Ice Cream Truck

I have a cute card to share today using the new clear set Ice Cream Truck from Whimsy's recent release. This set was illustrated by Krista Heij-Barber. Love her style and I find her images so easy to color with Zig Clean Color brush pens. 

 

This cute truck was stamped onto Bristol Velum card stock and colored with the Zig brush pens using an aquamarker. This set also includes some cute ice cream cones, the music notes I used over th sentiment and a sentiment, but I used a sentiment from the set Bottle cap greetings. Unfortunately I just realized that it must have retired, as I cannot find it in the Whimsy shop anymore. But I did find the bottle cap die (not used on my card) in the retiring section. Oh, and if you are looking for some fun stamps on clearance, check out the Whimsy Stamps clearance section for some great deals.

I kept the card CAS, simply embellished with sequins and clear Wink of Stella was added to the ice cream. Yes, it's hard to see, but I like the subtle shimmer.

Also, don't forget about my Let's Color Linky Party. I am now running it monthly, so I have just moved the linky over here to this post. You have another week to play along :-) If you'd like to see the original post for Let's Color Linky Party 9 with the top choice winners simply click here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

ETA 5/20/18:
To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

On Your Special Day

Happy Friday! 

First day of Summer break here, and I woke up as usual at 6:30, although I had plans on sleeping in today. But I was wide awake so I decided to finish a card I started working on a couple days ago. 

The cute stamp I used here is from Whimsy Stamps latest release - Josie Bell Bride from the Elisabeth Bell collection. 

I stamped her with versafine onyx ink on Neenah Solar Crest card stock and coloring was done using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. The card has been kept simple. I did add a flourish die cut which was done using Whimsy's Vines Die set, along with some silk ribbon and a little flower. Framed it onto some soft coral polka dotted paper and then onto the Mellow Moss card stock. The sentiment is from the set "Everyday Moments", one of my go-to sentiment sets. 

I am playing along here:

Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.164 - (W1 of 2) - Dies and/or Punches
 Inky Impressions -M, E1, C10  #284 Die-Cuts & Flowers (Week 2 of 4)
PDE Linky Party - W,JFF, E3 - #124 - Anything Goes

Have a great weekend everyone! I hope you'll get to enjoy some sunshine. I finally prepared my garden over the last few days and I will be busy planting my vegetables this weekend.

Birds and Blossoms

Hi everyone,  I have a new card to share today! I have been playing some more with my Zig clean color real brush pens and this time I inked up some Penny Black stamps.

 I started out by stamping the birds with versafine onyx ink onto Winsor & Newton Watercolor Marker paper. After coloring the birds I let them completely dry before coloring the background. After the background dried I used a music sheet unmounted stamp randomly on the background to add a little interest. Then I masked off part of the bottom portion using a torn piece of post it note to stamp the grass. I tore the piece because I didn't want a sharp edge of the grass.
The card was finished off by adding some messy sewing and I added some butterflies and sticky pearls.  Sentiment is from the set Heartfelt, birds and grass from the set Enjoy Life, both by Penny Black.


A little closeup below...

   Several colors were used to color the birds (mid-gray, carmine red, orange, bright yellow)- I just kept adding another color until I was happy with the outcome), and I used 3 shades of green for the leaves (light green, olive (?), deep green). The blooms were done with just light pink. Cobalt blue and light green for the backgrounds. 

All these colors are from the set of 36 pens. If you have been thinking about getting these but think you need the large set and don't want to spend that much money, believe me, you will have plenty of pens with just the 36 set. I ended up ordering 2 extra red tone pens, but you can easily mix these colors on an acrylic block to get the color you need. They mix beautifully!

This card was made for the midmonth reminder at Penny Black and More. We have a simple theme this month, anything goes with a stamp as the focal point. Be sure to visit the challenge blog to see what the rest of the team made and take a look at all the wonderful prizes!
Also don't forget about my linky parties - Let's Color and Critters and Creatures! I'd love for you to join in so I can some see what you have been working on!

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Sundae Funday/ Whimsy Stamps May Rubber Stamp Release

Happy Friday!! 

It's day 3 of the Whimsy Stamps inspiration posts. For today I am actually using a clear stamp set, which is also from the newest: Sundae Funday from the Krista Heij- Barber collection.

This fun image has been stamped onto Canson Mixed Media card stock using black stazon ink, and then watercolored using Zig clean color brush pens. 

Sentiment is part of this clear set. Designer paper is from a DCWV adhesive stack. The dotted paper under the sentiment is actually a strip of washi tape. A wink of stella brush pen was used on the whipped cream, you can see the sparkle in the photo below.

I don't know where Wink of Stella has been all my life!!! I just got my first pen when I ordered the Zig Brush pens a few weeks ago. I just love how it goes on so smoothly and isn't chunky at all, and give this light shimmer. I like this so much better than stickles glitter!!

Here is the inside, using stamps from the same set.

Don't forget to go link up on the Whimsy blog for a chance to win one of the gift certificates!

Have a great day!!