31 Nights of Halloween - Night 22 - Special Guest Crystal Komara

 

Hello crafty friends, welcome to Night 22 of Whimsy Stamps' "31 Nights of Halloween!"  This is Special Guest designer Crystal Komara here with you today to celebrate this annual spooktacular event.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays to make cards for and I think Whimsy Stamps offers one of the most extensive Halloween themed product collections.  There is something for everyone, from zombies and aliens, snarky ghosts and spooky graveyards to their amazing line of slimline dies and slimline paper packs.  

Today I am sharing a slimline card featuring the Spooky large word die, the Haunted Paper Pack and the Slimline Cityscape die set.  You might even be surprised to learn that this card involved NO stamping at all!

This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2".  Slimline cards are designed to fit inside a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage.  The base of this slimline card was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  

Card details: 

First I created the background, but cutting out the moon and tree from a piece of paper in the Haunted Paper Pack:

I fussy cut the moon and tree and adhered it to the right side of my card base:

Then I used the Slimline Cityscape dies to cut the skyline. I cut the shadow outline layer from dark grey cardstock and the top window layer from black cardstock.  I adhered the two layers together with a Tombow dot runner and adhered the skyline to the base of my card (over the moon and tree). 

Next, using the Spooky Large word die, I die cut the word "spooky" twice, the first time in black cardstock and the second time in a piece of green/white spiderweb patterned paper from the 6"x 6" Haunted Paper Pack. 

I then mixed-and-matched each the pieces together while adhering them to the card: 

I used another patterned piece of paper from the Haunted Paper Pack that had pumpkins on it and I fussy cut the pumpkins out and adhered them to the right side of the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension:

I hope you have enjoyed this slimline card using some of the fabulous Halloween products from Whimsy Stamps.  Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

XO, Crystal 

P.S. - Be sure to continue to follow along for every night of Whimsy Stamp's Annual "31 Nights of Halloween" for a chance to win some fabulous prizes and to be a part of the spooky fun!

31 Nights of Halloween - Night 16 - It's Right Behind Me, Isn't It? Video Hop and Giveaway

 

Welcome back, Whimsy friends, to night 16 of the annual 31 Nights of Halloween Celebration. 

I hope you have your running shoes on because IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!! The Whimsy Stamps YouTube Channel is a safe zone. Join us for fun, check out the inspiration and leave a comment for a chance to win a $25 GC.

The Whimsy Stamps Creative team and three guest designers have put together a frightfully fun hop just for you! 

Let's give our special guest a warm, Whimsy welcome. 

Nancy May from the Handi Scandi's Crafty Venture 

Nancy's creeptastic clown has created complete chaos in the city. 

Carol Rosini 

Carol's ink blended background is BATERRIFIC!

Cards by Kendra

Kendra has created a SHADOW box and filled it with happy haunts. 

We hope you enjoy the video hop and inspiration. Be sure to join me tomorrow evening as I feature the Whimsy Stamps Creative Video Team and their projects featuring the 

WHIMSY STAMPS SLIMLINE CITYSCAPE DIE SET

Tuesday Tutorial - Blingy Santa

Hello, everyone!  Toni here with a bit of bling-a-ding-ding for our holiday cardmaking!  This Greedy Santa image and sentiment gave me a chuckle for sure.  

My first step was to use a Versamark pen on the gold circles of the Gilded Holiday 6x6 Paper so I could emboss them in gold.  I also used the Twinkle Stencil the same way to add stars to some of the circles.

Next I cut out the Slimline Cityscape Die twice, cutting one of them in half so I could create a lot of city without wasting the gold mirror board which would be hidden behind Santa.  I used another piece of the  Gilded Holiday 6x6 Paper for the road.

I colored up the Greedy Santa image using Zig watercolor pens. I used a white pigment pen for his beard (and to cover up my boo boos). I added a bit of Marvy Snow Marker to his fur trim too.  The sentiment is embossed on a Comic Speech Bubbles Diecut that I trimmed down to size.

I hope you enjoyed today's tips!  Be sure to take a gander at the other goodies in the Whimsy shop.

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