Spooktacular Tricks and Treats Blog Hop: Hosted by Whimsy Stamps

Happy Saturday crafty friends! Thank you all for joining us today! We were saddened to cancel our annual 31 Nights of Halloween event this year after Hurricane Ian. But this time of year, is the absolute most favorite time of year for our Creative Director, Deb Davis. We couldn’t let Halloween pass us by without celebrating our Queen of Halloween with some EEK! worthy Halloween creations!

We DARE you, Deb! We know you love Halloween so much, but will you DARE check out these amazing Halloween inspired projects created just for you! Designers from the Whimsy Stamps New Release team are participating in this blog hop. 

 We also have a spook-tacular prize to giveaway! For your chance to win one a $100 gift certificate to the online Whimsy shop, leave a comment on each of the blog posts along the way. 

 Giveaway begins 10/29/22 and ends at midnight EST, 10/30/2022. We will choose the winners and announce them on the Whimsy Stamps blog on October 31, 2022.

Whimsy Stamps Halloween products are simply AMAZING! I always have such fun using these products.  The patterned paper was my inspiration, these paper packs are whimsical and super fun. I decided to pair the paper with the new Peeking Ghost die.

I cut my paper to A2 size and die cut my ghost from Glitter paper, I then added black glitter paper to the back of my ghost for the eyes and mouth.  I needed a frame to break up the background so I took my most favourite die from Whimsy the Connect Rectangle die and die cut it from gold/champagne glitter card stock.

I took my EEK dies and die cut my sentiment then put all of my elements on the panel and then the card base. To finish off and for Deb some purple candy hearts!

 Here is the full list of hop participants in case you get lost on the way. Enjoy! Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win!

 Alanna

Iris

Cari

Sue

Trina

Jenny

Sylvie

Irina

Natalie

Michelle B

Kim ***YOU ARE HERE

Michelle

Your next stop on the hop is Michelle!

Simon Says: Anything Goes featuring Pink & Main!

 Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Anything Goes and we are featuring Pink & Main  products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them!

Come join in on the fun, you have the chance of winning a $25 gift card to the fantastic Simon Says Stamp store!     

I just love the scale of these Decorative Candles by Pink & Main, these are dies that I will use frequently were a worthwhile investment for my stash.  I started by die cutting my candles and gluing them together setting them aside to dry.

For those of you that follow my blog or Instagram will know that I just adore the Simon Says Stamp 3D embossing folders and I knew that I wanted to pair this one with my candles. I embossed my panel and trimmed off to give a nice slim white border to my card.

I added a Happy Birthday die from my stash an older Brutus Monroe die and then finished off with my favorite Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins.

 

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Thanks for taking the time, products used are listed and linked below. Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you!

Kim

Simon Says: Spooky!

  Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Spooky and we are featuring always amazing Simon Says Stamp brand exclusive products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them!

Come join in on the fun, you have the chance of winning a $25 gift card to the fantastic Simon Says Stamp store!               

I just love making Halloween cards, they are such fun! I knew I wanted to use the Simon Says Stamp pumpkin die and the ghost boo from a few years ago for this card. I die cut those elements first and added some Distress Ink to my pumpkin.

Once I decided on my placement, I glues my ghost to my pumpkin and set them aside.

I then took my Gothic Cling background from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release and clear embossed it on black card stock. I then used my largest Marquee die (LOVE this die set) to die cut the panel and added my ghost and pumpkin using foam tape for dimension.

I then die cut my EEK die by Whimsy Stamps for the Spooky effect, die cut both dies and added them to the pumpkin. To finish off, my favourite Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins.

 

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Thanks for taking the time, products used are listed and linked below. Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you!

Kim

Simon Says: Fall Colors

 Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Fall Colors with a mood board and we are featuring Colorado Craft Company products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them!

Come join in on the fun, you have the chance of winning a $25 gift card to the fantastic Simon Says Stamp store!               

We were inspired by this mood board for this weeks Fall Colors challenge! 

So much fun colouring this mouse house by Colorado Craft Company using my COPIC Markers.  I stamped my house first and chose colors that inspired me from the mood board. I masked the bottom of the house and ink blended my Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and added some light blades of grass.

I ink blended both Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks for my sky. I stamped my mice on a separate piece of Neena Solar White coloured them and muddy cut them.

I lined them up where I wanted them and stamped the images again to get the tails and whiskers stamped as I cut them off the colored images then added the images using foam tape.

I added my sentiments and to finish off, some white gel pen and Sparkling Clear Sequins.

 

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Thanks for taking the time, products used are listed and linked below. Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you!

Kim

Simon Says Stamp Cozy Hugs Blog Hop Day 2!

Happy Saturday crafty friends! Thank you for hopping along on Day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Cozy Hugs release hop!  Simon Says Stamp will offer a $25.00 gift card for one comment on each of the hop posts! The list to the hop is listed at the end of this post!

I love this release, the super fun holiday/winter feel to this one is snow much fun, lol!

I used this amazing Let it Snow stamp set by Simon Says Stamp and CZ Design. The way this set layers is so fun and it offers some great accompanying sentiments.  I love me some pink for a holiday card so I went with that for my layers and my snowflakes created by the new Snowfall and Banks stencil.

I started by stamping my "snow" images and then used the lightest pink ink for my stencil and went over that with my Moonstone glitter paste. I set it aside to dry (super quick dry, it also helped that I added a thin layer of paste) and stamped and die cut my accompanying sentiment also from the Let it Snow stamp set. 

I added my secondary sentiment with foam tape and added my panel to the card base using fun foam for added dimension. I then finished off my card with some iridescent sequins by Picket Fence Studios.

HOP ORDER:

• Simon Says Stamp Blog 
• Laura Bassen
• Debby Hughes
• Amanda Korotkova
• Barbara Tarayao
• Mindy Eggen
• Heather Hoffman
• Alberto Gava
• Lorraine Aquilina
• Sandi MacIver
• Jennifer Kotas
• Kath Stewart
• Jean Doeringsfeld
• Misty Elam
• Diane Morales
• Kim Hamilton *** YOU ARE HERE

Thanks so much for hopping along, products used are listed and linked below. Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you!

Kim

Simon Says: Fun With Washi

  Hello crafty friends it's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

This week Simon Says: Fun With Washi and we are featuring always fun Doodlebug products - it isn't a requirement to use them but if you have them we would love to see them!

Come join in on the fun, you have the chance of winning a $25 gift card to the fantastic Simon Says Stamp store!               

This was a fun one to put together! I started by lining up my Peppermint Twist Washi tape on a piece of Neena Solar white and die cut circles from the panel.  I then die cut my ornament toppers from Tonic gold cardstock and the bows from Tonic Glitter cardstock.

For my panel, I die cut the stitched scallop border first and then embossed the panel using one of my new Spellbinder 3D embossing folder.  I trimmed a piece of Lawn Fawn patterned paper and added it to my card base then glued my panel with fun foam to the card base.

I used Spellbinders glitter foil sentiments and die cuts and placed all of my elements to the panel using foam tape.

To finish off, some gold twine from my stash to the ornaments and some Sparkling clear sequins.

 

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Thanks for taking the time, products used are listed and linked below. Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you!

Kim