No better friend than you!...

Hello everyone!

Today I have something a little different to show you!

It is one of the gorgeous new release images by 

Whimsy Stamps

Pelican Rubber Cling Stamp DoveArt

which I have water coloured with Tombow Dual Brush Markers!

I created the background by stamping some of the elements from the 

Create a Scene - Beach Rubber Cling Stamp

I painted this with Tombow Dual Brush Markers and die cut it with 

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangle Dies

The I stamped and painted the gorgeous pelican and fussy cut him/her.

I created a frame for my design with the 

Shaker Maker Rectangle Die Set 

and assembled the card with cheesecloth as shown.

I stamped the sentiment from the 

Magical Birthday Wishes Clear Stamps 

and die cut it with a tag die.

I attached this to the card as shown, adding a piece of white ribbon.

Be sure to pop to 

Whimsy Stamps Blog 

to see the gorgeous Creative Team creations there and then to 

Whimsy Stamps 

to engage in some essential retail therapy!
from Sue...xxx

 

  

BFF...

Happy Thursday everyone!

Today I am here to show you the last card from the set of three I made for Making Cards magazine in May!

I absolutely loved making these cards,

The Curvy Girl Stamps by Stamping Bella are absolutely beautiful!

Stamping Bella - Curvy Girl Besties

Here's how to make this card!

1.With a 13.5cm circle die create a card blank with the fold at the top, remembering to place the top of the die over the fold so you end up with a card fold and a circular card.  With the same die cut a circle of design paper and stick it to the card blank. 

2.Create a 12.5cm circle of card suitable for Distress Ink Blending.  Blend Cracked Pistachio and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide in the centre of the card blending it outwards, fading it out towards the edges of the card.  Flick water over the design and allow to dry. Mix some Perfect Pearls powder with a little water and flick that over the design too.  Allow to dry.  Fix the card design to the card blank set aside earlier.

3.Stamp the Curvy Girl image on to alcohol marker card with black ink and cut it out with the matching die.  Colour with alcohol markers as shown, adding Wink of Stella to the flowers and Diamond Stickles to the folds of the skirts.  Fix the coloured image to the card design, slightly right of centre as shown.

4.With Archival Ink stamp the sentiment to the left of the image as shown.

Ingredients

White Card for Card Blanks

My Favorite Things Watercolour Wash 6x6 Paper Pad

Card Suitable for Distress Ink Blending (I used Strathmore Bristol Vellum Surface)

Card Suitable for Alcohol Markers (I used Make It Colour Blending Card)

My Favourite Things Hybrid Ink Pad in Extreme Black 

Alcohol Markers (I used Copics Skin - E93, E11, E00, E000, Hair - E41, E44, E47, Turquoise - BG49, BG15, BG13, Blue, B39, B06, B02, Peach - YR02, YR01, YR00, Green - G46, G43, YG03)

Perfect Pearls Powder in Perfect Pearl

Clear Wink of Stella Pen

Archival Ink in Watering Can

Tonic Studios Circular Layering Dies

Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxides

Curvy Girls - Besties Rubber Stamp by Stamping Bella

Curvy Girls - Besties Die by Stamping Bella

Ranger Diamond Stickles

Craft Box Basics

Ingredients from

Dies To Die For

Stamping Bella Curvy Girl Besties Rubber Stamp

Stamping Bella Curvy Girl Besties Cut It Out Die

May's issue of Making Cards Magazine is still available by following the link

HERE

There's gnome one like you!...

Hello everyone,

Hope you are having a happy Monday!  (I think there is such a thing)! (:

I'm here to day with some gorgeous gnomes -

because you can never have too many right!?

Whimsy Stamps

Gnomies Clear Stamps by Krista Heij-Barber

I enjoyed colouring these cuties so much that I made two cards with them - if time permitted, I could have made a hundred and two!

I simply die cut some Kraft card with a

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangle Die

and stamped the gorgeous 

Gnomies 

with black ink.

I then coloured them with an assortment of Caran d'Ache Luminance and Polychromos pencils.

I stamped a sentiment from the 

Gnomies stamp set and also used a sentiment from the 

Gnome Matter What Clear Stamps.

 I mounted the images on Kraft card decorated with an embossing folder and added some twine tied with a bow at the front.

Finally I added some enamel dots.

Be sure to pop to 

Whimsy Stamps Blog 

to see the gorgeous Creative Team creations there and then to 

Whimsy Stamps 

to engage in some essential retail therapy!
from Sue...xxx

 

Caregiver Hugs...

Hello everyone,

It's a special Whimsy Stamps release day to day and there are some beautiful cards with a special theme!

Cancer is vile and in some way it touches the lives of us all.

Our lovely Deb Davis (amped2stamp) has created some amazing stamp sets which help us all to realise that no one is alone in being a cancer sufferer, a caregiver or a friend of a cancer sufferer.

Making this card and contributing to this release seems such a small thing...

These gorgeous bears from the 

Caregiver Hugs Clear Stamp Set

have been stamped in black ink and coloured with Copics 

E79, E77, E74, E71, T5

Using a die cut cloud from the 

Up In The Clouds Die Set

I have created a template and used it to create some clouds with

Spun Sugar Distress Oxide

I have used the 

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles Die Set 

to die cut the image and the design paper.  

The sentiment from the 

Caregiver Hugs Clear Stamp Set

has been stamped in black ink, die cut and fixed to the card design as shown.

I have finished my design by adding some 

Crystal Stars Sparkletz

and organza ribbon tied at the front with a bow.

Several others from the team are also sharing some great cards using these sets so be sure to check them out.

Alanna

Iris

Andrea

Rachel

Deb 

from Sue...xxx

 

 

Special Birthday Hugs...

Hello everyone,

I hope the weekend is being kind to you!

Today is a funny old day!

Today would have been my dear Mum's 80th Birthday!

I have two lovely friends who's Mum's also have a birthday today and here is a card I made for one of them.

  

This lady loves dogs and supports her daughter with the running of a dog rescue charity, I thought this beautiful image 

Dawn Loves Her Doggie by Stamping Bella 

was perfect for her!

To make my card I used 

Whimsy Stamps Notched Square Die

to cut a piece of Bockingford Card and with 

MFT Hybrid Extreme Black Ink 

stamped the beautiful

Dawn Loves Her Doggie by Stamping Bella 

I then masked the image and created the background with Cracked Pistachio, Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide

I coloured this sweetie with a mixture of Polychromos and Caran D'ache Luminance pencils and finished the design with some dabs of 

Star Dust Stickles

Finally I stamped the sentiment that accompanies the stamp and die cut it with a

Mama Elephant Slim Tags Trio Die

Be sure to have a look around our

Dies To Die For Blog 

to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 

Dies To Die For

to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by!
Happy Crafting
love from
Sue...xxx

Well hello there... (;

Hello everyone!

Hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday!

I've been awol for a while again, enjoying the currently not so lovely English Summer! 

I'm back in the saddle today with some more fabulous new release goodies to show you by wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

I wish I could say this is what I look like on the beach!!!

I have used oodles of gorgeous new release goodies for this card!

First I stamped the bathing beauty from the 

Snark Attack Clear Stamp Set

I covered her feet with masking tape before applying the ink, and then removed the tape so that the stamped image looked like she was floating!

I then masked the whole image I had just stamped and added the sea and the clouds from the 

Create a Scene - Beach Stamp Set

Using the 

Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set

I cut out the image and coloured it with Copics.

Sand E43, E42, E41, Sea BG45, BG57, BG07, BG75, Sky BG000, V000, Skin V12, E93, E00, Hair T9, T7, T5, Swimsuit, V17, V15, V12, R11

I then layered the design onto a circular piece of design paper and a rectangular card as shown.

I stamped a sentiment from the 

Snark Attack Clear Stamp Set

and cut it out with a 

Quick Strips Die

attaching it to the design as shown.

Finally I added some vellum palm trees cut with the 

Build An island Die Set

and some 

Winter Wishes Enamel Dots

Be sure to pop to 

Whimsy Stamps Blog 

to see the gorgeous Creative Team creations there and then to 

Whimsy Stamps 

to engage in some essential retail therapy!
from Sue...xxx

 

 

 

When life gives you lemons...

Hello everyone, 

I'm back today with another fabulous new release image from

wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

Ants Drink Up Rubber Stamp

To make this card I stamped the image in black ink and die cut it with a 

Wavy Stitched Squares Die

Then I coloured the background with Copic Marker R81 and sprayed it with Copic Colourless Blender.

I went on to colour the image with Copics as shown.

I stamped the sentiment from the 

Ant You Sweet Clear Stamp Set 

and die cut them with the smallest 

Notched Rectangles Die

and

a Quick Strips Die

I added glitter to the ants and the liquid in the glass and dabbed the background with some 

Star Dust Stickles

Finally I layered the image onto a piece of stripy design paper - to match the straws - and tied a twine bow around it!

Be sure to pop to 

Whimsy Stamps Blog 

to see the gorgeous Creative Team creations there and then to 

Whimsy Stamps 

to engage in some essential retail therapy!
from Sue...xxx

 

 

         

Let's celebrate!

Hello friends

1st June already!  I can hardly believe it!  The year is flying by so quickly!

There is good news every 1st of the month though - it is time to show you the gorgeous new release goodies from wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

Today's new release goodie is so clever it makes two cards for you!

To make this card I die cut a rectangle of kraft card with the 

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles 

Next I blended Distress Oxides in Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet over a piece of kraft card and die cut it with the 

Checker Background Die 

- I saved all the squares as they are needed for the second card!

I flicked water and Perfect Pearls over the coloured kraft card and dried it with a heat tool.  I then fixed the die cut to the rectangle base set aside earlier.

I used the 

Celebrate Word and Shadow Die Set 

to create the sentiment from kraft card and a leftover piece of inky card. 

Finally I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the 

You're My Jolly Clear Stamps 

onto kraft card and die cut it with the 

Quick Strips Die Set

I fixed both sentiments to the card design as shown

To make this card I die cut a rectangle of kraft card with the 

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles 

Then with the 

Checker Background Die 

I die cut another piece of Kraft card and fixed it to the first rectangle.

I then placed all the little squares left over from the first card I made into the gaps left by the 

Checker Background Die

I used the 

Celebrate Word and Shadow Die Set 

to create the sentiment from kraft card and a leftover piece of inky card. 

Finally I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the 

You're My Jolly Clear Stamps 

onto kraft card and die cut it with the 

Quick Strips Die Set

I fixed both sentiments to the card design as shown.

So there you have it - two really straightforward cards to make with very little waste!

Be sure to pop to 

Whimsy Stamps Blog 

to see the gorgeous Creative Team creations there and then to 

Whimsy Stamps 

to engage in some essential retail therapy!
from Sue...xxx