Purrmaid toot

 

Hello, today I have a fun new digi to show you. It's from Whimsy Stamps and the Dustin Pike Line.

Purrmaid, a cat and a mermaid as one? Yes please!

There's a number of new ones and they're all fabulous, but this one is just too funny: "blowing' bubbles.

For my card I used a circle stencil and I traced the opening  on the cardbase, then  with the Whimsy Stamps Ocean Stencil I added the seaweed, bubbles, shark, fish in Distress inks; covered them with Versamark ink and then covered them with  a clear embossing powder, just so I could keep the background flat, but also retain the color of the elements, when I fill in the circle with blue Distress inks and blueish green from Salvaged Patina.

Printed the digi, cut it out, colored with alcohol markers and mounted these elements with foamtape.

Then I added shimmer on the mermaid's tail with a shimmer pen and white dots to the eyes with a gel pen.

The sentiment is from the Hippo Fun in the Sun clear stamp set, also Whimsy Stamps .

You can find everything in the Whimsy Store:

Digi:  https://whimsystamps.com/collections/digital-products/products/purrmaid-toot-digital-stamp

Hippo Fun in the Sun: https://whimsystamps.com/products/hippo-fun-in-the-sun-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=5018c2b2e&_ss=r

Ocean Stencil: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/stencils/products/ocean-stencil

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Just floating by to say HI!

 

Hello, this week I'm using the Whimsy Stamps digi set: Beach Gnomes from the Dustin Pike Collection.

There's many images in the set and I've used  the gnome with the float thing,  the little duck, I don't know the name of in English.Sorry...

I've printed the digi, cut it out and then colored it with alcohol markers, I've used a few different brands, but any work of course.

I then cut a pond like shape with the Wavy Frames dies, also Whimsy Stamps, and I thought the kraft card could be sand.

The sentiment is yet again Whimsy Stamps and the set is called: Killer Friends, it's a clear set, released earlier this year, I stamped the sentiment in black with Versafine ink.

To make my water I dragged Distress inks across a sheet of vellum, I've used a few colors like Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean and a darker I think was Prize Ribbon, then splattered with water and let it dry.

Vellum can take quite a while to dry, but luckily for me it's nice and warm now, but in the meantime I traced the opening of the "pond"onto the cardbase and also put ink in the cardbase (Mermaid Lagoon), and I also splattered this with water, but only at the top.

Mounted the frame with double sided tape around the edges for my wave and, once dry, I tore the vellum sheet into "waves", placed them  on top of each other then then laid the frame on to, cut off excess bits that were hanging off the edge.Mounted the  panel with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.

I then tucked the little Gnome  behind one of the waves, stuck him down. 

Added white gel pen to the eyes of the  Duck and shimmer  to the Hibiscus  flower on the Gnome's Hat.

Find everything in the Whimsy Store:

Digiset: https://whimsystamps.com/products/beach-gnomes-set-digital-stamp?_pos=1&_sid=8c58b9f00&_ss=r

Wavy Nested Frames: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/basic-shape-dies/products/wavy-nested-frames-die-set

Killer Friend Sentiment: https://whimsystamps.com/products/new-killer-friend-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=1da53d469&_ss=r

#Whimsystamps #Digistamps #Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam #CASCard #CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike  #DustinPike  #PunnyCard  #Distressinks  #Birthdaycard #Summer #Gnomes #BeachGnomes #DebDavis

AAA Cards Challenge #242: Everything Beach

 Hello,  this fortnight we're all about the Beach, in, on , under, around, doesn't matter as long as it's CAS as we like it.

For my card I used a Miezo Digi called Hai (in German and in Dutch it's Haai, which is also a hellooo! like greeting)

For my card I cut the Amy Design Under Water View (ADD10273) from Masking Paper and added 3 bubbles from the perimeter to the inside so I would get bubbles.

I applied Distress inks:
Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass, then I  tried to add water bubbles, but they were a big big, so I peeled off the mask and went over it again with what was left on my inkblending brushes.

I printed and cut out the shark and then colored it with Copic markers: pretty much all the Cool Gray a B02 and a blender marker.

I added the sentiment in Photoshop as I don't have it and I might add them later with diecut letters or alphabet Stamps, not sure yet.

Mounted the image with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.

To play along the AAA Card Challenges, see this.

#AAAcards #AAACardchallenge #CASChallenge #CASCard #Blogchallenge

#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge #inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner

AAA Birthday Cards Challenges June: Watercolors

 

Hello, this month we're all about watercolored cards.

For mine, I stamped the Lawn Fawn Crocodile onto watercolor paper with Versafine ink and then colored him with Mijello Mission Gold watercolors.  Same for the background I made kind of a river for the Croc to swim in. I diecut the croc with the coordinating dies and added white dots to it's eyes and mounted it with foamtape for later.

The background is also watercolor paper and Mijello Mission gold watrercolors. Let it dry then splattered with Finetec Iridescent  watercolors in Teal and Blue, it's hard to see  as they all looks  like a pearl.

The sentiment is from the Whimsy Stamps Simple Sentiments Strips and I als o stamped it with Versafine ink. Cut the edges, to make a mat and mounted it with foamtape adhered it to a cardbase and adhered the Crocodile on top.

To play along the AAA Birthday Cards June Challenge, see this.

#AAABirthdayCards #BirthdayChallenge #BirthdayCards #JunChallenge #Watercolors #MIjelloMIssionGold #FinetecIridescent #LawnFawn #YouCrocmyworld #

Peeking Daisy card

 

This fortnight the challenge over at Less is More is Flowers with the One Layer requirement too.

I wanted to use a set with built a flower thing, I thought I had from My Favorite Things, but I don't actually have it, looked at it a lot on  sale, but never got it.

So I got busy this weekend and been thinking what to do and decided on this design.

Instead of stamping flowers I diecut it from the cardbase, as it's one layer I added interest on the inside, to keep it looking good I stamped the interest instead of swiping the inkpad or inblending, I would have needed to make a mask to make it look good.

I stamped the sentiment on the cardfront with the same Memento inks: Angel Pink and Rose Bud., the sentiment is from My Favorite Things Bitty Birthday Wishes.

The inside is stamped with Marianne Design Eline's Brushes (EC0162)

The Dais is from Simon Says Stamp Peeking Daisy and I cut it from the cardbase, it's very fragile so I might add a piece of vellum or acetate, so I have glue down the daisy, not sure yet.

Want to play along too? see  the less is More webpage here.

AAA CArds Challenge #241: Hot and or Cold Drinks

 Hello, this fortnight the AAA Card Challenge is all about drinks, hot or cold, Sue chose the theme.

I went for hot coffee.For my card I inkblended Coffee Stains with the Time For Tea stencil (aptly named Coffee Stains Stencil ), I've used Distress inks, Tea Dye and Ground Espresso.

My Yeti is from Impronte D'Autore and I stamped him with My Favorite Things Extreme Black ink and fussy cut him out, then colored him with Copic Markers, mounted it with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.

The sentiment is from Create a Smile Stamps:  Something Sweet stampset and I 've used Versafine Vintage Sepia to stay with the coffee stains, I Like my sentiments black, but this made more sense.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

#AAAcards #AAACardchallenge #CASChallenge #CASCard #Blogchallenge

#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge 

#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner

#createasmilestamps #CAS #Timeforteadesigns #Improntedáutore

Mad Scientist Toby

Hello, this week I made a get well card, if you're brave enough to take the remedy from a Mad Scientist that is...

The image is from Whimsy Stamps , from the Some Odd Girl Digi: Mad Scientist Toby.

I think it could be a girl too, esp with the lilac hair and orange boots...somehow she reminds me a little of comedian Ruby Wax, maybe I should have done red hair?

I added the sentiment, I thought was funny, I made it, added it while prepping the image on the computer., I also flipped the image to look the other side, that's why I love digistamps so much.

I printed the image onto Markers safe paper and colored it with my Graphit Brush markers to get into the tiny corners.

Cut the panel smaller to make a matte with a nice border and then adhered it to the cardbase.

You can find the digi in the Whimsy Store: https://whimsystamps.com/products/mad-scientist-tobie-digital-stamp?_pos=3&_sid=5531fa3a1&_ss=r

#Whimsystamps #Digistamps #Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam #CASCard #CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike  #SomeOddGirl #GetWellCard  #PunnyCard