Whimsy and Stars Design Team Blog Hop {With a Prize!!}

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! To get ready for the season, we are having a blog hop to show off all the Christmas and winter themed images available from Whimsy and Stars Studio and to introduce the new Winter 2013 design team! I am so excited to share that I am on the team! Yippee!

If you just arrived from Lesa's blog, you are on the right track!  If not, please start at the beginning of the hop at the Whimsy and Stars Studio blog to make sure you don't miss out on anything. Hop along and leave a comment for each member of the design team.  

The hop will end on Friday, December 7th at midnight EST.  One random winner, to be announced on the Whimsy and Stars Studio blog on December 8th, will be picked from all the comments received to win the Grand Prize of THREE Digi Stamps.

For my first official design team creation, I decided to make a card using the sweet  Felicity Angel Stamp. You all know that I LOVE to colour and so I went to work, using a soft and subtle colour palette for my card, based on the My Mind's Eye Paper Pack called "Portabello Road". I loved the Blue, Kraft and Gray tones of the paper and tried to highlight them with my colouring. I added some Stickles on her dress and wings...to make them pop. I think my friend Ann would be proud of my shabby card!! I did lots of sponging!

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars- Felicity Angel Stamp

Inks: Copics 

Papers: My Mind's Eye-Potabello Road, Flourishes White CS, 

Extras: Big Shot, MFT Dienamics Snowflakes, Rhinestone

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Retro Sketches #40

Come and Get it Challenges-Blue Christmas

Simon says Stamp - anything goes

Wags N Whiskers - Christmas

Young Crafters Unite-Happy Holidays

PIO - Pile on The Embellishments

For the duration of the hop,  Mabelle is offering a special gift with purchase. With any order from the Whimsy and Stars Studio Etsy store, you can select one of two special images, Stocking Ted or Xmas Tag. 

Thank you for hopping with us today!  Your next stop on the hop is the talented Marsha's blog. 

Don't forget to leave a comment at each stop on the hop to increase your chance of winning the Grand Prize!

Here is the entire blog hop list in case you get lost along the way:   

Whimsy & Stars Studio  http://whimsyandstarsstudio.typepad.com/

Cheryl   http://shestamps.blogspot.com/

Christine  http://christinescreativetherapy.wordpress.com/

Debra http://creamcityangels.blogspot.com/

Kathy  http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com/

Lesa  http://punkydoodlepapers.typepad.com/

Lesley  http://www.alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.com/  <<<<<<<< That's Me!

Marsha  http://www.stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com/

Melissa  http://8ers.blogspot.com/

Suzanne  http://sparklingscrapper.blogspot.com/

Tracy  http://iwannabuildamemory.blogspot.com/