JAWS 45th Anniversary

 I was only 8 years old in the summer of 1975 when I saw the movie JAWS at the theater on 4th of July weekend, and it scared thee living poop out of me! So much so that 40+ years later I still won't go into the water!

So since it's 4th of July weekend, and 6/20/20 was the 45th anniversary of  JAWS I thought this card was the perfect one to post in honor of it scaring the poop out of me...still!

  

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Sleepy Sloth Tropical Oasis

This little Sleepy Sloth sure looks like he's pretty contented relaxing in his tropical oasis.

I started out with a kraft matte and stamped the stars from the NEW Sleepy Sloth clear stamp set onto the top portion. 

Then I used the Burlap Background (love the subtle texture this pattern adds), and stamped it onto a Pierced and Stitched Circle.

For the bottom portion of the card I used the NEW Build-an-Island Die Set and cut it out twice, once from brown card stock and once from green card stock. Then just cut off the green palm fronds and layered them on top of the brown fronds.

The Sleepy Sloth was stamped on white card stock, colored with Copic markers and fussy cut out. Then I layered him onto the burlap circle with foam tape and also added foam tape to the circle as well.

The sentiment was stamped on the same kraft card stock and popped up on foam tape for added dimension. The I matted everything onto a dark brown card base.

My mojo wasn't mojoing very well when I started on this card but I think it turned out pretty cute...what do you think?

I hope you relax and enjoy your day!

   

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Ocean Scene Happy Birthday Card

I love underwater scene cards and the NEW Ocean Stencil coupled with the NEW Wavy Nested Frames dies makes for a great combination to build ocean scenes.

I first used the largest of the Wavy Nested dies and cut out the opening from a white 4.25x5.5 card matte. You can't see it in the pic but I also added a clear transparency sheet in front of the opening which has a much better effect in real life.

I also cut out one of the smaller Wavy Nested dies from a kraft colored card stock, and sponged on some ink for the ocean floor. 

On a white card base I sponged on some blue inks all over the whole front. And then used the Ocean Stencil and various ink colors to quickly and easily build my underwater scene. Once it was the way I wanted it I sprinkled on a little water for the background.

The sentiment is from the NEW Sleepy Sloths clear stamp set, and I cut it out using one of the Quick Strips dies (my fav). I also used the Ocean Stencil to add the little blue fish.

Before I added the Wavy Nested Frame to my scene which is popped up on foam tape, I added a few sequins as bubbles.

I'm having fun making summer cards, be sure to check out the rest of the Whimsy Stamps June NEW release, there's lots of great summer products for you to enjoy.

Have a great day!

    

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Summer SPLASH to Warm Up Your Winter

Who's in need of some warming up after (or still during) the 2019 arctic blast winter storm?

Today I'm sharing two cards using the Splash clear stamp set. For both cards I heat embossed the waves with white embossing powder on watercolor paper. 

Then I used distress inks to watercolor them. On the "serenity" card I heat embossed the dolphin and the sun and added some dots of Glossy Accents around the dolphin.

The serenity die is retired from the Whimsy store but you could easily use another word die or one of the sentiments from the  Splash stamp set. If you're in the UK one of our retailers still carries the die set HERE.

For the other card I just used black Versafine ink for the dolphin, sun, birds, and sentiment.

Hope these two cards brought a little warmth into your day. 

 

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Goldfish Stained Glass

The Whimsy Stamps Stained Glass stamps are just so much fun and so easy to make a WOW card to send to friends and family.  I more often than not use Copic markers to color the Stained Glass stamps, and if you're intimidated by Copics these images are a great way to make you look like a pro without even trying.  

They are so easy because you simply stamp the image and color the sections, matte them onto a card base and they are done.  You don't even have to worry about blending with your Copics because the sections kind of does that for you.  They remind me of color by numbers and the result is always pretty.  If you haven't tried any of the Stained Glass Collection rubber stamps I urge you to do so, they are really a lot of fun!

Have a great day and 

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Ombre or Gradient Seashell Background?

Some say ombre some say gradient, so what's the difference?  Technically gradient is a progression of different colors from light to dark and ombre is the progression of hues of the same color from light to dark. So for today I'm sharing a gradient background with you using the Seashell background from Whimsy Stamps.  Or is it an ombre background since teal is a combo of blue and green - lol??

I stamped the Seashell background with Versamark ink onto cold pressed watercolor paper and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

With a paintbrush I washed on a light coating of water all over the background, I started with my lightest distress ink (tumbled glass with a little evergreen bough) and washed it onto the entire piece.  Then I washed on the next darkest color (broken china) but only on the middle portion, then my final color (faded jeans with a little mermaid lagoon mixed in) 

Once it was dry I added some deeper color to various portions of each section.

The sentiment is from the Everyday Scripted Sentiments clear set and the bubbles are form the Salty Hair clear set.

I also added a little color to the bubbles with a damp (not wet) paintbrush using the tumbled glass distress ink.

I hope you enjoyed this Seashell background post using the ombre watercolor technique.  And I hope you are soaking up the last couple of weeks of summer.  Although here in Florida we have months of of the summer weather left ahead.

   

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You're Mermazing

I made my little underwater scene using the Sweet and Salty  mermaid stamp set.  I stamped everything on cold pressed water color paper with Versafine black ink.

The coral reef is all one stamp so it makes an easy ocean floor.  The sentiment was stamped after everything was dry.

 

I colored the images with distress ink cubes, which is my favorite way to water color ;o).

This was a really quick and easy card, stamp the images in black, a quick water coloring, and matted onto a black card base.  Done.

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Stained Glass Flamingos

If you're lovin' the Whimsy Stamps stained glass collection as much as I am, then you'll be excited to know they have released 2 more rubber stamps this month!  

Here is one of the new summer images called Stained Glass Flamingos.

These stained glass stamps may look complicated but they actually make coloring a breeze!  They are kind of like paint by numbers and are perfect for coloring with Copic markers and other coloring mediums.

I just stamped in Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers.  Once colored I matted onto black then onto a pink card base.  Super easy peasy!

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