Raggedy Girl - Adorably Yours: Stampart Design by Kathryne

Hi Chilluns! This is a card I made using Stampart Design by Kathryne's digi stamp, Raggedy Girl - Adorably Yours for Whimsy Stamps.  I gave this to Kathryne for her birthday.  She is one of my bestest besties and has been for many years.  I love her images and only wish I had time to use more of them. We are both basically still kids at heart, and our images reflect that.  I adored the Raggedy Ann and Andy story books when I was young.  Her series of Raggedy images bring back fond memories of reading those imaginative stories.  If you want to check out her line (she has lots more than Raggedy dolls - quite a variety actually), go HERE.
I love the Cottage Charms designer paper, also found at Whimsy Stamps. It has a few lined sheets, like the one I used on the inside.  Perfect for writing out a personal greeting.

Other stamps:
Party Hat Sentiments
Vintage Fancy Corners
Fanciful Birthday Notables 1
Eblellies:
Two Tone Pale Pink Rose Bouquet (which I coloured with Copics)
Accent Leaves

I put so many embellies on the front of cards, it can make them front-heavy and sometimes they will topple. So I used one of the designer papers for the back of the card too.  It just completes the card so much, plus it balances out the weight of the card so it doesn't tip forward.    It looks more beautiful to decorate the back anyhow.

Here is your close-up.  Copic colours listed below. 

Copics used:

Reds: R12, 14, 17, 20, 21, 27 Shaded with C3, 5, and 7

Greens: BG11, 13, 15

Whites: BV20, 23, C1, C3, 5

Indigo shoes: B34, 37, C3, 5, 9

Face E000, 00, 01, 11, R20, 21

Copic white used on shoes and face for highlights

Blue background drawn with Prismacolour Pencil

Thanks for visiting today! 

God bless!!

Exciting contest!

This was written by Shannah of the Whimsy DT and posted on the Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration FB fan page:

 *Who would love to win a Whimsy Stamps Shopping Spree?!*

 We are so excited to have over 4,000 wonderful Whimsy friends on our Facebook Fan Page that we are giving away a $50 gift voucher for the Whimsy Stamps Store! To enter, all you need to do is:

1) make sure you are a Whimsy Fan Page follower (ON FACEBOOK) - here is the link for quick reference: Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration , then

2) go to the Whimsy Inspiration Blog and tell us what you would love to spend your voucher on. Enter HERE

 The $50 Whimsy Stamps gift voucher will be drawn by Random.org on Sunday 28th July and the winner will be announced on Monday the 29th July. Good luck everyone!! Hugs, Shannah xox

Fairy Daydreams Colouring Video!

Hi Peeps!!

I have a new video series for you, in which I demonstrate how I colour my Fairy Daydreams image from Whimsy Stamps.  I concentrate on teaching shading techniques.  Learning to shade simply takes practice.  I am by no means an expert, but I enjoy what I do and if you happen to like my style, you can learn from this demo.  I hope I made it enjoyable for you to watch and learn!

A Great Canadian Stamp Store!! Scrappin Great Deals!!

One of the BEST Canadian stores out there - I should know, I'm an avid customer - just sent me a TEN DOLLAR CERTIFICATE as a prize - JUST FOR BEING THEIR CUSTOMER!!!!

If you buy from them online, your name gets entered into their weekly draw.  And I WON this week, YAHOOOOOO!!

Who doesn't get excited about free stuff, and esp. for us card makers, when its MORE CARD MAKING SUPPLIES!!!

I love this store - they have weekly sales with deep discounts on tons of stuff too. They have very reasonable regular prices as well as great customer service. 

Love the gals at this store! 

Love Scrappin Great Deals!

Thank you SGD - you made my day!!

Jelly Bean

A birthday card I did for my daughter.  I used Jelly Bean and Party Time Accessories.  Coloured with Copics.  Thanks for visiting!!

New Release at Whimsy!

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps March 2013 rubber stamp and die release!

Today, Whimsy Stamps is releasing 27 fantastic new Rubber Stamps & Stamp Sets, 6 wonderful new Whimsy Shapeology Dies, 2 fabulous new Shape EZ by TLC templates, 2 beautiful Whimsy Designer Paper 6x6 packs, and 2 *NEW* gorgeous sets of Whimsy Prints. These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. We are thrilled to announce that Monika Martinson has joined our talented group of stamp illustrators! Monika draws the most beautiful floral images and we are releasing 4 gorgeous rubber stamp sets illustrated by Monika for Whimsy Stamps this month.  Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps family, Monika! From today until 26 March, the Whimsy DT and our March Special Guest Designer, Louise Hodge, will be showcasing these new products with a daily mini blog hop. At the end of release week, we will draw 3 winners from the comments left on our designers' daily mini blog hop posts and each of these 3 winners will win 2 new release stamps! You have 24hrs to enter each daily mini blog hop by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. The prize locations are secret, so be sure to hop and leave comments every day to win! At the end of release week (Wednesday 27 March) a release round-up will be posted on the Whimsy blog together with a list of winners. To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Ellie
Janette
Melissa
Michele
Tammy Louise

If you would like to join Whimsy Stamps as our Guest Designer for our May 2013 release please go to the Guest Designer Contest page to read all about how to enter. Entries close at 12.00pm (EST) on Wednesday 27 March 2013.

Finally, here is a full reveal of the wonderful March release. Don't forget to visit today's DT and leave a comment on their blog posts!

[Please note that the following pictures are not to scale]

4 Crissy Armstrong rubber stamps
Am I a Keeper? ~ Crown of Daisies ~ Hip Hippo-ray ~ Summer Pony
 
3 Elisabeth Bell rubber stamps

Goldie Locks ~ L'il Bells Snack Time ~ Skippydee and Indiana
                        
4 Kenny K rubber stamps
Blonde Bombshell ~ Total Drama ~ What If? ~ Wise Guy
      
  2 Meljen's Designs rubber stamps
Hunny Bunny ~ Lazy Susan Buggies
             
  2 Sylvia Zet rubber stamps
Birthday Baby Boy ~ Love You Slow Much
             
  3 2CuteInk Rubber stamp sets
Bundles of Joy ~ It's Play Time ~ Let's Party
                          
  *NEW ARTIST* Monika Martinson
Cup of Sunshine ~ Spring Tulips ~ Summertime Blooms ~ Tiger Lily
 
  5 Raindrop Echo Designs rubber stamp sets
Everyday Button Sentiments ~ Fun Life Tickets 2 ~ Singing in the Rain Spring Silhouettes Notables 6

~ Vintage Fancy Corners
       
6 Shapeology dies
Button Die ~ Daisy Doily ~ Dandelion Border Lace Border

 ~ Mini Lace Doily Die ~ Umbrella Die
 
  6x6 Paper Stacks
Designer Grunge ~ Vintage Harmony 24 sheets per pack - 12 designs, 2 of each printed on heavy weight slightly textured papers. Acid and Lignin free.

  2 *NEW* sets of Whimsy Prints  ~  The "Whimsy Prints Collection" are beautiful sets of hand-colored images which have been digitally reproduced and die-cut into various shapes. The "Birthday Wishes" pack contains 3 sets of 4 images illustrated and hand-coloured by Crissy Armstrong. The "Make A Wish" pack contains 3 sets 4 images illustrated by Elisabeth Bell and hand-coloured by Simonne Clay. Whimsy Prints are printed on 100lb premium coated paper and professionally die-cut leaving smooth edges. Each pack contains 12 die-cut printed toppers.
Birthday Wishes (Crissy Armstrong)
 
Make a Wish (Elisabeth Bell)
         
  2 Shape EZ by TLC templates
Flip Basket ~ PIllow Box
                       
 Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy our new release!

Mission Trip

Hi peeps!  I wanted to share something my daughter is doing and garner some more support for this worthy cause.  She is going on a mission trip to India to shower some love and care on girls who have been rescued from the sex trade.  Go to her website to read all about it:
http://val4india.webstarts.com/

Winter's Magic

Some of my images are now available as fully coloured and pre-cut Whimsy Prints.  This is the original coloured version of Snowflake Fairy Princess from the Winter's Magic set.
Thanks for stopping by!

Jingle Cat

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Jingle Cat

Jingle Cat (rubber stamp at Whimsy) coloured with the following Copics:
Kitty's Fur:  C2, 3, 4, 5 V91
Eyes:  YG23
Ear: E04, R20, 22
Muzzle: R00
Red on hat: R29, 59, 89, C7, 5
White trim of hat: V91, BV20, C3, 5
Gold bells: E39, 49, Y00, 15, 17, YR14, 23
Red Collar: R46, 59, C5

Blessings of Peace to you!

A Christmas Card

I'm on Facebook now!  Friend me! Just look up Crissy Armstrong and you'll see my page.  :-)

I want to show some Christmas cards I sent out this year.  This is made with the original hand painted Santa And Teddy Portrait rubber stamp which was then printed and made into a Whimsy Print from the Holiday Wishes set.  Its water coloured with artist quality paints.  Here is your close-up:

See you on FB! 

50% Digi Sale at Whimsy!!!

Who doesn't love a sale, and a 50% off sale at that!  All Whimsy Digi images are on sale now through Dec 18th, so get on over there to save BIG!!

Blog Hop Winner!

Announcing the winner of the Whimsy Prints blog hop!  Congratulations Chevonne Pannulo!! Please contact me with your mailing address and I'll ask Denise of Whimsy Stamps to mail you a package of Whimsy Prints! crissy.armstrong@sympatico.ca

Random Integer Generator

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