Special Guest - Carol Rosini

Carol Rosini is back today to share two more adorable projects!  Her cards feature the cute critters from the Ahoy Matey stamp set.

To see how Carol created this fun box card, please visit her YouTube Channel.   For more inspiration, be sure to check out Carol's blog, too.

Thanks for the wonderful inspiration, Carol!

Whimsy Stamps and Therm O Web Collaboration Day 2-Michele

Hello friends!

Michele here with some fun projects to share! I couldn't be more excited that Whimsy Stamps and Therm O Web have decided to team up! This is going to be a week filled with inspiration and fun prizes! Be sure to visit both blogs all week long for creative ideas and your chance to win some fun prizes!

My first card and second card uses Whimsy's Ahoy Matey clear stamp set.  I stamped it in a Copic friendly ink.  I fussy cut the images and set them aside. For the background I used Tim Holtz inks in shades of yellow, orange, and pink.  I then used Whimsy's Sun Ray's Stencil and Rina K's Neon Glitz Glitter Gel in neon pink. 

I LOVE the sparkles the neon paste gives! I wanted clouds for the scene so I cut them using Whimsy's, Up in the Clouds Die set and Deco Foil White Flock Transfer Sheets.  I glued them to the front panel.  I used Crafty Foam Tape to pop up my little flamingo and sentiment.  I added a few stars from the Sparkletz Patriotic Stars collection.

My second card uses the same technique as the first card, but used Rink K's Neon Glitz Glitter gel in Neon Orange.

All that sparkle!! 

My last card for today uses the Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheet in White Latte and Green Envy.  I paired it with Whimsy Stamp's Peony Flower Die.  I wanted to add color to my flowers so it would match my background paper a bit.  I pulled out my Copic AirBrush and gave it a hint of pink.  I did the same with the leaves to give them a bit of depth and dimension. 

For the back panel I used the flock transfer sheets directly on Crafty Foam Tape.  I adhered them to a square panel of card stock and created a striped background.  I glued the flower, leaves, and ribbon to the corner.  I stamped and adhered the sentiment.  I added a few rhinestones from the Mermaid Sparkletz collection and Crystal stars.

Each company is giving away two $25 gift certificates. One on the Whimsy Blog and one on the Therm O Web blog.  To increase your changes of winning, leave a comment on each of the collaboration posts on both blogs. Comments must be left by Monday, July 19th at midnight EST.  Winners will be randomly selected and announced on Wednesday, July 21st.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Ahoy Matey with Fun Background Technique

Hello, Whimsy fans!  It's Andrea back with you to share a card featuring Ahoy Matey and a cool background technique.

How fun is that kitty?!  I love his expression (My daughter would say he looks like the "meh" emoji)!  After I had stamped him with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I colored him with Copics and then used my handy-dandy ScanNCut to cut him out.

I had seen an Instagram video where the cardmaker used watercolor and plastic wrap to create a really cool background, and I thought it would make a great "swimming pool" for my kitty.  I used a wet brush to dampen a panel of watercolor paper and brushed on some blue watercolor.  I scrunched up (very technical term here) a piece of plastic wrap about twice the size of my watercolor paper and, while the paint was still wet, laid the plastic over the panel.  I placed something heavy on top and left the panel to dry.

Once my panel was dry, I die-cut it with one of the Stitched Border Die Trio to create my pool shape.  I also die-cut the lip of the pool from white cardstock with the same die and adhered it on top of my pool.  Onto a kraft cardbase, I stamped the Farmhouse Shiplap Background stamp with tan ink and adhered my "pool" on top.  I stamped a sentiment from Ahoy Matey onto a strip of black cardstock with Versamark ink and white heat-embossed it.  I popped up my sentiment and kitty with foam tape, adding some shine with Clear Sparkle Overlay and Glossy Accents, and finished with some Clear Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Have a great day!