Be Merry!

Hello crafty friends!

Michele here!

Can you believe we are just a few days away from Christmas?

Is your shopping done? Wrapping? Baking?

I am not done with anything yet! Yikes!

Maybe because I've spent a little too much time in my craft room....it's all about priorities right? ;)

I love this new die set from Whimsy called, Forest Majesty.  I added a bit of color with Copic markers.  I added a bit of glossy accents and Glamour Dust to the Birch trees.

I used the Stitched Circle die to help "ground" my deer.  I stamped the Wonky Window 3 die with the Tartan Plaid Background stamp using Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry ink.  I layered everything with Crafty Foam Tape.  I added red gingham ribbon, jingle bells and a few red sequins. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas!

Whimsy Stamps and Tombow Collaboration - Day 3, Post 1

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! 

Hello Everyone, Iris here today with my creations for the Whimsy Stamps and Tombow collaboration. For my first card I used the adorable Winter Wonderland clear stamp set illustrated by Krista Heij-Barber and the Slimline Marquee die.

I inked the background using Distress Oxide Inks in different blue tones and sprinkled on water and some white acrylic paint for a snow effect. The snowflakes and sentiment in the middle window were stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  

 I used several different media to color my images therefore I stamped the images with a hybrid ink onto white mixed media paper. To color the snowmen I used Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Tombow ABT Pro Alcohol Markers - Orange Tones and Tombow Colored Pencils 1500 Series. 

I love to use different media when I color images and these markers and pencils from Tombow worked all very well together and it was a joy to color these adorable images from Whimsy Stamps.

Here is a closer look on the images. I used the markers to lay down the base colors and went over it with the pencils to add some more depth and details.

 For my second card I used the Rounded Rectangles dies, Forest Majesty dies and the Winter Wonderland clear stamp set again.

The background on this card is blue glitter paper and the window was cut out using the Rounded Rectangles dies. 

 I used the Tombow ABT Pro Alcohol Markers - Orange Tones to color the Snowmans nose, scarf and gloves. For everythign else (including the birch trees in the background) I used the Tombow Colored Pencils 1500 Series.

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!

Here is a list of Whimsy products usesd:

                

       

      

      

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Wintry Scene

Brrrrrr! Fall is well under way with Thanksgiving this week if you're from the US, but there's always the chance of early snow, which is what I envisioned as I worked up this card using the Wintry Cabin rubber stamp.

I stamped the image with VersaFine Onyx Black and watercolored it with Zig Real Brush Markers. I thought of adding clear Wink of Stella but instead used a white pigment pen to add falling snow.

I used a Copic N1 on the Forest Majesty birch trees and Distress Oxide Vintage Photo on the deer from that die set. I love that the deer come in a variety of different sizes so I had no problem finding the perfect one for my card.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and embossed it with Ranger White Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder.

Did you notice I had popped up the deer on foam dots? My husband really liked the texture of the card--the embossed sentiment, the trees and the deer.  Who knew he could be so observant--lol.