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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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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No Video today sorry

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Copic Markers Used

Sorry no Copic List today

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Whimsy Stamps - Don't Make Me Get My Flying Monkeys

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing with you a card I have created using Get My Monkeys plus Sentiments. 

I printed the image onto X-Press It Blending Cardstock using my Brother Laser Printer then coloured him up using some markers from Kmart's Anko Collection. There is a few different packs which all work together so I will link all of them up, such a great price for those starting out. 

I ran the image through my Sizzix Big Shot using a Stitched Square die, this one in particular is from Lawn Fawn however there are a few options out there so I will link them up for you. 

I had some leftover Whimsy Stamps papers that I had printed from other projects. I will link up what I can. 

I trimmed the papers down and adhered them to some American Crafts black cardstock. 

Using an EK Success Star Confetti Punch I punched out some stars in various leftover cardstocks I had.

I used my Cutterpillar Pro to trim down the sentiment then my EK Success Cutterbee Scissors to banner it up. 

All the layers were then adhered to a Couture Creations Card Base, I used some more of the patterned papers to decorate 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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Graphic Markers Used

183, 74

E33, E37

E37, E29

E09, C9

C5, C7

0 Colorless Blender

C4, C0

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Whimsy Stamps - Very Thoughtful Yeti

Good Morning, 

Today I am sharing with you a card I created using Yeti All Ready and Fairy Thoughtful from Crissy Armstrongs collection over at Whimsy Stamps. I merged the two images together on my computer. 

I coloured the image up using Copic Markers and added extra details to the image using a Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

I ran the image through my Sizzix Big Shot using a Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die. I did fussy cut a little of her beanie so that it didn't get chopped off. 

I used a Stitched Square die to a white layer for the bottom of my car, I will link up a few different brand ones.

I created a sentiment using the Pages App on my Apple MacBook Air, I downloaded a few different ones - this one in particular is Christmas Wish from Dafont.

I added some Wink Of Stella to the image, I love adding extra sparkle when and where I can on an image.

I added foam squares behind the image and behind the stitched square die.

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

E000, E00, E11, E04, R20

E34, E37, E59

W2, W4, W6

T7, T10

C2, C4, 0

E74, E77, E79

E71, E74, E77

G03, G07, G19

Y18, YR24, YR27

R05, R27, R89

R81, R83, R85

B000, BG02

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Whimsy Stamps - The Magical Bug

Good Morning Everyone. 

Today I would like to share with you a card I have created for Whimsy Stamps using one of the images from the Bug Friends Digital Set. 

I printed the image onto X-Press It Blending Cardstock using my Brother Laser Printer, I then coloured it up using Copic Markers. 

Once I was finished colouring I used a Sakura Gelly Roll White Gel Pen to add details to the image, including adding polka dots to the wings, this is my favourite part :-)

I ran the image through my Sizzix Big Shot using a Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eighteen die. I also ran through a piece of Kraft Cardstock with the next size die. I also added some white details the Kraft die cut. 

Using some leftovers from a previous creation I used the pink stripes and the flowers from the Sweetness Digital Paper, I trimmed it down and adhered it to a piece of Kraft Cardstock. 

On top of the Digital Papers I added a doily from my stash.

I adhered all the layers to a Couture Creations Card Base, I purchase these in bulk with matching envelopes. 

I added a sentiment that I had leftover from another project, just trimming it down a little and bannering the edge. 

Finally I used an EK Success Butterfly Confetti to punch out some butterflies from pink and purple cardstocks. I layered them on top of each other then added polka dots to the top butterfly, some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Liquid Mercury to the centre.

The Bug needed more, so I added Derivan Kindy Glitz to the wings, I really love the way the image turned out in the end. 

I decorated the inside of the card using the same Kraft and Digital Papers. 

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

W2, W4, W6

YG06, YG67

V01, V22, V15

YR14, YR27

R20

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Whimsy Stamps - Get My Monkeys

Good Morning Everyone, 

Sorry I'm late in posting this week. 

Today I am sharing with you Get My Monkeys from Whimsy Stamps. For something different I have coloured him up using Graphic Markers from Kmart Anko Collection. I printed the image onto X-Press It Blending Card so I had the same effect as Copic Markers.

They are very similar to Copic Markers in that you still blend them much the same however they have more of a bullet type end a bit wider then the Copic Markers, 

I have a list of all the Graphic Markers at the end of this post if you are interested, including picture links the the sets available, there is a couple of different sets, I would recommend getting all of them as they make up the blends better than what you get in each of the sets. 

I did have to do 2 takes on the colouring of this image because I list some of my video when my camera battery went flat and it had an issue with the Memory Card.

Using the same markers I coloured the background, I wanted it a little more spooky looking, it did take quite a few layers of the markers to get a nice smooth black background. I added some detail to the card using a White Gelly Roll Pen.

I cut some stars from EK Success Star Confetti and also graved some white ones from my little leftovers bowl.

I grabbed some patterned papers from my Whimsy Stamps Digital Papers pile, I always pop all the leftovers into one tub so I know where they are from and trying not to mixx and match. I couldn't find the set that these ones came from but they are Whimsy papers. 

I adhered all the layers to a Kraft Cardstock layer then adhered all of the layers to a Couture Creations card base. I used leftovers of the same patterned papers to decorate 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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Graphic Markers Used

183, 74

E33, E37, E29

C3, C5, C7, C9

W1, W5

0 Colorless Blender

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