Burst of Colors

Happy Sunday All and welcome to my blog! Today I want to share a card I've made using two of Whimsy's newly released  clear sets - Shine Bright and Wish Upon a Star.  The back ground paper was created by stamping with the stars background stamp from the Wish Upon a Star set onto yellow DP paper using Morocco Memento ink.  The crackle background I made using a stencil and Liquitex Super heavy Gloss Medium onto heavy water color paper. I love this medium. It dries clear and you can create stunning effects with it. You will be seeing more of that soon on my cards. Once the medium was dry (it takes several hours to dry, best over night) I spritzed it with water and sprinkled on some Brusho in lemon, orange and scarlet - dabbing off the excess with a lint free cloth and let it dry again.  The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark onto black card stock and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I then used VersaMagic Lemon Lime chalk ink to ...

Hi Crafty Friends! Internet problems kept me from posting part of my Whimsy release creations last week *sigh*. But I am back online...yaya :-)  (fingers crossed it stays that way) and would like to share my creations today. On my first card today I used the NEW Distant Friends clear set. To create my card background I used the XOXO stamp and the 'two little hearts connected with a string' stamp. Stamping randomly with purple and violet memento ink. Then I took a Copic multiliner and doodled the frame. One tag was cut out from black cardstock and the other from watercolor paper, misted with water and sprinkled with brusho. I love the effect that it created. I stamped the sentiment onto watercolor paper and layered it with black cardstock to match the tags. To embellish my card I used a single violet pearl and a mulberry paper butterfly. My second card uses the NEW Wish Upon a Star clear set. Can you tell that I'm in love with Brusho a...

Today kicks off our March 2017 release party over in our  Whimsy Stamps and Inspirations Facebook group . You can join us for games, fun, and a chance to win Whimsy prizes. We are releasing 10 new red rubber images , 6 new clear stamp sets and 2 new die sets . There is definitely something for everyone. Everything is available NOW to purchase. Click here to see all of the new stamping goodness. But that's not all! Our Whimsy Challenges are starting again ...wohooo. We are doing monthly challenges now which will start every 3rd Wednesday of each month. We keep things nice and easy and our themes are always Anything goes. For those of you who want to follow a theme each we'll  have a twist to each challenge. So for March it is Anything Goes with a twist of Easter ! As I said the twist is optional but to be eligible to win our prizes you must use a Whimsy Product (rubber stamp, digital stamp, sentiment or digital paper) as the main focal point of your creat...

Happy Hello to Y'all! Did you see the new Whimsy March Digital Release yet? New digital image stamps - too cute, digital paper sets (oh so yummy) and sentiment sets as well! Click HERE to see all the new digital additions in the Whimsy store. For my release creation I used Bunny Boxer Bum.  Oh my goodness! This is cuteness overload! I think it is one of the cutest images ever (so far) drawn by Crissy. I colored him using my Distress markers, also added some highlights with a white poster pen. The papers I've used are from Tracy's collection of digital papers, also availabe in the Whimsy store . I used papers from the NEW Pink Pop and Hot Stuff sets.   Sentiment is from the NEW Various Occasions 2 Sentiment Set also by Tracy. Here is a list of all the Distress Markers used: Antique Linen, Pumice Stone, Weathered Wood, Ground Espresso, Hickory Smoke, Old Paper, Tumbled Glass, Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick & a whi...

Hi Everyone, wishing you all a happy Monday! Today I have two cards to share, my Whimsy DT makes for last week and this week. Wrapped up in one posting because somehow I ran out of time last week...pfff. Ok here we go. This is my first card using the Lovely Lavender set from the Clearly Whimsy Stamps Collection. I made the background with my Distress markers and an acetate sheet inspired by a technique called Smackin' Acetate. You can find a tutorial HERE . It's super simple with a great effect. I stamped over the background with Versafine Onyx Black ink and added just a few pearls and rhinestones. I love my acetate sheets at the moment :-) Here is a card with an acetate overlay. This technique has been on my to do list for quite a while now. This is such a stunning effect, I looooove it! This super cute little kitty is from the Clearly Whimsy Purrfect Pals clear set by our very own  Tracy . I just love her designs! I colored using Inktense pencils....

Happy Wednesday Stamping Friends! Today I have a little How-To to share. Did you know that Whimsy Stamps sells DIY Stencil sheets for making your own stencils? It is super fun and also super easy to make your own stencils. You just use dies and cut out your favorite shapes and voila you have a stencil. I used the heart border die from the Card Builder - Hearts of Love set . I cut it 4 times using one of the blank stencil sheets. You just have to be careful when placing your dies on the sheet multiple times that it doesn't overlap where you already have cut outs. I used washi tape to secure the die on the stencil sheet to keep it from shifting. It's best to offset the dies when making kind of a background stencil like I did here.. As you can see on my stencil I rushed and didn't pay enough attention and two of the smaller hearts are too close together. Oh well, it is not perfect but I will use it anyway. ;-)   Here is the card where I used...

Hello Peeps and Happy TGIF! The release party goes on! idf you haven't checked out the new stamps yet click here to see all of the new products. Today I have a card to share using the NEW Friendly Flowers set. Another clean and simple creation. I just added a ribbon and some sequins to embellish the card. Don't forget to visit our Whimsy Stamps and Inspirations Facebook group to celebrate with us and the Whimsy blog to see a list of participating DT members for more new  release creations. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. Hugs,

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Day2 of the Whimsy Stamps February Release! Please visit our  Whimsy Stamps and Inspirations Facebook group to celebrate with us! You can join us for games, fun, and a chance to win Whimsy prizes too.  Here our my creations for Day 2 of the Release Party: *New* Bee-cause by Krista Heij-Barber colored with Copics on a CAS one layer card. I also used the *NEW* Shapeology Honeycomb Pattern Die. The background is done with Copic airbrush and black speckles are added with Distress marker and the Distress Spritzer Tool. To easily adhere the cut out honeycomb pattern I sprayed it with spray adhesive. Works like a charm and no messy gluey fingers ;-). Here we have Furry Friends by our very own Tracy Wray! I love this cute doggie set! Colored with Copics and and the background is done with Pitt Pastels. I stamped the image on the inside of the card and cut out a circle on the front so you can see through. All stamps used on my card are...

Today kicks off our February 2017 release party over in our  Whimsy Stamps and Inspirations Facebook group . You can join us for games, fun, and a chance to win Whimsy prizes too. We are releasing 12 new red rubber images and 6 new clear stamp sets . There is definitely something for everyone. Everything is available NOW to purchase. Click here to see all of the new stamping goodness.  Here are my creations for Day 1 of our release celebrations: This is Frog Friend by Crissy Armstrong, available in the Whimsy store now in rubber! I colored the image using Distress Markers. The sentiment is stamped using the NEW Clear set Typograhy . My second card is CAS style and showcasing again the NEW Clear set Typograhy : Thanks for stopping by and make sure to visit our Whimsy Stamps and Inspirations Facebook group to celebrate with us and the Whimsy blog to see a list of participating DT members for more new  release creations...

Happy Weekend All! I had a play with my new Distress Crayons today ...soooo much fun to get a bit messy and play with all the ink, crayons, paint, paste etc. I decided to go mixed media and made a tag using Clearly Whimsy's Flight of the Butterflies set, the Honeycomb Pattern die, the Butterfly Stencil  as well as the Clearly Whimsy "Lovely Lavender" set. Hope you like it! Enjoy your weekend. Hugs,

Hello Friends and Happy Groundhog Day! Hope the weather is the nicest wherever you are! ;-) Guess we got lucky, here it is sunny and blue skies...just perfect :-D Did you see the N ew Digital Products that were released yesterday. Super cute images by Crissy Armstrong as well as papers and Sentiment sets and papers by Tracy Wray. Click HERE to have a look. They are absolutely gorgeous! I had a play with the adorable New Digital Penguin Valentine and also used a sentiment from the New Digital Various Occasions Sentiment Set. I colored this little love bug with my Copics. It is a CAS one layer card and I wanted to add some kind of embellishment without over doing it. So I decided to add some stitches using the recently released Clearly Whimsy set In Stitches . Aren't they fantastic? I think they look so real! I love this set. Make sure you visit our facebook group HERE for even more Whimsy inspiration. thanks for visiting today! Hugs!

Hello Everyone and Happy Thursday! Today I want to share a fun Shaker card with you. I used the super cute Love Day Monster clear set from Whimsy's January release as well as the brand new in store Valentine Sequin Assortment I colored the little monster with Copics as well as the heart with the arrow which is from the same set. The word die was cut out from white glitter paper and is from Whimsy's Shapeology Collection from the Card Builder - Hearts of Love Set . The DP is from an older Basic Grey set called Kneehighs. Hugs,

Hello All ! This is a CAS card I made using the newly released Clearly Whimsy Stamps set "Lovely Lavender" . I made the background using Faber Castell Gelatos. After the colors where dry I stamped the flowers and saying using Versafine ink black. The little butterfly was heat embossed using a garnet colored embossing powder. I added some violet Stickles to the smaller lavender flowers and on the tall flower I used a clear gel pen to add some bling. On the inside I stamped the second part of the saying and again the large flower, to match the outside. This time I used Memento ink. The first time I stamped using LULU Lavender and a second time Sweet Plum to match my colors on the outside. Thanks for visiting! Iris

Hello All and Happy Monday! Did you see the awesome newly released Butterflies Stencil in the Whimsy store? I love how versatile it is and want to share some ideas with you on how to use it in different ways. The stencil is 4 x 6 inches in size and 0.188mm in thickness. It is made using a smooth plastic and both sides have a slightly shiny surface which makes clean up real easy. To enjoy your stencil for a long time I recommend storing it flat and clean it up right after each use. Sponging with inks, paints and stains are one of the most common techniques to use stencils. While you can achieve beautiful effects with these techniques, I love to add dimension to my cards and projects. Here I am using a 3D paste with a nice pearlescent pink shimmer (Nuvo Embellishment Mousse). I've placed the stencil over my cardstock and secured it with some Washi tape to keep it from shifting. (I always work on a Teflon sheet covered work space - makes cle...