Whimsy Stamps and Ranger ink Hop

 Hello today I'm taking part in a very special Instagram hop: Whimsy Stamps and Ranger ink.

I've used Distress inks and spray stains as my medium of choice.

For my card I  inkblended Distress inks: Villainous Poison, Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass on my card base.  I thought the purple gradient was a bit different and I colored my Dragon to match.

The image is a Whimsy Stamps Digi from the Dustin Pike line: Dudley Stuck.

The sentiment is also Whimsy Stamps: Simple Sentiment Strips Holiday and the landscape is the Mountain Majesty dieset, also Whimsy. I diecut it twice so I could place another house to the left of Dudley as he was covering the other one and I thought a street light needed houses not just trees, maybe it's me though ;-)

I splattered the inkblended sky with water, white paint and gold, silver paint (Distress spray stains). Glued the landscape on top and mounted Dudley with foamtape. I cut off the bottom as I printed the image a  bit bigger, still sticking out at the top, but I like that actually.

You can find the items in the Whimsy Store:

Dudley Stuck : https://whimsystamps.com/products/dudley-stuck-digital-stamp?_pos=1&_sid=7fe5da6c5&_ss=r

Mountain Majesty Dieset:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/mountain-majesty-die-set?_pos=1&_sid=206ab3ebb&_ss=r

Sentiment: https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-holidays-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=fa89c9168&_ss=r

#Whimsystamps  #Digistamps  #Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam #CASCard  #CopicColoring    #CardsbyMaaike  #DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #OhuhuMarkers

#RangerInks #Disstressinks #ChristmasCard #PunnySentiment #nontraditionalcolors

Whimsy Stamps Christmas hops in collaboration with Ranger Ink

 

Welcome friends to our Christmas Hop with Ranger Ink! We are excited to bring you our last Whimsy Stamps hop of 2024. Our team will be sharing Christmas creations combining Whimsy Stamps and Ranger Inks products. We had such fun with Ranger last year for Halloween and we’re delighted to collaborate again, this time for Christmas! Thank you to the fabulous Ranger Ink! Thank you also to our Guest Designers Annie and Deborah for joining us for this hop.

 

Entry Details:

1.     Like this post.

2.     Follow @whimsystamps and @ranger_ink plus all designers on the hop.

3.     Leave a comment on each stop to be eligible to win.

4.     Tag a crafty friend for an extra chance.

 

Randomly Drawn Prizes:

$50 Gift Certificate from Ranger Ink.

$50 Gift Certificate from Whimsy Stamps.

 

Your next stop is Marianne @melfving76              

 

Hop Order:

Whimsy Stamps @whimsystamps

Alexandra @rookiecardmaker

Amanda @thelittlepinkcaboose

Anna @creative.anna

Annie @anniebwills ~ Guest Designer

Bea @beawitched_by_cards

Cari @creaturecomfortcards

Carrie @carrie_leigh_creations

Crystal @crystalkomara

Dawn @dpauleydesigns

Debbie @franklyjustcards

Deborah @hellmad ~ Guest Designer

Iris @iriswiechmann

Jenny @dixjenny

Karen @karens_kardzz

Kari @kariavan

Katie @katieannbrooks

Katie @katierosemakescards

Kelly @createwithkas

Laura @lady_laura_crafts

Lisa @lukimama_1107

Lisa @palcards

Maaike @cardsbymaaike

Marianne @melfving76

Michele @chelemom71

Monica @monica_conlakappa_cards

Mugdha @mugdhagujarathi

Nicole @stempelfiziert

Rebecca @wizardessofcards

Rena @rena_jung72

Sasha @sashamakescards

Saskia @besassled

Tonya @tonya.brooks2

Trisha @triciabarber11

Von Marie @vonmariedesign

Waleska @craftinglovew

Wendy @craftykiwimama

Ranger Ink @ranger_ink

 

This hop will run from November 30th to December 10th. Winners announced on or soon after December 12th on Whimsy’s IG account. Per Instagram rules, this is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram or Facebook. By entering, you confirm you are 13+ years of age, release Instagram and Facebook of responsibility and agree to their terms of use. Open to all. Unfollowers/giveaway accounts do not qualify. #whimsystamps #rangerink #whimsystampsighop

AAA Card Challenge #279: Anything CAS goes with the option of Christmas and or Winter

 Hello, this fortnight we have the Anything CAS goes again with the option to make it a Winter or Christmas Card as it's that time of the year.

For my card I've used the My Favorite Things Stamp set : Santa Sends his love.

Not sure if it's me  or if it's supposed to line up wonky, in any case I like it, like old fashioned printing stations as they went through each color pass.It's my first time using it, but  I thought this set would be an easy and speedy way to make cards.

I've used red and yellow as in gold for a Christmas Feel. Sentiment and outlines were doen in Versafine Black.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

#AAAcards #AAACardchallenge #CASChallenge #CASCard #Blogchallenge

#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge #MFT #MyFavoriteThings #SantaSendsHisLove

#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  

AAA Colourful Challenge #10

 

This month at the AAA Colourful Challenges we have an interesting colourboard. In fact it took me quite some time to come up with a card I like.

I am not the biggest or smallest fan of reg and green together,  the gold baubles on the game badge of course it season appropriate.

In the end I came up with a shaker card where  the word Merry covers the colour sin the challenge. 

I diecut Merry from a cardpanel and I've used Marianne Design COL 1449 for it.

Stamped the Christmas from My Favorite Things Bitty Holiday Wishes with Versafine Claire Morning Mist.

I then built up the shaker pockets with the thinnest of foam strips to separate all the letters and filled them with two sizes of sequins in Gold, Green and Red.

Then I closed the shaker with a strip of cardstock and adhered everything to a cardbase.

I love to see what you come up with and enter your card at the AAA Colourful Challenge, you can do so here.

Hurricane Charity Hop with Whimsy Stamps

Welcome Whimsy friends to a very special Hop today. 
Whimsy Stamps is located in Southwest Florida, which was recently hit by back to back Hurricanes: Helene and Milton. 
Our incredible artists at Whimsy Stamps have contributed to a stampset that will be sold to raise money for the people of Florida, who have been affected by the devastation caused during the Hurricanes.
You can purchase this LIMITED EDITION Digital Stamp Set from Whimsy Stamps for $15. It includes four Digital Images and five Christmas themed sentiments, which are included in both red and black options for printing. The proceeds will be donated to a local organization here in SWFL to help with relief efforts. This set will be available until December 25th, after which the set will be retired.
 
Your next stop on the hop is Marzena@_papierengel

Full hop list:  WhimsyStamps @whimsystamps
Our wonderful designteam have coloured up these fabulous images for inspiration.
The hop will run from November 10th to 20th, so please tell your friends about it and if you’re not able to order but still want to help, please share our Stronger Than The Storm graphic across your social media to help us spread the word and do as much good as we can. 

#whimsystamps #whimsystampsighop #crissyarmstrong #dustinpike #kristaheijbarber #sylviazet #strongerthanthestorm #charitystampset #whimsystampsartist

AAA Card Challenge #278: Sketch

 Hello, this fortnight we have a sketch again.

For y card I intended to inkblend the shapes (squares) or stamp them, but then I remembered I had the SImon Says Stamp Tri Square die and I thought that was perfect. Of course they don't have to be square shapes, but hey, I like a sketch.

I've diecut it from  a cardpanel and traced the openings onto the cardbase and applied Distress inks: Cracked Pistachio, Salvaged Patina and Shaded Lilac.

Stamped the panel with Simon Says Stamp: Tiny words Christmas in Versafine Morning Mist. I thought the grey was better than black.

the Snowflakes are called Snow Crystals from Craft Emotions and I stuck them on the back of the windows, then added foamtape to the back and mounted it to the cardpanel.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

#AAAcards #AAACardchallenge #CASChallenge #CASCard #Blogchallenge

#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge 

#inkblending  #Distressinks #SSS20YearsOfDistress #guestdesigner #challengewinner  

Season's Eatings!

Hello, today I made a fall card, Thanksgiving is well knows for it's elaborate dinners, we don't celebrate those in the Netherlands, but we and others have been known to eat Turkey for Christmas. I thought Season's eatings as my sentiment might cover both occasions and they sound similar, I thought it's rather clever. 

The colors on the other hand are very autumnal like. I've used Distress inks ( Crackling Campfire, Carved Pumpkin, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed) on the card base fading to the lightest color behind the Turkey.

The image is a digi stamp from Whimsy Stamps and Dustin Pike and I 've added the sentiment in Photoshop, printed it oud, colored the image with Ohuhu markers this time and then cut it out.

 I thought the bottom white could be a table cloth, so I added shading underneath the bird, then moutned it to the cardbase with tape runner.

You can find the digi in the Whimsy Store here:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/turkey-dinner-digital-stamp

#Whimsystamps  #Digistamps  #Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam #CASCard  #CopicColoring    #CardsbyMaaike  #DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #OhuhuMarkers

#TurkeyDinner #Thanksgiving #ChristmasCard

AAA Birthday Cards Challenge November: Favorite Image #67

 

Hello, this month we're all about our favorite image and it had to be a cat didn't it?

I particularly love this "meh" looking cat from Katzelkraft's Les Chats Russe, esp together with the Snarky sentiment from Clearly Besotted (Laugh out loud again)

I stamped both with Versafine black ink om Waterart watecololoring paper and then colored the image with Karin Markers, I;m rather new to that and I think my paper isn't the best watercoloring paper and it's fine on small bits, like the eys and purple, but the grey looks a bit patchy to me.

I might redo it or not, depends how I feel about it in a couple of days ;-), maybe it just needs to dry properly overnight?

I'm looking forward to your favorite images this month.

To play along the AAA Birthday Card Challenge, see this.

 

#AAABirthdaycards  #AAABirthdayCardchallenge #birthdayChallenge #birthdayCard #Blogchallenge

 #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam  #Blogspotchallenge 

#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner