Whimsy Stamps & Starbucks Gift Card Holder

My new idea for a Christmas gift! I always buy my kids gift cards for Starbucks for their stockings - this year I decided to jazz them up!

I used the awesome Coffee Cup Die Set from Whimsy Stamps, to make my life a little easier!

It was super easy to make up the coffee cup, and there are even extra dies for the accent.

I used a coffee cup holder from Starbucks for the pocket - just cut it down a bit to make it smaller.

The papers are scraps from my stash, along with some twine and a brad.

Hope I have inspired you!

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting :)

Whimsy Stamps Penguin Gift

As you probably know, I seem to have a thing for penguins this year! Here is another cute image from Lee Holland, Penguin Gift, available at the Whimsy Stamps Store.

I used my prismacolor pencils to color the image.

The papers are Winter Wishes 6x6 paper pad from Whimsy Stamps, along with some embossed paper from my stash. I used the Geometric snowflake die, and an older snowflake border die.

The sentiment is from the In My Backyard clear stamp set.

 

 

I hope I have inspired you to make some fun penguin Christmas cards this year!

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting :)

Cute Card Thursday - Tag, Ornament or Bauble

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Tag, Ornament or Bauble'.

As always, we welcome your own interpretation. 

I used this adorable image from Mo's Digital Pencil - 'Kayla with Gingerbread'.

I colored the image using my prismacolor pencils and used some scrap cardstock to cut out the tag and insert. I added a few mini bells and twine to finish it off.

The 3d tote was a cutting file from the silhouette store.

We are sponsored this week by SherriBaldy Designs, a great prize as always! 

Hope you can join us! See you there!

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting :-)

Whimsy Stamps - My Significant Otter!

I just LOVE this super cute image from Crissy Armstrong's collection over at Whimsy Stamps - 'My Significant Otter'. It come with lots of sentiments too!

I colored the image using my prismacolor pencils.

I used the Card Builder - Hearts of Love die set to create the white border, popped heart and stitched heart border. I added a little bakers twine to finish it off!

 

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting :)

Whimsy Stamps Snow Day!

Who doesn't love a nice cup of hot cocoa on a cold, wintery day?

This Hot Tubbin' stamp from Whimsy Stamps is just perfect for a gift.

I used my prismacolor pencils to color the image and added a little glitter too (not that it shows up in the photo!!) The scallop circle has been die cut from the Christmas Cheer 6x6 paper pad.

I stamped the detail on the bag using clear stamps from In My Backyard.

I did a small mason jar of hot cocoa ingredients and dressed it up with a scalloped circle on top, some baker's twine and a small tag using Joyous Holiday mini sentiments and the stitched tag dies.

 

 

A simple Christmas present, perfect for anyone!

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting :)

Whimsy Stamps Poinsettia Gift Card Holder

Another of my favorite stamp sets over at the Whimsy Stamps Store is Joyous Holiday. It has this adorable poinsettia with some great mini sentiments.

I stamped the poinsettia on a variety of papers from Whimsy Stamps Christmas Cheer 6x6 paper pad, and heat embossed the outlines. I then fussy cut the different parts of the flower and 'popped' them up.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

The gift card sits inside on the tag - which is also decorated in the matching paper.

 

Hope I have inspired you to 'jazz up' your gift cards for Christmas!

Thanks for looking

Happy Crafting :)

Frosty Cup of Cocoa

Here is another Christmas card using one of my favorite stamps from Sassy Cheryl Stamps - Frosty Cup of Cocoa.

I colored the image using my prismacolor pencils and then fussy cut him out.

I die cut some snowflakes into the white background and backed in it red for a little pop of color.

The sentiment is from From the Heart Stamps.

I 'popped' up the snowman for the finishing touch!

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting :)

Whimsy Stamps November Release - Winter Owl

Welcome to Day 3 of November's release of Rubber Stamps, dies and papers at the Whimsy Stamps store!

This is my third and final creation using Winter Owl by Lee Holland.

Yes - I made him into a penguin!!

I also used the Snowflake dies, pierced border trio dies and an old christmas sentiment die.

I colored the image using my Prismacolor pencils and embossed the 'snow hills' for added texture. The papers are from Bella Blvd's 'Let Go' collection.

Be sure to join the release party on FB where we will have games and award prizes to randomly drawn players. Get on over to Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/643604502513567/ where the party has already started!

You have just got to see what the rest of the Whimsy Digi Designer Divas have created with the digi’s. We are showing off our gorgeous creations for you over the next three days, November 16th - 18th. Go visit each blog and leave them a little love. 

Thank you for stopping by! Don’t forget to join the Release Party on Facebook to get in on your chance to win Whimsy prizes!! 

Happy Crafting!

Whimsy Stamps November Release - Penguin Totem

Welcome to Day 2 of November's release of Rubber Stamps, dies and papers at the Whimsy Stamps store!

This is my second creation using Penguin Totem 
by Krista Heij-Barber.

I seem to have a 'thing' about penguin cards this year!

I also used the Snowflake dies, sentiment from Joyous Holiday clear stamps, stitched tag die, Winter Wishes 6x6 paper and Winter Wishes enamel dots.

I colored the image using my Prismacolor pencils and added a little baker's twine for texture.

Be sure to join the release party on FB where we will have games and award prizes to randomly drawn players. Get on over to Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/643604502513567/ where the party has already started!

You have just got to see what the rest of the Whimsy Digi Designer Divas have created with the digi’s. We are showing off our gorgeous creations for you over the next three days, November 16th - 18th. Go visit each blog and leave them a little love. 

Thank you for stopping by! Don’t forget to join the Release Party on Facebook to get in on your chance to win Whimsy prizes!! 

Happy Crafting!

Cute Card Thursday - Christmas

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Christmas'.

As always, we welcome your own interpretation.

I decided to use a number of dies and stamps from Whimsy Stamps.

Build a Poinsettia Die

Holly Vine Die

Christmas Cheer 6x6 Designer Paper

Christmas Cheer Enamel Dots

We are sponsored this week by Di's Digi's, a great prize as always! 

Hope you can join us! See you there!

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting :-)

Whimsy Stamps November Release - Love Me Anyway

Welcome to Day 1 of November's release of Rubber Stamps, dies and papers at the Whimsy Stamps store!

I'm SO happy to announce that I am now one of the Design Team members - after a long time of being in awe of the crafts and cards the Design Team make!

This is my first creation using Love Me Anyway by the awesome Crissy Armstrong.
I just LOVE this super cute kitty!

I also used the Stitched Frame from the
Shaker Builder - Sweetest Birthday die set.

  

I colored the image using my Prismacolor pencils, paper are from Simple Stories 'Bloom & Grow' collection, with a little vellum behind the frame for contrast.

Be sure to join the release party on FB where we will have games and award prizes to randomly drawn players. In fact, get on over to Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/643604502513567/ where the party has just started!

You have just got to see what the rest of the Whimsy Digi Designer Divas have created with the digi’s. We are showing off our gorgeous creations for you over the next three days, November 16th - 18th. Go visit each blog and leave them a little love. 

Kerys Sharrock (you are here)  
Iris Wiechmann 
Faye Wynn-Jones 

Linda Levoir

Tracy Wray
Bev Rochester

Alanna Moses

Thank you for stopping by! Don’t forget to join the Release Party on Facebook to get in on your chance to win Whimsy prizes!! 

Happy Crafting!

Cute Card Thursday - Add something metallic

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'add something metallic'. 

As always, we welcome your own interpretation. 

I just LOVE this image from All Dressed Up Stamps - 'A star is born'. 

I wanted this card to be CAS so that the cute image stood out from the rest. I colored the image using my prismacolor pencils, and used some small metal nappy (diaper) pins that I bought a long time ago from Michaels.

I am entering this card into the current ADU Facebook challenge 'Celebrations'.

We are sponsored this week by All Dressed Up Stamps, a great prize as always! 

Hope you can join us! See you there!

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting :-)

Cute Card Thursday - Anything But a card

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Anything But a card'.

As always, we welcome your own interpretation.

I have recently moved my craft room, and guess what I found??!! I bought this advent calendar by Kaisercraft about 3 years ago - never got round to doing anything with it, and to be honest, had completely forgotten I had bought it!!

I used papers from Whimsy Stamps 'Christmas Cheer' 6x6 designer paper pad. Such an adorable collection, that worked perfectly with embellishments from Simple Stories 'Handmade Holiday'.

I love these cute little penguins from Crissy Armstrong's collection (an old digi collection from Whimsy Stamps). I fussy cut this little one out to hang from the top of the calendar, and added a little glitter on the lights.

I fussy cut these 2 penguins from the original image and stuck them on a 3D box. The original image is exactly the same but obviously not 3D! I copied the drawn ribbon with actual ribbon for more texture and dimension.

The Christmas tree was made from a bauble 'bouquet' which I bought from Michael's. I took this apart and rearranged it in the shape of a Christmas tree.

A title from Simple Stories 'Handmade Holiday' collection, some stars from my stash, and some enamel dots from Whimsy Stamps 'Christmas Cheer' collection - and voila!!!

We are sponsored this week by Whimsy Stamps, a great prize as always! 

Hope you can join us! See you there!

Thanks for looking!

Happy crafting :-)

Die cut snowflake cards

 I have decided to make some CAS cards to send to family in the UK this year. They need to be made quickly and put in the mail shortly to beat the 'Christmas card delivery rush'!!

I used dies and stamps from Whimsy Stamps for both of these cards, along with papers from their Winter Wishes collection.

I cut out the large snowflake from the light blue paper and backed it with the darker blue paper, also using it for the border. I used a sentiment from the clear stamp set 'In my backyard'. A little twine and some enamel dots finished the card off.

Again, I used the snowflake dies to cut out the snowflakes on the white card. This was then backed with a dark blue paper and 'popped up' on the card. The sentiment was from the clear stamp set 'Scripty Occasions' and heat embossed on top.

Supplies from Whimsy Stamps used:

Winter Wishes 6x6 designer paper pad

Winter Wishes enamel dots

Snowflake dies

Layered snowflake dies

In my Backyard Clear Stamp set

Scripty Occasions Clear Stamp set

Hope you like them. Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting :)