Burst of Colors

Hello Crafty Friends! Iris here today with a card made using one of the new Whimsy Rubber stamps from the DoveArt line. This is one of my absolute favorites from the new line. It's called  Hydrangea Cluster . I stamped the  Hydrangeas a few times onto Canson heavy weight (140lbs) watercolor cardstock with Distress Ink Antique Linen and colored using Daniel Smith watercolors. (see a list of colors used below). After the watercolors had dried thoroughly I fuzzy cut the Hydrangea flowers. The sentiment is from the  Happy Headlines  clear set by Deb Davis and was stamped using  VersaFine Clair Nocturne   ink and then cut out. For the background I sponged Fossilized Amber Distress ink all over the cardstock, spritzed it with water for some more interest and let it dry. Then I used the Brick Pattern Stencil and Fossilized Amber Oxide ink to sponge the pattern. Using the Oxide ink in the same color as te background gives it a more saturated look and makes it stan

Hope you all had a good start into the week! It's Day 6 of the    Whimsy Stamps  February Release week. On this last day of our release celebrations I have two cards to share.  Here is the first one. A bright CAS card using the 'Love Has Four Paws'   clear stamp set by Deb Davis  from Amped2Stamp  This is another set in our line-up of pet sympathy stamps . To make this card I started out to mask the edges of a panel of 140 lbs Strathmore mixed media paper with Post-it removable labeling tape. I wanted to sponge the background and have the appearance of a frame without using another layer of cardstock. To sponge my background I used TH Distress Inks ( picked raspberry, spiced marmelade and squeezed lemonade). Then I used the  Brick Pattern Stencil  to lift some of the color. To do that I used a slightly damp baby wipe. I didn't want it to be perfect, I just wanted a bit of the brick pattern effect on my background. When everything was dry I stamped th

Welcome Back to Day 4 of the Whimsy February release.  To see all showcased products from today please visit the  Whimsy Inspirations Blog .  I have a cute little cactus card to share with you today: This cute little guy is called 'Stuck on You Cactus'  illustrated by Krista Heij-Barber. I stamped him on Strathmore 140lb hot press watercolor paper using  Versafine ink . I colored with ZIG clean color brush pens where I take the color right from the Zig pen to the paper and then spread it out with a water brush. I do several layers this way and let it dry in between. The sentiment is  from the  NEW  You're My Favorite  clear sentiment set by  Deb Davis .  I used   Versafine ink  again to stamp the sentiment and then fuzzy cut the word favorite. The spreckles on the background were done using Frantage Shabby Embossing Enamel in blue and a black Tim Holtz distress marker and the distress spritzer tool. Here are the ZIG brush pen colors I used:

Happy Weekend Everyone!  Today is day 3 of our 6 day  Whimsy  Februar y  Release  celebrations! To see all showcased products from today please visit the Whimsy Inspirations Blog .  I have a shaker card to share today using several new and older Whimsy products.  The sweet gnome is from a NEW clear set called 'Gnome Sweet Gnome' .  I colored using my Copics . The sentiment is from the  NEW  You're My Favorite  clear sentiment set by Deb Davis . The star shaped shaker element was created using the Pierced Stars die set. To give it a little dimension and have the shaker element sitting on top of the card rather than behind the cardstock layer, I cut out a piece of fun foam with the star dies   for a 3D effect. The shaker filling is a mix of different sequins and glitter shapes. To create the star spangled background I used the NEW Star Galaxy Stencil . I sponged it using my distress ink pad Spiced Marmalede. For the darker stars I went over it several times

Welcome back crafty peeps! Today is the second day of the Whimsy February Release - four more release days to follow! Stencils, stencils stencils, .... there are several new stencils in this months release. My Inspiration card for today showcases the Star Dangle stencil  as well as the    You're My Favorite  sentiment set on a kraft colored one layer card. I used a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch top fold card made from heavy kraft cardstock. I embossed the   Star Dangle   stencil using Versamark clear ink and heat embossed with Ranger's white embossing powder . The sentiment is from the NEW You're My Favorite clear sentiment set and was stamped using white pigment ink and then heat embossed with  Ranger's white and enchanted gold embossing powder s. Look how gorgeous the gold embossed large word turned out. The white pigment ink underneath the gold embossing powder looks like it has an outline. I love this effect! To add some bling I decorated the card with white

Hello Everyone and Welcome to Day 1 of Whimsy's February 2018 release week . We have 6 jam packed days coming up showcasing all of the newest release goodies which are available in the  store  NOW.  Click here  to go shopping for the new goodies.   We also have super fun news today.   Whimsy Stamps  is proud to be carrying Jennifer Dove's Dove Art line of stamps exclusively . We are thrilled to be working with Jennifer and to be able to bring you this wonderful lineup of stamps.  For my release creation with one of the Dove Art images please scroll down. Here is what I came up with for todays first release day using Himalayan Poppy : I water colored the image using ZIG Brush Pens as well as Gansai Tambi water colors. This time I used the ZIG pens directly on the wet watercolor paper and then spread the color using a water brush. See below for a list of colors used I used. To do the background I used the Brick Pattern Stencil    and some modelin

Hello Friends and Happy Hump-Day! Today I want to share a quick card with you. It's a CAS style card with just a few die cuts and a sentiment. To give it more interest I added a self-made alcohol ink background paper and vellum die cuts. The sentiment and leaf dies are from Whimsy Stamps . Find all the details below. NEW WHIMSY FEBRUARY RELEASE INFO Here is a little reminder that tomorrow starts Whimsy's February release week. We have exciting news and I know you will be loving all the new goodies! All products will be available in store tomorrow and the creative team will be showcasing the new release items over the next 6 days! So mark your calendars and make sure to come back to my blog. I will be showcasing on at least 5 of the six days. You can also visit the Whimsy facebook page and the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for new release inspiration or go directly to the Whimsy store to see all the goodies that are availabe for purchase. The marbeld alcohol ink b