Hello Friend...again!

As promised in my post last Sunday, I've got a second card using Whimsy Stamps' fun fairy image called Hello Friend! This time she is blonde (wonder if she's having more fun - lol?) and she's in purple and aqua attire.  I'm entering this into the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge where Anything Goes is the theme this month!  You have until July 12 to join in the fun.

I love to "smoosh" distress inks onto watercolor cardstock by applying the ink to an acrylic block, misting lightly with water then "smooshing" the paper onto the block to pick up the ink.  I colored the image with Copics and added sparkle highlights with Sakura's Gelly Roll Clear Star pen.  It's so hard to capture this in a photo! The sentiment is from Whimsy's Shine Bright stamp set.

STAMPS: Hello Friend (Whimsy Stamps), Shine Bright (Whimsy Stamps).
PAPER: Iced Aqua (Reverse Confetti), Ranger watercolor CS, X-Press It Blending Card.
INK: Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet distress inks; Versamark; Memento Tuxedo Black.
DIES: Stitched Circle and Rectangle Die-Namics by My Favorite Things. 

Be sure to stop by the Whimsy Stamps store and check out their large selection of stamps, dies, papers, etc.  You will love their great variety of products!

Magical Day

Hello everyone! I'm super excited to share a project post as a guest

designer for Whimsy Stamps!  Our 3 1/2 year old granddaughter (photo at right) is obsessed with dressing up and one of her favorite roles is being a fairy princess.  It was a no-brainer for me to choose this delightful Whimsy image - Hello Friend - created by Marina Fedotova.  I paired it up with a sentiment from their Shine Bright stamp set designed by Denise Lynn.

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It Blending Card then colored with Copics.  My favorite step was adding glitter to the wings, star and butterfly using a Clear Star Gelly Roll pen by Sakura.  I sponged a light blue chalk color to the edges of the tag and the white panel.  Some teal seam binding, gold cording and gold sequins were the finishing touches.  Below is a different camera angle that shows more of the glitter detail.

I hope I've inspired you to visit the Whimsy Stamps store to check out their large variety of fun, whimsical stamps as well as dies, papers and other great papercrafting products!  A big thank you to Debbie for the invitation to be a guest this week!

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Happy creating!

Pssst...Stay tuned for another card in a few days using these great images yet again!