Burst of Colors

Hello Friends! I have another super cute image to share with you today from this months release. It's from the 'Sleepy Sloth' clear set by Deb Davis .  I stamped the sloth, moon and stars onto Strathmore 400 Series mixed media paper, colored them using my Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils from Faber Castell and fussy cut the images. My favorite coloring medium at the moment. If you follow my blog you know I love to change my coloring mediums frequently, depending on my mood. I actually do not have one single favorite medium, I love them all. I love to have the possibility to choose from a wide range of coloring mediums depending on the image I want to color, what effect I want to create or what I feel like coloring with at the moment. Sometimes combining different mediums. For me this is all part of the creative process of making my cards and projects. Here is a closer look at the little critter. And here is a list of the colored pencils I used

Hello Friends! Welcome to my blog today. I have a special card to share which I made using one of the NEW Whimsy cancer stamps sets releasing today.    Cancer Sucks ,   Caregiver Hugs , and Cause Awereness .  Unfortunately, cancer has affected or will affect us all at some point.  While the the toll the disease can take on our lives can be heartbreaking, a word of encouragement or hug is always welcome.  It is our hope that these stamp sets will bring a smile or some hope to those in that valley.  Here is my card using   Caregiver Hugs  : I colored the image with Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils and stamped onto Canson 140lb watercolor paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. Here is a shot from another angle and you can see that I've also added some sparkle to the image. I also used the new Checkerboard Doodles BG stamp and the Otter 6x6 designer papers .  Several members of the Whimsy CT are also sharing beautiful creations using these sets so be

Hi All! Earlier this week I showed you an Art Journal Page already. Today I have another one that is also created using a gel printed background as base. The color scheme is different and also the technique I created the background. This one was made using a layering technique whereas the other one was done in a "watercolor effect" technique. I used several stencils, BG stamps and clear stamps to create this page. The options are endless and you can use whatever stamps/stencils you like best.  To add more texture and depth to my page I started by stamping some flowers with the Spiral Rose BG stamp and added details using the   Circles, Circles, Circles, and Create a Beach Scene stamp sets.  The circles cluster in the middle of the page was colored with white acrylic paint and distress crayons to look like spheres which gives the page a focal point as well as depth. Here is a closer look: I actually used just my fingers to color in the circles because i

Hello Everyone! I have a very colorful project to share today. This is a journal page I've created using a gel printed background and then pimped using different techniques to add more depth and dimension. This was part of my Art Journal class at the Whimsy Retreat back in May. My gel print pages are inspired by Kate Crane . I love her style and love to watch her mixed media and gel print videos.  As you can see I used lots of different Whimsy products on this journal page. I have my gel printed background as a base and then I start adding texture with different stamps and stencils. I tend to use white first if the background is very colorful like this one to break it up a bit. I also use ink in the same colors I used already for my background to stamp. To make it even more pop I added black stamped numbers, circles and stripes. Finally I do some detailing using black and white pens. To add a focal point I've added butterflies and part of a die cut b