31 Nights of Halloween - Night 18

 

Oh, hi! Cathy here and I'm so excited to be taking part in the annual 31 Nights of Halloween celebration here on the Whimsy blog.  You have a several chances to win awesome prizes throughout the month. Scroll to the bottom of this post to see how to play and win.

I created a slimline shaker card using the super awesome Wobbly Windows Slimline die and paired it up with the Spooks and Spells and You're My Boo stamp sets.

I started out by arranging some of the smaller sentiment stamps from the You're My Boo stamp set on to an acrylic block. Next I stamped them onto a piece of orange card stock with VersaMark ink and added Detail White Embossing Powder. After I heat set the embossing powder and gave a chance to cool off, I ran that panel through my die-cutting machine with the Wobbly Windows Die. While I was at it, I die cut it from a piece of black card stock, too.

I adhered the orange card stock on top of the black card stock, but made sure to off-set it ever so slightly  so there would be a little bit of the black card stock showing along the top, the left side, and the windows.

Next I adhered a piece of acetate on the back of the Wobbly Windows die-cut, and then added a whole bunch of foam tape, making sure there were no gaps in the foam tape I put around the windows. I added in some sequins and then adhered another piece of acetate on top. That way, I didn't have to worry about my sequins flying all over the place when I adhered that panel to the front of my card base.

Speaking of card bases. . . my card base measures 3.5" x 8.5". I adhered a piece of light purple card stock that is cut just slightly smaller to the front of my card base, then I added my shaker window on top of that.

Now that my card base is done, I moved on to stamping and coloring the ever so cute images from the Spooks & Spells stamp set.

I stamped the images using black ink and then colored them up with my Copic Markers. After I was done coloring, I cut out the images and added them to the front of my card. I added a little bit of sparkle to the spider web and the green potion that is bubbling out of the cauldron,

To finish it up, I added some . . . okay . . . a whole lot of purple sequins just for fun.

Click here for all the details for your chance to win the $300 in prizes that will be given away throughout the month!

31 Nights of Halloween - Night 10 - Special Guest Ginny Nemchak

Hello friends and crafty peeps! It's Ginny Nemchak here, and I'm very excited to be sharing my second project created for the Annual 31 Nights of Halloween Blog Celebration.

I started this card by stamping and coloring the Trick or Treating Rubber Cling Stamp. I really enjoy creating projects with a nontraditional color scheme, and since purple and green are relatively new to Halloween, I thought I would color my image to coordinate with the fabulous patterned paper from the Hocus Pocus 6 x 6 Paper Pack. This sweet little girl has her pumpkin pail all ready to fill with treats! I created a background for her by smooshing Distress Inks and antiquing the edges for extra detail. The sentiment is stamped from the You're My Boo Clear Stamp. I wanted a little extra something for the background, so I used the little bubble stamp from the Glitter Globe Clear Stamp and added it in a random pattern. I colored my image with Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers and added Stickles for a bit of sparkle. Large dimensional flowers and ribbon trims are the final detail.

Thanks so much to Whimsy Stamps for inviting me to join them for their oh-so-spooky and fun 31 Nights of Halloween Blog Celebration. I know you will enjoy the projects created by all the designers, so make sure you check back to the Whimsy Blog every day through October.

Wishing you a happy and productive day : )

Thank you, Ginny, for another gorgeous project!  Be sure to visit her blog to see more of her fabulous work!  Also, don't forget about the $300 in prizes Whimsy is giving away this month.  You can read all about the giveaways and how to enter here.

31 Nights of Halloween - Night 7

 

Hey there, everyone! We're a week into the Whimsy Stamps 31 Nights of Halloween event! Can you believe it?! I created a spooky cute slimline card for you mixing and matching old and new! The Whimsy Stamps 31 Nights of Halloween event is a month-long event with lots of prizes! Be sure to visit the introductory post on the Whimsy Stamps blog by clicking here for all the giveaway information! 

I love to stretch my supplies - especially my "expendable" supplies like patterned paper. It makes me feel like I'm really getting a lot of use out of my precious craft goodies! I cut down a sheet of patterned paper from the Haunted 6x6 Patterned Papers and die-cut the pieces with the Slimline Five Frames Die. I only needed the center portion of the frame, so I was able to get all five panels out of just one sheet of patterned paper! I also die cut the Slimline Five Frames Die from white and black cardstock, and then puzzle pieced them together on a slimline card. 

I stamped and colored five of the little candy corn cuties from the Candy Corn Dress Up Stamp Set and trimmed them out. I arranged them onto each of the panels on the card. I stamped a sentiment that I built using the You're My Boo Stamp Set and added it to the card's bottom with foam tape. 

Remember to come back to the Whimsy Stamps Blog tomorrow for more inspiration from the 31 Nights of Halloween Event! 

You're My Boo

Slimline Five Frame Window 

Haunted 6 x 6 Paper Pack

Candy Corn Dress Up

31 Nights of Halloween - Night 3 - Special Guest Ginny Nemchak

Good evening, Whimsy friends!  Tonight we welcome the fabulous Ginny Nemchak to the blog.  She is sure to delight you with her gorgeous creation.

Ginny used the adorable Got Peepers stamp set.  Could those kitties with their big eyes be any cuter?!  She paired them with some fun Hocus Pocus paper and a sentiment from You're My Boo.  For her background she used Distress Inks and Oxides and embellished her card with flowers, ribbon, twine, and a bit of holiday-inspired netting.  

To see how Ginny created her card, pop over to her YouTube channel and watch the video.  You can also read about it on her blog.

Don't forget to check out the introductory post to the 31 Nights of Halloween Event here.  You don't want to miss out on the $300 in prizes we're giving away!

Special Guest - Stephanie Davis

Hello everyone!  I'm so excited to be guest designing with Whimsy Stamps this month!  

Today I'm sharing a fun shaker card using the super cute Whimsy Candy Corn Dress Up stamp set.  

First I made an alcohol ink background.  Then I stamped the Spider Web Frame stamp set onto acetate with black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I adhered it to an A2 Rectangle Shaker Pouch, then I punched a hole in the pouch.  I colored the witch from Candy Corn Dress Up with Copic markers, fussy-cut it, and adhered it to a spinner/slider mechanism.  

I assembled the shaker card and added clear sequins.  Now when you shake the card, the candy corn witch moves up and down and spins and turns.  Lastly I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from the You're My Boo stamp set in gold onto black cardstock and fussy cut it.  

Be sure to check out the Whimsy Facebook Group, if you haven't already.  They have tons of great inspiration, and I will be sharing projects this month as well.  Also, if you love giveaways, be sure to mark your calendar for the 31 Nights of Halloween!

Thanks for joining me!  Have a great week!

~Stephanie

 

31 Nights of Halloween, Night 6 and a Give Away!!

Hello, and welcome to another day of the 31 Nights of Halloween Blog Celebration where I not only have a card to share but also a fabulous Paper Door Kit to give away, details below.

My card is super quick and easy.  All I did was ink through the Halloween Creatures stencil with some black ink (dab the blending tool over the spiders till you get the depth of colour you want, rubbing the ink on may smear the ink under the fine spiders legs).  I finished off the spider with an enamelled dot on their bellies and finished it off with a stamped sentiment from this months CAS stamp set – You’re My Boo.  I created the envelope shape with the Envelope Edgers Die Set.

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For your chance to win this fabulous Paper Door Kit, go to my blog and leave a comment there telling me what your favourite Halloween candy treat is (my answer would be simple …. ALL OF IT ha!)

Winners will be announced here on the Whimsy Stamps Blog on Halloween night, and all prizes must be claimed by 7th November 2018.

Be sure to check back every night for more Halloween fun, and keep your eyes peeled for more prizes!

Spooky Night Web Card

Hi Everyone, and welcome back! Today I'm sharing this Spooky Night Web card using an alcohol ink lift and transfer technique. This was one of those,  "Oops! Well let's see where this goes," cards that actually worked in the end.

After lifting the ink on the Yupo panel, I decided to see how it would look if I re-stamped the image in black Archival Ink.

Technique: Alcohol Lift-Ink and transfer stamp

I began by creating an alcohol ink background on Yupo paper, and then tried to lift the ink with Ranger Alcohol Lift-Ink, but I didn't like the results. So I transferred the lifted ink image by stamping it onto white Neenah cardstock, and that is how the magic happened! Oh my! I think this Web Background Stamp looks so pretty. Look at those blues, greens, and purples. What do you think?

Next I stamped the tree branches and crows from Attempted Murder, stamped the little bats from Howling Night, and lightly blended Hickory Smoke and Black Soot Distress Inks around the panel. Then I added the distressed idea-ology "Beware" token (See a step-by-step tutorial HERE), wrapped black twine, and sentiments from the You're My Boo stamp set. Finally, I layered with purple and black cardstock onto a black card base.

So, what do you think? I am obsessed with alcohol inks right now. Have you tried the new Alcohol Lift-Ink? I can't wait to see what you create! Love and crafty hugs!

Erin

  Web Background Rubber Cling Stamp

  Attempted Murder Clear Stamps

  You're My Boo Clear Stamps

  Howling Night Clear Stamps

  Memento Tuxedo Ink

  VersaMark Ink

  Ranger White Embossing Powder