Burst of Colors

Welcome to Day 2 of the Whimsy Stamps May Release . I made a special sympathy card today, one for pet friends 💞 I used the FurEver in our Hearts clear set and the Furever Friends die set .  The die cut sentiment is inlaid in the image using the same DP as the side panel. The die cut heart is from the larger heart die with the paw from the same set. Only embellishment is some NUVO Glitter in red on the heart. Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs,

Welcome Friends and Happy Wednesday! It's release time at Whimsy again! The new rubber and clear goodies are out as well as new dies! Click  here  to see the whole release in the store. I have two cards to share with you today to celebrate the new release. Both cards are on the simpler side....here comes my first card...it features the new clear set Franken Schmutz by Deb Davis and the matching Franken Schmutz dies set . I colored with Copics and the sentiment is included in the set. I stamped the background using the Distressed Background and Ink Splats clear set. The enamel dots are from the Summer Breeze Enamel Dots set . My second card showcases the cute Can you belief this rain rubber stamp from Kirsten Winkelbauer. This time I colored with Distress inks - Markers and Pads. Sentiment is from the Pretty Big Flowers set which was released in April. Unfortunately you can't see all the shimmer I added with my Wink of Stella clear pen...

Hello Everyone! Have you heard about Whimsy's May Madness Celebration ? There are a lot of fun things going on this month!  First the new Attitude of Gratitude campaign to express our appreciation for our awesome customers. When you visit the Whimsy Shop you will see a new tab on the top right side of the screen labeled Attitude of Gratitude . Here you will find Digital Freebies, CAS sets (coming soon), Publication Incentives, Special Promotions, and more. It's a space dedicated to giving back to our amazing customers. We hope you will pop over and check it out.   As part of the Whimsy Attitude of Gratitude campaign, this month we are offering this sassy ostrich digital stamp "Oswalda Goes Shopping," illustrated by Crissy Armstrong. She is FREE to all Whimsy customers and fans. You can find her on our Digital Freebies page along with a few others. *************************************************   Special Promotion - this we...

Happy Wednesday! It's release time again at Whimsy Stamps - May Digital Release! All the new May images, papers and sentiments are available in the store now! 😀 Click HERE to see all new digital goodies! And as always it's instant gratification with digital stuff...no waiting time! Just download and start creating! Woohoo! 🙂 Here is a shaker card I made using the digital stamp Shark Shawn illustrated by no other than the fabulous Crissy and the digital Fish Sentiments set designed by our very talented Tracy . I colored Shawn with my Copics. I then added the water using different blues of Memento ink pads - I applied them with my Clarity Brushes - to make his body appear to be partially under water. I love the soft effect it gives if you apply the ink with these brushes, much smoother than if you would sponge the background. My fellow DT sister Jeanette shows a how to on this technique in the latest Whimsy YouTube Video. You can watch it HE...

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...