Whimsy Stamps Digital Release - Love makes the world go round

Hi everyone!  I just wanted to let you all know that today we're releasing some new digital stamps at Whimsy Stamps.  We're doing a love-themed release and there are a whole lot of cute images from Crissy Armstrong and Meljen's Designs that are coming out today.  I'm also releasing Love Sentiments and the Dressed Up Shapes 4 - Love Set (also all available as individual shapes).  I've used all of them in my creations below.

Please make sure to head over to the Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Blog to find out all the happenings for today.  The Digi Team (along with the newest team members) are having a blog hop for the release.

I really really try hard to do shabby and vintage cards, but for some reason, it never turns out quite right.  I think it messes with my mind when I don't have bold colors.  BUT, I must say that the Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue and Wonderfall 6x6 Papers helped out a lot!  The papers are so beautiful that I didn't even want to use them up and guess what?!? They're double-sided! You get 36 sheets for gorgeous paper that is double-sided for the same price as a BasicGrey paper pad that's only one-sided.  Great bargain.  This will definitely not be the last time I'm buying Webster's Pages.

Anywho, enough with the papers.  I wanted to showcase the sentiments and the frame so I merged the sentiments from the Love Sentiments set into the Dressed Up Shapes.  I really should have recolored the frames to make them a little softer, but didn't think of that until after the fact.

Speaking of recoloring, resizing and merging digital images, I've had a couple of people ask me how to do this so I've created two tutorials:

Resizing and Recoloring Dressed Up Shapes using Microsoft Publisher 2010

Resizing, Recoloring, and Merging Dressed Up Shapes using Microsoft Word 2010

You can also find other tutorials in my "Dealing with Digitals" page.  I hope you find them useful!

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps Love Sentiments and the Dressed Up Shapes 4 - Love Set
Paper: Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue and Wonderfall 6x6 Papers
Accessories: Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Holo Iridescent, doilies, May Arts wrinkled ribbon, Prima flowers, WOC flowers, pearls, Sizzix flourish dies
Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Tonic 12x12 Guillotine Paper Cutter, ATG adhesive gun


These cards are for a few challenges:

• Drunken Stamper - New (new paper, new digital images)
• Fairymoon Crafts - Sketch (last card)
• Sundays with Crissy - Ribbons with Crissy
• Die Cut Dreams - Quote
• Little Red Wagon - Use doilies
• Creative Cottage - Something New (new paper, new digital images)
• Fun 'n' Funky - Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - Out with the old (super old flowers!)
• Moving Along With The Times - Ring out the old, ring in the new (old flowers, new paper and digital images)