Whimsical Wednesday

"Fall Cuties"

2011-10-26T08:08:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Friends. I hope you are all having a great week. Fall is really in the air here in NY. The leaves have all changed colors, and the temperatures have dropped significantly. I love it! This week our challenge is to create a card/project and include an animal on it. Must be fall themed:) Let's take a look at the sneaks peeks:

Stephanie

Cathryn

Star

Joni

Cindy

Glora

Shelly

Amber

And our Special Guest Designer for October
Kate

Those sure are some fabulous "Fall Cuties" sneak peeks! Be sure to head on over to the Whimsical Designer's blogs to check out the awesome projects and to get all the details about them.

Now I have lots of winners to announce: Working Backwards, lol

1. Four challenges combined: 81/2X11 Stampin' Up Cardstock is Cheryl from Sweet Designs by Cheryl

2. No Tricks, Just Treats-Three files from The Cutting Cafe #14 Holly

3. No Tricks, Just Treats-Shabby Crinkle Ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique #16 Carol

4. Halloween Has Creeped Into Our Homes-Tanner, Mr. Cricut Crazy stamp set #28 Jules

5. Halloween Has Creeped Into Our Homes- Shabby Crinkle Ribbon #23 Brandi

I think that covers the winners for this week. Congrats to each of you! Please contact me (e-mail on sidebar) so I can get each of you your blog candy.

Sponsor time! This week we have two sponsors. Our first is Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique. Patsy will be giving one random winner a bundle of her beautiful hand died Shabby Crinkle Ribbon. Here is one of her new Christmas Bundles, Holly Jolly:

This week we also had the honor of working with Tanner's, Mr. Cricut Crazy, line of stamps. Each of the designers have created a second project this week using Tanner's stamps. So of course one lucky random winner will receive a set of their choice.

Check Them Out Here

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT

I have some news to share with you all. First, this is the last challenge for this term. A huge thank you to all of the Whimsical Designers. They have made what Whimsical Wednesday is today, and each week they have created the most wonderful projects to inspire you all. This has been an amazing experience, and I have enjoyed working with them all so much. They are not only amazingly talented, but some of the sweetest ladies I have ever met! Next week I have some big news to share with you all, and I can hardly wait. I have been busy working on it since last October, and it is finally time to share it. Because of this Whimsical Wednesdays is moving back to it's original home, Whimsical Designs (formerly Always Crafting). All of the challenges will continue to be on Wednesdays, and we will still be called Whimsical Wednesdays, with most of the same fabulous designers. It will be much easier and more organized to have everything in one place. It has been difficult keeping up with two blogs so I am really looking forward to the change.

MORE EXCITING NEWS!

My dear sweet friend Cindy is opening her own Digital Stamp Shop! How exciting. Most of you know who Cindy is and have seen her amazing stamps. Now you will be able to get your own. How about more fun challenges? Cindy has put together a talented group of sweet inspiring ladies and will be having challenges every Monday. The first challenge is on Monday, November 7, and her shop will be opening up any day. So be sure to mark your calendars and join us at Cindy's Blog for her brand new shop opening and challenges.

I know lots of information..thank you for sticking around. This weeks challenge will remain opened until Monday, October 31 at midnight. After that if you try to reach this blog you will be directed to it's new home:)

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a card/project and include an animal on it: must be fall themed.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by October 31 at midnight.

Thank you for visiting today! We can't wait to see all of your "Fall Cuties!"

"Halloween Has Creeped Into Our Homes"

2011-10-19T03:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Crafters. I hope you are all enjoying our Halloween month, and are getting fun ideas from the designers. As I have mentioned before, there is some changes about to happen with Whimsical Wednesdays, and I am so busy working on them all. I have not had ONE extra second to get around and comment, and have not been crafting. It won't be long until the changes take place, and I can't wait to get back to visiting all your blogs, and posting my projects. Thank you all for your patience, and understanding. Because of the upcoming changes, the next two challenges will only stay opened for one week each, instead of two. I know it can be such a bummer when you think you have longer to get into a challenge only to realize you missed the deadline. So please make a note of the change for the next two challenges. I would also like to mention that it has come to my attention that SOMEONE is going around e-mailing people giving them false information about winning stuff off this blog, and my personal blog, Whimsical Designs. In those e-mails this person claims to be the sponsor coordinator of this blog. Just to clarify, I do NOT have a sponsor coordinator, and all winners of challenges and blog hops are listed on this blog. If you do not see your name here then you did not win. Please disregard any e-mails with false claims. Okay let's get down to the challenge.

Halloween is almost here, and of course we could not let it pass us by without brewing up some Halloween Home Decor. For those of you who chose you can also create a Fall Home Decor Project. Here are the spooktacular sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Cindy

Shelly

GiGi

Karen

Melanie

Our spectacular guest designer for October:
Kate

I can't wait to see what Halloween/Fall fun has creeped into the designers homes. They are always so inspiring, and I adore them all. Grab your brooms and fly on over to the the Whimsical Deisgners blogs, to check out their completed projects and all of the creepy details. Also, our Design Team Sister Melanie is having a week filled with fun giveaways on her blog. Prizes include Cricut cartridge, Creative Charms embellishments, The Digi Bistro gift certificate, and more. So be sure to check that out while you are over there:)

The random winner for the "Whimsical Wizards" Challenge is #3 Leinad. Congrats Leinad. Please contact me (e-mail on sidebar) so you can chose your Shabby Ribbon, and get it sent out to you:)

This week we have two sponsors. Our first is Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique. Patsy will be giving one random winner a bundle of her beautiful hand died Shabby Crinkle Ribbon. Here is one of her bundles, Jack O Lantern:

Check Them Out Here

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a Halloween home decor project
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by October 26 at midnight.

Thank you for visiting today! We can't wait to see all of your home decor project.

"No Tricks Just Treats"

2011-10-12T07:18:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Crafters. A big thank you to all who came out and joined in our Halloween Blog Hop. It was so nice to read all the wonderful comments about the projects and the design team, it sure is appreciated. I am going to announce all the winners but first onto our challenge. This week our challenge is all about the treats and fun ways to package them up. We are still using Patsy's ribbon on our projects. This week we have also used cut files that Regina, from The Cutting Cafe, gave us all to work with. Here is the teams sneak peaks:

Stephanie

Cathryn

Glora

Joni

Cindy

Shelly

Star

Our Special Guest Designer for October
Kate

What spooktacular sneak peeks. Be sure to hop on over to the Whimsical Designers blog's to see what treat packages they have crafted for your inspiration.

This week we have two sponsors. Our first is Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique. One random winner will get to chose a bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon. Here is just one of the gorgeous bundles you can chose from, Vintage Halloween:

Our second sponsor is Regina from The Cutting Cafe.

One random winner will get to chose three files from her store.

Thank you to our sponsors for their generous donations.

Okay now for the winners:

Challenge Random Winners for "Anything Goes"

1. Shabby Crinkle Ribbon-#14 Shelly

2. Cindy's Digis-#2 Mellisa

Random winner who displayed the Whimsical Blog Hop Botton:

Flower Shoppe Cricut Cartridge: JenD from Jen's Uncharted Territory

Blog Hop Winners:

1. RIP Stamp Set From Trade Fish Designs: Debeez Designs

2. Trendy Twine Sample Pack From Trendy Twine: Lisa's Creative Niche

3. Bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon From Prairie Bird Boutique: Crafted With Love By Karen

4. Grand Prize Package From PSA Essentials: Jessica From Paperdeckerations

Congrats to all the winners. Please contact me e-mail on sidebar so that I can get your info and get your blog candy out to you:)

This is our last challenge in a series of four. Once the four challenges are over, all the names will be combined for those challenges and you will have the chance to win a pack of 8 1/2X11 Stampin' Up cardstock.

You will always get to chose the colors so head on over to my SU store to see what colors you would chose.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create bags/boxes or anything that you can package up Halloween Treats in.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by October 26 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. You still have one more week to enter the "Whimsical Wizards" challenge. We are looking forward to seeing all your projects! Thank you for stopping by, and for your support of Whimsical Wednesdays.

Halloween Blog Hop

2011-10-07T16:03:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Crafters, welcome to the Halloween Blog Hop. We are so glad that you could join us. The Whimsical designers have crafted up a variety of Halloween projects to share with you, so I won't keep you too long. Let's get right to our wonderful sponsors and the blog candy they have donated. To be eligible to win the following prizes you must visit every blog on the hop, leave them a comment, and then come back here and comment that you finished up the hop. We will have four random winners for the prizes, and will announce them right here next Wednesday. You have until Sunday night at Midnight to visit and comment on all the blogs.

Here is a list of our fabulous sponsors:

1. Trendy Twine: http://trendytwine.bigcartel.com/ Original Sample Pack of Twine. You get 10 yards of each color:

2. Trade Fish Designs: http://tradefishdesigns.com
/index.php?route=product/quickshopper Rest In Peace Stamp Set

3. Prairie Bird Boutique: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairieBirdBoutique one bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon-you get to chose the bundle.

The grand prize for the hop is from PSA Essentials. It is a stamp package valued at $75.00 and includes the stamper body, a peal and stick stamp set, one personalized stamp, and an Orange/Black Inker.

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors! Here is the complete list of blogs on the hop:

Whimsical Wednesdays: http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com
Stephanie: http://www.whimsical-designs.com/
Chloe: http://chloeandherclipons.blogspot.com/
GiGi: http://thecricutbug.blogspot.com/
Shelly: http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com/
Star: http://starspaperpassion.blogspot.com/
Libby: http://psastampcamp.blogspot.com/
Nanne:http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/
Cindy: http://cindybcreations.blogspot.com/
Kate: http://scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Joni:http://justcounting.blogspot.com/
Glora: http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Melanie: http://inlovewithabug.blogspot.com/
Cathryn: http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Karen: http://kaleidoscopicsparkles.blogspot.com/
Whimsical Wednesdays: http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/

Thank you for hopping along with us, enjoy! Your next stop is Stephanie

Don't forget to check out my Halloween week. You still have time to leave comments on all the post for the past week.

"Whimsical Wizards"

2011-10-05T07:13:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Crafters. Happy October. Today we officially kick off a month filled with fun Halloween projects. We hope that you will join us and link up your Halloween projects. Today we are scrapbooking. The Whimsical Wizards have crafted up Halloween themed Scrapbook pages, and also included a tutorial of something they have included on their page. So what is your challenge this week? Create a Halloween LO and use one of the techniques that the Wizards used on their page. Be sure to include their name on your blog with a link to their page. Let's take a look at the sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Nanne

Star

Chloe

Cathryn

Cindy

How could anyone resist those peaks? Head on over to each of the blogs to see what they have scrapped up for your inspiration. This week I would like for you to leave a comment under this post letting me know how you have liked the sneak peeks, and do you actually go over to see the projects?

Now onto some winners. I never heard back from the winner of Barbs All Year Round Stamp set so I need to announce another winner: This was from the "Inspiring Words" Challenge the random winner is #10 Kathie. The random winner from the "Fall Colors" (creative inspirations paint) challenge is #7 Larelyn. The winner of the last round of four challenges (pack of 81/2x11 SU cardstock) is Nita from Nita notes. Congrats to the winners please contact me so that we can get you your blog candy:)

This week's sponsor is Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique. One random winner will get to chose one of her Shabby Crinkle Ribbon Bundles.

This color is Jack-O-Lantern, one of her new Halloween Bundles. There are many other colors for you to chose from.

This is our third challenge in a series of four. Once the four challenges are over, all the names will be combined for those challenges and you will have the chance to win a pack of 8 1/2X11 Stampin' Up cardstock.

You will always get to chose the colors so head on over to my SU store to see what colors you would chose.

*Just two quick reminders: Monday, October 3 started my Halloween party over at my blog, Always Crafting. You have until Sunday, October 9 to visit each post and leave a comment to be eligible for the prizes and the grand prize Scrap, N tote.

Then on Friday, October 7 at 7pm EST we are having our Halloween Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. If you would like to be entered into a random drawing to win the Flower Shop Cricut Cartridge, you can go to this Post and leave a comment saying that you picked up our Halloween blog hop button and placed it on your blog, (located on the upper left hand corner of THIS blog). Thank you all for your continued support of WW and the Whimsical Designers.*

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a Halloween Themed Scrapbook LO. Use one of the techniques you have learned from the Wizards and include their name and a link to their blog in your post.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by October 19 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. You still have one more week to enter the "Anything Goes" challenge. We are looking forward to seeing all your projects! Thank you for stopping by, and for your support of Whimsical Wednesdays.See you all Friday night for our Halloween Blog Hop.

"Anything Goes"

2011-09-28T07:39:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Crafters. Hope your week is going well so far. Over the next month we have some really fun Halloween challenges planned for you all, and all of the designers will be working with Shabby Crinkle Ribbon from the Prairie Bird Boutique (link below, and on side bar). So you will be getting lots of fun Halloween ideas and fun ways to use that Shabby Crinkle Ribbon. Before we start with our Halloween month next week, we thought we would let you all decide what you wanted to create and have an "Anything Goes" Challenge. Here is the sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Shelly

GiGi

Cindy

Karen

Looks like the girls may have cooked up some Halloween Fun for you this week. You won't want to miss one of their creation so hop on over and see what inspiration these talented ladies have created. I always say this, but one thing I LOVE about this team, besides that they are all so kind, is they are all so talented and versatile with their work!

Now to announce the random winner for the "Just Because" Challenge #19 Kim. Kim please e-mail me (address on side bar) so that I can set you up to get your 7 free digital stamps from Bugaboo Stamps. I still have not heard from the winner of the "Inspiring Words" challenge. That winner was #21 Marie. If I do not hear back from you by next week, I will have to chose another winner.

This week we have two sponsor for you. The first is Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique. One random winner will get to chose one of her Shabby Crinkle Ribbon Bundles.

This color is Jack-O-Lantern, one of her new Halloween Bundles. There are many other colors for you to chose from.

Our second sponsor is our very own Whimsical Designer Cindy. In case you have not noticed, Cindy has been drawing up amazingly fun digital stamps. Our "Current Challenge" Whimsical Badges, and our Halloween Blog Hop button were all drawn and colored by Cindy. She will be giving one random winner three of her digital stamps.

Thanks to our sponsors for the fun prizes this week:)

This is our second challenge in a series of four. Once the four challenges are over, all the names will be combined for those challenges and you will have the chance to win a pack of 8 1/2X11 Stampin' Up cardstock.

You will always get to chose the colors so head on over to my SU store to see what colors you would chose.

*Just two quick reminders: Monday, October 3 starts my Halloween party over at my blog, Always Crafting. If you would like, you can hop on over there and pick up my badge and place it on your blog. Leave a comment under this Post to be entered in a random drawing for $25.00 worth of SU products.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create an "Anything Goes" card or project.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by October 5 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. You still have one more week to enter the "Fall Colors" challenge. We are looking forward to seeing all your project's. Thank you for stopping by, and for your support of Whimsical Wednesdays.

"Fall Colors"

2011-09-21T07:12:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical crafters. Friday is the first day of fall so what better way to celebrate than with a fun Fall challenge. This week the Whimsical Design Team all created a Fall card/project inspired by Fall colors, the twist this week is to create a handmade embellishment. Here is the sneaks for this week:

Stephanie

Shelly

Cindy

Amber

Star

Cathryn

Joni

Glora

Wow, I am totally impressed with these sneak peeks. I can't wait to see the full projects. Be sure to head on over to the Designer's blog to see what "Fall Colors" inspiration they came up with you for this week..and their hand made embellishments.

The winner of the "Scrapping School Memories" Challenge is #5 Jessica. Jessica please contact me (e-mail on side bar) so I can get you your files from the Cutting Cafe. Congrats!

This week are awesome sponsor is Creative Inspirations.

One random winner who enters this challenge will get to pick out 5 colors of their choice. For those of you who are not familiar with Creative Inspiration they are an online shop that sells the most gorgeous paints that you can use for your crafting. The possibilities are endless. Visit their store to check out the gorgeous paints. You will also find a link their to the Creative Inspiration blog where you will find lots of tutorials, and weekly challenges.

In case you have not heard already Whimsical Wednesday is having a Halloween Blog Hop on October 7 at 7pm EST. We would love it if you could pick up the Halloween Hop badge and put it on your side bar. If you do come back here and leave me a comment under this post that you did and you will be put into the random drawing for this Cricut Cartridge:

If you pick up the badge put in on your side bar and then also blog about our hop, leave two separate comments for an extra chance to win. You do not have to enter the challenge to be eligible for the Cartridge. Here is the gorgeous badge that our very own Whimsical Designer Cindy drew, and Chloe did the word art. Thank you ladies:

The week leading up to the hop, October 3-7 I am having a Halloween party on my blog. There will be a project and a giveaway each day. Be sure to head on over to my blog for more information, and to be entered in for an early prize.

This is the first challenge in a series of four. Once the four challenges are over, all the names will be combined for those challenges and you will have the chance to win a pack of 8 1/2X11 Stampin' Up cardstock.

You will always get to chose the colors so head on over to my SU store to see what colors you would chose.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a card or project inspired by fall colors, must include a handmade embellishment.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by October 5 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. You still have one more week to enter the "Just Because" challenge. We are looking forward to seeing all your project's. Thank you for stopping by, and for your support of Whimsical Wednesdays. Happy Fall Yall:)

"Just Because" Challenge # 23

2011-09-14T07:23:00.000-07:00

Good morning Whimsical Crafters. Welcome back to another challenge, we are glad you could join us. This week we teamed up with Bugaboo Stamps. Each of the design team members got to pick out a digital stamp of their choice to create with it. It was so hard to pick just one! All of their stamps are so fun, and they have so many to chose from.

So what is this weeks challenge? Have you ever received a card in the mail, or a little gift just because? Those are so special to receive and send because it lets someone know you are thinking of them, and can be such a nice surprise. That is what this week's challenge is all about. We all created a card or project to give to someone who would not be expecting it. Here is the sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Melanie

GiGi

Shelly

Karen

Cindy

We also have two special guest this week from Bugaboo's "Catch The Bug" Design Team

Min Kwiatkowski

Melissa Sackman

I can't wait to see the fabulous inspiration the Design Team has created for this week. Be sure to hop on over to the all of the designer's blog to see their finished projects, and to get all the details.

The random winner of the "Inspiring Words" challenge is #21 Marie. Please contact me with your information so I can get Barbs "All Year Round" stamp set to you. Congrats Marie!

This week our sponsor is of course Bugaboo Stamps. They have been so generous with the design team, and such a pleasure to work with. It has been great getting to know their sponsor coordinator and I am sure you will be seeing us team up again!:) They will be giving one random winner who enters this weeks challenge seven digital stamps from their store. Be sure to head on over to the "Catch The Bug" blog to learn more about them! Thank you Bugaboo for your generosity!

After four challenges all the names will be combined and you will have the chance to win a pack of 8 1/2X11 Stampin' Up cardstock.

You will always get to chose the colors so head on over to my SU store to see what colors you would chose.

This is the last challenge in the series of four. A new prize will be announced next week, and then the winner of this round announced on October 5.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a card or project to send or give to someone "Just Because". No particular holiday or occasion.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by September 28 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. You still have one more week to enter the "Scrapping School Memories" challenge. We are looking forward to seeing all your "Just Because" projects. Thank you for stopping by, and for your support of Whimsical Wednesdays.

"Scrapping School Memories"

2011-09-07T07:41:00.000-07:00

Good morning Whimsical Crafters. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. By now all the kiddos in the US have gone back to school, so in celebration (lol) we thought it fitting to scrap some school memories. The twist for this week is your LO must include a chipboard element. Let's see the sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Jessica

Star

Nanne

Chloe

Carlene

Cindy

Cathryn

There you have it, wonderful sneak peeks! Be sure to head on over to the talented Whimsical Designer's Blogs, to check out their "Scrapping School Memories" LO. You are sure to find lots of inspiration and wonderful ideas. Be sure to leave them some bloggy love too!

This week Regina from the Cutting Cafe was so kind to give us her School Days and School Years cut files to work with and incorporate on our LO's. They were so much fun to work with, and very easy. The best part...you don't even need cutting software to work with them. To find out how to use these fun files, and other like it in her store just head on over to her blog for the tutorial. Easy peasy...I promise. In addition, Regina is our sponsor this week and has donated three cut files to her store to one random winner that enters the challenge this week. Thank you Regina:)

The random winner of the "Three Times A Charm" challenge is #24 Esther. Esther please e-mail me with your addy and I will have Jess get you out your cartridge. Congrats:)

After four challenges all the names will be combined and you will have the chance to win a pack of 8 1/2X11 Stampin' Up cardstock.

You will always get to chose the colors so head on over to my SU store to see what colors you would chose.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a LO that is about school memories. Your LO must include some type of chipboard element on it.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by September 21 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. Since we did not have a challenge last week "Scrapping School Memories" is the only challenge opened right now. Next week we will be back to having two challenges opened. Have fun, can't wait to see your LO:)

This Week's Challenge

2011-08-31T07:59:00.000-07:00

Hello crafty friends. I am writing this on Saturday night and scheduling it for Wednesday's post. We all hope that everyone is safe and that this Hurricane comes and goes without leaving too much damage. I decided on Saturday night that we would cancel our challenge this week. I live on the East Coast in Upstate NY and the Hurricane is headed right in our direction. I am certain that our power is going to go out, and who knows when it will be restored. I did not want anyone on our team to have to worry about getting projects and post ready.

In the meantime the "Inspiring Words" challenge is still opened. If you have not already checked it out the ladies project's are amazing, and I am sure you will gets lots of great ideas. Just scroll down for the details.

I also forgot to mention, in last weeks post, that on October 7 at 7pm EST we are having our Whimsical Halloween Blog Hop. We are all so excited about the hop. There will be a variety of projects and lots of blog candy so be sure to mark your calendars. Please feel free to pick up this ADORABLE badge that our own Whimsical Designer Cindy created herself. I just love all her drawings. Our other talented Whimsical Designer Chloe finished it off by adding the date, and time. Thank you girls again for creating the badge. Go ahead and pick up this cutie badge, just save the badge and add it to your side bar with a link back here. Thank you:)

We will see you all back here next week with a brand new challenge. Stay safe!

"Inspiring Words"

2011-08-24T07:07:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Friends. I hope everyone is having a great week! I was at the mall the other day, and could not believe how crowded it was. Everyone is doing the back to school shopping. People were practically knocking each other over, you would have thunk they were giving away free cricuts, lol:) It is time for another challenge. We all get inspiration for different places, this week we are challenging ourselves and you all to be inspired by words. Take a look at the photo. What word pops out to you first and what is the first thing you think of when you see that word?

So for the challenge this week create a card/project inspired by one of the words in the picture. Incorporate that word onto your card of project. Here are the sneaks from our Whimsical design team:

Cindy

GiGi

Shelly

Melanie

Amber

Karen

Fabulous sneak peeks. I can't wait to see what wonderful projects the team has come up with this week. Please make sure you hop on over to the designers blogs to see their completed projects and to get all the details. Be sure to leave them some love too:)

The random winner of the "Back To School Challenge" is #30 Indy. Please e-mail (found on the sidebar) so that I can get your items out to you.

This week I am excited to have Barb from Bug Bites sponsoring our challenge with her fun stamp set "All Year Round"

This is such a fun set with so many sentiments for lots of occasions. Thank you Barb for sponsoring us this week.

After four challenges all the names will be combined and you will have the chance to win a pack of 8 1/2X11 Stampin' Up cardstock.

You will always get to chose the colors so head on over to my SU store to see what colors you would chose.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a card or project inspired by one of the words in the above picture. Incorporate that word onto you card/project.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by September 7 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. Our "Three Times A Charm" challenge will remain open for one more week, so you still have time to play along. We can't wait to see what kind of "Inspiring Words" project you will come up with. Enjoy your week, and have fun.

"Three Times A Charm"

2011-08-17T07:07:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical friends. These weeks are just flying right by. I really can not believe how quickly this challenge blog has grown, and the amount of entries we have gotten. I not only speak for myself, but for the team, when I say it has been so much fun stopping by all your blogs, reading your posts, and seeing all of your wonderful creations. We have even made some friends along the way.

Before we get to this weeks challenge, I wanted to mention a few things. Lately I have seen an increase in entries that do not meet the requirements for a specific challenge. For example the first Wednesday of the month is scrapbook pages ONLY. If you are entering projects that have nothing to do with the challenge that week, it leads me to believe that those people just stopped in and entered a project, without even reading the post or looking at the Design Team's work. Please be sure to read what the challenge is for that week before entering your project. I am also asking that when you link your project, that it is a direct link to your post, and not your blog. If you just link your blog, it becomes difficult to find your actual entry. The ladies on this design team take tremendous pride in bringing you their best work each week. They also make it a priority to leave a comment on each and every entry that is submitted here. I am asking that you all respect them and their work. It is very important to me that Whimsical Wednesdays continues to be a blog that people can come to for inspiration, ideas, encouragement and support. Thanks to all of you for your understanding. As always, if you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me.

As you all probably know, in addition to running this blog, I have my own personal blog too. The past few months have been very hectic, and my personal blog has gotten less and less attention. It is a ton of work, and time consuming running a challenge blog. I am thrilled to announce that Jessica from Chick-n-Scrap has taken on the role of sponsor/blog coordinator. Jessica has been functioning in this role for the past month or so, and is doing a fabulous job. I kept meaning to make that announcement, but my brain is so cluttered these days that I kept forgetting. If Jessica had not stepped into this role, I am not sure how much longer I could have kept both blogs opened.

Okay, lets get onto this weeks challenge. This week Amber is challenging us all with her "Three Times A Charm" challenge. We had to create a card or project with three cuts, three colors, and three of the same embellishments. Here is our talented Design Team's sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Jessica

Star

Cindy

Joni

Shelly

Amber

Glora

Cathryn

There are the fabulous sneak peeks. Be sure to head on over to the designer's blogs to see their completed "Three Times a Charm" project. Thank you Amber for the fun challenge idea this week.

The random winner of the "Sense Of Humor" LO is #14 Heather. The random winner of all the combined names for the four challenge series is Donna from Donna's Dreamworks. Please e-mail me so I can get your prizes out to you. My e-mail is on the right side bar. I don't like to type it in the post because it seems to attract spam??.

This week our designer and blog coordinator, Jessica, has donated Nursery Rhymes for the challenge give away. Thank you Jessica!

After four challenges all the names will be combined and you will have the chance to win a pack of 8 1/2X11 Stampin' Up cardstock.

You will always get to chose the colors so head on over to my SU store to see what colors you would chose.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a card or project using three cuts, three colors, and three of the same embellishments.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by August 31 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. Our "Back To School" challenge will remain open for one more week, so you still have time to play along. We can't wait to see what kind of "Three Times A Charm" fun you will all come up with. Have fun:)

"Back To School"

2011-08-10T07:02:00.000-07:00

Wow, can you believe it is August already? I sure can't. The summer is almost over, and the kids will be back to school before we know it. It is only fitting that we throw in some "Back To School" challenges. This week our Whimsical Designer, Faith-Abigail, chose our challenge (#18). We are to create any project related to school. No cards this week please. How about some sneak peaks:

Stephanie

GiGi

Cindy

Shelly

Faith-Abigail

Melanie

Amber

Karen

These sure have peaked my interest. Please hop on over to the Whimsical Desinger's blogs to see the completed project, and all the details about them. While you are at leave them some bloggy love, they sure do deserve it. Every week these ladies blow me away with their talent, and dedication.

Time to announce the two random winner of the "Fun With Folds" challenge
The winner of the Action Wobbles is #31 Melissa. The winner of the Stampin' Up ink pad and marker is #37 Margie. Congrats ladies. Please contact me so that I can get your prizes to you.

This week one random winner will win a Stampin' Up ink pad and write marker.

After four challenges all the names will be combined and you will have the chance to win a pack of 81/2X11 Stampin' Up cardstock.

You will always get to chose the colors so head on over to my SU store to see what colors you would chose.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:

1. Create a "Back To School Project" anything goes, but no cards this week.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by August 24 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. Our "Sense Of Humor" challenge is still opened so you have two challenges to keep you busy. Can't wait to see what back to school projects you come up with.

"Sense Of Humor"

2011-08-03T07:31:00.000-07:00

Today is the first Wednesday of the month and we all know what that means...time for our scrapbook team to inspire you all. This week is all about humor. The challenge (#17) is to use humor on your page. You can use funny photos, images and or incorporate words that have to do with humor such as laugh, giggle, chuckle and so on. Here is the sneak peeks of the Design's Teams humorous LO:

Stephanie

Chloe

Carlene

Star

Jessica

Cindy

Nanne

Amber

Faith-Abigail

Cathryn

This week we have a talented Guest Designer joining us

Leinad

I can't wait to see all these LO. I am sure they are going to inspire you all to add some humor to your scrapbook pages. Be sure to click on the designers names to go directly to their blogs. You can see the completed scrap pages, and get all the details about them. While you are there go ahead and leave them some bloggy love:)

The random winner of the new Stampin' Up 81/2x11 cardstock "In Colors" is #29 Ivette. Please contact me with your address so I can get your package out to you.

This week one random winner will receive a pack of Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Buttons:

These will be perfect for those Halloween project that we will all be making very soon. :)

This is the last challenge in the series of four for the pack of 81/2X11 Stampin' Up card stock and the Stampin' Up Classic Ink pad. Once this challenge is closed all the names from the last four challenges will be combined and a random winner will have their choice of colors for the card stock and ink pad. You can click here to visit my SU store and see what colors you would chose if you win.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a scrapbook LO and incorporate humor on it. Either by adding funny photos/images and or words that relate to humor such as: laugh, chuckle, giggle and so on.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by August 17 at midnight.

We have a brand new challenge every week, but each challenge stays opened for two week. Our "Fun With Folds" challenge is still opened so you have two challenges to keep you busy. Can't wait to see how you use humor in your LO. Have fun!

Fun With Folds

2011-07-27T07:11:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Crafters. Today is challenge # 16 and we are challenging ourselves and all of you to make a different style card. We want to see any style card other than an A2 or shape card. Some examples are gatefold, waterfall, sidestep, easel, tri-fold, swing, and wiper. Here are this weeks sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Cindy

Star

Joni

Jessica

Amber

Shelly

Glora

Cathryn

and this week we have a special Whimsical Guest Designer

Sherrie

What a bunch of awesome sneak peeks. Be sure to head on over the the designer's blogs to see the completed projects and all the details. While you are there, Leave them some bloggy love, for all the great work they do.

Now it is time to announce the random winner of the "interactive" scrapbook challenge. Congrats to #1 Melissa. Please contact me to claim your $15.00 gift certificate to My Craft Spot.

This week we have two prizes. The first one is a package of action wobbles from our Whimsical Designer Glora.
Thank you Glora for sponsoring us with these fun scrappy wobbles:)

The second prize is a Stampin' Up ink pad and coordinating Stampin' Write Marker. The random winner gets to chose the color. Head on over to my SU store here and let me know if you win what colors you would chose. All of the colors are so beautiful I know you will have a hard time choosing.

After four challenge one random winner will get one pack of 81/2X11 Stampin' Up Cardstock, and one Classic Stampin' Up ink pad. What colors will you chose ?

Don't forget you still have time to stop over at the Kraft Outlet and do some scrapping shopping. You receive 10% off all purchases for the month of July when you enter the code July 10 at checkout.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create another type of card besides an A2 or shape card.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by August 10 at midnight.

All of the challenges remain open for two weeks, but there is a new challenge every week. You still have one more week to enter the "Lets Use Our Scraps" challenge. So go ahead and show us your different style cards,and then when you finish up use your scraps and create another project for the scraps challenge. Easy peasy:) Happy creating!

"Use Your Scraps"

2011-07-20T07:03:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Crafters. Today is Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #15, and we are using up some of our scraps. Our challenge is to create a card/project using all scraps. We also had to take a picture of the scraps we are using in our project and include that in our post. You are free to use embellishments, and those do not have to be scraps, just the cardstock that you use should be scraps. Here is the Design Teams Sneak Peeks for this week:

Stephanie

GiGi

Cindy

Shelly

Faith-Abigail

Melanie

Amber

Karen

All the sneak peeks look amazing as always. One of the things I love about this team is how we all have such different styles, you can even see that in these sneaks. Make sure you hop on over to each of the design teams blog to see the full pictures and details on their projects. Make sure you leave them some love too:)

I don't have any winners to announce this week since the "Interactive Fun" scrapbooking challenge is still opened.

This week on random winner who enters our "Use Your Scraps" challenge will win a package of 81/2X11 "In Colors" Stampin' Up Cardstock. The new in colors are gorgeous!

After four challenge one random winner will get one pack of 81/2X11 Stampin' Up Cardstock, and one Classic Stampin' Up ink pad (you chose the colors): .

Don't forget to stop over at the Kraft Outlet. You receive 10% off all purchases for the month of July when you enter the code July 10 at checkout.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a project/card using all scraps. You must take a picture of your scraps that you use in your project and post that picture in your post along with a picture of your completed project/card.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by August 3 at midnight.

All of the challenges remain open for two weeks, but there is a new challenge every week. You still have one more week to enter The "Interactive Fun" scrapbook challenge. Now go ahead and get those scraps out and get crafting. We can't wait to see what you will create. Have a great week, and have fun!:)

"Interactive Fun"

2011-07-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Friends. Thank you to all that came out for the blog hop this past weekend. I hope you all enjoyed our projects and got some inspiration. I also want to give a big thanks to all of you who participated in the challenge for Angelo. All of the cards are going to help put a smile on his face, and cheer up the family. This week is challenge # 14 and we are scrapbooking. The challenge this week is to design a scrapbook page, any theme of your choice, but it must include something interactive. Here are the sneak peeks for this week:

Stephanie

Star

Jessica

Amber

Cindy

Chloe

Cathryn

Carlene

Nanne

Faith-Abigail

These sneak peeks look fantastic, I know I can't wait to check out what "Interactive Fun" the Design Team has come up with. Please be sure to click on the DT names to visit their blogs to see the completed projects and all the details about them.

Now I have some winners to announce:
The random winner of the "Special Get Well Wishes" challenge is # 16 Amy.

Now for the blog hop winners. I have to change the rules up a little because of all the issues that blogger had this weekend. I know I said to be eligible for the grand prize you had to be a follower of the blog and also leave a comment for all the designers. I received so many e-mails saying that the follow button was not working and there were lots of problems leaving messages. So I have just put all the names in a bag and included the ones under the post from last week and drew a name for the Gypsy. Due to all the problems with blogger I felt it was the only fair way to do this.

The random winner of Patsy's Shabby Crinkle Ribbon from the Prairie Bird Boutique is: Bonnie

bonnie said...Wow that was so much fun sweetie! Fantastic blog hop and amazing inspiration...they will be so loved in there new home! I commented on all posts...so fun! :) Hugs x

The random winner of the Kraft Inspirational Play Pack for the Kraft Outlet is Sarah: Sarah said... Just finished up the blog hop and it was great so many wonderful designers. I saw so many wonderful wall hangings and banners that I am gonna have to try them out. I am super excited about the grand prize. I have wanted a gypsy for a while and I have the chance to win one. If I don't happen to win I think I have drilled it into my hubby's head enough that he will get me one for my bday in august. Thanks for hosting a wonderful hop and for the chance to win Sarah


The random winner of the Grand Prize Gyspsy is Tracey: Tracey ~ GardenOfGrace said... Stephanie, your DT put together a fabulous hop! Thanks for the inspiration. How wonderful that these projects are going to such a great cause! I had some issues with blogspot followers not working, but it started working again, and it looks like I'm now following all of the new DT. I've hopped my way through all the DT and am inspired! Challenges ideas ~ I like any kind of technique challenge! ~ Blessings

Thank you all and congrats. Please get in touch with me with your addresses so that I can get your winnings out to you.

For this week our sponsor is Kimberly from My Craft Spot.
Kimberly is donating a $15.00 certificate to her store. Kimberly sells twine, her own line of clear stamps, hand died shabby crinkle ribbon (made by Kim), and some other fun crafting supplies. Thank you Kimberly for sponsoring our challenge this week. And a thanks to Amber for getting us our sponsor this week.


Don't forget to stop over at the Kraft Outlet. You receive 10% off all purchases for the month of July when you enter the code July 10
at checkout.

After four challenge one random winner will get one pack of 81/2X11 Stampin' Up Cardstock, and one Classic Stampin' Up ink pad (you chose the colors): .

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Create a scrapbook LO, theme of your choice, but you must include something interactive on it.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by July 27 at midnight.

All of the challenges remain open for two weeks, but there is a new challenge every week. Enjoy your week. We are looking forward to seeing all of your interactive LOs. Most of all have fun!

Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop

2011-07-08T16:02:00.000-07:00

Hello crafting friends. Welcome to our Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop. Tonight kicks off the start of the new term with the Whimsical Designers. The new team is a combination of some of our previous designers, and some new designers. Please help me in giving them a warm welcome. So what is this hop all about? We all decided to come together to help out a lady named Barbara, and create beautiful banners/wall decor, that we will all be sending to a nursing home. I am sure that you will get lots of ideas for wall decor for your own home on this hop. Before I send you on your way, let me tell you about our sponsors and the wonderful blog candy they donated, and the grand prize.

Patsy from the Praire Bird Boutique is donating one bundle of her hand died Shabby Crinkle Ribbon. You get to choose the bundle that you want. Here is a package of her beautiful ribbon so you can see what it looks like

Patsy's Ribbon is gorgeous!! Be sure to check out Patsy's shop for a beautiful assortment of colors. When you order Patsy's Ribbon it comes packaged so nicely, and it is at your door within three days. Speedy shipping:)

Next Babette from the Kraft Outlet is donating their "Inspirational Play Pack." This is a collection of their top selling items valued at over $45.00. Here is what is included:10 yards each of their red and brown baker's twine, an assortment of 50 of their plain and grungy tags, an 8 sheet assortment of their card stock and text weight papers, assortment of 8 envelopes, one sheet of Kraft labels, one set of their vintage dictionary pages, one yard of black twill tape, and a CD filled with 100 graphics and backgrounds.

In addition, for the entire month of July Babette is offering a 10% discount off of all purchases made at the Kraft Outlet. Just enter the code: July 10 at checkout. If you follow me on a regular basis then you know that I am huge fan of the Kraft outlet. I use Kraft card stock for most of my card bases. I LOVE that stuff. In addition to very fast shipping the Kraft Outlet has the best prices. You really get a bang for your buck.

Thank you to both our sponsors for their generous donations.

Now for the grand prize a Gyspsy

In order to become eligible for the grand prize you must become a follower of this blog and leave a comment under all of our designers blog hop post. Once you get to the last stop on the hop the the lovely Cathryn will have a link for you to get back here. You must leave a comment under this post letting me know that you visited all the designers, and left them a comment. We would also love for you each to leave one suggestion for a challenge that you would like Whimsical Wednesday to have. The hop runs all through the weekend so you have until Sunday night till Midnight to leave a comment. I will announce the winners here on Wednesday July 13. Don't forget to come back to see if you are one of the lucky winners. We also be starting back up our challenges. You want to miss the "interactive" fun that the scrapbooking team has in store for you.

If you are interested in reading more about how we got involved in sending our projects to a nursing home please stop by here. They could really use all of our help.

Your next stop is Stephanie. Below is the complete line up for the blog hop. Again, thank you for joining us for the hop, we hope you enjoy our projects tonight

Whimsical Wednesday:http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/

Stephanie:http://www.alwayscrafting.com/

Star http://starspaperpassion.blogspot.com/

Jessica http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/

Shelly: http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com/

Chloe: http://chloeandherclipons.blogspot.com/

Amber: http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Melanie: http://inlovewithabug.blogspot.com/

Faith-Abigail: http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/

Cindy: http://cindybcreations.blogspot.com/

Joni: http://justcounting.blogspot.com/

GiGi: http://thecricutbug.blogspot.com/

Amber: http://stayingcrafty.blogspot.com/

Carlene: http://misspinkcricut.blogspot.com/

Karen: http://kaleidoscopicsparkles.blogspot.com/
Glora: http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Nanne: http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/
Cathryn: http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Whimsical Wednesday: http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/

Whimsical Wednesday

2011-07-06T09:57:00.000-07:00

Good morning. I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend. First I have some winners to announce, and then a little information about our Blog Hop on Friday night. You will want to stick around until the end:

Now for some winners:

The random winner of the Hannah Cart (from the past four challenges) is Sherrie K. From Sherrie Scraps With Passion

The random winner of the Post It Paper from the "Let's Get Patriotic" Challenge is #18 Sandi S.

Congrats ladies. Please get me your addy so that I can get your stuff out to you.

Please do not forget we still have a very special challenge that is opened. We had 56 entries for the "Let's Get Patriotic" challenge. We all would love to see just as many enter the "Get Well Wishes" challenge for Angelo and his family. Please scroll down or click on current challenges for all the information.

In case you have not noticed we are not having a challenge today. However, we are having a blog hop this Friday, July 8 at 7:00pm EST. You will get to meet the new Design Team, while seeing some great projects. There is something a little extra special about the hop, so please come back on Friday to check it out.

I just love our blog hop badge!!! A big thank you to our very own talented designer, Cindy, who did the art work, and Chloe, another one of our talented designers, for getting the date and time on there and then turning it into a badge. The blog hop will run through Sunday and end at Midnight. In addition to some other great prizes, the grand prize for our blog hop is one of my favorite crafting tools, a Gypsy:

Do you want extra chances to win our grand prize before our hop even begins? Here is how:

1. Pick up our blog hop badge and put it on your side bar and link it back to this post. Come back and leave me a comment letting me know you did.

2. Write up a blog post about our blog hop with a link back to this post. Come back and tell me about it.

3. Post about this on FB or any other social network you belong to. Come back and tell me about it.

That is three extra chances. For each one you do, please leave a separate comment.

In case you missed my post on my other blog, here is the new Whimsical Wednesday Design Team:

Scrapbooking:
Star: http://starspaperpassion.blogspot.com/
Jessica: http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/
Nanne: http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/
Cindy: http://cindybcreations.blogspot.com/
Cathryn: http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Amber: http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/
Carlene: http://misspinkcricut.blogspot.com/
Chloe: http://chloeandherclipons.blogspot.com/
Faith-Abigail: http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/

Card Team A:
GiGi: http://thecricutbug.blogspot.com/
Cindy: http://cindybcreations.blogspot.com/
Shelly: http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com/
Faith-Abigail: http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/
Melanie: http://inlovewithabug.blogspot.com/
Amber: http://my3escrapbooking.blogspot.com/

Karen: http://kaleidoscopicsparkles.blogspot.com/
Card Team B:
Star: http://starspaperpassion.blogspot.com/
Cathryn: http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Glora: http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Joni: http://justcounting.blogspot.com/
Jessica: http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/
Cindy: http://cindybcreations.blogspot.com/
Amber: http://stayingcrafty.blogspot.com/

I think that is it for now. We hope you see you back here this weekend for the hop. Until next time, thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your week.

Special Get Well Wishes

2011-06-29T07:01:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #13. Before we get started with this weeks challenge I have to say thank you to the DT for such a great three months. It is because of all your dedication, hard work, and amazing projects that WW has become a success. To all the participants who have supported us, a thank you, to you as well. Thank you for all the comments, and e-mails letting us know how much you like the blog:) We hope to continue to bring you fun challenges in the months to come.

For our challenge this week both card teams agreed to participate and make get well cards for a fellow bloggers grandson. Margie, from Bella Bug Creations, Grandson, Angelo, (he if fifteen months old) is going through a very difficult time right now. Angelo underwent brain surgery last week to remove a brain tumor, and will begin chemotherapy (I think today actually). We all hope that this will bring a little cheer to him and his family. You can read more about Angelo here. Now for the design teams sneak peaks:

Stephanie

Star

Jess

Cindy

Cathryn

Amber

Sonia

GiGi

Roberta

Kim

Charlotte

Zeni

What a great bunch of wonderful sneak peeks. Please be sure to hop on over to each of the designers' blogs to see their completed projects and get all the great details.

For this week we hope that you will all join us in this challenge and create get well cards for Angelo. Once you have uploaded your card to the linky please e-mail me at sar342@aol.com and I will send you the address for you to send your cards.

The random winner of the "Fun With Color" challenge is #7 Daynene. Congrats. Please e-mail me with your addy so that I can get your post-it paper out to you.

Last weeks challenge was the last in the series of four, I can not announce the winner because it is still opened. Since our new term will be starting in July, I will start the series of four challenges then. For this challenge one random winner who enters can win this:

I was not so sure about this cart when it first came out, but I have changed my mind because lately I have seen some of the cutest projects made with it.

Just a few things before I move onto the guidelines. This Saturday I will be announcing the new DT on my personal blog. I was going to announce it on here too but I do not want this post to be moved down. On July 6 we will not be having a challenge. Instead I will announce the winners of the "Lets Get Patriotic" challenge and the winner of the Hannah Montana cartridge. I will also list all the DT members in that post. On Friday, July 8 at 7:00pmEST, the new team will be having a blog hop. Then on July 13 our challenges will start back up again:)

This current challenge will end on July 13. Please have all your cards mailed out to me by July 15. Here are the rest of the guidelines:

1. Create a get well card for Angelo, upload it and then e-mail me for the address you can mail it to.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.

3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's

4. Link your project to InLinkz by July 13 at midnight.

All of the challenges remain open for two weeks, but there is a new challenge every week. The "Lets Get Patriotic" Challenge is still opened. We are hoping that you will all join in this challenge this week, it sure will help to cheer up a family that is facing difficult times.

Let's Get Patriotic

2011-06-22T07:26:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge # 12. This week our challenge is to create a patriotic card/project and you must include Brads, Bling, or Buttons. You can include all three, but you MUST include at least one of the three B's. Here is the sneak peeks for this week:

Stephanie

Kim

Zeni

Cindy

GiGi

Roberta

I can't wait to see all the Patriotic Projects. Please be sure to hop on over the Designer's Blogs to see their finished projects and all get all the details about them.

The winner of the "Happy Fathers Day" challenge is #48 Arlene. Please contact me with your addy so I can get you "You're So Punny" stamp set out to you. Thank you again Joy for being our sponsor.

This week one random winner who enters the Patriotic Challenge will receive this:

After four challenges all the names will be combined and one random winner will receive this:

Next week is the last post for our current design team and we also have a very special challenge planned for you all so please be sure to check back in.

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:

1. Create a Patriotic card/project. You must include Brads, Bling, or Buttons. You can use all three, but must use at lease ONE of the three B's.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.

3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's

4. Link your project to InLinkz by July 6 at midnight.

All of the challenges remain open for two weeks, but there is a new challenge every week. The "Fun With Color" Challenge is still opened. Enjoy your week. We are looking forward to seeing all of your projects. Have fun with the color challenge!!

Fun With Color-Challenge #11

2011-06-15T07:21:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. Thank you to everyone who continues to join us, and to those of you who are just joining us for the first time. This week we are having fun with color and using a photo for our inspiration. You can create any card/project that you would like, but you must include Yellow and Red, and then you can chose any other color/colors from this photo. Here is the photo for your color inspiration:

Is that not the cutest little scrapping space you have ever seen? I just love the colors!!! I googled color inspiration photos and this popped up. I wanted to link it so the owner from where I found it gets credit. Here are the sneak peeks for this week:

Stephanie

Amber

Jessica

Cathryn

Charlotte

Star

Sonia

Cindy

Wonderful sneak peeks. Please make sure you hop on over to the designer's blogs to see what they came up with and for all the details on their projects.

The random winner of the "Fun In The Sun" Challenge is #3 Chloe. Chloe please contact me with your addy so I can get your My Creative Time "Have Fun In The Sun" stamp set out to you. Congrats Chloe, I know you are going to love this set. Thanks again Emma for sponsoring us!;)

This week one random winner who enters the challenge will get this:

I am going to challenge you all to use the Yellow and Red (must do this anyway) but just pull ONE other color from the photo. If you do this you can upload your project twice and then you will have an extra chance to win the post it paper. It also means that your name will be put into the drawing for the Hannah cart an extra time for this week.

After four challenges all the names are combined and one random winner will get this:

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:

1. Create a card/project using the photo above for your inspiration. You must use Yellow and Red, then you can chose any other color/colors from the picture. For an extra entry use Yellow, Red, and only one other color from the picture.

2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.

3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's

4. Link your project to InLinkz by June 29 at midnight.

All of the challenges remain open for two weeks, but there is a new challenge every week. The "Happy Fathers Day" Challenge is still opened. Enjoy your week. We are looking forward to seeing all of your projects. Have fun with the color challenge!!

Happy Father's Day-Challenge #10

2011-06-08T07:24:00.000-07:00

Welcome to another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. Since Father's Day is right around the corner that is what our challenge is for this week. We had to make a Father's Day card/project. Here are the sneaks:

Stephanie

Kim

Zeni

Cindy

GiGi

Roberta

I can't wait to see all the completed projects. Make sure you hop on over to each of the designers blogs to see all their completed Father's Day projects and for all the details.

It is time to announce the winner of the Nifty Fifties Cartridge and the Post-It Paper from the Tag It Challenge.

Nifty Fifties, past four challenges: Sheila from ScrapnDesgin

Post-It Paper Tag It Challenge: #15 Toeychild

Congrats ladies. Please contact me with your addy/info so I can get your prizes out to you.

This week our sponsor is Joy from Joy's Life, thank you Joy. One random winner who enters this week's challenge will have a chance to win Joy's "You're So Punny" Stamp Set. Thank you Zeni for getting the sponsor for this week's challenge. You can see all of Joy's products here.

After four challenges all the names will be combined and on random winner will receive:

1. Create a Father's Day card/project.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by June 22 at midnight.

All of the challenges remain open for two weeks, but there is a new challenge every week. The "Fun In The Sun" Challenge is still opened. Enjoy your week.We are looking forward to seeing all of your projects. Have fun!!

Fun In The Sun-Challenge #9

2011-06-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

Good morning crafty bloggers. I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!:) June is finally here, and it won't be long till the first official day of summer, just 20 more days. This is the first Wednesday of the month so that means our team is scrapbooking. What better way to kick off the month with a summer LO?!...the twist....the LO's must include stamping.

Before I move on to the sneak peeks, I sadly have to mention that this month marks the end of the three month term for our current Whimsical Designers. For the ladies, Leah, Nanne, and Gaby, that have been exclusive to the scrapbooking team this will be their last post. It has been such a pleasure getting to know these talented ladies. With each challenge they brought wonderful ideas, and inspiration. I hope you will join me this week by visiting their blogs and thanking them for their hard work, and amazing projects. Now here are the sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Star

Gaby

Leah

Jessica

Nanne

Cindy

Cathryn

Loving the sneak peeks once again. Please be sure to head on over to each of the designer's blogs for completed projects and all the details.

The random winner of the "Back To Basics" challenge is Alvina (#33). Please contact me with your address so that I can forward the information on to Zeni, and she will mail out your Cosmo Cricket Card Lacing Kit. I will also e-mail your winner badge for your the sidebar of your blog. Thank you again Zeni for the great prize.

This week my sweet friend Emma is sponsoring our challenge with one of her newest stamp sets Have Fun In The Sun

One random winner who enters the challenge this week will receive the set. This is such a great set for your summer scrapbook pages, cards and BBQ invites:)

Last week ended the round of four challenges. So it is time for a new cartridge. Here is what you can win once the next four challenges are over.

This cartridge is filled with fun images, but what is most fun about it is the amazing font. I am sure most of you may know this already, but in case you are unaware you can head on over to the official Cricut Site and click on cartridge library and then you can view all the cricut manuals and images. I always check out the handbook before purchasing a cartridge.

I am sure most of you have noticed the Current Challenges/Guidelines tab at the top of the page. I finally added that information to the page. If you click on that tab I have linked up the current challenge. If you can click on them it will take you directly to the current challenges. I will still continue to put the guidelines on this page too:

1. Create a summer LO. It must include stamping on it.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by June 15 at midnight.

All of the challenges remain open for two weeks, but there is a new challenge every week. The "Tag It" Challenge is still opened. Enjoy your week. Have fun creating your summer LO's, we can't wait to see all of your submissions.

Tag It

2011-05-25T06:58:00.000-07:00

Hello Whimsical Crafters. I have to give a big thank you to everyone who has been coming over to the new blog, commenting, and entering the challenges. Most of all thank you to the designers, this blog could have never been this successful without you all! I hope you are all enjoying the new blog, as much as we are. This week our challenge is to create a tag and include some type of bling on it. I consider bling anything that is shiny, but you interpret it as you see fit. Here is the fabulous Design Team peaks:

Stephanie

Amber

Jessica

Cathryn

Charlotte

Star

Sonia

Cindy

Kim

I know the sneak peeks have me intrigued. Please be sure to hop on over to the DT's blogs to see their blinged tags, and all the details. Thank you ladies for another bunch of amazing projects.

The random winner of the take shape challenge is #11 Wendy. Please e-mail me so I can get you your post it paper and your winner badge. If any previous winners would like to contact me I will give you a badge for your blog as well...I just keep forgetting I even have it. Out of site out of mind:)

This week I am giving away another pack of post-it paper to one random winner who enters the challenge. If you have not had a chance to play around with this stuff I encourage you to, it cuts great on the cricut.

After four challenge all the names will be combined and one random winner will be chosen to get this prize

Just to clarify some of your questions about this prize if you enter one challenge of the four then your name gets entered once, if you enter twice then your name gets entered twice..and so on.

Here are the rest of the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Make a tag and incorporate bling somewhere on it. You interpret "bling"
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by June 8 at midnight.

Each challenge will remain opened for two weeks, but we will still have weekly challenges. Last weeks Back to Basics challenge is still opened, just scroll down for details.We can't wait to see your blingy tags. Have fun!!!

Back To Basics

2011-05-18T07:26:00.000-07:00

Good morning and welcome to another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge (#7). This week the challenge is to create a card/project that is cricutless. In addition to not using the cricut, we had to use some type of "old school" embellishment (sticker, rub-ons, chipboard, glitter...) Here are the Design Team's sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Kim

Zeni

Cindy

GiGi

Roberta

Great sneak peeks again. Make sure you head on over to each of the designer's blogs to see their completed projects and all the details about them. There is some great inspiration to get you started on your project.

The random winner of the Birthday Themed LO is Crafting Katie. Please contact me so that I can get your shabby crinkle ribbon out to you. Congrats Katie.

This week our very own Whimsical Designer, Zeni , is sponsoring the challenge. She is offering a Cosmo Cricket Home Decor Lacing Card Kit:

Looks like a lot of fun:)! Thank you Zeni. After four challenges all the names will be combined together and a random winner will get this:

Here are the challenge guidelines:
1. Make a cricutless project and use an "old school" crafting item...you decide what is "old school". Can also see examples above.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by June 1 at midnight.

Each challenge will remain opened for two weeks, but we will still have weekly challenges. Last weeks Take Shape Challenge is still opened, just scroll down for details. Thank you all for your continued support. We are all enjoying your entries and can't wait to see your cricutless creation. Have a great week, and have fun with the shape challenge.

Take Shape

2011-05-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

Hello crafters. I hope you are having a great week. Welcome to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #6. This week our challenge is to make a shape card. Here are the sneak peaks of the Design Team:

Stephanie

Amber

Jessica

Cathryn

Charlotte

Star

Sonia

Cindy

What a fun bunch of sneak peeks. Make sure you hop on over to each of the Designer's Blog to see their completed projects and details. Just click on the designers names to go their blogs.

UPDATED: Wow I just went around and looked at everyone's project's and they are amazing. Each of the designers were so creative with their shape cards. If you don't have a gypsy, or even a cricut you will definetly see other ways you can make a shape card! Great job ladies!!!!!

Now I have some winners to announce:

Post it Paper: Paula Bee

Pop Up Cards: Ester

The following are the winners from the first post when WW opened:

Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment: Maureen Reiss

Shabby Vanity Header and Matching Button/Blinkie: Pamela Lash

Please contact me with your addy so I can get your stuff mailed out to you. Pamela once you e-mail me I will get you hooked up with Madeline from The Shabby Vanity. Congrats ladies!!

This week the prize is:

And after four challenges all the names will be combined from the four challenges and have the chance to win this:

Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Make a shape card
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by May 25 at midnight.

Each challenge will remain opened for two weeks, but we will still have weekly challenges. Last week's Birthday Celebration Scrapbook LO is still opened, just scroll down for details. Thank you all for your continued support. We are all enjoying your entries and can't wait to see what shape card you will design:) Have a great week, and have fun with the shape challenge.

Happy Birthday Challenge!

2011-05-04T07:16:00.000-07:00

Hello bloggy friends, welcome to WW challenge #5. It is the first Wednesday of the month and that means it is time for a Scrapbook Challenge. This week the challenge is to create a Birthday LO and include some type of embossing. Here are the sneak peeks

Stephanie

Star

Gaby

Leah

Jessica

Nanne

Cindy

Cathryn

Another fantastic group of sneak peeks. These ladies never just never cease to amaze me. You are sure to have lots of inspiration to get you started on your birthday themed LO. Please make sure you hop on over to each of the DT's blogs (just click on their names) to see their completed LO and details.

The winner of the Spring Has Sprung In Our Homes is Barb O. Please contact me at sar342@aol.com with address so I can get your Cute and Cuddly PK stamp set out to you.

This begins the first of four challenges so this is what is up for grabs this month:

For this weeks challenge the prize is a bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique.

That is a sample of the ribbon but you will be able to head on over to Patsy shop and pick the color of you choice. I love her ribbon and I know you will too:).

Here are the guidelines for the challenge
1.Make a scrapbook LO that has some type of embossing on it
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by May 10 at midnight.

Each challenge will remain opened for two weeks, but we will still have weekly challenges. Last week's Royal Celebration is still open, just scroll down for details. That mean there is two challenges opened foryThank you for stopping by today, we can't wait to see all your projects. Most importantly have fun.

It's A Royal Celebration

2011-04-27T07:26:00.000-07:00

Hello crafters and welcome to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #4. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. All the buzz this week is about the highly anticipated Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate. So this week, we are joining in on the fun and creating projects to celebrate the big day. Here are the sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Kim

Zeni

Cindy

GiGi

Roberta

Cathryn

I get so excited every week when the designers send me their sneak peek photos, and just can't wait to see them completed. It is so hard for me not to e-mail them and say...I can't wait you have to send them to me NOW. They always look so fabulous that I can only imagine what they look like completed. It is so hard for me not to e-mail them and say...I can't wait you have to send them to me NOW. Please be sure to hop on over to each of the designers blogs, by clicking on their names, to see each of their completed projects.

Now onto to the random winner of the April Showers Bring May Flowers Challenge:

Tammy from The Purple Muse

Congrats Tammy! Please e-mail me your address so I can get your Mom You Rock Stamp set out to you. I have had some e-mails asking about a Whimsical Wednesday Challenge winner badge, so I decided to have Madeline design one. I have the code for that badge so I can e-mail that to all winners to display on their side bars of their blog...if they wish.

This week your challenge is to create a project to celebrate the Royal Wedding. When I e-mailed the team I told them to think crowns, wedding dress, prince, and princesses. There is no must haves this week, you are free to do whatever you would like with this challenge.

This weeks random winner will receive a pack of Post It Craft Paper. This paper has one side that has adhesive. The pack is an assortment of the brights collection.

After four challenges all the names of the participants for each challenge will be combined and the random winner will win this:

This happens to be the fourth challenge. So once this challenges closed on May 10 all the names will be combined from the past four challenges and then on May 11 a winner will be announced. Here are the guidelines for this weeks challenge:
1.Make a project that is inspired by the Royal Wedding
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by May 10 at midnight.
Each challenge will remain opened for two weeks, but we will still have weekly challenges. Last week's Spring Has Sprung In Our Homes is still open, just scroll down for details. Next week begins the new month so we will be scrapbooking. For now you have two current challenges to keep you busy. Thank you for stopping by today, we can't wait to see all your projects. Most importantly have fun.

Spring Has Sprung In Our Homes

2011-04-20T07:14:00.000-07:00

Good morning and welcome to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge # 3. This week our challenge is to create a Spring Home Decor project. Here are the sneak peeks for this week:

Stephanie

Amber

Jessica

Cathryn

Charlotte

Star

Sonia

Cindy

Another group of fantastic sneak peeks. I can't wait to see all the projects the talented design team came up with. To see the completed home decor projects and details click on the designers names.

Thank you to everyone who entered and supported our challenges. The scrapbook challenge for this month is now closed. Here is the winner of those Cute and Cuddly Peachy Keen Stamps: Cynthia Richards. Please contact me at sar342@aol.com with your address so I can get your stamps sent out to you. I am going to keep the giveaway for the Shabby Vanity custom designed header and matching button, and the Peachy Keen stamp set opened until April 30 and the winners will be announced June 1. Be sure to check that giveaway out by scrolling down to the welcome post.

This weeks prize is another one of those cute Peachy Keen Sets:

After four challenges everyone's name that entered the challenge will be put in to a random drawing for this prize

Here are the guidelines for this weeks challenge:

1.Make a Spring Home Decor project (can include Easter)
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by May 4 at midnight.

Each challenge will remain opened for two weeks, but we will still have weekly challenges. Last week's April Showers Bring May Flowers is still open, just scroll down for details. Next week the designers from team A will be bringing some Royal fun projects! For now you have two current challenges to keep you busy. Thank you for stopping by today and we can't wait to see all your projects. Have fun.

April Showers Bring May Flowers

2011-04-13T07:12:00.000-07:00

Good morning crafty friends. Welcome to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #2. This week the challenge is to create a spring card/project inspired by the title April Showers Bring May Flowers. The projects had to include at least one of the following elements; Umbrella, Rain Boots, Flowers, or Rain Drops. Here is the sneak peaks of the talented design team projects

Stephanie

Kim

Zeni

Cindy

GiGi

Roberta

The sneak peaks look so amazing. I know I can't wait to see them. To see each of the projects and for details click on the designers name to go to their blog.

This week our sponsor is my sweet friend Emma from My Creative Time. Emma has given me her Mom You ROCK stamp set to give to one lucky random winner that enters this challenge. Perfect timing for this awesome stamp set with Mother's Day right around the corner. Thank you Emma!

After four challenges all the names will be combined together and you will have the chance to win this

Here are the guidelines for the challenges:

1.Make a spring card/project inspired by the title April Showers Bring May Flowers. The project must include at least one of the following elements: Umbrella, Rain boots, Flowers, Rain Drops.
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by April 27 at midnight.

Each challenge will remain opened for two weeks, but we will still have weekly challenges. Last week's scrapbook challenge is still open, just scroll down for details. Next week the designers from team B will be bringing spring into our homes! For now you have two current challenges to keep you busy. Thank you for stopping by today and we can't wait to see all your projects. Have fun.

Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #1

2011-04-06T07:03:00.000-07:00

Good morning and welcome! Thank you to everyone who joined in the Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. It was so much fun reading all of your sweet comments about the design team and the new blog. I will announce the winners of the blog hop at the end of the post.

This is an exciting week because it is our first challenge here on the new blog, and instead of just having one or two projects for inspiration you have seven. Cindy from the card team will now also be designing for the scrapbooking team:). This week it's all about scrapbooking. The challenge is to create a Spring or Easter LO and incorporate a bug or critter onto the page. Here are the sneak peeks:

Stephanie

Don't these sneak peaks look adorable? I was so wowed by all of them that every time I would get an e-mail with one attached, I wanted to respond back saying I COULD not wait and I needed to see the completed pages. I controlled myself though! I have been so excited to see them and I am sure they have your interest too, so lets head to the blogs and see what the scrapbooking team has come up with. Just click on the Designers name above their photos to go directly to the blogs.

Now onto the winners of the blog hop:

The winner of the $20.00 voucher to The Kraft Outlet is:
Silvia said... I finished already with the hop and I loved it!
It was incredible great projects and beautiful cards I found. You have a great DT!! Congrats I can't wait for the challenges!

The winner of the shabby crinkle ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique is:
Janice W said- You have offered up some great prizes! Thanks for a chance to win!

The winner of Groovy Times is:

Becky Dunham-Wow Stephanie! What a fabulous hop! So much inspiration in one group of crafters! Now that I have time to get some crafting in, I can't wait to start on the challenges!
The winner of Peachy Keen Dolly Dumplins is:
Melissa said-WOW! What beautiful work! I found four new blogs to follow!!!

Congrats to all the winners. Please contact me with your addresses so that I can get your prizes to you. Thanks again to our sponsors for the great giveaways. We appreciate your support. Don't forget you still have until tomorrow, April 7 at midnight to take advantage of the 10% discount that the The Kraft Outlet is offering. All you have to do is enter the code BLOGHOP at checkout.

When you enter the challenge this week here is the prize that the random winner will win Cute and Cuddly 1 1/8 faces:

After four challenges all of the names of everyone that enters will be combined together (the more challenges you enter the better chance to win) and will receive this prize:

Here are the guidelines for the challenges:

1.Make a scrapbook page/pages of any size that is a Spring or Easter theme, must include a bug and or a critter
2. Please put in your post that you entered your project into this challenge with a link to this blog. I do not ask that you make a project just for my challenge. I know that there are lots of fun challenge blogs out there and I encourage you to play along in as many as you want:) So go ahead and enter your project where ever you like.
3. In order to become eligible for the prizes you must enter the challenge, become a follower of this blog, and leave a comment under our post's
4. Link your project to InLinkz by April 20 at midnight.

Each challenge will remain opened for two weeks, but we will have weekly challenges. Next week the designers from team A will be bringing you showers of inspiration. For now get busy creating those Spring/Easter LO. We can't wait to see what bug/critter cuteness you will add to your pages. Have fun!

Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop

2011-04-01T16:07:00.000-07:00

Hello crafters and welcome to the new Whimsical Wednesday Challenge blog. We are so glad that you could join us for the Grand Opening Blog hop. I am so excited to be introducing to you the Whimsical Design Team. They are all so talented and I know you will be inspired by each and every project they have created tonight, and will be creating in the weeks to come.

We also have two generous sponsors for the blog hop. Babette from The Kraft Outlet has given us a $20.00 voucher for one winner to spend in their store. They also are offering a 10% discount to all shoppers who enter the code BLOGHOP at check out. The discount is valid today thru April 7. I have been using products from the Kraft Outlet since I started crafting last year and I just love it all. The shipping is also so quick, and the customer service superb.

Patsy from Prairie Bird Boutique will be giving a bundle of her handmade ribbon to one lucky winner. It comes in a variety of colors. I just recently started using this ribbon and it is so much fun to work with. Even the packaging it arrives in is beautiful and super quick shipping too. We all know how us crafters are, we get so excited to get our stuff and can hardly wait for the big brown truck to pull in the driveway! Here is a photo of some of the gorgeous shabby crinkle ribbon from Patsy

Thanks to our sponsors for your support.

I am also giving away a little cricut fun

and some Peachy Keen cuteness...Dolly Dumplins 1 1/8 inch faces

In order to qualify for these giveaways you must become a follower of this blog, visit ALL of the Whimsical Designers blogs, and leave a comment for them. You will have until Sunday April 3 at midnight to leave a comment on all the blogs. Please help me in welcoming them with lots of bloggy love. Below is a complete list of all the stops on this hop. When you return please leave a comment letting me know that you visited all the designers.

Thank you for joining us tonight. We are looking forward to creating for you, and seeing all of your creations. Your next stop is http://www.alwayscrafting.com/.

Here is a list of all the stops on the hop (some of the link titles were too long so they wrapped around to the next line, they all work though)

Whimsical Wednesday (you are here): http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/

Stephanie: http://www.alwayscrafting.com/

Star: http://starspaperpassion.blogspot.com/

Gaby: http://www.gabycreates.com/

Leah:http://beeingcreativeandfeelingcherry.blogspot.com/

Jessica: http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/

Nanne: http://www.nannes-creations.blogspot.com/

Kim: http://scrapinmomofoneinspiringlittleboy.blogspot.com/

Zeni: http://www.scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/

Cindy: http://cindybcreations.blogspot.com/

GiGi: http://thecricutbug.blogspot.com/

Roberta: http://txscrappermom.blogspot.com/

Amber: http://stayingcrafty.blogspot.com/

Cathryn: http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

Charlotte: http://alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com/

Sonia: http://archiving-angel.blogspot.com/

Welcome!

2011-03-24T10:37:00.001-07:00

Hello new crafting friends and welcome to the new Whimsical Wednesday Challenge blog. We are happy that you have decided to join us. We are hoping to bring you all fun challenges with lost of inspiration from the talented designers. Challenges will be every week, but each one will stay open for two weeks. You will have plenty of time to get your projects done and linked up here:) Today we are giving away two prizes from Peachy Keen Stamps and The Shabby Vanity. In order to become eligible for the prizes please leave a comment and become a follower. The first prize is

PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortments

If you are lucky enough to own this adorable face set already then you will have the option of picking out another face assortment set. The second prize is

Shabby Vanity Customized Header and Coordinating Badge!!

As you all already know Madeline from the Shabby Vanity designed my personal blog and this new challenge blog. I could not be happier with both of them. I know that who every wins this fab prize is going to love working with Madeline and will love their new blog look:)

Want more chances to win these fab prizes? Here is how

1 chance-become a follower and leave a comment

2 chances-post the new I love Whimsical Wednesday Challenges Badge on Your blog

3 chances- Write a blog post telling your followers about the new blog

4 chances-Facebook and or Tweet about the new blog

For each one that you complete please leave a separate comment. Please do not forget about our blog hop on April 1 at 6pm EST. Blog hop will start right here and then continue on to the Design Team. There is going to be lots of fun projects along with great grand prizes.

The first official Challenge will be on April 6! Thank you for stopping today. We can't wait to start creating for you all!