Tag - Whimsy Duck

I am back making single layer tags using the Go Kreate Concentric tag die.  It is a great way to use stamps and a box of tags makes for a super gift.

This Whimsy Duck image was stamped with Archival Black ink and coloured in with aqua pencil crayons lightly blended with a blender pen.  The sentiment is Clear Dollar Birthday Wishes.

Crafter's Workshop Mini Butterfly Template

When I made the last card with this template I did not do the first attempt properly but managed to save a small section to use on a card.  The template was inked with Distress Dusty Concord and I cut the strip with my Creative Memories trimmer fitted with a decorative blade.  After matting it on a piece of white cardstock I scored a couple of lines either side of the strip.

The sentiment is from WhimsyThank You Tabs 1 inked in StazOn  Vibrant Violet.

Stationery Holder

The finished product - a notepad, post-it note and bookmark gift set

The size of the holder is 228mm x 150mm, scored at 60mm / 85mm / 145mm and 170mm.  The corner rounder used is from Creative Memories.  Yellow cardstock is Stampin Up Barely Banana, the patterned paper is Creative Memories Shades of Orange with the orange cardstock being Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie.  The tab on the right hand side is a Stampin Up Round Tab punch.

The post-it note pouches on the left hand side are 58mm x 66mm.  You would need to check the size of the post-it notes for the scoring.  The trim added was from scraps I had and the flourish stamp was off of an un named Inkadinkado set.  As the holders had no sides I made 4 holes (2 front, 2 back) with a paper piercer and threaded some embroidery cotton through the front hole, then the same side back hole, along the back to the next side and out the front, knotting both sides.

 

The notepad holder in the middle is a MFT Die-namics die Gift Card Pocket.  Instead of taping it flat I added a couple of pieces either side to make it into a box.  The owl on the front is from the Stampin Up set called First Friends stamped with Archival Coffee ink.  The small dots around the owl are from the Flourishes set Medallion Motif which was die cut with Spellbinders Circles small and large.

 

The bookmark pocket on the right hand side is a Memory Box die called Library Pocket.  Again I altered the die by trimming off one side so as to be able to slide the bookmark in.

Below is the outside of the holder.  The image is from Whimsy - Owl shaded with SU Close to Cocoa crayon and a blender pen.  The die it is framed in is MFT Peek-a-Boo Trio.  The 2 mesh like areas on either side of the holder were made using a Dreamweavers stencil brush, Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade with a Dreamweavers Fibreglass screen.  The is a quick and easy technique and I like the look it gives.  Think I will be using this a lot in future as I like to make my own backgrounds.

Bookmark - MFT Bookmark Duo and stamps on SU Pumpkin Pie. Background on the bookmark is a Hero Arts stamp - Old Letter Writing.  The edges of the cardstock are Distress inked with Rusty Hinge and the patterned Creative Memories paper, Shades of Orange, is done with Spiced Marmalade.

Peachy Keen - Lorie loves Skip

A while back I stamped, coloured, paper pieced and cut out the two elves in the Peachy Keen Lorie loves Skip stamp set.  The images are quite large which one has to take into account when putting a card together.

Starting with the dark blue background, this was embossed with the Cuttlebug folder called Pinking Stitch.  The lighter blue directly behind the image is a Couture Creations embossing folder called Waterfall and the white section is the Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder.  The image was coloured in using markers and pencil crayons (for the face and hair) with the pants being paper pieced.  The sentiment is from the Whimsy set called Holiday Ticket Sentiments and it is die cut using the Whimsy Ticket die.

Whimsy - Silver Fairy

It is a bit daunting using an image such as the Whimsy Silver Fairy.  There have been so many beautiful cards made with this stamp, most of them works of art.  I rather like to keep my cards plain and simple so opted for a more uncluttered look for this card.

The fairy was coloured in using Copics and die cut with Sizzix ovals.  The wings were overlaid with vellum.  The green frame is a Memory Box die called Twirling Vine Frame.  I had already made the flowers so I cannot remember from which dies they were cut but I think it might have been Marianne D.  The background paper is from Creative Memories.

Flourishes - Kids Play - girl

I find the key to making quick and simple cards for me is to identify a stamp set, in this case Flourishes Kids Play and make a couple of cards from the various images in the set. 

This image did not stamp out as well as I had hoped and I used a black marker to go over the parts which were a bit too light.  I think I have a problem with pressure on some stamps so perhaps I was to blame this time.  I used Distress inks - Peeled Paint and Bundled Sage for the grass and cut out the image using a Spellbinders Circle.  The die using the green cardstock behind the circle is from Spellbinders Lacey Circles.

The sentiment and the die used to frame it is from Whimsy Stamps.  The die is Notables 2 and the sentiment set is Friendship Notables 2.

Whimsy Stamps - Hot Air Balloon Die

With so many different companies offering dies I find it difficult to focus on which ones I will use - I want them all !! 

This Whimsy die is another which is different and allows the crafter decide on what to do with the balloon part.  I opted to use a patterned piece of paper then I must admit I did struggle a little to stick the strips in as the main die was cut using cardstock and the balloon was cut using paper.  It would have helped if I had used the same thickness cardstock for both.

I stuck the balloon onto a Spellbinders Labels 18 which I edged with Antique Linen Distress ink.  Next came a Spellbinders Oval, matted onto a rectangle.  Both the yellow and the burgundy paper are from Creative Memories.  The photo corners are an EK Success punch and the border top and bottom are from a Martha Stewart border punch.



Whimsy Owl

This dear little owl looks like me in the mornings !  I originally coloured this Whimsy stamp in using Copics but made such a hash of it I tossed it out.  I struggle to use Copics in small areas like the whispy hair as the ink just seems to bleed.  Yes, I am using the right paper and ink plus I have a light touch so I really cannot fathom out what I am doing wrong.  Anyway, I used my old faithful watercolour paper, blender pen and Marvy Le Plume II markers and had finished colouring in so quickly.

I used Nestabilities Labels 3 to frame the image and sponged it with Antique Linen Distress ink.  The green background paper is from a Stampin Up hostess gift pad, the sentiment is from a Clear Dollar set called Charliene April Showers and it is on a Cuttlebug die cut.  The sewing is hand done - not my strong suit !

PaperArtsy - Noel 6

When I was looking through my Xmas stamps I found this PaperArtsy set I had not yet used.  They stamp really well and are easy to hand cut out.

The baubles were stamped using Maroon Archival Ink and placed on a cream background which was embossed with a SU folder called Textured Impressions.  The sentiment is from a Whimsy set called Vintage Christmas and it was die cut using Clear Dollar Tabs and Tags.

I have been looking for a Xmas card I can mass produce and think I have found it with this one.

WHIMSY STAMPS - DOG AND SIGN

I love animal images, especially dogs, but never quite know how to colour them in.  This chap did not come spotted but he looked rather plain so I decided to add a few.

What attracted me to this Whimsy stamp was the fact the image could be easily cut out and that I could add whatever greeting I wanted as the sign is blank.

I used watercolour paper and black Archival ink to stamp the image and coloured him in using a variety of markers.  I did get a little carried away with the various Nestabilities labels but I like to think they worked.  Most of the cardstock and papers are my usual CM with the photo corners being from a SU punch.

WHIMSY STAMPS - FROG

When I buy stamps I am usually attracted to cute and whimsical characters and tend not to give too much thought as to how practical they are to colour in.  Sometimes there is a coloured example of the stamp and it looks so easy, but then I can seldom find it when the time comes to colour it in.

My frog ended up being coloured using different Distress Ink pads and an aqua brush.  A tip my sister gave me was rather than flood your ink pad with water from the aqua brush, dab the pad onto a piece of accetate and work off of there - it works like a charm !  Thanks, Debs.

The background paper is all CM and I used a Nesties Eyelet Squares die for the frame behind the image.  Not sure about the sentiment, it could be Clear Dollar.  The tag is a SU punch and the square is made from a CM punch.