AAA Card Challenge #284: Sketch

 Hello, this fortnight we have a sketch. As always you can rotate or flip the sketch as long as we can see it.

For my card I inkblended Distress inks trough circle cutouts: Tumbled Glass, Salvaged Patina and Cracked Pistachio.

Stamped the sentiment from Whimsy Stamps (Simple Sentiment Strips) with Memento Nautical Blue ink.

The fishes are diecut from white cardstock and they are from Marianne Design (Cr1657)

I look forward to your makes.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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Made a second card with the Craft Emotions Deer (130501/5053) and Memento inks and Clearly Besotted sentiment from Tiny Type

AAA Colourful Challenge #13: Feb-Mar

 Hello, this month we have a fan favorite: a rainbow.

I for my card I used and Action Stencil, that is a set of 5 but has no brand, also I don't think it's still available as Action is funny that way.

I inkblended Distress inks through the stencil (Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry. Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed)

Splattered the cardfront  with gold ink.

The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted (Brush Greetings II)

I look forward to your cards, you can enter it/them here.

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Whimsy Stamps Valentine's Day hop

 

Welcome to our first Instagram Hop of 2025 here at Whimsy Stamps. We had a wonderful year of hops, collaborations and creativity in 2024. So we look forward to you joining us this year for more creative fun. What better way to celebrate, than to share our love for this fabulous hobby?! Come and join us for a fun LOVE themed hop and be in with a chance to win a fabulous prize from Whimsy Stamps to add to your creative stash!

Entry Details:1.Like this post.

2.Follow@whimsystamps and the designers on the hop.

3.Leave a comment on each stop for the best chance to win.4.Tag a crafty friend who may enjoy the hop too.

 

Randomly Drawn Prize:$50 Gift Certificate from Whimsy Stamps. Your next stop on the hop is Marianne @melfving76

 

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Relax...I'm just here for the cake

 

Hello, today I'm using a new digi from Whimsy Stamps and Dustin Pike: Mardi gras.

There's 3 in the set and also sentiments.

I've used the alligator and a sentiment, to which I've added Relax....I thought it was funny.

I printed the digi and sentiment, cut it out and colored it with alcohol markers.

I partial diecut one of the boho circles so I would get a straight top.

Then cut around the crown or jester hat? not entirely sure, we don't do mardi Gras here.

For the background I traced the opening onto the cardbase and applied Distress inks: Mermaid Lagoon and Twisted Citron.

Adhered the image to the frame, making sure the hat/crown sticks out, then mounted the frame with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase. Added the sentiment.

You can find everything Whimsy in their store:

Mardi Gras: https://whimsystamps.com/products/mardi-gras-digital-stamp

Boho Circles: https://whimsystamps.com/products/boho-circles-die-set?_pos=2&_sid=c7d43badc&_ss=r

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#punnycard #sarcasm #SpectrumNoir #MardiGras #fattuesday 

AAA Card Challenge #283: Color Challenge

Another new kind of challenge we came up with: 4 color tiles and you should use at least 3, you can use neutrals, for say skin and or fur and black and white for stamping and sentiment. The colors don't have to be an exact match, as close as you can get them.

I used all 4 in my Distress color palette (Speckled Egg,  Weathered Wood, Iced Spruce and Pine Needles)

For my card I masked off a portion on the cardbase and inkblended Speckled Egg and Weathered Wood, for my blue-ish greys, then splattered with water.

I diecut really old Clearly Besotted dies (on the line dies) masked off on the bottom and dragged the other  two colors over the trees and houses ( Iced Spruce and Pine Needles).

Mounted them on the cardbase, on top of each other.

The sentiment is also Clearly Besotted: Tiny Type and I stamped it with a morning mist Versafine Clair ink, thought it would match better than black.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge 

#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  

AAA Birthday Cards Challenge #70: ink smooshing

 Hello this month the theme is Ink Smooshing and my card used the ink smooshing a bit differently.

Granted I started by covering a whole cardsize panel of Clairefontaine Aquapad paper wit Distress inks (Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet), I aided myself of a piece of acetate, but I didn't like it, too musy for my CAS heart, so instead I chose the bits I liked most and diecut the sentiment out of it.

For this I use dthe Whimsy Stamps Birthday Wishes Word Dieset, I made a shadow layer our of black card so it would pop from the back ground.

On the cardbase I splatttered some Studio Mow Glitter Spray in black and let it dry.

The when I adhered the sentiments I had a bit of a brain fart and attached the Birthday where I  wanted Whishes, so the sentiment is on the lower half and that was not for the sake of the splatter, although that could be my story..hehe..nono it's all by design ;-) The sentiments were raised a little with foamtape.

I look forward to your makes, you can enter them here.

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Winter is for Sleeping

 

Hello, today I'm using the Whimsy Stamps digi: Sleepy Bear; it's from the Dustin Pike line.

I prepped the image, thought of a funny sentiment, then  printed it and colored the image with Tri Blend markers and cut it out. I've used the Simple Sentiment strips dies for the sentiment, didn't mean to do it on a slant, but hey, so to make it look intentional I also adhered the sentiment on a slant.

For the card base I applied Distress inks through a mask: Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron.

Mounted the image and sentiment with foamtape.

You can find the products in the Whimsy store:

Sleepy Bear digi: https://whimsystamps.com/products/sleepy-bear-digital-stamp?_pos=1&_sid=cc970c9f6&_ss=r

Simple Sentiment Strips: https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-die-set?_pos=2&_sid=4d11a95f7&_ss=r

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#punnycard #sarcasm #SpectrumNoir