Canary.

I have misplaced my colour combos for this one, apologies.

And here is Sweet Oklahoma and Nikki - a request for these two images to be made into some cards for two special little girls.