Burst of Colors

Happy Easter Everyone! I am here today with a quick post to share an Easter card I made using several of Whimsy's new and older products. This is a card where I did very minimal coloring and used a lot of die cuts instead. Just the flowers and mushrooms are colored using Tombows alcohol ink markers. Here is a closer look. I love the effect of the A2 Lattice die in the background. Using all these different kind of dies (all listed below with links where you can find them in the Whimsy store) also makes for a quick card. Here is a link list of all Whimsy products used: (I am part of Whimsy Stamps Affiliated Program. By clicking and buying through my links I get a small compensation that helps me afford my hobby/running this blog. This is at absolutely NO additional cost to you. Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help!)                                   Thanks for stopping by and continue to stay healthy everyon

Hello Crafty Friends! Just a reminder that the contents of last months Pader Door Eggstra Bunnies have been released with this months release already due to high demand. You'll find them in the Whimsy store HERE .  Here are 2 more cards I've created using these adorable stamps dies and papers: I love this beautiful Eggstra Bunnies 6x6 paper pad .  My bunny eggs images were created with the Eggstra Special clear tamp set. Here is a closer look on my focal image. I also used the flowers from the Spring Bunnies set and a die cut egg using the Nested Pierced Egg dies. On my second card I used one of the images from the Spring Bunnies set: This is a card that is really quickly made. To make the white embossed image pop I used a yellow and orange color wash as background. To add an artsy look I sprinkled on black and orange watercolor. Sentiment is included with the set.  Another shot from a different angle: I've also adde

Hello Crafty Friends. I am on the Whimsy blog today with a tutorial -  Clean & Simple meets Mixed Media.  I love to incorporate  a bit of mixed media into my cards and I want to show you how to take a more clean and simple approach to mixed media but still get that mixed media style look. Here is what we will be creating. So make sure you visit the  Whimsy blog  where I'll have a detailed tutorial with step by step instructions and lots of photos!  I'll see you at the  Whimsy blog , stay healthy! 

Hello Friends - Happy Sunday!  I hope you are all well and healthy! It's a rainy day here today in Florida on the Space Coast but I don't mind, we needed some rain desperately. My yard is definitely happy about it! I have a bright and cheery sunflower card to share with you today: This is a NEW background stamp from Whimsy Stamps called Sunflower Background. But as you can see it's very versatile. I stamped with Memento Desert Sand onto Hammermill 100lb cardstock and colored with Tombow Alcohol markers, Copics and FB Polychromos pencils. To add some texture to the background I used the Farmhouse Basket Stencil with modeling paste. After it has dried I've added some splashes of green and yellow with watercolor. The leaves are from the Peony Flower die set and cut out from green cardstock. The butterfly is stamped onto vellum paper using Versamark ink. It's been heat embossed with white pearl embossing powder and cut out. The sentiment is from

Hello Crafty Friends! It's 'Fresh Friday' today on the Whimsy blo g . Fresh Friday is every Friday on the  Whimsy blo g  and means we are   taking a look at previously released products. There is a an awesome compilation of newer and older products for the next two weeks. This week we are showcasing:  Jungle Babies So and Too Giraffe 6x6 Paper Collection Farmhouse Basket stencil Notched Squares dies Shaker Maker Combo dies Here is my inspiration on how all these products can be used together: First I used the  Farmhouse Basket stencil   t ogether with Memento Cantaloupe ink on a white panel of cardstock. I inked just parts of it and let the edges fade out. Then I sprinkled on some Memento Cantaloupe and Teal Zeal ink.  I stamped the little monkey, flowers and leaves from the  Jungle Babies   clear stamps set with Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Hammermill 100lbs cardstock. I colred all images with Copics and fussy cut them. I di