The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Headless Horseman and Sleepy Hollow stamp sets at Whimsy Stamps aren't just for Halloween, they are also great for (year round) birthday and belated birthday cards.  Here's one that could be either a Halloween card or a fun birthday card.

For the background and barn I used distress inks to water color everything on Bristol watercolor paper.

The Headless Horseman was stamped in versafine black and the pumpkin head was fussy cut and I colored in the face with a SU! marker.  The sentiment and the cornstalks were also stamped with versafine black ink for a nice, deep, rich black.

I used the tree from the Sleepy Hollow die set and just snipped off branches to make all the smaller spooky trees for the background. the tree in this die set is over 3" tall and you can stretch it like I did in this post to make it larger too.  For the last touch I added some shadows under all the elements with SU! watercolor crayons.

Would you like to make your own version of this project?  You can SHOP NOW or click on the product images below for details about these and other stamps, dies and more available at the Whimsy Stamps store.  And be sure to take advantage of  this month's EXCLUSIVE 4x6 CAS (Customer Appreciation Stamp set) that you can get for FREE when you place an order of $75 or more! 

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YIKES! I missed your birthday!

This image is from my Whimsy Stamps set called "It's a Nail Biter".  It's quite appropriate for anyone being chased by zombies and it's also perfect for belated birthday cards.  There are several other fun sentiments that can go with this image and who'da thunk it, there's a zombie image in the set too.  Check it out and give your friends and family some laughs with this fun and unique stamp set.

I colored the image with Copic markers and used a black Copic multi liner to elongate the nail biters body just a little.

I didn't have just the right purple card stock for the frame border so I die cut the frame from white card stock and colored it with one of my purple Copic markers.  

I used another Whimsy Stamp set called Vintage Backgrounds for the circles on the bottom layer stamped in a complimentary purple.  Thanks for stopping by :)

Would you like to make your own version of this project?  You can SHOP NOW or click on the product images below for details about these and other stamps, dies and more available at the Whimsy Stamps store.  And be sure to take advantage of  this month's EXCLUSIVE 4x6 CAS (Customer Appreciation Stamp set) that you can get for FREE when you place an order of $75 or more! 

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If I only had a brain...

...I wouldn't have forgotten your birthday!

The new Whimsy Stamps release for June is here -  YAY!  I'll kickoff my posts with my new belated birthday stamp set which is aptly named, "If I Only Had a Brain".  Of course "BRAINS" or lack there-of can apply to both scarecrows or zombies so I had to include both of them in this funny and versatile set.  I hope you get lots of the other giggles from it too.

I used a (really) old retired SU! texturz plate for the card base and sponged on some soft suede and espresso ink to both the base and oval.  I also added some linen-ish thread and tied a bow to add a little bit of a straw feel to the card.  

I stamped the sentiment with Versafine ink and heat embossed the scarecrow with black embossing powder.  He was water colored with SU! more mustard and old olive ink, fussy cut and popped up on foam tape (as well as the the oval) for dimension.

Would you like to make your own version of this project?  You can SHOP NOW or click on the product images below for details about these and other stamps, dies and more available at the Whimsy Stamps store.  And be sure to take advantage of  this month's EXCLUSIVE 4x6 CAS (Customer Appreciation Stamp set) that you can get for FREE when you place an order of $75 or more! 

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