"Anything Goes"

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. 

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 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"

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

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"

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

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"

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"

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:)