It's New Release Day at Whimsie Doodles!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Today is new release day at Whimsie Doodles and I am using one of the brand new, already colored images on my card today.  Talk about easy-peasy card making-- and perfect if you don't have a lot of coloring tools in your craft room.  You can see the whole release on the Whimsie blog, or by clicking {here} to visit the Whimsie Doodles store.  Be sure to visit all of the Doodlelicious Divas today to see what they are making using the new July images, too.

The inside features a funny status I saw on Facebook recently...

it will make my friend giggle for sure when I give it to her :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Whimsie Doodles Tuesday Tutorial

Today's Whimsie Doodles Tuesday Tutorial would be perfect for a special Father's Day gift!

Here is what you need:

9x12 Catalog Envelope

• Scoring Tool
• Adhesive
• Ribbon
• Whimsie Doodles Stamps
• Embellishments (optional)
• • Here is what you do:
  • Step 1:
  • Trim 3 inches off of the envelope from the open end.

• Step 2:
• With the opening of the envelope at the top, score in 2 inches from the right, left and bottom edges of the envelope.

• Step 3:
• You will have a 2 inch square in each bottom corner, score from inside corner to the outer point (diagonally).

• Step 4:
• Decorate the front of your gift bag now, staying within the score lines.
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• Step 5:
• Crease the score lines and pop the envelope into a bag, carefully bringing the bottom corner squares into a point on each side.  Give the points a crisp fold and apply adhesive to flaps that will fold in to the bottom of the bag, then fold flaps in to form bottom of the bag. The bottom will measure 5.75 inches by 4 inches.

• Step 6:
• Punch holes to create a ribbon closure and embellish the front to complete your bag!

I used a corner rounder to round the top corners of the bag.  My bag features one of the images from the new "Dad's Tickets" set, and the worm from the "Shell-a-Bration" set.  
Don't forget to use the code NIKKI10 at the Whimsie Doodles store, to get a discount on some Whimsie Doodles stamps!

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A Special Coupon Just for You!

Happy Memorial Day, Blog World!

I just wanted to share a special coupon just for you to use over at the Whimsie Store, just because you are a Smells Like Homemade reader!  I just know you'll find something you love there :)

Hugs, Nikki

Super Sale at Whimsie Doodles!

We're having a 50% off sale and it starts Friday May 13!  

It will last through Sunday May 15 at midnight eastern time.

You MUST use the code MAY24 

to take advantage of this fantastic deal!!

It applies to ALL digital stamps, but ONLY digital stamps.

Whimsie Doodles rubber stamps will not be available during the sale.

Click HERE to go straight to the Whimsie Doodles store and start making your wish list!

Tell Your Friends!  Tell Your Neighbors!  Shoot, tell your Mother-In-Law, for that matter! 

 This is too big of a deal not to share with everyone :)

Teacher Appreciation Courtesy of Whimsie Doodles!

This week has been teacher appreciation week at our school (and probably yours!) and I wanted to show you a quick project I made using the Whimsie Doodles apple cutting file and a thermos I picked up from Dollar Tree!  I borrowed this cute phrase from my DT buddy, Alicia-- the whole thing was a big hit at school!  Have a great weekend....  and Happy Mother's Day!

Today is the May release for Whimsie Doodles!  I have two cards to share with you today using the Science Girl and Hair Dryer images.  Be sure to visit all of the Doodlelicious Diva blogs today to see more of these fun stamps!

Science Girl

Ingredients: Stamps: Whimsie Doodles {Science Girl}, Unity {sentiment}, Cardstock: PTI {White}, Stampin' Up! {Wasabi}; DP: Cosmo Cricket; Coloring Tools: Copics, white and silver gel pens.

Hair Dryer

Ingredients: Stamps: Whismie Doodles {Hair Dryer}; Cardstock: PTI; DP: We R Memory Makers, Cosmo Cricket; Ribbon: Mark's Finest Papers; Coloring Tools: Copics.

Thanks for stopping by!

Leahs and Gnomies and Bears, Oh My!

Okay, so no bears!  But, I wanted to show you some of the Whimsie Doodles images I've colored this month :)

Ingredients: Stamps: Whimsie Doodles {various Gnomies, Cotton Candy Leah, Gypsy Leah}, DP: American Crafts, Making Memories, October Afternoon, Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye; Cardstock: SU!, PTI, Mark's Finest Papers; Coloring Tools: Copics, Prisma pencils; Accessories: white gel pen, silver gel pen, stickles, MS glitter, Glossy Accents, May Arts ribbon and twine, Mark's Finest Papers ribbon, My Mind's Eye buttons, scalloped edge punch.

It's New Release Day!

Today is new release day at Whimsie Doodles!
We have lots of cute stuff for April and we are so excited to share it with you today!

Without further adieu.... say hello to our newest Whimsie Doodles images!

Gypsy Leah

Cotton Candy Leah

Circus Babies
These images are available separately and as a set!

Gnomies

All of these images are available separately as well as a set!

I have a bunch of Gnomies to share with you today!

My first card features a sweet little Gnomette sitting on a tree stump, and I thought she looked like she was missing somebody..  I colored her with Copics and added a second layer with her legs and the tree stump to add dimension.  I also added some details with white gel pen and glitter on her hat!

I used this image to decorate the front of a mini-album to hold some pictures of me and my Gnomies!  I colored the image with Copics and added Flowersoft to the leaves on the tree branch.  I also added Glossy Accents to the buttons on their outfits and a little glitter to the belt buckle!

Enough Said.  Right?

I colored this one with Copics and Prima pencils and baby oil.  I added accents with the white gel pen and Glossy Accents

These images are so much fun and I know you are going to love them!  As if they weren't enough, check out the sweet gift from Melyssa!

How about a reader freebie?  

If you'd like the image below (and what is not to like--eeeek!!), 

all you have to do is add it to your cart, type the word SURPRISE in the coupon section,

check out and you'll get it for free!!!

Be sure to visit all of the Doodlelicious Divas' blogs today to see the details on their creations!

Making a Woven Background

Materials:

Card base 5 1/2” x 5 1/2"

Sheet of decorative cardstock

5” x 5" coordinating paper A for warp base

5 1/4" x 5 1/4" coordinating paper B for mat

Paper trimmer

Stamps and Embellishments

Instructions:

Step 1

Cut strips of paper from the decorative paper. Using a paper trimmer, cut strips 1/2" wide and 8 1/2” long. Randomly select 9 strips and adhere one end of each strip of paper onto your 5" x 5" coordinating paper A. The strips should line up in a row with just a hint of a space between, these are your warp (the pieces that run top to bottom/up and down).

Step 2

Now randomly select 9 strips for your weft (pieces that run across or side to side). Begin to weave. Take a strip of paper and weave over and under for all 9 warp strips. Make sure your first weft is tightly to the top. Repeat this step for the remaining weft strips. Once done, tack all ends down with a dab of glue. Trim strips as you desire. For my project, I trimmed them all down to the 5" x 5" warp base.

Step 3

Mount your weave to the coordinating B paper. Mount the matted weave to card front centered to top. Add stamped image, sentiment or embellishment of your choice to the bottom right of weave.

The rubber stamped sentiment that I used on my card is from the 

Sock-It Party Monkey stamp found {here}, in the Whimsie Doodles store.

Feelin' Lucky!

I'm hosting this week's Whimsie Wednesday challenge on the Whimsie Doodles blog, which I am calling "Feelin' Lucky" in honor of St. Patrick's Day tomorrow.  This challenge is simple and all you have to do to play along is create a card using the color GREEN as your main color!  

My card is very simple and uses the sentiment that comes with Lucky Koale.  

I printed it directly on my card base.

Once you have created your project, link it up on the Whimsie Doodles blog using (you'll find instructions there) and leave a comment to let us know you have entered the challenge. You have until next Tuesday night, March 22nd, at midnight to upload your project, get it linked, and entered in our contest. We will choose a random winner to receive a FREE Whimsie Doodles image!!

Whimsie Doodles images are not required, but if you have some, we would love to see you use them!  There so cute, how can you resist using a Whimsie Doodles image anyway??

Happy Birthday Whimsie Doodles!

Welcome to our 2nd Birthday Blog Hop!  We are so excited that you are here and we cannot wait to celebrate with you!  In honor of Whimsie's second birthday, Melyssa has designed an adorable new rubber stamp set-- woo hoo!  I love that it is Whimsie's birthday, but we get all of the presents!

Before I show you the new images, let's get to the nitty gritty on how today's BLOG HOP will work, shall we?

1. Each participant must visit each Doodlelicious Diva design team blog, as well as this one, and leave a comment.  At each blog you will collect a letter, which you will unscramble to receive 20% off in the Whimsie Doodles store until midnight on Thursday, March 17th! 
2. In addition to the HUGE discount you'll receive by hopping and unscrambling, we'll draw one random winner to receive a HUMONGOUS prize: The new BABY JOY rubber stamp set, a set of hand made cards designed by the Doodlelicious Divas and a $25 gift certificate to the Whimsie Doodles store!

And now for the star of today's show.... this is Baby Joy!

I decided to use non-typical baby colors for my Baby Joy card.  I stamped in black and used Copics to color the image.  For the sentiment, I stamped the full "A New Little One to Love and Adore" as pictured above, and used my scissors to snip out just part of it and attached it as a tab on the side of my image panel.  This is a great way to stretch your sentiment sets out-- and maybe even use them for a different occasion than they were intended.  The possibilities are endless!

Have you figured out what my letter is yet?  I gave you some clues in the beginning of my post :)  If you haven't guessed already, my letter is....

H

Now, on to the Diva blogs, to see their amazing cards and projects!  Don't forget to gather your letters and leave some love at all of the stops!  

Alicia

Andrea

Joy

Melyssa

Nikki {You Are Here}

Sheri

Tobi

Whimsie Blog

Go forth and HOP!  Have fun!  Thanks for stopping by!

It's New Release Day at Whimsie Doodles!

The Easter Bunny is on it's way and he's got lots of Whimsie Doodles images in his basket!  Today is our March digi-release and we are so excited to share these adorable new images with you!

Before we can get to Easter, we must celebrate St. Patrick's Day as only Whimsie Doodles can-- with total cuteness, of course!

Clover Leah

Lucky Boy

And, this month, how about a versatile Leah that you can use for an adorable birthday card, or even for someone who needs their spirits lifted...

Balloon Leah

Easter really is around the corner, and these images will surely get you in the Easter spirit!

Simple Bunny

My Peeps

Easter Leah

Got Bunny?

My projects feature Balloon Leah and Simple Bunny.

I colored Leah with Copics, and I didn't have a button that was just the right shade of aqua, so I punched out a circle and glued it to a clear button..perfect match!

I was aiming for a vintage bunny look on the Simple Bunny, so I decided to color him with Prisma pencils and gamsol.  For a matching shabby ribbon, I stamped  "Easter Wishes"directly on the ribbon with Tim Holtz ink.  I thought the result was subtle and just what I was looking for!

Check out these creations from our Doodlelicious Divas with these new images...  and be sure to stop by their blogs today to get the details on their cards!

Alicia

Andrea

Joy

Melyssa

Nikki {You Are HeRe!}

Sheri

Tobi

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!  On March 15th, we're celebrating Whimsie Doodles' 2nd Birthday with a blog hop, prizes and MORE new stuff!  You won't want to miss it!  Thank you so much for stopping by today-- have a great weekend!