Craftsulove Design Team - July Card and Tutorial

Hi guys💙

I'm back with another card and tutorial using products available in the Craftsulove online store. This time I'm using some fabulous papers by BoBunny to create a DL card, the papers are from their Early Bird Collection which are absolutely gorgeous. 

For my card I used 'Notes' which has a script print on one side and a pretty mandala style pattern on the reverse, and 'Time Flies' which has beautiful text panels on one side which you can cut up and use as toppers, and on the reverse it's a lovely distressed blue striped paper. To add a little extra interest I also used 3 banner dies which have a pretty stitched detail around the edge.

YOU WILL NEED

(Products available from Craftsulove):
12” x 12" Early Bird Collection by BoBunny - ‘Notes’ Notes
12” x 12" Early Bird Collection by BoBunny - Times Flies Paper
'Girl Assortment' Matt Enamel Stickers from Doodlebug Designs Inc
Paper Rose ‘Banner’ Dies

From My Own Stash:
Strong White Card
Blue Card
Turquoise Card
Silver Mirror card
Double Sided Tape
Foam Pads

 1. Trim a piece of white card to 8” x 8” and score at 4”, then fold in half to create a DL card.


2. From the ‘Notes’ paper trim a piece 4” x 8” and cover the front of the DL card.


3. Cut out the panel ‘Good Things Take Time.’ from the ‘Time Flies’ 12” x 12” paper. Mount this onto a piece blue card and then onto silver mirror card leaving a slim border on each to create a topper.


4. Using the banner die set - cut 1 banner from turquoise card using the largest die (5th), cut 1 banner from the ‘Notes’ paper using the 3rd die, and lastly cut 1 banner from the ‘Times Flies’ paper using the 2nd die.


5. Layer up the banners and stick them together, then trim off any overhang.


6. Glue the banners flat to the card front.


7. Add foam pads to the back of the topper, and attach this over the top section of the banners. To complete the card add an enamel stickers on the topper in each of the mandala centres, and one at the top of the smallest banner.


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Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :) I'll be back next month with another new Craftsulove project/tutorial....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Whimsy Inspiration - July Week 5

Hi there guys 💜

Today it's my turn to share another Whimsy card highlighting one of our stamps. So for this card I've again chosen one of the new release rubber stamp for July, and is available in the Whimsy Store.

I decided to cool myself down and create a Christmas card...and yes I did use the 'C' word. Sorry!!!The beautiful stamp I used is called 'Watching For Santa' and I was drawn by one of my wonderful friends Crissy Armstrong. Isn't this the most beautiful angelic scene.  I coloured the image using Copic pens and took the colour palette from the patterned paper I used as I wanted to create a vintage look. I hope you like it. x

All the links to the specific Whimsy products can be found below and the link to the general store is here.

 

Here's What I Did
First I trimmed a piece of pretty patterned paper to cover card front leaving a slim border around the sides. Then I stamped and coloured the gorgeous Christmas image with Copic pens, once finished I die cut it into a rectangle and mounted it onto pink and green card, then onto the card front using foam pads.

To bring the card together I die cut a poinsettia and some holly from the same pink and green card used to mount the topper. To finish the card I added a die cut sentiment from the same pink card and mounted it onto funky foam add dimension.

Here's What I Used 
Rubber Stamp: Watching For Santa

Other: A5 White Scalloped Card Blank, Pink Card, Green Card, Neenah Card, Copic Pens, Stitched Rectangle  Die (Crealies), Poinsettia Die (Sizzix), Merry & Bright Die (XCut), Holly Branch (Marianne Design), Woodland Kisses Paper Pad (LOTV), Gem, Gold Pen

Copics: Skin - E50, E51, E21, E11 / Hair- YR000, YR00, E13, E99, E37 / Hairband, Ribbon & Poinsettia - R81, R85, RV34 / Bunnie - C0, C1, C2 / Lips & Eyes - R81, R85, RV10, G82, G94 / Background - W0, W1, W3 / Berries - R81, R85 / Holly - G82, G94, YG63

Our new challenge #108 started on the 15th July, so why not come and join us. There a  fabulous $15 prize to win and the theme as always is #Anything Goes'. Here is the link for you, so come on what are you waiting for!

Why not, follow us on Facebook group, Pinterest, Instagram or on our Blog we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :) 

I'll see you next week with more Whimsy magic ----- TTFN!

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x Janine x

Whimsy Inspiration - July Week 4

Hi everyone 💜

Today I'd love to share my latest card. It's a new release rubber stamp for July, and is available in the Whimsy Store.

The stamp is called 'Faye The Fairy' and it's by a fabulous artist called Marina Fedotova. Isn't she simply beautiful.  I coloured her using my Copic pens but kept to the same tones to give a monochromatic look. To finish I add a little sparkle to her wings. I hope you like it. x

All the links to the specific Whimsy products can be found below and the link to the general store is here.

Here's What I Did
First I trimmed a piece of light brown card to fit the card front, then cover it with pretty patterned paper leaving a slim border around the sides.

I stamped and coloured the fairy with Copic pens but I used shades from the same family for a monochromatic look. The finished image was die cut into a circle, and ink was applied to the edges. Crystal glitter was added to the fairy wings, flowers and butterflies and then attached to a die cut circle cut from the same light brown card.

The topper was fixed to the card front using foam pads, and to complete the card I added a few gems to the front.

Here's What I Used 
Rubber Stamp: Faye the Fairy

Other: 6" x 6" White Card Blank, Light Brown Card, Neenah Card, Copic Pens, Pearl Circle Dies(Tattered Lace), Double Dots Circle Die (Crealies), Warm Cocoa Colour Cloud (Cosmic Shimmer),Paper (my own stash), Gem, Crystal Glitter, Foam pads

Copics: Skin - E50, E51, E21, E11 / Hair- YR000, YR00, E13, E99, E37 / Dress, Shoes, Flowers, Butterflies - E40, E41, E43

Our new challenge #108 started on the 15th July, so why not come and join us. There a  fabulous $15 prize to win and the theme as always is #Anything Goes'. Here is the link for you, so come on what are you waiting for!

Why not, follow us on Facebook group, Pinterest, Instagram or on our Blog we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :) 

I'll see you next week with more Whimsy magic ----- TTFN!

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x Janine x

Whimsy Stamps Week 3 and Challenge #108

Hi everyone 💜

Morning, well it's the start of a new Whimsy Stamps Challenge #108, and the theme as always is 'Anything Goes', so it's really easy. So come on, grab your Whimsy stamp, dies or papers and join in with us. We'd so love to see your creations, myself and all the girls will pop by and say hi. There's a fabulous prize as well, a $15 certificate to spend in store. Woo hoo!

Click here to upload your project, and check out my lovely teamies work to inspire you.

Haven't got a Whimsy image......no problems. Whimsy have some freebie images and papers that you can download and play with, here's the link to the digital freebie page. So what are you waiting for?  There are a few do's and don'ts on our Challenge Blog, plus information on where to upload your projects. If you have any problems you can either - leave me a comment here with your email address, or email me, or message me on our facebook page.

Anyhow, I've combined my Challenge card with my normal weekly Whimsy Inspiration card with you, so it's a joint post. :)  All the links to the specific Whimsy products can be found below and the link to the general store is here.

Here's What I Did

I covered the front of a top fold 5" x 7"white card blank with some pretty pink patterned paper.

The penguin image and sentiment was printed directly onto colouring card stock, and coloured with Copic pens. The coloured image was trimmed to fit the card front, then one end was die cut using a envelop edger die to create the topper.  A piece of brown card was cut using the same edger die and glued behind the topper and added the card front.

A 'hello gorgeous' sentiment was printed onto card, then trimmed and added to the card front using foam pads. To finish the card, glitter was added to the word 'happy' and enamel dots and gems were glued around the card front.

Here's What I Used 

Digital Stamp:  'Penguin Ice-Cream'
Digital Sentiment: 'Everyday Banner' and 'Say It Big'
Dies: Envelope Edger

 

Other:  5" x 7" Top Fold Card Blank. Brown Card, White Card, Neenah Card,  Copic Pens,  Foam Pads, Enamel Dots, Gems, Crystal Glitter, Secret Garden Paper Pad (Trimcraft),

 

Copic Pens: Penguin - C1, C3, C5, BV29, W0, W1, Y02, Y08, Y17 / Ice-Cream &Cone - R20, R30, R32, R35, E31.E33, E35 / Ground - W0, W1

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Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back in a day or two with more crafty inspiration for you.  Byeeeee!

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Craftsulove Design Team - July Card #1

Morning everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing my 1st of my July's Craftulove Design Team card with you.

So for this one I'm using some beautiful 12" x 12" double sided papers by BoBunny from their 'Early Bird' collection which is new in store. I have used 'Songbird' to cover the front of my card and a topper cut from the 'Time Flies' paper. The 'Time Flies' paper has 12 beautiful panels on it which you can cut out and use as toppers. These papers are just gorgeous. x

All the links to the specific Craftuslove products can be found below, and the link to the general store is here.

 

Here's What I Did

To create my card, I covered the front with a trimmed down piece of the 'Songbird' paper, leaving a white boarder around the edge. I cut out topper from the 'Times Flies' sheet and matted this onto a piece of deep orange card, then mounted it onto the card front using foam pads. I added a little glitter to the word 'beautiful'.

Using another of the toppers I cut out 2 of the butterflies and applied glitter to the wings, then glued them in different directions onto the 'beautiful' topper.

To complete the card, I added a 3 orange enamel dots to the bottom right corner.

Available from Craftsulove
12" Paper: Songbird and Times Flies from the Early Bird Collection by BoBunny
Embellishments: 'Girl Assortment' Matt Enamel Stickers from Doodlebug Designs Inc

My Own Stash:
5" x 7"Top Fold Card Blank, Deep Orange Card, Foam Pads, Crystal Glitter,

Why not, follow us on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram or on our YouTube Channel we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back on the 30th with a new project/tutorial....so see you then. TTFN!

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Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Week 2

Hi everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing a sweet digital stamp which is simply brilliant for the fishing person in your family. This beautifully drawn image is by the lovely Crissy Armstrong, and it's called 'Penguin Fishing'.

 

All the links to the specific Whimsy products can be found below and the link to the general store is here.

Here's What I Did

The image was resized and printed directly onto colouring cardstock, then coloured with Copic pens and the sky was created using blue ink, sponge and a cloud template.

 

An oval aperture was cut into the centre of a card blank front and into a piece of trimmed down blue card. The blue card was then attached to the card front. A frame was created by cutting a scalloped oval slightly larger than the aperture from white card, then using the same die that cut the card front aperture, cut inside it. Glue the frame around the aperture.

 

The coloured topper was attached to the inside front of the card blank using foam pads, then the back of card blank was glued shut. A stand was attached to the back of the card blank to enable it to stand upright

 

Here's What I Used 

Digital Stamp:  'Penguin Fishing'

 

Other:  5" x 7" Top Fold Card Blank. Blue Card, White Card, Orange Card, Neenah Card,  Oval and Scalloped Oval Layering Dies (Tonic), Embellishment Dies (Tattered Lace), Copic Pens,  Foam Pads, Colour Cloud Ink (Cosmic Shimmer - Summer Sky), Cloud Template (MFT), White Pen, Black Fineliner Pen, White Enamel Dots, Mini Heart Die (XCut)

 

Copic Pens: Penguin - C1, C3, C5, BV29, W0, W1, Y02, Y08, Y17 / Hat & Fly - RO5, R29, R32, R59, YO2, Y08, YR04, R05  / River - G000, G12, BG11, BG34 / Grass Bank - YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67 / Rod & Float -E33, B000, B01, B05, C1, R29, R59 

Our new challenge #107 started on the 15th June, so why not come and join us. There a  fabulous $15 prize to win and the theme as always is #Anything Goes'. Here is the link for you, so come on what are you waiting for!

Why not, follow us on Facebook group, Pinterest, Instagram or on our Blog we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :) 

I'll see you next week with more Whimsy magic ----- TTFN!

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Whimsy Stamps - July New Release #2

Hi guys 💜

I'm here again with another digital release from Whimsy Stamps, this time I'm highlighting this little cutie. The digi stamp is called 'West Highland Terrier' and again it is drawn by my lovely friend Crissy Armstrong. Dog lovers, especially West Highland Terrier owners will love this one. it could even be used to make cards to help raise money for dog charities etc.

I coloured this little pup in with Copic pens, and kept the rest of the card clean and simply (CAS) to shown him off.

All the links to the specific Whimsy products can be found below and the link to the general store is here.

Here's What I Did

First I matted a 6" x 6" white card blank with a piece of 5¾" x 5¾" dark brown card. The dog and sentiment were resized and printed onto Neenah cardstock, then coloured with Copic pens. The completed image was die cut into a circle and glued to a fancy edged circle cut from bronze coloured glitter card, this was then added to the card front using foam pads.

 I added three banner tails in brown, kraft and bronze glitter card along with a few gems. To finish the card I added dots to the dog's scarf using a white pen.

Here's What I Used
Digital Stamp and sentiment: West Highland Terrier

Other: 6" x 6" White Card Blank,  Brown Card, Copic Pens, Neenah Colouring Card, Bronze Glitter Card, Kraft Card, PowerPoint; Printer, Foam Pads, Pearl Circle (Tattered Lace), XXL Double Stitched Circle Dies (Crealies), Banner Dies (MFT), Tacky Glue, Gems, White Galaxy Marker

Copics: Dog - W0, W1, E31, E33, R20, R30 / Scarf - R20, R22, R30 / Ground - W1

Our new challenge #107 started on the 15th June, so why not come and join us. There a  fabulous $15 prize to win and the theme as always is #Anything Goes'. Here is the link for you, so come on what are you waiting for!

Why not, follow us on Facebook group, Pinterest, Instagram or on our Blog we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back on Thursday 3rd May with more new release digi stamps....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Whimsy Stamps - July New Release #1

Afternoon peeps 💜

Oh wow, where has this year gone....it's seems to be be going by so quickly! On a good note it's the 1st of July....and it's new release day at Whimsy Stamps. So today I'm here to share one of the fabulous new digital stamps that's available in store - so for my card I've used Penguin Campfire drawn by one of my lovely friends, Crissy Armstrong. Isn't he the cutest penguin ever! I've team the stamp up with a digital sentiment and paper from a previous release, then everything was coloured up with Copics.

All the links to the specific Whimsy products can be found below and the link to the general store is here.

 

Here's What I Did
I trimmed a piece of green card to 6½" x 6½" and a piece of navy card to 6¼" x 6¼" and attached them to the card front. Using my graphics software (I used MS PowerPoint) I imported my digital paper, then the sentiment which was recoloured white. The penguin stamp was imported over the top and resized accordingly. This was printed straight onto colouring card and trimmed to 6" x 6".

The penguin stamp was coloured using Copic pens, and then the completed topper was attached to the card front.

Please note - I did remove the white background from the digital stamp in a graphics program first.  However, you could achieve the same look by printing and cutting out the image, then layering it over the top of the printed out paper.

Here's What I Used
New Release Digital Stamp: Penguin Campfire
Digital Paper: Starry Night
Sentiment: Say Cheese

Other: 7" x 7" White Card Blank, Navy Blue Card, Green Card, Copic Pens, Neenah Colouring Card, PowerPoint; Printer, Serif CraftArtist

Copics: Penguin - C1, C3, C5, BV29, W0, W1, Y02, Y08, Y17 / Penguin Glow - Y00, YR00 /  Fire - Y000, Y00, YR07, YR15 / Jacket - YG01, YG03, YG17 / Logs - E31, E33, E35, E37, Y00, Y08, YR00 / Stones - W1, W3, W5, Y00, Y02, YR00 / Marshmallow - RV10, RV28, Y00 / Stick - E33, E37, Y00, Y02

Our new challenge #107 started on the 15th June, so why not come and join us. There a  fabulous $15 prize to win and the theme as always is #Anything Goes'. Here is the link for you, so come on what are you waiting for!

Why not, follow us on Facebook group, Pinterest, Instagram or on our Blog we'd loved to see you.

Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back on Thursday 3rd May with another new digi stamp from the release....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x