Category Archives: Whimsical

All Bundled Up for Christmas!

Good Afternoon Crafters! What’s Happening at Stamp with Rachel Last Chance List – 4 Jan or until supplies run out Clearance Rack – Up to 60% off December Paper Pumpkin – Good Things Come in Small Packages This holiday season, treat yourself to the un-brrr-lievably adorable All Bundled Up Stamp Set. Honestly, the only thing cuter than a few forest animal friends is dressing those animal friends up in fuzzy hats, winter scarves,… Read More »

Ms Kindest Gnome!

Good Morning Crafters! I am so loving the Kindest Gnomes Stamp Set Bundle and decided to use it for today’s post. I paired it with the Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper to make it a little more feminine using Fresh Freesia and Crumb Cake colors. What do you think? Like it? The dress and hat were paper pieced using the Hues of Happiness DSP. The hair colored in with… Read More »

A Different kind of Beard!

Good Morning Crafters: Fall is definitely in the air in our area! Our 7 pm daily walks with Chloe has us wearing either a sweater or a sweatshirt. It’s beautiful out there – all the leaves are turning – perfect sweater weather and drinking hot cocoa. One of our favorites things to do is drive around our area and catch all the fall colors. For today’s card, I’m using the… Read More »

It’s Feeling A Lot Like Christmas!

Good Morning Crafters Back from a whirlwind trip to California! So many places to see and relatives/friends to visit and seven days is just not long enough! I had not visited since 2019 that there was a lot of catching up to do. But I’m home now and so glad to be back. For today’s card, I am using the un-brrr-lievably adorable All Bundled Up Stamp Set. Honestly, the only… Read More »

Happy Birthday Ollie

I’m in California to celebrate my great grandson’s 3rd birthday. Isn’t the cutest?❤️❤️❤️ I used the retired Number of Years Bundle for his birthday card, the Elephant Parade Stamp set for the image and a package of retired designer series paper (can’t remember the name). Thanks again for stopping by and spending a bit of your time with me. I hope you enjoyed learning about how this card came together.… Read More »

Friends Forever with Elephant Parade

Today’s share is the sweet Elephant Parade Stamp Set for a slim line card. You know the saying, “Elephants never forget”? Using this set, you can make adorable cards to remind those you love how much they mean to you. The slim card measures 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. The envelope measures 9″ x 4″. I had such much fun coloring these little guys. They were all colored with the… Read More »

A Just for You Easel Fun Fold Card

Today’s card features the Kindest Gnomes Stamp Set Bundle. These guys are so cute and I have fun trying to decide how use them in my cards. Today’s card also includes a horizontal easel fun fold card. I usually make the portrait ones but decided but the gnomes and their house did not fit. The background pattern paper and the hats are from the 2022-2024 In Color 6×6 Designer Series… Read More »

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I used the charming, cute Kindest Gnomes Bundle to create Christmas card for you today. I paired it with the retired Feels Like Frost 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. I have so much pattern paper left over from previous catalogs and I’m trying to use it up! How do you use up your pattern paper so that it doesn’t accumulate? This is what I did: Gnome Image Stamped… Read More »

Hello Harvest Meets Whimsical Kindest Gnomes

I used the Kindest Gnomes and Hello Harvest Stamp Sets to create today’s cute whimsical happy birthday card. I made this card in response to a Wednesday’s challenge by Kristina Rees to make a birthday card. The background DSP is from the Harvest Meadows Designer Series Paper. I also used it for the Crush Curry pattern paper from that DSP for the gnome’s hat. I first stamped the gnome image… Read More »

Stylish Sketches Stamp Set for a Friend

I’m using the Stylish Sketches Stamp Set for today’s project. You can get this free during Sale-a-bration (August-Dec 2022) with a qualifying order. These artistic stamp images look great as outlines, but you could also try coloring them with Stampin’ Blends for a more dramatic look. Well, I’ve had an exciting (certainly not boring) couple of weeks since I last posted. On Wednesday, 5 July, I went in for a… Read More »