Burst of Colors

Happy Sunday Everyone!  It's the time of the month again and we at Whimsy Stamps are so happy to be bringing you 5 days of release week for all the new July goodies. So for the next 5 days, we will have a ton of  inspiration from the super talented Whimsy Creative Team featuring all of these fun new products. And guess what? They are all available for sale NOW. Just  click here   to be taken directly to the Whimsy store.   Today we are showcasing on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog two new fairy images, an amazing new rubber background stamp, a fun sentiment set and an awesome new alphabet die set.               On my inspiration card today I am using the fabulous NEW Flower Puffs Background stamp: How-to: I created the background by starting with some masking using Post-it tape to create a wonky rectangle shape. I used a panel of cold press watercolor paper. I then put down several layers with Distress Crayons (mustard seed and picked raspberry) and

Hello Everyone! I am back from an awesome weekend last week. I had the pleasure to be teaching again at the 3. Whimsy Stamps Craft Retreat and had a blast meeting old friends and making new ones. Can't wait until next time! <3 All my crafty goodies are now unpacked and put back in place in my craft room. The Whimsy July release is right around the corner and I am busy creating for that as well as the July PaperDoor kit. So keep your eyes peeled for some new goodies coming soon to my blog here. Here is one of my projects I had prepared as a kit for attendees at the retreat to take home. It uses the  Let's Be Mermaids clear set   from this months release. I colored the image with Copics and cut it out. The background was done using Post-it tape to create the wonky rectangle shape, blended some Distress inks using blending brushes  and stamped the  Seashell Background  with Versamark ink. Sentiment is from the    Scripted Everyday Sentiments .  A layer of bl

Happy Saturday Everyone! Whimsy Stamps is taking part in  The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge - Special Blog Hop Event . It's to celebrate their 10th anniversary. If you want to know more about  The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge please check out this post on Kathy's blog. There are lots of awesome companies taking part and there are also lots of goodies to win on the way. Whimsy is one of these brilliant companies and if you like to take part in the hop and have a chance on winning some Whimsy goodies please visit the Whimsy Blog HERE .  Here is the blog line up of all the companies taking part: The Daily Marker Pretty Pink Posh Purple Onion Designs    Reverse Confetti   Right at Home Studio Katia   Sunny Studio Technique Tuesday Trinity Stamps The Ton     Whimsy Stamps Winnie and Walter   Your Next Stamp   Right now it’s in the middle of the challenge and it’s a great tim

Happy Monday All and Welcome to Day 4 of the Whimsy June Release Celebrations. I have a fun shaker card to share with you today.  I had a blast coloring this fun and happy image from the NEW Crazy Cat Lady clear set . I instantly had to think of my niece-in-law (is there such thing?....lol) who loves and adores cats. So I made this card with her in mind :-D This is for you Britta ;-) xx The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Curious Metallic Cryogen white paper. I love the shimmer this paper has. Even after coloring the shimmer is still there and gives a subtle sparkle to your image.  Years ago this was my favorite paper to use with Copics. I kind of forgot about it and haven't used it in years. While organizing my craft room the other day I came across some left over sheets and remembered how nice it behaved with alcohol markers. Color goes on and blends like butter. I have to use this more often again! I fuzzy cut the image because I wanted to pop i

Hello Crafty Friends! It's Saturday and the second day of the Whimsy Stamps  June release!  My inspiration for you today is a card I made using the NEW Seashell Background stamp , New Let's Be Mermaids clear set and the Leaf Foliage 2 die set .  I used 140lb mixed media paper for the background. I spritzed on different colors of mica shimmer spray, letting it dry between each application. Unfortunately the super nice shimmer can't be seen in the photograph. Then after it had dried completely and I was satisfied with my colors I used Versamark ink and stampe on the  Seashell Background   and embossed with white embossing powder.  My card base is 5.5 x 4.25 inches crosswise fold. First I added a black card stock layer to my card base (5.25 x 4 inches) and on top my seashell beackground in a slight angle. I cut the seashell background 1/8 of and inch smaller than the black cardstock layer. I cut out two tags (from a discontinued Whimsy tag dies set) one from b