Penguin Plunder

Today is a new digi release for My Whimsical Little World Digi Stamps and the theme this time around.... animals.  Paola has created 6 adorable little images (4 animals and a companion background!) and I'm showcasing the three penguins today.

I decided to make a set of mini cards for this release.  I checked out my envelope punch board to see what card size I could make an envelope using a 6x6 sheet of paper.... 3.5".  So that's what I went with.  I think they'd be perfect to tuck into a gift or maybe someones lunch or backpack.

First up, is the adorable Penguino with hat and scarf.  I colored him with my copics then fussy cut him before putting him onto my card base and embellishing.

Next, we have a great little Pablo.  He's holding a cupcake, which would be great for birthdays or any other celebration, but I wanted to use these cute puffy stickers to say 'sweet hello' (you can make out the hello pretty well in the pic, but the sweet is a little faint )... very versatile.

For the third card in the set, I used Tooey and repeated the process (color with copics, fussy cut, put on card, embellish ;))

I also got to play with the cool igloo digi that's being released today.

I imported it into my Silhouette software and sized it to fit into a regular 4.5"x5.5" envelope. I used the trace function to create a shape slightly larger.  Then copied that shape, rotated it to fit along the top to create a folded card, and merged the two so they would cut as one shape (clear as mud?!)  This way the card base would have a slight outline to mat the great igloo on.  You can't see it in the picture, but the outline is covered with a glittery embossing powder for a 'snowy' effect.

So that's what I've come up with for this great release - can you see the penguins on some fun Christmas/Winter cards for this year??  Go check out a couple other design team members to see what great things they've come up with using the penguins and other animals being released.

Paola  

Melanie  

And did you know there is a My Whimsical Little World Facebook Page??  There's a challenge going on there until October 8th to play along with - you just have to create something using purple, orange, and green.


Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES
STAMPS -  My Whimsical Littlw World Digistamps - Tooey, Igloo, Pablo, Penguino
PAPER - Copic Xpress It; Office Max White Cardstock; Basic Grey Aspen Frost
COPICS - C5, C7, C9, Y35, Y38, BG10, BG45, G40, G43, G46, W00, W3
MISC - Versamark ink, Stampin' Up! Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Walnut Stain Distress Ink, Mini Ink Blending Tool, WeR Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board, Freckled Fawn Oh Deer Me Kits (July and August)

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I finally got the September Freckled Fawn Oh Deer Me Kit in the mail - I look forward to this every month!!  There was a little card announcement in it about 'something merry' coming and it was such a cute little card that I couldn't just pitch it.  I thought it was a great little saying for Christmas and it deserved to be put to use!  So I grab some supplies (from past and present kits) that were light teal and red to match the card and had at it, ending with this little cutie...

The announcement is that entire business card size white piece on the front.  I matted it onto some matching red card stock and added two types of red washi tape along the bottom - one is ruffled one is over that to cover the ruffled seam.  Then I added a few little embellishments - some chipboard stars, a teal arrow, a red resin camera (which is tucked under the washi so it doesn't actually look like a camera ;)) and finished it all off with some pearls from this months kit.  The card base is an old background stamp I have that I stamped and clear embossed onto the teal card stock.

For the inside, I kept it really simple.  I just added two strips of the washi and this sticker which I thought went perfectly with the front saying.

And that makes it official.... my first Christmas card of 2014!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES

PAPER - Stampin' Up! Pool Party and Real Red

STAMP - Hero Arts Merry Background

MISC - July, August and September Oh Deer Me Kits; Clear Embossing Powder, Versamark

Ah.... the weekend

It's Friday! And I've gotten quite a bit of crafting done lately so I thought I'd pop in and share a card I made for two current challenges:

            

Simon Says Stamp is a pretty easy challenge - 'stamp it' (no digi images allowed!), but the Lawnscaping one is always tough, so I thought it would be a fun to give it a go.  I recently bought some Lawn Fawn steps that have been sitting  on my desk begging to be played with, so this was perfect!

To create my one layer card, I used a really heavy card stock and stamped my images.  I knew I wanted to use the cogs down the side so I had masked off that area to play with later.  Once everything was stamped, I used my prismacolor pencils to color it all in.  I love my copics, but for a one layer card, I didn't want to see the marker bleed through.  Initially I thought I'd use some embossing paste for the cogs, but decided to use embossing powders and a faux cloisonné  technique I learned recently. (I learned the technique with embossing paste, but just skipped that step so it was a more flat on the card front.)

Have a great weekend!

Angie

SUPPLIES
PAPER - 120 lb white card stock
STAMPS - Lawn Fawn Beep Boop Birthday and Bannerific
INK - Memento Tuxedo Black, Close To My Heart Pigment Inks
OTHER - Prismacolor Pencils, Dreamweavers Cog stencil, ultra thick embossing enamel, clear embossing powder

Cupcake Layering

Happy Labor Day weekend!  I thought I'd start off my long weekend by doing a little crafting so I'm sharing this little birthday tag I created using another up cycled counter sample and a Cupcake digi stamp from My Whimsical Little World.

I took the cute Cupcake digi and printed six copies on one sheet.  I knew I wanted to layer it so I colored in different parts on each image with my Copics, fussy cut them all, and layered them with little bits of foam tape.  I coated the flame with some glossy accents.  While that was drying, I grabbed my tile piece, added a strip of patterned paper that's cut with a curve (a scrap of some other project!).  Once the flame was dry, I placed it on my tile and added a little shading on the patterned paper with a grey Copic.  To finish it all off, I added a few pieces of bling, some ribbon, and some twine.

I'm playing along with a couple of challenges on this one - 

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

MarkerPop #50 - 

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES:

STAMP - MWLW Cupcake Digi

PAPER - Copic Xpress It, Basic Gray RSVP

COPICS - Wrapper: V12, V15, V17; Cake: E25, E27, E29; Layers: C00, C1, C3, R81, R83, R85, V04, V06, V09, V01, V12, V15; Candle: Y15, Y38, YR68, B02, B04, B06, C00, C1, C3; Under cake shading: C3

MISC - counter top sample, Stampin' Up! Pool Party Seam Binding; Queen & Co. Twinkle Goosebumps Clear; Purple Bakers Twine, Glossy Accents, Foam tap

Rocking Out with MWLW

Today's newest digis at My Whimsical Little World are music themed.  I visited a new to me creative reuse shop close by and picked up some supplies that inspired me while there.  So today I have two musical projects using some up cycled items!

For Cadence, I decided to take a couple of old CDs (I didn't pick these up at the reuse shop, but I saw them there and knew I had a stack of old ones from my hubby and thought they'd be perfect for this!) and turn them into a notebook:

I started by masking the word 'notes' with a few stickers and painting the entire CD black.  Then I removed the stickers to have the silver show through.  I colored Cadence with Copics and attached her to the front and spread some bling bubbles around here.  I painted a second CD to use as the back cover and covered both of the CDs with paper on the non painted sides.  I punched the CD using my Cinch binder and added some ribbons to the rings once it was filled with paper.

Another thing I picked up at the reuse store was this household sample (I'm not sure if it's flooring or countertop or what, but I always see them at hard ware stores and thing they'd be great for something!).  Since the sample already had a hole punched in it and nicely rounded corners, I decided to use the whole thing for a tag to spotlight Marcia:

I tried a new color combo for her skiing and love how she turned out :)  I used white embossing paste on the cassette stencil over the tag.  I love that the sample had the speckled background already so it wasn't just boring black.  I added the paper trim along the bottom and a piece of leather cording to add a sentiment (and cover up the brand name that was stamped there ;)).  I added some frosted bling around and finished it off by adding some seam binding tied with the same leather cording used on the front.

I hope you enjoyed my projects.  Be sure to stop by some of the other DT members and see what they've come up with as well - 

Paola Jofre

Martha

Carol

And visit us at the MWLW Facebook Page as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES
CADENCE CD NOTEBOOK

Stamp - My Whimsical Little World Cadence Digistamp

Paper - Copic Xpress It

Copics - Hair: E13, E15, E19; Skin - E01, E21, E11; Pants - B95, B97, B99; Shirt - C1, C3, C5, BV20, BV23, BV25; Seat - C6, C8, C10; Headphones - C00, C1, C6, C8, C10; CD - V01, B00

Miscellaneous - old CDs, black acrylic paint, Thickers stickers; Queen & Co. Bubble Bling; ribbon from stash, Cinch binder and 0.75" rings, copy paper, Lifestyle Crafts Circle dies

DANCING MARCIA TAG

Stamp - My Whimisical Little World Dancing Marcia and Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler

Paper - Copic Xpress It, Authentique Seasons Winter 

Copics - Hair - E97, E15, E18; Skin - E50, E51, E21, E11, E04; Eyes - B97, BG02, Skirt - B95, B97, B99; Shirt - C1, C3, C5; Undershirt, belt, and shoes - BV20, BV23, BV25

Miscellaneous - Household sample, white embossing paste, Crafters Workshop Cassette Tape stencil; Versamark, white embossing powder, postage stamp border punch, Queen & Co. purple frosted bling, ribbon and leather cording

Summer fun

Just a quick share of a card I made with a little hula girl that is perfect for MarkerPop's Anything Goes challenge this week:

She's colored with Copics.  The scalloped frame behind her is cut from a seashell patterned fabric and the craft card base is embossed with a ribbon tied around it.  Pretty simple, but cute :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES - 

Paper: Copic Xpress It, Stampin' Up Crumb Cake, sticky back paper 

Stamp: Stampendous Hula Girl

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Other: Copics (sorry, I don't have the list of what I used for this one); Spellbinders large scalloped rectangles; white seam binding ribbon; Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder; seashell fabric

Celebrating Birthdays with My Whimsical Little World

My Whimsical Little World has another great new release today. The theme... birthdays! Three new digistamps are available today.  But before I show you, I must tell you... be sure to stop by the Grand Opening for My Whimsical Little World today on Facebook from 10am EST to 6 pm, there will be great fun to be had and some prizes along the way!

Now onto today's new releases!!  First up we have Christopher...

Here's Birthday Belle:

And lastly, Astrid. 

Astrid also comes with two sentiments - 'happy birthday cupcake' and 'love ya', the 2nd one I've used on the inside of the card.

Be sure to stop by the other design team members to see what they've come up with as well!

Paola

Marilyn

Martha 

Kimberly 

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie 

SUPPLIES:

DIGISTAMPS - MY WHIMSICAL LITTLE WORLD Balloon Christopher, Birthday Belle and Lola, Astrid

PAPER - Basic Grey RSVP 6x6 Paper Pad, Stampin' Up! Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, and Summer Starfruit

MISC - Prismacolor Pencils, RSVP embellishment pack