Winter Wonderland Kinetics Card

Hi, Whimsy friends!  It's Andrea with you today sharing some winter cheer with a fun slider card featuring the new Winter Wonderland stamp.

I love snowmen, and the ones in the Winter Wonderland set are soooo cute!  I stamped this guy with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with Copics.  After trimming him out, I added highlights with a white gel pen and brushed clear sparkle over him.

For some inspiration for my background (I get tired of blue sometimes), I turned to Google and found a beautiful photo of a wintry landscape.  To recreate it I used the following Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, and Chipped Sapphire.  For the pond/river, I blended just the last three colors onto a separate piece of cardstock.  On the background I white heat-embossed a sentiment from Winter Wonderland.  

I die-cut the pond with the Kinetic Curved Hills Dies and die-cut the Mountain Majesty border die from white cardstock.  To create the slider, I die-cut the white hill with the Kinetic Cuved Basics Dies and cut the slider elements from white cardstock with the No-See Kinetic Straight Dies.  I assembled the pieces with foam tape and attached the slider to my background panel, which I adhered to a white card with ScorTape.  I flicked white paint over the entire card and also spritzed it with shimmer spray.

Have a wonderful day!

Special Guest - Michelle Bala

Hello again!

I'm back for a second post as a Guest Designer 

for Whimsy Stamps!!!!

I am using the stamp sets Candy Corn Dress Up, and Going Batty
I also used some dies, Kinetic Curved Basics, Kinetics Curved Hills, and
Stitched Cloud.

I had a lot of fun creating this interactive card using the Kinetic Curved Basics Dies.
I used Bristol Smooth Cardstock and distress oxide inks in the following shades:
wilted violet, evergreen bough, fossilized amber, and black soot. Then I added some splashes of water and splatters of white and gold paint.

I colored up Going Batty with Copic Markers in shades of
V12, W0, W1, W3, and B000.
For the moon I used a circle die and colored it with C0, C1, C2, C3, C7, and W5.
I heat embossed the sentiment and added some googly eyes to
the moon bat. I added clear stickles for shimmer.

For this next card I inked up the Stitched Cloud Dies with hickory smoke.
The colored fence with antique linen and vintage photo inks
and the field with mowed lawn.
I used tattered rose for the sky. I added some accents
with Copic Markers.

I colored up images from Going Batty and Candy Corn Dress Up with Copics:
YR04, YR07, Y11, Y15, Y17, G000, G02,
E23, E29, C1, C2, C5, V01, W1, W2.

I heat embossed the sentiments and added clear stickles for shimmer.

For this last card, I used Prismacolor pencils and Copics to shade in
Candy Corn Dress Up.

I colored the unicorn cutie with the following Copics: YR02, YR04, Y11, Y15, BG49, BG09
V01, and V05. I added Stickles for shimmer.

Thanks for stopping by for a peek!!!

Hope you enjoyed this post!!!

Michelle

  
 

Penguin Slider Card

Hello, Whimsy fans!  It's Andrea with you today, sharing a fun, interactive card.

How adorable are those penguins?!  They're from the new Penguin Slides stamp set by Crissy Armstrong.  I stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored them with Copics, and cut them out with my ScanNCut. 

For the sky I inked up a panel of Bristol Smooth paper with Peacock Feathers distress ink.  I flicked on some water droplets for interest.  Using the Kinetic Curved Basics Die Set, I die-cut a track for my slider in the background.  

I used the Kinetic Curved Hills Die Set to die-cut the snowy hill and stamped a sentiment from Penguin Slides with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  After assembling my slider (you can watch a video here to learn how these dies work), I adhered the background to a white card with foam tape.  I used a black pen to draw the arrow on the pull tab (created with the No-See Kinetic Basics Die Set) to let the recipient know what to do.

I added some shading to the snow before popping up the penguin in the foreground with foam tape.  The sun and cloud were die-cut with the Up in the Clouds Die Set.  I inked up the sun with Mustard Seed and Wild Honey distress ink before layering the pieces together and flicked on some water.  I finished with some Nuvo Glitter Drops in Aquatic Mist.

Have a great day!

   

 

In the Day

Hello and welcome. Dorinda with you today.

I love the line, "Back in my day". 

Sadly, I'm at that point where I have been around enough to use it.

Today's project will hopefully give you a giggle. Even if you haven't started using the phrase yet ;)

This sweet man is from a super hilarious, clear rubber set from the 

Deb Davis aka Amped2Stamp line called

Old Geezer 

Other products used today are:

New Old Fart Large Word Die

Kinetic Curved Hills Die Set

Kinetic Curved Basics Die Set

Dash Away Clear Stamp Set

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangle Die Set

The sentiment I chose instantly created the whole scene.

I grabbed my Kinetic Curved Hills Die Set and Kinetic Curved Basics Die Set

so my geezer could move up his hill. The hill was created from the smooth curved piece in Kinetic Curved Hills Die Set

Adding the Kinetic Curved Basics Die Set allowed his movement.

I stamped the word "Geezer" on the pull tab just to add something extra.

As I put my pieces together for a test run, I decided to add some buildings.

What better then the curved row of houses in the Dash Away Clear Stamp Set. I masked off some and stamped in to make the row as long as the hill.

I sprayed my clouds with the torn kitchen towel technique and loved how it all went together.

But then, I had the final piece still waiting to be added.

Punching out two sets of the New Old Fart Large Word Die.

and with the smallest die from Hand Stitched Nested Rectangle Die Set, I cut out two simple white pieces of card stock. Then inserted a piece of black just slightly larger between them. Then glued one set of my New Old Fart Large Word Die letters on each side.

Here in the open view, you can see what I've now done with that rectangle piece.

I left a small rectangle up at the top when I cut the base and placed a notch up to the fold line.

Then I placed my rectangle inside to find where I needed to place my angled crease line.

Once I got it into place, I glued my inside base to the front base.

Now when my card is opened, my "Old Fart" pops up.

To finish off, I added a sentiment inside.

Below is the view from the front.

To see the whole thing in action, check out the video below.

That's all from me today.

Hope I gave you a giggle too.

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