Tuesday Tutorial - Step Up Your Stenciling

Happy Tuesday!   It is so easy to create a new look with your supplies by combining  them in different ways.   I will show you today how to ink blend underneath your glimmer paste to give you a whole new look.   This is one of my favorite things to do and really very easy.   I have a video below to take you through the process and then create two cards using the Penguin Poop stamp set along with the Sun Rays Stencil. 

It's really easy to create multiples of this design to quickly stock up on your birthday card stash.   I used the Paws and Bones Border Die along with the Grass and Cloud Edger Die to create my snowy bank for these cute penguins! 

I share some quick Copic coloring these very cute images.  Ink blending first and then adding glimmer paste changes the whole look of the card.   I have another card on my blog here where I ink blended with the stencil and then layered glimmer paste on top.   

I hope you enjoy the video!  Thanks for stopping by! 

Whimsy Stamps and Tombow Collaboration Day 5

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!

It's Andrea with you for day 5 of this fun collaboration between Whimsy Stamps and Tombow.  I hope you've enjoyed this week as much as the designers have!  I, for one, have been blown away by all of the awesome projects this week!  Hopefully, I'll inspire you today as I have two cards to share with you.

My first card features the new Slimline Windows Die and the Penguin Farts and Penguin Poop stamp sets.  I first stamped those fun penguins with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with the new ABT PRO Markers from Tombow.  These markers are alcohol-based like Copics, and I was really impressed with how well they blend and how vivid the colors are.  After coloring the penguins, I cut them out (There are coordinating dies for Penguin Farts).

ABT PRO Markers: PN65, PN75, PN95, PN55, P905, P925, P933, P985, P991,
P491, P451, P452, P476, P555 

I created a slimline cardbase (3.5" x 8.5") from white cardstock and die-cut the Slimline Windows Die from black cardstock.  I also die-cut some Chilly Designer Papers with the Slimline Windows Die.  Onto the solid papers, I white heat-embossed sentiments from both stamp sets.  After adhering the black frame to my card, I inlaid the smaller die-cuts.

I adhered my colored images to my card with foam tape.  I added highlights with a white gel pen and brushed clear sparkle over the ice and ice cream.  I coated the penguins' eyes with Glossy Accents and adhered a few snowflake sequins from the Snow Crystals Sparkletz sequin mix.

For my second card, I created a snowy scene with the Glitter Globe set and the Slimline Waves Die.

I first stamped those cute images from Glitter Globe with Versafine Onyx Black ink and then watercolored them with Tombow Dual Brush Pens.  Once my images were dry, I die-cut them with the coordinating dies and added details with a white gel pen.

Tombow Dual Brush Pens: 

Trees - 173, 177, 969

Snowman - 291, 933, 565, N25, N95, 743

Penguin - N25, 933, 025, 845, 847, N95, 245, 249

Deer - 977, N95, 969, 803

I die-cut the Slimline Waves Die from white cardstock and trimmed a background panel the same dimensions of the frame.  I retained the negative pieces from the die-cut to create my snowy hills.  I placed each hill behind where I wanted it in my frame and used a pencil to mark the portion that extended below the window, trimming off the excess with scissors.  To create dimension between the die-cut hills and my background panel, I added Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  I inked up the top of the background with Mermaid Lagoon for the sky.

I attached the trimmed-down hills to the back of my frame with liquid adhesive.  To account for the extra dimension of the cardstock hills, I die-cut a second frame, removed the inside slopes with scissors, and adhered it to the back of my original frame.  After adhering my background to a card with foam tape, I affixed my colored images.  I stamped a sentiment from Glitter Globe with Versafine Onyx Black ink, die-cut it with the Quick Strips Dies, and popped it onto my card with foam tape.  For some sparkle I brushed clear sparkle over the hills and added snowflakes die-cut from glitter cardstock with the Shaker Maker Glitter Globe Dies.

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 13^th.  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 14^th.

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

~ Whimsy Stamps...You're So Special! ~

Hi Everyone....Nicolette here to share with you a fun interactive shaker card that I made using the new Penguin Poop Clear Stamp Set and Peekaboo Windows 3 Die.  These items go perfectly together!

These penguins just crack me up and I would be happy to share my last ice cream cone with any one of them!

I just love the 3-D effect you can get using this new die!

Here is what you need to make this card:

White Card Base:  5 1/2" x 8 1/2"

White Card Stock cut with Peekaboo Windows 3 Die

Stripe Paper/Paper of Choice:  2 1/8" x 5"

Heavy Weight Acetate:  2 1/8" x 5"

Sprinkle Paper/Paper of Choice:  1 5/8" x 5"

Sentiment cut from white cardstock using Quick Strips Die

Sentiment "You're so Special" trimmed 1/8" away from words

Teal Cardstock:  1 1/2" x 1/2"

Orange Cardstock:  1 5/8" x 5/8"

Foam Tape

Rhinestones

Sequins

~ Whimsy Products ~

~ Copics ~
Penguins: C0 C1 C3 0
Beaks:  Y15 Y19 YR12
Feet:  YR65 YR68
Teal Ice Cream:  BG10 BG11 BG13
Orange Ice Cream:  YR61 YR65 YR68
Brown Ice Cream:  E57 E59
Chocolate Syrup:  E79
Cones:  Y23 E31 E35

~ Instructions ~

1.  Stamp and color penguins.  Trim around penguins and set aside. Stamp sentiments.  Cut and die cut cardstock to have ready to assemble. 

2.  Adhere acetate to rectangle part of frame.  Adhere a double layer of foam tape all the way around the window leaving no openings for shaker bits to fall out.  Lay sequins on top of stripe paper or paper of choice.  Adhere window frame on top and make sure it is adhered firmly.

3.  Adhere double layer of foam tape to the top and side edges of frame that is remaining.  Adhere to  sprinkle paper or paper of choice.

4.  Adhere this piece to card base.

5.  Add oval with sentiment to the middle of the window using foam tape.

6.  Add penguins, as shown in picture, using a double layer of foam tape.

7.  Adhere sentiment strip to small teal cardstock and then to small orange cardstock.  Adhere to card.

8.  Add rhinestones, as shown in picture.

Happy Stamping!