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