Special Guest - Esther Asbury

We're welcoming the talented Esther Asbury to the Whimsy blog today.

 

Hello everyone! My name is Esther and I'm excited to be a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps today! I used a combo of their awesome stamps, dies, stencils, and Sparkletz on this fun winter card. Isn't that little bunny just adorable?! 

I colored that cute bunny from Bunny Delivery with watercolor markers and fussy-cut him.  For my background I used the following colors of Distress Oxides: Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord, and Seedless Preserves.  The stars were added with the  Twinkle Stencil and accented with the December Dream Sparkletz.  To finish my scene, I die-cut white cardstock with the Mountain Majesty Dies.

Winter Birthday...

Hello friends,

Hope today is kind to you all!

The 
Whimsy Stamps 
crafty goodies we've seen this month have been beautiful, my heart has been completely stolen!

By a country mile the brilliant background builder die

Mountain Majesty Die Set
is one of my favourite Whimsy Die set EVER! - just look at the smoke coming out of the chimney!

Here I have put it together with a beautiful clear stamp set from last year

Bundled Up Clear Stamp Set
I think this would make a perfect winter birthday card - or even a card to send 'just because' you're thinking of a friend!

I created the background with Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire and flicked Perfect Pearls and water over it to make it sparkly!

To make the backdrop I die cut white card with the 

Mountain Majesty Die Set

and the 

Wavy Edgers Die Set

I blended a little blue ink over the die cuts and then layered them onto the inky background to create the wintery scene.  I die cut the whole thing with a

Notched Square Die

I stamped a sentiment from the 

Bundled Up set, 

die cut it and added it to the design with twine as shown.

Next I stamped the 

Bundled Up 

images and coloured them with Copics

Skin E04, E11, E00, E000

Hair  E47, E44

Outfit B39, B37, B24, B34, YR04, YR61, YR00

Bunny W3, W2, W1

I fussy cut them and added them to the design as shown.

Finally I added some 

Star Dust Stickles

and some 

Start Sky Spakletz

to the scene to create some frosty shimmer!

Please have a good look around the 

Whimsy Inspirations Blog 

At the gorgeous cards by the rest of the Whimsy Stamps Creative Team – and then follow that with a trip to 

Whimsy Stamps 

store for some essential retail therapy!

Happy crafting friends
from Sue

   

Whimsy Stamps and Tombow Collaboration - Day 1, Post 2

All week long Whimsy Stamps and Tombow will be joining forces to bring you some amazing inspiration combining products from these great companies! Be sure to visit both companies’ blogs each day this week to see all of the incredible projects the designers have created AND to enter the giveaways!

I used a variety of Whimsy and Tombow products in my card today, both obvious and behind the scenes.

For instance, I used one of the Tombow ABT Pro Alcohol Markers Purple Tone markers for the sky. The chisel tip made quick work on that expanse.

Another behind the scenes way I used Tombow was to stamp the Whimsy Winter Sports beaver then draw in lines on the inner tube using a Mono Drawing Pencil 4H. I had read recently about the different hardness ratings for pencils, so thought I would give something other than a number 2 a try.  The 4H worked a treat--exactly what I was looking for with thin, light lines.

I colored up the inner tube using ABT Pro Alcohol Markers Purple Tones then went over the pencil lines using a Tombow Mono Drawing Pen 03. This size is my favorite when it comes to pens as it matches many outline thicknesses of the stamps I use. I also used the 03 pen to make his pupils bigger. Ca-ute!

For the rest of the image, I used Copics.

To complete the card, I finished up the card base layers using Whimsy Mountain Majesty and Wavy Edgers. I adhered them using MONO Adhesive Permanent. The sentiment is stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on one of the Quick Strips.

If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.

But before you go visit one of those, keep reading to see how you can win, win, win!

To enter to win the $25 gift certificate from Whimsy Stamps and the prize package from Tombow, simply leave a comment on each of the collaboration posts this week on the Whimsy blog.  All comments must be left by midnight EST on Friday, December 13^th.  Two commenters - one for the Whimsy gift certificate and one for the Tombow package - will be randomly-selected and announced on the Whimsy blog on Saturday, December 14^th.

Don’t forget to visit the Tombow blog each day, also, for more inspiration from the Tombow designers!

Winter Wonderland Kinetics Card

Hi, Whimsy friends!  It's Andrea with you today sharing some winter cheer with a fun slider card featuring the new Winter Wonderland stamp.

I love snowmen, and the ones in the Winter Wonderland set are soooo cute!  I stamped this guy with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with Copics.  After trimming him out, I added highlights with a white gel pen and brushed clear sparkle over him.

For some inspiration for my background (I get tired of blue sometimes), I turned to Google and found a beautiful photo of a wintry landscape.  To recreate it I used the following Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, and Chipped Sapphire.  For the pond/river, I blended just the last three colors onto a separate piece of cardstock.  On the background I white heat-embossed a sentiment from Winter Wonderland.  

I die-cut the pond with the Kinetic Curved Hills Dies and die-cut the Mountain Majesty border die from white cardstock.  To create the slider, I die-cut the white hill with the Kinetic Cuved Basics Dies and cut the slider elements from white cardstock with the No-See Kinetic Straight Dies.  I assembled the pieces with foam tape and attached the slider to my background panel, which I adhered to a white card with ScorTape.  I flicked white paint over the entire card and also spritzed it with shimmer spray.

Have a wonderful day!