Did you gasp?  Out loud?  I am doing the happy dance here!!  OK…I am introducing two houses you haven’t seen yet…why yes,  (there ARE more) in the Wonderfully Whimsical set!  This sweet toadstool house was a must for me.  It sort of filled a niche in the set that I needed as I was planning, and it just so happens to fit PERFECTLY in the little squares of the Guide Lines Cardstock!!!  I didn’t have to line anything up!  These sweet images are so much fun because they just GO everywhere perfectly!  Between punches, dies, even the new flower dies!  Have FUN with them!  This is why I am passionate about this style!  it exudes FUN! 

 I have so many small sentiments like this which I added to the set.  It will be made very clear tomorrow why they are this size, but there are so many useful ones, and some larger ones ilke you saw yesterday with the birthday, happy, and anniversary ones.  The larger ones are all separate, so you can mix and match words AND colors!

 This next house  has a perfectly stitched roof, just like the hill!  With a little heart on it, it begged to be a Valentine’s card.  Another sentiment which is in the set!  That is the great thing about these houses…so many possibilities

 I just stamped the little group of three hearts all the way up   So much fun and so FAST to color!

 Here is a sweet little bookmark I made for Sophie.  She loves music notes, so I went heavy on them for her.  I LOVE how the hill looks stamped onto the Bitty Box patterned paper! 

 I decided to color the tree trunk in a fun pink and yellow!  This makes it soft and feminine A fun bookmark in only minutes.  I love these little images The look of stitching without the work!

So now you have seen: Two trees, Three houses, Chimney hearts, a birdie, a music note, one cute hill, Lots of sentiments (Birthday, Valentine’s, Anniversary, Happy, day, Our New Home) and there is still SO MUCH MORE!  Can you believe it is $15.00?  I am still trying to figure out how it all fit!! 

Time to go see what the other girls have in store as well!

Our New Home Card

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical (Due out the 15th through Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Guide Lines Cardstock,  Stamper’s Select White, Berry Sorbet

Ink: Pallette Noir, Berry Sorbet

Other: Copics

Happy Valentine’s Day Card

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical

Paper: Pure Poppy, Stamper’s Select, Simple Valentine Patterned Paper

Ink: Palette Noir, Pure Poppy, Hibiscus Burst

Other: Copics, Vintage Buttons (Scarlet Jewel, Hibiscus Burst)

Songbird Bookmark

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical

Paper: Stamper’s Select, Bitty Box Basics

Ink: Palette Noir, Spring Rain

Other: Copics, Spring Moss Twill Ribbon,  Large Eyelet SU!

Hello Everyone!  Welcome to my very first set “Wonderfully Whimsical!”  The countdown has started and I cannot wait to break this set in for you slowly!!  I have been hearing from the team that they really can’t put this set down!  I am DYING to see what everyone has made!!  Now…this set will retail for $15.00 but you would think with how many images are in this set, it would be bigger!  There are ENDLESS possibilities of combos and coloring and non-coloring and…OK…I will stop blabbing now, and jump right in!  Today I am going to share a couple of the images Nichole peeked on her blog along with the other tree from the set and a sweet birdie and some sentiments.  There is SO MUCH MORE!  Wait until you see tomorrow!!!

First up:  “O little tree, how sweet and stripey you are!  Perfect for so many things!  Even Christmas!   Today…you are a sweet little girl tree”

  This sweet tree has the most lovely small circles around it’s base to tempt mini rhinestones or fun coloring options!  Since this is a girlie tree, it needed rhinestones, don’t you think?

 SO many sweet little sentiments in this set…they can be used alone or put somewhere special, but you will see that tomorrow

 Some pretty glitter on Scor-Tape to bring some more prettiness!

 Sweet little tree!

The next image up is the little house Nichole previewed yesterday!

 A sweet combination of sentiments to make an all-occasion happy card!

 Cutting the roof panel and putting it up on a dimensional gives a lift to this sweet house!

 and those hearts coming out of the chimney!  A sweet little stamp that can be used for so many applications!

 I {heart} trees!  This little card is perfect for giving some cash!  You know, money does grow on trees!  Fun to color in those little circles at the base of the tree!  Finish it off with some mini rhinestones, and I can see Christmas a comin’!

 What about the man in your life?  This tree and hill are SO MUCH FUN!  It is whimsical, but when kept in a mono-chromatic color and stamped on real wood, this image transforms itself into a gift worth giving to your husband. 

 Just some dark chocolate ink and dark chocolate satin ribbon to make it complete!  Easy as pie!

 and the “Happy Anniversary” sentiment, perfect for that special day

 You didn’t think this set would get out of my computer without a music note, did you?  Keeping with the masculine theme, this stiched card is again just colored a bit in all of the right places.  So fast, so fun!

 and the sweet little bird with the word!  “Happy Birthday” sung straight to the recipient!

I hope you liked the sneeks today!!  Wait unti tomorrow!!!  I will unveil TONS more exciting images in FABULOUS colors!  Wait til you see!  OH WHAT JOY!

Make sure you go and see what the other girls have done with their sets

It’s a Girl Card:

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical (Due out on the 15th)

Paper: Kraft, White, Sweet Blush

Ink: Palette Noir, Dark Chocolate, Ocean Tides, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise

Other: Scor-Tape, Martha Stewart Glitters, 1/2 inch circle punch, 3/4 inch circle punch, copics

Happy Happy Day Card:

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical

Paper: White, Ocean Tides, Cosmo Cricket

Ink: Palette Noir

Ribbon: Ocean Tides Grosgrain

Button: Vintage Button: Summer Sunrise

Other: Copic markers

I {heart} trees Card:

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical

Paper: New Leaf, Berry Sorbet, White

Ink: Palette Noir

Other: Copic Markers

Happy Anniversary Wood Tag:

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical

Paper: Wood Tag (Ellen Hutson)

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Ribbon: Dark Chocolate Satin

Happy Birthday Card:

Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical

Paper: Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Turning a new Leaf patterned paper

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado

Other: Copics Dark Chocolate stiched grosgrain ribbon, Dark chocolate vintage button

Karen:  Karen got our top spot of the week!  Well, what can I say?  When you mimic the ceiling so beautifully, and the sweet squared jewels and ruffled ribbon give such a lift to this card, it is so hard to pass up!  Beautiful job, Karen!  See her amazing take on the inspiration photo HERE

Beth:  Beth created this absolutely STUNNING card HERE and instantly captured my heart with her sublime use of pearls to hint at the chandelier suggested in the inspiration photo.  Remember, these colors can be incorporated or as jumping off spots.  There are no hard and fast rules on color, especially if you don’t have them, but I just love how well the cool colors of the blue and grey work with the soft caramels of the tea toned journaling card and butterflies!  Who knew the warms and cools could come together so nicely?  Beautiful.

Suzanne:  Suzanne was the last one to submit her card found HERE, but certainly it took my breath away when I saw it.  I love everything about it!  The checks, the ribbon application, the tiny bow.  SIMPLY WONDEFRFUL!  I hope Melissa Bickford get to see what you have done with her set.  Amazing work, Suzanne!

I will be back next week with a new challenge!  I have been working toward my first release countdown this week, so I really need time to devote to that.  So give yourselves a break, enjoy my countdown posts this coming week, and we will all have fun and be back on Tuesday for another challenge!  GORGEOUS work this week, friends!

Thanks so much all of you for your kind words about my first set coming out!  I have to tell you that it is PACKED with images!  Those two are just the tip of the very big, and yet very affordable iceburg!!!  I like to get BANG for my buck, so as you are growing with {Studio 64} you will feel like you are really getting every pennies worth, especially with so many sets to choose from these days!  So….to update you on some more things!  It feels like I have been gone for a while, I guess because I have!  I spent most of my week last week in North Jersey for rehearsals, and during my time there, Emma called me with the BIG NEWS about her audition for Willy Wonka!  SHE GOT CHARLIE!  How cool is that?  So since I have been home, we have been running lines, and goingh over some of the many songs she will be singing!  The songs are some of the movie ones, as well as some others written for the stage production, so she actually has many more songs than the movie has.  My best friend was so sweet and showed up with a HUGE Wonka bar for Emma at church yesterday!  That was so encouraging to her!  So that is exciting news!! 

Since my release week is upon me, and I got my set on Saturday (at midnight when I got home,) I have decided to announce the Compose a Card winners at midnight tonight, but hold off one more week so I have time to work with my set.  So Compose a Card will be back next week!  I will try to get  a badge for the challenge and a badge to bestow upon the winners to display on their blogs if they wish!  My hope is that I can get that done within the next week or two   But for now…a fun card!  With happy spring colors!

 YUM!  Fresh Snow ink on Lemon Tart cardstock!

Have a FABULOUS day, and think of me as I create with abandon this week!!!!  YAY!

Stamps: Green Thumb, Text Style, Polka Dot Basics II

Paper: Pure Poppy, Lemon Tart, Spring Moss

Ink: Fresh Snow, Ripe Avocado

Other: Pure Poppy Grosgrain Fiskars Scalloped border punch

The sneak peek is out, and here it is:

Are you excited yet?  I think the next week will bring lots of sentences like “I can’t stand how cute this is” and “Look at how sweet these  images are” from me.  This is the week of debuts for me!  I JUST got back late last night from singing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC with Antioch.  I HAD SO MUCH FUN!  I let it all loose and had a good time.  You know, the audience LOVED it!  The entire program was in Italian.  We did a commissioned piece from New York Composer Bruce Adolphe, commissioned by the Strozzi Palace in Florence Italy to go along with the Bronzino exhibit in the museum which they are featuring.  We also did a lot of Italian madrigals in the second half by a lot of composers.  Monteverdi, Rore, and Gastoldi to name a few.  I am glad I let go and really enjoyed myself, because even the composer’s wife was kind enough to come up to me and mention how she loved watching me, because I really looked like I was enjoying myself, and knew all of the emotions I wanted to get across.  I was so happy about that and about how we all sounded as an ensemble.  This is a special group, I tell you.  SO exciting, all of these debuts!  I will bring you a card in the morning, but please let me know what you think of the sneak peek!  I am SO excited!!!!!!

Another DIFFICULT decision this week.  What an amazing group of IDEAS!  LOVED the aprons, RIBBON CARD, Myriad ways of approaching polka dots!  What a JOY you all are.  Thanks for playing!  Isn’t the new link system cool?  I hope it has been bringing more love hits to your blogs too.  It is really nice to see them all together at once!  Here were my choices for TOP 3 this week!

Dana:   Dana made a huge impression on me with this completely clean, well-balanced card.  I loved the black floss, and scalloped frame she chose.  Just beautiful!  You can see her card HERE

Julie:  Julie had a VERY fun time, I could tell!  With the sweet thermometer, and the stitching in the sentiment, this card was begging for some top 3 time!  I like how she did the button coming in from the side like that,  as well as the sweet scalloped border on the side of the card!  How fun!  You can see Julie’s card HERE

Cheryl:  Cheryl was UBER creative and really WOWED me with this amazing use of punched polka dots!  This was genius!  I have to try this!  It would have been simple to keep all the dots the same size and color, but Cheryl just jumped in with two feet!  Amazing!  You can see Cheryl’s card HERE

Well..time to start this week’s challenge!  I have a vimeo video for you too!  I may move my home here rather than You Tube, but you may want to still subscribe to my You Tube as well, just in case!  They seem to be having issues with some of the music to go with my videos due to copyright, which I completely understand, and I certainly don’t want to break the law.  I am just having fun  Being a musician, I am very sensitive to those things as well.   May have to think about more public domain music…but even still sometimes that is an issue with record companies who feature certain artists performing them.  We shall see.  But this is today, and I have a wonderful video for you!  I love this song!
                                

                                   Compose a Card with Becky from Becky Oehlers on Vimeo.

Here is the PDF file for this challenge which includes the recipe, inspiration, pictures of the card and the challenge number for you to print out and keep for your records!

Compose a Card Library Vol1 number 6
Please upload your creations for this new challenge below in the inlinkz spot, and we can all see the lovely thumbnail of your work! 

Stamps: Giga Guide Lines, Mega Mixed Messages

Paper: Enchanted Evening, Soft Stone

Ink: Enchanted Evening, Versamark

Other: Filagree White Embossing Powder, Enchanted Evening Vintage Button, Enchanted Evening Satin Ribbon

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

26

Timestamp: 2010-03-01 06:56:25 UTC

The winner is number 26!

I am sitting here thinking of you all!  This is a card I made using the same colors for the challenge this week, but by adding the Scarlet Jewel in with the Pure Poppy, it is really amazing at how different it looks!  The darker Scarlet Jewel grounds the Pure Poppy.  It also just takes a little of all of this red to make a statement.  Just fun!

So…who would like a little giveaway??  I am lucky to have had many cards published in the last months, as well as a sweet card published in the new March/ April edition of Paper Crafts Magazine  

This issue I have comes with a Top 20 Tips, Tool and Techniques DVD for you as well!

Just leave a comment on my blog before Sunday night at 8pm , and one lucky winner will receive this issue/DVD as well as the card I have featured in the magazine here:

So I would love to hear from you!  A little note…that is all.  So I am headed up to rehearsal.  A two hour trip in the snow.  I am spending the night, that I am thankful for, so no worries about coming home late in bad weather. Right Mom?   Hopefully I will be able to have a video for next week’s challenge.  I have heard nothing from the Flip people, so I will try and work it out as best as I can.  We will still have a song though.    I am also thinking about putting up the photography tips sometime next week, so stay tuned!  All I can really tell you is what I do, and a little bit about how your camera works, which with all of those things, may help you out a lot.  Well…I am off to practice some more!  Hope you enjoyed the week of Red and White!

Stamps: On My Couch, Fancy Flourishes

Paper: Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel

Ink: Scarlet Jewel, Fresh Snow

Other: Vintage Buttons- Scarlet Jewel, Fiskars border punch

Oh I like you sweet little card with a glittery “u” and a cheery fresh snow inked up little sassy heart.  I love you little notebook punched piece of Cosmo Cricket paper.  I love that you are not a “Lovey Dovey” card, but a “Luv ya like you are a really cool friend that rocks” card.  Yeah.  I just “Love ya.”

So…what is happening with you all today?  I am going to be getting ready for not only more snow, but more rehearsing, which I am scared about the snow/driving to the rehearsal combo.  My friend who is a bass is taking me.  I sure do hope it isn’t going to be more than 12 inches.  I have to admit that I like the snow, but not when it mixes with long-distance rehearsals. 

Still waiting to hear on any news about Emma’s audition for Willy Wonka.  She sang a good audition (I only know because I played piano for her,) and she put down that she wanted Veruca Salt or Charlie.   I think she will find out if she got anything or if she is an oompa loompa…which secretly, I think would be pretty cool…I mean…just for the costume itself!  Sophie is back working hard at her oboe.  She has been learning about “girls health” at school and came back today COMPLETELY mortified.  She was so embarassed and giggly.   She said the boys almost walked in when they were showing a picture of a woman’s body.  All the girls screamed.  Oh, the drama.  It is quite funny how much she shares, while Emma never said a WORD about any of the health classes.  That pretty much goes with their personalities.   All of the giggles came home today with Sophie.  Good thing John was out bowling with students on the bowling team today.  Poor guy probably couldn’t handle all of the estrogen today. 

Did I just share WAY too much?  Well…it was funny at least.  OK…more red and white tomorrow!  Don’t forget to try and play in the challenge this week!  There are some fun entries already for you to look at in the new thumbnail links below!

Stamps:  Heart Prints, Signature Greetings

Paper: Vintage Cream, Pure Poppy, Cosmo Cricket

Ink: Fresh Snow

Other: Chipboard U, EK Success Large Heart Punch

Some more red and white goodness for you today!  I have been playing a lot with fresh snow ink on pure poppy cardstock, and loving the outcome.  The flowers and leaves from Blooming Button Bits are stamped in the fresh snow ink.   This is a fun little layout for a 4×4 card.  Quite simple really.   Just some  Simple Valentine  patterned paper with a Pure Poppy mat on white cardstock stamped at the bottom with the Thank You sentiment from Say it with Style.  I used my sewing machine to pierce holes in the middle of the leaves.  I also used Scarlet Jewel buttons instead of Pure Poppy ones.  I really loved how they stood out against the Pure Poppy cardstock.  Just a couple of shades darker made a huge difference.  Hope you like this card.  I {heart} it

Stamps: Blooming Button Bits, Say it with Style

Paper: Stamper’s Select, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Simple Valentine patterned paper

Ink: Fresh Snow, Pure Poppy

Other: Scarlet Jewel Buttons, EK Success embossed scallop border punch