Slimline Hello Punkin

Well HELLO PUNKIN' are you enjoying all the Halloween card ideas floating around on social media this time of year, I know have been that's for sure.

 

Today I have a slimline Halloween card for you using another sheet of patterned paper from the 6x6 Haunted paper pack, and lots of other Whimsy Stamps goodies to share with you too.  

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Welcome Foolish Mortals

HAPPY WORLD CARDMAKING DAY EVERYONE!

Isn't cardmaking the best hobby ever?! And in celebration of the special day Whimsy Stamps is having an "inspired by" challenge with several PRIZES. There are more details at the end of this post.

In the meantime, I have a SPOOKTACULAR card to share with you that totally makes me think of Disney's Haunted Mansion which is one of my most favorite places in the whole world...I could totally live there!

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Forever Isn't Long Enough

Happy National Dog Day!

No truer words...

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Slimline Five Frames Shaker

Have you seen all the cool Whimsy Stamps Slimline dies for making tall & skinny cards?

Here's another one that has just been released called Slimline Five Frames, and I already LOVE it!

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Bundle of Joy Jungle Babies

Elephants are one of my favorite animals, and this cute little girl is from a stamp set called Jungle Babies. The Jungle Babies stamp set is one of several products being featured for this weeks Whimsy Stamps Fresh Friday's posts. 

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Fresh Friday Happy Place

Hey there and happy almost weekend! 

Today I have another Fresh Friday post for you using the Happy Place clear stamp set.  

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Fresh Friday Goth Girl

Have you heard about (re)Fresh Friday's from Whimsy Stamps? Every Friday on the Whimsy blog our design team shares cards made using a specific combination of previously released products. It's a great way to find inspiration for Whimsy products that you may already have, and to challenge yourself to combine your Whimsy products in different ways.  

My post today features the Goth Girl clear stamp set, with 3 different rubber background stamps, a slimline die, and a nested die set...

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Stained Glass Sentiments and Cancer SUCKS!

I sent this card to a friend who lost her Grandmother this past year to cancer, and I'm posting it now to share that I lost my beautiful sister Elizabeth in November to cancer too. And just 5 days after her funeral I found out I have skin cancer and had surgery in December. That's why I haven't been posting on my blog for the last two months. While I had the honor of being my sisters caregiver for her first two battles with cancer and now for her 3rd and final battle, my life is forever changed without her in my world. 

I am devastated. 

If you want to read a more about how cancer has affected my family, you can read this post HERE. 

I will be posting more regularly again soon but please bear with me as the posts may be sporadic for a while. I'm sharing this card with you today because, well, I feel that the sentiment speaks for itself. 

Thank you to all my wonderful card making friends, and followers who have been so loving and supportive during one of the most awful and difficult times of my life. I can't say enough what it means to me. Thank you for letting me share this very personal and emotional time with you.

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Addicted to Halloween

For my post today I combined some new, and some older Whimsy products to turn the Addicted to Rubber Stamps t-shirt into a Halloween t-shirt. I'm addicted to both rubber stamps, and Halloween so it was the perfect match up.

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Quick Checkerboard Doodles Birthday Card

Whaddya think of the NEW Whimsy Stamps Checkerboard Doodles background stamp?

I'm lovin' this stamp, it's so much fun and forgiving of any "mistakes"! And talk about quick cards, this background along with one of the Whimsy Stamps Word and Shadow dies makes for a speedy 10 minute card.

I simply stamped the Checkerboard Doodle background with black ink on a plain white card matte and colored the sections with colored pencils. You could use any color medium for varied effects.

Then I used the Celebrate Word and Shadow die for the sentiment and popped it up on foam tape.

Then matted it onto a black card base and it was done...super easy peasy and only two products! 

  

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Celebrate Scratchy Plaid

I absolutely adore plaids and tartans and the NEW Whimsy Stamps Scratchy Plaid background stamp is quickly becoming one of my favs. 

I first heat embossed the Scratchy Plaid background with Versamark clear ink and white embossing powder onto a white card matte.

 Then I randomly sponged on some distress inks (mermaid lagoon and mustard seed).

On a scrap piece of white card stock I sponged on some of the same distress ink colors then used the largest shadow from the NEW Celebrate Word and Shadow die to cut it out. 

Then I cut out the smaller shadow from black card stock and lastly the word from white card stock and stacked them all respectively.

The little flowers were cut from the Build a Garden die set. I lightly sponged on some more distress ink onto some scrap white card stock and cut out the smaller flowers from that. Then die cut the larger ones from black and layered them adding a pearl to each.

To complete my project I matted onto a black card base and popped up the "celebrate" word on foam tape for added dimension.

Have a great day!

  

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Military Appreciation Month

May is Military Appreciation Month and includes Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day, VE Day and several other honorable recognition's. 

My husband John is an ARMY veteran and I a former ARMY wife and so it was a honor and privilege to design the newly released Whimsy Stamps Military Collection. 

I first stamped the new Military Camo background with black ink onto a khaki green card stock

Then I used the new Military Die Set to cut out 3 of the largest dog tags and also cut out the USA on one of the dog tags.

The flag, soldier silhouette, and sentiment were all stamped using the new Military Heroes clear stamp set. 

I added foam tape to the back of the USA tag and layered it on top of the tag that was stamped with the flag. Then threaded a little bit of silver cording through the holes to complete my card.

THANK YOU to ALL who serve and have served and who sacrifice for our freedoms. 

God bless you.

  

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Cone of Shame - Well Played Human

OHmiGosh, that face...the sentiments for the Cone of Shame stamp set almost wrote themselves! 

I can't stop myself from laughing whenever I see that dog!

Of course the Puppy Paws background (which are now back in stock) was the perfect background to partner with the NEW Cone of Shame clear stamp set.

The dog and doghouse were stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. I seem to almost always have white feet on both cats and dogs when I color them, I guess I just really like sock feet :). 

Once the coloring was completed I hand cut out both images, and added foam tape to the back of just the dog.

Copics Markers Used:

W1, W2, W3

C1, C2

E44, E47, E79

  R37, R39, R59  

I used one of the NEW Wavy Stitched Squares dies as the black background and sponged on a little white ink for the shading under the dog and doghouse. I like how the images pop off the black, and it's such a cool die cut shape too. 

I matted onto a red matte then onto a 5.5 x 5.5 card base

The sentiment (bahhaahaha) was stamped onto one of the Quick Strips dies and wrapped around to the inside of the card. You could also cut it off but I liked the wrapped look for this card.

Can't you almost feel this defeated guys resentment - LOL?!

Hope this gave you a good giggle :o)

 

Want a chance a wining a Whimsy Stamps gift certificate, check out this month's April Showers Bring May Flowers Challenge HERE

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Bunny Buddies Birthday Wishes

 Aren't these little bunnies so sweet, this clear stamp set is called Bunny Buddies and is part of the Whimsy Stamps April new release. 

The color combo for this card was inspired by the TV show Big Bang Theory, it's the colors from Howard and Bernadette's living room decor - lol

Whimsy Stamps has a great collection of rubber background stamps that give just the right amount of texture to complement so many styles of stamps. I love our background stamps as they basically make your own custom patterned paper in which you're only limited by your imagination.

So for my two backgrounds (the pocket and the area behind the bunnies) I'm using the Burlap background and the Messy Mesh background.

 I stamped the Burlap BG in navy blue ink onto a denim blue card stock. Then stamped the Bunny Buddies and hand cut out just the pocket, then stamped the wrinkles onto the pocket. 

I stamped the bunnies again onto white card stock and colored with Copic markers, then hand cut them out, cutting off the pocket below them. 

 

I lined the bunnies up behind the pocket and taped them into place leaving the little paw and ear over the pockets edge. I added foam tape to the back and placed on the Messy Mesh background. Then I added foam to the back of the heart and placed that on the pocket for even more dimension.

The blue frame was cut using the Rectangle Shaker Maker die (a staple die that I use often).

There are several sentiments in the Bunny Buddies set that can be combined for different occasions so I chose "Birthday Wishes" and stamped that onto one of the Quick Strips dies (another staple die I use ALL the time;). Then lastly I matted everything onto a sand colored card base.

I hope you have a great day!

  

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