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    Calender Month Series - April
    • Apr 29, 2017

    Calender Month Series - April

    Hi everyone, today I have the fourth instalment of my Calender Month Series for you all! And of course this page is featuring the page for the month April. If you don’t know what this Series is about you can find the first three posts for this series at the end of this post. The colours given for this page are a pale rose red and a bluish purple (but in the end I used more of a warmer purple because I liked that more). To start this project I stamped Whimsy Stamps “Peace” ont
    Whimsy Stamps “Peace” with Zig Clean Color markers
    • Feb 18, 2017

    Whimsy Stamps “Peace” with Zig Clean Color markers

    Yay, it’s Saturday! Today I wanted to create another card using Whimsy Stamps' “Peace”, since she is so darn cute and I’m not done playing with her. I started by stamping this image on Strathmore “Bristol Smooth surface” paper with Versafine “Onyx Black” ink, using my MISTI, and clear heat embossing afterwards. I always do that when I know I’ll be adding water to my paper: this makes the lines of the stamped image stay crisp and black, no matter how much water I ad. Then I to
    Whimsy Stamps new release February 2017: “Peace”
    • Feb 12, 2017

    Whimsy Stamps new release February 2017: “Peace”

    Hi everyone! I’m very excited to be sharing a card with you today that I made as a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps (https://whimsystamps.com/)! The new February release is so much fun and I just love the new stamps designed by Sylvia Zet. Today I will show you how to make this card that features the new “Peace” stamp. I also used several other new Whimsy products. So, let’s get started! I first stamped Peace with Versafine “Onyx Black” ink on Strathmore “Toned Tan” paper. Th
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