Monday 27 August 2018

Wonderful Whimsy meets glorious Glue Dots!...

Hello everyone!
Join us from August 27th through August 31st for a fun joint blog hop between 
Whimsy Stamps 
and 
Glue Dots 
The teams will be sharing lots of beautiful projects featuring products from both of these companies. And we will have lots of prizes hidden along the hop as well as a grand prize valued at $100

We're really going to have such fun joining together 
wonderful Whimsy Stamps 
and
glorious Glue Dots!

In fact we are literally doing just that - using glue dots to construct our 
Whimsy makes and having a super fun blog hop for you all at the same time!

For my Glue Dots creation I decided to use 
Whimsy Stamps
gorgeous stamp 
Polar Friends by Crissy Armstrong
Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps
(Uk Peeps you can buy from Dies To Die For)
Stamps - Polar Friends by Crissy Armstrong*
Just My Type Sentiments Collection (Only from Dies To Die For)
Dies - Shaker Maker Rectangle Die Set*

Other Ingredients
Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek
Black Glitter Card 
Red Velvet Ribbon
Embossing Pad and White Embossing Powder
White Gel Pen
and of course... Glue Dots!
I used these to stick down the frame, the velvet ribbon and the sentiment!
Copic Markers
Hair C8, C6, C4
Skin E70, E11, E01, E000, E0000
Reds R59, R29, R27, R24
Blue/Greens BG78, BG75, BG72
Polar Bear W2, W1, W00, Colourless Blender and White Gelly Roll Pen
Sky B39, B37, B34 and White Gel Pen

Polar Friends - Digital Stamp - Whimsy Stamps Shaker Maker Rectangle Die Set - Whimsy Stamps

Now for the fun part!


To enter into the giveaways, you just need to comment on EACH blog throughout the hop. Then for the grand prize after you have commented on all stops along the hop, enter your name and email in the linky tool at the last stop. Winners will be randomly selected and announced on Monday, September 3rd. Good luck and have fun!

Here is the list of wonderful Whimsy DT and Glue Dots blogs!
Remember - you need to hop around them all and leave a comment to be in with the chance of winning 
Glue Dots Blog
Sue ----- you are here
Samantha
Thank you for hopping by!
Happy creating
love from
Sue...xxx


Please note that in order to assist with the running of this blog I do use affiliate links from time to time and there may be some in this post, denoted with a *.  You can use these links at no cost whatsoever to yourself. 
I only work with products I love and my opinions are my own.




Thursday 23 August 2018

Things to do on a Bank Holiday!...

Hello everyone!
Thursday hugs!

Here's hoping that this weekend you all get to do plenty of this and the great British bank holiday weather does n't let us all down!
Ingredients from Dies To Die For
Your Next Stamps - Gumdrops Retro

This card recently featured in Making Cards Magazine, you can buy the issue by following the link 
HERE
Copic Markers

Skin E71, E11, E51, E50 
Hair YR21, YR23, E15, E18 
White, C1, C0, C00 
Burger Buns YR27, YR23, YR21 
Burgers E09, E04 
Barbecue N9, N7, N5, N3 
Yellow Y15, Y08, Y04 
Red E39, E37, E35 
Blue B97, B95, B93 
Green YG67, YG17, YG03 
coloured on Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek
Be sure to have a look around our 
to see the gorgeous DT creations there and pop to then to 
to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by,
Happy creating! 
love from

Sue...xxx

Sunday 19 August 2018

Squirrel Relaxing...

Happy Sunday everyone!
Hope it's a good one!

I have tried something today I have been wanting to do for aaaaages!

I have drawn (gulp)! my own background!

Please speak freely and let me know what you think!

Big thanks to Barbara at Forgotten Scraps for the cloud tutorial!

This cute little chap has been around at wonderful
for a while!
Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps 
UK Peeps you can buy these goodies from Dies To Die For

Other Ingredients
Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek
Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Spring Paper Pad
Twine


Copic Markers
Clouds - C2, C1, C0, C00, B91, B00, B000, Colourless Blender
Sky - B00, B000
Mr Squirrel - E13, E15, E18, E81, R11, R01, W5, W3

Grass - G24, G43
Be sure to pop to 
to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 
to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by,
Happy creating! 
love from


Sue...xxx

Wednesday 8 August 2018

Sorry I Forgot!...

Hello lovely friends,

I'm here today with a cheeky card because we've all been there - yes?
This card is made with a super new set of sentiments from 
and a stamp set released earlier this year
Old Fart
This could easily be me already!
Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps 
(UK Peeps you can buy from Dies To Die For)
Stamps - Cheeky Sentiments Clear Stamps by Deb Davis
Old Fart Clear Stamps by Deb Davis
Selection of Whimsy Stamps papers

Other Ingredients
Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek
MFT Hybrid Ink pad in Extreme Black
MFT Hybrid Ink Pad in Cement Gray
Be sure to pop to 
to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 
to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by,
Happy creating! 
love from

Sue...xxx


Saturday 4 August 2018

Purre Love...

Hello everyone,

I'm here today to show you some 
new release gorgeousness 
...and all you cat lovers out there are going to be purrrrrring!
Purre Love 
Clear Stamp Set by Deb Davis
Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps
Stamps - Purre Love Clear Stamp Set by Deb Davis
Distress Oxides Ink Pads - Broken ChinaCracked Pistachio

Other Ingredients
Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek
MFT Hybrid Ink Pad in Extreme Black
Starthmore Bristol Vellum Surface Paper 
Tim Holtz Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade and Black Soot
Vellum
Stazon Ink Pad in Black
Silver Glitter Card

Copic Markers
Hair - YR24, E08, E19
Skin - E04, E11, E01, E0000
Pussy Cat - W2, W4, W6
Tee Shirt - RV69, RV19, RV09
Be sure to pop to 
to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 
to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by,
Happy creating! 
love from

Sue...xxx

Thursday 2 August 2018

Cheeky!...

Morning everyone!

I'm here as part of another exciting week of new release gorgeousness from wonderful

I have two new release beauties to show you!
- a beautiful and versatile 
- and a super set of sentiments

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps

Other Ingredients
Starthmore Bristol Vellum Surface Paper 
Tim Holtz Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade, Wilted Violet, Broken China 
Stazon Ink Pad in Black

Be sure to pop to 
to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 
to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by,
Happy creating! 
love from
Sue...xxx