Whimsy Stamps and Tombow Collaboration Day 4

All week long Whimsy Stamps and Tombow will be joining forces to bring you some amazing inspiration combining products from these great companies! Be sure to visit both companies’ blogs each day this week to see all of the incredible projects the designers have created AND to enter the giveaways!

I decided to change things up a bit and make an all seasons type of card.  I used the Tombow Tropical Dual Brush Pen Art Markers to color these beautiful flowers from the Beaucoup Bouquet Clear Stamps Set.  I love the bold and vibrant coverage that these markers provide. I heat embossed my images with Fine Detail Black Embossing Powder onto a sheet of Ranger White Watercolor Paper.  I used a watercolor brush to move around my ink to add some subtle shading.

I then cut my images and set them aside to work on my background.  For my background, I blended some aqua watercolor with a large paintbrush.  I splattered this blend with some diluted Opaque White Paint as well as some diluted green watercolor paint for added interest.

Next, I heat embossed my sentiment from the Bunny Balloons 2 Clear Stamps Set onto a sheet of Black Card Stock.  Once set, I then used a paper trimmer to trim this piece down to size.  I added my flowers to the front of my card with some liquid adhesive to those that were in the background, and used 3D Foam Adhesive Squares for the ones that I wanted to pop up slightly in the foreground.

To enter to win the $25 gift certificate from Whimsy Stamps and the prize package from Tombow, simply leave a comment on each of the collaboration posts this week on the Whimsy blog. All comments must be left by midnight EST on Friday, December 13th. Two commenters - one for the Whimsy gift certificate and one for the Tombow package - will be randomly-selected and announced on the Whimsy blog on Saturday, December 14th.

Don’t forget to visit the Tombow blog each day, also, for more inspiration from the Tombow designers!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Wishing you all a lovely day!

Special Guest Kelly Fusco - Delightful Daisies

Say hello to special guest Kelly Fusco, we found Kelly's bright and colorful style on Instagram and we're happy to have her sharing two beautiful Whimsy Stamps projects with you today.

Kelly's first project is a gorgeous no line watercolor using the Delightful Daisies background stamp.

And her second project is using the Beaucoup Bouquet clear stamp set...

For full details and step-by-step instructions on both of these lovely projects 

please visit Kelly's blog The Sunshine Crafter. 

Thank you Kelly for being our Whimsy Stamps special guest!

Smile!

Hello! 

Michele here with a brand new card to share!

It is finally spring!  I am so ready for all of the flowers to bloom and to get outside!

I absolutely adore the Beaucoup Bouquet set!  It is so pretty and has such a great variety of flowers! 

I stamped the images in Black Versafine ink and colored them using watercolors.  Once they were dry, I splattered them with white acrylic paint.  I used the Beaucoup Bouquet die set to cut them out. I wanted a couple of larger leaves, so I used the leaves from the Peony die set.  I gave them a bit of shimmer using glossy accents and Glamour Dust.  

I used the Kinetic Straight Waves Die set to create an interesting backdrop to the flowers.  I gave the panel a bit of color with Distress Oxide ink.  I layered the flowers and leaves using Crafty Foam tape.  I slipped a doily underneath and added a sentiment using the Smile Large Word die. As a final touch I added a few gems from the Coral Coast Sparkletz set.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Supplies:

Best Kind of Friend - Bunny Balloons 2

Hi Whimsy friends, Iris here today. I hope y'all are having a fabulous week so far. Bunny Balloons 2 is the name of a super cute clear stamps set from Whimsy's March release. These floating bunnies with their balloons are not only super adorable but extremely versatile for birthday cards, encouraging messages, celebration cards or just a 'Hello' note.

Here is my card made using the Bunny Balloons 2 set, Beaucoup Bouquet clear set & matching  Beaucoup Bouquet die set as well as the Pierced and Stitched Circles die set.

I started out with a A2 size top fold card cut from heavy weight black cardstock. For my background I used heavy weight mixed media paper (Strathmore 140lbs). This is my absolute favorite paper to use for ink blending. Ink blends like butter, very smooth and without leaving any marks from the sponge or brush. In addition it is very sturdy and water friendly. It won't curl, get soaked nor will the surface look puffy after adding water or water based ink/color.

I sponged my background panel with Salty Ocean distress ink. Spritzed on clear water and dabbed off the excess with a paper towel. Then I used watered down Chipped Sapphire distress ink and a brush to add some dark blue splatters; dabbing off the excess again. My background panel is about 1/8" smaller than my card base.

I die cut the circle frame from white cardstock using the Pierced and Stitched Circles die set. I stamped the bunny and the flowers & foliage with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Hammermill 100lbs color copy paper (it's the perfect paper for alcohol inks, just not for any kind of water or water based ink/color). I colored with Copics and Faber Castell Polychromos.

The flowers and foliage were die cut with the matching die set and the bunny was fussy cut.

I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink. After assembling my card (I used foam tape for some of the elements to give it more dimension) I added 2 sequins and some purple Stickles to the bunnies bow tie for a finishing touch.

Here's a list of Copics & Polychromos colors I've used:

Copics

E30, E50, E31, E33, E35
RV00, RV63, RV66
YG03, YG13, YG17

Y13, Y35
BV01, BV04
B000, 0

Polychromos

Canary Yellow, Orange Yellow
Middle Purple Pink, Light Magenta
Moss Green, Permanent Green
Light Cobalt Turquoise, Warm Grey V

Here's a link list with all the Whimsy goodies I've used:

             

   

          

   

That's all from me today.
Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful crafty day!

Hugs,

Beaucoup Bouquet card By Céline

HI, 

Céline's here to share a new card with you.

I decided to go out my comfort zone and create a special thanks card using Beaucoup Bouquet and Beaucoup Bouquet die set

For this card I first start to color all the piece of Beaucoup Bouquet set
Copics used : 
R56, 46, 29, 27, 24, 89, 85, 83, 81
YR18, 16, 14, Y17, 18, 15, 13
YG 17, 25, 13, 97, 95, 93
G94, YG63, G21

Then I cut all the piece with Beaucoup Bouquet die set 

I cut a piece of white cardstock with  Card Builder Windows
And I glue flowers and leaves on the top left corner to create a bouquet

I used the Word and Shadow die to cut in a piece of black cardstock the shadow and in a piece of orange papers the word. 
Then I glue them together and glue the word on the bottom right corner of the white cardstock.

I cut a black cardstok at 13,3 x 10,2 cm

and a orange paper at 14,7 x 11,6 cm

and another piece of black cardstock at 14 x 11,9 cm

and my card base in a white paper at 15,3 x 23,8 cm fold in half

I glue all the parts together

and I added some enamel dots to finish 

Products used : 

     

       

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COPIC SKETCH MARKERS

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