Burst of Colors

Happy Saturday! I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Before the new release is due in the shop tomorrow I want to show another card I made with products from the July 1st release. To achieve this grungy looking foiled background I used the NEW Giraffe Hot Foil Plate,  gold foil and black cardstock that is not super smooth.  I also omitted one of the cardstock shims I usually have to use use with my die cutting machine when foiling. I absolutely love the grungy partially foiled look. The sentiment is from the NEW Free Spirit clear stamp set. I heat embossed with pearl gold. Whimsy products used: Hugs,

Happy Sunday!  Todays card is created with die cuts only. I used Whimsy's new Truck die and earlier released Celebrate Word die as well as Bookmarks and Tag die set. This Truck die is perfect for all occasions like birthdays, fathers days, kids, Christmas etc. You can incorporate it in scenes or just create simple cards like I did. Also perfect for creating cards with kids. Whimsy Stamps products used:   Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

Hey All! It's the first of the month and that means it is time for another Whimsy Stamps Mini Release. The products hit the store shelves at midnight and they are ready for you to be viewed. Here are some awesome inspiration projects from the DT - scroll down to see my card. When I saw this awesome lion family stamp 'mixed-media' jumped right into my head. So I went ahead and created a simple mixed-media card in an A2 size. I first made the background using two earlier released stencils: Giraffe and Tiger Stripes. My background panel was cut from Strathmore mixed media cardstock and I used Memento Dye inks (Peanut Brittle, Potters Clay) and the NEW Whimsy blending brushes to stencil the BG. They are perfect for inking and the smooth and dense white bristles make for a soft and even ink application. I then stamped the image with Memento ink in Rich Cocoa onto the stenciled BG.  I cut out a mask for the image, adhered it and sprinkled the BG with Rich Cocoa and Peanut Br...

Gone Camping!  Yeah well - noooo not so much...hahaha. I have to admit I don't like camping. I would rather spend my vacation time at home than in a tent or camper. Just not my thing.   Nevertheless the 'Gone Camping' clear stamp set from Whimsy is absolutely fabulous! I had so much fun creating this card and it is a fairly quick card to make as well. Read below how I did it.  I used Strathmore Mixed Media paper for my background. I like this best for ink blending. You either like to use it to blend inks or you hate it. Some say the ink is 'swimming' and not staying in place.  I have found that as long as I don't over do it with the ink it works fine for me. Sometimes I heat set it to help it dry more quickly. I can definitely achieve the smoothest blends with this paper. After inking my BG with Distress inks I stamped the trees and fire place. Then I took a white gel pen and added the stars. The tent and sentiment I stamped on white mixed media paper, color...

Happy Hump-Day Everyone! Today I am sharing a simple foiled thank you card using one of Whimsy's newest  word hot foil plates.  I used the Thank You word hot foil plate and foiled it with rainbow glimmer foil. To create the tag I used the Antique ATC Frames die set. To make it pop I cut out a bright blue frame using the Shaker Maker Rectangle die set. Some confetti sequins and an organza ribbon finish off my CAS card. Whimsy products used:   Hugs,

Here is a quick and simple and also fairly clean...lol ... dino card with a bit of a mixed media influence. The die I used here is called Roaring from Whimsy Stamps.  To create the background I spritzed black acrylic paint on the white card base. I then stamped the border and sentiment with versafine clair tuxedo black ink. After die cutting the dino image and adhering it to the the card front using foam dots, I sprinkled white acrylic paint all over the die cut with a brush. Two black enamel dots finish of my card. Whi msy products used: Thanks for your visit!

Hello! Have you seen the new adorable Clam Shell die set? This month Whimsy Stamps released a lot beachy and ocean related products. I cut out the outer part of the clam shell from glossy pearlescent cardstock. The inside is cut from pink glitter paper and the face is black cardstock and has wiggle eyes. The background panels are both dry and heat embossed. The word and shadow is cut from gold foil cardstock and black cardstock. Whimsy Stamps products used       Hugs,

Happy Saturday Crafters ! The mini slimline card I am sharing today uses the newly released Beach Frogs from Whimsy Stamps again together with the new Ocean Fest BG stamp and Many Thanks clear stamp set. The background was heat embossed in white on shimmering dark teal cardstock. I love this BG stamp. It is really versatile. You can stamp and color it, or stamp, color and cut out elements. Embossed on colored cardstock it makes for a quick but impressive background. After coloring the froggy image with watercolors I cut it out using the matching outline die. I then stamped thank you in black on white CS from the Many Thanks clear set and also used the matching outline die to cut it out. I adhered the sentiment and image with foam tape to the card front. Whimsy products used: Have a fab rest of your weekend! Hugs,

Hey there! Here is another new release creation I made. This time using the utterly adorable Kiss My Donkey stamp set by Dustin Pike from Whimsy Stamps. I haven't done a card like this in years. When I saw the image I decided to color it with distress re-inkers. Another thing I haven't done in forever. While I was coloring I thought it would make a nice focal point on a shabby chic card. So I went back to my roots and pulled out all my flowers, pearls and embellies that have been sitting in my drawers untouched for a long time. I had a blast creating this card. I totally forgot how much fun it is distressing all the layers of paper and adding all the embellies. I have to do this more often again. 😍 The papers I used for my card are from Whimsy's Farmhouse 6x6 paper pack that has been released last month. I chose three different designs from the Farmhouse papers and distressed all the edges with a distressing tool. I then layered them on top of each other (I of course cut...