Whimsy Challenge: Love me Anyway

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Whimsy Challenge: Love me Anyway

11:47 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

Hi Everyone!! This is my second post of the day...IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE OUR DAILY BREAD DESIGNS BLOG HOP, Please scroll down to the next post.

Good Afternoon All!! Today is a busy day for me here and blogland with two new releases!! Oh how fun!! This post is to introduce the new challenge over at Whimsy for their new digi release!! Whimsy has lots of new digi's illustrated by Crissy Armstrong and Meljen's Designs!! If you go to the Whimsy blog, you will even have the opportunity to join a New Release Blog hop and have an opportunity to win some awesome images!!

A huge thank you to everyone who played along with us last month for the Whimsy challenge - it was so wonderful to see all your gorgeous Whimsy creations!

So onto this month's challenge - a sketch! Please remember to qualify for entry into the prize draw, you must follow the sketch and use a Whimsy Stamps image (rubber or digi). Please also feel free to rotate the sketch, resize the elements, and add to the sketch (although we must be able to recognize the original layout):

The prize for this month's challenge will be 5 Digital Images of the winner's choice!

To enter our July challenge, please provide a DIRECT link to your new creation by Noon EST on July 31st using the InLinkz feature at the end of this Whimsy post.

For my creation, I used the new~"Love Me Anyway" digi stamp from Crissy Armstrong's digital collection. Isn't it just darling. The dp is some new October Afternoon paper I bought while away on vacation. Love October Afternoon paper and it is not available here so this was quite the treat. The flowers on the ribbon I created with beads and rhinestones.

Caardvarks - Embossing (dry embossing)
Sew Many Challenges- anything goes
Ooh La La Creations -summer
The Crazy Challenge- all things spotty- swiss dots panel
Our Creative Card Corner- blue, green and white
Practical Scrappers- border punches
All Sorts- embossing (top card has dry and heat embossing)
Speedy the Cat's Friend- 3+ flowers
Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Nice and girly.
Corrosive challenge: flowers
CCEE Stampers-Summer Card with flowers
Pile It On: Do something with paper - I distress inked some of it, embossed others, and stitched on others
Papertake Weekly- Stitching
Spoonful of sugar-animals
Digital Tuesday- summertime

For more inspiration, please visit the rest of the talented dt!! listed below:

Crystal Irwin
Simonne Clay
Ann Vento
Erin Bailey
Marley van der Heijden
Patrica Garcia
Rowena Barnard

For more fun and chances to win join our New Release Blog Hop. The hop starts here. You will want to leave comments along the way as well as complete the hop for a chance to win either 2 or 5 digis of your choice!!

Have a great day!! Thanks for visiting and for your comments!

Labels: Whimsy, Whimsy digital images

45 comments:

Tracey said...: I love this card Chris!! The sketch is fabulous and so is your take on it! xx; July 1, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Lori said...: Oh wow Chris, I love the colours you used and the bow, so perfect!; July 1, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Danni said...: I just love this little kitty!! Wonderful card!; July 1, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Vicki Dutcher said...: So precious! Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends~; July 1, 2010 at 12:14 PM
Mark's Finest Papers said...: OH! So cute!!! I love this color combo! Your coloring is OUTSTANDING!!!

Thanks for playing along with Speedy the Cat's Friends; July 1, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Deb said...: beautiful card Chris, so love this cutie, the colours and papers are fabulous too, hugs Debx; July 1, 2010 at 1:34 PM
Kerri said...: This is sooooo CUTE! I adore this image, and I love the bow you added around her neck:) Gorgeous card, woman!; July 1, 2010 at 2:04 PM
Shirley N said...: Adorable Chris, love your layout!; July 1, 2010 at 2:08 PM
Mummylade said...: ooh, this is just adorable! I am so glad you joined the Allsorts challenge with it, good luck.; July 1, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Nannieflash said...: Hi Chris thats one stunning card, love the ribbon around his neck. With love and hugs Shirleyxxxx; July 1, 2010 at 3:04 PM
Silke Ledlow said...: AWWW the kitty is tooooo cute Chris!!! What a gorgeous and elegant looking card!!! Hugs ~S~; July 1, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Annika said...: Loving the design and the use of ornate dies! Beautiful colouring as always!
Hugs
Annika; July 1, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Claudine Poch said...: This is fantastic!! Love the cat image!! Also love how you used all the nestabilities die. Thanks for joining us at Speedy's Friends.; July 1, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Anneke said...: Hi Chris,
so a beautiful card!
Love these cute litlle kitty ;)
And thanks for joining us at digital tuesday :)
Hugs Anneke; July 1, 2010 at 5:12 PM
chris said...: Hi chris, such a beauty and that frame is something else.
hugs chris xx; July 1, 2010 at 5:13 PM
Mina said...: ooooooohhhhhh I think I might have to have this little cutie Chris...stunning card...thanks for joining in with the Bunny Zoe's monthly challenge
Mina xxx; July 1, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Joanne Travis said...: So sweet, Chris! Love this pretty layout too.
Thanks for playing in Speedy's Friends challenge this week!; July 1, 2010 at 6:11 PM
Crystal said...: AWWW Chris this is sooooooo super SWEET!!! I LOVE the blues in this and your take on the sketch is beautiful!!! Girl you did an amazing job with this cutie!; July 1, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Mandy said...: Awww your card is adorable Chris, love the image, the frame, the colours it's all perfect
hugs Mandy xx; July 1, 2010 at 7:01 PM
jdmommy - Anne Harmon said...: Chris, this image is colored so beautifully, and the bg dp is fab!! Love the little bow!; July 1, 2010 at 7:13 PM
coldwaters2 said...: Oh wow Chris this is awesome what a beautiful design I adore the papers and of course that image is super adorable I love it.
Hugs
Lorraine x; July 1, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Shannon Erskine aka e3stamper said...: This is so precious Chris!! Love the little bow you tied around the kitty's neck!; July 1, 2010 at 7:52 PM
Lori said...: Another beautiful card! That kitty is adorable with that bow around his neck!; July 1, 2010 at 8:25 PM
Lacey Stephens said...: Super cute!! Great job with the sketch!! I love it!
~Lacey; July 1, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Vanja said...: Beautfiul card, Chris! Fabulous colouring, I love the cute little bow, great detail.
Hugs, Vanja; July 1, 2010 at 9:01 PM
dawnmercedes said...: thanks for sharing your card with us!

Dawn
Speedy Cat's Friends Challenge; July 2, 2010 at 12:17 AM
Deb Neerman said...: Awww, this is adorable, Chris! I love that sweet kitty and the l'il ribbon you tied around his neck ... just precious!

Hope you have a safe and happy holiday! Sending hugs!!; July 2, 2010 at 1:06 AM
Melodie said...: OMG, such a cute card, the image is also so sweet.
Hugs
Melodie; July 2, 2010 at 1:44 AM
scrappingnomad said...: Great card! Thanks for playing along at Practical Scrappers!; July 2, 2010 at 3:36 AM
kim.mom said...: VERY CUTE!!! TFS at SMC!!; July 2, 2010 at 3:55 AM
Debbie said...: Gorgeous Card Chris,Great take on this months sketch,Hugs Debbie x; July 2, 2010 at 4:57 AM
Jan Hennings said...: so sweet! love the little kitty image and the bow around him:); July 2, 2010 at 7:08 AM
Kirsten...x said...: fabulous card love the image and the embossing looks super...x

Thanks for joining us this week at allsorts hugs kirsten...x; July 2, 2010 at 7:55 AM
Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...: Oh that Kitty is adorable, love his little face, lovin his little bow looks great
Thanks for joinin us at 'The Crazy' this week! Good Luck
Hugs Shell xx; July 2, 2010 at 7:58 AM
Mel X said...: Hiya Chris, Awwww, that kitty is just tooo cute! Love your take on the sketch - gorgeous colours and elements.

I'm so chuffed to be at Whimsy and I'm soo excited to be working alongside ya!

Mel X; July 2, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Kristine Reynolds said...: Great summery card! Thanks for joining us for this weeks Digital Tuesday Challenge!; July 2, 2010 at 11:03 PM
Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie said...: Wonderful card, Chris. I saw this image a week or so ago and loved it immediately. Wonderful blend of colors, textures and patterns. Your stitching is stellar, as always. So happy you could join in the fun at Our Creative Corner this week!; July 3, 2010 at 12:16 AM
Andrea M said...: OMG - this is so darn KA-UTE!!! The kitty is so sweet and I LOVE how you tied the ribbon around his neck! Thanks for playing along with PIO!; July 3, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Barb Craft said...: What a little cutie!!! Your image is so sweet.. and the bow is the perfect touch!! Thanks for playing along at Practical Scrappers!!
Barb :); July 3, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Jennifer said...: Such a fabulous card! Thanks for joining us PTW...good luck xx Jenny xx; July 3, 2010 at 6:16 PM
Cheryl said...: Wonderful! I love your cards and projects. I have to get this image!

Have a safe & happy July 4th week end!

Please stop by my blog and sign up to win my blog candy.

Cheryl
http://shestamps.blogspot.com/; July 3, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Anna said...: So pretty! Thanks for joining us at Pile It On.; July 3, 2010 at 9:49 PM
theneon said...: Another amazingly delightful card by the Glowbug!; July 5, 2010 at 4:43 AM
Anne said...: Fantastic summer card, thanks for joining in at OLL. Hugs x; July 6, 2010 at 4:11 AM
Anne said...: Fantastic summer card, thanks for joining in at OLL. Hugs x; July 6, 2010 at 4:12 AM