Fresh Friday - Bonus Inspiration

It's Friday on the Whimsy blog and that means it's time for Fresh Friday where we take a look at a collection of products that change out every two weeks and give you some fresh inspiration.

Since there are 5 Fridays in May, we have an extra week of inspiration using this great group of products that we've been featuring for the last 2 weeks.

BONUS - our Fresh Friday products will now be 20% off during the 2 weeks that they are featured.  There is no code needed as they are already marked down. Woohoo for a great sale!

Here are the 6 products that are being featured today.

Happy Sky
Happy Sky Coordinating die collection
We go Perfectly Together
Array of Rainbows die collection
Smile Large Word Die
Peekaboo Window 1 Die



You can also click here to see all of these products in one shot.

Bev is on hand with a beautiful Slimline card today.  We are in love with her gorgeous pastel ink blended clouds and the fun scene she has created above the fairground. In addition to the Happy Sky and Happy Sky coordinating dies, Bev has also used the Happy Large Word die.

Lisa has a super fun card to share also today. Her ink blended background going from light to dark blue is the perfect backdrop for her brightly colored balloons. She's used the Happy Sky and Happy Sky coordinating dies along with the super fun Slimline Postage die.

That's all for today but don't forget, we will be back on the Whimsy blog next Friday with a whole new collection of great products to feature.

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Special Guest - Kelly Martin

Hey, everyone! It's Kelly and I'm finishing up my guest design projects for Whimsy Stamps. I've had so much fun creating with these beautiful products! For my final project today, I used the Peony Flower Die and a few different inks from Catherine Pooler Designs as my watercolor palette. I began by smooshing the Party Dress and Sauna inks down to my work surface and then sprayed them with water to get the color moving.

I cut out the floral pieces from watercolor paper and then laid them down into the pool of watercolor I'd created on my work surface. I moved them around in different directions to get some variation in the color, waited for them to dry a bit, and then ran them through the pool of watercolor again to get some additional layers of color. After they dried completely, I splattered some more concentrated drops of the ink on to the flowers and then set them aside.

I repeated this watercolor process with the leaves, using Grass Skirt and Eucalyptus inks. After the die cuts were dry, I arranged them on to a cut and scored 4.25 x 5.5 inch card base, using foam tape to pop up some of the parts of the flowers to give added dimension and fullness to the arrangement.

To finish off the card, I used a few stamps from the You're Too Kind stamp set to create the completed sentiment! Thank you so much for stopping by again to join me in taking a look at these cards! Happy crafting! Kelly

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!

Another new Mini Release - Shipping NOW

Hello Whimsy fans! Are you enjoying our mini releases? We are and hope you are also. It's fun to be surprised with new goodies hitting the store and of course we have lots of inspiration from our design team.

We have some great products to introduce to you today and we hope you love them as much as we do.

For this release, we have the following - 3 new clear stamp sets, 3 stand alone die collections and 2 new digital stamp sets from our Polka Dot Pals lineup of stamps. These 2 special images are FREE today so make sure to head over to the store to order and get them downloaded.

Cool Beans

Just Ugh 

Menopause

Comic Speech Bubbles die set

Ugh Word & Shadow die set

WTF Word & Shadow die set

Polka Dot Pals special digi image - FREE today
Polka Dot Pals special digi image - FREE today

Lastly, here is some inspiration from our designers - 16 fabulous projects. Happy shopping and happy crafting!