October 29, 2022

Spooktacular Blog Hop - Whimsy Stamps Celebrating Deb Davis Our Queen of Halloween ❤

Thank you all for joining us today! We were saddened to cancel our annual 31 Nights of Halloween event this year after Hurricane Ian. But this time of year, is the absolute most favorite time of year for our Creative Director, Deb Davis. We couldn’t let Halloween pass us by without celebrating our Queen of Halloween with some EEK! worthy Halloween creations!


We DARE you, Deb! We know you love Halloween so much, but will you DARE check out these amazing Halloween inspired projects created just for you! Designers from the Whimsy Stamps New Release team are participating in this blog hop. 

We also have a spook-tacular prize to giveaway! For your chance to win one a $100 gift certificate to the online Whimsy shop, leave a comment on each of the blog posts along the way. 

Giveaway begins 10/29/22 and ends at midnight EST, 10/30/2022. We will choose the winners and announce them on the Whimsy Stamps blog on October 31, 2022.



Ok Deb,  this one is for you! (I know not the one you received but I think you'll enjoy the other one better πŸ˜‰πŸ˜ŽπŸ‘» Happy Halloween to you my friend! πŸ‘»πŸ’€πŸ‘½

Now onto my card....
I made a slimline card and combined the Fuzzy Spiders clear stamp set with the NEW Slimline Toner Card Fronts Terror 2 and Slimline Waves die. 
To create the background I choose the Slimline Toner Card Fronts Terror 2 sheet with the spiders. I first inked it up using Distress Oxide inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Crackling Campfire, Seedless Preserves, Twisted Citron, Villainous Potion) and Whimsy Blending Brushes. Then I foiled the spiders using a sparkling silver toner reactive transfer sheet and my laminator. You can either ink the background first and foil afterwards or foil first and ink later. It works both ways.



Next I die cut the Slimline Waves die from black cardstock, cut my background layer to fit behind the Slimline Waves frame and adhered both to the front of a slimline card base. 
I stamped the images and sentiment onto Hammermill cardstock with black hybrid ink. There is not much coloring done on these images. Just the hats and the eyes of the spiders were colored with alcohol markers. 




I also added 3D glaze to the spiders eyes and Stickles Stardust glitter glue to the spider web and around the sentiment. On these close-up photos you can see the wonderful silver sparkle of the foiled spiders and the glossy eyes.  I love how the foiled spiders pop on the colorful background. These toner card fronts are super versatile.  




Here is a list of all Whimsy products used on my card:



 

Here is the full list of hop participants in case you get lost on the way.


Your next stop on the hop is Cari.

Thank you for hopping along with us today and celebrating our Halloween Queen Deb ❤
Good luck to everyone and happy hopping! 

Happy Halloween!

Hugs,





October 24, 2022

Christmas Wishes

Hello All & Happy Monday! Here is another Christmas card using products from the October releases. Products used on my card can be found in the Whimsy store.



I decided on non-traditional colors for my card. The background paper I used is from the Flurry Blurries 6x6 paper pack and I just love the purple shades. For my snow globe filling and image I added a touch of green to make it stand out a bit from the all the purple. And of course the gingerbread man is a different color as well. Below is a list with product links used on my project.











Thanks for stopping by!

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October 22, 2022

Santa's Sleigh

Hello Friends! Sorry for my absence but life threw me some curveballs. I am happy to be back at my crafting table now. 😊 How do you like Whimsy's most recent release? It's looking a lot like Christmas 🎡



The card I am showcasing here today is made using die cuts only - not counting the stamped sentiment πŸ˜‰! Which is by the way from the NEW ATC Vintage Christmas clear stamp set. I have to say I love how it turned out. The die set I was using here are the NEW Santa's Sleigh and Santa's Sleigh Mini Accessories die sets. My background is simple. Just a blue and white glitter cardstock panel. To cut the frame and the background cardstock panels I used the Slimline Scenic Countryside die set. The only embellishment I added besides using what's included in the die sets are some tiny jingle bells.


Whimsy Stamps products used:








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September 30, 2022

Slimline Toner Card Fronts - Terror 1

Hello again! Here are my last two creations for this month. Two more Slimline Halloween cards and this time I am using the awesome NEW Slimline Toner Card Fronts - Terror 1. I love the toner card fronts. You can easily and quick create stunning effects with toner reactive foil and a laminator. 


On the first card I used the toner card front together with the Amethyst Watercolor toner reactive foil from ThermoWeb. What a stunning effect this gives to my card. I combined it with the Witch Whispers and EEK word and shadow die sets which I cut from black and white glitter cardstock. 



My second card uses the toner card front together with a Lime Satin foil sheet. All links to Whimsy products used can be found below.






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September 29, 2022

ATC Halloween & Naughty Cat

Hey All! We are still here and we've been VERY lucky and pulled through this horrible storm with little to no damage, thank God! My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who had to deal with this monster Hurricane and hasn't been that lucky or are still feeling Ian's effects as it makes its way up the Atlantic coast. 

I am sharing two cards today, a Halloween slimline project and a Christmas card.

This is one of my favorite Halloween creations I made this year so far. Whimsy Stamps has the best Halloween stamps and dies and with only little effort you can make an awesome Halloween creation.
I used the NEW ATC Halloween Scene clear stamps set together with previously released Halloween dies (see link list below). There is no coloring required to make this card. Just stamping with black ink onto colored cardstock and die cutting from black, purple and silver cardstock.


Next up is a Christmas card using the NEW Dungeon Door red rubber stamp and Cat Do Christmas clear stamp set.

I thought it would look good as a shaker card and used the Shaker Maker Rectangle die set to create one.  The sentiment is included with the clear stamps set.


Whimsy Stamps products used:





Hugs,







September 25, 2022

From A Poe Family

Hello Everyone! Here is a Halloween Slimline Card featuring Whimsy's Poe Boy clear stamp set.


I used images from the stamp set as my main images as well as to create the background. I designed the card in a simple mixed media style. I think it's just perfect for this kind of stamp set.






Thanks so much for dropping in today!

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September 24, 2022

Purr-fect Christmas & Boing! Comic Card

Happy Weekend All! On my first card for today I have a super cute Christmas image to share from Crissys NEW Cat Do Christmas clear stamp set for Whimsy Stamps. My second project uses the NEW Boing! Word & Shadow die set on a quick comic style card.


Isn't she just adorable?πŸ’– Looooove her! I colored the kitty using my new Tim Holtz water color pencils. I wanted to give them a try for coloring but I think I don't like them to much for this. They are quite chalky and I do not like the effect for coloring purposes. I haven't tried them otherwise yet but I think they might be much better for backgrounds, stencils and mixed media. So far I have to say I am not overly excited about these. But that might change once I tried them in different ways. 
The background on this card is created using one of the Toner Terror 1 A2 Card Fronts with a 'Mystic Rainbow' foil transer sheet. The frames I used are from the Mitered Frames die set.


Next up is my comic style card showcasing the NEW Boing! Word and Shadow die set.

To create this card I combined the Boing! word and shadow die with the Comic Burst A2 die set and Comics 6x6 papers. I love how you can create a quick card using only these fabulous dies and papers together.

Whimsy products used:






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September 20, 2022

Hiss Off - Whimsy Stamps New Release

Hey All! Whimsy Stamps September 20th release day is here! I am showcasing the ATC Hiss Off clear stamp set today. I wanted to show how versatile this set is and used it to create a card and not necessarily a ATC.



I combined the ATC Hiss Off clear stamp set with the Halloween Creature Stencil. I stamped/inked everything in black onto lime green cardstock to make it really pop. The sentiment is included with the STC Hiss Off set and was cut out using the Comic Speech Bubbles die set.


 



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