Burst of Colors

Hello Everyone! I'm here today with my second posting for Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps as a guest designer. This time I have an 'All White' card to share..well almost....the sentiment is stamped with black ink and I've added 3 tiny blue rhinestones...but see for your self: The gorgeous dragonfly is from the Dragonflies 2 clear stamp set and cut out with the matching Dragonfly Die . I stamped with VersaMark ink onto white cardstock and heat embossed using clear super fine detailed embossing powder. The sentiment is from the Dragonflies 2 set as well.  Here's a close look on the dragonfly: And here you can see how nice the heat embossing looks. Other dies I've used are from Memory Bo. The white grosgrain ribbon and the three tiny blue rhinestones are from my stash.  Thanks for visiting me here today. I'll be back tomorrow with a new Graph'It marker creation for the new challenge!  Hugs, ...

Hello All and a Happy New Year! I start off the new year with a 2 month guest designer position at Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps . I am all excited about it and if you don't know their line of stamps yet make sure you check them out! They've got beautiful rubber and clear stamps with matching dies. Here is my first GDT card in CAS style The dragonfly stamp and the sentiment are from the Dragonflies 2 clear stamp set. The Card measures 7 1/2" x 3 1/2". The dragonflies were stamped with Memento inks Lulu Lavender, Sweet Plum and Elderberry onto white smooth cardstock. I then cut them out using Spellbinders square Nestabilities and layered them onto scalloped, dark lilac squares. the sentiment was stamped with Memento Elderberry ink onto the lavender cardstock. The only embellishments I've used are 3 small lavender pearls.  Close-up on one of the dragonflies and the sentiment. I'm usually not a big fan of clear stamps but these give ...

Hello Everyone , hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. It's Friday and time for another Graph'It marker challenge . This week we are challenging ourselves to get out of our comfort zones and use a color we would not normally pick to color an image. I chose orange and yellow, two colors I'm not using very often to color. Just not my favorites. But I really like the rich tones you can get with the Graph'It markers . The cute image is from LOTV as well as the sentiment , the flowers are from WOC and the DP is from Basic Grey's Piccadilly collection.   Graph'It Colors used: Yellow: 1110, 1130, 1180, 1280 Orange: 2130, 2120, 2110, 2105 Blue: 165, 7140, 7150 Teddy: 3255, 3250, 3210, 9400, 4135, 4145 Outline: 9100, 9101 I also used the blender pen and the Mix'It palette Come and join us in this fun challenge and check out my teamies fabulous creations over at the Graph'It challenge blog !  H...

Merry Christmas to Everyone! I hope you all have wonderful and blessed holidays and here's to a happy and prosperous 2014! This will be a very short posting. I just want to share with you a tag and gift wrap I made for the last Whimsy Inspirations Magazine . Print issue available HERE . The cute little rocking horse die can be found here ! Enjoy the holidays and hopefully some days off! Hugs,

Happy 4th Advent Everyone! Only one more day and then it's Christmas Eve already, can't believe how fast the time went. Temperatures here are at record high so I have more of a summer feeling 8-). Here's another card I made for the Whimsy Inspirations Magazine # 14. You can view the whole issue online HERE . I used Penguin Happy Mail from Crissy Armstrong and colored it as usual with my alcohol markers - I think I used Copics here. Sentiment is from the Tis the Season Notables 5 Set and cut out with the matching Notables 5 die . I also used the Layered Snowflake Die and the Snowflake Border die . Close-up look on the little fella. To give the snow some texture and sparkle I've added Stickles and mica flakes. Thanks for stopping by and have a great start into the holiday week! Hugs,

Happy Friday Everyone! It's time for another Graph'It marker challenge . This week we are challenging you to create your own background using GI markers and the Mix It fluid . There are endless possibilities and here is what I did: I used four different shades of teal markers, an acrylic blog and the Mix It fluid to create my background (the teal one right behind the image). With the broad nib I scribbled all four shades (overlapping) onto an acrylic blog, sprayed it with the Mix It fluid and stamped onto white card stock. You have to work quickly as the alcohol evaporates quickly and the color dries fast. The image is from Whimsy's November release called Penguin Chocolate Surprise by Crissy Armstrong. The sign in the background is a Make It Crafty stamp and you can also get it in the Whimsy store HERE . The sentiment is from LOTV , the flowers are from WOC, the bling is from Want to Scrap and the papers are from Echo Parks Holly Jolly Christm...

12-13-2013: Edited to add the marker colors I've used! Today it's the Rubber DT's turn to show their inspirational creations for this month's challenge over at the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog . Please visit the blog for all the details on the challenge. This month's theme is Party Time. Here is what I came up with: I colored the cute SugarPlum Fairy from Whimsy's Elisabeth Bell collection. Sentiment is from the Party Mini Letter Seals . I also used Whimsy DP Merry & Bright and the Shapeology Corner Dies. Flowers are from WOC and othjer embellies from my stash . The fairy was colored using a mix of Copics and Touch Twin markers . I'll post a list of colors used a little later today. Here are the marker colors I used (TT = TouchTwin, C = Copic): Pink: TT - RP196, RP138, RP17, RP292, C - RV0000 Green: TT - GY231, GY234, GY48, Y38, GY163 Brown: TT - BR102, BR116, BR109, Y223 White: C - B00, B000, B0000 Ha...

Hello Everyone and Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps 24 Days of Christmas Event! For all of you who do not know what's going on at the moment....Whimsy Stamps and it's design team is holding a 24 Days of Christmas Event to thank you all for your continued support of Whimsy Stamps ! :-) Every day from 1st to 24th December, a member of the design team will be sharing a brand new Whimsy holiday creation on the Whimsy blog .  Included in these daily posts will be a LETTER.  Visit us every day, make a note of each letter and keep them safe.  Once you have collected all 24 letters, you should be able to unscramble them and make a 4 word phrase . Email your phrase to whimsystampscontests@gmail.com by 31st December 2013, and if you've guessed correctly, you will be entered into the draw to win a fantastic GRAND PRIZE!  But that's not it, there will also be some fun SPOT PRIZES throughout the entire event. They could be hidden eithe...

Hello All and a very Happy Tuesday! The card I want to show you today was one of my creations for the Whimsy Inspirations Magazine # 14. You can view the whole issue online HERE . Sadly to say that this was our last issue so far :-( So while supplies last make sure and grab your print version here in the Whimsy Store . 84 pages full of inspiration and tutorials! Before I go on with my card I have some exciting news for you:   Whimsy is holding a 24 Days of Christmas Event To thank you all for your continued support of Whimsy Stamps , the Whimsy design team are holding a fun Christmas event on the Whimsy Inspirations blog in the run up to Christmas! Every day from 1st to 24th December, a member of the design team will be sharing a brand new Whimsy holiday creation here on the Whimsy blog.  Included in these daily posts will be a LETTER.  Visit us every day, make a note of each letter and keep them safe.  Once you have collected all 24...