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!

Special Guest - Adelle Emery

Hi crafters, Adelle here. I’m excited to be guest designing for Whimsy Stamps with a couple of projects I’ll be sharing in the upcoming weeks. I adored so many of the illustrations from the latest release it was hard to choose, but I had to go with this flamingo on skis from the Winter Sports stamp set. It’s so cute!

I wanted to do a night scene and to begin I stamped the flamingo on a panel of white cardstock as well as on some masking paper. I cut out the mask and then colored the flamingo using Copic markers.

Copic colors: R00, R11, R32, R22, R24. C3, C5, C7, C9. B99, B97, B95.

After coloring, I applied the flamingo mask onto the cardstock and then I cut out a hill from masking paper and applied it to where the hill would be so that I could ink the sky. After finishing the sky, I took the remaining piece of masking paper and applied it over the sky so I could ink the snow hill.

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To finish the card I used a white gel pen for stars in the sky and stamped a sentiment from the Winter Sports stamp set. I cut down the panel and popped it up on a card base with foam tape.

A big thank you to Whimsy Stamps for sharing their wonderful products and having me as a guest designer.