Burst of Colors

Hello Everyone! Sorry for being MIA for the last few weeks but there was a lot going on in my life which needed 100% of my attention. Also my creative mojo and my batteries enjoyed the break and a chance to recharge ;-) I'm back today with a creation with one of Whimsy's Crissy Armstrongs images from the March release called 'Playful Tiger' . I colored the image using my Copic's and for the background I used Caran'd Ache Gouache colors. The sentiment is from the Whimsy Stamps 'Girl Talk' set by SC Designs. The cute banner is made with the 'Built a Banner Die Set'  also designed by SC Designs . Flowers are from WOC and the butterfly and honeycomb deco art are from Dutch Doobadoo .Filmstrip is from Tim Holtz. All other embelleis are from my stash. Here's a close-up on the image: From a different angle: Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

Happy Sunday To You All! Today I would like to share a vintage style tag I made a while ago for the CreateExchange FB-group February tag swap. It reached it's destination in Australia last week so I'm able to share it with you here now. But first I would like to announce my winner from the Graph'It Marker & Whimsy Stamps combined challenge. The prize is a 3 pack of Graph' It markers! Without further ado here is the randomly drawn winner: Fiona from Fi's Cards and Crafts Congratulations Sweety! Please contact me with you snail mail address at cocoacrafts(at)gmail.com  Ok now onto my project for today. The February theme was to create a vintage style tag using burlap . This is what I came up with: No colored image on this tag though. Instead I used a Whimsy Stamps sentiment as my focal point. It's from the Vintage Seed Packets 2 sentiment set. Stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto kraft cardstock. Design papers I used are from Pio...

Hello Everyone! Today I have a card to share made with the brand new 'Clearly Whimsy Stamps'! These are highest quality photopolymer clear stamps!  Usually I'm not a big clear stamps fan but these are AWESOME! They stamp crisp and clean like red rubber! No ink pools building up on the stamp surface and they really do stick to your acrylic block and not falling off! They are nice and sturdy and don't feel like 'Jello' and are stretching out like a bubble gum.  The designer and artist behind all this gorgeousness is no one less than my Whimsy DT-Sister Simonne Clay - SC Designs. Brilliant design job Sem!! This new line features more simple designs perfect for all the CAS creations. As much as I love doing embellished cards I also enjoy creating CAS! For this card I used Sweet As Candy - Sweet Lables and  Sweet As Candy Sweet Images . I've stamped the candy images using Memento 'tart pear', 'dandelion', and c...

Hello Everyone and welcome to the first We Do Doobadoo Challenge ! This fortnight it is all about hearts and stencils! Please see the challenge blog for all the challenge details! If you've never heard of Doobadoo it is a Dutch brand which offers the crafting world the most intricate and amazingly versatile craft products including Detailed Masks, Stencils and Templates, Intricate Laser cut Paper Art shapes and much much more!  We will be coming here every fortnight with some fabulous inspiration on how to use these great products - and it will be a joy because the whole design team have fallen in love with this stash, we just can't get enough! You can see the UK stockists on the challenge blog HERE Join our Facebook group here  for extra inspiration with these wonderful products.  Here is what I came up with: I've made a bottle hanger using the bottle hanger template. I used card board hearts which I embossed with shabby whit...

Today starts another Graph'It Color Challenge . This fortnights theme is 'Male Colors' Here is my inspirations card for the challenge: Image is from LOTV as is the sentiment. Train die cut is from Whimsy stamps . Papers and buttons are from Basic Grey. Graph'It Colors I've used: Skin: 4115, 4155, 4180, 4135 Hair: 3190, 3140, 3120 Shirt: 7290, 7270, 7250, 7220 Pants: 3210, 3245, 9400 Package: 9400, 9401 Tag: 4110, 4120 Silver Graph'It Shake to outline the train die cut.  I'm entering the following challenges with my card: Cute Card Thursday - What a Gem (Thursday) Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything Goes (Thursday) Loves Rubber Stamps -  Anything Goes (Tuesday) Paper Crafting Journey - Make it manly/boyish (Thursday) Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see your creation soon over at the challenge blog! Hugs,

Happy TGIF Everyone!! Today I want to share some denim coloring inspiration for our ongoing Graph'It Marker Coloring Challenge .  I also have some exciting news to share :-) I made the 'We Do Doobadoo UK' DT and we are starting off a brand new blog with challenges on March 8th ! Dutch Doobadoo is a Dutch based company which has fantastic versatile products from paper & cardboard laser art cuts to fabric, stencils, templates and also soft board die cuts. These products are so much fun to work with, can be altered in any way and are perfect for any style! I used some of the fab products on my card today, please find more details below! It's also a first time for me coloring one of these sweet Tiddly Ink images. They are just too cute and super fun to color! I colored her using my Graph' It markers and you'll find a list of all markers I've used below the next photo. DP is from Bo Bunny and the sentiment is from LOTV. Flowers ar...

Welcome to my last GDT posting for Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps . Thank you so much for having me and it was a pleasure guest designing with these adorable stamps! For my last card today I used the second butterfly available on the Dragonflies 2 clear stamp set. My project with the other butterfly from this set can be seen HERE . Quick 'How To' : Card measures 4.5" x 5.5", cut from plain white 110lbs cardstock. I then cut another plain white layer 4.25" x 5.25". Adhere washi tape. Add flower and secure with pearl brad. Adhere layer with foam tape to card. Stamp butterfly with black ink onto white cardstock. Now stamp the butterfly again right on top of the just stamped balck image using embossing ink. This is easy as it is a clear stamp! Heat emboss with clear fine detail embossing powder. Cut out butterfly. Adhere to card using  foam tape. Stamp the little antennas right onto the card and embellish with 2 small pearls. St...

Happy Sunday! Today I have a card to share with actually no colored image. I only used a sentiment from Whimsy's *New* Cup of Joy sentiment set. Other Whimsy products used are Heart Boarder die and Notables 6 die . The flourish die is from Memory Box and the fancy label behind the sentiment is from Spellbinders. ppaers are Pion Design, Flowers are WOC and all the other embellies are from my stash. To add some bling I used my beloved Stardust Stickles :-) Close-up on the flowers and sentiment. I'm entering the following challenges: The Hobby House - Anything goes / must use at a product carried by THH - I used Stardust Stickles (until 27th Feb) Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything goes (until 24th Feb) Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes (until 24th Feb) If you want to win some Whimsy goodies you still have a week to join us in our FB inspirations group challenge. Come on over and let's have some fun ! Hugs,...

Hello Everyone , it's Thursday and time for another Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps Guest Designer creation. Once again I used the beautiful and versatile Dragonflies 2 clear stamp set. I stamped one dragonfly onto designer paper and embossed it with Frantage shabby white embossing powder and also added white Gesso around the edges. The second drangonfly was stamped onto cream colored cardstock using Pistachio Memento ink. I've added Gesso again to achieve a little vintage look. Both dragonflies were cut out using the matching Dragonfly Die.  Other dies used are from Memory Box, flowers are from WOC and the rolled rose is handmade using a Memory Box die. Sentiment is also from the Dragonflies 2 clear stamp set. Designer papers are from Pion Design and the lovely lace is from Live and Love Crafts. Furthermore I used a pearl string and Stickles glitter glue for some bling. Closer look on the dragonflies and the sentiment. I am also entering...