A Snowy Happy Birthday

Hi friends. I am back with a fun yet simple card featuring some new products from the latest release at Whimsy Stamps. 

For my card, I started by taking a piece of patterned paper from the Blurry Flurries paper collection and I trimmed it down to about 4x5.25 and then I die cut it using the largest die from the new Loopdidoos 2 die set. I then took that same die and die cut white card stock two more times. 

I adhered the outer pink portion to my white A2 notecard and then stacked the die cut frames and added those back in. I was left with the center portion which I stamped with an image from the new Birthday Cool stamp set. After it was stamped, I adhered it to the open part of my card front. Everything fit in like a puzzle.

I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for your visit and crafty hugs! ~ Alanna 

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Heartfelt Sympathy

Hello friends. I have a pair of cards to share with you today featuring some previously released products from Whimsy Stamps. I needed some sympathy cards, so I got to work on these.

To get started, I took the Elegant Butterfly rubber cling stamp set and stamped it onto two pieces of white card stock with two shades of aqua ink. Note that while I didn't use it on these cards, this stamp does have a coordinating die available.  I used my Misti to do the double stamping. I started by stamping in the lighter color and then added the darker color around the edges and stamped again. I then stamped the sentiment which is from the Deepest Sympathy stamp set in grey ink. 

I trimmed these panels down and then added them onto panels of grey card stock that were trimmed slightly larger. Both panels were added to white A2 notecards and that completes these cards.

I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for your visit and crafty hugs! ~ Alanna

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It's Beginning to look a lot like Cocktails

Hi friends. I'm back today with another card featuring the new Cocktails stamp set from the latest release at Whimsy Stamps. If you missed my first post using this set, click here.

For this card, I created my background the same way I created my first card using this set. I used the Juniper Berry and Frosty Mint colors of Distress Mica Stains. I then stamped one of the sentiments from the Cocktails set along with one of the images. I added just a bit of coloring to the image and then took the new Loopdidoos 1 die set and added the larger frame which was die cut twice for a little extra dimension. 

I added my panel with foam tape to a white A2 notecard and then decided my card needed just a bit more. So, I took the Cosmic Shimmer Fluffy Stuff and added it to the cuff on the image. Once it was added, I used my heat tool to heat it up and it adds the texture and dimension. If you've used Liquid Applique before, this is essentially the same product. 

I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for your visit and crafty hugs! ~ Alanna 

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Hugs Shaker Card

Hello friends. I have a fun shaker card to share with you today featuring products from Whimsy Stamps. To get started, I took a piece of patterned paper from the Retro Vibes 6x6 paper collection and trimmed it down to about 4.5.25 inches. I adhered that to a rust colored A2 notecard. 

I then die cut several of the largest frame dies from the Inverted Scallops Rectangle die set. I adhered about 5 of them together to build up my shaker walls. I added a layer of acetate trimmed to fit the die and then adhered that with double sided tape to the 5 die cuts that were added together. I then added one more of the die cuts over top of the acetate to hide the adhesive.

It was then time to fill my shaker card. I added some Iridescent Light Turquoise sequin confetti from This Calls for Confetti and added them directly on top of my patterned paper. I then adhered my shaker walls on top of the patterned paper and the shaker portion was complete.

I finished off the card by adding a die cut hugs sentiment on top of the acetate. This is part of the Big Hugs Word die set. I die cut the word 3 times for some added dimension.

I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for your visit and crafty hugs! ~ Alanna 

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Whimsy Stamps New Release: Eat, Drink and be Merry

Hi friends. A brand-new release just hit the shop at Whimsy Stamps. I am using the new Cocktails stamp set.

To get started, I took two colors of Distress Mica Stains in the Frosty Mint and Juniper Berry colors and sprayed them onto my white A2 notecard. I then die cut the Slimline Observation Deck die. I took two of the fallout pieces and stacked them together two times. I then figured out where I wanted my images and sentiment to go, all from the new Cocktails stamp set.

I stamped them with black ink and then added my die cut frames around the drink images.

Here is some inspiration from the rest of the team!

I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for your visit and crafty hugs! ~ Alanna 

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Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

Hello friends. I have a fun card using some BetterPress products from Spellbinders for you today. This is my second post for the day. Click here or scroll down to see my other post.

To get started, I took the Santa image and sentiment from the Holly Jolly Santa Press Plate and die set and inked them up at the same time using both the Strawberry and Black inks. Because the ink pads are smaller, it was no problem to ink them both up at the same time. 

I ran my panel through my BetterPress LetterPress System and then took the mail stamp from the Parcel and Post Sentiments stamp set repeatedly on the background, making sure not to stamp directly on top of the Santa image.

After this was done, I decided my panel was too stark white and I wanted to soften it up a bit. I used the same grey ink I used to stamp the images and blended around the perimeter of the card. 

I finished off the card by adding in some red gems. The panel was added with foam tape to a white A2 notecard.

I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for your visit and crafty hugs! ~ Alanna 

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Whimsy Stamps Hot Foil Inspiration

Hello friends and welcome back. I have two cards to share with you today featuring some hot foiling and lots of products from Whimsy Stamps. I absolutely love how these turned out, especially the first one. 

To get started, I took the Butterflies hot foil plate set from Whimsy Stamps and foiled it onto some light blue card stock using some Silver Holographic Speckle foil. Gah! I then used the coordinating dies to cut it out and also die cut two more butterflies from the same blue card stock to add behind for extra dimension.

I then took the Twinkle Cluster stencil and blended some grey ink on top of the same blue card stock. I then trimmed it down and added it to a piece of black card stock leaving a thin border on just two of the sides. This was then adhered to a white A2 notecard.

I stamped the sentiment which is from the Distant Friends set and then added my butterfly. I finished off the card by adding in some small confetti pieces.

For my second card, I used the same Butterflies hot foil plate set and the same foil but this time, I foiled onto black card stock. As with the first card, I die cut the butterfly using the coordinating dies and also die cut it two more times. 

I then took a piece of patterned paper from the Rainbow 6x6 paper collection and die cut it using the largest die from the Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles die set. I stamped a sentiment directly onto the patterned paper which is from the Distant Friends set. I adhered the patterned paper to a white A2 notecard and then added my butterfly onto it. I finished off the card by adding on a few die-cut stars.

I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for your visit and crafty hugs! ~ Alanna 

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