Wish Big Little Monster!

Oh, hi!  This monster birthday card was very much inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest created by a member of the Whimsy Stamps Design Team. I especially loved how she used the slimline die.

I started out by ink blending my background and then die cut it using the Slimline Stardust die by Whimsy Stamps. Some of the little stars stayed in place and I liked how that looked, so I left them. Next I colored up the cute little monsters from the Monster Birthday stamp set and I used the coordinating dies to cut out the monsters.

For the words, I used the Wish die from My Favorite Things and the Bold ABC die set from Whimsy Stamps. I cut each of them 3 times; once from X-Press It cardstock, which I colored with Copics, and twice from 100# cardstock to add a little bit of sturdiness.

Next, I adhered the background to my card base and then used foam tape to adhere all the elements. Viola! All done.

Supplies used:

• Tuxedo Black Memento ink
• Lime Rickey, Something Borrowed, and Tiara Catherine Pooler inks
• Slimline Stardust die by Whimsy Stamps
• Monster Birthday stamps and dies by Whimsy Stamps
• Bold ABC dies by Whimsy Stamps
• Wish die by My Favorite Things

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Everyone Loves a Parade!

Oh hi! How are you? It's been a while, I know.  And it's not because I haven't been stamping. . . I just haven't been posting. But, I decided that it might be time to resurrect this little blog of mine and I thought a card featuring the super cute stamp set Yankee Doodle Day by Pajama Crafters Stamps would be a good start.

I stamped all the critters and colored them up with my Copics and then cut them out. Yes. By hand. I had an idea for the background, but I didn't want to color all those images and then mess up the background and have to start all over. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Anywho. . . .after I colored up and cut out the images, I worked on the background. My cardstock of choice for Copics is X-Press It, especially when creating backgrounds like this. I just find the markers blend much better (as long as they are nice and full of ink).

Once the background was done, I adhered those cute little critters to the background panel and then adhered that to my card base. Viola! All done!

Supplies used:

• Yankee Doodle Day Stamp Set
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• X-Press It Cardstock (for coloring)
• 100# white cardstock for card base

Markers used:

• Raccoon - W0, W2, E42, C7, N6, N4, R20
• Log - E89, E87, E84
• Deer - E37, E35, E41, E40, R20, E49
• Hedgehog - E77, E74, W3, E53, E21, E51
• Eagle - E89, E87, E84, E81, E40, Y26, Y15
• Foxes - E09, YR24, YR23, E42, E41, E49
• Bear - E37, E35, E31, E30, E49
• Horns - Y26, Y21, Y15
• Red, White, & Blue: R29*, R27, R24, W1, W0, B37, B18, B24
• Background - YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01, BG96, E55, E35, E31, E44, B000, B00, B01, BG01 

*I used B34 to underpaint the areas where I wanted R29 to be darker.

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HapBee Day! Whimsy Stamps + This Calls for Confetti = CUTE cards!

Oh, hi! I've got a shaker card to share today featuring Whimsy Stamps & This Calls For Confetti. . . and there's a collaboration  hop going on over on Instagram, too!

Supplies used are linked in the video post. Compensated affiliate links may be used at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support!

You can see how this card came together and all the deets about the hop HERE.

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Many Ways to Use a Background Stamp

Oh, hi! Today I'm sharing a fun techniques using the Tropical Floral Background Stamp by Whimsy Stamps. You can see how all of these cards came together here.

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Supplies used are linked in the video post. Compensated affiliate links may be used at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support!

Supplies used are linked in the video post. Compensated affiliate links may be used at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support!

Supplies used are linked in the video post. Compensated affiliate links may be used at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support!

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