Burst of Colors

 *********** SOLD *********** Thanks so much! Hello Everyone! I have no card to share today but I want to offer some of my stamps for sale. I put together a 'Grab Bag'. It contains 28 stamps from different companies. Some of the stamps are mounted on EZ-mount, some are unmounted and there are some clear stamps as well. I'm asking $25 for it plus shipping and PP fees (if applicable). If you are interested please email me at: cocoacrafts(at)gmail(dot)com. (first come first serve basis) Here is another shot of the LOT Thanks for visiting! Hugs, Iris

Hello Everyone ! I'm so excited....today is release day for Whimsy's newest Inspirational Magazine ! This means 92 pages full of stamping goodness, inspiration, tutorials, cards, LO's and much more! And the best thing.... it's all FREE ! So get a cup of your favorite beverage, relax and enjoy! You can also download the magazine to your computer to enjoy offline! My card for today uses one of Whimsy's Digital Images from the Moon Cookie Gallery. It's one of the flower fairies and her name is 'Leslie the Tulip Fairy' . The tulip was done in the feather blending technique and I made a tutorial how to feather blend two opposite color shades. You will find the tutorial in the new issue of the Whimsy Inspirational Magazine HERE , it starts on page 16! This card is up for sale in my Etsy shop Delightful Card Design The fairy was colored using Copics and the DP's I've used are a mix of Basic Grey and Fancy Pants. Bo...

  Hello everyone and welcome to Day 4 of our April Rubber & Die Release Showcase! On Wednesday (18 April) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs and new Shapeology dies. From then until 24 April the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop! And here is the showcase creation I made for today's mini hop using Goldie from Wee stamps. I thought I do her name justice and colored her fishtail golden :-) I also wanted to give her hair a different color...something else then red or blonde what's usually used for mermaids hair.... so I picked turquoise to have a nice contrast to the gold! And of course all the coloring was done with Copics. The sentiment is also from the new release called 'Everyday Sayings Notables 4' and was cut out with the matching die Notables 4 . The chandelier garland and the sweet blossoms are from the Whimsy Buds section i...

Welcome to Whimsy Stamps April rubber stamp and die RELEASE DAY ! Whimsy Stamps is releasing 18 gorgeous new rubber stamps and 4 fabulous new Shapeology dies today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. From today until 24 April the Whimsy DT and Special Guests will be showcasing these wonderful new stamps and dies with a daily mini blog hop . Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you will have 24hrs to enter each prize draw by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. At the end of release week (Wednesday 25 April) we will post a Release Round-Up here on the Whimsy blog . This will include a selection of new release DT work from the past week together with a complete list of winners from the daily mini blog hops. To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT posts listed below by 12:00...

Happy Monday Everyone and welcome to another Belles 'n Whistles Challenge ! Lynda is our host today and the theme this month is 'Spring is in the air...'   So we want to see all your Spring inspired creations! For my challenge creation this month I choose to make a clean and simple card. The sweet image I used is called 'Planting Some Love' and is from the SweetArt Girls II collection available HERE . It's a bit different this time as I did not color my image! I just stamped it onto yellow cardstock using Versamark ink and then embossed it with super fine detailed black embossing powder. A little dry embossing for a border, some punched out small butterflies a few pearls and some Stickles 'Stardust' to finish it up. I did not add a sentiment so I can use it for different occasions. This card was quickly made and can also be easily mass produced for invitations, thank you cards, etc. I hope you like my take on the challenge the...

Happy TGIF Everyone! - even if it is Friday the 13th! ;-) Are you all ready for the weekend? I know I am! Looking forward to soaking in some sun, relaxing, reading and also some craft time :-) Ok onto my card now...today I have another Heartfelt Creation card for you... I used the following stamp sets and dies for this card: Twining Clematis stamp set HCPC 3454, Malabar Clematis stamp set HCPC 3453 and Cross and Lilies Die set HCD 719. All of these are available through Dutch Paper Crafts ! You'll find ordering instructions in almost every post at the very end! It's as easy as writing an email!!! The embossed background is a Tim Holtz embossing folder from Sizzix and I distressed it with Distress Ink 'Pumice Stone' to give it a washed out stoney look. Ribbon, pearls, flower and metall embellishments are from my stash. The rose leave punch is from Nellie Snellen and also available at Dutch Paper Crafts This photo shows the card from a different...

Hello all! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! My project I want to share with you today is Easter themed too and was published in Whimsy's Inspirational Magazine #7  here . In the magazine you will also find a tutorial I made on how to make this paper mache egg! The stamp I used is called Easter Bunny from Whimsy's Wee stamp collection and I colored it with Copic markers. Flowers are all from my stash as are the ribbons. The sentiment I found on Netty's blog it was a freebie. And here's a look on the complete little scene: Thanks for visiting me today and have a great week! Luv 'n hugs, Iris