Whimsy "Try It Tuesday" #6

Hi all - I can't believe we are at Whimsy Newsletter #6. 
I have another tutorial for you today in the form of a "Break-a-way" card.  I've done a couple of different versions of it here and here, for the tutorial in the past.  Today I'm going to show you a different card using "Sympathy Bugs" by Silvia Zet.  I prefer to call them Cuddle Bugs because they are just tooooo cute.

When the card is pulled open - here is what you see.
Card size:  6 1/4" x 4 3/4
Materials:  Xpress It Blending Card (3 7/8" circle - sponged with TH Distress ink "Stormy Sky" and "Picket Fence".
Memento Tuxedo Black ink,
Copics: Bugs: E11, E13, E17, E19; Leaves: YG91, YG97, G99; Wings: RV91, RV93
Sakura Starburst Pen (wings); Glossy Accents - wings and antennae of bugs. DSP: Webster's Pages; Flowers - Whimsy Buds and from Stash; Spellbinders Scalloped Circle die, Cardstock - navy and Midnight Muse.
For the my card measuring  6 1/4" x 4 3/4" the following pieces were cut:
4 - 3 1/8" x 4 3/4" (navy),
DSP 6" x 4 1/2",
runner: 5 3/4" x 2 1/4" (navy)
Sentiment mat:  5 3/4" x 3 1/4" (navy)
Sentiment:  5 1/2" x 3" (white). 4 - 1" circles
Adhesives:  Dimensionals or foam tape, 2 large glue dots.
Punches:  SU Word Window Punch, 1" circle punch, MS Fern Punch.
Tutorial and Pictures to follow shortly

1. Choose image that can be split in half  - stamp onto white cardstock

2.  Draw a pencil line to mark the cut lines from the image,

3.  Stamp image onto lightweight computer paper or Post It note.  Cut out.
     Use repositionable tape to place over top image.  Sponge with TH "Stormy Sky and Picket Fence".
 















4.  Cut image into desired shape  (3 7/8" Circle)

      5.  Carefully cut image apart.

6.  Cut mat for image.

 7.  Remove one side of cut image and draw a pencil line on the cut edge of the image. 
 (changing to orange so the pencil lines will show.  this will be your runner piece.)

8.  Draw a line 1/4" from each edge of runner and lengthwise down the center.
 

9.  Line up the end of the SU Window Punch at edge of 1/4" line and centered along the center line. Punch at left and right side.

Your runner will now look like this.

10.  Place a dimensional in center of two of the circles or flowers.














11.  Slip the circles or flowers under the runner so that the dimensional pops out of the window slot.

12.  Remove backing from dimensional, line up #3 and #4 and adhere.  Make sure the circles or flowers will move easily.

13.  Place foam tape at the spots marked 1 - 6.   Place split image to get the center closing mark and place the foam tape about 1/8" away from edge.

(This is where my camera battery gave out) Be back soon.. Funny how pictures don't turn out when the battery dies.......lol

 14. Remove the backing from the tape on the runner

15.  Place the matted sentiment onto the runner.  With the matted sentiment in place, adhere rows of foam tape along the top and bottom of the matted sentiment.  Snug it up to the mat.

 




16.  Attach your decorated split fronts to the backs, aligning the edges and making sure that the split is clear of any tape.

 While I had my card apart for filming - I decided to change the sentiment.  (the other one mentioned a hug with a fold in the middle........  no folds in this card.

Hope you could follow my tutorial.  Next week I will be showcasing one of the newest Whimsy releases for March.

In the meantime - stamp up a storm, ink up a wish and send it on to someone to brighten their day.

Whimsy "Try It Tuesday" #5

Hi all.  So nice of you to drop in! I have two cards for you today!

AHHHHH, nice weather is upon us here in the interior of BC.  Last week, the boys next door were shooting baskets with their Dad, which spurred me on to make a "BB" card using "Basketball" from the new Kenny K All Star Series, for Whimsy Stamps.\ Designer paper is from Authentic, cardstock from stash.

This is a gatefold card, which is sitting partially open making my image look uneven:(  The scalloped edges along side the image are 1" circles overlapping to give the look of a large scalloped edge.  Image was colored with copic markers, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Xpress It Blending cardstock.    

Do you have a "hoopster" in your life? Do you like instant gratification   ummm ....digital images?  Check out "Basketballer", a Little Gems Digital by Marika Collins for Whimsy Stamps. I love Marika's  sweet but cool collection of tween images!! Thinking Basketball....I made a circle easel card.

 

Sentiment is another digital (set of 6) from Rainbow Echo Designs called Fast Lane Sentiments.

Cardstock from stash.

I love using Glossy Accents and in this card, I used it on the basketball "stopper" on the inside. (Unfortunately my glossy accents was not dry when I took the picture, and you can see the opaque drop.

Image was stamped onto Xpress It Blending card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with copic markers.

I also colored in the "STAR" on the sentiment and the stars and added glossy accents, which made it really pop.

Until next week, "stamp up a storm, ink up a Whimsy wish, and send it on to someone to make their day.

Whimsy "Try It Tuesday #4" - Side-by-Side Easel Tutorial

Hi all!  Welcome to "Try It Tuesday" #4.  Glad you could stop by!
Last week I showed a side-by-side Easel card using Whimsy's Cottage Cuties "Spring Pick" by Elisabeth Bell.  Today I have a tutorial for the Side-by-side Easel card.  I really have to confess that when I really love an image - you can bet your bottom dollar that I'm going to use it more than once! Today is no exception!  I was blessed to have this image in among the Whimsy DT kit.  Wonderful!

This is very long, so if you have to go potty or grab a cuppa .......  do it now.  lol
Side-by-side Easel Card Tutorial:
Supplies:  Base cardstock  11" x 5",  Coordinating Border / Corner punch combo, Scoring tool, Cardstock for mats, DP for mats.  Also an image, colors you will use to color the image, coordinating cardstock (8 1/2" x 11") and Designer paper(s),  and a die cut or shape. (I will go into detail on other supplies I used at the end of this tutorial).
Step One:   Cut cardstock to measure 11" x 5", then select a border / corner punch combination that you would like to use.  Start with a corner punch working to the next corner - you will be able to see that your paper may need trimming to get a smooth transition.
For my sample, I used Martha Stewart's "Vintage Floral" border and corner.  I trimmed about 3/16" from my 11" length - but the 5" width was perfect.



Step Two:  a) Score your border punched piece in half.  b) Score halfway between your center line and the inside of your border.  c) Score halfway between a & b.


b - Valley fold
c - Mountain fold
a - Valley fold

Step Three:  Crease your score lines well with a bone folder. 




Step Four: proceed to "wallpaper" your base card.
Tip for getting those mats straight and looking great...


Open the front flap leaving the mountain and back valley fold holding your mat in place. Push your mat into the fold.  (At this point it can be wider and longer).  Hold the mat "sandwich" with your thumb and index finger and flip it over. 

With a pencil, mark between spaces of border punch. 





If your width is  too wide mark it also. 
Remove the mat and trim.




Easie, peasie and beautiful!!
Repeat the process for the front and back of the front flap. 






  Step Five:  The paper that I originally chose for "wallpaper" looked insipid next to my image.  Tim to the rescue!!  (He's such a sweetie!)  Tim Holtz Mustard Seed Distress Ink, a sponge......... and the magic happened!!  Now I like it!







Step Six:  After your wallpapering is complete you are in the home stretch. When adhering your image only apply adhesive to the left side, leaving the right unattached.  Fold your card together and adhere your image and embellishments.
Here is my card in the open easel position.  I love this look for displaying - it sits like an open book along with stability to hold anything you may want to put on your creation. 


 Here is my card in the closed (ready for mailing) position:








Supplies added
Stamps:  Spring Pick, Sentiments from,Time Flies.
Dies: Vines Die Set, Circle and Scalloped Circle, MS border / corner punch.
Flowers - Whimsy Buds Ribbon & Buttons from stash  Misc:  Glossy Accents (headband flower), Tim Holtz Mustard Seed (DP), Stormy Sky (sky of image) and Spiced Marmalade (Flowers and Border), Flat back pearls, Xpress it Blending Card, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copic Markers.
Hope you are seeing spring wherever you may be.  Our snow has almost disappeared (knock on wood).  Still time for some more - but it won't last!!
      I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Sugar Creek Hollow - Lovely Lace
Divas by Design - Buttons and Bows
Krafts for Eternity - Tic Tac Toe - Yellow, spots, layers

              
Remember, "Stamp up a storm, ink up a wish and send it on to someone to brighten their day".
Rubber hugz, Whimsy wishes,

Spring Pick

Hi all, for Episode #3 of Try It Tuesday!

I've a project to show you today using one of the beautiful Whimsy February releases, just in time for Easter and to give us all a long-awaited glimpse of Spring.

   

My card is a side ways Easel Card, giving me more real estate on the inside for a sentiment, (which will be added later).

Materials used: 

Spring Pick - Little Cottage Cuties, Vines Die Set - Whimsy Shapeology, EK Success Border Punch, (but wouldn't this look beautiful? Lace Doily Corner 1!!!)  Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo black ink, Tim Holtz "Broken Glass" Distress Ink, Cardstock and DP from Stash.

I promised to show you how to save money with your trusty little craft hammer - but due to technical problems with me losing my pictures, I'll have to explain it verbally.

We've all encountered the added costs at the Post Office, haven't we?  It seems that the added depth of our beautifully adorned cards are going to cost us money.  Since the New Year, I've been trying to make my cards flatter, less embellishments, and of course trying to find an alternative to those beautiful flowers we have all grown to love.

"Smash" those embellishments with your trusty little craft hammer...... I don't mean smash them flat, but smash them gently to get rid of the bulk.  ie:  knots and bows, flowers, brads and paper beads.  I did have examples of before and after pictures, but my computer has put them somewhere - where, I cannot find:(

Remember, Stamp up a storm, ink up a wish and send it on to someone to brighten their day.

Rubber hugz, whimsy wishes,

T.....is for True Friend

I have used a Kenny K image called "Troublemaker".  

Rainbow Echo Designs Sentiment Set

Whimsy Shapeology Ticket Die

Copic Markers:  Skin:  E01, E13, E93, R20, R22;  Hair:  YR07, YR16, R02;

Clothes:  YG00, YG05, YG07,  RV04, B23, B34, B37, B39; Shading C1, W1

From stash:  card stock,  Sakura Glitter Pen, Metal, Silver EP, Versamark, Memento Black Tuxedo ink, StazOn Jet Black. I will be entering this into the Whimsy Inspirational Challenge #56 - add some metal

Whimsy Stamps - "Try It Tuesday - #2

Hi all, Madge here for the second edition of "Try it Tuesday" for Whimsy Stamps!

Don't we all just love Flourishes!  I'm guilty of not using them enough - or even to their full potential.  But I LOVE them, and they are so versatile and look so elegant and classy. 

Here is a card from my archives. Most of my cards are made for a special person, this one was no exception - I found it really difficult to part with, but it went to a good and caring home.  (And is probably residing in a shoebox somewhere in storage).

One of the stamps sets that I absolutely adore is  "Lavish Flourishes, Rainbow Echo Designs"  

Today, I'm going to show you how to use those flourishes in different ways to get them onto your desk, inked up and ready to use for quick elegant cards.

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Do you love those fancy pearl or gem flourishes that come on a sheet of acetate ready to apply?  Think about stamping a Lavish Flourish onto card stock with Versamark or colored ink. 

Apply  glue to where you want to place your pearls or gems for the same, and more economical substitute.

A Lavish Flourish stamp along with Versamark and White

embossing powder can take your breath away when sponged with a color.

My sample is simple - but think of the possibilities.

 

Another quick sample of using a flourish is to mirror image the flourish and separate it with a strip of paper or a knotted ribbon.

I've used cream and black for my sample.

 

 

If you feel you've been cheated this week not seeing an image card - I have used a Kenny K image called "Troublemaker".  

Rainbow Echo Designs Sentiment Set

Whimsy Shapeology Ticket Die

Copic Markers:  Skin:  E01, E13, E93, R20, R22;  Hair:  YR07, YR16, R02;

Clothes:  YG00, YG05, YG07,  RV04, B23, B34, B37, B39; Shading C1, W1

From stash:  card stock,  Sakura Glitter Pen, Metal, Silver EP, Versamark, Memento Black Tuxedo ink, StazOn Jet Black,

Stay tuned next week when I will show you how your crafting hammer can save you $$$.

Thanks for joining us for "Try It Tuesday " -- tomorrow Wed. The 20th is New Release Day!!  You will want to check in to see all the newest  stamps and dies and the amazing DT creations! 

Rubber hugz, Whimsy Wishes,

 

Tilda with Hearts

Hi all,  this is a card I made for a gal who has a Birthday on Valentine's Day and will be sent on behalf of the Magnolia Birthday Club with all the Best Wishes to go with it.  Hope she gets double chocolate!!
I colored Tilda with Hearts with copics, fussy cut her out and popped her onto an iris folded double heart card which had been embossed with dots.  The hearts Tilda is holding have been glazed with glossy accents and a red heart gem has been placed on the ground to make it seem like she dropped one.
Remember, stamp up a storm, ink up a wish and send it on to someone to make their day.
Challenges entered:
Magnolia-licious Birthday Challenge (Valentine Birthday Card)
OCS - All About Love

Rubber hugz, Whimsy Wishes,