Boo!...

Hello everyone.

I hope it's a happy Monday for you!

I am sneaking in on the last day of the month with a Halloween card made with gorgeous products from wonderful

Whimsy Stamps

Our lovely and clever Deb (Amped2Stamp) at

Whimsy Stamps

has designed a range of dies to perfectly fit DL cards!

These new

Slimline Dies

are such fun!  The card making possibilities are endless!

To make my halloween card I first cut a piece of black glitter card with the fab

Slimline Marquee Die

I then blended Distress Oxides in Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Seedless Preserves over a piece of smooth card and splattered it with water and Perfect Pearls.

I then hand cut a piece of that card to fit behind the apertures in the Marquee die cut.

I used the 

BOLD ABC Die Set

to cut the word BOO with blended card.

 I created a cobweb mask with a die stuck it to a piece of smooth card and blended Distress Oxides in the same colours over it.  I removed the mask to reveal the cobweb pattern and trimmed it to also fit behind the die aperture.  With black ink I stamped spiders onto the cobweb.  The spiders are from the fabulous 

Morticia Clear Stamps Set

I tore the blended card into strips and fixed them to a piece of black glitter card. I left a gap in the strips to let the black card show through and fixed some small google eyes on it!

I trimmed that panel to fit behind the aperture in the die.

I created a rectangular card blank the same size as the 

Slimline Marquee Die

and stuck the three panels to it, fixing the black glittery die cut over them as shown.  I fixed the letters to the centre panel with 

Crafty Foam Tape

With black ink I stamped the cat from the 

Going Catty Clear Stamp Set

onto a piece of Bockingford card and coloured him/her (: with pencils.

I cute image out and fixed it to the card design with 

Crafty Foam Tape

as shown.

Spooky or what!!!

Please have a good look around the 

Whimsy Inspirations Blog 

At the gorgeous new release cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to 

Whimsy Stamps 

store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

  
   

Fa La La Llama...

Hello friends!

While I'm on a bit of a roll with my card making catching up I thought it was time to make a start on stuff for 'you know what'!  (;

I decided a good place to begin was with these cuties by Krista -Heij-Barber for

Whimsy Stamps

Fa La La Llama Clear Stamps

You can say 'aaaahhhh'

(aren't they just the cutest and the fluffiest)!

I die cut three pieces of Kraft Card with a 

Tombstone Tag Die

I stamped these gorgeous images onto the tags and coloured them with Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils.

I used Mod Podge to add 

Glamour Dust to the yellow bows and furry hat.  (Such a shame the pics don't quite pick that detail up)!

I stamped sentiments from the

You're My Jolly Clear Stamps Set

onto Kraft card and cut them out into little rectangles and fixed them to the tags as shown. 

I die cut three more tags and embossed them with folders.

Finally I punched a hole in the tags with a red brag and fixed the image and the embossed card together with twine!

Yay- merry 'you know what'!!! (;

Thank you for popping by!

Please have a good look around the 

Whimsy Inspirations Blog 

At the gorgeous new release cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to 

Whimsy Stamps 

store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

 
 

I heart you...

Hello everyone,

Oh my word - the weather !!!

It is bucketing it down here and we had very bad thunder storms last night!

On the positive side though, it's a very good day to be inside crafting!

Today's card now lives safely with it's birthday recipient and I can share it with you!

I have used one of the many beautiful images by 

Stamping Bella

I Heart You Snapshots

I so enjoyed making this card!

The image is stamped in black ink on Bockingford card and coloured with Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils.

I used the matching Snapshots Polaroid Die to coat the frame for the image and placed it on some patterned paper with an organza ribbon bow.

The sentiment is from the 

Stamping Bella - Winter Holiday Sentiment Set

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Stamping Bella - I Heart You Snapshots
Stamping Bella - Snapshots Polaroid Die
MFT Die namics Stitiched Inside Out Square Stax

Be sure to have a look around our

Dies To Die For Blog 

to see the gorgeous DT creations there and then to 

Dies To Die For

to engage in some essential retail therapy!

Thank you for popping by!
Happy crafting
from Sue...xxx

Pastels? - I don't think so! ...

Hello everyone!

I hope this week is being kind to you!

Today's card is made one of the amazing 

Whimsy Stamps

September New Release 

stamp sets

Morticia Clear Stamps Set

by Deb Davies (Amped2Stamp)

The sentiment appeals to my inner chimp and just makes me giggle! 

I made this card by blending Distress Oxides in

Seedless Preserves

Picked Raspberry and 

Spiced Marmalade 

over a piece of smooth card.

I then flicked water and black gesso over the card and let it dry.

I cut a piece of black glitter card with the new 

Arched Window Die

and also die cut the inky card.

I stamped the bats and spider onto the inky apertures and added a hand doodled cobweb.

I stamped Morticia onto white card and coloured her with Copics - E04, E21, E00, E000.

I fussy cut her and added some texture and sparkle to her frock with Copic Glitter pens and a white gel pen.

I put the card together by placing the inky apertures into the black frame as shown.

I fixed the card design to a card blank cut by using the outside of the arch window die as a template.

I stamped the sentiment (snigger)! from the stamp set onto a piece of vellum which I attached to the top of the large aperture.

Finally I fixed Morticia to the card design as shown!

Attitude or what!!! (:

Thank you for popping by!

Please have a good look around the 

Whimsy Inspirations Blog 

At the gorgeous new release cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to 

Whimsy Stamps 

store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx

  

Fishing Dragons...

Hello friends!

Happy September!

I LOVE autumn, it is my favourite season by a country mile!

I'm back from summer hols - which were brilliant!  We were so lucky with the weather.  I'm now trying to catch up with my colouring card making!

Ask me on 1st October how that went! /-:

I'm here today with a gorgeous new release stamp set from

Whimsy Stamps

Fishing Dragons Clear Stamps (Dustin Pike)

I had so much fun colouring this super cute dragon!

I am practicing colouring my own backgrounds - it's a bit scary to be honest but it's learning curve and I'm determined to get better!

To make this card I stamped the 

Fishing Dragon 

and die cut it with a stitched rectangle die.

I first coloured the background with Copics, and then moved on to the cute dragon!  (His scales are done with the nib of a colourless blender held on its side! - Thank you to our lovely Crissy Armstrong for the inspiration) <3

Sky - BG0000, BG000, BG01, C00, C01 (Thank you Amy Young for the clouds inspiration)

Ground - E33, E31, E30, E50

Grass - G20, G21, G24, G85, W7

Dragon - YG00, YG03, G07, G29, Y04, Y08, Y18, Y26, Colourless Blender

Jacket - R39, R35, R32

I stamped a sentiment from the 

Fishing Dragons Clear Stamps (Dustin Pike)

onto a torn strip of vellum and wrapped it around the bottom of the design.  (It's secured at the back with sticky tape)

I die cut a piece of gorgeous design paper from the 

Mermaid 6x6 paper pack,

tied a piece if twine around it in a bow and layered the image onto the paper.

Thank you for popping by!

Please have a good look around the 

Whimsy Inspirations Blog 

At the gorgeous new release cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to 

Whimsy Stamps 

store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy Crafting

From Sue…xxx