Special Guest - Terri Burson

Hello friends. I'm back with another guest design project for Whimsy Stamps, sharing this Wintry Valentine that features the Tweetie Pie stamp set and Cozy Winter paper pack.  I am so smitten with these sweet birdies and couldn't wait to create with them.  Scroll down for a few creative details!

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I love the size of my centerpiece stamp.  Because of this, I chose to make a simple square card with minimal ink blending, and focus on making these tweetie birds shine!

Let me tell you, I do not consider myself an expert on coloring with Copic markers.  In fact, I am a bit of a rebel in that I like to do my own thing.  I often swipe colors to test and see what may or may not work rather than following the standard recommended rule of choosing 3 colors in the same family with a 2 or 3 number variance between colors.

In the photo above, I cut a square piece of Neenah 110 lb solar white cardstock and did some minimal ink blending with a hybrid light pink ink.  I left the center white, for placement of my birds heads to begin coloring.

It's most likely cold in much of the USA during February, so I thought it would be fun to once again stretch those holiday stamps into the great beyond for Valentine's Day.  As I did for my last project, I'm once again accenting a snowy scene with a white gel pen.  It adds a fun flair and that added bit of interest, I think. If you'll look closely, you can see that I also accented the musical notes and drew in tiny white hearts around my bird stamp.

My card is layered with the pink snowflake sheet from the Cozy Winter paper pack and adhered to my square, scored card.  I'm also a matchy-matchy kind of girl, so I initially chose my paper and then decided what coloring implements I would use to coordinate.

If you'd like to know which Copics I've used, here's the run down:

Birds: E33, YR21, Y21, Y11, 0 

Bird Hat: R32, R20, RV10

Bird Scarf: B97, B93, B000

Branch: E33, E31, E00 

Thanks again to Whimsy Stamps for having me pop in today and share what inspires me.  I hope you are inspired as well!  Stay crafty, and make something sweet for your loved ones this Valentine's Day!  Kindness is the gift that keeps on giving. 

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Howling Night Valentine?

Hmmm, Valentine's Day, Anniversary/Love, or Halloween card?

I started out with a navy blue card base and cut a Rectangle Shaker Maker die for the black frame. I also cut a black mound from the Grass and Cloud die. 

I made a pencil mark where I wanted to stamp the Howling Night wolf and stamped him with black Versafine ink.

I stamped the moon with white craft ink and sponged it in a little more ink to fill it in some.

 I cut the Evergreen Trees and sponged on some dark green ink on the left edges only then added a little touch of the white craft ink the the right edges only.

The sentiment was stamped with silver Delicata ink and popped up on foam tape.

I actually made this card at Halloween time but never posted it because I thought it could easily be a Valentine's Day card but what do you think...Halloween or Valentine?

   

Thanks for stopping by...see you soon,

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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Day 9 of the Whimsy Stamps Countdown to Christmas

Hello everyone, it's Ellen here!! Did you see all the Christmas countdown posts already? Today I like to share how you can use a Christmas stamp in a totally different way.

If you cut out the wreath from the "Owls on a Wreath" stamp it looks like two love birds. The new card builder "Hearts Of Love" has perfect elements to go further in the love theme. I used the card base as well as the word 'love' from that set. The banner from "Many Thanks" card builder was perfect to put my sentiment on and a perfect place for my owls. The pink enamel dots from "Its A Party Enamel" are where also so much fun to use on this love card.

I hope you love this idea to stretch your stamps. Have a wonderful day!

'Hello'......a Valentine's Day card

Hello everyone, Cindy here today.  I hope you had a wonderful Holiday!! Today I want to share a card I made over the weekend. I used a Time for Tea Designs image called 'Heart Balloon'.

I colored her with my Prismacolor Pencils. I cut out 4 of the 'Hello' word die cuts and glued them together then heat embossed it with some purple. I also used the 'Bow die'.  I used an embossing folder and embossed 'love u much' over the image. You can barely see it.

Make sure and check out all the products that are being retired. Time for Tea Designs is one of them!!

Wishing you a safe and wonderful New Year!!

Cindy