Showing posts with label Kirsten Winkelbauer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kirsten Winkelbauer. Show all posts

May 17, 2017

Whimsy Stamps May 2017 Rubber and Clear Release


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 and a clear sparkle gelly roll pen. It's so pretty, I like the sublte shimmer. The background is part from an older Bo Bunny paper pad and the other panel I made the background using distress inks and the smooching technique as well as the Distress spritzer tool and sprinkled with water.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to visit our Whimsy FB Group to see some stunning inspiration from my fellow teamies and to have the chance on winning some amazing prizes and celebrate the new release with us! 




April 30, 2017

Celebrate - Whimsy's Bunny Balloon



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 mistake you can easily correct it using a good quality eraser. I was able to erase mistakes with ease.

Well I gave it a try and finished but this will probably be my first and last card colored with pastels.....too bad because the pencils are a dream to color with. After I got the hang of it I really enjoyed the coloring part...despite of all the chalk dust. Oh well I might give it another try in a little while 😉

The image is called Bunny Balloon and is from Whimsy's recent release. You'll find it HERE. I cut the word celebrate from light blue foil cardstock which I also used as layering cardstock. I doodled around the image and added some matching light blue rhinestones to finish my card.

Thanks for stopping by,



April 14, 2017

Whimsy April Rubber & Clear Release - Day 3

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, Coral, Seaweed: Y17, Y13, Y11 / BV00 BV02, BV04, BV08 /
YR27, YR15 Y17 Y13 Y11 / B00, B000 / G46, G43, G40
Rock: W00, W1, W3, W5 / V91, V93, V95, V99 / E89, E84, E81
Sand: E50, E51, E53, E43

My second card is CAS as well showcasing the gorgeous Cherry Blossom Panel die - *love*

The Cherry Blossom Panel was cut out from white heavy cardstock and layered onto a sponged background. I used Distress inks to sponge the background - Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean.. The word sentiment is from the New Pretty Big Flowers Clear Set.  I've added 3 Summer Breeze Enamel Dots to embellish the card.

Wishing all of you a Happy Easter!

Hugs,