Whimsy April Release - Old Fart

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Goodness how fast this year is going, I can't believe that it's already April solidly into Spring, (although with all the cold and snow we've had recently that's really hard to fathom!).

Anyway, since it's April, we have, of course, a new product release at Whimsy Stamps. There really are so many fabulous new goodies, but for my card today I've been playing with the 'Old Fart' clear stamp set.

This is a fun little set with a fun image and lots of hilarious sentiments to go with. Great for those in your life of a more 'seasoned' age.....provided they have a solid sense of humour of course.

I kept things simple, stamping in black ink and colouring fairly basically with a mix of distress ink and Zig markers. I added some patterned paper along with some die cuts and a sentiment from the same paper pack that went well with the image and stamped sentiment from the set that I used on the card.

I finished with a few of Whimsy's glittery enamel dots.

I've added links to products at the end of my post, just click on the pics to go there.

  

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Whimsy Stamps DT - Fairy and Puppy

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I have a simple layered card to share with you today using the cute and pretty Fairy and Puppy from Whimsy Stamps.

I coloured this one all in Distress Ink markers as a bit of a change from Zigs and used some layers of patterned papers from my stash to match the colours to. 

This aren't at all my 'usual' colour choices but I love them and I actually think they suit the stamp very well.

The sentiment is from the the clear stamp set Polka Dot Fun which has a great selection of simple sentiments that don't take up heaps of room and are great on little 'badges'.

I've listed the products available in the Whimsy Store at the end of my post, along with links to take you directly to the items, just click on the pictures.

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Whimsy Stamps August Release - Sweet Lil' Chef

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I have another card made with a stamp from the new August release from Whimsy Stamps.

This time I'm showcasing the stamp Sweet Lil' Chef 

I coloured her with distress ink markers using Vintage Photo, Worn Lipstick, Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy and Pumice Stone.

For the background I used a whole bunch of sentiments from the Simple Sentiments set, stamping them with versamark ink and then heat embossing with white embossing powder. I then blended Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron and Peacock feathers distress inks over the top.

I used some patterned paper behind and finished with a selection of green and aqua hued sequins.

I do hope you enjoyed the new release, yu can catch up with all of them here.

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Whimsy Stamps August Release - Farmer's Market

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Welcome to day one of the August release from Whimsy Stamps.  My card for today uses the Farmer's Market rubber stamp from artist Kirsten Winkelbauer  

I went back to my Distress Ink markers for this and also paper pieced her little blouse.

The sweet little sentiment is from last month's release.

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That's all from me today, but I'll be back again soon with some more inspiration from the release and don't forget to vist all the DT blogs.

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Make a Wish - My Favorite Things - Fairy Happy

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I did mean to blog this yesterday and thought I had but obviously did not hit that publish button!

Anyhooo......I get to share it with you today instead. As you can see I made another card with the Fairy Happy stamp set from MFT Stamps.

I stamped out my little fairy and coloured her in Distress Inks this time. I used Vintage Photo, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber. I cut her out with the coordinating dienamic and then started work on my background.

I used some Tim Holtz watercolour paper and blended some inks using the Radiating Rays stencil and a blending tool and then went over each area of colour with a bit more ink using a Clarity Stencil brush for a softer, lighter effect. I cut this out with the smaller rounded rectangle die from 

Blueprints 31.

I cut out some patterned paper from the Graphic Grid paper pack, with the scalloped edge die from Blueprints 20 and stuck this to an A2 card base made from Razzle Berry cardstock.

I stuck my background piece to my card base using some craft foam in between for dimension and stamped the Make a Wish sentiment onto a scrap of Razzle Berry cardstock and cut that out with a banner die from Blueprints 20. I glued that to my background panel.

Finally I added my fairy with some foam tape to make her pop and finished with a few sparlking clear sequins.

I hope you like my make for today, I'll be back tomorrow with some Altenew inspiration.

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Tilly Dancing

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Today I'm sharing a card made for Whimsy Stamps with the sweet little Tilly Dancing.

I coloured her with my Distress Ink markers:

Vintage Photo,  Antique Linen, Wlanut Stain, Victorian Velvet, Brushed Corduroy

I fussy cut Tilly once I'd coloured her up and because that meant I lost the sparkles from her wand, I sort of added them back in with some bling.

I kept the colours subtle and delicate to suit the image. 

I also used the Hand Stitched Nested Rectangle dies on my card.

A bit of cheesecloth between the layers helps add a softness to the card.

I used the following items from The Ribbon Girl

Pion Pink Fabric Paper

Cheesecloth

Ophelia Lace

Pale Pink/White Spot Organza Ribbon

20 mm Pale Pink Open Roses

30 mm Ivory Wild Rose

Rose Leaves

White Blossoms

10 mm Pale Pink Open Rose

Lee Holland - Kitten with Cake

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Have you been enjoying all the new releases from Whimsy Stamps?

I have another from the new release to share with you today, this is Kitten with Cake  from the 

Lee Holland collection

I coloured this cute little kitten with my distress ink markers, fussy cut him out and popped him up on some foam tape. I used several Whimsy Dies for a quick and simple card and added a shaker element for additional interest.

Whimsy Products Used

Lee Holland Kitten with Cake

Birthday Wishes and Magical Word Die Set

Smiles Happy and Celebrate Word Die Set

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles

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Whimsy May Release Day 1

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It's that time again so get ready for some fab new stamps!

I'm kicking things off today with the cutest of cute from Sylvia Zet and our Wee Stamp collection.

This is called Sleeping Cutie.

Isn't she just adorable?!

I coloured her with my distress ink markers and used some older Pion papers and lots of Ribbon Girl goodies.

Cheesecloth

Magnolia Flowers

20 mm Vintage Lilac Open Roses

3 - 6 mm Ivory S/A Pearls

Platinum Liquid Pearls

Lady Lavender Purple Vintage Seam Binding

Don't forget to check out the rest of the teams fabulous makes!
If you Facebook, you can find them all here or check out our Instagram page here.

The team has lots of lovely ideas to show you over the next 3 days and I'll have some more new release goodness to share with you on Friday.

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Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends

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A quick one from me as promised. 

I received a lovely parcel of MFT goodies today in the post, mostly from the new release that I fell in love with and I've already coloured a bunch of them up ready to make into cards, but in the meantime, here's a couple of simple but sweet cards using Lawn Fawn's Fairy Friends.

I have to admit that I've had these in my stash for quite a while but hadn't gotten around to using them. 

So to make it up to these sweet little fairies I used them for 2 cards.

The first card I decided to to some bold ink blending to create a rainbow and some grassy hills. I cut my own stencils for these using a circle die and an oval scalloped die.

I gave the scene a nice little frame and finished with a few sequins, fairies need sparkle right?

For my second card I went much more subtle with pastel colours and soft ink blending. After blending Spun Sugar, Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass onto my watercolour paper I added a few spots of water and blotted with a paper towel and then when fully dray I added a few splatters of white acrylic paint.

 I stamped a few of the little 'sparkles' on my base and and added a few clear gems.

The first set of faires is coloured with my Zig Markers and the 2nd set is coloured with Distress Ink Markers. I gave the first set hair to match their outfit and all the fairies have wink of stella on their wings for sparkle which of course refused to show up on camera lol. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I used the following stamps and dies on my cards.

Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends Stamp Set

Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends Die Set

MFT Pierced Rectangle Frames
MFT Blueprints 20


That's all from me today, I'm off to play some more with my new crafty goodies!

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Whimsy Stamps - Bunny Balloon

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No spotlight Saturday from me this week as I'm trying to catch up with other posts and clear some of the projects in my draft folder also. So today I'm sharing a sweet little shaker card using the new Bunny Balloon stamp from Whimsy's Kirsten Winkelbauer collection.

I paired this with the Big Balloon Celebrations die set to add a fun shaker element and the balloon string and Celebrate sentiment are from the Big Balloon Celebrations clear stamp set.

The white rectangle is cut with one of the Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles dies.

I've coloured her with my distress ink markers using Vintage Photo, Worn Lipstick, Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord and Mustard Seed.

The background paper is Maja Design,Vintage Spring Basics.

Sequins are a mix of Viola from Little Things by Lucy and Sunshine Mix from Simon Says Stamp.

That's all from me for today, thanks for visiting!