Winter My Whimsical Little World Release

Today I'm sharing some projects for the latest My Whimsical Little World release.

First up, a card I made using the All Dressed Up for Christmas digistamp - I really liked this digi and wanted to keep him a pretty good size, so I opted to color him and just mat him on a couple of Christmas colored papers.

Next, I decided to make a gift tin using the Christmas Owl digi -

I colored parts of this image on 5 different printouts and layered them all together for the final look. Then finished it off with some sequins and rhinestones.

Lastly, I broke out my art journal and whipped up a page using the Love U Latte digi - 

Now hop on over to the other design team members to see what they've come up with using the new release:

Paola

Martha

Debbie

Amy

Louise

And stop by the MWLW Facebook page.  There's a scavenger hunt going on until November 7th for a chance to win a free digi from the shop.

It's also an Anything Goes Challenge at MarkerPop this week, so I'm playing along with their challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Angie

Life is like a camera.

I found this quote awhile back that I really like somewhere and when I was digging through my stash, I found these acrylic/transparent camera and thought, they must go together on an art journal page!  So here it is...

I used a black gelato to color some white gesso to get the grey background.  Then I used some matte black embossing paste with a stencil for the chevrons.  All of the letters are rub ons that I had in my stash except for the word camera, they're foam thickets.  I added some strips of Tim Holtz Negative Strip and finished it all off with the cameras that caused the inspiration.

I wanted to tie the black letters in a little more with the rest, so I used a white paint pen to add some highlights.

And don't forget, there's a few days left to play along with the Anything Goes Challenge at Inspiration Destination - you could win two digistamps from My Whimsical Little World :D

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

Adventuretime with My Whimsical Little World

I am in LOVE with today's release of My Whimisical Little World digistamps!  There are two great new images - a car and a camper - and they work so great alone or together.  I couldn't stop coming up with ideas so I ended up with three creations for today!

First up - a card using the Beach Wagon digistamp:

I colored the card with copics and did a lot of cutting to layer the image.  The sentiment comes along with the Phoebe digistamp that I showcased last week.  

Here's a close up of the dimension (which I love!!)

Once it was done, I realized I may have went a little overboard as I counted how many layers there were. :)

So I after I finished the card, I moved onto doing a journal page.  I combined the Beach Wagon with the Happy Camper digi.  I thought the images went perfect with this quote.  I paper pieced the camper and the car, made some ground and sky, added some stamps and embossing paste.  The quote I printed on my computer.

And lastly, I sized the Happy Camper digi a little smaller and decided to make a 3x4 pocket scrapbooking card.  I thought it would be perfect for the next time I go camping.

So there you have it. Three things using the newest release.  But wait!!.... For more inspiration visit some of the other DT blogs to see their creations with the stamps - 

 Paola 

(who will also be sharing a video on how to design a card using digital paper with the digis) Karen

Carol

and head to the Facebook fan page

Like My Whimsical Little World to keep updated on all of the releases

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES - 

CARD:

Paper - Stampin' Up! Old Olive and Island Indigo; Basic Grey Persimmon

Stamps - MWLW A Day at the Beach and Phoebe; Impression Obsession Splatter background

Ink - Stampin' Up! Old Olive

Copics - road: C6, C8, C10; Sky - B02, B04, B06; Water - BG72, BG75, BG79; Clouds: C0, C2, C4, 0; Car: C3, C6, C8, C19, BG0000, BG000, G21, G24, G28, E31, E33, E35, E37, R39, Y13; Surfboard: YR20, YR35, YR37, R12, R14, R17

Other - postage edge border punch, lots of foam tape

POCKET SCRAPBOOKING CARD:

Paper - Lawn Fawn Dewy Decimal 6x6 paper pad; Stampin' Up! Island Indigo and Basic Gray

Stamps - MWLW Camper; Impression Obsession Splatter background

Other - corner chomped, Doodlebug tiny type stickers, epoxy stars

Bright Airbrushing

I feel like my Copics have been neglected lately so I decided that I wanted to do something with them, but didn't have the patience to sit and color.  I pulled out the airbrush and just started in.

I picked out the eight fluorescent markers and layer down an air brush based with one of the lighter shades.  Then I grabbed some stencils and just started airbrushing away.  Here's what I ended up with:

Now when I started the airbrushing I had an idea in mind to do a little masking and use black gesso.  So I just kept airbrushing until I was happy with the background.  I cut out the work 'love' from some masking paper on my Silhouette and put that on the pages.  I added some wash tape on the top and bottom of the page and the covered it all in black gesso.  When I removed the masking paper and wash tape, I added a little white paint pen and some scallops with a brush marker to end up with my final page:

Good to feel like I finally got some crafting in!

This is for the challenge over at MarkerPop this week as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIIES:
COPICS - FRV1. FYR1, FYG1, FY1, FV2, FYG2, FBG2, FB2, Brush Multiliner
MASKS - Tim Holtz Measure, Burlap, Shattered; Dot stencil
Silhoutte (Cafe Rojo Font)
White paint pen
Masking Paper
Black Gesso
Paint Brush

Rainbow Art Journal Page

I've been working on an art journal page and (as always) seemed to take longer than I had anticipated!  I saw this quote that I liked on Goodreads awhile back and had an idea this week of turning it into a journal page.  And said it was rainbow/gold related it was perfect to usher in the spring AND St. Patrick's day.

I started by covering my pages in torn phone book pieces and covering them with a thin coat of gesso.

Next I added some a thin coat of blue paint.

While that was drying, I pulled out my gelli plate and made some rainbow sheets on deli paper.  I kept it really simple by just mixing the color with some gold paint.

I added a little stamping to my blue pages (not much since I knew a lot of it would be getting covered up anyway), colored my image, and prepared my rainbow.

Once I got everything painted, stamped, colored, and cut, I started putting it all together and here is my final page:

It's a little hard to see in the photo, but the quote says, 'Dare to love yourself like a rainbow with gold at both ends.'  Very fitting for spring and St. Patty's!

Here's a close up of my coloring.  I took a Halloween/witch stamp and turned it into a little leprechaun dress for her.

I'm linking up with the following challenges this week:

Some Odd Girl March Pot O'Gold

Thanks for stopping by!

~Angie

SUPPLIES:

COPICS - Skin - E000, E00, E01, E11, E13; Hair - E97, E99, E29; Shoes - C5, C7, 100; Eyes - G46, G43, G21; Dress - G20, G21, G24, G28

PAINT - Liquitex Basic Acrylics in Light Blue, Primary Blue, Brilliant Yellow Green, Phthalocyanine, Cadmium Red Deep Hue, Cadmium Orange deep hue, Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, Hooker's Green Hue Permanent, Cerulean Blue Hue, Deep Violet, and Gold

MISC - Ahni and Zoe gold marker, deli paper, phone book, paintbrushes

*Claudine Hellmuth MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Paint Glue Ranger	*Claudine Hellmuth GESSO Studio Primer Paint Ranger	Kaylee's Closet Wardrobe	Kaylee's Closet: Witchy Wears
quinn's ABCs	harold's ABCs	*Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK	*Fiskars FINGERTIP CONTROL CRAFT KNIFE 06305
*Colorbox FROST WHITE INK PAD Pigment Stamp 150801	*Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2012 MIXED MEDIA cms125	*Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	*Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200
*EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator EKT001	*American Crafts Zing! BLACK Opaque Embossing Powder	*EK Success HONEY BEE Non-Stick Scissors EKCB06	KLD Happy Trails
KLD Sunnybrook Lane	KLD Abbie Road

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A little art journaling to end the year

I'm not sure how I managed, but I got not one, but TWO art journal pages done this weekend... I was on a roll! :)

The first one I kept pretty simple - black gesso, three stamp sets, some versamark ink, scraps of black paper and some pearl ex powders.

I love how shimmery the powders are.  This close up can't do them justice!

Since it's pretty shimmery, I'm throwing in to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bling it On.

The next page I got done has a little more to it, but I kind of love how it turned out :)

I used a piece of tissue paper that I got and thought it was cute so I held on to it (it was probably something that was used to wrap something I purchased, but I've had it for a while now, so who knows!)  I added a light layer of gray paint over it.  Then masked off the third quarter and painted that piece teal.  I added a little dimension with some croco in bronze and a chevron stencil.

The girls are the Prima doll stamp that I stamped four times and colored with my Copics.  Their dresses are pieces from some 6x6 paper pads I have in my stash.  I finished it all off with some Pitt Brush Pens and the glittery stickers for the saying.

I'm feeling quite accomplished this weekend.  Now if only I could direct some of that energy towards house hold chores ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

Free Your Dreams

I got messy today with some paint and, boy was it fun :)  Here's the art journal page I came up with:

I guess I was feeling pretty butterfly-y today as well.  So I found a great quote - 'Free your dreams and take flight - that I thought would go well with it.  The pages are covered with some 7Gypsies tissue paper and sealed with a matte medium.  Then I added some watered down acrylic paints.  Added some Tim Holtz butterfly stamps, some painted sencils.  The butterfly on the right page is a Martha Stewart stamp black embossed on watercolor paper then colored with Distress Markers.  I added some of the purple acrylic paint to an embossing past for the flight pattern.

For the quote, on the left page, I painted in two different butterfly stencils and wrote in the saying.  I started with a white gel pen, but couldn't get a good ink flow, so ended up tracing the letters with some white enamel accents.  

Any crafty plans for this weekend??

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

Life is a Song

Just popping in to share another art journal page I came up with using one of my favorite Some Odd Girl Digi Stamps, Dancing Mae...

So Mae is colored with Copics and then fussy cut.  I painted the pages with some red and silver glitter acrylic paint, added some music themed tissue tape, spritzed a little red dylusions spray over everything, then added some stamping and white gel pen.  I printed the saying out on my computer then added that to finish it all off.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

The Creative Life

So I saw this quote a few weeks back and thought it would be great on an art journal page. And since the quote was about living a creative life, I thought the Tiddly Ink's Little Artist was perfect for it:

 The quote is a little hard to rid in that shot, so here it is up close...

I think you can see behind the quote that there is some beautiful papers, stamping, misting/masking, some white gel pen.  Before putting anything down though, I knew the papers wouldn't cover the whole page (the pages are 5.5x8.5 each so the two pages was 11" wide and I used a 6x6 pad!), so I covered both pages with some lavendar and indigo acrylic paint (plus it hides the seems where the papers didn't line up perfectly ;))

The adorable little artist is colored with copics then fussy cut and adhered with multi medium - as are the rest of the papers and stickers.  While coloring her, I thought she'd be super fun to layer like the fairy I did a couple weeks ago (you can see that post here) so stay tuned... ;)

--Angie

SUPPLIES:
Mixed Media art journal, Paper from Authentique, Copic Xpress It Blending Card, Uniball Signo White Gel Pen, Dylusions Stamps, Archival Ink, Multi Medium Matte, Stickers, Acryllic Paint