Special Guest - Amy Young

 

You're in for a real treat today, Whimsy friends, as we welcome the talented Amy Young back to the blog!

Hello crafty friends!  I'm just tickled pink to be joining Whimsy Stamps as a guest designer once again this year! And I gotta admit, this is a favorite time to be joining the fun because we are right in the thick of crafting for the upcoming holidays, and Whimsy always has amazing stamps for those special occasions. I thought about jumping right in with a Halloween card, but when I saw these amazingly cute squirrels in the new Bundles of Hugs set, I couldn't let the fall season pass without inking them up.

 

When thinking about how to put the scene together using all three of the squirrels, I had to come up with ways to get them on three different levels so that the overall design would be more active and dynamic. That's when I remembered the tree stump that comes in the PDP Harley stamp set... it's the perfect lift for the acorn balancing squirrel! I also grabbed the little fairy door that comes in the PDP Raden set and added it to the stump to create a home for these squirrels to hibernate in once they are done foraging and showing off, LOL! 

I stamped the third squirrel with the sunflower nice and high on the card then simply colored in a wooden fence for him to stand on. Because there was so much brown going on between the fence, tree stump and bushel of apples, I decided to make my squirrels grey, so they would really stand out against the warmer tones. I'm so pleased with the cheeky story this scene tells and how animated and alive these little cuties appear to be.  :) 

Well that's it from me today, I will be back next Thursday with some Halloween spookiness to share!