Burst of Colors

Happy Sunday All! I've been trying a new coloring medium - pastel pencils. I have the Faber Castell PIT Pastell Pencils. So far I've used my pastel pencils only for small backgrounds or outlines. To be honest I don't know if I like the medium to color images for greeting cards. What I love abut them is that you can blend them very easily, they are a charm to work with. Downside...You have to be careful with all the chalk dust from the pastels while coloring so you wont smear them over your art work and also the colors will rub off so easily. Which is bad for greeting cards. It's ok for a painting which you keep behind glass, but not cards which get handled a lot. This means you have to apply a fixation in some form. I've tried a fixating spray but did not like how my image turned out. The colors looked completely different after applying the spray. I ended up throwing it away and had to start all over again. One good thing though, if you make a mi...

Happy Tuesday! After being on a little getaway over the Easter holidays I had no creation to share last week but I am back with a new card today. Do you like shaker cards? I think they are so much fun and no matter if the recipient is little or grown-up I'm sure they will love them too! Here I used the Shaker Builder Die set to cut out the frame for my shaker card. The flowers are from the NEW Pretty Big Flowers clear set . I used my Misti to stamp the first layer on white card stock and the second outline layer on vellum. I stamped using Distress Oxide inks and in addition to stamping the outlines on vellum I also embossed them with clear embossing powder. If you heat emboss on vellum make sure to pre-heat your heating tool so your embossing powder melts faster, thus avoiding the vellum to warp from the heat. But still be careful not to over heat and damage the vellum. Then I layered the flowers together, adhered the layeres with glue dots and cut them out....

Hello Everyone - Happy Friday! For Day 3 of the Whimsy April Release celebrations I have 2 creations to show. First is a little CAS card showcasing the super adorable "Mermaid Darling" by Kirsten Winkelbauer. I colored her with my Copics (guess what....this time I wrote down the colors I've used...woohoo ;-) ). While I was coloring her I thought it would be nice to have some sorts of underwater background for her. So I doodled this little underwater scene. First with pencils and outlined it afterwards with Copic Multiliner Pens. I think it looks kind of cute with the image, what do you think? For the water effect in the background I used a blue Pit Pastel Pencil (Faber Castell). It's hard to see in the photo but the bubbles have glitter (Stardust Stickles) on them. Here is my list of Copics used: Hair, Seaweed Tail: RV99, R39, R37, RV29, RV25, RV00 Mermaid Tail/Blouse: YG99, YG95, YG93, YG91, YG00, YG000 Skin: E50, E53, E43, R11 Fish, Cor...

Welcome to Day 2 of the Whimsy April Release! Today I have a CAS card to share. I made a Sympathy card using the Word Dies Set - Sympathy, Heartfelt and Condolences . I also used an older die from the Hand Stitched Border die set . The dandelion stamp is from the Friendly Flowers clear set . It was released back in February. Only embellishment are three sequins and the black layer is actually black glitter cardstock which I think gives an elegant look to the card. Thanks for dropping by and I'll be back tomorrow with two more creations! Hugs,

Whimsy Stamps April Rubber and Clear Release Welcome Stamping Friends to Day 1 of the Whimsy April Rubber and Clear Release Celebrations ! The new stamps and dies are live in the store now! Click HERE to see all the new stamping goodness! If I counted right we have 10 new rubber stamps (eeeek soooo darn cute) 6 clear sets (amazing!) and 4 dies/sets (fantastic).  So who wants to win some stamping goodies? You? yes of course you do! Make sure to hop on over to our Facebook Inspirations Group where the celebrations take place! There you will have the chance to participate in games and with some luck win some of the new goodies! Woohoo! To give you some inspiration here are two cards I made with some of the new products. First up is a card using one of Crissy's new stamps called Penguin Birthday Party - just looooove this guy!  I colored this cuddlesome guy with my Copics. Papers are older ones from my stash, I think they are Maja Design. I ...

Hi All! Whimsy Stamps April's digital release is now available.  We have images, sentiments, and 6x6 papers all available for instant download - perfect for those that like instant gratification. Please visit the Whimsy blog to see all the new digital goodies. Digital images are great because you can flip images, use the computer to “mask” and combine images and backgrounds, and re-size everything to suit your personal projects before you print them off. Here is my release card using the New Digital Sentiment Set "For Mom 3" as well as some papers from the Mint Green Dark Papers digital set. I colored with Copics and also used some Sequins and Enamel dots . Hugs,

Hi Everyone and Happy Sunday! I want to show you a quick, clean & simple card I made using Whimsy's Shapeology die set called Brush Script Numbers. I also used the wavy die from the Stitched Border Trio die set and some Enamel Dots to embellish my card. Thanks for stopping by,

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!