Whimsy Stamps ~ It's Boo Time!

Hey crafty friends, I'm back with another spooky but cute creation featuring an adorable stamp set by Crissy Armstrong. I always adore her imagery and her Halloween stamp sets are some of my favourites! I have a too cute to spook creation to share with you today. It's a mini slimline card design. I ink blended a base panel with Villainous Potion and Milled Lavender and used a cool die from Whimsy to cut the apertures in the panel. This die is called the Mini Slim Pickens 1 Die. They often do such fun play on words with the names of their stamp and die sets at Whimsy and this one amused me, 'slim pickings', clever right?! I love their mini slimline range. They have a great selection of fun elements for mini slimline cards and these have become a bit of a favourite for me to make. It's a really nice size to work with. 

I've had quite the journey with this creation and the best way to experience this if you've a few minutes, is to watch the video I created, so I'll share that below. I've used a super fun mix of elements from Whimsy, a page from their Bookeh Paper Pack for the background, the little mini pumpkins from the Pumpkin and Mini Jacks Die Set. 

I've added 3 of the ghosts from the Boo Die Set to add a little extra ghostly flair and the little character ghosts are from Crissy Armstrong's Ghost Party Clear Stamp Set. I stamped the ghost characters in Memento London Fog ink, so they would look ethereal and ghostly and then coloured the images with a mix of very light Copic Marker colours to add to the ghostly look. For those who like to know the Copic Marker colours, here's what I used. Frank ~ Body: G24, 21 and 20 plus G40. Frank's Hair: N9, 7, 5 and 3. Frank's Bolts: C1, 0 and 00. Ghost Witch ~ Body: BG02, 01, 000 and 0000. Witch Hat: N5, 3, 2, 1 and 0. Witch Hat Band: BV02, 00, 000 and 0000. Ghost Vampire ~ Body: BV02, 00, 000 and 0000. Vampire Hair and Cape: C3, 2, 1, 0 and 00. Pumpkin: YR09, 07, 04 and Y17. Chocolate Bar ~ Orange: YR18, 16 and 14. Brown: E29, 27, 25 and 23. Blue Green Lolly: BG49, BG57 and 53. Striped Lolly ~ Green: G24, 21 and 20. Blue: B66, 63 and 60.

I hope you enjoy watching this little step through my creative process with this adorable stamp set, I shared more of my creative journey with this make, including colour choices based on a colour wheel. It's a bit of a look at the deeper steps in my process, but feel free to fast forward if that's not your jam!

We've had the most fabulous New Release on the first, full of frightfully fabulous Halloween elements! Check out those ticket dies, definitely not just for Halloween! So so fun! If you're a Halloween fan, be sure to check out Whimsy Stamps release that goes live on the 10th, it's full of the most magical and fun Halloween elements. 

If you're a Stamptember fan, Simon Says Stamp has just released the Whimsy Stamps collaboration for Stamptember with the most adorable stamp set. There was a stamp and die set, but this sold out within minutes of the launch! There are a few left of the stamp set, but if you like it, don't wait, it will sell out, and if the stamp and die set is anything to go by, very quickly! I will be back again soon with another crafty adventure, until then, happy spooktember friends! Hugs, Wends xoxo

(I share thumbnails to the elements I design with in order to make your search for them easier, in case you like something I've used. I do use affiliate links where possible, although my affiliate links are not currently working due to changes in the affiliate platforms. So these links are purely to help you find elements you may also enjoy crafting with. I am proud to design for the companies I do and always feel happy to share where my inspiration and where my crafty stash comes from. I am occasionally gifted products to use, but I only design for companies whose products I absolutely love and buy for myself. My opinions are always my own.)

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