Whimsical Wednesday Challenge "Winter Fun"

Welcome to Whimsical Wednesday. Today's challenge is to create a project with a

"Winter theme and must have something sparkly."

This week I decided to make a 8.5 x 11 double layout. The snowman was cut from the Cricut " Winter Frolic " cartridge. The sign was free hand and stamped with the "Got Snow?" The little boy and girl were cut from the Cricut " Everyday Paper Dolls " cartridge and stamped with PK faces. Last but not least the sign was cut from the Cricut " Freshly Picked " cartridge. and Stamped with " Baby it's cold outside".

To see what the other wonderful DT memebers have created for this challenge please head on over to the Whimsical Designs blog.

We have 2 wonderful DT Members that are Sponsoring this challenge:

1.Nanne has donated a variety of Webster's Pages Scrapbooking Supplies. Thank you Nanne!!

2. Cindy From Cindy's Scraptastic Designs has donated 3 of her fabulous digital stamps. Thank you Cindy!!

Whimsical Designs Stamp Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our Whimsical Designs Stamp Release blog hop. If you came here from the very talented Karen then you are in the right spot but if you just happened to swing by then you will want to start at the beginning at Whimsical Designs so as not to miss out on any of the amazing projects or blog candy.

I am so excited to be showing you some of the projects I've made using Stephanie's wonderful stamps. I had so much fun playing with them and I love how beautifully they stamp!!

For my first project I made a card for my friend that just had a baby. I used my new Spellbinders Nestabilities ( Label 17 ) to cut the beautiful background shape. The cute little stork was cut from the Cricut Lite "Sugar and Spice" cartridge. To finish it off I added black crinkle ribbon and stamped the sentiment from the "Whimsical Fun Vol 1" set on to glitter paper.

For this project I chose to do a layout. on this project the stamps are "Elves at Work!" and "No Peeking" both of these sentiments are from the "Snow Much Fun" set.

The cartridges I used are: Paper Doll Dress Up, Winter Frolic, Create a Critter, and Freshly Picked.

Here is my last project. For this card the adorable cake was cut from the Cricut Simply Charmed cartridge. I added crinkle ribbon, Stickles, and white gel pen. For the sentiment I used "Everyday Sentiments". I hope you enjoyed my project. I can't wait to see what I will create when you buy Stephanie's stamps. I know you're going to love them as much as I do!!

Now you are off to the wonderful Margie

GRAND PRIZE

One random winner will get a prize pack that will include two Stampin' Up ink pads (Black and Chocolate Chip), one medium sized acrylic stamp block from Stampin' Up and one pack of Stampin' Up White Card Stock. In order to be eligible for the grand prize they must become a follower of the Whimsical Designs blog and leave a comment on all the Whimsical Designers blogs under their hop post.
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Whimsical Wednesday Challenge

Welcome to another Whimsical Wednesday.

First off I want to start my post with some very exciting announcements. Drum roll please……

I am very excited to announce that I‘ve been asked back for another term as a Whimsical Wednesday Designer! Also, our wonderful founder Stephanie from Whimsical-Designs (formally “Always Crafting”) will be coming out with her very own stamp line!!

She has some openings for permanent positions and also guest designer positions. Please go to Whimsical Designs for more information. :)

I can’t wait to start showcasing these fabulous new stamps. You are going to LOVE them!! The release date is just round the corner so you are going to want to stayed tuned for the next few days to get all the information. J

Alright, now on to my project.

Today’s challenge is- “Any Thing Goes”

For my project I decided to make an 8.5x11 scrapbook page of my oldest child. I am so grateful for ALL of my wonderful children but for this challenge I chose to focus specifically on him. He has been so amazing and wonderful in this last year since the baby came. He is always so willing to help in any way possible changing, diapers, making bottles, reading to his other siblings, and even helping them with homework if I’m busy with the baby; all with little to no complaint. I don’t know what I would do without him. He is such a blessing in my life!!

For this layout I cut the title from 2 of the fonts on Cricut’s “Boys Will Be Boys” cartridge. The second thing I cut was the files on the side of the photo, these were cut from the Cricut “From My Kitchen” Cartridge.

Here they are pulled out so you can see them. My husband and I have written a letter to our son on these cards telling him how much we love him and how grateful we are for everything he does but for privacy reasons I chose to take the picture before writing the letter. J

Our sponsor for this week is our fabulous and talented design sister Nanne. Nanne has donated a variety of Webster's Pages Scrapbooking Supplies. Thank you Nanne!!

To see what the other amazing designers have come up with please go to our Whimsical Wednesday page HERE at Whimsical-Designs. (Whimsical Wednesdays new home.)

One last thing before you go. I want to remind everyone about the Scraptastic blog hop happening on November, 4th at 7:00pm EST.

There will be blog candy and fabulous inspiration along the way!!

~Whimsical Wednesday Halloween Blog Hop~

Welcome to our Whimsical Wednesday Halloween blog hop!

You should have come here from Shelly's blog but if not you should start at the beginning at the Whimsical Wednesday Blog so as not the miss any of the wonderful Halloween projects.

For the hop today I was asked to create a Halloween scrapbook layout. This layout was made for my then 3-year-old daughter's Halloween pictures and my then 5-year-old-son's Halloween pictures.

As is my usual size this double layout is 8.5x11

Here is the first page.

The title was cut from the Cricut "Birthday Bash" cartridge on white glitter cardstock. The spiderweb border is from Martha Stewart. I used tinsel ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique to add some bling to my photo mats. Down at the bottom the fence was cut from the Cricut "Paper Doll Dress Up" cartridge. My journaling pumpkin was cut from the Cricut "Create A Critter" cartridge. The extra pumpkin die cuts came from K & Company.

Here is the second page.

For this page the bats and moon came from K & Company, I added home made glitter spray to the moon to give it a nice sparkle and I added silver Stickles to the bats. The ghost are attached to a piece of cardstock that sides in and out as a jounaling tag and they were also cut from the Cricut "Paper Doll Dress Up" cartridge Their faces were stamped with Peachy Keen stamps.

Here are both pages of my 2 page layout.

Now you are off to the wonderful Libby: http://psastampcamp.blogspot.com

Here are our fabulous sponsors for this hop:

1. Trendy Twine: trendytwine.bigcartel.com Original Sample Pack
2. Trade Fish Designs:tradefishdesigns.com Rest In Peace Stamp Set
3. Prairie Bird Boutique:www.etsy.com/shop/PrairieBirdBoutique one bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon-you get to chose the bundle.

And for our Grand Prize:

The grand prize for the hop is from PSA Essentials. It is a stamp package valued at MSRP $75.00 and includes the Stamper Body, A Peal and Stick Stamp Set, and an Orange/Black Inker, and one customized stamp. In order to be eligible for the blog candy you must leave a comment on each blog and then go back to Whimsical Wednesday at the end of the hop and leave a comment.

Halloween Scrapbook Pages

Welcome back to another Scrapbook Whimsical Wednesday.

For the challenge today the Whimsical Wizards have created a Halloween scrapbook page and have incorporated a technique with instructions. Your challenge is to create a Halloween scrapbook page and incorporate one of the Whimsical Wizards techniques you have learned. Please include in your post who's technique you used. Our fellow DT member Chloe came up with this super fun idea.

First I will be showing you my layout and then I will show my technique. (This post is very picture heavy.)

Here is page 1 of my 8.5 x 11 double layout.

For this page I used the Cricut Cartridge "Happy Hauntings" to cut out the title, vampire, and bat. The blood was made using Martha Stewart's "Drippy Goo" punch and then I added "Glossy Accents" to make it stand out. The bat border came from "Ek Success". The coffin was cut from the Cricut "Paper Doll Dress Up" cartridge and will be used for journaling.

Here is page 2.

On this page the zombie,headstones, and title were also cut from the Cricut "Happy Hauntings". The moon was cut with a 2" circle punch and the bats are from the "Ek Success" punch and cut apart. To make the dirt I used crinkle ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique.

I love how fun and amazing this ribbon is to work with and she has so many wonderful bundles to choose from.

Here are both of my 2 page Layout. For my technique I chose to use heat embossing on my pattern paper.

The following pictures will show how I did that.

Here are the supplies you will need. (Not pictured is a dryer sheet or "embossing buddy".)

1.) Heat tool. You can get one Here. 2.) Embossing pen. You can Get one Here. 3.) Embossing Powder. You can get the kind I use Here. (color "Kaleidoscope Transparent") 4.) Dryer sheet Optional. I chose not to use one since I like the added sparkle on the page.

Step 1 - Rub dryer sheet over the page to get out static.

Step 2- With embossing pen color over the images you want to emboss.

(I chose the moons.)

Step 3- Dump embossing powder over the images you colored over with the embossing pen.

Step 4- Shake off the excess embossing powder and place back in the container.

Step 5- Use heat to to seal the embossing powder.

Here is the final product. As you can see in the photo if you don't use something to get the static out of the paper the embossing powder will cling to other parts then the ones you placed the embossing ink on but as I stated before for me, on this project, that was ok.

I hope you enjoyed my project.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is The Prairie Bird Boutique. One random winner will get to pick out their own bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon.

To see the other wonderful projects the DT members have come up with please sing byWhimsical Wednesday.

Back To School Scrapbook Pages

Welcome to another Whimsical Wednesday Scrapbook Challenge.

Today's challenge is all about school days. The guide lines for today's challenge is to make a scrapbook layout with a school theme and it must include a chipboard element.

For this challenge the theme was great. I have 4 of my 5 kids in school so we have tons of pictures that need to be scrapped. However, the chipboard element was a little harder for me. Chipboard is not something I've ever used before so I had absolutely none on hand but lucky for me my sister had just gone out and bought a ton of chipboard letters and gave me a pack to play with.

Here is my 2 page 8.5 x 11 Layout

Here is the first page.

For this page the paper came from the dollar section at Target. I used cut files from "The Cutting Cafe" for the apples, the sentiment inside the apple, and for the crayons at the bottom. Since I don't own a cutting system except for the Cricut I just printed the images with my printer and cut them out by hand. :) It's very easy to do.

The "Mrs Thayne" is my chipboard element. These were naked chipboard that I colored with Bic markers and covered in matching Stickles.

Here is the second page.

On this page the Notes and Paper were cut from the "Simply Charmed" cartridge and the pencil was cut from the "Cutting Cafe".

Here are both pages together.

I hope you enjoyed and I can't wait to see what you create.

Our wonderful sponsor today is Regina from the "Cutting Cafe" and she has generously donated to one lucky winner any 3 sets from her store. So please swing on by the Whimsical Wednesday Blog and see what the other wonderful DT members have come up with and of course we would love for you to play along. :)

Cricut-less Scrapbook Layout ~ "My Brother My Buddy"

Today's LO is completely Cricut-less. I didn't start out planning for it to be this way, but as I stared looking through drawers in my craftroom I realized that I still had tons of stuff from my Pre-Cricut days that I had been neglecting.

So for this layout I decided to work around a package of brads I had bought 5 years ago and never opened.

The title was made using the brads and after I decided on that everything else just kind of fell into place.

8.5 x 11 pages side by side

For this LO I used DCWV's "Celebration" stack.

The banners were on one of the papers and I just cut them out and added the brads. Also the polka dot paper from the same stack as did round cutouts.

I hope you enjoyed and have a great day. :)

Scrapbook Layout ~ DCWV Sketch Challenge

Today I made a layout for the challenge going on over at the DCWV Blog. Every month Erin posts a sketch challenge. I have been wanting to participate for a while now but always feel too intimidated about the idea of converting the 12x12 layout sketch to a 8.5x11 layout. Well today I decided to pull on my big girl pants and give it a try. :)

In this layout my little man Lucas is trying to sit up on his own on the couch. He had a ton of fun and it only took him about half an hour. As you can see in the top left photo he finally did it but he was starting to get really tired.

I laid him done in his playpen so I could go make him a bottle and less then 5 minutes later this is what I found. My little man was out cold!!

On this page I did the same LO but flipped it.

Here are both pages sided by side. I love how this layout turned out!

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridges: Zooballoo (For the titles), B is for Boy (for he lion), Sugar and Spice (for the lamb).

Cardstock: All the pattern paper came from DCWV.

The strips are from "Animal Crackers" and the safari paper is from "All About Boys".

The green and yellow polka dot strip is also from DCWV but I can't remember what stack. :(

Swing By the DCWV blog and try the sketch out for yourself.

I hope you enjoyed my layout and have a great day! :)

"Au Natural" 8.5x11 Layout ~ Paper Variety Circle Challenge

Today I've created a 2-page 8.5x11 scrapbook layout that I'll be entering into the challenge going on over at The Paper Variety.

"Au Natural" My baby taking a bath in the kitchen sink.

Page one.

For this layout I cut the film strip from the "Mickey and Friends" cartridge. The pattern paper came from DCWV's "Dots, Stripes, and Plaids" stack. The circles were punched with a 3/8 punch and I added green buttons.

The blue paper was embossed with CuttleBug's "Spots and Dots" folder and the Title was embossed with CB "Swiss Dots" folder. I also added more circle buttons. :)

Here are both of the 8.5 x 11 pages together.

I hope you enjoyed and have a great day. :)

Boys Scrapbook Pages

Welcome to another Whimsical Wednesday Layout Challenge.

Today's challenge is "Sense Of Humor"

For this challenge you need to make a layout with something funny. Photos, images, or words that relate to humor such as : Silly, Giggle, Laugh, Funny, ect.

My layout today is a 8.5x11 Landscape page.

For this layout I kept it pretty simple using scraps of paper for accents and stickers for the title. I did use the Cricut cartridge "Boys Will be Boys" to cut the journaling tag.

I hope you enjoyed my layout and I can't wait to see what you create for this challenge.

To see what the other wonderful designers have come up with head on over to the Whimsical Wednesday blog. :)

Layout for Scrappy Moms Tuesday Challenge ~ Preserves

I made this layout for Scrappy Moms Tuesday Challenge. For this challenge you had to used the Preserves cartridge.

This is a 1 page 8.5x11 landscape layout. The pictures are of my niece, Mia, at out last family reunion. There is just something about food that Mia loves. She can't help but start playing with it. Most kids I think grow out of this phase around 5, but not Mia. Every time she has food in her hand she does these goofy weird Mia things with it and I was lucky enough to catch some of those pictures to scrapbook. :)

For this layout all of the watermelons and the journaling tag were cut from the "Preserves" cartridge. The "Sweet 'n Sassy" on the tag is from Scrappy Moms "Sweet Somethings" set. The "Mia +Food=Huh?" was printed from my computer. I also added twine and did a tiny bit of doodling with my black gel pen.

I hope you enjoyed the layout and have a great day. :)

Little Boy Scrapbook Pages

Welcome back for another Scrapbook Whimsical Wednesday.

The challenge this week is to make a interactive layout:

It must have something on it that moves or is interactive: examples would be a tag that comes out of a pocket, having a critter (or some sort of cut) that you incorporate a flap that opens and shows a picture or journaling. You could even incorporate the elements that are on a spinner card or waterfall card.

Here is a little back story on today's layout. Our 10-month -old son Lucas LOVES being outside so anytime he's fussy we take him out to the front porch and it calms him right down. Well, the other day his teething was unbearable. He was screaming and nothing not even sitting on the porch could calm him down. The only thing that would make him happy was eating the leaves on our tomato plants. So my husband and I just let him go to town while I took tons of pictures. :)

Here is my 2 pg 8.5x11 layout.

The cartridge I used for this whole LO was "Freshly Picked". I printed the Yum,Yum, Yummy with my computer and doodled with my gels pens. On the stems of the tomatoes I added lime green Stickles. For the fence I embossed with CB Distressed Stripes folder.

(Here is the 2nd page.)

On this page my interactive parts are: the tag that comes out of the pocket and the green stem comes out of the dirt and will have journaling on them. The gnomes face is Peachy Keens Retro set and the dirt is embossed with CB Tiny Bubbles folder.

Here are both pages together. I pulled up the stems so you can see the journaling tag attached.

Please stop on over at the Whimsical Wednesday Blog to see what the talented design team has come up with for your inspiration and for all the details about the challenge. I can wait to see what you will create for this challenge. :)

This week Kimberly from My Craft Spot is our sponsor. She has donated a $15.00 gift certificate to her store. craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com

Thank you Kimberly.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! :)

Whimsical Wednesday ~ "Fun In The Sun" Scrapbook Challenge

Welcome back for another Scrapbook Whimsical Wednesday.

The challenge this week is to make a

Summer Layout and it must have stamping.

I have made a 2 page 8.5 x 11 layout.

(Here is my 1st page. )

The images on this page where cut from the Cricut "H20" cartridge. I used Peachy Keens "Princess Face Assortment" for the little girls face. I added Stickles in Diamond to the water drops and twine bows for her hair.

(Here is the 2nd page.)

On this page I cut the sun and sprinkler from the "H20" cartridge and the little boy was cut from "Everyday Paper Dolls" cartridge. The "Fun Times" stamp was from Michael's $1.00 bin and the boys face came from PK's "Everyday Character Face Assortment".

Here is a close up of the little girl.

And a close up of the little boy.

Here are both pages together.

Please stop on over at the Whimsical Wednesday Blog to see what the talented design team has come up with for your inspiration and for all the details about the challenge.

This week, Emma From My Creative Time, is our sponsor. One random winner who enters the challenge will receive Emma's newest stamp set Have Fun In The Sun. This set is perfect for those summer cards and scrapbook pages.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! :)

Whimsical Wednesday Scrapbook Challenge

Welcome back for another Scrapbook Whimsical Wednesday.

The challenge this week is to make a

Birthday layout with some kind of embossing.

I have made a 2 page 8.5 x 11 layout.

(Here is my 1st page. )

All images on this 2 page LO where cut from the Cricut "Birthday Bash" cartridge. I heat embossed the polka dots on the banner with clear embossing powder and added bakers twine in Lemondrop from The Twinery. The 3 was embossed with my Cuttle bug and the Swiss Dots CB folder.

(Here is the 2nd page.)

The octopus' face was stamped with Peachy Keens Retro Paper Doll face assortment. (This face is one of my favorites. I love how excited he looks!) I used the Swiss Dots folder again to emboss the balloons and used The Twinery's bakers twine to do the strings. All papers except for the kraft came from DCWV Celebration Stack and the red polka dot ribbon came from Stampin' Up.

Here are both pages together.

Please stop on over at the Whimsical Wednesday Blog to see what the talented design team has come up with for your inspiration and for all the details about the challenge. Thank you for stopping by and have a great day! :)

Scrapbook Layout ~ Throwback Thursday

This is a LO I made for the challenge going on over at Emma's blog, "Throwback Thursday".

You had to use a Lite cartridge and make a scrapbook layout.

I decided to use the "Handy Man" cartridge to make a LO for the pictures I have from when we build our house 2 years ago. The title was cut using "Pooh Font" cartridge. The tool box is made with the shadow so I can use it for Journaling.

I hope you enjoy and have a great day!

Ladybug Scrapbook Pages

Hello and welcome!! Today is our first Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. We will be having these challenges every week with each challenge staying open for two weeks!! You will love the themes they are so fun, and a scrap booking challenge the first Wednesday of the month.

for this weeks challenge the theme is:

"Spring or Easter Layout with a critter or insect incorporated on the LO."

For this LO I used glitter card stock to cut the title at 1.25 in using the "Ashlynn's Alphabet" cartridge. The leaves were cut from the "Don Juan" cartridge at 2.5 in and the ladybug was cut from the "Doodlecharms" cartridge (but I forgot to write down the size.)

The lady bug I used for the journaling tag was also cut from the "Paisley" cartridge.

It was cut on RDS at 3.75in for the black layer, 2.5in for the red layer and the white layer was cut by hand at 2.25in (I couldn't get my center point to cut this layer out right.)

The polka dot flower is from Doodle Bug Designs.

The extras on this 2 page LO are: white gel pen, green gel pen, ribbon, stickers, and black Stickles on the ladybug and title.

I hope you get a chance to play along. To take a peek at the fabulous layouts the other DT team members have come up with swing on over to the

Whimsical Wednesday Blog.

You will find all the information about the challenge there.