Summer Friends at My Whimsical Little World

My Whimsical Little World is releasing some great summer digi stamps today.  There's three in total - Kody, Phoebe, and Marigold.  I made a set of cards using the characters, so let's jump right in!

First up.... Surfer Kody:

Followed by Phoebe:

And lastly, Marigold:

I colored the hair and skin of all three with Copics  - I wanted to try different color combos for each of them, by the time I colored Kody and Phoebe looking rather tan, I remembered some of us are 'blessed' with pale skin that burns rather easily, so I used a paler, pinker tone for Marigold. :D  After that, I grabbed a Basic Grey paper pad and paper pieced the rest of them.

Some of the digis come with their own background (like Phoebe - the shell and flower in the sand are part of her background!) which is great for coloring, but I like to add layers so I stamped a cloud background, watercolored some paper with distress ink for the waves and used this great sand-like embossing powder for the sand.

And I can't forget the insides :)  I printed the digis at a smaller size and adjusted the color to match the teal of the card stock that I was using, added some scraps of patterned paper and I end up with a cute set of cards.

  

Now you've seen what I came up with using these awesome digistamps, have a look at what some others have created:

Marilyn

Kimberly

Martha 

Amanda

Be sure to stop by to see the full release post by Paola at My Whimsical Little World and stop by the Facebook page for more updates.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES - 

PAPER: Copic Xpress It blending card stock, Stampin' Up! Pool Party and Island Indigo, Basic Grey Persimmon 6x6 paper pad, white card stock, watercolor paper

STAMPS: Paper Smooches Good Gab and Sentiment Sampler; Impression Obsession Clouds and Wavy Lines

INK: Memeto Tuxedo Black and Summer Sky, Stampin' Up! Pool Party, Distress Inks - Salty Ocean, Evergreen Bough, and Chipped Sapphire

MISC: Stampin' Up! Oval and Scalloped Oval Punches, Stampendous Golden Sand Embossing Powder, Glossy Accents

COPICS:

SURFER KODY:

   SKIN - E11, E15, E17; HAIR - YR24, YR27, E35, E37; EYES - G43, G21, G46; SHADING - B39, G99, C2, C0

MARIGOLD:

    SKIN - R000, R00, R01, RV29; HAIR - E13, E17, E18, E19; CLOTHES - BG72, BG75; SHOES - C6, C8, C10; EYES - E27, E29, E49

PHOEBE:

    SKIN - YR0000, YR000, YR00, E11, E04, E08; HAIR - YR24, E51, E53, E55; GLASS - BG000, Y13 FRV1; GLASSES - W2, W4, W6, YR18; SHELL - E501, E51, E53

    

Summer is here

I had only a few things planned for today - do some laundry, pack a trip, and pick up hubby at the airport.  Laundry was a breeze since it's only been me around the house the last week.  Packing got done.  And hubby's  flight has been delayed (possibly until tomorrow!) so I had some time to kill and what better way to do it than, play along again with Markerpop's Biweekly Challenge!

Since it's summer, I thought I'd do something along those lines.  I was looking through my stamps and found this great mermaid from Sweet November stamps and thought she was perfect.  So I inked her up and got to coloring.

Once she was colored and fussy cut, I found some papers, grabbed some distress inks and assembled my card.

Quite summery, don't you think??  And I couldn't let the inside go to waste.  I juster some of the strips I had cut off to make the front and added them to the inside.

Great way to kill some time!  Now what to do ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie


SUPPLIES
COPICS: Skin - E00, E11, E13, E15, R20; Hair - YR21, E97, E99, E18; Fins - BV00, BV11, BV23, BV25; Eyes - BG15, BG57, BG09; Manatee - W3, W5, W7
Stampin' Up! Mini Brads and Fancy Label Punch
Quick Quotes Stowaway 6x6 paper pad
AmyR Summer Sentiments

*C.C. Designs TREASURE TEMPESTWIND Rubber Stamp Sweet November	*Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger SPRING	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD CHIPPED SAPPHIRE Blue Ranger
*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD SALTY OCEAN Ranger SUMMER	*Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Inkssentials Surfaces ISW39532	*DCWV Cardstock 6 x 6 GAUZE Paper Stack Printed Matstack MS-019-00056	*Copic BLENDING CARD X-Press It Paper Pack of 10

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Playing with Prima Dolls

I've used Prima Doll stamps before (see my art journal page here), so when my mom wanted to take a class with them at Joys of Life Scrapbooking, who was I to say no.  :)  We went and made five tags which reminded me of how much I love these stamps.  I picked up a new one and this weekend got to work.  Instead of paper piecing like we did a lot of in the class, I opted to do some water coloring.

I love how she turned out!  Here's a close up:

I'm playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

SUPPLIES:
Stampin' Up! Indigo Island Ruffles Ribbon and Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon
Canson Watercolor Paper
Peerless Watercolor Basic Pack

*Prima Flowers MEGAN Mixed Media Doll Cling Stamp Set 910389	*IO Cling Stamp WISPY Rubber Impression Obsession	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger SPRING	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD CHIPPED SAPPHIRE Blue Ranger
*Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK AIP31468	*Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	*PRE-ORDER Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965

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Chummy Christmas Tags

Just popping in quickly today to share a set of tags I made with the Paper Smooches Chilly Chums set (love all of the chums sets!!) and the Christmas Sampler set -

 

The background tags were inked with Festive Berries and Evergreen Boughs Distress Inks.  Then I stamped some snowflakes in Versamark and embossed with Stampin' Up!'s Irradescent Ice Powder.  I colored the images with my Copics, added some liquid pearls and black enamel.  Popped the images and sentiments up on the tag.  And finished it off with a simple white ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

Gorjuss Hello

I got home from work today and decided to put that watercolor background from yesterday to use for the Playdate Cafe.  I had a plan but once I got started, I changed my mind :)  I opted to water color with Distress Inks and came up with this lovely:

I used the colors from the PDC cchallenge -

And since I used such dark card stock, I actually took the time to do the inside (I often neglect to do this then when I go to use it, I always wish I had the inside done!). 

Thanks for stopping by!
--Angie

SUPPLIES:
PAPER: Stampin' Up! Night of Navy and Whisper White; Basic Grey Perhaps 6x6 pad
INK: Stampin' Up! Night of Nave; Distress Inks - Black Soot, Tattered Rose, Faded Jeans, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey Fired Brick
STAMPS: Paper Smooches Chit Chat, Market Street Stamps Punched Tin, Gorjuss My Own Universe
OTHER: Aqua painter, Stampin' Up! Fancy Label Punch