Phamtastic Design

October 24, 2026

Simon Says Stamp - Sending Cheer: Iconic Christmas

Hello there. I have more inspirations today from the SENDING CHEER release at Simon Says Stamp (SSS)

I am featuring the Iconic Christmas stamp set and Very Merry XL EZ Strips from this release. There are coordinating dies for Iconic Christmas as well. SSS products used for my cards are linked below.

As the stamp name indicates, there are a lot of Christmas icon images in this set. The gingerbread man and house inspired my first card. Thought it would be fun to turn then into Christmas cookie ornaments. The images were white heat embossed on Kraft cardstock then fussy cut out (since I don't have the dies).

Lightly "frosted and decoratied" them with a white Posca pen and a red R27 Copic Sketch marker. White heat embossed the sentiment on dark brown espresso cardstock. Messed up, so heat embossed the sentiment onto the same colour cardstock again and trimmed to a strip. To keep the colour pallet simple, die cut the Pointy Pine Sprig from red and white cardstock. Adhered the ornaments to the panel, then drew in the strings with a t-ruler and white Gelly roll pen. Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish.

My next card was inspired by the darling angel.

Couldn't think of a better place to put the angel than atop a Christmas tree, so with the help of the Very Merry XL EZ Strips, I created this cute Christmas image tree card.

Images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It paper, coloured with Copic Sketch markers then fussy cut out. Used the white Gelly roll pen to add highlights.

Copic markers used:

reds - R13/27/39

aqua - BG10/11/45

shading/whites - N0/1/3

angel hair - YR21/24/27

angel skin - E00/02/13

Bristol paper was dry embossed with the Pixie Snowflake embossing folder (EF) next. Popped up the image tree with foam tape for a floating effect and assembled the card onto a a white card base to finish.

More inspirations from this release can be seen HERE.

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Challenges (card 2):

Peace on Earth - AG Christmas

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - T and U (tree)

Double D - Wings (angel)

Can You Handle the Pressure - AG EF +wrist of Numbers

October 21, 2026

Whimsy Stamps - Pink Christmas for the Cure

Hello everyone. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Jingle Belles hosts a fundraiser annually for the Cure. Every card linked to their gallery, Stephanie and Lauren will each donate $2... that's $4 per card! Time got away from me, but I was determined to contribute. I'm pleased to say that I managed to complete two!

Products used for both cards are from Whimsy Stamps (WS). Images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on XPress It paper, coloured with Copic Sketch markers then fussy cut out. Sentiments are from Sentiment Assortment - Merry Christmas stamp set.

My first card features the bunny from Christmas in the Woods stamp set. Copic markers used to colour her were:

body - W00/1/3

eyes - B12

accessories - RV10/13/17

The Extreme Postage, birch trees from Forest Majesty and a blank panel slightly smaller than the postage were die cut from Bristol paper. Ink blended the birch trees and blank panel with gray and Pinklicious fresh dye inks, respectively. Stamped the sentiment in black. Assembled the card onto a pink snowflake pattern paper from Blurry Flurries then adhered to a white card base to finish.

My second card features the Christmas Greetings Fairies stamp set. Copic markers used to colour her were:

pinks - RV10/63/55/66

greens - YG21/23/25

skin - E00/02/13

hat pom-pom/brim - N0/1/3

The Twinkle Swirl cover plate was die cut from Bristol and ink blended with pink dye ink around the edges and fading in. Glued it to a pastel pink glitter panel for some sparkle. Stamoed the sentiment with Razzkeberry fresh dye ink then assembled the card onto a white card base to finish.

WS products used are linked below. Please note compensated affiliate product links have been used in this post when possible at no extra cost to you should you decide to make a purchase through them. Your support is appreciated. Thank you for stopping by.

*products may also be available at Simon Says Stamp or Scrapbook.com*

Challenges:

Jingle Belles - Pink Christmas

Peace on Earth - AG Christmas

BYSHC - Falling for the Holidays 2026 Linky Party

Cut It Up - #367 Pretty in Pink

Double D - Wings (card 2 - fairy)

October 19, 2026

Whimsy Stamps - Wanted: Scaredy Bat

Hello everyone. I have another fun fall/halloween card today featuring the third image from the Cutie Batootie stamp set by Whimsy Stamps (WS).

A Menento Tuxedo Black marker was used to make it easier to ink up and exclude parts of images. Started by inking the bat's head and stamping onto XPress It paper. Masked it with its coordinating NoFuss mask, then stamped the Wanted Poster next excluding the rewards portion at the bottom. Masked around the quadrilateral frame and ink blended Wilted Violet and Black Soot distress inks (DI) within the frame and around the panel edges. Coloured the image with Copic Sketch markers.

Copic markers used:

bat - BV20/25/29

ears - E02

pumpkins - YR02/04/07/09, E02

stem - YG63/67

Masking directly on the sentiment stamps was done to create the custom sentiment. Scaredy cat from Wicked Cute matched "for being" from Wanted Poster perfectly. Die cut the webs from white using the Spiders and Webs web dies then assembled the card onto a white card base to finish.

*products may also be available at Simon Says Stamp or Scrapbook.com*

Challenges:

Festive Friday - #220 Halloween (orange, black, die cuts, spider's web, bat)

Try It On Tuesday - Halloween

Cupcake Inspirations - #642 Fall

Inspiration Station - #90 October: Pumpkin

October 14, 2026

Whimsy Stamps - Autumn Pumpkin Rocker

Hello there. Popping in quickly to share a cute interactive card featuring the Build-a-Pumpkin Patch die set from Whimsy Stamps (WS).

The Canadian Thanksgiving holiday was two days ago on Monday. This was supposed to be a thanksgiving card for it, but my due set went missing. Murphy's Law, I didn't find it (actually a friend found it) until it was too late. So I pivoted and created this fun rocker rocker card.

The pumpkin and leaves were die cut from XPress It and mixed media papers, respectively. Coloured the pumpkin with Coouc Sketch markers and ink blended the leaves with distress inks (DI). Drew in leaf veins with Copic Sketch markers as well. Lightly splattered the leaves with diluted black gouache paint for a bit of texture.

Copic markers used:

pumpkin - Y17/38, YR02/04/07, E07/18

stem - YG61/63/67, R14

DI used:

Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hunge, Barn Diir, Lumberjack Okaid

Used the largest and third largest Pierced and Stitched Circles dies to die cut from heavy weight white cardstock and white woodgrain paper, respectively. Folded the largest circle in half to create the rocker base. Partial die cut the brown gingham paper from the Mix n Match Neutrals paper pack with the largest circle to cover the front. The Autumn sentiment was die cut from gold foil paper and its shadow from dark brown espresso cardstock. Gave the pumpkin some personality and used the eye die from Shark Snacks for the eyes and cheeks. Dotted the eyes with a white gelly roll pen and used the negative cutout to trace in the smile with a fine black pen. Assembled the card to finish. This will fit into an A7 (5"x7") size envelope since the finished size is 5" wide by just under 6" high.

Blogger will not allow video uploads on my blog, but you can see it rock over on my IG post HERE.

WS products used are linked below. Please note compensated affiliate product links have been used in this post when possible at no extra cost to you should you make a purchase through them. Your support is much appreciated. Thank you for stopping by.