Whimsy - Football Connor

Hi again,

Well the morphine finally cut in, and after a few hours in bed I was able to get up and make this card which I'm REALLY pleased with.  I generally find boy's / men's cards really difficult to make, but fell in love with this stamp from the Whimsy Kids Collection the minute I saw it, and have been just itching to make a card with it.  I thought that as I live fairly close to Southampton I would aim to make it look like a Saints kit, but as neither of us are actually footy fans ourselves I had to look up the kit on the internet, so I hope I've got it right.

I won't even tell you what I coloured my stamped image with, as if you're a follower you will know that I rarely use anything other than Copics - whoops, told you anyway, hey, ho!  The background card is C'oredinations - Cardinal red.  The spotty paper is from Papermania - Deck the Halls, Christmas set, and the check is by Doodlebug.  The sentiment is from the Papermania Stamping for Him set, which I then embossed with 'Blonde Moments' Festive Candy red, which has a lovely sheen to it.  Card candy made by yours truly using the matching C'ordinations card.

Hope you like it as much as I do?

Judi

Whimsy - Winter Carousel

Afternoon people

Today I'd like to share a card that I made with the Whimsy, 'Cool Ride' carousel horse stamp.  The minute I clapped eyes on this one I just knew I HAD to have it, and Elaine at Quixotic Paperie was so helpful, and kindly emailed me to let me know when they arrived, which happened to be while I was in Spain.  Luckily, while visiting with friends I picked up her mail, and ordered immediately, for fear of them having sold out if I waited until I got home.  

The effect I wanted to achieve was icy cold, so I went for the blues as my main colour.  However, I felt that it needed a little bit of something stronger to bring it to life, and I think the brown has done this???  Unfortunately, it doesn't show up in the pic, but I added Glitter Dust to the fur around the horses blanket, and all of the snowflakes, so in real life it does look nice 'n'  icy.

Once again, I made my own background paper using the swirly stamp that came with the horse, (there is also a snowflake stamp in the set).  I then 'distressed' it with the same ink.  The brown border was done with a Martha Stewart punch, as was the snowflake mat.  Sentiment from HOTP.

Hope you like it.

Judi