Whimsy Stamps and WOW Embossing Powder Blog Hop

WELCOME to the Whimsy Stamps and WOW! Embossing Powder Blog Hop! 

And of course no blog hop is complete without PRIZES so here's what you could win:

 Whimsy Stamps - $25 gift certificate for anything in the Whimsy Stamps store

WOW! Embossing Powders - 6 powders of your choosing along with a carry case to store your embossing powders safely in

For your chance to win you must leave a comment on each blog post along the hop 

(see list below). 

The winners will be chosen at random during the week of April 22nd from all the comments left on the posts. This hop is open for both the USA and internationally.

Have FUN hoping along and ENJOY all the inspiration both teams have created for you.  

And now for my first card...

I started out with five pieces of plain black card stock each of them cut at 5.5 x 4.25 in size

For one of them I used the Whimsy Stamps Wonky Window 1 die to cut out the plain black frame. You can toss the black inside pieces or save them for another project.

I used my Misti to stamp the Flower Puffs background onto each of the other 4 pieces of black card stock with Versamark ink then heat embossed each of them with different colors of WOW!  Embossing Powders...White Puff, Metaline Violet, Fluorescent Blue and Fluorescent Green

I glued the full white embossed piece onto a black card base, then glued the plain black Wonky Window frame directly on top.  

I used the Wonky Window 1 die and cut out all 3 sheets of the fluorescent colored backgrounds making sure I had each one in the same orientation and so the pattern would line up when pieced together.

Once they were all die-cut I chose the pieces/color arrangement I liked best and glued the blue, green, and violet pieces inside the frame directly on top of the white. And BONUS...there are several left over pieces and really cool frames that you can make additional cards with too! 

For the final touch I used the smallest of the NEW Wavy Stitched Squares for the sentiment and adhered that in the largest window opening using foam tape for dimension.  The sentiment is from the NEW Cloud Animals clear stamp set.

And now for my second card...

I used mostly the same products on both of these cards and the WOW! Fluorescent Embossing Powders look so cool on black I just had to use them again. 

So I stamped the same Flower Puffs background with versamark ink and Fluorescent Pink EP.  

For the bottom of the card I used the Whimsy Stamps Brushed Stripes background on black card stock with WOW! White Puff embossing powder. I LOVE pink and black and white together, it's one of my favorite color combos.

For the sentiment I used a couple of the bigger sized dies from the Wavy Stitched Squares, this is a really fun die set that is a nice change from plain ol' squares. And the sentiment is from the Beaucoup Bouquet clear stamp set that has a nice variety of any occasion sentiments especially good for your floral cards too.

Which one do you like best?...

Don't forget to click on the word bubble (at the very bottom of this post) and leave a comment for your chance to win one of the Whimsy Stamps or WOW! Embossing Powder prizes.

And be sure to leave a comment at every stop along the hop.

HAVE FUN!

    

Here's the Blog Hop list: 

WOW! Embossing Powder Blog 

 Whimsy Stamps Blog 

 Jo Herbert 

Alanna Moses 

Jennifer Dove

Zsoka Marko 

Jenny Colacicco 

Verity Biddlecombe 

Ashlee McGregor 

Jeanette Comerford 

Bev Rochester 

Yasmin Diaz 

Jamie Martin 

Deb Davis - You are here

your nest stop is Dorinda Kaduchak 

Sue Hastead 

Joanne Soukup 

Nicolette Marie 

 Michele Kovack 

Karen Reategui
Dana Gong

Thanks for stopping by...see you soon,

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Stained Glass Peacock 30 Day Coloring Challenge

Have you heard of “The Daily Marker’s 30 Day Coloring Challenge” hosted by Kathy Racoosin?

The premise of “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” is to color something everyday even if it’s for five minutes. You can jump in or out of the challenge as time permits and any color medium is welcomed.

TO UPLOAD YOUR COLORING go to: http://www.thedailymarker.com/…/day-1-the-daily-marker-30-…/  or here on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/thedailymarker30day/ or here on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/201290420294581/ (FB is a closed group). Please remember to use the hashtag #thedailymarker30day and tag @kathyrac. 

And be sure to visit all the sponsors blog that are participating in the blog hop for this FUN challenge and great give-a-ways!  Whimsy Stamps is sponsoring a $20 gift card!

Here's my card for the challenge...

OH MY WORD, how I LOVE the 3 NEW Whimsy Stamps Stained Glass Collection stamps!  If you love to color these stamps are definitely for you.  And once you color them they are basically an entire A2 sized card on their own, you really don't even need a sentiment unless you want to add one.

This is Stained Glass Peacock and I used the following Copic markers to color it

 (all are available at the Whimsy Stamps store):

BG000, BG0000, BG53, BG57, 

E27, E35, 

Y15, Y17, Y11, 

G21, G24, 

YR15, YG03, YG17

This card was really easy to do and it was so relaxing coloring it.  It looks like a very involved card but really the stamp does all the work and you can color it with any of your favorite coloring mediums with really zero technique needed.

After I colored the Stained Glass Peacock I just trimmed it leaving approx. a 1/4" border all the way around and matted it onto a white card base and called it done.

Be sure to visit Whimsy Stamps for a list of all the sponsors on the blog hop and have FUN with your coloring!

Thanks for stopping by...see you soon,

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