Burst of Colors

Hello All and Happy Monday! Did you see the awesome newly released Butterflies Stencil in the Whimsy store? I love how versatile it is and want to share some ideas with you on how to use it in different ways. The stencil is 4 x 6 inches in size and 0.188mm in thickness. It is made using a smooth plastic and both sides have a slightly shiny surface which makes clean up real easy. To enjoy your stencil for a long time I recommend storing it flat and clean it up right after each use. Sponging with inks, paints and stains are one of the most common techniques to use stencils. While you can achieve beautiful effects with these techniques, I love to add dimension to my cards and projects. Here I am using a 3D paste with a nice pearlescent pink shimmer (Nuvo Embellishment Mousse). I've placed the stencil over my cardstock and secured it with some Washi tape to keep it from shifting. (I always work on a Teflon sheet covered work space - makes cle

Hello All and Welcome to Day 2 of the Whimsy January Release! The January 2017 release party continues over in our  Whimsy Stamps and Inspirations Facebook group . You can join us for games, fun, and a chance to win Whimsy prizes too. Here is the link to the party event ! Here are my DT projects for the second release day:  This is NEW Birthday Cow by Crissy Armstrong, available NOW in rubber! I'm in love with this image, too adorable! I colored it with my Copics. Sentiment is from the NEW Loveley Lavender Clearly Whimsy Stamps set . I also used together with my flower arrangements the NEW Honeycomb Pattern die. This die is so versatile, it's amazing and like with all the Whimsy dies, cutting is a charm. My second card for today is a shaker card using the New Happy Sayings Die Set and the matching Happy Sayings clear set. For the shaker filling I used the New Valentines Sequins and also added some coarse pink glitter granules. DP is from the W

 Whimsy January Release - Rubber and Clear This month, we are releasing the following new stamps and dies: 4 new stamps from Crissy Armstrong 3 new stamps from Lee Holland 2 new stamps from Wee Stamps 2 new stamps from Krista Heij-Barber 3 new stamps from Kirsten Winkelbauer and finally - 6 new clear stamps and 2 new dies and 1 stencil Have a peek at them all on our Whimsy Inspirations Blog! GREAT NEWS - all of the new products are available to purchase from the  Whimsy Stamps shop  NOW! Today kicks off our January 2017 release party over in our  Whimsy Stamps and Inspirations Facebook group . You can join us for games, fun, and a chance to win Whimsy prizes too. Here is the link to the party event !   Here are my DT cards for today:     This is "Betty and Bob" by Wee Stamps, colored with Copics on a fairly clean and simple style card. I also used the In Stitches clear stamp set. DP is from the digital Butterfly Breeze 2 pa

Totally Tiffany Product Review Hello and Happy Monday to all my fellow crafters. Whimsy Stamps and Totally Tiffany teamed up and today I am here to review two products I received from Totally Tiffany in exchange for this review. Thank you for this opportunity! Totally Tiffany is a company which sells all different kinds of storage and organization products for crafters, especially scrapbooking / card making. If you don't know them already here is a link to their website Totally Tiffany . Go and check them out you will be thrilled and surprised by the variety and usefulness of their products! These products make it easy to declutter your craft room and get organzied! You will also have the chance to win some Totally Tiffany goodies :-) A little later in this review I will provide you with a link to a sweepstake. It's easy, just enter to win ;-) ....and if you are looking closely you might see some new Whimsy goodies.... just saying. Ok but now

Hello Everyone and Happy Sunday! My first post in the new year and I am happy to start posting this year with showing you a card with a new Whimsy digital stamp! To day is Whimsy's Digital January Release! Find all the info about it on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog and the new digital stamps here in the Whimsy store! I colored Spring Lamb with my Copics. I also used Butterfly Breeze2 digital papers, Pretty Pastels digital papers, Tracy Sentiment Mix 2 and It's a Party Enamel Dots . Make sure you check our Whimsy Stamps Inspirations FB Group and join in on the Release Party! My fellow DT sisters have amazing creations to show :-) Luv 'n hugs!

Welcome Whimsy Friends to Day 19 of Whimsy's Countdown to Christmas! Only a few more days until Santa arrives :-) Are you ready yet and done with all your Christmas preparations? I actually am (woohoo) and I thought I would start making some Valentines cards. Here's a CAS card I made using the Card Builder - Hearts of Love die set The card measures 4.5 x 5.5 inches. The second layer is 0.5 inches smaller. I cut out the word Love from the second layer and used the negative. To make it really pop I  layered it on to a piece of red card stock. The red heart was cut out from the same red card stock. I then added some burlap string and attached the large heart with a small white cloth pin. I decided to also use the tiny heart. I drew a line using a black Copic multi liner pen, adhering the tiny heart at the end of the line. This gives the effect as the tiny heart would just drop off the large heart. Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs,

Hello Crafty Friends and welcome to Day 6 of the Whimsy Stamps Countdown to Christmas.   December 6th / Saint Nicholas Day is a special day in Germany (and other European countries of course) where I'm from originally. We celebrate this day in remembrance of  historical Saint Nicholas also called Nicolas of Myra or Bishop of Myra and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving. Usually kids will get boots filled with candy, fruit, nuts and small gifts. We always celebrated in the evening of the 6th when I was a child but some already had their boots filled in the night from the 5th to the 6th depending on which part from Germany you are from. This is why I picked Santa's Glee today for my card. I thought it's the perfect image for today :-) He is available in the Whimsy store as digital stamp from the Crissy Armstrong collection.  I also used two dies from the Whimsy Shapeology collection: Merry - large word die and  Hand Sti

The long-anticipated Day is here!! Welcome to Whimsy Stamps Digital Shop Grand Re-Opening ! Whimsy has a selection of images, sentiments and papers that are now available to purchase, download and use immediately! This is my creation using  N’ice Friends 2 colored with Copics I also used Purple Winter digital papers , Snowdrops digital paper as well as the newly released Snowflake dies.  Copic colors used: Blue: B000, B00, B02, B04, B06 Purple: BV0000, BV00, BV02, BV04, BV08 Snowman: BG000, BG90, BG93 Birds: E50, E51, E53 Nose and beaks: YR15, YR07 Cheeks: R30, R02 Digital images are great because you can flip images, use the computer to “mask” and combine images and backgrounds, and re-size everything to suit your personal projects before you print them off. Please read the Terms Of Use with each product purchased for all the details. Digital images are so easy to use. And they can be printed again and again, as many times as you like for y

Hello blogging friends and Happy Thursday! Sharing a card today made with the new Whimsy Stamps Holiday Sweet Treats die and clear set s from the October release as well as the Winter Afghan background stamp which has been released last month. In addition I also used the Christmas Cheer papers and one of the Stitched Border Trio dies . The Winter Afghan background was embossed with gold embossing powder to give this CAS card some more depth and some bling. Have a great rest of the week Hugs,