Whimsy Stamps - Time to Retire the love bug

Hi Everyone, 

I'm so sorry for my sabbatical from the crafting world, I've had some personal stuff going on that I have been dealing with.

I have a few videos and cards made that I'm hoping will give me the push I need to get back up and running. 

Today I have used an image from Meljens over at Whimsy Stamps Digital Collection called Love Bug, a super cute image that can be used on various cards. As you can see on my card instead of going with the tradition Valentines card, I went with a Retirement Card and made it out all manly. 

I began by printing the image onto Kmart Anko Watercolour Paper, this is new to me and I actually really like it, I don't have a lot of brands to compare it to but it was lovely to work with using my Watercolour Pencils. I used watercolour pencils from Faber Castell for my image. I have a small collapsable cup on my desk from Faber Castell - love this thing if you don't have one you need it :-) I used some round brushes I picked up from Kmart the last time I was there, I will also link up some other brands for you. 

Once the image was all coloured up I trimmed it down so that it would fit onto my card. I cut down a layer of American Crafts Black Cardstock to use as a matting layer using my Cutterpillar Pro. I purchased 2 new dinner sets (because they only come with a serving for 4 and we have a family of 7) recently and they had all this corrugated card between each of the plates. I quickly popped it all into my craft room knowing I wanted to try and use it on one of my cards. 

I trimmed the corrugated sheet down to be slightly smaller then the black then really carefully tore a spot on the top and bottom to fold in and just manly up the card a little. 

I grabbed some stars from the little leftovers tub I keep on my desk and adhered them around my card to finish it off. These stars were from EK Success Star Confetti Punch. 

For all the adhering I used three different adhesives - Helmar Acid Free, Helmar Quick Dry 450 and Scotch ATG Tape Runner. 

The sentiment is also from Whimsy Stamps, It is from the Everyday Banner Collection, I will have everything linked up in the picture links below of products I have used plus alternatives if the products are for Australia only. 

Oh I forgot to mention before I adhered the image down I used a Vintage Photo Ink Pad from Tim Holtz / Ranger Ink to ink the edges up with a Mini Ink Blending Tool. 

For the inside of my card I used some leftover black cardstock and some more stars, and added a white rectangle to be able to write a message. 

I hope you have enjoyed my video, if you are yet to watch it, all the links are below and I would love for you to hit subscribe and leave a comment on the video :-)

I hope you have enjoyed my post today, if you have any questions feel free to send me a message or contact me via facebook (all links can be found below).

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Thanks for stopping by, Deni

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Paper Nest Dolls - Emma with Starfish (Water Colouring Only)

Hi Everyone, 

Today I am here to share with you a colour along video for Paper Nest Dolls. I am a recent addition to their team and am super excited to get life back on track and lots of sharing with you guys. 

For my project today I am using a Digital Image called Emma with Starfish, we are super lucky because this image is also available as a Rubber Stamp.

I printed the image onto some Watercolour paper from Kmart, silly me this is the first time I've printed onto this type of paper and I put it into the printed back to front so I watercoloured onto the reverse side hehe. 

I got some watercolours from of our cheaper shops recently, they are Mont Marte brand, there is quite a few colours in there including 3 shades of each of the colours. I've not used these before and I am actually quite happy with the way that they turned out, 

The brushes I used are also from Kmart, they are the rounded brushes, I have linked up a few options for you in the picture links below. 

I ordered some new water cups which are not here yet, the one I am currently using is one from a local cheap shop, I really love the idea of these Faber Castell ones that I have ordered as they are collapsable which means they can pack away easily, see how they go when they arrive I will give you an update on my thoughts, 

I hope you have enjoyed my post today, if you have any questions feel free to send me a message or contact me via facebook (all links can be found below).

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La La Land Crafts Diabetes Awareness

Good Morning Everyone 

Today I have a card to share with you that I created in honour of a little girl with Type 2 Diabetes. 

I have used a stamp from Club La La Land Crafts December 2019 Kit, this stamp is now available to purchase on it's own and Digital Version so I will link those up for you.

I actually used the Digital Version only because I had some already printed out (there was a manufacturing fault in my original rubber so I purchased the Digital whilst I was waiting for my replacement stamp to be sent out). I now own the rubber version also. 

The image was printed onto X-Press It Blending Cardstock using my Brother Laser Printer, I use a laser printer as I know that I will never have an issue with bleeding from my Copic Markers. I added some extra details to the image using a white Gelly Roll pen which I will link up a few options for you.

I used patterned papers from Kaisercraft Little One Collection, this is an old paper collection so I do apologise if you have trouble tracking it down. I love the aqua colours in this paper pad and it was exactly the colour I was after for this card. 

I fussy cut the image using my EK Success Cutterbee Scissors, I recommend these all the time because they are perfect for fussy cutting, they have a nice sharp point on them and allow a nice roll around cut of the image. 

I cut the layers of patterned paper down using my Cutterpillar Pro and adhered them to a Couture Creations Pre Made Card Base, then adhered the image. 

The card needed more to finish it off before I added the sentiment so I punched out some Stars using EK Success Star Confetti Punch and some leftover white cardstock (I keep two small boxes next to my desk with offcuts of white and black card stocks for these things). 

The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Simple Strips, I stamped them out using Memento Tuxedo Black ink then ran them through my Sizzix Big Shot.

I decorated the inside of the card using matching papers, sorry I forgot photos before I sent it out.

Everything was adhered using Helmar Acid Free liquid Adhesive. 

I hope you have enjoyed my post today, if you have any questions feel free to send me a message or contact me via facebook (all links can be found below).

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Copic Markers Used

Sorry no Copic List today

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Whimsy Stamps - Meljens Dr. Bear

Hi Everyone, 

Today I am sharing with you a card I have created for Whimsy Stamps using Meljen's Designs Doctor Bear. This is such an adorable image. 

I merged the image and sentiments on my Apple MacBook Air's Pages App, then printed onto X-Press It Blending Cardstock using my Brother Laser Printer.

I coloured the image using Copic Markers, I will have a full list of the markers I have used below the video at the end of this blog post. 

I ran the image through my Sizzix Big Shot using a Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Die, I will link up a few different branded ones in the picture links below. 

The RX was cut from some scrap Aqua cardstock using a die from Club La La Land Crafts February 2016 Kit, this die is now for sale as a separate die as part of the Medical Elements set. 

I also cut some other dies from the kit - Bandaid die and Stethoscope die.

I used a Uni-Ball Angelic Gel pen to add details to the image. 

Using some leftover patterned papers from Whimsy Stamps Christmas Cool Mix, I trimmed them down layered one onto some white cardstock then adhered all the them using Scotch ATG onto a Couture Creations Card Base. 

The RX I adhered using Helmar Acid Free liquid Adhesive. 

I used leftovers of the patterned papers and those extra die cuts to the inside of the card. 

I hope you have enjoyed my post today, if you have any questions feel free to send me a message or contact me via facebook (all links can be found below).

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Copic Markers Used

E23, E25, E27, E29

N0, N3, N7

R20, R22

R43, R56

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