Scene building is such a great way to build a card, but the scene doesn’t always have to take over the whole of the card. Masked ink blended whimsy scenes are great for creating a small scene that jumps off the card as though you’ve caught a moment in time. I used the fun Need A Hand stamp set from Hero Arts and it comes with some beautiful whimsy underwater stamps. Paired with ink blending and white space you have two modern whimsy cards!
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Masked ink blended whimsy scene: round scene
To start off, trim a scrap piece of card down to 5.5″x 4.25 and position a circle from the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies from Hero Arts. Run this through your die-cutting machine and you know have your mask made for the first card.
Temporarily adhere your masked template down to a card panel ready for ink blending. Next, using a selection of blue inks and the Altenew Ink Blending Tool, ink blend ink into your circle mask. You don’t need more than one tool to create this look as you can start off with your lightest blue, and transition to your darkest blue with the same brush. A selection of Catherine Pooler Inks was used, see the supplies selection for the blues used.
Next, stamp the two jellyfish onto white 80lb card in alcohol friendly ink and briefly heat set with your heat gun. Using Copic Markers, colour the jellyfish in and then use the coordinating dies to die cut out the images.
Next, with dark grey ink and after removing the mask, stamp one of the seaweed and the fishes onto the card panel, allowing these to stamp off the masked circle for a more interesting design. Using foam pads, adhere the jellyfish to the front of the card. Take a sentiment from the stamp set and heat emboss this onto black card.
To finish the card off, add the sentiment offset to one side and embellish with a few iridescent sequins.
Masked ink blended whimsy scene: rectangle scene
For this card, die-cut a rectangle out from scrap card using the Nesting rectangle infinity dies from Hero Arts. Again, temporarily adhere this to a card panel ready for ink blending.
Next, add the link to the masked area and blending from light to dark. Once complete, remove the mask. Stamp a selection of additional images (seaweed, fishes and bubbles to the background) and set to one side.
For this card, stamp the octopus and starfish in Copic friendly ink and colour in. Once coloured, use the coordinating dies to die-cut these out. Foam mount the die-cut images onto the card, offset off the masked ink blended scene for a more interesting design.
Add another heat embossed sentiment to the front of the card and embellish once more with iridescent sequins, scattering around the card.
Finished cards
If you struggle with scene building, perhaps try creating a small ink blended area to concentrate the scene around. You may find it easy to design to complete with a smaller space.
Supplies
Masked ink blended whimsy scene
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), Picket Fence Studios (PF), My Favourite Things (MFT), The Little Paper Tree (LPT) and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
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All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Need a Hand – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Nesting Circle Infinity Dies – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Nesting Rectangle Infinity Dies – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |
 Need A Hand Die – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |  Hot Tub Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Hot Tub Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Hot Tub Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  All That Jazz – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  All That Jazz Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 All That Jazz Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Juniper Mist Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Juniper Mist Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Juniper Mist Bundle – Cathering Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  Suede Shoes – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Suede Shoes reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Suede Shoes Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |  Something Borrowed Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Smething Borrowed Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Black Jack Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Black Jack reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |  Black Jack Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
 Midnight Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Midnight Mini Ink Cube – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Midnight Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |
 Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: SB | BP | LPT | Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |
 Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP |  Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Ink blending tool large – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |  WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |
 Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: BP |  Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 QuickStik – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: CPD | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
