Special Guest - Lollipots 'N Polkadots

 

 

  Let's give a warm welcome to Teresa Plunkett, better known as Lollipots 'N Polkadots. 

Hey Y'all!!! Oh my gosh! I'm so thrilled to be a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps for the month of November!! Here's my first project.... I fell in love with Wraith-Mae the first time I laid eyes on her. She's a digital stamp from Whimsy Stamps. Her expression could mean so many things. And my mom's middle name is Mae which makes her even more fun. I decided for this card her expression would be one of disbelief. Isn't that the way you feel when the first foot of snow falls each year? Especially here in NC? All the details for this card are below (including links). 

     

I started by coloring Wraith-Mae with Copic markers.

COPIC MARKERS:

• Dress (BG49, BG13, BG11)

• Hair (N10, N9, N7, N5, N3)

• Skin (E04, E21, E11, E000, E0000)

• Eyes & Lips (B000, C0, R29)

I used Iridescent Glitter Gel and the Polka Dot Stencil from Whimsy Stamps to create a fun snowy background. This gel is just the coolest stuff and I love this stencil!  Next, I created snowy hills using the Whimsy Stamps' Grass and Cloud Edger Dies.  I cut four random sets of hills and covered them in snow with Stickles Icicle.  I popped them up with foam tape to give them some dimension.  The winter trees and lamp post are from Whimsy Stamps' Trees Assortment and Elvira Moonlighting Die Sets.  I covered the trees with a little Icicle Stickles.  I cut the lamp post from both turquoise paper (to match Wraith-Mae's dress) and black cardstock.  I placed yellow cardstock behind the lamp and added more snow with Icicle Stickles.  The sentiment "Make The Best Of It..." is from the Dragon Water Fun stamp set, and I cut it out with the Quick Strips Die.  

Thank you, Teresa, for this beautiful inspiration! 

Tuesday Tutorial- Trick or Treat

 Hello there! Michelle here, sharing my Tuesday Tutorial...

This giraffe has been begging me to dress her up for Halloween! She did not want traditional Halloween colors...yes, she told me that!😂

I used the stamp sets Giraffe Smiles and Candy Corn Dress Up. 

I stamped the giraffe once and the candy corn witch two times. For the candy corn witch, I only colored her hat on one image and the broom on the other image. I chose a no-line coloring technique using Memento Ink in desert sand and stamped onto X-Press Blending Paper. I colored with Copic Markers in shades:

hat: R81, R83, R85, R56, RV99; YR21, YR24; C4, C6, C8

giraffe: Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28; R81, R83, R85, R56

broom: Y23, Y26, Y28; C4, C6, C8.

I fussy cut the colored images and put two slits in the hat so it fits over the giraffe's head. I folded down the horns and glued the hat.

Next I inked up a piece of X-Press Blending Paper using fossilized amber and black soot distress oxide inks. I die cut stars and bats using Elvira Moonlighting Die Set and Array of Rainbows Die Set.

Next, I inked up Giraffe Stencil with spun sugar, picked raspberry and black soot distress oxide inks. 

Before arranging the elements I die cut a panel for the giraffe using Wonky Stitched Recangles Dies. I trimmed the stencil panel and a strip of silver glitter paper to fit the width of an A2 (4 1/4) card base.

When happy with the arrangement, adhere the elements.

Turn the card over and trim the excess image that hangs over the edges.

I adhered the giraffe on top of the broom to appear she is flying. Than adhere to the die cut panel with foam tape. I embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder onto black cardstock. 

As always, for a finishing touch I add some shimmer with Stickles clear glitter glue and added some iridescent gems. I just love her!

In the mail box she goes....my niece will enjoy this cute card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday Tutorial- Haunted House Portrait

 Hey there friends!  Katie here today with a fun tutorial for you that is mostly die cutting! Here is what we will be making today: 

Let's start with our supplies, you will need:

Cardstock- Black, Color of your Choice, Kraft, White (Copic Friendly)

Designer Paper- Haunted Paper Pack or Vampire Paper Pack

Dies- Elvira Moonlighting, Comic Burst, and Slimline Card Builder

Other- Versamark Ink, Gold Embossing Powder, Copics (E51, E53, R14), White Pencil, Gold Thread, Snips, Glue and Foam Tape

First, Start with your base cardstock.  It should be the colored layer and measure 4.25 X 5.5 (I mount mine on white to use less colored cardstock).  Next, cut your black cardstock to 4 X 5.25.  Die cut the Black portion using the Comic Burst Die and poke out all the bits.  Then take a bit of whatever DP you like for the background and use the same die to cut out the middle.  Adhere these layers together with the DP in the center, then the black and the color behind.  You should see the color through the Comic Burst cut outs. 

Set this aside and work on the frame.  First take your small bit of Kraft paper and die cut out the oval from the Slimline Card Builder set. Cut out the middle and trace around the outside of the die with a pencil.  Then remove the die and cut out the traced portion.  

Next, you will smush versamark around the frame.  Dump some gold embossing powder on and heat it.  YOu can use a different color from gold if you prefer, I used this to make an antiqued frame.  It doesn't have to be perfect either, because that creates the antique look if you have gaps.  Then cut out a small portion of DP and use this die again.  The center portion becomes the background of your frame. 

Next, you are going to work on Elvira.  Use the die and cut her out twice, once in black and once in white (Copic Friendly).  Color the face with your skin toned Copics and the eyes with red (or another color if you prefer).  On the black portion, use your white pencil to add white to her hair. 

Next, put her together inside your frame and cut off any excess of her gown.  Then you can place foam on the back side which will hold the center to the frame and hold down the gold thread that you will use to "hang" your frame.  

Mount this onto the center of your card.  Then mount it on your white base and you are done.  You can add sentiments or other embellishments but I feel like it is pretty perfect as is. 

This is a pretty easy card to replicate with mostly die cutting, so if you like to send out a lot of Spooky cards for Halloween, this is perfect. 

Thanks for visiting, I hope you enjoyed this post.