Special Guest - Mayra Duran-Hernandez

 

 Hello everyone! Happy Thursday. Mayra here from Mayras Designs with my second post as a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps. I am so happy to be here. I have a super fun mermaid-themed shaker card to share with you. I used the beautiful Mermaid Birthday stamp set along with the Wavy Nested Frames die set. 

I have two versions of the same card. On the top one, the mermaid on the right has a colorful tail like the mermaid on the left. The second card has the mermaid's tail colored in just two colors. 

I started by coloring the mermaids, little fish, and coral images with Copic markers. I used E50, E51, E21, and E23 for the skin. For the pink/peach areas, I used R22, R21, RV42, R30, and R00. For the mint areas, BG13, BG11, and BG10. For the green, I used YG11, YG01, and FYG2. 

Next, I die-cut the panels I would use to create the shaker card. I added color to two of the layers using Cracked Pistacchio, Peacock Feathers, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide inks. I then stamped the sentiment from the set using black ink onto the front layer of the shaker card. 

I hope you enjoy the card I created to share with you. Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed day. Thank you very much to everyone at Whimsy Stamps for this great opportunity of being a guest designer. 

Mermaid Birthday

Wavy Nested Frames

31 Nights of Halloween - Night 22

 Hey Hey!

Hello everyone!  It's that time again when we celebrate 31 Nights of Halloween!

...and at Whimsy Stamps we know how to do that in SPOOK-tacular style!

There are lots of prizes to be won as well so make sure sure you find out how to enter by following the link on the banner above!

I have mixed up some new and older Whimsy Stamps goodies for todays card!

Firstly I stamped and coloured the fa-BOO-lous Haunted Parlor Rubber Stamp with Copic Markers.  I'll pop the list of colours I used at the end of this post!

Then I die cut a piece of sparkly black card with the largest Wavy Nested Frames Die and placed it over the coloured image.  I then cut the design into a rectangle.

Finally I added some die cut vellum ghosts and BOO using the Boo Die Set

Thank you for popping by today!

Remember to enter our amazing giveaway!

Happy Halloween Creepy Crafting!

from Sue...xxx

  

Copic Markers

Walls - V28, V25, V22, BG78, BG75, BG72, Wood - E47, E44, E43, E34, E31, Carpet and Chair - YR18, YR15, YR35, Clock face and Portrait - Y11, Y00.

Tuesday Tutorial - Vellum Focal Point

Hello, Whimsy fans!  Today I'm going to show you how to use vellum to create a focal point.

I love patterned paper but sometimes the pattern is busy enough that it can be hard for the eye to focus on the image(s).  Check out the pic above.  Cute but the Christmas Tidings images are a bit lost on the Mermaid 6x6 Paper.

I cut out a piece of vellum using a Wavy Nested Frames Die and lightly brushed it with blue.  Just that tiny bit of color and translucent paper helps the eye to focus on the main images without losing the cuteness of the patterned paper beneath!  I like how the wavy edges mimic those of the Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die too.

Next I colored up the images using Copics with colors drawn from the paper. Notice the sentiment is stamped partially on the vellum. Super cute!

I hope you're inspired to try this and am looking forward to seeing the results!  If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.

Be sure to check out the new goodies in the Whimsy shop too!

~ 31 Nights of Halloween - Day 3 ~

Mwhahahahaha!...Nicolette here...Welcome to Day 3 of Whimsy Stamp's Annual 31 Nights of Halloween Blog Celebration!

Make sure you read my whole post to find out how you can have a chance to win an amazing prize package!

I am using the new Zombie Boy Clear Stamp Set and Zombie Frame for my halloween inspiration.  Zombies are a huge hit in my household, especially since I have an eight year old grandson.  This particular zombie and sentiment spoke to me as I am always misplacing something, especially dies, they seem to go MIA during my creative process.



I used Whimsy's Wavy Nested Frames Die Set to create a black hole of nothingness to represent the emptiness of his brain.  He may be dumb, but he sure is cute, in a zombie kinda way...LOL

~ Whimsy Stamps Products ~

*NEW Zombie Boy Clear Stamp Set

*NEW Zombie Frame Rubber Stamp

Wavy Nested Frames Die Set

~ Copics ~

Zombies:  BV0000 BV000 BV00 BV01 BV02; B00
Greens:  FYG1 YG01 YG03 YG17

Grays:  W00 W0 W1 W3 W5
Blending Solution/Burlap

Now for the fun part...how would you like to have a chance to win a fabulously fun prize package consisting of Dustin Pike's, Going Batty Clear Stamp Set and Flying Cat Witch Rubber Stamp?  All you have to do is answer the following question in the comment section below.  What is the one thing you always seem to misplace?  For me, it's my glasses.  I only need glasses for reading and I tend to take them off when I'm walking around and leave them in random places.  I think I will remember where I left them...haha...nope!  Leave your answer by midnight EST on October 23rd for your chance to win.  Check back here on the Whimsy Blog on the evening of October 31st to see if you are one of the lucky winners!  If you are one of the lucky chosen ones, you will have until November 7th to claim your prize.  Good luck my crafty friends!!!

**I participate in Whimsy Stamp's affiliate program.  That means I receive a commission when products are purchased through links here on my blog. (At NO additional cost to you).  This allows me to be able to make more projects to share and hopefully inspire you!  From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate your support!!!

Happy Stamping!

My Little Pony

Hello, everyone! I had a great time coloring the Horse Scene from the Whimsy July release. What a beautiful scene and then when you add color (or don't--gorgeous just by itself)--swoon.

I used a Wavy Nested Frame to cut out the scene and then explored a couple of ideas for the card base. The blue is lovely but my messy girl heart loves the Brusho background.  Which do you prefer?

For the sentiment I stamped one from Military Family onto a Quick Strips that I trimmed down.

If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.  Have a great rest of your week!

~ Early Bird Gets the Worm by Nicolette ~

Hello Whimsy Stamp Fans!

Today I am sharing with you a fun card I made using Whimsy's new Early Birds Clear Stamp Set.  It looks like the saying, the early bird gets the worm, is true.  This bird is getting a tweet treat...poor wormies!



Whimsy Stamps has a great selection of dies that you can build scenes with like I have done here.  The Wavy Nested Dies Set reminds me not only of a knot hole you would find in a tree but a mud puddle.  You usually find worms after it rains, so I thought a mud puddle would be the perfect place for this early bird to catch him some breakfast as the sun rises.  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day after all.  To give the mud some texture, I used Copic's Blending Solution and a texture rag to give the mud a more realistic look.

~ Whimsy Stamps ~

*NEW Early Birds Clear Stamp Set

Sun Rays Stencil

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles Die Set


Grass and Cloud Edger Die Set

Wavy Nested Frames Die Set

Kinetic Curved Hills Die Set


Up in the Clouds Die Set


Quick Strips Die Set

~ Copics ~

Reds:  R02

Blues:  B21 B25 B26

Yellows:  Y13 Y17 Y19

Greens:  YG01 YG03 YG17

Grays:  C00 C0 C1 C3 C5 C7

Browns:  E31 E33 E35 E37 E39 E47 E49

Blender Solution/Texture Rag

~ Misc. ~

White Gelly Roll Pen #08
Mustard Seed Distress Ink
Fossilized Amber Distress Ink

Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink

**I participate in Whimsy Stamp's affiliate program.  That means I receive a commission when products are purchased through links here on my blog. (At NO additional cost to you).  This allows me to be able to make more projects to share and hopefully inspire you!  From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate your support!!!

Happy Stamping!

Happy Place

Hello, Whimsy fans!  It's Andrea with you today sharing a fun, beachy-vibe card.  Is anyone else wishing they were at the beach?!

When I saw the Ocean Stencil and Wavy Nested Frames Die Set, I immediately wanted to make an ocean tunnel-type scene.  I started with three A2 panels of Bristol Smooth paper.  The panel in the back was ink-blended with Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon.  I used the same colors of distress ink on the second panel, applying more Mermaid Lagoon than Cracked Pistachio.  I inked up the third panel with Mermaid Lagoon and Faded Jeans.  To the first panel, I added some rays with white pigment ink and the Sun Rays Stencil.  I flicked water droplets on all three panels and blotted them dry.

Using the Wavy Nested Frames Die Set, I die-cut the second and third panels.  Rather than use the die a size down from the first one I used, I went two smaller to have more surface area showing.  I added my underwater elements with the Ocean Stencil.  To create the illusion of depth, I used a light gray ink for the panel with the rays, a dark gray for the second panel, and black for the darkest, ink-blended panel.

I attached the solid panel to a white card and added the die-cut layers with foam tape.  I also die-cut a frame from Desert Storm cardstock with the Wavy Nested Frames Dies and adhered that with foam tape.  I die-cut the palm trees with the Build-an-Island Die Set.  As the trees are connected in the die, I die-cut two pairs and cut them apart with my scissors.  I "colored" the trees with brown and green inks before adhering them to my card (I used foam tape - two layers in some places - behind parts of the trees that extended into the die-cut openings).  Using partial die-cutting and the Quick Strips Die Set, I die-cut a banner from Desert Storm cardstock and stamped a sentiment from Happy Place in Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Thanks for stopping by!