Whimsy and Stars Studio

Guest Designer Team Showcase

Hi there!*Happy Springtime!

I'm so happy Spring is here!

Wonderful things are "brewing" here in  the studio. New digis are coming really, really soon along with some giveaways!! So stay tuned :) 

Our wonderful Guest Designer Team have been working hard and creating so many gorgeous cards! I'm truly inspired and blown away by the level of workmarship and talent! I'm grateful and proud of our Team! 

Here are some of the latest creations of our Design Team...

Guest Designer Team
SHOWCASE
(click on each photo and it will take you each card DT posting in their blog)

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Angela Kelley
Digi Stamp: Girl with Kitty

 

 

Tricia Traxler
Digi Stamp: "Dancing Egg & Chickie"

 

Silke Kittmann
Digi Stamp: "Alex Birthday"

 

Danni Bindel
Digital Stamp: "Hugs Teddies"

 

Kathy Curry
Digital stamp: "Spring Chickie"

Jerusha Borden
Digital Stamp: "Searching"



Stephanie Serrano
Digital Stamp: "Rain or Shine"

 
Sara Quenell
Digital Stamp: "Alex Birthday"

  Pat Sergeant
Digital Stamp: "Molly's Cupcake"



Mina Hartley
Digital Stamp: "Flower Girl"

 

Michelle McDaniel
Digital Stamp: "Spring Boy & Girl" 

Kendra Wietstock
Digital Stamp: "Spring Garden Chickie"



Jackie M. Rakoski
Digital Stamp: "Rain or Shine"



Have a wonderful week!

love,

 

Stunning card for a Baby Shower ~ by Guest Designer Mina

 

Our Guest Designer Mina sent me this stunning card! Simply gorgeous! She colored the digi image using Distress inks and paper pieced her dress using this beautiful embossed paper. Love all the embellishments and details like stitching and layering. I love it!! Thank you so much Mina!

Visit Mina's blog post to learn more about the creation of this card: http://pinkpuds.blogspot.com/2011/02/ooooohhhhh-look-what-i-got-fussy-fancy.html

She use one of my latest Digi Stamp designs called "Blessed Expectancy" available at my Etsy store. A perfect design for Baby Showers or for a sweet card for one of your expecting friends :)

A Big Thank You to all my fabulous Fans!

I'm so grateful and touched by the overwhelming response to my digi designs. Digi stamps are going to homes not only here in the United States but countries like Canada, Puerto Rico, Germany, Peru, United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia and Africa! How fantastic! Thank you for welcoming Whimsy and Stars designs to your homes!

What's the latest doodles I'm working on? I'm working in brand new designs for The Angel Company's brand new catalog coming this Summer and I'm also designing new digi stamps coming early this April! A happy Busy Bee here!

Have a wonderful week!

love,

Adorable Step Card from our Guest Designer ~ Kathy Curry

 

Such clever technique and so cute! Love it!!

For this precious card Kathy used two of my new digi stamps:

“Molly’s Cupcake” and “Alex Birthday” available at my Etsy store.

(Click the thumbnails and they will take you to this digi listings)

For more information and card “recipe” on this project, visit Kathy’s blog post: http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com/2011/03/whimsy-and-stars-step-card.html

Thank you Kathy!

Some good news! I began adding some sample cards to some of my digi stamp listings (on my Etsy store) making it a bit easier to visualize how the digis would look on a card. I want to thank all of my wonderful Guest Designer Team and faithful Whimsy and Stars fans who have been sending me such precious sample cards to feature here on this blog and on my Etsy store. Thank you so, so much!! Keep them coming!! xo

Have an artsy week!

love,

Spring its around the corner! Inspired! Spring Hat Bunny card

 

I'm so looking forward to Spring! March 20th!!

That's only 5 days from now!

I love everything about Spring...flowers blooming, sunny blue skies, cozy temperatures and all the glorious colors everywhere! 

I'm inspired! So this past weekend I created this cutie spring card to celebrate the arrival of Spring!

For this card I used my Digi Stamp called “Spring Hat Bunny” (available at my Etsy Store) and I had a blast coloring it with my Copics! Love the color palette of pinks and greens! Especially I love the muted green color (moss shade) of the hat!

Card Recipe:

• Digi Stamp: “Spring Hat Bunny” from Whimsy and Stars Studio
• Paper: Amy Butler Scrapbook paper “Belle Collection” from K & Company
• Copic markers: RV02, RV04, RV09, W1, W3, YG03, YG91, BG45
• Ribbon, button, Scrapper's Floss (white)

 

Happy Spring! I wish you lots of creative and inspiring time! Happy gatherings and fellowship...and of course, crafty-card making time!!

love,

 

We got TWO winners of "Molly's Cupcake" Digi Stamp!

We got 2 Random Winners of "Molly's Cupcake Digi!

Thank you so much everyone for visiting my blog
and for leaving such special comments!

Here are the winners of the
BRAND NEW Digi: Molly's Cupcake!

Congratulations, Kim Yu!

 http://piggyandminniemouse.blogspot.com/

 

Congratulations, Chelsea Comer!

http://www.inkystamps.blogspot.com/

 

I want to also thank our Guest Design Team
for making this Digi release such special one!

You girls ROCK!!!

 

Brand New Cute Digi Stamp Release! Meet Molly's Cupcake :)

Introducing "Molly's Cupcake" Digi Stamp!

AVAILABLE NOW at my Etsy store!

Click here to go directly to this listing.

I just love this cutie design and must confess, it was hard to wait all this time to share it with you :) I hope you welcome "Molly's Cupcake" to your home and have a blast coloring her.

A Fabulous Chance to win this cutie digi!

I'm going to be giving away not one but TWO FREE "Molly's Cupcake" Digis! For a chance to win all you have to do is leave me a comment on this blog post by Thursday, March 10, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. I will enter all of the names and randomly select two winners which will win this BRAND NEW Digi release! The winner will be announced here on Thursday, March 10 around 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

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I'm proud to share with you the gorgeous work of our Guest Designer Team! Thank you so, so much ladies for such fabulous work and been part of this great release!

 

Whimsy and Stars Studio Design Team Showcase!

 

 Silke Kittmann

 

Mina Hartley

 

Michelle McDaniel

Tricia Traxler

 

 Jackie Rakoski

 

Angela-Kelley

 Stephanie Serrano

 

Pat Sergeant

 Angela Kelley

 

 Kendra Wietstock

Danni Bindel

 

 Jerusha Borden

 

Kathy Curry

 

Tricia Traxler

 

 Sära Quenell

 

Michelle McDaniel

 

I invite you to Visit my store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/WhimsyAndStarsStudio 

Thank you for visiting my blog and for welcoming my art to your home! Have a great week! 

Remember to leave a comment here so you can be part of the random giveaway!!

Welcome Guest Designer: Pat Sergeant {Spring Garden Chickie card}

Welcome to our Guest Designer Team, Pat Sergeant!

Let me introduce you to Pat's beautiful work. When I first saw Pat's cards I felt in love on how she layers and embellish her cute cards. When you visit her blog you see some many gorgeous cards and fantastic coloring!

So happy she joined our Team!! Thank you Pat!

Visit Pat's blog here and get inspired! http://just4fun2-pat.blogspot.com/

For this cutie card Pat used my "Spring Garden Chickie" Digi Stamp available at my Etsy store

Welcome Guest Designer: Jackie Rakoski {Faith's Flowers Card}

Welcome to our Guest Designer Team, Jackie Rakoski!

Jackie is such fantastic addition to our team! Her card layouts are stylish, so well coordinated and I love how she selects her color schemes. I also love how she "pops" the stamp images!

Thank you Jackie! So awesome to have you in our team!

I invite you to visit Jackie's blog and read her post about this cutie card and see all of her beautiful work http://stampingsister.blogspot.com/2011/02/sweet-faith-flowers.html

For this card Jackie used my "Faith Flowers" Digi Stamp available at my Etsy store:

Love,

 

Welcome Guest Designer: Sära Quenell {Birthday Turtle card}

 

Welcome to our Guest Designer Team, Sära Quenell!

When I saw Sära's blog and all of her sharp work and I was thrilled for her to be part of our Team. You will notice her unique style. Her layouts are so well put together and her eye for composition and color are fantastic! Love all the dimensional touches too!

Visit Sära's blog so you can get more information on how she designed this card using my FREE "Birthday Turtle" Digi Stamp: http://mylittlepaperaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/03/birthday-turtle.html

Thank you Sära for such precious card and for designing for our team!!

Love,

Welcome Guest Designer: Stephanie Serrano {Birthday Teddy Card}

Welcome to our Guest Designer Team, Stephanie Serrano!

I love Stephanie card designs! One of the things I like of her cards is how she stitches her cards and layers all the papers together to create such sharp-looking cards. I also love her card sketches and coloring.

You must visit her blog as see her beautiful work! http://stephaniesstampinspot.blogspot.com/2011/02/whimsay-and-stars-studio.html

I'm so excited to have Stephanie in our Team! Thank you Stephanie!

For this precious and happy card Stephanie used my "Birthday Clown" Digi Stamp

Love,

Welcome Guest Designer: Jerusha Borden {Birthday Card & Girly Card!}

Welcome to our Guest Designer Team, Jerusha Borden!

When you see Jerusha's blog and work you simply have to smile! Her work is so sweet and I love her usage of color. I'm thrilled to have her in our Team :)

I invite you to visit Jerusha's blog for more great ideas http://ilovepapercrafting.blogspot.com/2011/03/whimsy-and-stars.html

 

For this adorable Birthday Card Jerusha used my digi stamp "Alex Birthday" from my Etsy store:

Here is another card (girly-girly) from Jerusha:

She used my "Girl with Kitty" Digi Stamp

Welcome Jerusha! Thank you for been part of our Team!

love,

Mark your Calendar: New Digi Release coming on March 9th!

 

 NEW! Digi Stamp Release!

 Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

 

Welcome Guest Designer ~ Kendra Wietstock {Cute cupcake card!}

 

Welcome to our Guest Designer Team, Kendra Wietstock!

Meet Kendra's beautiful work! How fantastic to have her in our Team! One of the things I love about Kendra's projects is her eye for card design (awesome card sketches), color schemes and coloring. You must visit her blog and get inspired!

Visit Kendra's blog here: http://kendrawietstock.blogspot.com/2011/03/exciting-news.html

For this girly card Kendra used my "Sweet Cupcakes" Digi Set (2 cupcakes on the set) available at my Etsy store. 

Thank you Kendra!! I'm so happy to have you in our talented team!

Love,

 

Blast from the Past: Angel Block by Guest Designer Mabelle R.O

Hi there, artsy peeps :)
Happy news: My dear & cool friend Mischelle from The Angel Company asked me to design a card for the "Blast from the Past" promotion! (March 1st to March 31st, 2011) And to make things even more "cooler" she told me she was bringing my retired "Angel Block" rubber stamp BACK!!! (How fabulous is that!!?) I'm so excited to see this design back after all of these years! This is one of my favorites designs! 

Thank you Mischelle!! Visit her blog for the posting: http://theangelcompany.typepad.com/tac_savvy_projects_for_de/2011/03/blast-from-the-past-angel-block.html

To order this rubber stamp (during the month of March 2011) stop by The Angel Company website or contact your TAC demonstrator.

http://www.theangelcompany.net/BlastFTPast_AngelSquare.html

Angel Square
R-139 • $5.96 (Retail $7.95)

• No other discounts apply.
• Some assembly required.
• AngelNet orders must be received by 12:00 midnight CST on March 31, 2011. All other orders must be received by 5:00 pm CST

http://www.theangelcompany.net/BlastFTPast_AngelSquare.html

 

Card Recipe:

• Stamp: Angel Square (R-139)
• Paper: Soar with It Collection Toodle Loo (V834)
• Solid Cardstock: White, Black, Lime Green
• Stickles Icicle (F522)
• Glue stick, Circle Pop It Pop Dots (D-89)
• Sewing Machine stitching
• Polka Dot Ribbon
• White Acrylic paint (used on dots on angel's dress)
• Black Extra Fine Pen (for black "stitched" lines)
• Copic Markers: E21, E15, E33, YR24, C1, Y19, Y18, R02, B01, YG23, YG03, R32, R27, R02, B14

 

love,

Welcome Guest Designer: Danni Bindel {Two Cute & Cheery Cards}

Welcome to our Guest Designer Team, Danni Bindel!

Cheery and super cute are two words that come to my mind when I think of Danni's cards! Her work is always so adorable and I love her use of color in her projects! (Check her coloring!)

So, so happy to have her in our Team!!

For more information on the "Rain or Shine" card visit Danni's blog post: http://dannisdreamscrafts.blogspot.com/2011/02/rain-or-shine-friends.html

Thank you Danni for all of your great work! Love ya!

For this card Danni used the Digi Stamp: "Rain or Shine" available at my Etsy Store:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/67590480/digi-stamp-rain-or-shine-friends

 

Here is another adorable card from Danni. (love her coloring too)

She used my "Dancing Love" Digi Stamp from my Etsy Store.

 

Thanks Danni for your great work!

love,

Welcome Guest Designer: Silke Kittmann (Silli) {Birthday Turtle Card}

Welcome to our Guest Designer Team, Silke Kittman!

I'm proud to introduce to you the work of Silke. We are so excited to have Silke in our fabulous group. Her work is know for the "layering" techniques, selection of papers and putting all together in the fabulous coloring techniques.

Please visit Silke's blog for more information on this precious card: Silke's Blog

Thanks Silke for joining our Team! We are so, so happy to have you!

UPDATE as of 5/31/11:

For this card Silke used my "Birthday Turtle" digi, which is now available at my Etsy store.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/75788568/digi-stamp-little-birthday-turtle  

Love,