Elegant Made Simple

Hi everyone!  Melissa here today to share a few simple cards using some of my favorite Whimsy products.  Often, we need a quick card that looks beautiful.  I love the new border dies for this very thing.

I simple made a card base and used the die to chop the card front off.  Took a pretty piece of paper, and adhered it to the back of the front flap of the card.  Simple and beautiful.  I finished with a simple sentiment from the new Country Wreath set.

For the next card, I did something very similar, only I placed the die at an angle.  I also used the new farmhouse basket stencil with the gold delicata ink.  I finished it off with a sentiment from You're My Favorite, stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne.

Two simple cards made in no time!  I hope you like today's creations and will try this on your own!  Make sure to come back tomorrow for more fun.

        

Copic Scene with Water Garden Girl

Melissa here today! I 'd like to share a very simple card I made using a number of wonderful products from Whimsy Stamps.  Have you seen the new stamp called Water Garden Girl?  I love her, she stamps so beautifully and is such fun to color!  Are you interested in learning how I colored her?  Please watch the video below and join along with your own image.  I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Clair nocturne ink.  The sentiment set is called Bold Statments.  In addition, I used the fabulous die set called Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles.

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A Simple Valentine's Day Card Tutorial using Whimsy Stencils and Stamps

Hi everyone!  Melissa here today with a brief card tutorial using the adorable new stencils from Whimsy Stamps along with the Cupid in Training stamp set!  I love the new stencils and they are so fun to use with the new Delicata inks that Denise now carries in the shop!  Here is the card I created.

I also show you in the video how I color the frog in Copics!  Please enjoy this brief tutorial.  All the links can be found below as well as on my YouTube channel.

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Meet Our Creative Team - Melissa

Hi, I’m Melissa Andrew and I’m completely addicted to coloring Whimsy stamps!  I have three children and I work full time as a senior research assistant at a Children’s hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.  I love creating fun cards and the occasional project.  Art relieves stress and helps me to be thankful for the little things in life.

1.)   If you had to choose, what would your top 3 favorite Whimsy products be and why?  Stamps of course because I LOVE to color.  Enamel dots (I LOVE the matte Christmas Cheer dots) because they go with all of my Christmas cards.  Matching dies because fussy cutting takes too much time!!!

2.)   If you could have a super power, what would it be?  To make more time in the day for crafting.

3.)   List 3 things someone would be surprised to learn about you?  I hate to shop, unless it’s for craft supplies.  I have a sister who also crafts and she is AMAZING and has every crafty supply known to man.  Also, I have a huge crush on Russel Wilson the quarterback for Seattle.

4.)   What Whimsy stamp or stamp set could you not live without and why?  Holiday Mini Sentiments and Everyday Mini Sentiments because they always work with all my creations for sentiments.

5.)   What is your favorite color combo and favorite coloring medium?  I love all color combos because I like to create backgrounds for my images and of course Copics.

6.)   If you had to survive on just 3 foods, what would they be?  Pizza, spaghetti and chocolate

7.)   What do you like most about being a member of the Whimsy Creative Team?  That’s so easy, Denise is a wonderful owner and takes such good care of her team.  Also, the team itself.  Wonderful kind artists that inspire me everyday.

8.)   What challenges you when stamping/crafting?  Time is probably the biggest challenge for me.  I have a full time job and three kids.  I often craft very tired at the end of the day.

Here is my favorite project, but picking a favorite was EXTREMELY hard. I had to recruit hubby to help because I love all my Whimsy Stamps.  I chose this one because the image is really sweet and I like my color choices.  Also, it makes me feel warm and fuzzy!!!

Kitten Kindness Coloring Tutorial by Melissa

Hi everyone! Melissa here to share with you a simple coloring tutorial for these sweet kitties from Whimsy Stamps by Lee Holland called Kitten Kindness.  I wanted to show you a few coloring techniques for coloring fur.  Three to be exact; tiger stripes, calico and textured fur.  Any of these can be used on other animals too.  A number of these techniques you might already know, but I do give you a few hints how to have the best outcome.

You will need a few coloring tools.  If you are an alcohol marker user, pick two to three colors of the same color family for each technique as well as some alcohol such as Colorless Blender from Copic.  If you use colored pencils I would pick two to three colors for each technique as well and gamsol or some other blender solution.

I did want to include a list of colors used for the fur:
Gray/Blacks:  C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, 100
Browns:  E70, E71, E74
Orange:  YR12, YR15, YR18

In the beginning of the video I show you how I use acetate to place my rubber stamps.  Often it's hard to see the correct position.  I did not include that after having the correct placement on the acetate to go ahead and stamp on the paper.  Then I do the sentiment the same.

Please make sure to like the video and follow my YouTube channel as I'll be doing more Whimsy Stamp tutorials in the future.

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