A safe harbor......

Hi there,

Gina here today to share a card I made using the Couple in Love image from Whimsy Stamps.  Such a fun card to watercolor, the perfect scenery to blend colors together.

I watercolored this image using both distress markers and Derwent inktense pencils.  I tried using a new technique to not get the colors to bleed, by heat setting each area once I completed it.  Using the inktense pencils, once they dry they are permanent, which makes it a lot easier to not allow bleeding between the different areas.

Hope you like this card, please go take a look over at Whimsy Stamps, for this and other great images.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Have a great day. =)

Sending smiles......

Here today to share a little gift bag I made using one the new images over at Whimsy Stamps called Maggie.

I watercolored this image on some 90lb watercolor paper using distress inks and a water brush.  After I finished I added a little bit of sparkle with a Wink of Stella Clear glitter brush pen.

I also added a few sequins and then a sentiment from Lawn Fawn.

Such a fun project and something a little different to give with a sweet gift.

Hope you enjoyed checking this out, please check out this image, Maggie that was released in August and lots of other great images and stamps at Whimsy Stamps.

Happy Friday and have a craft weekend.

A little note.....

Hi there..

Here to share a little card that I made for my daughter to put in her lunchbox for her first day back to school.

I used the sweeet image from Little Blue Button Stamps.  

I made this into a little bigger than a 3x4 card and watercolored the image using distress markers.

I stamped the sentiments from the the Lil' Hoot set from Hero Arts.

Thought this would be just a perfect little card to let her know how proud I am of her.

Thanks for letting me share and please go check out Little Blue Button Stamps for this and some other great digital stamps for all of your crafty projects.

Hello Friend.......

Hi There.....

Wanted to share a card I made for Little Blue Button Stamps, using the adorable Ladybug Sophie, that was released this month.  Head on over to Little Blue Button Stamps for this and many other great digi stamps.

I watercolored this image using distress markers and cut out the image with a stitched rectangle die from Mama Elephant. I then added the two cloud punches with a sentiment from Paper Smooches.

Since this was a single layer card, I decided to add some foam adhesive to the back of the image to give it some dimension before mounting it to a yellow card base.

Hope you enjoyed checking this out.....please head over to the blog for this and lots of other great ideas using Little Blue Button images.

Have a great day.

Birthday wishes.......

Hi all.....

Here today to bring you some birthday wishes using the adorable Miss Lilly Happy B-day from Little Blue Button Stamps.

I can never have enough birthday cards and I decided to try to watercolor this image using distress markers.

I tried to go really simple to just let the image take center stage...isn't she adorable.

I used only distress markers and a watercolor brush on some 90lb watercolor paper.

To dress it up a bit I used some wink of stella clear glitter brush pen and some stickles to the cake and cherry on top.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking this out, please head on over to the blog for this image and other released for July.

Hope you all have a great day.

You can purchase this image at:

Little Blue Button Stamps Online Store

Miss Lilly Happy Bday-LBBS	Wink of Stella - Brush marker	Diamond Stickles	Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Birthday Tags	Onyz Black Versafine Ink	Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Water Brush

Whimsy July Digi Release Blog Hop

Hi there.....

Wanted to share some exciting news, I was asked to join the awesome digital design team of Whimsy Stamps....what an honor, they have such a great selection of both digital and rubber stamps.

Today is the July Digi Release Blog Hop and I'm excited to share my creation...I decided to make some notecards using Miss Rach's Digi, Summer Fish Friend.  

Please leave a comment on my blog for a chance to win some awesome prizes.  Keep reading below for all the details and lots more information about this months' release.

We have lots of new images to share with you today created by the following artists:

Marika Collins Collection 

Stamp Art Design 

Miss Rach Digital Collection 

Moon Cookie Gallery 

Lia Stampz 

Crissy’s Digis

All Whimsy Stamps digital images are 300dpi for high print quality.You can re-size, flip, or rotate to fit your own project.  To find all of today's new releases please visit the Whimsy Stamps Store


Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there will be 2 mystery DT Members who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts!


These winners will each win a Whimsy digital image of their choice. The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop, which is Dewi Lestari

This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from the Whimsy Stamps Store


 Below is a complete list of the hop in case you get lost along the way:

Audrey Ernst 

Jennifer Scull 

Gina Allen (you're here) 

Charlene Brown 

Anet Van Zyl 

Kelly Mannix 

Henryka Kowacz 

Lisa West 

Hazel Thompson 

Michelle Oatman 

Denise Goeldner- 

Dewi Lestari 

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my creation.

Gina

Sweet.......Geisha Charlie from Little Blue Button Stamps

Summer days are ahead.....toda I am sharing a card using the Sweet Geisha Charlie from Little Blue Button Stamps.

She is the perfect image for all those asian inspired papers and stamps.  I had a lot of fun watercoloring this image as well as the background too.

I first watercolored the image using distress inks, then die cut her using a Spellbinders die and layered it with another coordinating die.  

I am still having so much trouble trying to get the skin/face right....I seem to always get dark lines because I keep going over it, but it you didn't see this close up you might never notice it. =)

The background and the umbrella came from a Stampendous set, just love how it turned out.  Nice to be able to make your own patterned paper some times.  I popped some the image and umbrella on foam dots, then added these flowers...not exactly cherry blossoms, but thought the color went ok.

Hope you enjoy this and head on over to Little Blue Button Stamps to buy this image and so much more.  Olga, the owner is such an amazing artist and her images really are the perfect focal point to any card.

Thanks much, for stopping by.

LBBS Sweet Geisha Charlie	Asian Umbrella	Diamond Stickles	Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock	Tea Roses (paper flowers)	Onyz Black Versafine Ink	Lime Green Stickles
Water Brush	Tim Holtz Distress Markers

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Kith and Kin Stamps....Ella Ballerina

Hi there.....here again with a design team post for Kith and Kin Stamps using the great Ella Ballerina image.

So I have to say that although I may have not done this image justice with my coloring, I feel like it still turned out pretty good.

So I have been trying out different watercolor papers, just for my own knowledge and this one....well you can see it took the bottom of the list.  Just wasn't good at blending and the ink did bleed when I put water on it....so I had to be extra careful and go really light on the color.

But I figured I would pop her up on a card using this speech bubble die from Lawn Fawn.  Also I added some sequins to add a little sparkle and the Happy Birthday die to just finish off the sentiment.

Hope you enjoyed taking a peek.  Head on over to Kith and Kin Stamps for this and so many other great images.

Thanks for stopping by.

Kith and Kin Stamps_Ella Ballerina	CC Designs 110lb. copic quality cardstock	Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Distress Markers
SSS Happy Birthday Die	Water Brush

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Treats for our four-legged friends........

Hi there....

Here today with a design team post for Kith and Kin Stamps using the Max digital image, so cute and thought what better kind of project then a treat can to hold some snacks for our four-legged buddies.

I first printed out the image on strathmore watercolor paper, then colored him up using distress markers.

Then I adhered the image to two stacked square die cuts, with some foam adhesive.  Then added some embellishments.

I cut some dog treat patterned paper and lined the paint can to make it a little more interesting.

Really enjoyed making this project, can't wait to give it to someone as a gift.

Hope you enjoy and head on over to Kith and Kin Stamps for this and lots of other great images, also catch them on facebook and like them for this and other great ideas for using their images.

Thanks for stopping by.

Kith and Kin Stamps (Dog)	Wink of Stella - Brush marker	Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Water Brush	MFT Square Pierced Stax

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