Burst of Colors

Here are my inspirational creations for day 2 of the Whimsy Stamps August Release ! First up is Fall Fox , a rubber stamp illustrated by Krista Heij Barber. I made a CAS scene card using only Whimsy products and here is how.... To create the cloud background I used the Stitched Cloud die se t and a blank stencil sheet . Using the large solid cloud die (not the outline one) I partial die cut the clouds along the edge of a blank stencil sheet alternating the two sides of the cloud die. So I would have different sizes of scallops on my stencil. This is what my self-made stencil looks like: To partial die cut you sandwich your die between your cutting plates so that only the part of the die you want to cut is under the top plate. Only that part will be cut. Then I sponged the background with distress inks using my new cloud stencil. I used hot pressed watercolor paper for my card and also to stamp the image on. The meadowy hills are created with the curved die of the St...