Wild Whisper - All is Calm

Hi everyone,

I pulled out my Wild Whisper Christmas stamps... Christmas Comfort, Woodsy, Home for the Holidays... and combined them on a pretty, sparkly card today.

I used them to create a scene within this pretty Christmas Snowflake Bauble stencil from Sweet Poppy Stencils, which was sponged with Hickory Smoke and Tumbled Glass distress oxide inks. 

I then took a piece of paper from an old collection called "Small Patterns", and to sparkle it up and make it Christmassy, I embossed the edges with Ranger's Silver Tinsel embossing powder, and trimmed it with a sparkly silver ribbon.

Above, you can see how I also embossed the edges of my stamped image with the same silver tinsel embossing powder.  To make it sparkle even more, I added CTMH clear gems here and there.

The finishing touch is a beautiful bow.

The inside is stamped with the sentiment from Christmas Comfort and trimmed with silver CTMH Shimmer Trim.

I hope this has inspired you to pull out your stamps and paper and create some Christmas magic!

Happy Creating!

Linda

Wild Whisper - Magical Moment

Hi everyone!  

I have a different style of card to share with you today.  It has been inked up with lots of Distress Oxides and I used several different Wild Whisper stamps to create the scene.  Stamp sets used are:  Adventure, Home for the Holidays, Christmas Comfort, and World's Best.

I started out with a piece of cardstock 2-3/4" x 7-3/4" and did the technique I'm sure most are familiar with, squishing Distress Oxide ink pads onto my mat, spraying the ink with water and blotting and drying the cardstock over and over until I was happy with how it looked.  The colours I used were Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, and Blueprint Sketch.  

I used SazOn Pigment Ink to stamp the bear, mountains, and antlers, and this was a mistake. This ink isn't designed for paper (as I found out afterwards) and you can see it didn't do a good job of stamping.

For this type of card you want a deep black image, so in future I would use an ink like Black VersaFine.  I didn't want to throw my card away though, so in the end I coloured over the images with a sharpie marker, and that saved the day!

To stamp the various branches and snowflakes around the edge of the card, I used Dusty Concord Distress Archival Ink.

To give a little shadow at the base of the mountain, I used Iced Spruce.

To highlight the bear, I created a mask using my roll of tape that was handy on my desk.

Holding the mask over the bear, I sponged Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide, sweeping it from the mask outwards.

After masking, there is a lovely glow around the bear.

The card was matted with silver glitter paper and mirror card by Crafter's Companion - Morning Mist Pack.

Finishing touches were to add snowflakes cut from the same glitter paper, and a little bit of sparkle here and there with Fresh Snowfall Nuvo Glitter Accents.  I also stamped and heat embossed the title "Magical Moment".

I find slimline cards are fun to create scenes with.  Pull out your stamps and give it a try!

All is calm...

Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas at our house was a little unsettling this year, so I set out to create a project that soothed my soul and brought a feeling of peace.

To create peace, I always turn to nature.  This beautiful sunset piece of paper is from Wild Whisper's Canadian Winter collection, and of course features our Rocky Mountains in the background.

                                                                                                                                                            I used another Wild Whisper collection by Pam Bray, called Nature's Bliss to cut out the reindeer (which is an SVG cut file by Just Nick).  I flipped it so that the antlers would cut out of the lighter parts and look like they were catching the last rays of the sun as it set.

                                                                                                                                                         All is calm, All is bright, was stamped using the Wild Whisper "Christmas Comfort" stamp set and Stone embossing powder.

                                                                                                                                                "Rejoice" is also an SVG file from Silhouette, and I cut it out of the same piece of paper that I cut the deer from.  The stars are a stamp from Wild Whisper's older Christmas stamp set "Home for the Holidays".  I embossed them with a lovely, glittery, silver embossing powder.

                                                                                                                                                        The die cuts are graphics from a set call "Christmas Fields" that I purchased from The Hungry Jpeg and printed myself.  They have a wild feeling of joy to me and I thought they suited this beautiful wild background. I popped them up to give them a little more impact.

To create this project, I was inspired by the following two challenges at More Than Words and Art Daily Cafe.  It's pretty clean and simple, but that was what I was needing when I created it!

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Our Main Challenge is based on a word inspiration and a creative challenge.

Word Inspiration - REJOICE

Creative Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

To enter the More Than Words December challenge, go here.  You have until       Dec 31st to enter a project.

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The other challenge was Lights and Sparkles at the Art Daily Cafe.  You also have until Dec 31st to enter a project here.

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Rejoice and feel the Peace and Joy this Christmas!

Water Bottle Birthday Card

Hi there!

Today I have a card to share that I created on my cricut using Wild Whisper's Home for the Holidays collection.  (It's still on sale for a few more days!!!)

I found the water bottle image at Silhouette Design Store.  Then I converted it into an SVG file that would work with my Cricut, here.

The die that I used to create the winter sweater is Kaisercraft's Christmas Knit.  Underneath the "Adventure" wood piece, is another Kaisercraft die Knit Borders.  I made the tree ring using Tim Holtz's Tree Ring die.

The wood veneer pieces are older pieces from Wild Whisper. 

For the inside, I used the Adventure stamp set from Wild Whisper and fussy cut the pieces.

I used the card to decorate the birthday gift with.

Wild Whisper's papers are so sturdy, that the card stands up straight without any bending.

A quick easy card!!

Don't forget to check out the sale at Wild Whisper.  It won't be around for very much longer and there are some amazing deals to be found.  

Just add discount code DTLINDA in the coupon box and you will receive an additional 10% off the sale prices!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda