31 Nights of Halloween - Night 6 - Special Guest Toni Maddox

 

Hello, Whimsy friends! Today we welcome back the amazing Toni Maddox to the blog!

Hi, everyone!  How could I say no to guesting for the Whimsy Annual 31 Nights of Halloween event?  Whimy Halloween products are among my absolute favs!

I decided to use the "failed" background from my Halloween Caveman Zog post. I thought it turned out too dark plus my cat spilled water on part of it (thanks, cat--argh!) but it's perfect for a graveyard scene. 

I had sponged the card front with Distress Oxide Distress Oxide Vintage Photo, Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, and Mustard Seed. I then stamped the Goth Skulls randomly on the background using Candied Apple and Salvaged Patina. To use the background for this card, I stamped the WTF?! Background Stamp with Versafine Onyx Black.

Once I had the background done, I started on building the scene using the Build a Graveyard and Spiders & Webs dies. I printed the "Rest In Pieces" sentiment and airbrushed both the gravestone and Ranger Grit Paste graveyard dirt with my Copic Airbrush.

I added the fence, bats, hissing cat and skull from the Build a Graveyard set so my little Zombie Boy would have the perfect backdrop to tell us about his mother. LOL.  I used the sentiment from the Cute But Psycho set cut out with a Comic Speech Bubble, distressing the latter with a bit of Distress Oxide Black Soot remaining on my brush.

I hope you enjoyed my card and have a great rest of your week!  If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.

Thank you, Toni, for this fun inspiration!

Special Guest - Toni Maddox

Hello, Whimsy friends! Today we welcome the amazing Toni Maddox to the blog!

Hi, everyone!  I'm delighted to be guesting on the Whimsy Stamps blog!

With Halloween in the air, I chose to play with a variety of Halloween products, combining them with Caveman Zog for a twist.

I sponged the card base using, from the bottom up, Distress Oxide Vintage Photo, Wilted Violet, Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, and Mustard Seed. I then stamped the Goth Skulls randomly onto the background using Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina and Candied Apple.

That tiffany blue really pops against the background colors so I chose to use it to cut out the Hill House, Build a Graveyard fence, and Ugh! outline.

I colored up Caveman Zog using Copics in the no line style.  He was pretty darn easy to color that way since he's mostly naked so not too many little areas to color--at least not above the loin cloth.

For the sentiment combination, I sponged Distress Oxide Mustard Seed, Candied Apple and a touch of Wilted Violet onto the Ugh! letters. I love the look of the tiffany blue on top of the colors of the background then those colors on top of the tiffany blue.

I created the sentiment in MS Word and printed it onto printer paper which I then adhered to cardstock for more body.  I cut that out with one of the Comic Speech Bubbles.  I particularly like how it looks nestled beneath Ugh!, don't you? 

I hope you enjoyed my card and have a great rest of your week!  If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.

And, don't forget that the Annual 31 Nights of Halloween blog celebration starts on Friday. You'll see me there for sure!

Special Guest - Oliver Gleason

Hi, Whimsy friends!  Today we welcome the talented Oliver Gleason back to the blog!

This is what Oliver had to say about this card, "For this card I wanted to keep it winter themed but couldn’t resist some spooky too!"  I think he nailed it, don't you?!  

To create this card, Oliver paired one of the Gossip Holiday Girls with the Build-a-Graveyard Dies and Grave Epitaphs stamp set.

For his background Oliver stamped the Goth Skulls Background and matted it with black cardstock.  He trimmed down a paper from the Blurry Flurries pack, matted it and adhered it on top.

Using the Build-a-Graveyard Dies, Oliver die-cut the gravestones and fence.  He added sentiments to the gravestones with the Grave Epitaphs set.  He stamped the girl from Gossip Holiday Girls and colored her with alcohol markers.

He adhered his elements with foam tape and added a die-cut border at the bottom.  He finished with a sentiment from Gossip Holiday Girls and a scattering of pearls.

Thank you, Oliver, for this fun, inspiring card!  To see more of Oliver's work, be sure to check him out on Instagram.

 

31 Nights of Halloween - Night 24

Have you been enjoying our 31 Nights of Halloween event as much as I have?  There are still a few days left, more prizes to win, and, of course, the grand prize.  Read more about it here.

My post today is one where you can win the Goth prize pack comprised of the Goth Girl and Goth Star sets along with the Goth Dies.  To enter, let me know in the comments the Halloween costume you would love to wear/design but never have. Let your imagination go wild!

Now on to my card!

I stamped the Goth Skulls Background onto the red cardstock using Versamark and embossed it with clear embossing powder. The shine really makes it pop. The base cardstock peeking out around the Wavy Pierced Rectangle also has a bit of shine.

I cut out a piece of wood-grain cardstock and sponged it with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo for Morticia's stake. I used a length of hand-dyed baby yarn for the rope that binds Morticia.

For the flames I used the wings from the Gothic Dies, sponging them with Distress Oxide Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin and Mustard Seed.  The Morticia is stamped in Versamark on one of the Gothic Dies hearts and embossed with Ranger White Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder.

If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.

Have a spooktacular rest of your week!  And don't forget to let me know in the comments the Halloween costume you would love to wear/design but never have for your chance to win the Goth Prize Pack!

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Goth Princess

Toni here with you today. Now this was a FUN card to make using the new OmgiGoth set. I love getting messy! With gloves on.  Duh.  

I used Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock for the base and randomly smeared on Distress Ink Candied Apple, Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet and Distress Oxide Weathered Wood. I then stamped the Goth Skulls Background using VersaFine Onyx Black.

I wanted a bit more texture so I used the Whimsy Halloween Creatures stencil with PaperArtsy Grunge Paste. Once dry, I rubbed on a bit of the Distress Oxides.  Not tooooo creepy.

Next I stamped the OmgiGoth image using Memento Tuxedo Black and colored her up using Copics.

I thought the background still lacked a bit of something so I stamped one of the OmiGoth sentiments randomly over the card base using Versamark and Ranger White Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder. I also stamped some of the Cute but Psycho spatters using VersaFine Onyx Black.

For the main card sentiment, I stamped it using Versamark and Ranger White Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder onto a strip of scrap black cardstock and cut it up. I mounted "freak" and the goth girl image on foam tape. Gotta make sure the important stuff is obvious!

If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.