my prince- Whimsy Stamps blog hop

Hello my fabulous friends!

Do you need your Sundays to be more Sensational? Well we think we have a fun fix for today!

The Digital Divas are having a
Sensational Sunday Valentine's Blog Hop

Now I'm guessing you've all heard the 'Eros' term for love, that's what Valentine's Day celebrates after all, but did you know there are seven Greek words for love?!

Agape ~ Unconditional Love
Philia ~ The Love Between Friends 
Storge ~ The Love Between Family Members

I wonder how many of you know the rest?

For an extra chance to win, leave a comment on the Whimsy Inspiration Blog with one more Greek term for love that isn't mentioned above.

Let's jump in to my project...

Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth; LDRS Creative Country Lane

Stamps: Whimsy Stamps Frog Prince (digital)

Coloring: Zig Clean Color Real Brush

Frog- 046, 043, 069, 902, 066

Flower- 043, 400, 028, 230, 071, 061, 063, 066

Crown- 063, 061, 038, 033

Rocks- 096, 075

Dots- 092

Dies: LDRS Creative Ribbon Gift Frame and Bow

Other: Heidi Swapp Minc foil Gold

I absolutely adore this sweet frog!

I knew I wanted to do some no-line coloring, but I've never done that with a digital image before... so I did some experimenting.  I found that if I opened my image in Photoshop, then turned the page opacity down to somewhere between 14-20%, it prints dark enough for me to see the lines, but light enough they seem to disappear once colored.  

I printed the image on some Bristol card stock, and used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to watercolor.

I printed my sentiment at the same time as the frog, but the opacity level for that layer was set at 100%.  When I covered the whole thing with foil and ran it through my laminator, only the dark words had enough ink to stick to the foil, so my letters are foiled, but my frog isn't. 

To finish it off, I die cut some patterned card stock (printed with a toner ink) and ran that through my laminator with foil as well.  I love how elegant it looks!

Alright, enough from me... there's lots of inspiration on this hop, and I want you to have time to hop through it all!  Be sure to leave comments along the way!!!

There's no 'order' to this hop, you can jump into the hop wherever you like, just be sure to visit every link! You never know where the hidden prizes will be!

Whimsy Stamps Blog

Celine

Claudia

Deb

Hester

Janette

Kassi {you are here}

Kerys

Lisabeth

Sabine

Ute

Wendy

The Valentine's Hop Commences at 2pm EST on Sunday February 9th and finishes at 2pm EST on Valentine's Day February 14th

(winners will be announced on the Inspiration Blog on Sunday February 16th)

There's plenty of time to join in the fun,

so grab a cuppa and enjoy all the Valentine's inspiration.

For an additional chance to win, head on over to the Whimsy Stamps Facebook Group,
tag the Diva's team leader Wendy Nicola Jackson and leave the comment 'I Just Hopped!' 

Our Grand Prize

is five Whimsy Stamps digital images of the winner's choice randomly chosen from all the entries

Three Lucky Extra Winners

will receive one Whimsy Stamps digital image of their choice randomly chosen from the comments left on the Diva's blogs

Feel free to share your own Valentine's crafting with us over on the Whimsy Stamps Facebook Page. We love to see what you're inspired to create!

You can find a wonderful selection of

Valentine's and Love themed images at Whimsy Stamps 

Hugs, happy Valentine's crafting and happy hopping! 

~Kassi

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Project made for Whimsy Stamp design team. Some products were provided by the company.

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