A Snowy Shaker

Hello Whimsy friends!  

Digital Design Team member, Vicki here, to share a fun shaker style card today using the CUTE November release digital stamp called "Snowy".

I will share how I've put this together...

Check it out:

I have colored up this sweet digital stamp with the following Copic markers:

1.  Shoes/earmuffs band:  E89, E87, E84

2.  Pants, buttons, stripes on shirt:  BG78, BG75, BG72, BG000 (white stripes on shirt)

3.  Pockets on pants/vest:  E44, E42, E41

4.  Earmuffs/mittens/vest collar:  E15, E13, E11, E02, E00 (using pointillism technique and then I used a white gel pen to flick in some marks to resemble "fur")

Hair:  YR27, YR24, Y23, Y21, Y11

Skin:  E21, E11, E00, E000, R20, R00

Snowman:  Y17 (nose), C8, C5 (hat), B00, B000 (body), R00 (cheeks)

Background around image:  B00, B000, B0000

I took a Spectrum Noir Glitter Brush Pen and added some shimmer to the tiny snowman as well as the snow on the ground she's standing on, but of course it's hard to see with the shaker contents.  I've also taken some Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter Drops and dotted each snowflake circle on the image.

To create the shaker details, I've used the beautiful digital papers from the November digital collection called Christmas Roses and Snowflakes for my card.  My finished card measures 5"x5" square, so I've cut a piece of this printed out paper slightly smaller than my white card base.  I've also taken some clear sparkle ribbon to wrap around this piece before attaching it down.

To create my shaker base, I have used a frame type of die, but if you don't have a set, you can use a square or rectangle nested die set to create your own custom frame.  I have used some more of these pretty digital papers for my frame and added some acetate behind it.  This is when I also made a small banner with some of the same background papers and heat embossed the "let it snow" sentiment from the Whimsy Stamps Holiday Mini Sentiments Clear stamp set and cut out a border to place across the window frame.

So now that I've got my image panel set onto my card base and my window frame with foam tape around it set off to the side, I can add my shaker contents!

  

**Tip:  Make sure that your foam strip pieces are touching each other snuggly so that none of the shaker bits fall out!**

For my shaker, I have used some sequins from Lucy's Little Things as well as some Twinklet's Diamond Dust.  I was thinking some of the products from the Paper Door kit would work beautifully for making many shaker style cards too!  So check that out before it's gone!  Il ike to pile my shaker contents in the center of the window area and then use a brush to make sure everything stays where I want it to be.  Then I just add my window frame and press down securely all the sides to make sure is completely down before I shake it up.

Lastly, the finishing touches I did was to add a bow along the side and place a snowflake gem in the center.  I've also added some crystal gems to the corners on my window frame.

If you make any shaker cards, we'd love to see them over on the Whimsy Stamps Facebook Group where you can also enter it in the challenge over there too!  

Thanks for stopping in today!  See you next time!

Whimsy Stamps products used on my creation today:

12 Days of Christmas Day 9 GIVEAWAY - special guest Dina Kowal - Winter Wonderland

Whimsy Stamps is giving away a chance at a $10 Whimsy Stamps gift card with today's post!  All you need to do is pick your favorite Whimsy Stamps card (created by you or the Whimsy team) and post it on any social media.  Then come back here and add the link with the linky tool at the bottom of this post by 12/25/17 at 11:55pm.  The winner will be announced HERE on 12/27/17.  You can enter as many times as you'd like.

Dina here again welcoming you to Day 9 of the Whimsy Stamps 12 Days of Christmas blog celebration.  I'm happy to share with you today a tutorial and it's one that I know I'll be using throughout the year! It's called Shaving Cream Sparkle - it's a much more controlled shaving cream technique than the classic one done with reinkers.

I have this gorgeous scene builder set from Whimsy Stamps called Winter Wonderland - I started off by stamping the trees and deer on watercolor paper and embossing them in white. The embossing resisted the background technique, which was exactly what I hoped. I also cut a mask for the hill using a curved border die from the Stitched Border Trio set.

The background has several layers of inking, and then stamping and more embossing - I used a stamp from the Christmas Scene Builder set to add in the snowy effect, first with the purple Oxide ink and then with white embossing.

For a little more dimension, I added some raised dots in the snow - I actually did a little old-school dry embossing, using an embossing folder, stylus, and my light pad, just adding the dots to open areas. Remember the old days, with the templates and light boxes? Good times... and still a way to be selective in adding embossed designs to a panel.

Come over to the Falliday Fest Challenge Forum for all the details!  And be sure to stop back here on the Whimsy Blog for another special guest 12 Days of Christmas post too!

   

12 Days of Christmas Day 8 - special guest Kay Miller - Snow Flurry

Hi there! It's Kay again and I'm excited to share with you another Whimsy Stamps 12 Days of Christmas post. 

For today's card I used a beautiful set from the October Whimsy Stamps Release called Snow Flurry designed by Deb Davis. 

So for the background here, I stamped the pretty snowflakes in different Distress inks onto Master's Touch watercolor paper. I then took a wet brush and went around the edges of the stamped images to soften them and give them a watercolored look. After it was dry, I speckled it with each color of the different inks that I had stamped the snowflakes in.

I aslo stamped a couple of the snowflakes in the same colors and cut them out with the Snow Flurry Dies. I added those to my watercolored panel with foam tape. 

For the sentiment, I embossed it onto some dark gray card stock with white embossing powder. It looked a little plain to me, so I also speckled it with some white ink too. I adhered those to my panel with foam tape. And lastly I added some clear sequins.

Whimsy Stamps Products Used:

  

You're welcome to come by my blog to say hello anytime :).  And be sure to come back here tomorrow for another special guest 12 Days of Christmas post too.

Kay :)