Tuesday Tutorial with Andrea

Hello, Whimsy friends!  It's Andrea with you today, and I have a fun, slimline St. Patrick's Day card to share with you.

We all love those hilarious donkeys from Wonky Donkey, right?  Well, I thought it would be fun to use one for a St. Patrick's Day card, and the awesome papers in the Slimline St. Patrick's Day paper pack were perfect for that!

I started by diecutting white cardstock with the Slimline Connected Bubbles Die.  Next, I backed each opening with one of the Slimline St. Patrick's Day papers.  There are several ways to do that, but for the most part, I simply applied liquid adhesive to the back of the opening and placed it over the section of paper I wanted to use.  Then, I used my scissors to trim away the excess.

I trimmed another of the St. Patrick's Day papers and adhered it to a white card.  I affixed my backed die-cut with foam tape.

To create my "gold", I clear heat-embossed two of the images from the St. Patrick's Day Gold set onto metallic paper.  After die-cutting them with the Pierced and Stitched Circles Dies, I popped them up on top of two of the circles with foam squares.

I stamped that fun donkey from Wonky Donkey, colored him with Copics (colors listed below), and cut him out with the coordinating dies.  To give him some St. Patrick's Day flair, I stamped the leprechaun hat from Holiday Occasions (retired) and a shamrock from St. Patrick's Day Gold.  After coloring each with Copics, I fussy-cut them and used a black marker on the edges to hide the white of the cardstock.  Using an Xacto knife, I made a slit in the donkey's teeth, tucked in the shamrock, and added a bit of glue to hold it in place.

I attached the donkey with foam squares and added Glossy Accents to his eyes.  I heat-embossed a sentiment from Holiday Occasions and finished with a scattering of gold sequins.

Have a great day!

Copics:

Donkey:  B0000, B000, R01, R11, R20, E40, E41, E42, E43, 

E51, E53, E55, E35, E37, W5, W7, W9

Hat: Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG23, YG25, YG17, YG67

Shamrock; YG23, YG25, YG17, YG67

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Tuesday Tutorial | Alcohol Ink Cards

Hello friends and happy Tuesday!  This is Crystal here, one of the new 2020 Whimsy Stamps Creative Team members, and today I am sharing my very first "Tuesday Tutorial" post with you!  I have created three colorful cards made using the fun new Shamrock Top Hat stamp set designed by Whimsy's own Deb Davis.  And, what goes better with shamrocks than rainbows!?  So, I have also created a video tutorial for you sharing how I created all of these vibrant alcohol ink colored backgrounds too! 

I hope you will enjoy today's "Tuesday Tutorial." 

This first A2 sized card was made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I lined the card with one of the alcohol ink backgrounds I created (see video below).  On a separate sheet of Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock, I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and the shamrocks in Green Apple ink.  I matted this piece onto a scalloped piece of Jolly Green cardstock and I adhered this image to the center of the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. 

For the second card, I also used Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock as my base and again, I mounted the alcohol ink background directly to the card base.  In the lower right corner I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with black embossing powder.  On a separate sheet of Jolly Green cardstock, I stamped the Shamrock Top Hat in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I fussy cut the hat out and adhered it to the card at a slight angle using 3M foam adhesive.

For the third and final card, the base was created from Jolly Green cardstock. I matted the base with a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock.  In the lower right hand corner of the white cardstock, I stamped the sentiment in Green Apple ink.  I adhered the alcohol ink frame to the center of the card (again please see the video below to see how I created the alcohol ink backgrounds).  On a separate sheet of Jolly Green cardstock, I stamped the Shamrock Top Hat in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I fussy cut the hat out and adhered it to the card at a slight angle using 3M foam adhesive. 

 Here is a step-by-step video showing how I created each of these three cards:

Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a wonderfully creative day!

XO, Crystal