tanglemouse cards: March 2020

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Now for the fun part - here is the line up!

WOW! Embossing Powder  

Verity Biddlecombe

Sue Hastead (You are HERE)

Ashlee McGregor 

Lisa Blanton Mensing 

Heather Mitchell 

Lori U’ren 

Isha Gupta

Iris Wiechmann

Riikka Kovasin  

Toni Maddox 

Whimsy Stamps

Thank you for hopping by! Good luck and happy crafting from Sue...xxx

Pierced and Stitched Circles Die Set - Whimsy Stamps

**NEW Sunflower Background Rubber Cling Stamp - Whimsy Stamps

**NEW Sympathy Life Goes On Clear Stamps - Whimsy Stamps

Friday, 27 March 2020

Rosie Smooches Bernie - Stamping Bella

Hello friends, I hope you are having an okay day!

I also hope that you and those you love are managing to stay happy and healthy!

Today I am here to show you a card made with beautiful goodies from

Dies To Die For

Stamping Bella - Rosie Smooches Bernie

I had fun colouring this beautiful image!

I used Derwent Procolour Pencils and chose a much more delicate colour palette than I'm used to! /-:

Bernie - Pink Madder, Crimson Lake, Felt Grey, Gun Metal, Deep Cadmium, Turquoise Green,

Rosie - Salmon, Pink Madder, Crimson Lake, Light Blue, Sky Blue

I popped the image back into a circular die and blended Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide around the edges.

I added quite a lashing of glitter!

You can never have too much if you're a unicorn - right! (;

The sentiment is from

Stamping Bella - Mail Chick

Finally I layered the image onto some die cut design papers with a pice of pink sparkly ribbon.

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Stamping Bella - Rosie Smooches Bernie

Stamping Bella - Mail Chick

Inkon3 Black Hybrid Detail Ink

Catherine Pooler - Circle Dies (I used a different brand of Circle Dies but these would do nicely)!

MFT Square Stax (Again, I used a different brand of square die but these would be fine)!

Stardust Stickles Glitter Glue

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 - look after yourselves!

from Sue...xxx

Thursday, 26 March 2020

Chameleon Party - Whimsy Stamps

Hello everyone,

Please know that all you are all close in my thoughts at the moment.

Life has certainly taken a turn for everyone, stay safe and look after yourselves and those close to you!

I am here today to show you a card I made with one of the wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

March new release goodies!

Chameleon Party Clear Stamps - Dustin Pike

With black ink I stamped this confused chameleon on watercolour card and coloured him/her with Faber Castell Polychromos

Chameleon - Phthalo Green, Permanent Green,Yellow Lemon, Light Cadmium Yellow

Red - Cadmium Red, Pale Geranium Lake, Dark Flesh,

Yellow, Dark Chrome Yellow, Dark Cadmium Yellow, Light Cadmium Yellow

Purple - Mauve, Violet

Sweet Bag - Bistre, Nougat

I cut the image out and set it aside whilst I die cut a piece of card with a

Notched Squares Die

and blended Scattered Straw Distress Oxide over it.

I added the sentiment from the Chameleon Party stamp set and added a selection of enamel dots.

Finally, I fixed the image to the inky background with

Crafty Foam Tape

and then used the same tape to fix the card design to a piece of polka dot paper.

If you have nt already joined, it's a great time to become a member of the

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Credit2GetIt reward scheme!

..and there's more! ... if you join up following this link

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you will get a $5 off reward discount!

Please have a good look around the

Whimsy Inspirations Blog

at the gorgeous cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to

Whimsy Stamps

store for some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by today!

I hope you are all managing to stay safe and healthy in these uncertain and worrying times!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

*NEW Chameleon Party Clear Stamps - Whimsy Stamps

Saturday, 21 March 2020

Whimsy Stamps - Syeda - Fresh Friday Part 2!...

Well Hello Saturday!

How things have changed in the space of one week!

I am wishing you and your's well today, I can hardly believe what is happening in the world at the moment, it is truly shocking and more than a little scary!

It almost feels trivial to be sat here creating and sharing my creations at such a time of stress for so many.

I only hope that the colourful world we create is a break from the madness and gives some solace!

Stay safe and well friends!

I am back today with another card I made for our
Whimsy Stamps
Fresh Friday Feature!

If you follow the link
HERE
you can see all of this week's
Fresh Friday Products

Every week, we'll be mixing up new goodies with a few oldies from the stash.

This week, I'm playing with
Polka Dot Pals Syeda
&
Up In The Clouds Die Set

Gorgeous Syeda is coloured with Copics and fussy cut.
Skin - E71, E21, E00, E50
Hair - E44, E37, E49
Clothes - B60, B63, B66, B37, B05, B02
Piggie - BV31, YR02, R12, YR01, YR000

I created the background using the
Notched Squares Die

I left the card in the die and blended Distress Oxides around the edge.
The colour is a happy accident when I used a blending brush with Scattered Straw on it and added some Tumbled Glass! I was pleasantly surprised with how the colour came out!

I made the clouds by cutting a cloud template with the largest cloud die from the
Up In The Clouds Die Set
and using it as a stencil to create clouds on a piece of card.

Then I die cut some cloud shapes from it.

I fixed Syeda and the clouds to the background as shown with
Crafty Foam Tape
and finally added a sentiment
from
Beaucoup Bouquet Sentiments

If you have nt already joined, it's a great time to become a member of the

Whimsy Stamps

Credit2GetIt reward scheme!

..and there's more! ... if you join up following this link

HERE

you will get a $5 off reward discount!

Please have a good look around the

Whimsy Inspirations Blog

at the gorgeous cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to

Whimsy Stamps

store for some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by today!

I hope you are all managing to stay safe and healthy in these uncertain and worrying times!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

Beaucoup Bouquet Sentiments Clear Stamps

Friday, 20 March 2020

Whimsy Stamps Fresh Friday - Up In The Clouds

Hello everyone.

Wishing you all well today, I can hardly believe what is happening in the world at the moment, it is truly shocking and more than a little scary!

It almost feels trivial to be sat here creating and sharing at such a time of stress for so many.

I only hope that the colourful world we create is a break from the madness and gives some solace!

Stay safe and well friends!

I'm back today to show you a card I made for our
Whimsy Stamps
Fresh Friday Feature!

If you follow the link
HERE
you can see all of this week's
Fresh Friday Products

Every week, we'll be mixing up new goodies with a few oldies from the stash.

This week, I'm playing with
Up In The Clouds Die Set

This card is something a little different for me but I really enjoyed making it! It's really amazing how looking through older stash with fresh eyes can give you new ideas!

I created an aperture mask of a square and fixed it to a piece of watercolour card.

I blended from the top down, Distress Oxides in

Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade and Abandoned Coral, then I flicked a little bit of water over it and let it dry naturally.

I die cut the sun from a piece of card I had already swooshed some Arteza Brush pens on for another project! I always keep bits of inky card because you never know when they will come in useful! (;

I die cut the clouds from watercolour card and vellum and fixed the sun and the clouds to the card as shown with

Crafty Foam Tape

Finally I stamped the sentiment from the

Bunny Buddies Clear Stamp Set

onto watercolour card and

and die cut it with a die from the

Quick Strips Die Set

If you have nt already joined, it's a great time to become a member of the

Whimsy Stamps

Credit2GetIt reward scheme!

..and there's more! ... if you join up following this link

HERE

you will get a $5 off reward discount!

Please have a good look around the

Whimsy Inspirations Blog

at the gorgeous cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to

Whimsy Stamps

store for some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by today!

I hope you are all managing to stay safe and healthy in these uncertain and worrying times!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

Life Goes On - Whimsy Stamps Special Release...

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well and managing to stay safe and healthy!

Today sees a very special release of the most beautiful products from

Whimsy Stamps

The Whimsy Team have had such a lovely time creating these samples, they are so special to us as the goodies were designed by our lovely Deb Davis - Amped2Stamp!

I could have made dozens of cards - I limited myself to four in the end which i will share with you over the coming days!

I'm kicking things off with these beauties...

Ingredients from Whimsy Stamps

Sunflower Background Rubber Cling Stamp

Lattice A2 Die

Shaker Maker Rectangle Die Set

Notched Squares Die Set

Sympathy Life Goes On Clear Stamps

Quick Strips Die Set

Other Ingredients

Watercolour Card

Arteza Brush Pens - however, the

Karin Brushmaker Pro Pens

stocked at Whimsy Stamps would be perfect as well!

Vellum

Black Stazon Ink

Glue

Clear Chunky Glitter

I used a really easy technique to create the sunflower background.

I chose the colours I wanted for my sunflower and painted the stamp with brush markers roughly where I wanted each colour to be. Then I sprayed the stamp lightly with water and quickly stamped the image onto watercolour card.

I have to say I was really happy with the effect!

I used the goodies as shown to make my cards.