Glue Dots & Whimsy Stamps Blog Hop

Hello Friends!

Welcome to the Whimsy Stamps and Glue Dots® Blog Hop!

Join us from August 27th through August 31st for a fun joint blog hop between Whimsy Stamps and Glue Dots. Our teams will be sharing lots of beautiful projects featuring products from both of these companies. And we will have lots of prizes hidden along the hop as well as a grand prize valued at $100! 

To enter into the giveaways, you just need to comment on EACH blog throughout the hop. Then for the grand prize after you have commented on all stops along the hop, enter your name and email in the linky tool at the last stop. Winners will be randomly selected and announced on Monday, September 3rd. Good luck and have fun!

Today I have a card I made with a few of Whimsy's gorgeous stamp sets.  

Here's what you need to make this cute card:

Adhesive:

Glue Dots® Permanent Tape Runner

Glue Dots® Micro Dots

Materials:

Whimsy Stamps

        Soul Mutts

        FaDoodles 

        Card Builders Window Die Set

        Enamel Dots

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

        Flesh Color No. 071

        Mustard No. 067

        Pink No. 025

        Yellow No.050

Water Brush

VersaFine Pigment Ink in Black

Distress Ink Picked Raspberry

Recollections Card stock

Bristol Smooth Card stock

Paper Towel

Washi Tape

Baker’s Twine

Baby Wipes or Stamp Cleaner

Tools:

Mini MISTI other stamp positioner

Cricut Cuttlebug or other manual die cut machine

Heat tool (Embossing gun)

Scissors

Paper Trimmer 

Directions:

Step 1:

Trim the Recollections card stock down to 4.25” x 5.5” and the Bristol down to 4” x 5.25” This is your card base, and the top layer.

Step 2:

With the VersaFine, Mini MISTI, and the adorable dog and girl stamp from Soul Mutts, stamp one in a corner of a left over piece of Bristol from trimming your card mat from.  Heat set this with the embossing gun.  Or you can let it dry for a few minutes.

Step 3:

With the Yellow Zig Marker, go around the edges of the dog and the bow on the girl’s dress.  Use the water brush to water color the image.  Follow the same steps for the rest of the image.  Heat set the image after each color you add and make sure it’s all the way dry before you add anymore color.  Once dry, use the scissors and trim out the image and set aside.

Step 4:

With the Whimsy Stamps Card Builders Window Die and the Cuttlebug or other machine, make a window in the Bristol white and the Recollections card base.  Use some washi tape to hold the die in place while running through the Cuttlebug.

 

Step 5:

Using the Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, stamp some corner designs in two of the corners of the white layer of your card.  Pick which ones you like that you feel go with your image.  Also stamp the sentiment with the distress ink.  Using the MISTI helps get everything in line and makes stamping really easy.

Step 6:

Use the Card Builder Window die that you like and will fit your sentiment, use the Cuttlebug and cut it out.  Also fussy cut a shadow around the sentiment with the Recollections paper. Tie a small twine bow for the top of your sentiment and attach with a Glue Dots® Micro Dot.

Step 7:

With the Glue Dots® Permanent Tape runner, begin attaching all of your elements to the card front, being sure to line up the Bristol to you the window on the Recollections card base.

This card is so sweet and lends itself to really any occasion whether it’s a new puppy, or when someone needs a pick-me-up. 

Thank you for visiting today and be sure to hop along to the other blogs and comment for your chance to win our giveaway!

Below are the blogs in this hop and you'll finish at the Whimsy Stamps Blog! 

Glue Dots Blog

Sue

Samantha

Alanna

Melissa

Danielle

Judy

Celine

Deb

Melanie

Jennifer

Bev

Dawn

Iris

Kerys

Dorinda

Grace

Niki

Andrea

Jeanette

Barbara

Amanda----- you are here

Erin

Robyn

Whimsy Blog