Doodlelicious Blog Hop

Today some of the Whimsie Doodles' Doodlelicious design team members have decided to get together and host a Thank You Hop in honor of Melyssa Connolly.  Melyssa is the owner extraordinaire of Whimsie Doodles and she creates all those adorable images that you can find in the Whimsie Doodle store.  Our design team term officially ended on June 30th.  We have contemplated a sit in (errr, stamp in) and we all agree the time went by too fast!  Each month Melyssa shared so many fun images with us and we wanted to take the time to say "thanks" and share with you our favorite Whimsie Doodles creation.

So, a huge thank you Melyssa!!!

Now, the hard part, choosing just one creation to reshare! 
I decided to go with one of my first projects using Hoot from the Halloween Hootanannies Set.

To see all the details go to the original post from September found HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Here is a list of everyone participating, be sure to hop on over to each of their blogs and say hi!

Have fun hopping!
Smiles,
Julie

Happy 4th!

If you are in the US, Happy Independence Day!  

This image is the latest freebie from Whimsie Doodles!  Yes, this cutie is a freebie!  There is also a Canada Day freebie available too!

Want to find out when freebies are being offered?  Be sure to like Whimsie Doodles on Facebook or  follow the blog. 

My card is for the Outlawz 2,000 member party Greetings Party Challenge - "Your Country".  For me, that means the USA and what better image than one that has sparklers. 
The latest Little Miss Muffet challenge is "Sparkle" - I went with rhinestones and stickles.

My family's celebration will be low key this year as the holiday falls in the middle of the week.  We will be home and hopefully the sun finds it's way out so that the kids can play outside and we can do a few fireworks at night.

 Have a wonderful day!

Smiles, Julie

Details:  Image - Independence Day (Whimsie Doodles), Star stamps - Verve, rhinestones, Stickles - Star Dust, Ink - SU, copics, CS - PTI and SU.

Beach Babe

I live in the United States and the Fourth of July is tomorrow.  We actually already started celebrating by going to see fireworks tonight.  So with that in mind, I decided to pull in some patriotic colors and stars on today's card...Beach Hat Ava put on her star bathing suit, grabbed her striped towel and she is heading to the beach!

My card is based on the final Card Patterns sketch - #172.  I will miss Card Patterns, my Saturday mornings will not be the same without it.  I may not have found time to play along each week, but the sketches were always inspiring and I have been introduced to so many wonderful crafters thru CP.  Fingers crossed that they pass the torch to a new team!

My card is also for the Simon Says Stamp - Sporty and/or Patriotic challenge. 

Plus, the Outlawz 2,000 Member party continues and the deadline to play along has been extended.  The Copic / Promarker challenge is to create something that represents where you are from.  Ava represents the USA and the beach - I live in Connecticut which has one border that is shoreline.  The beach is about 1/2 an hour away!

Smiles,
Julie

Details:  Image - Whimsie Doodles Beach Hat Ava, CS - PTI and SU, Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug, PP - October Afternoon, Sentiment - SRM Sticker.

Christmas Case Study

This week's Christmas Stampin' All Year Long challenge is a fun one!  CASE one of your old Christmas cards or one from a blogging friend.  I headed on over to Leigh Ann's blog, Paper Chase.  She has been one of my biggest supporters from early on and she always has the best layouts on her cards.  I came across this one...

(Leigh Ann's card)

And here is my CASE of her card...

Be sure to check out the rest of the CSAYL team's creations, then get started on your Christmas crafting!   Link up your own CASE study and you may get to be a guest designer for a week in October.

My card is also for the ABC Christmas Challenge - "L"yrics and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" comes to mind with this one.  
Smiles,
Julie
Details for my card:  Image - Whimsie Doodles (Christmas Greetings), PP - Simple Stories, CS - PTI, Copics, Twine and Button from Stash.

So Are You Ready to Hop???!!!

Are you ready for some fun this morning?

The Whimsie Doodles divas are celebrating the launch of Emily Martina's new blog, so grab your coffee or wake up beverage of choice...
and let's get started on our hop! 

Not only will you see some wonderful eye candy as you hop, you will also get this super cute image from Whimsie Doodles for free!

Visit all of the following blogs (in no particular order) and retrieve a special letter from each one. Then look at the jumbled letters  and unscramble them! The word scramble solution will be your special discount code* for the Whimsie Doodles store, and this  super cute image will be yours!

*The code will be good until midnight Friday June 23, 2012!

Emily Martina

Julie Elak {that's me!}

Kim O'Connell

Laura Nehring

Marlene Gomez

Melyssa Connolly

Min Kwiatkowski

Nikki Tanner

Paula Riley

Here is the eye candy sponsored by the letter "S"...

Now it is time to hop, hop, hop!!!

Visit the divas to collect your letters and  see some super mojo inspiring projects!

And before you leave, in case you missed it here is one of your letters...


"S"miles,
Julie

Details:  Image - Whimsie Doodles (Blogger), CS - PTI, Button - stash, Cuttlebug embossing folder, and copics.

Good Luck

Don't you just love pennants?  I was inspired by a card Tracy Schultz made found HERE.

I made this card for my boss who recently moved to a different department.  Gator and Friends seemed like the perfect image to send someone best wishes from a group of people (I am the {self} designated card maker for my department).

Note: I finally bought a pennant die (and a coordinating set) from Lil' Inker Designs - the pole won me over and the sentiments in the stamp set cover every occassion - it was hard to resist :>).  

Smiles,
Julie

Details:  Image - Gator and Friends (Whimsie Doodles), Dies - Lil' Inker Designs, copics and CS - PTI and SU.

A CAS Guy Card, Plus It's Cute

It's time to play along with the CAS challenge team at The Outlawz.  Today in the USA we are celebrating Father's Day. In honor of the men in our lives, this week's challenge is to create a CAS masculine card.

I created a frame with scrap paper to use as a stencil, then stamped the background.  Clean and Simple, masculine, and I still managed to get some cute in there! 

My card is also for the DYSU #76 Boys/Men Masculine challenge.

Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Image - Single Turtles (Whimsie Doodles), Background Stamp - Tin Types (PTI), Ink - Vivid, and copics.

Sweet Sweet Sweet

It's time to play along with the CAS challenge team at The Outlawz.  This week it is all about the fruits of our creative labors. We challenge you to make a CAS project with a fruit theme. It can be the stamp you choose, the paper, a die cut...maybe you are even inspired by a fruit named ink or cardstock?

Well, is there anything sweeter than "Watermelon" from Whimsie Doodles.  This cutie was perfect for this challenge because she is sweet, sweet, sweet.

Be sure to create your own fruit inspired project and link it up at The Outlawz.

Smiles,
Julie
Details: Stamp - Watermelon (Whimsie Doodles), Sentiment - Verve, Ink - Momento, copics, CS - PTI, Ribbon - PTI, and Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Christmas Fun

Have you started getting ready for Christmas?  Now is your chance to start and get the chance to win a prize at the same time.  This week's Christmas Stampin' All Year Long challenge is ANYTHING GOES!  Easy peasy!

My card is based on this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch #160. 
Plus I was inspired by a song for the latest Creative Card Crew Challenge, can you guess which one...Santa Claus is Coming to Town (in about 199 days!).

I also wanted to share how I got the green pattern paper to match my image.  I did a stamping no no and colored up my image before I had decided what I was going to do with it.  Usually, at the very least I have patterned paper in mind when I color, but not this time.  Soooo once it was time to put my card together I realized that I did not have any bright green or red patterened paper.  I did have some lighter green paper from Basic Grey (in a scrap pile no less), so I used my green copic over it to get it to match - super easy and I didn't have to buy paper.  Here is a pic with the original green pp at the bottom.

Be sure to check out the rest of the CSAYL team's creations for inspiration and then get crafting! 

Smiles,
Julie

Details: Image - Whimsie Doodles ('Santa Express), Senitment - PTI, CS - PTI, Copics, Twine - TheTwinery, PP - Basic Grey, Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug, and Button - PTI.

A Smile Sort of Card

I have another new cute Whimsie Doodles image to share with you today...let me introduce "Lady Bug Day"!

This is the sort of image that could be used for so many occasions or just to send a smile!  I definitely need to send out more cards to say "hi".

   

My card is based on Card Patterns sketch #168.  Always good sketches to be found there.

Smiles,
Julie

Details:  Image - Lady Bug Day (Whimsie Doodles), CS - PTI, Ink - Momento, Sentiment - Harold's Alphabet (Lawn Fawn), Ribbon - PTI, Copics and Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Whimsie Doodles' June Release

It's June release time at Whimsie Doodles!

Are you ready for some SWEET images?
How about "Yummy"???

Such a cutie...the LO was inspired by a card I saw by Joanne Basile.  I even stole her idea for the crimping.

Do you see the dimension on the watermelon and bows - I got the idea of using my embosser on the back of part of the image from this card by Cheryl.  Subtle but effective.

 

Now be sure to check out the rest of the DT {see the sidebar} and the Whimsie Doodle's blog, then start shopping at the store!

Smiles,

Julie
Details: Image - (Yummy) Whimsie Doodles, CS - PTI, Copics, Ribbon - PTI, PP - MME.

Whimsie Doodles Sneak Peek

The Whimsie Doodles June release is tomorrow. 

So what do you think it is?

Stop back tomorrow for the full reveal!

Smiles, Julie

Tagging Christmas

It is Friday, which means it is time to start thinking about Christmas!

This week's Christmas Stampin' All Year Long challenge is to make a tag.

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the CSAYL team's fab tags! Then play along and get a head start on your crafty Christmas creations.  Plus, you may just win a prize!

Smiles,
Julie

Details: Image - Whimsie Doodles ('snowman from Tis the Season Tags), Senitment - Verve, CS - PTI, Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug, and Ribbon - PTI.

A Bee Among Roses

Today I am sharing another cutie from Whimsie Doodles, BEEatrice.

I paired her up with a new MFT purchase - my first rolled flower die...I finally caved.  Flowers are not something I typically use on a card, but I keep see all the wonderful creations out there and well, you all sold me on it!
This one is for the Creative Card Crew - Dimension Challenge.

Smiles,

Julie

Details: Image - BEEatrice (Whimsie Doodles), Sentiment - Little Paper Shop (retired set), Die - MFT, CS - PTI and Stickles, Glossy Accents and Copics.

Birthday Painting

Melyssa keeps cranking out the cuteness at Whimsie Doodles.  Right as the May images were being released she added 4 of the most darling little girl images.  Little Artist is my fave and I was inspired to do some "painting" with my copics...

I kept it CAS for the Outlawz CAS challenge to create a Birthday Card.  I grabbed the color combo from the Paper Players - what a fresh and fun pallate.

Smiles,

Julie

Details:  Image - Little Artist (Whimsie Doodles), Sentiment - PTI, CS - PTI and Copics.  Wow, does it get any simpler?

A Dad's Life

The May Whimsie Doodles Challenge starts today! This month's challenge is to BUMP IT UP!  (That is Alicia speak for using embossing on your project.)
There will be 2 winners for the challenge! One (1) lucky winner will be drawn at random to win a FREE Whimsie Doodles image, of their choice, from the latest release. And the second winner will join the Whimsie Doodle team as a Guest Artist in July 2012!!  What a great prize - you get to play with the new releases before everyone else.  Check out all the details on the Whimsie Doodles blog to play along with this month's challenge and link up your own project!

Here is mine featuring Turtle Pile - honestly, I can not get enough of these turtles!  I remember the days when the kids climbed all over my husband.  Actually not too long ago, it still happens!

My card is for the Papertake Weekly Cute, Cute, Cute challenge (there are 3 turtles - a "cute" for each) and the lo is based on May's SFYTT.

Smiles,
Julie
Details: Image - Whimsie Doodles Turtle Pile, PP - Basic Grey, CS & Buttons - PTI, Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug and copics.

Not so Single Turtles

Two of the Whimsie Doodles' Single Turtles (there are 3 in the set) are hooking up!  I guess I should let Melyssa know that she needs to rename the set.

I was inspired by Clean & Simple's sketch #188.

Today is the last day of the Whimsie Doodles' sale - get shopping!

Smiles,
Julie

Details:  Images - (Single Turtles) Whimsie Doodles, Sentiment - (Harold's ABCs) Lawn Fawn, Copics, CS - PTI, Twine- The Twinery and glossy accents.

Whimsie Doodle's May Release

It's May release time at Whimsie Doodles!

This month Melyssa has covered all the upcoming events, from Father's Day to graduations, plus there are some fun spring images too.

My card is based on the sketch from challenge #113 at the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog.

Now be sure to check out the rest of the DT {see the sidebar} and the Whimsie Doodle's blog, then start shopping at the store!

This is the time to shop, because not only is it new release day, it is also Whimsie Doodles' 3rd Birthday!!  To celebrate, Melyssa is having a sale.  Be sure to pick up all your favorite images at 50% off.

Smiles,

Julie
Details: Image - (Grad Monkey) Whimsie Doodles, Sentiment - PTI, CS - PTI, Copics, Ink Momento, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, and twine from the Twinery.

Whimsie Doodles May Sneak Peek

The Whimsie Doodles May release is tomorrow.  Hmmmm...

So what do you think it is?

Stop back tomorrow for the full reveal!

Smiles, Julie

Christmas Pup

It is time for another Christmas Stampin' All Year Long challenge and this week the challenge is ANYTHING GOES!!!

I couldn't resist cuteness this week, so I went with Winter Dog from Whimsie Doodles and kept it CAS.

Be sure to play along, because this week's winner will be a guest designer in July!

 Check out the rest of the CSAYL team's fab creations! Then play along - wouldn't it be great to get a head start on your Christmas crafting???!!!

Smiles,
Julie

Details: Image - Whimsie Doodles (Winter Dog), CS PTI, Embossing Folders - Cuttlebug, copics and PP - October Afternoon.