Some News For You

Afternoon everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing some special new with you. I was lucky enough to be invited to contribute in February's issue of 'Making Cards' magazine. I have 3 masculine cards featured which I made with die cut stars.  The 3 cards are easily achievable by just using square and star dies along with different coloured card. Definitely check out the magazine and it's freebies....there's more information below. x

A little about the magazine...

The February edition of Making Cards & Papercraft is jam-packed with freebies! You’re sure to be swooning over the gorgeous Sweet Samantha stamp set with it’s beautiful illustrations and motivational quotes! There’s papers to coordinate too! The second set of craft papers: Valentine Unicorns are soooo sweet also! There’s no less than 12 toppers to use! There are two further collections for you to get your hands on too; Snowboarding Dude! - great for making cards for boys and men with it’s cool blues and snowy scenes, and Dreamcatchers - pretty collection in muted pastels. Not forgetting the fantastic free digi download as part of the ‘Colour the stars’ feature going through the zodiac signs!

 

Elsewhere in the magazine there are no less than 4 new contributors, each bringing with them new styles and skills, makes for men and Mother’s Day, a giveaways, interviews and so much more! Pick up in selected supermarkets and craft stores or order online at www.makingcardsmagazine.com for worldwide delivery with free UK p&p and digital editions!

As well as projects you’ll find interviews, giveaways, shopping and more!

Enjoy!

 

x Janine x

Whimsy Stamps - February 2019 New Releases

Hi everyone 💜

Wow it's February 1st....so ok, where did January go? I feel I blinked and totally missed January. Lol

Anyhow, it's the beginning of a new month and that means new release week at Whimsy Stamps. So today I'm sharing one of the rubber stamp images that is now available in a digital format, the sweet girl stamp is called 'Amy' and it's by Sylvia Zet. I coloured her with Copic pens and added glitter to her heart balloon along with a few die cut flowers and leaves. 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
Firstly I trimmed down a piece of patterned paper and attached it to the front of a 6" x 6" white card blank, leaving a slim white border around the edge.

Using my graphics software I imported the sweet girl image, then resized and printed her directly onto Neenah card. I die cut the image into a circle, cutting off the top section of the balloon and coloured it in with Copic pens.  The coloured image was attached to a die cut scalloped circle cut from teal card.  The topper was then added to the card front using foam pads. The balloon section of the image was printed again, coloured with Copic pens and then fussy cut out. Glitter was added to the balloon, then glued into place over the top of the one on the topper so that it peeks out of the circle.

To complete the card, flowers and leaves were die cut and punched from pink and green card and added to the card front along with a few tiny pearls.

Here's What I Used
New Release Digital Stamp: 'Amy'

Other: 6" x 6" White Card Blank, Neenah Card, Teal Card, Different Pink Card, Green Card, Glitter, Pearls, Scalloped Circle Die (Crealies), Double Dot Circle (Crealies), Small & Medium Multi Rose Dies (Britannia), Camellia Complete Petal (Creative Expressions), Embellishment Dies (Tattered Lace), Foam Pads, White Pen, up, Up, & Away Paper Pad (LOTV), Leaf Punch (Martha Stewart)

Copics: Skin - E000, E00, E02, E11 / Hair - E35, E37, E50, E53 / Fur Trim - W1, W2 / Top, Shorts & Flowers - BG10, BG13, BG34, BG49 / Gilet, Tights, Boots, Vase & Flowers - RV02, RV10, RV23, R34, W2 / Leaves - YG03, YG17

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 February 8th with another new digi stamp from the release....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration - January Week 4

Hi there everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing another of our January releases, this time it's one of our fabulous digital papers. I've used the same paper in both cards to show how it can be used, and it belongs to a collection called 'Hearts A Flutter'. The collection contains 6 different 6" x 6" papers, all with a heart theme.

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
Using my graphics software I imported the digital papers and printed it directly onto some good quality smooth printer paper. On both cards I die cut the paper to size and give it a scalloped border. The paper was attached to the card front.

Card 1 - I die cut 3 hearts in different sizes using pink and red card, and then vellum. The hearts were laid flat over each other apart from the smallest which was raised up using foam pads. A computer generated sentiment was added to the card from along with a few gems, pearls and sequins.

Card 2 - a square was cut from white card and the centre was cut out using a slightly smaller square die to create a frame, this was added to the card front. Using a 'love' die from my own stash I cut it out from white card 4 times. The die cuts were gluing on top of each other to create a stack and added to the frame.  The word 'love' was cut again from red card, and the hearts that were cut out were glued inside the heart aperture on the card front. To complete the card, hearts that were the waste from the white 'love' die cut were added to the card front.

Here's What I Used
New Release Digital Paper: Hearts A Flutter'

Other: 6" x 6" White Scalloped Card Blank,  6" x 6" White Wavy Edge Card Blank, Red Card, Deep Red Card, Pink Card, White Card, Vellum, Square Layering Die (Tonic), Love Die (The Works), Heart Dies (Sizzix), Gems, Sequins, Mini Pearls, Mini Banner (Lawn Fawn)

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 1st February with a new release Whimsy digital stamp....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration - January Week 3

Hi there everyone 💜

Today I'd love to share another of the new release digital stamps which is also available in rubber cling. The cute boy angel digi stamp is called 'Angel Cody' and he is by Sylvia Zet.  Both versions of the stamp can be found in Whimsy Stamps online store; I have supplied the links to both in the shopping list below.

I coloured the cute little boys angel with pencils on brown colouring card, and added glitter to their wings and the little stars. Please note, that the sentiment was computer generated, as were the extra stars and clouds. 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

Using my graphics software I imported 2 of the cute little angel then resized both of them and flipped one of them. I created a little scene with the 2 angels along with a few of my own stars and clouds; lastly I added my own computer generated sentiment. The completed scene was printed directly onto Neenah Desert Storm card, and coloured with both Prismacolour and Caran D'ache pencils.

Before adding any colour pencil work to the printed out design, I lightly added white pencil over most of the images, taking care not to go over the black lines. The reason for the white pencil is because it helps to made the final colours pop. Layers of coloured pencil were then lightly added over the top of the white building up areas of light and dark areas on the image. The completed scene  was then die cut into a rectangle.

A rectangle was cut from blue card and added to the card front, and the finished scene was attached directly on top.  To complete the card glitter was added to the stars and angel's wings.

Here's What I Used
New Release Digital Stamp: 'Angel Cody'
Rubber Cling Stamp - Angel Cody

Other: 5" x 7" White Card Blank, Blue Card, Desert Storm Neenah Card, Glitter, Noble Double Pierced Rectangle Die (Creative Expressions)

Prismacolor (P) and Caran D'ache (CD): Skin - White (CD), Light Peach (P), Peach (P), Blush Pink (P), Pink (P), Carmine Red (P), Sienna Brown (P) / Hair - White (CD), Lemon Yellow (CD), Golden Bismuth Yellow (CD), Orange (CD), Burnt Ochre (CD), Burnt Sienna (CD) /Robe -White (CD), Light Cobalt Blue (CD), Light Cerulean Blue (P), Genuine Cobalt Blue (CD), Phthalocyanine Blue (CD), Prussian Blue (CD), Black (CD) / Ladybird - White (CD), Anthraquinoid Pink (CD), Scarlet (CD) / Feathers - White (CD), Light Cobalt Blue (CD), Genuine Cobalt Blue (CD) / Cloud & Wings - White (CD), Light Cobalt Blue (CD), Light Cerulean Blue (P) / Stars - White (CD), Lemon Yellow (CD), Golden Bismuth Yellow (CD), Orange (CD)

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 Wednesday 24th January with more fabulous Whimsy stamps and papers....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration - January Week 2

Hi there everyone 💜

I'm back today to share one of the new release digital stamps that is also available in rubber cling. The cute angel stamp is called 'Angie' and she is by Sylvia Zet.  Both versions of the stamp can be found in Whimsy Stamps online store; I have supplied the links to both in the shopping list below.

I coloured the sweet angel with pencils on colouring card, and added glitter to her wings and the stars. Please note, that the sentiment was computer generated. 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

Using my graphics software I imported the sweet angel, resized her and added my own sentiment then printed everything onto Neenah Desert Storm card. I coloured the images with both Prismacolour and Caran D'ache pencils. Before adding any colour I added white pencil over most of the image as this helps to made the colours pop. Layers of coloured pencil were lightly added over the top of the white to build up the light and dark areas of the image. The coloured in image was cut into a square. Glitter was added to the angels wings and stars

A scalloped square was cut from pink card, and the centre was cut out using a square die to create a frame. Pink pencil was added to the inside and outside edge of the frame. The frame was glued over the top of the coloured in topper, and added to the card front using foam pads. To complete the card die cut stars were added to the card front.

Here's What I Used
New Release Digital Stamp: Angie
Rubber Cling Stamp - Angie

Other: 6" x 6" White Scalloped Card Blank, Pink Textured Card, White Glitter Card, Desert Storm Neenah Card, Starry Skies Die (Lawn Fawn), Scallop Square Die (Spellbinders), Glitter, Essential Stars (Die'sire)

Prismacolor (P) and Caran D'ache (CD): Skin - White (CD), Light Peach (P), Peach (P), Blush Pink (P), Pink (P), Carmine Red (P), Sienna Brown (P) / Hair - White (CD), Lemon Yellow (CD), Golden Bismuth Yellow (CD), Orange (CD), Burnt Ochre (CD) / Dress, Bow, Feathers, Ladybird - White (CD), Blush Pink (P)  / Cloud & Wings - White (CD), Light Cobalt Blue (CD), Light Cerulean Blue (P) / Stars - White (CD), Lemon Yellow (CD), Golden Bismuth Yellow (CD), Orange (CD)

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 Wednesday 16th January with more fabulous Whimsy stamps and papers....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration - January 2019 New Release

Happy New Year guys 💜

I hope you all had a fabulous New Year, I know I did. :)

Today, it's my turn to share one of the brilliant new release digital stamps and papers from Whimsy Stamps. The sweet fairy stamp is called 'Spread Love' and the digital paper is called 'Hearts A Flutter' perfect for Valentine's Day or an anniversary. I coloured her with Copics and glitter up her wings and hearts. Nb. The sentiment is from my own stash. 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
Firstly I printed the digital paper onto a sheet of smooth white paper, and after trimming it down it was attached to the front of a 6" x 6" white card blank.

Using my graphics software I imported the pretty fairy image, then resized and printed her directly onto Neenah card. I coloured the images with Copic pens and die cut it into a circle. Glitter was added to the fairy's wings and her scattered hearts. A sentiment (from my own stash) was stamped beneath the fairy using black ink.

The coloured image was attached to a fancy die cut frame cut from deep pink card. The topper was then added to the card front using foam pads. To complete the card pink gems were added to the top and bottom of the card.

Here's What I Used
New Release Digital Stamp: Spread Love
New Release Digital Paper: Hearts A Flutter

Other: 6" x 6" White Card Blank, Neenah Card, Pink Card, Glitter, Pink Gems, Fancy Frame Die LR0112 (Marianne Designs), Double Dot Circle (Crealies), Foam Pads,  Whatnot Sentiments 3 (YNS)

Copics: Skin - E000, E00, E02, E11 / Hair - YR0000, YR000, YR00, E13, E99, E37 / Dress - RV02, RV04, RV10, RV13, RV14 / Wings - RB10, BG11

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

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration - December Week 5

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

For some of you, by the time this post is live it will be 2019, but for some it's still hours away....like me. No matter where you are in the world have a fabulous time, and best wishes and all my love for 2019. Thank you so much for visiting my blog during 2018 and for your support...it means the world to me.

So onto today, well this one is my last Christmas card and my last card for 2018. I am sharing another of the gorgeous little snowmen by CC Designs, this digi stamp is called 'Snowman and Bird' and it's part of this month's new stamp release in the Whimsy online store.

Here's What I Did

I trimmed down a piece of tartan patterned paper and covered the front of a 5" x 7" white top fold card blank leaving a white border around the edge. 

 

Using a graphics program the digital image was printed directly onto colouring card, die cut into an rectangle then coloured using Copic pens. The coloured image was then attached to a rectangle panel cut from deep red card on a slight angle. Both panels were then attached to the card front using foam pads. 

 

A poinsettia was die cut from the same deep red card used previously along with 2 green leaves. the flower and leaves along with a few gems was attached to the card front. To finish the card glitter was added to the snowman, along with a few gems at the top and bottom of the card.

 

Here's What I Used                                                    

December Digital Stamp: 'Snowman and Bird'

Other: 5" x 7" White Top Fold Card Blank, Neenah Card, Copics, A Winter's Tale Paper Pad (Crafter's Companion), Stitched Rectangle Die (Crealies), Poinsettia & Pillow Box Die Set (Sizzix), Deep Red Card, Green Card, Glitter, Gems

Copic Pens: Snowman & Snow - B0000, B000, BG000, BG01, C0, C1 / Nose - YR04, YR15, Y35 / Arms - E31, E33, E35, E37 / Hat & Band - C2, C3, C5, C7,YG01, YG03, YG17 / Scarf - YG01, YG03, YG17, RV10, RV23, RV34 / Bird - R17, R37, R59

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 the 2nd January with a new release digital stamp. See you in 2019. TTFN!

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Whimsy Stamps Inspiration - December Week 5

Merry Christmas everyone

I hope you've all had a fabulous time, I know I did.  Both my daughter and husband were at home this year instead of working, which made it extra special. We spent hours chattering, laughing and playing games.  We made our time together fun and created new memories. :)

Anyhow back to crafty business --- today and on the 31st December I am sharing the last 2 of my Christmas cards for 2018 and I'm using 2 gorgeous little snowmen by CC Designs. The one I am sharing today is called 'Snowman and squirrels' and it's part of this month's new digital stamp release in the Whimsy online store.

 

Here's What I Did

I trimmed down a piece of tartan patterned paper and covered the front of a 5" x 7" white top fold card blank. 

 

Using a graphics program the digital image was printed directly onto colouring card, die cut into an oval then coloured using Copic pens. The coloured image was then glued onto a die cut oval frame and attached to the card front using foam pads. 

 

To finish the card glitter was added to the snowman, along with a few glittery enamel green dots.

 

Here's What I Used                                                    

December Digital Stamp: 'Snowman and squirrels'

Other: 5" x 7" White Top Fold Card Blank, Neenah Card, Copics, A Winter's Tale Paper Pad (Crafter's Companion), Oval Die (Tonics), Grand Decorative Oval Die (Spellbinders), Green Card, Glitter, Green Enamel Dots

Copic Pens: Snowman & Snow - B0000, B000, BG000, BG01 / Nose - YR04, YR15, Y35 / Arms - E31, E33, E35, E37 / Hat - C2, C3, C5, C7 / Squirrels - E08, E13, E15,  E47, E99 / Nuts & Nut Bag - Y02, Y15, Y35, E00, E11, E99, C1 / Scarf & Hat Ribbon - YG01, YG03, YG17

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 Monday 31st December  with my other Christmas....so see you then. TTFN!

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Whimsy Stamps Birthday Instagram Hop

Hi guys 💜

Today I'd love to share some Whimsy magic with you to celebrate our 10th birthday. To start off our party week we are having a Instagram Hop to share some inspiration, so if you have an Instagram account why not follow us and join in with the fun, there will be lovely random prizes to the win. Here is the link --- http://instagram.com/whimsystamps

Not done an Instagram hop before?
Well it's really easy - To be in with a chance of winning a random prize, you must ---

1. Firstly you need an Instagram (IG) account, so if you don't have one why not set one up, it's free and really easy to do.

2. Then use the search bar at the top of the page and type in Whimsy Stamps to go to their Instagram page. Once on their IG page press 'Follow' to follow Whimsy Stamps.

3. From the Whimsy gallery of pictures select the Birthday Hop photo - this will be the 1st picture. Press the speech bubble icon beneath the photo and type a comment, press Post to send it.

3. In the comments below this Birthday Hop photo there will be a link to the next person in our hop, this will be displayed as eg @jaycue23 (this will be a design team member). Press the member's name to travel to her Instagram page. You must again press 'Follow' to follow her, then select her birthday Hop card (1st picture) in her gallery and again leave a comment as in step 3. This person will have the next person in the hop displayed in the comments under her photo, so simply repeat the 'follow' and 'comment' procedure.

4. Repeat the steps for the total hop (there are 19 hops including whimsystamps)

5. Tag a friend for an extra chance of winning a random prize, you do this by adding a @ sign in front of their Instagram account name eg @jaycue23

We will be picking people at random drawn from each design team member's post, and will announce the winner on the Whimsy Instagram page on Monday, December 17th. Have fun and good luck.

To celebrate our birthday and IG hop I have created a card using the cute digital stamp 'Froggie Hoppy Day 1'. He's available from the Whimsy Stamps online store (see the links below).

PSSST...on our Facebook page we have a fabulous free polar bear digi courtesy of Crissy Armstrong, so go check it out. :)

 

Here's What I Did

Using a graphics program I created a backdrop with a sentiment and heart from one of our digi papers. After printing out the backdrop it was mounted onto some pink card and then onto the card front.

 

The image was stamped onto colouring card, coloured with Copics and fussy cut out. I die cut a '1' and '0' from pink glitter card and glued these both to his hands. The whole image was attached to the card front using foam pads.  Glossy accents was added to the frogs eyes to make them bulge.

 

To finish the card a few gems were added to the corners plus a little glitter on his hat.

 

Here's What I Used                                                    

Digital Stamp: 'Froggie Hoppy Day 1'

Other: 6" x 6" White Card Blank, White Card, Neenah Card, Copics, Pink Card, Pink Glitter Card, Glitter, Gems, Graphics Program, Glossy Accents

Copic Pens: Frog - YG01, YG03, YG17, Y15 / Banner & Hat - RV02, RV04, RV34, RV69 / eyes - B000 / Teeth - C1, C2

Our new facebook challenge #110  started on the 15th October, so why not come and join us when it starts. There will be a  fabulous $15 prize to win and the theme as always is 'Anything Goes'. Here is the link -
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.2402239159848036&type=3

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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Craftsulove Design Team - November #3

Morning everyone 💜

Today I'm sharing the last of my Craftulove cards using the snow globe stamp and die set from Studiolight, plus some green gingham paper pad from Echo Park.  I've kept my Christmas card CAS this week by just using the stamp, die and a few gems. I hope you like it. x

Just a little note about the snowglobe set I've used, it includes a snowglobe dome and base stamp plus 3 interior stamps featuring different snowy scenes. Over the month of November I have used 2 of the scenes plus the included sentiment.  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

I added a piece of pattered paper to the front of a 4" x 4" white card blank.

I stamped the snow globe onto colouring card and coloured it with Copic pens. Glitter was added to the snow and trees, then a white pen was used for the snow flakes. When the scene was finished it was cut out.

I stamped the snow globe base section onto brown colouring card, and added a little shading with Copic pens. When the colouring was finished the base was cut it out and glued over the top of the previously stamp snow globe.

Using the snow globe die I cut out the shape using black card, then glued the coloured image on top. The topper was then added to the card front using foam pads. To complete the card 6 green gems from my own stash were added to the top and bottom of the card front.

Available from Craftsulove
Stamp & Die Set: 'Basic Clear Stamp & Die Set No 18' by Studio Light
Paper Pad: 'Christmas Gingham - Dots & Stripes' by Echo Park

Should you purchase any of the above products, please select  'Design Team'  in the 'where have you seen us' drop down so we know we have inspired you! Thank you x

My Own Stash:
4" x 4" White Card Blank, Black Card, Copic Pens, Neenah Card (Solar White & Desert Storm), Foam Pad, Double Sided Tape, Glitter, Gems, Glitter, Versafine Black Ink, White Pen

Copics: Dome - B000, B00 / Snow Globe Base & Rabbit - E31, E33, E35 / Sky - B05, B29 / Trees - YG23, YG67 / Snowman - B000, B00, R14, R37, Y17

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 in a few days with another card using the sweet Studio Light Snow globe stamp set.....so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x