Owl-ways and Forever - Whimsy and Stars Studio

Hi friends - HAPPY THURSDAY! How ya doing?

It's my last post for Whimsy and Stars Studio, I have sooo enjoyed working with Mabelle and her AMAZING images! For this post, we could use our FAVORITE image, but really? I love so many of her images, so instead, I went with a card our children will give my hubby for Father's Day.

But first, I thought I'd show you just a "few" of my favorites from Whimsy and Stars Studio:

Seriously, aren't these some of the most adorable images? And since they are digital, you can have SO MUCH FUN!

OK, so back to my creation; I love the Wintery Owls; they are so cute but my card was so difficult - LOL; just one of those days! :D The image was colored with Copics then for the eyes, I applied a layer of glossy accents, then a layer of black dimensional enamel, then a dot of white dimensional enamel. Then I proceeded to DROP A BOTTLE which landed on the large owl's eyes - yeah, seriously. I redid them. Then I proceeded to put my FINGER in the right eye of the large owl. At this point I could only laugh...and walk away for awhile!


The base card is kraft, layered with another kraft panel which was stamped with random stars and clear embossed. I added some Broken China and Faded Jeans distress ink over the stars, then ahered my main panel of PTI Dark Chocolate and more kraft. I cut out the owls and added those with dimensional adhesive. The tree branch is a die form Taylored Expressions which I ran through the crimper. The words "owl-ways" and "forever" were stamped with individual letters, the ampersand came from a PTI set which actually says Mr. & Mrs. - just added tape over the words, inked it up, removed the tape and stamped just the ampersand sign.

And that's it! Thanks for stopping by; I hope you've enjoyed the Spring DT's last blog post - be sure to stop by the Whimsy blog and see all the amazing creations!!

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Studio Wintery Owls

Papers: PTI Kraft and Dark Chocolate

Ink: Broken Chine and Faded Blue Jeans Distress Inks, Versamark
Accessories: clear embossing powder, glossy accents, black and white dimensional enamel, Taylored Expressions Hoot Hoot Hooray Die, paper crimper

Challenges:

Life is simple. Eat. Sleep. Swim. If only. :D

Hi friends! I have a super fun post up over at Whimsy and Stars Studio featuring this gorgeous girl:

 

I had a blast coloring her up and creating a rather CAS card with another flag banner inside. Copic coloring, glossy accents, some white gel doodling and that's it...oh and she has sparkly on her bows, flowers of her shoes and part of her swimsuit. :D LOVE!

Come check it out; I'd love to see you over THERE!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Studio Floaty GIrly

Papers: DP by Doodlebug, PTI True Black, Misc. photo paper

Ink: VersaMagic Wheat
Accessories: MFT pierced oval, MFT Blueprints 15, glossy accents, clear Wink of Stella, Copic glitter pen

Challenges:
 A Random Fan Challenge Blog - Let's Polka Dot

The Pink Elephant...why, thank you!!

Thank you for the recognition of this card...you made my day!

Have a great weekend friends!!

Hugs,

Tic Tac Toe at Crafts 4 Eternity

Hi friends - how's the week treating you? This week over at Crafts 4 Eternity, we are playing Tic Tac Toe - won't you join us?

And Digistamps 4 Joy is offering a $10 voucher to one lucky winner!

I went diagonal using ribbon, yellow and buttons and used an image from Whimsy and Stars Studio, Spring Garden Chick. I used this image once before HERE and a friend loved the card so much, she wanted one too. As we all know, I really dislike making the same card twice...plus I didn't have the same papers, so I improvised and came pretty close to the same! :D

inside of card

Lots of clear Wink of Stella for the butterflies and center of the flowers and some glossy accents for those flowers too! Added a little "hello" flag to the top of the image.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you will join our fun game of Tic Tac Toe.

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Studio Spring Garden Chick, PTI Heart-to-Heart #4

Papers: PTI Aqua Mist,True Black, amd Sweet Blush, Copic Xpress It, DP by MME

Ink: VersaMagic Pixie Dust and MFT Pink Lemonade (sponging)
Accessories: Copics, nesties, clear Wink of Stella glitter pen, Janome Sew Mini, enamel dots, black dimensional enamel, glossy accents, black and white twine, MFT Die-namics Blueprints 15

Challenges:
  Inkspirational Challengs - BLOOM
 Crafty Boots Challenges - Butterflies and Bees
 Craft Room Challenge - Things with Wings
 Eclectic Ellapu - Spring
 The Crazy Challenget - Bingo (twine, digi, gems)

REJOICE!

Look at this super cute teddy...reminding us to REJOICE - is he not the cutest bear? I love him!!! And you could add a bow and make it a girl in a snap!!

REJOICE is a new release at Whimsy and Stars Studio - pop over and take a look at all the amazing creations - HERE. Mabelle - owner of Whimsy and Stars Studio has amazing images, you can see all her images HERE.

AND just for checking out our creations and leaving a comment at Whimsy and Stars Studio, two random winners will win one digi design of their choice. Winners will be announced Monday, May 26 on the blog AND on Facebook. 

I needed a graduation card and decided this little teddy was perfect for celebrating such a great accomplishment. And I went bold and bright with the colors. One of our universities is black and yellow so I accented those colors but added some fun ones too! The arrow is from Heidi Swapp and is naturally white, I colored it with a yellow Copic and added glossy accents. LOVE! A few colorful enamel accents finishes it off.

I also used Jennifer McGuire's trick of wrapping the word banner around the card and then cutting two fishtails and adhering - she uses this trick often (you can see it in THIS video, about the 10:50 mark).

Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Studio REJOICE

Papers: DP by MME My Girl, PTI Smokey Shadow and Summer Sunrise, GKD 120 lb. white

Ink: Versamark, Scattered Straw Distress Ink (inside)
Accessories: Heidi Swapp arrows, glossy accents, MME enamel accents, Janome Sew Mini, Copics, PTI notebook die,

Challenges:
  TPE251 - Graduation

Lucy's Cupcake

Hi friends!

I'm back with a sweet little image from Whimsy and Stars Studio - Lucy's Cupcake...she's cute huh? And I don't even LIKE mice...but Lucy's pretty darn cute!

I made a one pocket gift sack out of a kraft sack. I folded up the bottom 3/4's, adhered some paper and stitched around the sides. I then used MFT's Staggered Heart border across the top of the designer paper. I cut the border once, then cut the individual hearts twice and pieced it all together. It's cute, but hard to see under the main image.


I colored cute little Lucy with Copics using puffy stuff on her party hat and glossy accents on the candle flame. The image was cut from PTI's notebook paper die; then some more designer paper was cut from the same die and tilted. The ribbon I have had F-O-R-E-V-E-R and haven't used in about that long; love how the colors worked perfectly though! I then added two tags from PTI's Tiny Tags die and matching stamp set. The heart I colored with a Copic marker then stamped with PTI's Polka Dot Basics two different times to have good coverage of polka dots, tied on a button with some twine and that's it. Quick, simple and cute!

 
Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great day!!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Studio Lucy's Cupcake and PTI's Tiny Tags and Polka Dot Basics

Papers: DP by MME, Copic Xpress It, Neenah White, Kraft Sack

Ink: MFT Berrylicious, PTI Pure Poppy
Accessories: MFT Staggered Heart Border die, PTI Notebook die and Tiny Tags die, fluffy stuff, glossy accents, misc. ribbon, PTI Hawaiian Shores button

Challenges:
  Come and Get It Challenges - Birthdays
 One Stitch at a Time - Digi

Spring Chickadee

Hi friends - how is your week going? I guess you could say Spring is here...or we skipped Spring and went from Winter to Summer as we have hit triple digits this week!

That's okay, my craft room is in the basement so I am nice and cool as I create! :D I'm back this week with this super sweet digital image from Whimsy and Stars Studio - you can see the image HERE.  Perfect for a spring time card...or summer... you know, whatever!


This was a quick and simple card - pretty CAS (clean and simple) - some fun zig zag and straight stitching, Copic coloring, fun cheery ribbon and a big ole button!

Inside of Card

Can you see the shimmer and shine?

I added black dimensional enamel for thelittle chicks eyes, fun dimension. That's it, thanks for popping in - hope you have a great week and don't forget to stop by Whimsy and Stars Studio for amazing digital images; I really, really enjoy Mabelle's images!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Studio Spring Garden Chick, PTI Signature Greetings

Papers: PTI Aqua Mist,True Black, amd Sweet Blush, misc. paper for the image, DP by MME

Ink: VersaMagic Pixie Dust and MFT Pink Lemonade (sponging)
Accessories: Copics, nesties, clear Wink of Stella glitter pen, Janome Sew Mini, enamel dots (inside), black dimension enamel

Challenges:

Meet Zoey

It's release day over at Whimsy and Stars Studio and we would like you to meet Zoey - isn't she adorable? Eeekkk...so cute!

You can purchase Zoey at Mabelle's Etsy Shop AND to make it even better, sweet Mabelle is giving TWO random winners a selection of one digi image; just visit here at Whimsy and Stars and leave a comment. And to see Mabelle's other amazing images with instant digi downloads, visit her Etsy shop HERE!

I was very inspired by Laurie's two-pocket card HERE that I decided to make one too. And see her flowers with the quirky lines - yeah, I decided to make my own and punch them out of designer paper. There is one at the bottom of the card and 3 on the envelope!

Here is a close up picture of one of the hand drawn flower!

See those hand-drawn flower on the envie - lower left-hand corner :D

There is room on the entire backside of the card and then two tags where you can include messages also - lots of fun scraps of MME paper were used. A scalloped die and little what-nots - wooden heart, an enamel heart, twine, some ribbons - just bits and pieces here and there. The top of the card says "If friends were flowers, I'd pick you."; the bottom includes 4 stickers which say "The Best of Friends."

Thanks for stopping by; I love when you visit!! See you again soon!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Studio Zoey, PTI Green Thumb

Papers: MFT Whip Cream, PTI Berry Sorbet and Kraft

Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate

Accessories: Janome Sew Mini, digital image, PTI small scalloped die, enamel heart, wooden heart, PTI Berry Sorbet ribbon, white misc. organza ribbon, twine, PTI Berry Sorbet button, Copics, Memory Box Distress Tag die, Wink of Stella clear glitter, Butterscotch Dimensional Pearls

Challenges:

Happy Spring!

Hi friends!! Kaitlyn and I are off to Kansas City this weekend for her final volleyball tournament of the season - hoping for a great weekend! We are staying at Great Wolf Lodge - neither Kaitlyn or I have visited there before; but we should have some down time which means play time!!

Enough of that personal mumbo jumbo (:D); let's get moving on to SPRINGTIME! Here's a card featuring Whimsy and Stars Studios Springtime Bouquet - isn't it gorgeous? That's the great thing about digital images, you can resize them as big...or as little...as you want! I made this a jumbo bouquet celebrating spring! I'm all about some warmer weather!

I printed the Springtime Bouquet on Copic XPress It paper and colored with Copics, I added some white dimensional enamel to the center of the red flowers and some polka dots with a white gel pen. Accented the entire image with B00 and B01 and die cut with MFT's stitched circle die. I added a fabulous butterfly that was actually white with sparkly stripes; I used pink and red to color it up and mount with dimensionals. I added a few flags, a butterfly embossed background and that's it.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great weekend!!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Studio Digital Image Springtime Bouquet

Papers: GKD 120 and 80 lb. white, PTI Pure Poppy, Hibiscus Burst, and Simply Chartreuse

Ink: MFT Electric Red

Accessories: Crafters Companion butterfly embossing folder, white dimenaional enamel, white gel pen, Heidi Swapp butterfly, glimmer mist, MFT flag dies

Challenges:

Crafts for Eternity - Anything But a Card

Hi friends - welcome back!! This week at Crafts 4 Eternity we are showing you Anything But a Card and boy, did I have fun with this one. Of course, what looks so simple and easy, took quite a bit of time as there are so many small details! And you know, I couldn't make just ONE, I had to make FOUR! LOL

This weeks prize is kindly donated by Crafty Sentiments Designs. One randomly selected winner will receive 3 Digital images from their fabulous collection.

So I made these tags - I just love this die from Memory Box; it's perfect whether you use the matching stamp or not. I printed the Cup of Kindness image from Whimsy and Stars Studio on Copic XPress It paper, then cut with the MB Distress Tag. I colored the Cup of Kindness image with Copics, but also printed just the cups repeatedly on some MME designer paper, then fussy cut each cup. I layered on the paper pieces to the cups, colored the center of each flower with clear Wink of Stella, then added a dot of glossy accents. The sentiments are all from PTI Round and Round and were stamped and embossed on vellum. I just folded the sides of the vellum to create the faux double-edged tag and snipped the ends.

Before paper piecing the cups and vellum, I sponged the edges of the tags with Broken China distress ink. For two of the tags, I sandwiched in a spritzed doily. The back side of each tag is another piece of designer paper, so you can easily add a message; I then finished the tags off with 3 different colors of twine, perfect for tying on to a gift sack or giving just as they are!

Thanks for stopping by for a Cup of Kindness; hope you like the tags! Have a great week and be sure to join us at Crafts 4 Eternity!!


Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Studio Digital Image Cup of Kindness

Papers: DP by MME, vellum, VersaFine Black

Ink: Broken China Distress Ink

Accessories: Memory Box Distressed Tag, Copics, twine, glossy accents, clear Wink of Stella, doily, Glimmer Mist, Mister Huey, clear embossing powder

Challenges: