Whimsical Wednesday "Textiles" Challenge

Happy Hump Day! Today I'd like to share with you a card I made for this week's Whimsical Wednesday challenge over at Whimsical Designs.

The Challenge: Add ribbon, lace, twine, or any other type of textile to your project.

Using some fun crinkle ribbon from 3 Girl Jam, here's what I came up with:

The bird/banner die cut is cut at 3" from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge using some solid Recollections cardstock. The background paper is embossed with a cupcake folder using my Cuttlebug, and the sentiment is from the Everyday Sentiments stamp set - available at Whimsical Designs. The pearls are from my stash and I used 3 Girl Jam crinkle ribbon in the shades of Coral Crush & Aqua Splash, from the Caribbean Splash bundle.

Our sponsor for this week's challenge is:

Freckled Fawn

One lucky winner will receive a $20 gift certificate to their shop!

Thanks for reading! Make sure to stop by Whimsical Designs to see what other textured inspiration my DT ladies have created for you. :)

All that Stickles!

Looking for the Whimsical Designs "Love" Blog Hop? 

Please click here. :)

So... in the midst of everything else I've been working on (my challenge blog, other design teams I'm on, this blog, school, work, etc) I've also been preparing for the launch of my new creative blog, All that Stickles! Who doesn't love Stickles?! The idea for a blog designated to Stickles came to me while crafting and I could NOT shake the idea, so I made it reality! Now every week will feature a linky party using the specified color of Stickles AND weekly tip/techniques/tutorials for using Stickles from the design team! How cool!

Our first linky party is anything goes! 

Link up ANY craft project made using ANY type of Stickles!

The linky party ends on Friday Feb. 7 at 11:00 PM US CST.

Here's a quick look at what I made for our first linky party:

And some close-ups:

I'm not going to go into much detail now about how I made these Super Bowl table decorations, because on Thursday February 6th, I'll be sharing with you how I made them as part of our Tip/Technique/Tutorial Thursday on the All that Stickles blog!

Make sure to stop by and check out more great DT inspiration!

Whimsical Designs "Love" Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the Whimsical Designs "Love" Blog Hop!

If you've come from Shelly's blog, you're in the right place!. If you need to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Whimsical Designs.

For today's hop project, I made some (okay when I say "some," I really mean 20... more on that later!) 1" by 10" Valentine's Day treat bags using the 'With Love' stamp set from Whimsical Designs!

These treat bags were SO fun to make! I started by filling them with Valentine's Day-themed M&M's (I was able to get about 30 in each bag) and then started on the toppers. The hearts are cut at 3" from Cricut Craft Room and then embellished along the edges with Flamingo Liquid Pearls. The twine is Trendy Twine (Maraschino, Pink Sorbet, & Blossom) and of course the sentiment and the little heart is from the 'With Love' stamp set. The bee is cut from Create a Critter 2 at 2" - I glittered the heart antennas with Star Dust Stickles and even used vellum for the wings, although that's a bit hard to see.

I actually ended up making 20 of these (took about a bag and a half of M&M's - not too bad) because I'm going to be selling them for a $1 at work for a fundraiser I have to do. I figured if I'm going to be asking for money I might as well give my coworkers some chocolate in return! 

And our sponsors for the blog hop are...

Stamp-n-Doodle

2 digis of winner's choice

Beccy's Place

3 digis of winner's choice

Miss Kate Cuttables

$20 gift certificate

Thanks so much for joining us! Your next stop is Esther's blog!

And the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Stephanie - http://www.stephanie-whimsicaldesigns.com

Margie - www.bellabugcreations.blogspot.com

Nica - http://simplyshimmeryscraps.blogspot.com

Nanne - http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com

Yvette - http://daileyscrapper.blogspot.com

Georgiana - http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Agnes - http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com

Tereese - http://fridayscreations.blogspot.com

Shelly - http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com <--- YOU ARE HERE

Esther - http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com <--- NEXT STOP :)

Jen - http://huffinatorshangout.blogspot.com

Sue - www.soojay.co.uk 

Free Snowman Hugs

I can't believe it's Wednesday already - or almost February, for that matter! It's amazing how fast time flies, I'm already into week three of my semester! Thankfully my workload hasn't been too heavy so far, and I hope it stays that way. It's nice to be able to scrap during my free time and not be buried by piles of homework. :) 

We're still in the middle of winter here in the Midwest, although it was nearly 60 degrees yesterday.. and we had an ice storm this past weekend?! Crazy weather! I hate being teased.. I'm ready for sunshine and for my winter coat to be stuffed back in my closet for good! Anyways, there's a new Whimsical Wednesday challenge! 

This week's challenge theme is "Winter Wonderland" - create a project using sparkle and one or more snowflake.

The background paper is from DCWV and I embossed the light blue paper with a snowflake embossing folder using my Cuttlebug. The sentiment is from the 'Snow Much Fun' stamp set by Whimsical Designs and distressed with blue ink - I believe it's Tim Holtz, can't remember the color. The pearls and lace are from my stash.

The snowman was cut at 3" from the Create a Critter 2 cartridge and then glittered up with Orange, Turquoise, and Frosted Lace Stickles. He's also on an Action Wobble. :)

Don't forget to stop by Whimsical Designs to see more great DT inspiration and check out the awesome prize for entering this week's challenge!

My Memories Software Winner!

A few weeks ago I shared my review of the My Memories software, and even received a copy of the software to give away! The review can be found here.

And the lucky winner is...

Marianne!

Congratulations, Marianne! I'll be sending you an email with information about how to claim your free My Memories software.

For those of you who don't own My Memories, remember you can use this code to get you $10 off your purchase of the software!

STMMMS99661

Upcoming Whimsical Designs Blog Hop!

Happy Friday, everyone! Just wanted to post quick reminder today that next weekend, February 1st-3rd, the Whimsical Designs design team is hosting a love-themed blog hop!

The DT has some great, love-themed projects to share with you, along with awesome prizes from  our sponsors! Speaking of prizes... Stephanie is having a giveaway to help promote the hop, so make sure to stop by Whimsical Designs to find out how you can win!

Have a fabulous weekend!

A Little Treat for Someone So Sweet

Whimsical Wednesday is back with another challenge! This week's challenge theme is 'With Love' - create any loved theme project for a chance to win some great blog candy!

Although Stephanie has an awesome 'With Love' stamp set in her shop, I chose to use a sentiment from the 'Whimsical Fun Vol. 1' stamp set since it matched my card better. Ever since I got the Sweethearts Cricut cartridge for Christmas I've been admiring this gum ball machine die cut, and couldn't wait to have the opportunity to use on a card.

The gum ball machine is cut at 3.5" and adhered using pop dots on some fun patterned paper by DCWV. I cut the shape of the card at 5.5" using the Artiste cartridge. The pearls are from Miriam's Crafting Supplies... I love how they match the blue in the paper so perfectly!

I used vellum to give the machine a glassy look and used Cotton Candy Stickles on the heart. 

Here's a close up of the sentiment, which is distressed with Spun Sugar Tim Holtz Distress Ink and adhered onto some washi tape (my first time using washi, ever!) from Recollections. 

Don't forget to stop by Whimsical Designs to take a peek at the other design team members' wonderful creations and enter this week's 'With Love' challenge! We can't wait to see what you create!