Lilies and Roses

I'm so in love with this month's Whimsy Stamps release especially as there are two sets of flower dies perfect for Foamiran!  Links to the dies are at the end of the post.

I made the rose plus buds using the new Rose Petal Die Set, the Lilies (both small and large) using the new Lily Flower Die Set and the tiny cherry blossoms using the Peony Flower Die Set.  The green leaves are also from the Peony set.

I used a black permanent marker to add the dots to the lilies

Sorry about all the photos but I couldn't help myself I was so so thrilled with how the flowers turned out.

And another 😛

Shoo, those all took some editing 😂

The products from Whimsy Stamps used are all linked to the pictures below:

   

 

Back tomorrow with two more cards for the August release 

New Lily Die Set - Whimsy Stamps August Release

It's release time at Whimsy Stamps and the new August dies, rubber and clear goodies are out.  You can see the entire release here.

I'm featuring the new Lily Flower Die Set on both cards and have used them two ways, one as a traditional lily flower and the other I've created a poinsettia using the same die set.

First up the lily card - I made the flower using white silk foamiran for the flower and olive green foamiran for the leaves.   I also used the smallest die from my Peony Flower Die Set to make the little white cherry blossoms. I used one of my Vintage Sentiments, the font worked so well for the look I was aiming for with this one.

Just a heads up for the UK girls, Noor Design has the new release in stock here

A closer look at the flowers which I coloured with oil pastels and then used a copic marker to create the dots on the petals.

The paper is The Promise pad by First Edition.

Next up is a Christmas card, again using the lily dies

I love that the die set can be used for more than it was intended for, I do like to get my money's worth lol.

I used white foamiran again and used all three layers (each cut twice) to make up the large poinsettia  and the smaller two layers for the small poinsettia.  I also used the peony flower set to make the gold blossoms.  The leaves I did by painting a sheet of white card with gold paint then die cut using the fab-u-lassss Holly Vine Die.  I love how that turned out!  The sentiment is the Christmas Large Word Die

I finished up the arrangement with some white berries and some wee cones that I painted gold.

I'll be back tomorrow with another card featuring the lily die set and also the gorgeous new rose petal die set

I've linked to the products in the post but to make it easier to find them here they are again

      

    

Foamiran Poinsettia Christmas

Another Christmas card, and this time I’ve made a Foamiran poinsettia using the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die.  It was really easy to make so if you want a quick video of how I did it leave a comment and I’ll get one done if there’s enough interest.

I used the gorgeous Lemoncraft Christmas Carols paper pad again, I LOVE this pad.  I used 0.6mm white Foamiran and heated each petal then pressed on to a Mould 104.  It sounds faffy but it was really quick to do.  Once I’d embossed them all I twised the ends and shaped the petals slightly.  I adhered 2 of each layer together then popped a berry sprig in the centre together with a gold metal finding which I’ve had in my stash for years.  I used some white flowers made using the Craft Passion Flowers set –06 and Craft Passion Flowers Set 03 dies.

I finished off the spray with some TH die cut leaves, gold berries, Scrapiniec Holly Branches laser cut chipboard, Wycinanka - Lacy Christmas - Stars - set of 3 (both painted with gold paint) and some gold twine.

I love how the poinsettia turned out.  I added white glitter from The Range to give an icy look and added some mini polystyrene balls (also from The Range)

Those little white flowers fitted the bill perfectly

I love making Christmas cards, even though I’m not a fan of Christmas – it’s gotten way too commercial for me.

Wee Baby Giraffe

I haven’t coloured in a Wee image for a while, and fell in love with this new one from Whimsy Stamps – Baby Giraffe.  How stinkin cute!  I teamed it with a sentiment from the Polka Dot Fun stamp set.

I made the flowers using my Peony Flower Die Set and 0.6mm white Foamiran.  I made some little yellow blossoms usiing the peony die (smallest die) and also Craft Passion Flowers Set 03 and Craft Passion Flowers set –06 dies as well as some rust blossoms using a Rosy Dot set.  I made a card similar to this a couple of weeks ago (in fact I made them both together because I loved the paper and lace so much!)  The paper is UKH Gallery Mademoiselle paper pad, the lace is 100mm natural lace which I cut in half. 

I need to dig out some more Wee stamps I think.

Whimsy Stamps news

A quick heads up with a couple things happening at Whimsy Stamps this month .....

First up - Whimsy Stamps is having a rare DT call.  Click on the badge below to go get all the details

And also this months Customer Appreciation Stamp Set is this delicious Just Dance set.  

Click on the graphic below to go get all the details of how to get your hands on this set

Back tomorrow with a sweet Wee card from the latest Whimsy Stamps release

Noel

My first Christmas card for 2017 is done, this year is whizzing by far too quickly.  Eek, eek, eekity eek!

I went the traditional route for my first card, and used delicious Lemoncraft Christmas Carols paper pad, added a gorgeous Wycinanka - Christmas Doodles - Baubles with Snowflake 02 and some Scrapiniec Holly Branches laser cut chipboard which I popped in amongst the flowers.  I added

 some machine stitching, 15mm White Cotton Lace and Waxed Cotton Cord - 5 metres - Green

I used mulberry flowers for a change.  I chopped up a glittery berry spray to use in amongst the flowers and finished off with a die cut sentiment

One down, eleventy ‘leven to go!

Penguin’s Rainy Day

I’m still penguin crazy, so here’s another cutie from me today.  This is Penguin’s Rainy Day, a digi stamp from Whimsy Stamps.   I’ve used one of the sentiments from the Polka Dot Fun clear stamp set and some It’s a party enamel dots and sequins for embellishment along with the flowers.

Copic markers used to colour this up are:

Penguin: C9, 7, 5; C1, 0, 00; R20, R00; YR27, 24, 31, 30
Brolly: N3, BG57, 45, 53, B000
Boots/Hat: N3, R24, 14, 22, 20
Ducky: YR31, Y35, YR30; YR27, 24, 31, 30

The papers are My Minds Eye – these fun colours are so perfect for these stamps!

Dies used are a mix of Sizzix, Magnolia, Memory Box or MFT for the clouds (can’t remember!) and Spellbinders.

Back on the weekend with a (ssshhhhhhh!!!) Christmas card - eeek!