Give Thanks Blog Hop

Hello everyone

Welcome to the Whimsical Designs "Give Thanks" Blog Hop.  You should have

arrived here from Elisabetta  If you need to start from the beginning of the hop,

head on over to Whimsical Design's blog.  I hope you find some inspiration and

create something beautiful for the holidays.

For my project I created a center piece for my table.  I did one very similar

last year and gave it to my daughter so I decided to make another one for myself.

I bought a round foam and fall flowers at Micheals.  I added some paper

and wrapped a pretty ribbon around the foam. Then I glued all the flowers 

around it.  I also added some butterflies to the flowers.
As soon as I saw this pumpkin I knew I had to take it home, because it
was different from the traditional pretty orange.   

I sat it on top and there it is, my new center piece for the fall.

So now your next stop is Nannes blog.  Some of the girls are having give a ways.

So you don't want to miss out.  Keep hopping and have a beautiful day.

Thanks for coming by.

Yvette

Happy Hello

Hello all

So how are you?  It's been a long time since I've post, right?

I know... I have been busy and yes I've made a few things but

just didn't post them.  I need to get better at it.

Anyway just wanted to let you guys know that I will be in a 

Blog Hop with Stephanie at Whimsical Designs,
and many other great talented girls.

So come back and get ready to get

inspired for the holidays.

See you then....

hugs

Yvette

Going Buggy with WW

Happy Wednesday!

Hello my scrappy friends.  I hope you are all having a great summer.
 It's Wednesday!!  Another DT Whimsical Wednesday project for 

Whimsical Designs.  This week Stephanie challenged us to "go buggy."

We had to create a project that includes an insect or animal.  Our sponsor this week

QKR Stampede was so sweet to let us pick a digi for our projects.  I picked the
beaver.  I love his glasses.  I colored him up with my copic markers.

I made an 8 x 8 layout.  Yes, I am determine to finish my grand daughters mini album.

I didn't layer it to much, again because it's going inside a photo album.  I'm just excited

to finally be working on it.  The paper is from the 12 x 12 "The Neapolitan collection.

Everything else is from my stash.  The sentiment is from the Whimsical fun vol. 1.

Please join us with this challenge.  I would love to see your buggy friends.

The prize is 5 digis of winners choice.

Take care my friends.

Big hugs!

Yvette

Pile it up for WW

Hello there

Happy Wednesday!  I just got back from Cape Cod late last night.  It's always

great to come home after a few days.  I always forget how beautiful the
Cape is until I'm there again.

Well today Stephanie's challenge with Whimsical Designs is to Pile it Up!!!
We had to make a project that includes at least 3 layers and 2 or more
embellishments.  Our sponsor this week is the same as last week.
Yup!  The Paper Parade!  And here is my card all piled up...

I used the 6 x 6 paper stack "Ginger" from Indie Chic, and another paper

but I can't remember which one. I'm not sure LOL. I did some stitching

with my sewing machine on the paper.  I went around it twice to give it

that look.  I used a rub on from Michael's, which is really a candelabra. 

So I rubbed it upside down to make it look like a chandelier.  Then 

I added some pearls as light bulbs.  I think it's pretty neat.  

The image you see is "Andrea's Halo." Isn't she just adorable and sexy?  

To complete my card I added some flowers,

buttons, and an adorable butterfly.  And of course the sentiment is from the

stamp set "Everyday Sentiments."   Great stamp set!

So let's see you pile it up.  Come play with us and maybe you can be the

winner this week for Whimsical Designs.  Prize is a 15$ certificate

from...

Take care and big hugs

Yvette

Favorite Color with WW

Hello there!

Happy Wednesday everyone!  It's time for another 

challenge with Whimsical Designs.  Ok, so this week Stephanie

challenged us to create with our favorite colors.  So our sponsor

The Paper Parade asked us what our favorite colors were. Then she 

 sent us all a kit with the colors in it.  I don't really have a favorite

but I do love pink and brown.  So I told her pink and brown.  

Well, I received a wonderful kit and made a 6 X 6 layout.  

 I still have some things left that I will be using soon.

And here it is...

Every thing I used is from the paper Authentique "cherish two" paper.

I added the flowers and bling from my stash.  The "precious" is also from

The Paper Parade.  I'm going to place it in my grand daughter's album that
I'm making for her.  That's why it's not very dimensional.  The sentiment

"Sprinkled with love" is from Whimsical Designs.
"With Love".

So come by and take the challenge.  The prize is a $15.00 certificate.

Have a great day!  

hugs

Yvette

Clean and Simple with WW

Hello there

It's hump day!  And yes!  You got it.  It is time for another challenge with

Whimsical Designs.  This week Stephanie challenged us to made a card

"Clean and Simple" with minimum layers and embellishments.  This was

very hard because I wanted to add and I had to back off!! LOL  I kept

saying to myself "leave it, and walk away."  LOL  And I did :-)

So here it is.... my clean and simple card.

I used paper from the 6 x 6 paper pad "Reunion."  The mushrooms are eye lets that

I had in my stash.  The cute image is from our sponsor this week Crafty Sentiments.
His name is Henry the Mushroom Bear.

She was so sweet to send us each 3 images and I picked this one for today.

And then my sentiment is from Whimsical Designs "Everyday Sentiments."

The winner for this weeks challenge will receive 3 digis of winners choice.

Again thank you for visiting me and please feel free to leave a comment.

Big hugs to all

Yvette

Christmas in July with WW

Hello my crafty friends

How are you today?  It's raining pretty hard out today.  I just hope tomorrow is nice

since it's the 4th of July tomorrow.   Well, today is another Whimsical Wednesday

challenge.  Stephanie challenged us to "Christmas in July".  First I though,

Christmas?  But you know what?  I loved it!  I love Christmas and the feeling was

wonderful.  So, I am happy to say I enjoyed making this card.

The paper I used for the image and the back round is from Tim Holtz.  I cut the cute

little reindeer with my cricut, using the "Paper Doll Dress Up" cartridge.  The ribbon

is from a swap I did with Gina and then to finish it off buttons and bling from my stash.

My sentiment is from Whimsical Designs "Snow Much Fun"

Our sponsor this week is... "The Robins' Nest"

And the Prize: Christmas Package worth $25

Thank you for coming by and as always I hope I inspired you in some way.

Good luck and have a wonderful holiday tomorrow.

Big hugs

Yvette

ATC ~ WW

Hello everyone,

It's Wednesday!  Another DT project for you from Whimsical Designs.

I just love being challenge every week with something different.  This week

I was excited because our challenge is an "ATC".  The reason I"m excited is

because I have not made one in a while and I forgot how much fun they are to

make.  So of course I went crazy and made two.  Yes!  Just got it out of my

system.  LOL   Here they are...

Ok so this one here is the one for this challenge.  I used paper from "Pink Paislee".

The image you see is from our sponsor this week.  SKdigis.   They let us choose an

image to work with and this cute little monkey was my choice.

 He is Moses The Monkey.

I added some flowers from Wild Orchids and some goodies from my stash.

The sentiment is from the Whimsical Fun Vol.1 stamp set.

And of course both cards are at 2 1/2 X 3 1/2.

With this one here I used Graphic 45 paper "My Ladies Dairy"  The dress form 

is from Lindys.  I also used here some goodies from my stash and the sentiment

is from Whimsical Fun Vol. 1 as well.

And that is it for today.  This week our prize is from SKdigis and their prize

is a $6. voucher.

Hava a great day!  Thanks for coming by.  Let me know what you think.

Hugs

Yvette

WW Getting Patriotic

Happy Wednesday!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Father's Day.  My daughter and her hubby took

my hubby out to dinner on Saturday and then on Sunday they invited us for dinner.

So I guess it's safe to say he had a good weekend.

For our challenge this week with Whimsical Designs, Stephanie challenge us to make 

something patriotic and use the colors red, white and blue.  Our sponsor who is 

Eureka Stamps let us have an image for our project.  I picked "Liberty Balloon Holder".  

But as you can see I didn't use a balloon.  Actually I didn't even realize her name until 

now.  So just pretend, as my grand daughter would say, that you see a balloon.  

I think it would look cute. :-)  And here it is...

Everything that I used was from my stash.  Loose paper from Micheals or Joannes.

Stars are from recollection.  The light blue flower with the clear stone you see 

was made by Stephanie herself about a year ago when we participated in a swap 

together.  The sentiment is from her stamp set "Everyday Sentiments". 

Our sponsor will be giving away 5 digis of the winners choice.

Good luck and I will be back soon with another project.

hugs

Yvette

Summer Time Fun WW

Hello again

It's Wednesday!!!!!!!!  Another Whimsical Wednesday challenge.

Well I think with the exception of all the rain, summer is here.  Yay!

This week our theme is call "Summer Time Fun."  So I created a card

with a summer theme and  here it is.

I used the 6 x 6 paper "Playdate" by MME.  A button, an embellishment and an 

inchie that I created for a swap at MyScrapRoom.ning.com  The image that I use was 

given to us by our sponsor to use in this project. And then colored with copics.

  The sentiment is from Whimsical fun Vol.1

Our  Sponsor is: Fresh Brewed Designs -  Prize is 3 digis of winner's choice

Thank you so much for coming by and I hope you're having a great day.

Yvette

Vintage

Hello there

How is everyone doing?  Here in Virginia we are enjoying our

Cicadas.  Yes, every 17 years they come out and they are very loud.  But

very interesting.  I know it's driving a lot of people crazy but I'm actually 

enjoying them.  I mean think about it, every 17 years.  That's pretty cool.  

Oh and did I mention as long as they don't touch me that it.  LOL

Today Stephanie at Whimsical Wednesday challenge

us to create something Vintage.  All she asked was for us to give it a Vintage feel.

I altered a small box using Graphic 45 paper "Le Romantique".

I used gold acrylic paint on the box and then Mod Podge to place the paper down.

I added a couple of flowers and added some gold glitter on the edges. Then I added

a Tim Holts ornate plate.  Inside the plate I added the sentiment "Sweet friend"

from the "Everyday Sentiments" stamp set.

Our Sponsor this week is: Scrapping Memories

The prize is 5 free files of winner's choice.

Thank you for dropping by.  I can't wait to see your Vintage creation.

Have a great day

Yvette

Recycle it

Hello my sweet friend

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you all had a great Memorial weekend.  I was on 

vacation last week and had a great time.  Visiting Williamsburg VA and it's

history was very exciting.  So enough about me, this week my DT project for 

Whimsical Designs is "Recycle it."  Our challenge was to 

create any project and use something you would normally throw out.

So I decided to make a smash book and use a cereal box for my front and back

cover.  I also recycled old composition paper I found in my daughter's closet

from when she was in High School.  LOL  she's 23 now!!

My smash book / Junk journal is 6 X 9.  I used Mod Podge to adhere the paper to the

cereal box.  I then cut the composition paper to the same size.  The inner inserts were

old scrap paper I had in my stash.  I added a chain and some charms, including the keys

which are from Micheal's dollar bin.  Both sentiments are from Whimsical Fun Vol. 1

My YT video for this project is HERE.

Lets see what you have to recycle. 

Our Sponsor this week is: Inky Impressions - $10 gift certificate
http://www.inkyimpressionsrubberstamps.com/

I hope you enjoyed my Smash books / Junk journals.

Have a great day!

Yvette

"Mix it up"

Happy Wednesday!!

How is everyone?  Great I hope :-)  As you know, it's time for another

Whimsical Designs  challenge.  Today the challenge is "Mix it up".

We had to create a project using some type of mixed media.

Here is my project....

I first glued down some canvas paper to my tag using Mod Podge.

I then sprayed some of Lindys spray.  Ocean Breeze blue, Plumeria Pink

and Aloha Avocado.  I also used some stencils with molding paste.

Flowers are IAM and Wild Orchids.  I cut the chair with my Cricut using the

Heritage cartridge, which I then sprayed with Sugar Plum Fairy Glimmer Mist.

The sentiment is from Whimsical fun Vol.1.  The image I've had for a while
 so I don't remember where I got it from.  And then to finish it off some lace at

the bottom, and trim on top.  I gave it to my mom along with her Mother's Day

present and she loved it.  Yay!

Our sponsor this week is Tabitha's Shop.  2 digi paper stacks of winner's choice.

Take care my friends and I can't wait to see what type of mix media you will

be creating.  I will be looking.  Don't for get to tell me what you think of mine.

hugs my friends,

Yvette

Alter it

Happy Wednesday!

How is everyone?  Good I hope.  Yay!  Half the week is over.  Just a little

more to go.  Well you also know what Wednesday is right?  Yes another

Whimsical Wednesday challenge.  This week we were challenged to alter

something.  I got this clip in a RAK once.  I think it was from my friend

Friday.  I've been wanting to alter it for a while, and this is what I did.

I used the "Fairy Rymes"  6 x 6 paper from Prima.  Just beautiful paper.

The flower was from my stash, and the birdies are from Recollection.

And that's it.  A very simple but cute project.

Our Sponsor this week is V's Sweet Ideas.

The prize is a $10 gift certificate

Well I hope you all have a great rest of the week.

See you soon.

Yvette

"Bling"

Hello Beautiful Bloogers

It's Wednesday!! The middle of the week!  To me it means,  just a 

couple more days for the weekend.  Humm do I sound excited?  I have 

no idea why because I do have to work on Saturday, but I don't mind it

at all.  I like it and it's still "the weekend!!"  Wooo Hooo!

So for today's project with Whimsical Designs, our theme is "Bling."

That's an easy one, right?  I made this birthday card for my grand daughters

to give to their Mom for Mommy's Birthday.  They loved it and so

did my daughter.

And here it is.....

The paper that I used is from the 12 x 12 stack "The Neapolitan Collection"

by Recollections.  The banner is from the paper also which I stamped the letters

using my wooden stamps.   Flowers are from Michael's, turtle from Jolee's Boutique.

The little strawberries are eye lets. 

BLING! yes,  I added bling in 3 different places.  Even a little one on her bow.

The image I used is from our Sponsor this week.  Her name is

Strawberry Emma.  They let us pick one.  OMG, There were so many

 to pick from but I loved this one.  Soooo cute!!

Sponsor: The Paper Nest Dolls - 3 copics of winner's choice, 

5 if they use a Paper Nest Dolls image

http://www.the-papernest.com/cat/shop/

That's right!  Copic Markers!!!!

So go on over and add your project.

Have a beautiful day.

Yvette

A Little Sketchy

Hello friends

It's Wednesday!!!!!  Woo Hoo,  for me that means another fun Whimsical Designs 

project for you.   This week we were given a sketch to follow. 
The awesome sponsor for the week is Whimsy Stamps.  

 This is the sketch...

And this is my project....  Yes another card.  

I used the 6 x 6 paper pad "A Happy Heart" by MME.  I cut the heart with my 

cricut machine at 3 1/2 inches.  The sentiment is from Stephanie's stamp set 

"Everyday Sentiments"

Stephanie will be having a Design Team call for Whimsical Designs.

If anyone is interested she will have all the information in

her blog.  So come check it out and enter the challenge.

It was a fun and very easy sketch to follow.

Thanks for coming by

big hugs

 Yvette  

Smell The Flowers

Happy Wednesday!!

Yup, Wednesday and yay, we are having great weather. Spring is here!!

 It also means another challenge with Whimsical Designs.  This weeks 

challenge is "Smell the Flowers." Our challenge is to create something and

include flowers in it.  Here is my card...

The paper I used is from the 6 x 6 pack from MME call "A Mother's Love."

  Pretty much every thing else if from my stash, including the little turtle

from Jolee's boutique.  The beautiful image is from

Saturated Canary.  It's call "Summer Swing."  Saturated Canary happens to be 

our Sponsor this week.  Isn't that great and so sweet to let us choose 

one of their digi's for our project this week.

  The winner will get a choice of 2 digis from them.

That's about it.  I'll be looking to see what you create.

Have a wonderful week.

Yvette

Emboss it.

Hello there

It's another Wednesday!!  Two days ago it was cold out, and yesterday was 

hot.  Since we have not turn on the AC it was 85 inside my house. 

Well today I am here with this weeks challenge at Whimsical Designs.

Stephanie challenged us to "Emboss it."  And here is my project. 

The digital image that I used and colored with copics is from our

Sponsor this week: 

Limited Runs Digital Stamps - Prize is 3 digis of winner's choice

http://limitedrunsstamps.blogspot.com/

They were so sweet to give us an image to use.  This one is

call "Tea Party."

I then embossed the wooden corner and the key hole with "spanish moss"

embossing powder from Lindy's Stamp Gang.  The birdie is embossed

with "Bronze" also from Lindy's.  The key is from Monica Roca over

at the Scrap Yard on Facebook.  Flowers are from IAR and Recollection.

The paper that I used is from the dollar section at Michaels from

"Paula Deen." The trellis is a Martha Stewart punch and trim from

my stash.  And then of course the sentiment.  It's from Whimsical Designs.

Whimsical Fun Vol 1.  So come on by and let me see what you emboss.

As always thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment.

Challenges entered

Fashionista challenge  ~ Mothere's day

Yvette

Shaped Card

Happy Wednesday!!!

What?  Wednesday again?  Feels like the older I get the faster the days go by.

But on the good side, it means another Whimsical Wednesday! Yes, another

great challenge.  This week we challenge you to create a shaped card.

Anything you want, just not square.  And here is my DT project for you...

I decided to go with a scallop round card.  I cut this shape with my cricut at

5 inches.  I used the "Birthday Bash" Cricut cartridge, on page 38 and cut

it with regular card stock.  The brick stencil I purchased with Sa Crafters, and

then I used modeling paste to give it a brick wall look since my bug is sitting

on what seems to me like stairs.  My sentiment is from Whimsical Designs, 

and it's from the "Everyday Sentiments" stamp set.

The image is from Creating Bug On the Loose. 

Who by the way, is our sponsor this week.

Sponsor: Creating Bug on the Loose - Set of 4 digital stamps; below

http://www.scrapbookingforbeginners-naomi.blogspot.com/

That's about it.  Everything else I used is from my stash.  I hope

you all have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by.

Yvette

Pastels

Happy Wednesday Everyone

How are you today?  The poor Ground Hog got it wrong this year.

It's Spring and it's cold out.  We had about 3 inches of snow early this

week.  It was pretty thou.  :-)

This weeks Whimsical Designs challenge is "Pastels."

And here is my project.  A 5 x 5 1/2 card.

We were given this photo below to go by as an inspirational photo.  And we had

to use the colors in this photo.  I think I got the colors right.  Don't you think?

I used the 6 x 6 paper "Quilting Bee" by MME.  The oval shape behind 

my fairy is cut with my Spellbinder Nestabilities Lacey Ovales.  The sentiment

"Fluttering by to say hi" is from Whimsical Designs. 

Everything else is from my stash.  My YT Video.

My beautiful image is "Sewing Fairy."  It's from Beccy's Place who happens

to be our Sponsor for this challenge.  Winner will have 3 digs to choose from.

Now that's a great prize!  So come on over and join us at Whimsical Designs.

Thank you for coming by this Wednesday.  I hope you're having

an awesome week!

Yvette