sending smiles across the miles!

It was time to get a little inky today to make this chilly card.  

A whole host of wonderfulness helped create this wintery scene and I couldn't be more pleased.  I could have so easily turned it into a one layer card with a bit of masking and I see that now, maybe I'll have another go when I have a bit more time.

I hope you love what I have created.

Here's a list of the products I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp, Stencil & Die Sets Used

Polor Opposites Stamp Set

Winter Wonderland Stencil

Polka Dot Stencil

Sprinkles Scallops Rectangle Die set

Simple Sentiments Strips Stamps & Die Set

Other Craft Items used

Copic Markers

SN Triblends

Papermill Direct card

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper

Spectrum Noir Harmony Water Reactive Ink pads

Tombow Liquid Glue

Foam pads

 

My Cookies!...yummy!

 

OMG! Christmas is coming!

I've made two slimline cards today using the newly released stamp and die sets from Whimsy Stamps.

It's the time of the year that I give in to all temptations and have a cupboard well stocked of chocolates, cookies, crips and Mince Pies!!  We've all got our favourites in this house so things do get marked up as 'my cookies'!  Did you see what I did there?  I love how versatile the word dies are.

I hope you love what I have created.

Here's a list of the stamp sets I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp & Die Sets Used

Love & Cookies Clear Stamp set

Yummy Word Die

Slimline Twisty Frame

OMG large word die

Other Craft Items used

Copic Markers

SN Triblends

Papermill Direct card

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper

santa claws is coming to town

 

Have you had a chance to check out the new mini release from Whimsy Stamps. Rumour has it, Santa Claws is coming to town 🤫

Here's a list of the stamp sets I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp & Die Sets Used

Santa Claws Clear Stamps

Santa Claws outline dies

Wonky window #4 die

Tartan paper pad

Scribbles background rubber stamp

Bookmark & Tags Die Set

Other Craft Items used

SN Triblends

Spectrum Noir Harmony Quick Dry Ink pads

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper

Spooky Halloween Birthday!

 

I loved making this card.  I didn't really know where I was going with it but using the Peeking Ghosts Die Set and combining them with the Goth Skulls background stamp, I do believe I created my own reveal background.

Here's a list of the stamp sets I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp & Die Sets Used

Peeking Ghosts Die Set

Goth Skull Background Stamp

Spooky Word Die Set

Dracula I Compel you Stamp Set (sentiments)

Other Craft Items used

Spectrum Noir Harmony Quick Dry Ink pads

Crafters Companion Pearlescent Card

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper

I vant to vish you a.........

 

As I mentioned in my last post, everyone at Whimsy is still hanging to Autumn and Halloween cards, we've still the month of October to scare you after all!!!

It's not only the month to scare but there is a lot of birthdays to celebrate too.  I've made a fun Vampire birthday card, I love the sentiment 'I vant to vish you!'

Here's a list of the stamp sets I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp & Die Sets Used

Bat Reveals Die Set

Hocus Pocus Paper Pack

Sentiment Strip Die Set

Peekaboo Window 3 Die Set

Dracula I Compel You Clear Stamps

Other Craft Items used

Spectrum Noir Triblends

Papermill Direct Plain cardstock

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper

Ho! Ho! Ho!

 

The new mini release landed yesterday from Whimsy Stamps and let me tell you, it's as fun packed and on point as ever.  We are still hanging onto Autumn and Halloween but Christmas is on its way and we all have so much to start preparing for.

I, as always, will start with the very best of intentions and crack on with my Christmas cards but I'm fessing up now, I know I will never make enough and probably give up in a few weeks.  I'm like Dory in Finding Nemo, very easily distracted with all the other pretty things or in this case new releases!!

Here's a list of the stamp sets I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp & Die Sets Used

New Ho Ho Ho Gingerbread Emojis Clear Stamps

New Loopies Die Set

Peekaboo Window Die

Pink Plaids Paper Pack

Slimline Stars Background Die

Other Craft Items used

Spectrum Noir Tri Blends

Crafters Companion Pearlescent Cardstock

Wow Embossing Powder - white

Papermill Direct Plain cardstock

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper

With heartfelt thanks

Another autumnal card today! This was a quick card with lots of layering and lots of Whimsy goodies used.

Here's a list of the stamp sets I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp & Die Sets Used

Pumpkin Patch Die

Autumnal Layered Leaves

Illusions Background stamp

Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles Die

Extreme Postage Die set

Simple Sentiment Strips Clear stamps and Dies

Bookeh Paper Pack

Sheltering Love Clear Stamps

Other Craft Items used

Spectrum Noir Tri Blends

Spectrum Noir Harmony Quick Dry Ink pads

Papermill Direct Plain cardstock

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper

Eye See you!

 Eye See you! 

I was aiming for a creepy card but I think the addition of the Fuzzy spider kind of changed it a bit! I also noticed when I was taking the picture that I stamped the eyeball upside down! So this card is a comedy of errors but us crafters don't mind that do we.

I created this card using the masking technique.  First I stamped both the eyeball and the spider, then I stamped them again onto a piece of masking paper and fussy cut them to cover the stamped image. For the spider all I needed to cover were the eyeballs. If you look closely you'll notice that I heat embossed the spider too.

Next I stamped over the images with the Spider Web background stamp and removed the masking paper.   Result! I now have a spider rolling an eyeball in it's web!  I die cut the Drippy Frame twice using two different colour cardstock and mounted one on top of the other slightly off centre to create a shadow effect.  I then stuck these to the stamped images and cut away the excess card.

This was then mounted to a piece of design paper taken from the Hocus Pocus paper pack and framed with the same colour cardstock that I used for the Drippy Frame.

Here's a list of the stamp sets I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp & Die Sets Used

Drippy Frame Die Set

Fuzzy Spiders Clear Stamp Set

Hocus Pocus paper pack

Other Craft Items used

Spectrum Noir Tri Blends

Spectrum Noir Harmony Quick Dry & Pigment Ink pads

WOW Embossing Powder

Papermill Direct Plain Colour cardstock

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper

Let's talk snowglobes!

 

Let's talk about Snow Globes! I love them! Just about anything goes in one.

My daughter collects Halloween ones and I collect Christmas ones.  

I use this Shaker Maker Glitter Die a lot in my cardmaking.  It will probably feature often over the next few weeks with Halloween & Christmas now just around the corner.

I die cut 2 globes to make this card.  First cut was the whole die without the centre cut out.  This was to create the base.  I then cut it again with the smaller die inside to create the window. I inked this piece using Harmony inkpads and stamped the Spider Web rubber stamp over the top.

Taking another piece of card stock I stamped the silhouette cat image and coloured the eyes, sky and moon.  Having used acetate to create an actual window, I then mounted the globe with the window using foam pads to the image and trimmed the edges.  Don't forget to add your shaker bits before you actually mount the image, I often do and have to carefully pull it apart!!

Here's a list of the stamp sets I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp & Die Sets Used

Hiss Off

Slimline Spider Webs

Shaker Maker Glitter Globe die

Other Craft Items used

This calls for Confetti - shaker 

Spectrum Noir Tri Blends

Spectrum Noir Harmony Quick Dry Ink pads

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper

Autumn Fall Blessings

 Hello!

It's been a while! Nearly a whole year since I updated my blog.

I'm here today with a little Whimsy Stamps card to celebrate the arrival of Autumn, my favourite season of the year.  Nights draw in, beautiful colours from the trees and cosy evenings by the fire.

I've created this card by firstly stamping a piece of white cardstock with the Illusions Background stamp, I used a gradient of orange and yellow ink to ink the stamp. It gives a subtle transition of colour.

I then passed this through my cutting machine with the Wonky Window 4 Die and mounted all pieces back together over a larger piece of kraft cardstock.

I've stamped the pumpkins, acorns and gourds from the Gourds & Pumpkins Clear stamp set and fussy cut them.   They have been attached to my card using foam pads.  Fall Blessings has been stamped directly to the card.

The image is a Dustin Pike stamp set called Camping Dragons, I thought the little Possum looked cute dropping his acorns!

Here's a list of the stamp sets I've used, if you follow this link it will take you directly to the Whimsy shop and you can have a little browse.  Whimsy Shop

Stamp & Die Sets Used

Gourds & Pumpkins Clear Stamp Set

Autumn Word Die

Camping Dragons

Illusions Background Red rubber stamp

Wonky Window 4 Die

Other Craft Items used

Spectrum Noir Tri Blends

Spectrum Noir Harmony Quick Dry Ink pads

Kraft Card

Neenah Smooth Stamping Paper