Pumpkin Smiles

Fall is my favourite time of year. The cooler temperatures, cozy sweaters and the colours of the leaves changing are some of my favourite things about this season. 
The "A Girl and Her Pumpkin" digital stamp by Crissy Armstrong is perfect for your fall/Thanksgiving cards and this month's new Anything Goes challenge. 

After printing and colouring my stamp with alcohol markers and Prisma pencil, I cut her out with a rectangle die. I added her to some papers from two different digital paper collections (links below) as well as one small piece of matching traditional paper. The sentiment is a word die, but I decided to use the "negative" of the die for something different and fun. Some cotton lace ribbon and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: A Girl and Her Pumpkin - Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment: Word Dies Set - Smile Happy and Celebrate- Whimsy Stamps

Patterned Paper: Rainbow Polka Dots, Stripe Digital Papers - Whimsy Stamps

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles die - Whimsy Stamps

Cotton Lace Ribbon, Enamel Dots

Spectrum Noir Markers:  FS1 FS4 TN2 TN4 TB8 BT9 TB9 EB3 EB6 EB5 GY1 GB1 GY4 DG2 DG3 JG6 DG3 CT1 CT2 GB5 OR1 CR7  

Primsacolor pencil: Pumpkin Orange, Diaxazine Purple Hue 

Don't forget to join this month's challenge on the Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration Facebook page - we can't wait to see your creations! 

Thanks for stopping! Have a fantastic crafty day! 

Soccer Star Photo Shoot

Hooray hooray it's the 15th of May and time for a new Anything Goes Challenge on the Whimsy challenge blog and Facebook page.

The grass is drying the flowers are coming up and everyone is itching to be outside! Our Penguin Soccer friend here is having a soccer photo shoot done before the season starts! How fun is this digital stamp?!  
I have lots of nephews and most of them like to play soccer so this card is perfect for one of them. 

After printing and colouring my stamp with alcohol markers, fussy cut it.
I printed my digital paper and cut it to size. I added a film strip and polaroid die - perfect for my soccer photo shoot theme! Some glittery stars, twine and sparkly gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: Penguin Soccer Digital Stamp - Whimsy Stamps

Patterned Paper: Stripes and Bokeh Digital Paper - Whimsy Stamps

Spectrum Noir Markers: BG5 BG7 BG10 CT1 CT2 GB5 OG1 CR7 CR11 DR6 

I hope you'll join us for our Anything Goes Challenge - click here for more info!

Don't forget to pop by the Whimsy Stamps website for the products I used as well as many, many more stamps, dies and digital paper to name a few!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Cowgirl Smile

Today I had a chance to take a break from making Christmas cards to colour up this oh so sweet digital stamp from Digi Doodles Studio for their Anything Goes Challenge. 

Anyone who knows me knows I love horses so this is one of those "perfect for me" stamps. It reminds me of my horse and I - he didn't necessarily like hugs in the beginning but he came to like them and even hugged me back a couple of times.

After colouring this sweet stamp with alcohol markers, I hand fussy cut it leaving a thin white edge. I popped it up with pop dots because I really wanted it to be the focus of the card. I mixed and matched some patterned paper and cut out a matching banner die and heart. Some cotton lace ribbon and gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: Cowgirl Up - Digi Doodle Studio 

Sentiment: You Make Me Smile - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Creavtive Imaginations, Echo Park, Simple Stories

Build a banner die - Whimsy Stamps, Photo Corners - Quickutz, Love me some Latte gumdrops - Your Next Stamp, Cotton lace ribbon. 

Spectrum Noir Markers: FS1 FS4 TN2 IG2 IG3 IG5 TB8 BT9 TB9 EB6 EB4 EB5 CG2 CG4 GB8 GB10 EB5 BG5 BG7 BG10 FS6 CT1 CT2 GY4

Copics: RV11 RV32 RV34

I hope you have enjoyed today's post! Thanks for stopping by!