Thanksgiving Whipper Snapper Style!

I have some Thanksgiving cards (yes, that's right, Thanksgiving!) to share with you. They are from Anna Wight's August release for Whipper Snapper and this one is called Turkey Time. I remember the thing I liked most about this one was the dog! I love dogs, so that's not surprising, but I just love that Anna drew a pilgrim collar on him! So cute!
I used Jen del Muro's sketch for this card. I just loved this sketch! The chocolate chip squares and circle were run through the swirls folder. I colored the images with copic markers and the little dog was cut out and popped up on dimensionals. He's so sweet! The dp is PTI's Autumn Abundance and I also used SU's new Dusty Durango cardstock and ribbon. I added gold to the buckles on the boy pilgrim with a Spica glitter pen.

The next card is a smaller 4.25" square. I wanted the cornucopia image to be the focal point, and it was too small to put on a larger card, so I just made it smaller! The dp on this card is from SU's Holiday Mini catalog and it's called Autumn Meadows. It has some really fabulous fall prints in it. I scalloped the edges with a border punch, and used scallop scissors for the sentiment. I added those fabulous glitter dots...I was lucky and had these copper colored ones. This card was done using Beate's Weekend Sketch. I don't know what I would do without all these wonderful ladies out there creating these sketches for me! I'm definitely sketch-challenged!

Thanks for staying with me for these two cards. I hope we're not rushing the holidays...but it's always great to get ahead! I'm going to have a Christmas card for you tomorrow, so watch for that one! We're having a blog hop for the Artful INKables new releases! Please join us for that! And I'll have another blog hop for you on Tuesday from Paper Makeup Stamps. I'm issuing a warning now...it's going to be a monster hop, so be prepared! LOL!! Don't forget to stop by the Whipper Snapper Feature Designers gallery on SCS to see all the cards the other guest designers have done with Anna's new releases! See you tomorrow!

Happy Harvest

Have you been enjoying the cards I've been making with these new sets by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper as much as I've been enjoying making them? Fall is my favorite season, and these sets really have been a joy to work with. I'll have more this week because there are three releases this month and each one has so many stamps that allow you to make a bunch of different cards! Here's another I made with Farm Fresh. Doesn't this card just scream fall? It makes me happy! I started this card with the sketch. I saw Gina K do a card on a Stamp TV episode and fell in love with it! She even gave the dimensions of each of the pieces, so it made my job really easy (she's so thorough!)! The sketch also allowed me to use six on of the sixteen stamps in this set! The dp is PTI's new paper called Autumn Abundance and it's mounted on SU's new in color dusty durango. The ivory is PTI's vintage cream. All the images are colored with MANY copic markers! It's amazing how many you have to use to get all the shading! Love them! I added star dust stickles (of course) to the images for some sparkle. I also used lots of dimensionals on this card! The brads broke up all the squares.

If you haven't visited the Whipper Snapper Featured Designer gallery on SCS, you really should. The girls have been cranking out some beauties with these sets!

Oh, by the way, did you know that I was chosen as the Featured Stamper on the Color Throwdown blog this week for this card? The colors were just so me, and I had a great image to work with (it's still free until tomorrow!) from Paper Makeup Stamps. You can still pick it up here. How fun is that? Thanks for choosing my card, ladies!

Thanks for stopping in today. Tomorrow I'll have something for you from Artful Inkables, so please visit again.

Recipe
Stamps: Farm Fresh (Whipper Snapper)
Paper: Vintage cream and Autumn Abundance dp (PTI), dusty durango (SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, chocolate chip
Copic Markers: E15, 18, 27, 29, 31, 37, 97; YG00, 13, 17; G09, 16, 29; C-3, 5, 7; Y15, 17; YR16, 68
Accessories: Nesties. brads, star dust stickles, dimensionals

Yipee-ki-yi-ay

I have another card done with Anna Wight's new stamp set called Singing Cowboy that was released yesterday at Whipper Snapper. Great set...tons of options!I purchased the paper just for this set. I just loved the denim and the paisley print together...so western! I tried to do actual stitching with this little "sewing machine" I purchased long ago for about $10, but I wasn't having any luck at all...and I tried it twice! So I ended up going with the faux stitching...so much easier! I used the Mojo Monday sketch from yesterday for the layout. This singing cowboy was colored with copics, and I added some sparkle with a Sakura star dust glitter pen. I even added it to the dp.

You have to see what the other Feature Designers have done with the three new sets Anna designed. You can find them on SCS at the Whipper Snapper Featured Designer gallery. They are fabulous! Thanks for stopping in today and for your nice comments! Stop by again tomorrow for another one done with Anna's sets! See you then!

Recipe
Stamps: Singing Cowboy (Whipper Snapper)
Paper: Neenah white, night of navy, The Paper Studio (from Hobby Lobby)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, night of navy
Copic Markers: E00, 02, 15, 18; B39, 45; R27, 35, 59; C-1, 3, 5; Y17
Accessories: Nesties, PTI ribbon, sakura glitter pen, brads, white gel pen, paper piercer, dimensionals

Whipper Snapper New Release!

I have another post after this one for the PMS Monday Challenge, so please make sure you see that as well!

So today is the release of three (yes THREE!) new sets by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper. One is called the Singing Cowboy, another is Farm Fresh, and the last is Turkey Time. I used a combination of stamps from the Singing Cowboy and Farm Fresh to make my card. Here are the two sets I used.

As you can see, I used the post and wire fence and the bird from Singing Cowboy and the barn and sentiment from Farm Fresh. These remind me of the scenery I see on the ride to our cabin in the country. I just love seeing the barns, cows, and crops on the countryside. It's just so comforting to me. And that sentiment? Think "Green Acres" with Eddie Albert singing, "farrrrrRmm livin' is the life for me!" Are you going to be singing that all day now? LOL!

Ok, back to the card! It's colored with copics and the bird is popped up for dimension. I added star dust stickles on a few places on the images to make them sparkle (I love sparkle!). I copied Anna's banner for my sentiment. She does this quite often and I love the look! The "stitching" on the top and bottom is a retired stamp from SU called All in a Row.

You can see more of the sets that the other Featured Designers have done by going to the SCS Whipper Snapper Feature Designer gallery here. I'll be featuring more this week, so please stop by again. Have a great week and see you soon!

Recipe
Stamps: Singing Cowboy and Farm Fresh (Whipper Snapper)
Paper: Neenah white, black, Bitty Dot Basics dp (PTI)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Copic Markers: E16, 27, 33, 35; Y11, 18; R27, 59; C-1, 5; B32; G09
Accessories: Nesties, button, floss, star dust stickles, metal dots, paper piercer, dimensionals

Cherry Pie

Do you like cherry pie? I'm not much of a pie eater, but I do like berry pies and pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving! Mmmmmm, I'm hungry now! Well, I have a cherry pie card for you today using the new release called Cowgirl Up! by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper. Here's the set.What I like about this is all the smaller stamps you can use. This is a western-themed stamp set, but look at the fancy drink glass, the beer mug, the flowers, and that cherry pie! So many options! So here's what I did with the cherry pie.Not very western is it? I used SU's retired Summer Picnic dp for my cherry pie theme and colored my pies with copic markers. I added red stickles to the cherries and slits in the pie and green stickles to the leaves. I just love this card! I made another card with this set which you can see in this post. I also used the Taylored Expressions sketch for this card.

You should stop by the Whipper Snapper Featured Designer gallery on SCS here to see all the great things the other Featured Designers are doing! Fabulous stuff! Thanks for stopping in today!

Recipe
Stamps: Cowgirl Up! (Whipper Snapper)
Paper: Neenah white, bashful blue, real red, Summer Picnic dp(retired SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Copic Markers: E31, 35, 53; R29; YG17; C-1, 3, 5
Accessories: Nesties, circle punches, scallop border punch, tag die, ribbon, stickles, dimensionals

More Halloween Fun!

Hi all! Are you ready for some more Halloween Fun? I'm getting ready for it with this new set by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper. Here's a look at the set.
It's a great set with all sorts of cute images that make it very versatile. You can see what I did with a few of the images and chipboard in this post.

Here's another one I've done today using this set.Pretty colorful, huh? That's what I like about Halloween...all the fun and bright colors! I started with this new Halloween dp from K & Co. It comes in a smaller 12 x 12 stack, but the papers are FABULOUS!! (I hate when papers are double-sided because it seems a shame to "waste" the other side!) I was enabled by my friend Cheryl Rowley to purchase this pack and a few other things from JoAnn's! (My credit card was smokin', let me tell you!) I used the Mojo Monday sketch from this week and cut out the candy corn for the embellishments on the bottom. The orange dots on the photo corner are candy dots, in keeping with the "Got Treats" theme of Halloween!

Tomorrow I'm going to have another card from the other new set Anna has out called Cowgirl Up! that doesn't have a cowgirl theme to it. So come back tomorrow and see what I have for your viewing pleasure! Thanks for stopping in today!

Recipe

Stamps: Halloween Fun (Whipper Snapper)

Paper: Neenah white, green galore, lovely lilac, Halloween Stack (K & Co.)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, green galore

Copic Markers: YG06, 07; G14; YR16, 68; BV13; W-3, 5, 7

Accessories: Nesties, candy dots, star dust stickles, photo corner punch, dimensionals

Some Exciting News!!!

ETA: I have another post today, so please keep reading after this one!

Ok, I've been sitting patiently on this exciting news since last month, and today I get to share this news with you! I was asked by Anna Wight and Whipper Snapper to be a guest designer for Anna's new releases in July and August! I was very honored to have been asked because I love Whipper Snapper designs (I own quite a few of their fun stamps) and because I LOVE Anna's creativity. She is not only a stamp designer, she's also a photographer who happens to live on a farm with all sorts of animals! Her photographs of these animals are fascinating and I enjoy them almost as much as her creations! Seriously, check out her blog.

Anyway, Anna has two great stamp sets being released today, which you can see here. The first I'm going to share with you is called Cowgirl Up! It's really a fun and versatile set, as the girl can hold a variety of items in her hand. I chose to have her holding the lasso in my card.

I love this little cowgirl! Anna pointed out her knobby knees on her blog...aren't they hilarious? I started this card with my dp, as I always do. I came across this in my stash the other day (from K & Co. called Bandana) and had forgotten I had it! I thought it would be a perfect compliment to this cowgirl theme. I used the color of the rope and the red in the paper to color my image. (Tip: I couldn't find the right red, so I chose one that was close and laid down some W-3 & 5 first, then layered the red over it. It made it a more smokey red color.) Her teeth and the petals of the daisy were colored with a white gel pen. I also used the white pen to add some dots to her bandana and on her hat. I don't know if you can tell, but the black mat was run through the paisley cuttlebug folder. I added some piercing, red brads and the jute ribbon. There are 12 images and 5 sentiments in this set.

Now I have another one from Anna's second release this month called Halloween Fun. I guess it's not too early to start thinking about Halloween! All the stores have their Halloween items out already! So I decided to do something different for this one. Instead of a card, I used some chip board to create a sort of Halloween decoration.
I went shopping last week with my friend, Cheryl Rowley, and we saw these chipboard albums in all different shapes with 5 pieces in a packet in the $1.00 bin at Michael's! We couldn't pass them up, and at the time I had no idea when I would use these, but I'm glad I added them to my cart! I don't usually work with this sort of medium and I don't usually do scenes, so this was out of my comfort zone at first! But I really like the end result. I used a retired SU Halloween dp called Creepy Crawly for the house. The roof is Lovely Lilac and it was run through the spiderweb cuttlebug folder. I colored and cut out the witch, cauldron, and bird VERY CAREFULLY!! The bottle the witch is holding and the hat on the bird are separate stamps that where placed there with a Stamp-a-ma-jig. I created the black fence with a Martha Stewart border punch and the overhang on the house with a scallop border punch. I added orange stickles to the witch and bird and purple and orange bling to mimic bubbles coming from the cauldron. The sentiment is from the same set and I cut and embossed it with a tag die. While it was still in the die, I added some Lovely Lilac ink. I finished off the tag with black grosgrain ribbon and orange brads.

I think it's a pretty cute decoration. You could display it on an easel, as I've done here, or punch a hole (there's already one on the chipboard), add some ribbon, and hang it up somewhere. This set has 11 images and 5 sentiments.

Now, if you liked these, you'll love what the other WS Feature Designers have in store. They are Heather Pulvirenti, Kim O'Rosky, Leigh O'Brien, Susan Liles, and of course Anna Wight. Stop by their blogs and leave some love. If you want to see all of the creations in one spot, go to Splitcoaststampers and search with the code WSFD. Here's the link directly to it.

So what do you think of these two new releases? You'll be seeing me use them again for certain, so please make sure you stop by often this month and next month for two more new releases. Thanks for letting me share my good news with you today! Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of these new sets! Hope to see you again soon.