Dot & Whimsy

Welcome, welcome to day number four of the 

I was so excited to receive my set of adorable stamps 

from Deep Red.  I chose the "Little Cuties Thanks" rubber stamp set

to create this sweet card:

After stamping the girl image onto white Neenah cardstock and coloring in 

with Prismacolor pencils, I carefully cut her out from the paper.  

Next, I chose various patterned papers from Echo Park Paper and used

a fancy label die by Spellbinders:

To adhere the mats of patterned paper together, I used the Xyron Creative

Station Lite and the 3" Permanent Adhesive.  

Once I was ready to assemble the card base, the 5" Permanent Adhesive was

placed back into the Creative Station Lite.

The sentiment was stamped onto a scrap of patterned paper and then

die-cut with a heart shape.  I also used a couple of hot pink enamel dots to 

complete the adorable card!  

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For my A2 card project today, I'll be using the
Xyron 9" Creative Station, the 9" Permanent Adhesive Refill Cartridge and the 3 Inch Permanent Adhesive Refill Cartridge.  From My Favorite Things, I'm using the Pure Innocence Perfect Harmony Stamp
and the Die-Namics Jumbo Peek-A-Boo Circle Windows Dies.

The 6X6 papers are from Echo Park's Simple Life Paper Pad.

To begin, I stamped the image onto Neenah Premium White 65 lb Cardstock
and a sheet of the 6X6 patterned paper with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  Next, I used both
 Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils and a few of the Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers
for shading on the dress and coloring in the flower in the girl's hair.

After cutting out the image that was stamped onto the Neenah cardstock and
dressed with the patterned paper dress, I also stamped the image onto a
circle that will be added to the base of the card.  I did this mainly so that
I could color in the pigtails :)

The 3" Permanent Adhesive was placed into the Xyron 9" Creative Station
and the cut-out girl was ran through and adhesive applied
NOTE: Just be sure to place your image FACE UP when running through
any of the Xyron adhesive machines (yes, I have learned this from experience LOL)

After cutting the smaller mat to 3.75"W X 5"H, I used the solid circle die from the
die-set to cut out the shape in the center.

I wanted to add foam adhesive to the back of the mat, so adhesive was applied
and then pieces of foam were cut and placed where needed.  To apply adhesive
to the other side of the foam: lift the top of the Creative Station so that the rollers
are slightly disengaged; roll through the paper with the foam on the back.
It's now ready to attached to the card base.

The scalloped circle die was used to die-cut a piece of solid turquoise paper;
this was attached to the inside of the stitched circle.

Here is a better view of the dimension that you can create by using
the two dies and foam adhesive...I love the way she appears to be veiled in
a stage's curtain!


One of the sentiments from the stamp set was added to the bottom,
along with a strip of the same yellow dot paper and buttons/enamel dots from my stash.

And to make things easier, My Favorite Things also offers matching dies for
many of their stamp sets!
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I've had a new package of goodies from

sitting on my desk, so this past week I dove in and got crafty

with stamps, dies and Prismacolor pencils!

Here's a look at one of the cards that I made with the 

Pure Innocence Happy Banner Stamp & Die Set:

I started with a 3.25" circle of white cardstock that was sprayed with Citron Color Shine by Heidi Swapp.  The circle was trimmed with Bubblegum Twine by Doodlebug Design and trimmed around the back with white pom pom trim.

Next, I traced around the die with a pencil onto a piece of smooth white cardstock.

   The image was carefully stamped inside of the tracing with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  

I proceeded to color in the image with Prismacolor pencils and used gamsol and

blending stumps to create a watercolor effect.  

After completely coloring the image, the die was lined up with the tracing and then 

cut out with the WeR Memory Keepers' Evolution Advanced manual die-cutting system.

For the background papers I used a gingham swimming pool and swiss dot bubblegum

prints from Doodlebug Design.  

The bottom was embellished with a satin scallop ribbon by May Arts.

There is a fantastic video tutorial over at 

Inky Antics on how to use gamsol and blending stumps.

I hope you'll check it out and give it a try!

Thanks for stopping by!