Whimsy July 1st Release - Get Well Soon

Hey Whimsy Fans, it's the 1st of the month and that means 'Release-Time'!!! Do you remember the Butterflies clear stamp set that has been released some time earlier? I LOVE this set and it is one of my all time favorites because it is so versatile and you can use if for all kinds of cards and occasions. What's new is that we have now matching outline dies for the Butterflies! Isn't that amazing? That saves so much time because fussy cutting can be real time consuming. Just stamp, color and die cut and voila! A perfect cut out butterfly! 

I made a slimline card using one of my ready to use gel printed backgrounds I keep in my drawer. When I am in the mood to do some gel printing I usually get carried away and at the end of the day I have tons of gel printed papers. I keep all those handy to use up for my card making. This summery red/pink and yellow/orange piece of gel printed paper is perfect for my rather simple butterfly card.
I created the frame using the Slimline Birthday Scallops Die. 

I created the frame using the Slimline Birthday Scallops Die. I stamped the butterflies from the Butterflies clear stamp set onto vellum paper with black pigment ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder. I then die cut the butterflies using the NEW matching Butterflies Outline dies. The sentiment is from the Butterflies set as well. I cut it out using the Simple Sentiment Strips dies. A few clear confetti sequins finish off my card.

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Just Keep Swimming - Turner Syndrome Foundation Card Auction

Hi Friends! Today I want to share a card with you that I made for a special cause. Lori Kobular is hosting a card auction to support the Turner Syndrome Foundation starting on Friday July 2nd. Here is a LINK to her Instagram account where you can see all the wonderful cards up for auction and where you also be able to put your bits in. 100% of the proceeds are going to the TSF!

I donated several of my cards for the auction including this one here. If you are interested you'll find this card and can bid on it HERE.

I used Fish Fanzy clear stamp set together with the Connected Bubbles die - one of my favorites. The BG is created using a sheet of the Under the Sea slimline papers and I added more details with the Ocean stencil to it.

There is also a matching slimline envelope which I created using the Slimline Envelope Builder die set.

I used another of the Under the Sea papers to line the inside of the envelope.

Here is the inside of the card

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Hope to see you at the auction site! ❤

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Best Friend

Hello All! Here is a quick shaker card I want to share today. The new Scallop Six A2 die is just perfect to make it a shaker. I also used the Rainbows 6x6 papers and Best Friend Word Die Set.

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Lookin' Shark XOXO

Hey friends & Happy Sunday! Another cute shark card from me. This time I opted for a slimline version.

I combined the Lookin' Shark clear stamp and outlkine die set with the Taffy Slimline Papers and Wavy Edger dies as well as the Cutie Alphabet die set. Combining all these new products makes for a fast fun card.

I colored again with pencils and a base layer of alcohol markers as described here in this post.

 

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Grandtastic Birthday Hogs

Happy Saturday Everyone! Hope you all had a good week and enjoying the weekend now! Here is a card I made using the Piggies Background Stamp that was released earlier this month.

I customized the sentiment and created the word Hogs out of the Big Hugs Word die set and the Bold ABC die set. Together with the Fantabulous sentiment set and Birthday Word & Shadow die set I created the perfect sentiment for my Piggies BG.

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Lookin Shark Challenge & Whimsy Release

Whimsy's Newest Release is out!

It's challenge time again. My friends Alanna and Faye are challenging each other again. We each use  different coloring mediums but the same stamp sets. Make sure to visit their blogs to see their fabulous creations! 

So this time we decided on the super cute Lookin' Sharp clear stamp set from Whimsy's newest release designed by Dustin Pike. I am using pencils today with a little twist to it. 

I colored this fella with Caran D'ache Pablo pencils. This time I added a little twist to my pencil coloring by laying down the lightest color with alcohol markers. Just one color flat, no shading, nothing. Then I colored the image as I normally would with pencils. I used mixed media paper and a hybrid ink. I love this method working on a layer of base color. It also speeds up the coloring process a bit too and that is a nice advantage as pencil coloring can really be time consuming.

Yep, it's another shaker card 😂. Looks like I can't get enough of these lately. It's just such a nice effect to add a shaker element to a card. These shark stamps have matching outline dies as well (see all product links below). To create the background I used the new Slimline Taffy papers. These are slimline sized but are versatile and can be used on any card style. I created the word Jawsome out of the Awesome word die and the letter J from the cutie ABC set. I die cut all the word elements from pink glitter paper that matches the background paper. Then I removed the letter e from the word awesome and added the letter J and there you go: Jawsome 👍

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