Hay Sunshine

June 13, 2022July 2, 2022 ~ sproatmeyer ~ Leave a comment

This girl is Polka Dot Pals Atlas and she is hot on sale! You’ll want to grab her before she’s gone because she’s one of my favorite characters. Her arms are out ready to give anyone a hug or to hold up something to share. With summer being so hot, I thought this would be the perfect June card to make. I colored her with watercolors and added lots of yellow sunshine glowing on her arms, face and clothes to give that warm sunny look. If you missed out on the clear set, you can also find her chasing butterflies in digital form: Polka Dot Pals Atlas Chasing Butterflies

Here are the Whimsy Stamps products used:

Comic Speech Bubbles die set
Polka Dot Pals Atlas clear set
Animal Tiles – Desert Unexpected Wonder clear set
Shaker Maker Rectangle die set

Coloring medium:
watercolors on Hammermill Premium Color Copy 100# paper

Let’s go to the beach

June 11, 2022 ~ sproatmeyer ~ Leave a comment

I colored this image using watercolors at Jennifer’s boot camp and we ended up coloring the whole sheet. However, because I wasn’t using watercolor paper, it was difficult to get the look that I was gong for. So when it came time to create the card, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do – I like parts of the card but the other parts didn’t look the way I wanted them. Do I cut it up? I ended up using the Atlas Mason Jar die set and created a shaker card. I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out but I think it turned out rather nice.

Here are the Whimsy Stamp products that I used:

Baby Sea Creatures stamp set
Atlas Mason Jar die set
Simple Sentiments Strips Clear Stamps
Shaker Maker Rectangle die set

Coloring medium:
watercolors on Hammermill Premium Color Copy 100# paper

I wish for BIG desserts!

June 7, 2022 ~ sproatmeyer ~ Leave a comment

I colored this card a while ago and had planned to cut it all up and make more than one card. Then I thought, wouldn’t it be fun to make a card like this but apply everything loosely then take it apart and make more than one card after that? Yea that was my good plan but it didn’t follow through very well especially when I started using the glue instead of small squares of sticky tape. Oops. However, I like how this one turned out and shows all the desserts from Sweet Tiles – Desserts stamp set.

Here are the Whimsy Stamps products that I used:

Sweet Tiles – Desserts clear stamp (drawn by me, of course)
Simple Sentiments Strips Dies
Simple Sentiments Strips Clear Stamps
Big Hugs Word die set

Medium:
Copic markers on on Hammermill Premium Color Copy 80# paper

Sending Mooyah Smiles

June 6, 2022 ~ sproatmeyer ~ Leave a comment

Hello my friend – this is a card that I created using the Cow Friends stamp from Whimsy Stamps along with the Quilted Rainbow Inlaid which I love using. The small sized scallop edge is perfect for a dainty feel which is what I was going for on this one. As you can see, I extended the same color pallet from the previous card with the pinks and greens. I colored this using my watercolors at Jennifer’s boot camp and I believe she drew in the tree for the bovine to lean on (but correct me if I’m wrong). At first, I wasn’t sure how it would make a good card because of all that white which stood out too much for me but I rather like it now that it’s framed and finished. What do you think?

Looking for the Whimsy Stamp supplies that I used? Here they are:

Cow Friends clear stamp
Quilted Rainbow Inlaid die set
Simple Sentiments Strips Dies
Simple Sentiments Strips Clear Stamps
Grass Frames Die Set (flowers)
Shaker Maker Rectangle die set

Coloring medium:
watercolors on Hammermill Premium Color Copy 100# paper

I Love Ewe

June 4, 2022 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 1 Comment

Even though this is a retired set, I’ve used several current products from Whimsy Stamps that I wanted to showcase and these can be used on any of your projects. I enjoyed using cheese cloth for a soft texture along with fluffy clouds – all things that reminded me of sheep. For the color pallet, I used three main colors of gray/black, pinks and greens so in essence I kept that part simple so all the elements could shine without standing out too much.

Here are the Whimsy Stamp products that I used:
Love Ewe (retired) set
FaDoodle Frames Scalloped Rectangles die set
Big Hugs Word die set
Notched Rectangles die set
Slimline Clouds die set

Coloring mediums:
watercolors on Hammermill Premium Color Copy 100# paper
distressed inks on the die cuts

You’re so awesome!

June 2, 2022 ~ sproatmeyer ~ Leave a comment

This colorful card features the cone flowers from Bees Knees and I chose to go with a rainbow theme for Cassandra. She had to leave Boot Camp early so I don’t remember if she saw it or not. I love these flowers done in any color but I think blues are my favorites. This was done with watercolors and this last week I created the card using a bunch of dies from Whimsy Stamps. Those were colored with Copics and Distressed Inks to come up with the final product. It was a lot of fun to create and I hope it brings a big smile to anyone who receives it.