Special Guest - Ashley Ebben

Hello, Whimsy fans!  Today we welcome the talented Ashley Ebben back to the Whimsy blog, and we know you're going to love the beautiful card she is sharing with us!

Hello friends! I am back on the Whimsy Stamps blog today for my second post as a guest designer! One of my favorite things in the world to do is read. So when I saw the Mermaid Escape stamp in the store, I knew I had to use that reading mermaid!

I started by blending Distress Oxide inks in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, and Mermaid Lagoon onto white cardstock. I then took the waves stamp from Splash and stamped it up the background in the coordinating Distress Oxide color, masking as I went. I love the soft pattern this gave my water! I splattered some shimmer ink and white acrylic paint across the whole piece for a bubbly effect. For more bubbles, I cut the Slimline Connected Bubbles die from vellum and added it to the background. I then added the background to a piece of Blurry Flurries paper in a similar color scheme to finish the watery look.

I stamped several images from Mermaid Escape in Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and colored with Copics. The mermaid got a sparkly rainbow tail at the request of my three year old daughter :) I fussy cut the images out and added them to the card to make an underwater paradise. I stamped the sentiment onto navy cardstock with VersaMark ink and embossed with white. I added it to the card with some foam tape, then finished with a sprinkling of iridescent jewels for extra sparkle.

Thank you so much to Whimsy Stamps for having me, and thanks to you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Thank you, Ashley, for another gorgeous creation!  

To see more of Ashley's work, be sure to visit her blog and Instagram account.

Special Guest - Ashley Ebben

We are thrilled to have the talented Ashley Ebben as a guest this month!

Hello, everyone! I am so excited to be guest designing for Whimsy Stamps this month! For my first card, I knew I wanted to use one of the adorable Bunny Balloons sets, but it was so hard to choose which one! I finally ended up going with this little guy from Bunny Balloons 2. His bow tie and vest are just the cutest things, don't you think?!

I fell in love with the Blurry Flurries paper pack the moment I saw it, so I decided to use one of the bokeh pieces as my color inspiration for the card. I used the Slimline Connected Bubbles die to create a cloud stencil by tracing the outside of it onto thick white cardstock and cutting it out. I stamped the sun from the Splash set in black ink onto white cardstock and masked it off. I then used my new stencil to create a cloudy sky using Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, and Mermaid Lagoon. I cut the ink blended piece down with a stitched rectangle die and added it to the bokeh paper that was my inspiration.

I stamped the bunny from Bunny Balloons 2 and the clouds from Splash onto white cardstock and colored with Copics. I fussy cut everything out and added them to the card, popping the bunny and some clouds up with foam tape for dimension. I stamped the sentiment from Splash in black ink and finished with a scattering of iridescent crystals for some sparkle.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Thank you, Ashley, for this adorable inspiration!  To see more of Ashley's work, visit her on her blog.

Special Guest - Oliver Gleason

Hi, Whimsy friends!  Today we welcome the talented Oliver Gleason back to the blog!

This is what Oliver had to say about this card, "For this card I wanted to keep it winter themed but couldn’t resist some spooky too!"  I think he nailed it, don't you?!  

To create this card, Oliver paired one of the Gossip Holiday Girls with the Build-a-Graveyard Dies and Grave Epitaphs stamp set.

For his background Oliver stamped the Goth Skulls Background and matted it with black cardstock.  He trimmed down a paper from the Blurry Flurries pack, matted it and adhered it on top.

Using the Build-a-Graveyard Dies, Oliver die-cut the gravestones and fence.  He added sentiments to the gravestones with the Grave Epitaphs set.  He stamped the girl from Gossip Holiday Girls and colored her with alcohol markers.

He adhered his elements with foam tape and added a die-cut border at the bottom.  He finished with a sentiment from Gossip Holiday Girls and a scattering of pearls.

Thank you, Oliver, for this fun, inspiring card!  To see more of Oliver's work, be sure to check him out on Instagram.

 

Special Guest - Oliver Gleason

Hello, Whimsy friends!  This month we welcome the talented Oliver Gleason to the Whimsy blog!

Oliver used the Gossip Holiday Girls for this fun and colorful card!  He colored the images with alcohol markers and cut them out.  

He used the Blurry Flurries Paper Pack for his backgrounds and framed the images with die-cuts created with the Selfie Die Set.  He adhered the images to the background papers with foam tape and then attached the frames with two layers of foam tape.  He affixed the framed images to the card with varying amounts of dimensional adhesive.

He white heat-embossed two of the sentiments from Gossip Holiday Girls, trimmed them into banners, and adhered the banners to the card.

Thanks, Oliver, for this wonderful inspiration!  

To see more of Oliver's work, be sure to check out his Instagram account, @senorgleason.