Wednesday 26 January 2022

Let's cuddle up!


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Hello!  Today I'd like to share with you a cute little shaker card using many Whimsy Stamps favourites.

It's still very cold here in the UK but my daffodils are sprouting and the Sun is pushing through the clouds, so this might be my last wintery card, although if I'm honest this does kind of give a warm fuzzy feeling.

Firstly I die cut a rectangle using the largest die from the Wonky Rectangle Die set, I did this using white cardstock.   I wanted a little frame around this so I mounted it to a piece of design paper from the Whimsy Chilly 6 by 6 paper pad. I gave it about a 2 mm border.

Next I stamped the frame from the Doodle Frame Stamp Set and also cut it out using the co-ordinating die set.  I then adhered a piece of acetate to the back of the frame.  Taking the co-ordinating die frame, I also cut a whole piece from the design papers.  This created the background for my shaker window.  I used large sequins in this shaker card so had to make sure I used thick foam pads to stick everything together.

Taking the cute little cup and marshmallow stamps from the Marshmallow Wishes stamp set, I stamped it onto Neenah Cardstock and coloured the image using Spectrum Noir Illustrators, I didn't keep a record of the colours used!  I then cut the image out.

Now I've got all my elements, I took one of the sentiment stamps from the Marshmallow Wishes set and stamped to the front of my card and then added/adhered the shaker element.  

This makes for a very quick and easy interactive card.

Here are all of the products and links:


Hope you have a great day!

Love Lu xx

  

Thursday 20 January 2022

Love you to the moon and back


Hello Friends!

Today I'd like to share a Valentine Card!

Its not the usual mushy kind with floating hearts and cute characters but it's a declaration of love all the same and I quite like it.

Here is my list of products used




The slimline papers don't fit the largest die from the Wonky Rectangle Die Set so I first stamped and coloured the Moon stamp then cut around the top of the image so that I could see how best to overlap the design paper. Once happy, I positioned the Rectangle Die over the paper and stamped moon and popped it through my die cutting machine.

I love dimension on my cards, so I placed foam pads under the moon to lift it from the papers and then mounted to black cardstock giving it a frame.  The black frame also makes the pinks pop.

I die cut the sentiment 'love' 3 times and stuck them together. Using my marker pens I coloured the top layer pink.

I then took the sentiment 'love you to the moon and back' from the A Boys Dream Stamp Set and stamped it using a pink Inkpad. I then carefully cut this sentiment. 

Once I was happy with the placement of all of my sentiments, I stuck them down and added gem stones for added Sparkle, reflection and dimension. 

Thank you for popping over. 

Have a great day. 

Love Lu xx


Tuesday 18 January 2022

Just a Note to Lift you up!


Hello Crafty Friends!

I'm popping in today with a note to lift you all up!

This card I created using lots of my favourite different brands.

Clearly Besotted Stamps - Up in the Air
Whimsy Stamps - Slimline Clouds Die
Sunny Studio - Balloon Rides

I coloured the images using Spectrum Noir Triblends and Illustrators. 

Tri-blend - Blue Turquoise, Dark Red, Lavender Blend, Tan Blend, Citrus Blend.
Illustrator - AG1, AG2, AG3, BO1, BO2, BO3

I created the background paper using Spectrum Noir Water Reactive Inks - Parakeet, Spring Meadow, Honey Pot, Orange and Chinese Red. I wanted a rainbow sky! 

I ran the Whimsy Cloud die through my die cutting machine and glued it over my inked backing paper making sure I had my rainbow of colours the correct way up.  I then trimmed any excess paper from the sides.

I then cut my card blank (I always measure by eye!) and stuck my rainbow and cloud panel to the front.

I fuzzy cut my stamped balloon images and placed them on my card.  (Top tip - place your images before you stick so that you can decide where to stamp your sentiment) After placing, I decided where I would like to stamp my greeting.  For this project I stamped directly to my card.

After stamping the sentiment, I then attached the balloons using foam pads to create some depth. 

This was a very quick card to create and it certainly lifted my spirits whilst I made it. 

Thank you for popping over. 

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Love Lu xx 

Sunday 16 January 2022

Snow Day!


Hello Friends! 

I'm so fed up of the rain, I just want a snow day!

Card created using Harmony water reactive ink to blemish the background then flicked with water and dabbed to create a snowy sky.  There are glittery parts too which I achieved by flicking my clear Sparkle pen and allowing to dry. 

I love making my own sentiments so used Whimsy Stamps Quirky ABC stamps and die sets coupled with my favourite winter characters from the Marshmallow wishes set.

This turned out to be such a lovely CAS card. 

Quirky ABC Stamp

Quirky ABC outline dies

Wonky Recantangles die


Thank you for popping over. 

I hope you have a great day. 

Love Lu xx

Thursday 13 January 2022

So sexy? it.........


Hello Dr. Digi Fans!  

Dr. Digi has something special going on over at @passionatepapercreationsand friends FB group. Come join us to find out what it is. I think there might be a sale, but you'll have to join to find out. 


To celebrate I made a fun card using Captain Tunderpants! 

I've used Spectrum Noir Illustrators to colour the image and used Whimsy Stamps Comic Die and papers to bring it all together. 

I loved colouring this image, I find all of Dr Digi's images comical and I'm pretty certain I'll be doing more.



Wednesday 12 January 2022

Winter Fun



Good Morning!

Well, still no snow here, just frost. Wouldn't be so bad, but it's so grey and boring looking out of the windows this morning!

I'm having such fun with this Marshmallow wishes stamp set from Whimsy Stamps.

I've made a vibrant slimline card and created my own snowy design papers too!

So easy to create with the following goodies -





I also used Spectrum Noir Harmony Ocean Blue Water Reactive Inkpad and Illustrator Pens to colour the images.  For a bit of defination I heat embossed the snowy parts using WOW Sparkle embossing powders.

Thank you for popping over. 

Hope you have a bright day!

Love Lu xx

Sunday 9 January 2022

Marshmallow Wishes


Hi Folks!

Somewhere, it's snowing!
Somewhere, there is joy and snowmen being built!

I've made this cute little slimline winter card, perfect as a winter birthday card or the first towards my Christmas card collection for next Christmas.

I've coloured the stamped images using Spectrum Noir Illustrators and added details using a gel white pen. 




Thanks for popping over. 

Have a great day. 

Love Lu xx

Wednesday 5 January 2022

Happy New Year!


Hello my Crafty Friends!

Happy New Year to you all! I know it's day 5 already but I'll be wishing everyone a fabulous new year for a few more days yet!

Today is my first post in my new position with the Whimsy Stamps family.  The Treasures Team, where we take pre-released stamps and Dies that we've all got in our stash and inspire you all to remember to use them. It's so easy to pile the new stuff ontop isn't it.  We need nudging to remind ourselves of those hidden treasures.

I've recently discovered how important it is for me to have a good set of Alphabet stamps and Dies and you may have noticed towards the end of last year, how much I incorporated them into my creations. I love their versatility, sometimes you need to use your own words and make it a statement. 

OK so, Happy New Year is an age old sentiment but it's what I wanted center stage of my card. 

Here is a list of all the Whimsy goodies that I used to create my card.  No special techniques today, simple matt and layering and combining of products.






Thank you so much for popping over. 

I hope you have a fantastic day!

Love Lu xx