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    Fun in the Snow
    • Dec 16, 2019

    Fun in the Snow

    Hi everyone, today I'm showing you my second Whimsy Stamps guest design project of the season. How I loved to colour the images on today’s cards! And isn’t it awesome that many of Whimsy Stamps gorgeous stamps are also available as digital stamps? I totally love that: one of the best things about digital images is that you can resize them to make them fit the project you have in mind! On today’s project I used two of Whimsy Stamps digital images in combination with some other
    Jungle Bells
    • Dec 11, 2019

    Jungle Bells

    Hi everyone, I’m so happy to be back as a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps, and today I’m showing you how you can create two different Christmas cards using a few gorgeous Whimsy Stamps stamp sets. Let’s get started! Card 1: Step 1: For my first card I started out by stamping the adorable image from the Whimsy Stamps “Ellie Jungle Bell Rock” stamp onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface Paper using Versafine Onyx Black ink and clear heat embossing afterwards. This way my lines
    Christmas Sprite in three different mediums
    • Dec 23, 2018

    Christmas Sprite in three different mediums

    Hi everyone, today I’m showing you my second project as a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps. In today’s project I would like to show you one gorgeous sprite stamp coloured three times in three different mediums, so that you can pick and choose which one fits your supplies or style best! For my first card I choose to colour the gorgeous Whimsy Stamps “Christmas Sprite“ image using Copic Markers. You can use any alcohol markers you have of course. I stamped the image onto Copic
    Nutty or Nice?
    • Dec 11, 2018

    Nutty or Nice?

    Hi everyone, I’m very excited to be back on the Whimsy blog and bring you today’s project as guest designer. I decided to create a set of fun Christmas cards using the adorable Whimsy Stamps “The Nutcracker“ stamp set, combined with various sentiment stamp sets! So, let’s get started! For my first card I stamped one of the nutcracker images from the Whimsy Stamps “The Nutcracker“ stamp set onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper using Versafine “Onxy Black“ ink and I clear heat
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