Surfer Dude

Wow... time is just flying by!  Tomorrow is April already and 1/4 of the year has slid by so quickly!  Today's card is another I had published in Whimsy Stamps Inspiration free online magazine.  For this one, I've used Kenny K's Surfer Dude which is available at the Whimsy store.  I always like working with Kenny K's images, either digi or rubber... seems like everything just falls into place.  I used a piece of paper by Cosmo Cricket called Salt Air and the sentiment is one of Raindrop Echo's from the Fast Lane digi set, also available at the Whimsy store.  I tried something different with this one - I used Aleene's Glitter Snow in the sand and when it was dry, I added dabs of Copic colours E13, E53 and YR31.  The image was also coloured with Copics and the charm is one I found in my stash.  The little cork circles are made by Canvas Home Basics.
Challenges:
Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - Use a stamp
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Shape Ez Magnolia Template

This week's challenge at  Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Blog is Anything Goes and the design team is using TLC's Shape EZ templates.  The templates are a fun way to create different shapes and sizes of projects and then add your own flair and embellishments to create a unique project.  Easy to use too... I cut mine with a scissor and with a little bending and folding, voila... a flower!

I've used a couple different templates of Tammy's before and they are easy shmeasy to use.  I'd read somewhere that if you print the template out on the wrong side of your paper, the lines don't show and yes, that works perfectly!  For the flowers, I've used the Shape EZ Magnolia template, cutting a couple different sizes of the petals out of cardstock, then did a little crimping, folding and fluffing to give dimension.  The centers are simply a different colour of cardstock and then leaves as well.  I added a brad for the centers and then some of my favourite embellishment.... Stickles!  You know how I love that little bit of glitz they give to a card.  The little butterflies and sentiment are from the Butterfly and Verse set designed by Stamp Art Design and also available at Whimsy.  The images are coloured with Copics.
Please excuse that dratted spot on the side of the card... I don't know what it is and didn't notice it until I was done but I couldn't remove it so now I guess it's part of the card. 

Be sure to head on over to the Challenge blog, check out what the rest of the DT has for inspiration and then why not enter the challenge?  Although it would be nice if you do, you don't have to use a Whimsy image to enter and all paper projects are welcome.

As well as a random winner being chosen each challenge one lucky player who has used a Whimsy Stamps image (rubber or digital) will have the opportunity to be a guest designer for a future challenge. If you have used a whimsy Image and would like to be a future guest please add GDT to your name when entering, The guest designer will be able to choose a digi stamp of their choice from the store to create their guest card too!

Hello World

 

Isn't March just whizzing by?  Seriously, I don't know where time goes but it seems like the older I get, the faster it zooms and I really don't like it much!

Today's card is another digi submission I made as part of the Whimsy Digi Team to Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Magazine Issue 7.  I am so thrilled and honoured to be part of such a great publication - I don't know how those gals do it but every issue gets better and better. 

I used Paint.net to merge merged Hello World & Meadow Background.  Although far from being an expert or even very good at it, I love merging images so really should make the time to practice it more.  I decided to make this into a tag gift card and this time I actually remembered to write down the Copic colours.   Copic For the Dragon, I used YG 63, YG61, YG91, YG00; the Egg E33, E31, E50, YR31; the sky area was sponged in using a cardboard cloud template and Tim Holtz’s Tumbled Glass distress ink.  The paper is K & Company's Julianne Collection.  The big heart is from a package of Bo Bunny Etcetera Buttons - isn't that heart great?   I had found & bought that big Gem/Brad (Reflections) one time when I was in Michael's.  It was one of those things you don't know why you are buying and for a long time you wonder, 'what was I thinking, why did I buy that' and then one day... Ta-Da!  You find the perfect spot for it.  The webbing is a strip I'd purchased from a local scrapbooking store and I have no clue what the brand name is.  Lastly, that fabulous sentiment is also a Whimsy digi from the Emma Swinging Sentiments  set designed by Raindrop Echo.

When you untie the string, the card opens:

A close up of the sentiment:

 Challenges:
Deep Ocean - Spring
Simon Says Stamp - Mother's Day/Special Girl
Crafting When We Can - Animals
My Mum's Craft Shop - Spring

Love Bunnies

Have you checked out Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Magazine Issue #7?  It was just published and is jam packed with inspiration from Whimsy rubber and digi stamps and so worth the read because there is tons of inspiration in it.  This was one of my submissions to the magazine and is Whimsy's Love Bunnies digi stamp which I paired up with one of the sentiments from Whimsy's Love You Sayings.  The hearts were cut with a Cuttlebug die and the background was dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder... I think it is called Love.  Copics were used to colour the image and I lightly sponged Tim Holtz 'Tumbled Glass' distress ink behind it for shading.  This image just cracks me up... it's so silly but I could see you could use it for an anniversary card, maybe a humourous wedding card, Valentines, etc.
Challenges:
Shopping Our Stash - Embossing
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes