Dudley Ties - Whimsy Stamps

Happy Monday friends!

Dudley has a job interview today!  He's not sure which tie to pick for the occasion.  He needs to decide quickly or he'll be late and that would not be a good start.......

You can grab this image from the June section of Whimsy Stamps Digital Images.

I've a made a fun shaker card using the Slimline Scenic Window Die which is the perfect die for shakers.

Slimline Scenic Window

Dudley Ties

I coloured the image using Spectrum Noir Illustrators.

Lets hope he made it on time and got the job.

Thank you for popping over.  Have a great day.

Love Lu xx

Lots o Love Octopus

Good Morning my Crafty Friends!

Today I'm here to show you my cute little Octopus friend from the Whimsy Stamps June Digital Stamp release, called Lots o Love Octopus. 

He looks ready to either cheer you on, or wrap those tenticles around you for a nice big hug.  Either way he's here to ensure a Stupendous Day!

The image was coloured using Spectrum Noir Illustrators. Background was created by inkblending with Harmony Quick Dry Inkpads and a stencil.  I highlighted a few bubbles with a glitter sparkle pen too.

Thank you for popping over.

Have a great day.

Love Lu xx

Lots o Love Octopus

Wonky Window Die 1

Ride Sally - Whimsy June Digital Release

Hey Crafty friends!

I wanted to share this cute card with you all today.

Its from the June Digital Stamp release from Whimsy Stamps called Ride Sally.

It's such a fun image and I knew what I wanted to create straight away. 

First I printed the digital image twice onto Neenah Stamping card. After Colouring using Spectrum Noir Illustrators I fussy cut them.  I took one of the coloured images and cut it in half.

I assembled my card and then coloured the ground and sky around each image.  I wanted to add a bit more umph to the cars, so added some clear sparkle Glitter pen to them which created a metallic paint job on the cars.

I'm thrilled with how this turned out.

The dies and sentiments are also from Whimsy, Slimline Fancy Frame Die and Flamingo Fun Stamp Set. 

Thank you for popping over.

I hope you have a great day.

Love Lu xx

Sparkle Glitter Pens by Spectrum Noir

Hello my Crafty Friends

A couple of weeks ago I got the pleasure of working with the latest Spectrum Noir Glitter Pens.  I have to be honest and say that I wasn't looking forward to using them at all.

But.......

They are now my favourite latest addition to my craft stash.

They are so versitle, so very easy to use and so very sparkly. 

Here's what I did....

My techniques are basic having never used them before but I plan on being daring in the future and trying out the more complicated and effective ones.

For this I used Earthy Natural Collection

1. Holly Leaf, Smoked Quartz, Harvest Moon

2. Neenah Watercolour Card

3. Crafters Companion Paradise Stamp by Kath Norman

4. Gemini Love Die

5. Crafters Companion stamping card for the card base

6. Finesse Water Resistant Inkpad

**Watercolour effect used, heavy with the pen in the centre of the flowers and water brush used to spread the colour out.  Sentiment die cut 4 times and layered for dimension and coloured using sparkle pen.  All 3 colours flicked over completed image for effect**

Essential Brights

1. Aquamarine, Pink Garnet, Firefly Pens

2. Neenah Watercolour card

3. Finesse Water Resistant Black inkpad

4. Black Matt Card

5. Crafters Companion Stamping card for card base

6. Collage – Let your spirit soar stamp set.

**Background coloured with pens and a wet brush used to spread across paper.  Inks splatter stamp coloured with pens and stamped to cardstock**

Antique Vintage

1. Fig, Peacock Blue, Macaroon

2. Crafters Companion Colorista Background 2 Stamp

3. Neenah Watercolour Card

4. Black Matt Card

5. Crafters Companion Stamping card for card base

6. Harmony Opaque Black inkpad

7. You’re in My Thoughts Caring Thoughts Signature collection die

**Coloured onto watercolour card with a little overlap of each colour for an ombre effect, water pen brushed over the overlays for smoother blend.  Stamped image over the top using pigment ink so that I could heat emboss.  Sentiment layered 3 times for dimension and coloured using Peacock Blue sparkle pen**

Tint & Tone

1. Crystal Clear, Starry Sky, Onyx Black

2. Textured Cardstock

3. Neenah Watercolour card

4. Finesse Water Resistant Ink pad Black

5. Crafters Companion Stamping card for card base

**Onyx black brushed onto watercolour card, let it dry then 3 layers of crystal clear over the top, letting each layer dry in between.  Starry Sky used to colour butterflies with water brush pen**

Sparkle Glitter Brush Pens 

1. Harvest Moon, Firefly, Onyx Black

2. Black Matt Card

3. CC Stamping Card for the Base

4. Centura Cardstock

5. Neenah Watercolour card

6. Bees in the Border Background layering stamp

7. Inverted Stitched Lace Rectangle Die

**painted each layering stamp with glitter pen**

Soft Pastels

1. Rose Quartz, Soft Jade, Moonstone

2. CC Velum

3. CC Floral Spray Stamp 

4. Harmony Opaque Pigment Ink pads, black and white

**Heat embossed image onto vellum, coloured image.  Double heat embossed sentiment using black and white ink.

Antique Vintage & Soft Pastels, Tint & Tone

1. Soft Jade, Fig, Peacock Blue, Macaroon, Crystal Clear

2. Crafters Companion Stamping Card for the base

3. Black matt card

4. Harmony Quick Dry Midnight ink pad

5. Neenah Watercolour card

6. Crafters Companion Balloon Alphabet Stamp set

**Using Shaving Foam, dropped ink onto shaving foam and mixed together.  Placed card into foam and press gently.  Scrap of excess foam and repeat until paper is covered in colour.  Let it dry and then using Crystal Clear Pen to enhance the glitter effect**

Thank you for getting to the end of this post.

I hope I've given you plenty of inspiration and wish you a lovely day.

Love Lu xx

Front & Back Tags

Hello Crafty Friends

I'm here today to show you the new Front & Back tags coming to you from Crafters Companion.  They will be launching on HSN on the 8th June.

These are brilliant little tags that can be used in so many different ways. 

Here are a few examples that I made.

A very long slimline card, I've lined the inside to leave a message.

A pretty little tag to attach to a gift.

Another very long slimline card with space on the inside for your message. 

For this one I cut along the outside of each bunny to slot underneath each strip of card. They look like they are playing peek a boo.

This card I made a little window for the dog tag to pop his head through. You can pull the tab out to reveal a message.

This sweet little mouse tag has been attached by ribbon to a shaped card. It swings freely from side to side. 

For the lovely unicorn tag, I made a boxed card and added the unicorn again as a tag.

For the Giraffe I made a deeper window box, maybe deep enough to carry some chocolates and coloured the image on Kraft Card.

I used lots of Crafters Companion goodies to make these samples.

Harmony Quick Dry Ink Pads

Kraft Card

Spectrum Noir Stamping Card

Spectrum Noir Illustrators, Triblend and Triblend Brushes

Black Matt Card and Textured Cardstock

Inverted Stitched Lace Rectangle Dies

Layering Stencils and paper pads

Thank you for popping over.

I hope you all have a great day! 

Love Lu xx 

Hip Hip Hooray

Hello Crafty Friends

Today I bring to you the excitement of June New Digital Stamp Release from Whimsy Stamps.  You are in for a treat!

The slimline card I have made is using the Patriotic Bear from Meljens Digital Designs.  You can find it here.

I resized the image to the size I required and then copied it again and flipped it so that I ended up with two bears marching towards each other.

The other Whimsy goodies that I used are

Slimline Birthday Scallops

Linking Train

This image was coloured using Spectrum Noir Illustrators and Triblends and coloured cardstock from Papermill Direct.

Thank you for popping over. 

I hope you have a fantastic day.

Love Lu