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…I think we need a little more peace these days, don’t you? While I don’t think one little card will make a huge difference in the world, I hope my scene will bring a smile and some peace to you today.
I recently discovered stamps from The Greeting Farm and wow, do they have some cute critters! I am a huge sucker for anything foxes and this Cuddly Thanks stamp set had my name written all over it!
I started off by stamping my fox with copic-friendly Memento tuxedo black ink and then I masked him so I could stamp the stump. Unfortunately I wasn’t paying attention and instead of cutting a mask from masking paper, I cut a mask from stick-it adhesive….ha ha. NOT the same thing. So yeah, that one went in the trash and I repeated the process with actual masking paper! 😉 I cut a mask for my stump and also cut a mask for the ground. I laid those onto my card and then blended distress inks for the sky. I wasn’t really going for the most realistic looking sky today so I used shaded lilac, picked raspberry, and salty ocean distress inks. I also sprinkled water droplets over the cardstock to soften the sky.
Next I removed the masks and colored the fox and the stump with copic markers. I also used copic markers to add some shading and dimension to the snowy landscape. I decided I wanted to add a little more sparkle so I used pearlescent embossing paste with the Wave of Snowflakes stencil from Create A Smile. While the paste was still wet I sprinkled it with cool diamond glitter!
While that was drying I worked on the sentiment. I cut a tag from Mama Elephant’s Tags a Lot with pink cardstock and heat-embossed the sentiment from Papertrey Ink’s Tis the Seasons sentiment with silver embossing powder. Then I decided it needed to be sparklier…so I went over it with my clear wink of stella glitter brush and it ended up like this:
I put a little foam mounting tape behind the tag to adhere it to the card and then tied a little metallic silver twine around the card. I was in the mood for something colorful and sparkly and I think this card fits the bill! 😉
And a happy mail update…two more cards went out today!
November 2015 Total Cards Mailed: 41
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This is darling…what a sweet fox!
Hey Jess, super cute! I was just admiring their stamps last week, they’re really adorable critters. Beautiful background thanks for listing the colors you used, lol!! Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Adorable card, Jess. Also love the rainbowy effect of the background.
Aw this sleeping fox just the sweetest! Love your blended background and snowy sky! Peace!
This is so adorably sweet Jessica!!!