Burst of Colors

Hello Crafty Friends & Welcome to the Spread Joy Not Germs Blog Hop .   This hop is a collaboration of many crafting companies and was set up by Catherine Pooler and Hedgehog Hollow . There will be lots of prizes and giveaways along the way. There are 31 (!!) Sponsors. For a full hop list and all the details on the hop or if you get lost on your way you can visit either of these two blogs! This is a HUGE blog hop with over 140 participants.  The prizes will be randomly drawn from all the blogs and all the comments.  So you may leave as many comments on as many blogs as you can! Some of our sponsors are offering discounts and freebies which can only be found on the company blogs!   So have fun hopping and commenting and keep in mind that the more you comment the more chances you will have of winning prizes ;-) Deadline to enter the hop for prize eligibility is April 24th.  Winners will be announced on Monday, April 27 on the blogs of  Catherine Pooler  an

Hello Everyone! Whimsy Stamps is having a special release today - Cute Cacti . Instead of having a Paper Door Kit this month (due to the current situation) we will be releasing most of the products from the planned April Kit today. They are available in limited supply so make sure you check the Whimsy store ASAP before they are all gone because they are ADORABLE! See for yourself: (scroll down to see my creation) Click on the images to be taken to the items in the Whimsy store:             When I saw these Cute Cacti they were screaming shaker card...here you go: I colored the Cute Cacti with Copics and Prisma Pencils and cut them out using the matching Cute Cacti Outline Dies . I decided to make a slimline card and the Slimline Marquee die was just perfect for what I had in mind. As background for my shaker windows I used the Festive Desert 6x6 Paper Pack  and chose this cute blue and green hearts on a string sheet. Filling for my shaker are match

Happy Easter Everyone! I am here today with a quick post to share an Easter card I made using several of Whimsy's new and older products. This is a card where I did very minimal coloring and used a lot of die cuts instead. Just the flowers and mushrooms are colored using Tombows alcohol ink markers. Here is a closer look. I love the effect of the A2 Lattice die in the background. Using all these different kind of dies (all listed below with links where you can find them in the Whimsy store) also makes for a quick card. Here is a link list of all Whimsy products used: (I am part of Whimsy Stamps Affiliated Program. By clicking and buying through my links I get a small compensation that helps me afford my hobby/running this blog. This is at absolutely NO additional cost to you. Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help!)                                   Thanks for stopping by and continue to stay healthy everyon

Hello Crafty Friends! Just a reminder that the contents of last months Pader Door Eggstra Bunnies have been released with this months release already due to high demand. You'll find them in the Whimsy store HERE .  Here are 2 more cards I've created using these adorable stamps dies and papers: I love this beautiful Eggstra Bunnies 6x6 paper pad .  My bunny eggs images were created with the Eggstra Special clear tamp set. Here is a closer look on my focal image. I also used the flowers from the Spring Bunnies set and a die cut egg using the Nested Pierced Egg dies. On my second card I used one of the images from the Spring Bunnies set: This is a card that is really quickly made. To make the white embossed image pop I used a yellow and orange color wash as background. To add an artsy look I sprinkled on black and orange watercolor. Sentiment is included with the set.  Another shot from a different angle: I've also adde

Hello Crafty Friends. I am on the Whimsy blog today with a tutorial -  Clean & Simple meets Mixed Media.  I love to incorporate  a bit of mixed media into my cards and I want to show you how to take a more clean and simple approach to mixed media but still get that mixed media style look. Here is what we will be creating. So make sure you visit the  Whimsy blog  where I'll have a detailed tutorial with step by step instructions and lots of photos!  I'll see you at the  Whimsy blog , stay healthy!