Penguin Prezzie

I’m back to penguins again, I love these  little cuties so much I can’t leave them alone lol.  I’ve used Penguin Prezzie for today’s card, teamed with a sentiment from the Vintage Birthday Frames stamp set. 

Copic colours used are:

Penguin: C9, 7, 5, 3 – BV20, C1, 0, 00 – R20, 00 – YR27, 24, 31, 30
Melon:  R22, 20, 00, 000, 0000
Teal: BG57, 32, 11, 10

The paper is a My Mind’s Eye pad, I have boxes of these that have never seen the light of day and I’ve really no idea why!  The colours are so pretty.

I die cut a Memory Box butterfly from card and vellum.  Love the look this gives.

Have a fabulous bank holiday weekend, and do pop back soon as I've a large stamping giveaway starting on the weekend.  I found a box of 36 stamps and stamp sets still in their packaging that need new homes, so plan on giving them all away in one draw to three winners.  See ya then :)

Special Wishes

Back to my flowery, shabby cards with this one today.  I’m really loving this style at the moment.

I got this Rose Avenue paper pack a few weeks back, I’m in total love!  The little tag is from the pack, I used two seperate words from the Whimsy Stamps Painted Sayings stamp set to make up the sentiment I wanted to fit on the tag.  Annnnd … see that gorgeous white flourish behind the leaves – well, that’s the fabulous Cherry Blossom Panel die!!  Yep, I just cut off the border and voila, another way to use that die.

I made the clock using a silicone mould and a hot glue gun, once it was set I gave it a couple coats of white paint then dirtied it up with some Pumice Stone Distress Ink

Love that panel die converted into a flourish!

The leaf die is one I picked up on Ebay.

Have a great weekend!

Pretty Big Flowers

A somewhat different card today, also featuring the new Whimsy Stamps release.  I’ve used two clear stamp sets – Pretty Big Flowers and Vintage Birthday Frames.  I also used the fab-u-las In Stitches stamp set to stamp some stitching using Pumice Stone Distress Ink around the edges of the paper, way quicker than stitching for real!

I stamped and heat embossed the flowers using gold embossing powder several times, then watercoloured using Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany and Bundled Sage Distress Inks.  I forgot just how much I love colouring flower stamps, and using watercolour mediums makes them a doddle to colour.

I also heat embossed the sentiment after stamping on to a die cut oval.

A bit of lace and a few swirly die cuts and job done.  A really quick and simple card to make

Have a great Easter weekend!

Cherry Blossom Panel

I’m back with my second card featuring gorgeous goodies from the April Whimsy Stamps release.  I don’t recall making a sympathy card before, so this is a first for me and the new Cherry Blossom panel die was perfect for what I had in mind.   I teamed this up with one of the new Sympathy Heartfelt & Condolences word dies and the new Deepest Sympathy stamp set. 

I adhered the lace panels on to a sheet of paper from The Promise pad.  I wanted a patterned design but not one that would fight with the lace and I think that most of the papers from this pad would’ve worked perfect for what I had in mind.  I adhered the sympathy die cut onto a banner from the Card Builder Many Thanks die set and stamped on the sentiment (thank goodness for the Misti, thats all I’m saying!)

The bird is one I made using a silicone mould and hot glue which, once set, I coated a couple of times with white acrylic paint.

For a girl who steers away from sympathy cards, I’m really pleased at how this one turned out.  I think this panel is going to be so very useful for so many styles and types of cards – thanks for listening to my plea Denise

Back tomorrow with another card.

Penguin’s Birthday

The Whimsy Stamps April 2017 release party has started over on the Whimsy Stamps and Inspirations Facebook group. Pop across to join in with games, fun, and a chance to win Whimsy prizes too.

We are releasing new red rubber images, clear stamp sets and dies.  Everything is available here, so do pop across to see all of the new stamping goodness.  I’ve popped a video link to the March release showcase at the end of the post, it’s just a couple of minutes long and worth a peek to see all the fab new goodies.

I can’t help it, I’m totally and utterly in love with these little cuties, so hot on the heels of my last penguin card … I’ve another one for you #sorrynotsorry

This is Penguin Birthday, which I’ve teamed up with the two new word sets of dies that were released today - Birthday Wishes and Magical and also Smiles Happy and Celebrate.  I’ve also added in the cutest little cupcake from the Shaker Builder Sweetest Birthday die set.

Coloured with copic markers, I used:

Penguin: C9, 7, 5, 3 – BV20, C1, 0, 00 – R20, 00 – YR27, 24, 31, 30
Orange: YR02, 02, 00, 000
Teal: BG57, 32, 11, 10

The papers are My Minds Eye – Tangerine.  Love that although they are bright colours, they are still subdued and don’t overwhelm the stamped image.

Back tomorrow with another new reveal

Penguin Hugs

I’m officially in love … with these sweetest little penguins by Crissy Armstrong.  What an absolute pleasure they are to colour!  Today’s card features Penguin Hugs from Whimsy Stamps.   Now seriously, how can you not be gaga over these little cuties?! 

I was having a mooch through my sentiment stamp sets and thought the “from my heart to yours” from the Handmade from me stamp set worked perfectly with this image.  The sentiment set just so happens to be on sale right now too – bonus.   I used the Whimsy Stamps Shaker Builder Sweetest Birthday die for the dotty layer.

Not many copic colours used to colour this one up:

Penguins: C9, 7, 5, 3 – BV20, C1, 0, 00 – R20, 00 – YR27, 24, 31, 30
Grass: G20, YG63, 61, 67
Flowers: R85, 81
Butterflies: BG57, 10

The paper is First Edition Bella Rose.  I really need to make a concerted effort to start using what I have rather than buying the new stuff and then stock-piling.  It’s ridiculous the stuff I have in this craft room, I’m ashamed!

I’ve another penguin card next week (one of three cards for the April Whimsy Stamps release).

And for those lucky enough to get to Ally Pally this weekend, Tracy from Noor Design is there with all her delectable goodies including Foamiran and a huge range of stamens.  She’ll be in the arena today and tomorrow demonstrating flower making using Foamiran.

Floral Birthday Wishes

I’m back to my flowery and shabby cards today, and used Whimsy Stamps’ Butterflies Stencil, Doodled Doily Die and Lovely Lavender Stamp Set

Yup, the organza ribbon (which is a pale green believe it or not … darn camera!) got the heat treatment again.  LOVE this effect so hard.

Lots of dimension with the stencil effect and raised layers.

Love these soft and pretty Floral Muse papers, they are perfect for the shabby look.

Have a great weekend