Whimsy Stamps September Release - Day 1

Hello!

It's time for the new September release from Whimsy Stamps, where has the year gone?!

My card today uses both the new Web Background rubber stamp and the Halloween Creatures Stencil. Sooooo fun to use. The sentiment is a combo of the Happy large word die and the Happy Sayings clear stamp set. I've listed items used along with links at the end of my post, just click on the pictures to go to products in the store.

First I stamped the background using my MISTI and some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink onto some light grey cardstock.

Once dry I used the stencil and some Black Soot distress ink to stencil on the spiders.

I cut my panel with one of the Nested Stitched rectangle dies and then matted onto black cardstock leaving a very narrow border.

I made a card base from the same light grey cardstock that I used for my background.

I cut some purple glitter cardstock a little smaller than my card base and glued that down then mounted my background onto it with some craft foam in between. Because it's really difficult to adhere stuff to glitter card and because I hate wasting pretty cardstock behind stuff, I cut the centre of the glitter card out with a smaller rectangle die before gluing it to my card base.

I cut several Happy die cuts using the same grey stock and cut the final one in the glitter cardstock and stacked and glued them together and set aside. I stamped and embossed the halloween sentiment in silver onto some black cardstock and trimmed it to fit. I then glued this and the stacked Happy die cut to my card.

Finally to finish I glued some purple gems onto my spiders for a little more bling!

   

 

Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for dropping by!

Whimsy Stamps August Release - Sweet Lil' Chef

Hello!

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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Lee Holland - Teddy Birthday Hat - Whimsy Stamps July Release

Hello!

I'm back for day 2 of Whimsy Stamp's awesome release for July.

Today I have another of those adorable cute bears from Lee Holland

This is called Teddy Birthday Hat

I coloured him with my zig markers using Light Gray and Dark Gray for the bear and Pink, Orange, Yellow and Yellow Green for the hat.

I fussy cut him and added him to a background of masked distress ink stripes which I popped in top of some stripy design paper.

I added the whole lot to a yellow card base and used sentiment from the Happy Sayings stamp set.

I finished off with a few It's a Party enamel dots.

Thanks so much for dropping by, I'll have more inspiration from the new Whimsy release tomorrow!

Lee Holland - Kitten with Cake

Hello!

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

Thanks for visiting!

Friendship Ties - Whimsy Stamps March Release Day 3

Hello!

Arrggghhh! You know when you have everything all planned out like clockwork and you think you can relax and take a moment off and then it all goes horrible wrong? I had a day like that yesterday, I knew I had a very busy day, so I planned ahead but on the day everything fell to pieces, this should have gone live yesterday, but for reasons I won't go into and just want to draw a veil over it didn't.

Anyhooooo....I'm back today with some more yumminess from the March release at Whimsy Stamps.

Today I'm showcasing one of the new Wee Stamps Collection, this is called Friendship Ties and like all of Sylvia Zet's wonderful drawings it is super sweet.

I coloured her up with my distress ink markers to match some pretty papers from the Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics collection, love me some lilacs and the pale green just keeps it all fresh.

I had a bit of a change from my recent CAS fest and went shabby chic with this one, I think it suits her well.

The papers, cheesecloth, seam binding and ......are from The Ribbon Girl

Don't forget to check out all my teams wonderful creations and if you're on Facebook you can join in all the fun we're having in our Facebook group.

Have a fabulous Friday!

 

Spring Fox

Hello!

Are you ready for the new release from Whimsy Stamps? We have some absolutely gorgeous new goodies for you. Whether you like cute, pretty, quirky or creative, we have something to suit everyone. 

You can find the new releases here.

With so much to choose from it was very difficult to decide what to play with first, but this little fox cub from Lee Holland just stole my heart. Isn't he a cutie? He's called Spring Fox. This would be perfect for a non girly valentine card, but would work equally well for almost any occasion.

I loved this image so much I decided to keep the card very CAS to focus on the image. It's coloured with Zig Real Clean Colors and this is my first time colouring with them. A bit of practice needed because they do seem to bleed a lot more than my distress ink markers, I think probably due to the intensity of the colours, but I don't think it's too bad for a first attempt, and I'm sure the cuteness of the fox cub will help to take away the focus from my mistakes lol.

The sentiment is from the Happy Sayings Clear stamp set, I'm finding this set super versatile.

You can purchase both stamps from Dies to Die for if you live in the UK or Europe.

That's all from me,but do check out the rest of the team's blogs for their fab makes (you can find the team listed here) and don't forget if you use Facebook, you can join in with our release event for some fun and a chance to win prizes.

Thanks for popping by!

Whimsy Stamps January Release - Flight of the Butterflies

Hello! I hope you're having a great week. 

I'm back today with some more goodness from the Whimsy Stamps Jan release.

Today I've used both the clear stamp Flight of the Butterflies and the new Butterflies Stencil.

These products work great together.

To make my card I first blended some Shaded Lilac distress ink over some smooth white cardstock with one of my new Clarity Brushes, I love these...and they're made in the UK, lucky us for once!

Once that was dry I cut it out with the Whimsy Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles and then applied some Wilted Violet Distress Ink through the Butterfly Stencil, you can use the stencil on either side and I flipped mine over so that the butterflies went in the opposite direction to the stamp. 

I let that dry fully and then gave it a good rub over with my anti static tool before stamping the Flight of the Butterfly stamp with some Versamark ink and then heat embossing with some detail white embossing power.

I used my Misti tool to perfectly position one of the sentiments from the set, and stamped that with Versafine Ink in Black Onyx.

I gave the whole think a light spritz with some glimmer spray and then when it was fully dry I went over the stenciled butterflies with my Wink of Stella pen for some extra sparkle, you can just about see some in the photo.

I cut a piece of black cardstock slightly bigger than my die cut piece and adhered that to the back. I glued the whole thing to my prepared card base using a piece of craft foam in between to pop it up slightly.

Finally I added a few clear gems, I would have like to add some clear sequins instead but I didn't have any in a mix of sizes and the same size just didn't look right (something to add to my wish list), but I think the gems look fine also.

That's all from me today, but I'll be back tomorrow with a super cute card using a new stamp from the Wee Collection, I know how we all love these.

Happy Crafting!

Whimsy Stamps Nov Release - Owl Post

Hello!

I'm back again with a little card using one of the new stamps from the November release at Whimsy Stamps.

This cute little fellow is called Owl Post, from the Lee Holland Collection.

I watercoloured the image with my distress ink markers, (I am sorry but I didn't write down the colours for this), to match some of the fab Christmas Cheer papers, and fussy cut it to sit on top of my card design.
The sentiment is from the Joyous Holiday stamp set and I finished off with a few red dots from the Christmas Cheer enamel dot set.

You can buy all of the stamps paper and dots from Dies to  Die for in the UK.

That's all from me, I'm going to have a cuppa and a dry out, I'm just in from work and it's wet out there!

Whimsy October Release - Crissy Armstrong - Christmas Spaniels

This is a scheduled post as I'm currently journeying down south to say goodbye to my Dad in his final hours.

This should have been 2 cards and I have another spaniel from the set all coloured up, but I didn't get time to get the card finished with everything that's happened in the last few days, so I will have to share that one separately at a later date.

So.....Spaniels....don't you just love them? We used to have a black English Cocker Spaniel years ago and she was soooooo pretty, so when I saw the Christmas Spaniels from Crissy Armstrong I just knew I had to colour these up.

I was lucky enough to spend some time with the super sweet Crissy at the Whimsy Stamps Craft Retreat and she told me she loved Spaniels too and would love to have one. I think you can tell by the way she's drawn them.
Spaniels come in lots of different shades so I chose a different colour for each Spaniel and for this one I chose a blonde colour.

I've coloured her with distress inks and paired her with some lovely Whimsy paper from the Christmas Cheer pad and some smooth white cardstock matted with a little deep red.

The sentiment is from the recently released Scripty Occasions and I finished off with a small snowflake cut with the Layered Snowflake dies, and covered with plenty of Glamour Dust and then a few red gems.

If you're in the UK or Europe you can purchase most of the supplies I've used over at Dies to Die for.

That's all from me, I may be off the radar for a while, but I hope you'll understand.

Whimsy Stamps - Christmas Snowflakes

Hello!! It's time for the September Whimsy Stamps release and my goodness do we have some lushness to share with you, just don't blame me if your purses are a little lighter by the end of this week....just saying.....

Today is a very unusual card from me....well unusual for me that is in that not only is this card pretty CAS, but it also doesn't have an image. Here I've just used cardstock, papers, dies and an enamel dot....I know shocking right?!

But I have been looking for a way to make some, I won't say mass produced but at least something I can maybe make subtle changes to but still stick to a design that I can produce quickly, to make Christmas cards. I found a lot of cards on Pinterest that have stirred my creativity and I'll have several snowflake themed cards just using dies a sentiment and not much else in the coming weeks.

For today's card I used the fabulous Snowflakes Dies, the Winter Wishes 6 x 6 pad and the Winter Wishes Glittery Enamel Dots.

I also used a sentiment from an older stamp set called Simple Holidays, sadly this is sold out currently.
I really enjoyed making this and will be making a whole range of different cards using dies and sentiments with no images, so look out for those in weeks to come.

I'll be back tomorrow with more goodies from the release.

Don't forget about my giveaway here, you have until 4th October to enter.

Lee Holland - Hedgehog in Pot for Whimsy Stamps August Release

Welcome to day 3 of the new rubber release from Whimsy Stamps, and before I share my make with you I just have to say thank you to everyone who left me lovely messages about my partner and my Dad, thank you so much it meant a lot to me.
I've been a little absent on blogger the last week, because on top of everything else my PC decided to flake out on me. Oh my goodness, so not what  I wanted, as it made it almost impossible to post stuff and then of course the time taken out to fix stuff meant I couldn't spend that time crafting. In the end a restore wouldn't fix it and I ended up having to re-install the whole operating system. All seems ok for now, so I'm playing catch up.

Also I noticed that I have reached 500 followers! How exciting, so this weekend I will sort out some lovely candy to share with you all!

Now back to the new release. I used the uber cute Hedgehog in Pot from Lee Holland, isn't he adorable?! I actually have a hedgehog living in my garden at the moment, so I just had to colour this one up lol!

I decided to make an oval card with this one, I've not made one for a long time. I also knew as soon as I saw him that I was going to match him with some papers from Pion Design's A Day in May. I don't have a lot of this older collection left, so it takes something special to make me dig into it!

I used my distress markers to colour the image:

Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Tattered Rose, Tea Stain, Vintage Photo, Mowed Lawn, Old Paper and Shabby Shutters.

I used some lovely embellishments from The Ribbon Girl, and a lovely butterfly from Kay Fatula's Etsy shop.

That's all from me today, I'm off to dig out some candy, but don't forget to catch the rest of the team's lovely makes over in the Facebook group

Have a fab Friday!

Whimsy July Release - Art by Mi Ran - Birthday Bridget

Hello everyone! I'm back today with the 2nd of my makes for the Whimsy Stamps July Release.  This time I coloured up a stamp from the Art by Mi Ran Collection called Birthday Bridget.

Isn't that cake hat fun?! She's a perfect stamp for birthday cards with the hat and the candle, and such fun to colour. I coloured her up with my Distress Ink markers and used some lovely bright pastel colours again, I'm loving these at the moment, maybe I'm channelling my inner wish for some summer weather lol.

I fussy cut the image and popped her up on some 3 mm foam tape for dimension and to make her 'pop'.

I just used 2 different sheets of design paper for this card, layering and alternating my die cut shapes, and I picked out the same 2 colours for my flowers.

No ribbon or lace today, just some lovely soft gathered trim, accented with a few flat back gems I coloured with Copics to match my papers.

I hope you like my make for today, don't forget to check out the FaceBook page as there is a rather fabulous contest going where you could win a place on the Whimsy Craft Retreat in September. Also check out our FaceBook Inspirations Group where we are sharing all the new release makes and having some fun games with prizes.

That's it from me for today, but I have lots more to share with you in the coming days, so stay tuned!

Whimsy Stamps June Release 2016 - Meredith the Mermaid

Hello! I'm so excited to be bringing you a little something from Day 1 of Whimsy Stamps new rubber release for June!

There are so many lovely new images to choose from, but today I'm kicking off with
Mermaid Meredith,
isn't she just gorgeous?!

I went for some bright colours for this one and you see those lovely papers and enamel dots? Well they are part of the new release.

You can find all the new products here.

I also used Whimsy's Hand Stitched Nested Rectangle Dies

I coloured her with my distress ink markers to match the fab papers, giving her 2 tone hair and tail.

The cute sea themed embellishments are actually charms, I just cut the loop off carefully with a pair of heavy duty wire cutters.

A close up pic to show the sparkle (wink of stella) on the tail, it's much more sparkly in real life!

The charms, ribbons, cheesecloth and aqua roses are all available from The Ribbon Girl.

I hope you like my inspiration today, don't forget to visit the blog and leave my teamies some love!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

7 Kids College Fund #153
Addicted to Stamps #197
The Paper Shelter #252

This card is for sale in my Etsy store, just click on the icon below.

See you next time!

Whimsy Stamps May Rubber Stamps Release Day 1 - Mariposa

Hi everyone, it's time for the first day of Whimsy Stamps rubber release for May. 

I have a treat for you today in the shape of this cute little chappie or chappess called Mariposa, from the Wee Stamp Collection.  Like all of the artist Sylvia Zets' images, this is just too sweet for words.

Mariposa means butterfly so I dug out 2 of my precious butterflies from Kay's Etsy shop and after finding papers that went with them, I coloured this little bundle of cuteness in coordinating colours, with my distress ink markers.

DI colours: Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar, Evergreen Bough, Forest Moss.

I added lots of Wink of Stella to the wings, but sadly I couldn't get that to show in the pics.

I've linked some of the embellishments used below:

Crafts & You - Vintage Time 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Pauline Pale Aqua/Green Lace

Aquarelle Vintage Style Seam Binding

Cheesecloth

Dusky Pink Satin Ribbon

White Cherry Blossom

Pink Sweetheart Blossom

White Chrysanth

This card is for sale in my Etsy shop, just click the icon below to view there.



You can check out all of the new release stamps here, and find lots of inspiration using them on the Whimsy Inspirations blog.

If you'd love to get your inspiration in person and create in a beautiful environment with some of the Whimsy Artists and Design Team (including me squeeee!!!)
then check out the information below, but don't wait too long as places are limited  :)

Well that's all from me today, but I'll be back on Friday with some more May release inspiration.

Have fun!

Whimsy April Release Day 1

Hello everyone! It's the start of a busy blog week for me as I'm posting 4 cards over 5 days lol.
Today is the first day of Whimsy's April rubber stamp release and we have a really wonderful bunch of stamps to share with you. Over the next 3 days we will showcase 11 brand new red rubber stamps, these are all available to buy from the Whimsy store and selected retailers, (in the UK you can get them from Dies to Die for).

Today I'm using Bunny on Present from Lee Holland. Isn't he just adorable?! I could just pick him up and give him a cuddle he's so cute!

I coloured him with distress ink markers and matched him with some older Pion papers from my stash. Love these colours.

Colours used:

Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain, Abandoned Coral, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet.

I finished off with some pretty embellishments from The Ribbon Girl and my stash.

Cheesecloth
Edwina Cream Deep Scallop Lace
25 mm Apricot Sheer Ribbon
Ivory White Magnolia
Apple Blossom Mixed Pastels
Hip Rose Bud Cream
3 - 6 mm Ivory Self adhesive Pearls

(This card has now been sold).

That's all from me, don't forget to check out the rest of the makes over on the Whimsy blog (you could even win a prize!), and I'll be back tomorrow with another inspiration post for the new release.

Cya! :) xx

Whimsy Stamps February 2016 Release Day 1

Hellooooo! I'm so excited today as it's the first day of our February release over at Whimsy Stamps and honestly I am so in love with this month's release. I mean I always am but this month has SO many great images.

Over the next 3 days we will be showcasing  17 *BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps,and 1*BRAND NEW* Shapeology crafting die! 

So what do I have to share with you today?

Well how about this super sweet image from Sylvia Zet as part of our Wee Stamps collection?

This is Frog Prince

The little frog is SUPER cute and it also comes with a fun sentiment that makes it perfect for a card for the man in your life as long as he has a sense of humour lol! 

I coloured him with my distress ink markers using the following colours:

Peeled Paint, Seedless Preserves, Fossilized Amber, Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry, Hickory Smoke, Bundled Sage, Forest Moss.

I made the background with this great Wavy Lines Mask Art stencil. I just used Peeled Paint and Dusty Concord Distress Ink pads and a blender to ink through the mask, I love the effect, I just masked out my little frog first and then daubed away! It was so much fun and the first time I've tried using a stencil, it won't be the last!

I cut out the image and sentiment using the the largest of the Dies-namics Postage stamp STAX and 

used some of the gorgeous Enjoying Outdoors paper from Maja Design to mat it and kept it simple with a little bit of Celery Green ruffle edged ribbon . 

Well that's all from me today, but do pop along to the Whimsy Blog later and check out the rest of the DT makes, you won't be disappointed, you can also see the full release and have the chance to win them!

That's all from me today but I'l be back tomorrow with more Whimsy New Release goodness!

Bye for now :) xx