Oak Tree Boy Hanging Onto Fall

Fall, Ocassions, Seasons, Thinking of You/Miss You, Whimsy Stamps

Hello friends!  I hope that you’ve enjoyed the weekend and having a great start to your week so far!  Right now the weather guy is saying that we could reach freezing temps on Halloween night!  About 3 weeks ago we were still in hot temps and then ran right into this cold weather!  I wish I could’ve had a couple of days to open windows and it doesn’t look like I’m going to get that!  I’m trying to hang onto the Fall Season for as long as I possibly can!

Speaking of Fall, I have this really sweet image from Whimsy Stamps to share with you today!  He’s literally hanging on a tree limb for Fall!

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This adorable image is one from Syliva Zet for Whimsy Stamps called Oak Tree Boy and I have him and his little bird friend all colored up in Autumn colors!

I knew I wanted to grab the papers from the Whimsy Stamps Rustic Wood and Brick digital paper collection, so I grabbed some more plaid papers from my stash and layered it with some gold mirror cardstock that I’ve also used for the scalloped circle layer behind the image.  I attached some seam binding ribbon around these layers and added them to a 5″ square kraft card base.

I took some sparkly Prima leaves from my stash and glued them on before adding the circle image panel with some craft foam behind it.  I glued on the seam binding bow and then I took the sentiment from the Whimsy Stamps Everyday Mini Sentiments and white heat embossed it over a piece of grey cardstock.  I then cut it out with the Whimsy Stamps Quick Strips die set and attached it over top of the image panel.

Lastly, I added a few sequins and filled the centers with some Nuvo Glitter Drops.

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Here’s a closer view of the image and how I’ve colored him in!  For the “bells” on his hat and the little bird’s hat, I colored them, but then they were covered with a glue pen and some clear loose glitter.  I took my Copic colors and did little “dots” (pointillism technique) around the image.  I did this with a gold gel pen as well.

You can view the Copic markers that I’ve used on my creation below:

  • Boy’s Outfit – YG97, YG95, W5, W3, W1, E43, E40, / Shoes & buttons:  E87, E84
  • Boy’s Hair – E47, E44, E42 / Skin:  E21, E11, E02, E00, E000, R20, R00
  • Bird – E77, E74, E70, R20 / hat: YG97, YG95, W3, W1
  • Ladybugs – R29 and black pen
  • Bells on hats – Y28, Y26
  • Leaves – YR27, YR24, YR21, Y38, Y35
  • Acorns – E35, E33, E31
  • Tree Limb – E27, E25, E23
  • Pointillism and shading – E43, E41 and gold gel pen

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I hope you’ve enjoyed my my little Autumn card today and were inspired or at least brought a smile your way!

Thanks so much for dropping in today!  I enjoy hearing from you, so please say hello and I’ll be seeing you again soon!

Challenges:

  1.  The House That Stamps Built – Fall Colors Inspiration Palette
  2. Stamping Sensations – October Trees/Leaves/Autumn
  3. {Cupcake Inspirations} – CIC481 Fall
  4. Crafty Catz – Anything Goes #479
  5. QKR Stampede – Anything Goes #368
  6. Creative Fingers – Anything Goes #173
  7. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – PIP1942 Anything Goes

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I'm so happy you found me! I love to share smiles with my handmade cards! I also enjoy papercrafts through art journaling, scrapooking and mixed media projects too! Thanks for stopping by!

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29 thoughts on “Oak Tree Boy Hanging Onto Fall”

  1. What a precious image that you’ve colored so perfectly for Autumn! Love the plaid, the leaves the colors and all the great elements of fall you managed to incorporate into this card! I too am feeling bummed that it’s been too chilly to open my windows more than once since summer! I love the fresh air and miss it!

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  5. Aww, love your coloring of this adorable guy. The plaid papers, leaves and bow are fab too.
    xxx Margreet

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  6. Gorgeous card and image beautifully coloured love the Autumn colours and plaid papers been cold and wet here for a couple of days just cold today !
    Carol x

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  7. What a delightfully sweet image, Vicki. I love how you colored him and his cute owl friend! That plaid paper is amazing; so perfect for fall. I have to pop on a DT hat and thank you so much for playing in the challenge this week at QKR Stampede! Good luck.
    NanaConnie DT

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  10. I think we’d all love to hang on to fall – and probably summer and spring too! However, winter will be here shortly.
    LOVE your pretty card and all the fall leaves. Great patterned paper and image!
    Lynn

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  11. So pretty with the warm colours and leaves, many thanks for sharing and joining in with our ‘Trees/Leaves/Autumn’ theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    B x

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  13. That’s one adorable image and the two look like they are the best of friends x. Wonderful colouring and I am hanging onto Aumn my end too x.

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  16. This is soooo adorable and sooooo gorgeous!! Such a cute image and your paper/color combo is fabulous!! Gorgeous bow, too! Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.

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  17. This is gorgeous Vicki, darling image, coloring and embellishing! You had a lot of fabulous posts while I was on vacation. Glad you shared this one with The House That Stamps Built.

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  21. Oh what an amazing image! So cute! What a beautiful autumn card! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Cupcake Inspirations!
    Hugs,
    Debbie

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  22. Wow! Your card is absolutely gorgeous! You coloring is perfect and I love the papers you used! Thanks for linking to the Inspiration Board Challenge on the Repeat Impressions blog!

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  23. Beautiful coloring, sparkle and autumn colors. A super layout for a circle cut image, with the ribbon and the leaves tucked under the image panel.

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  25. What autumn perfection!! I don’t recall an autumn image I have loved more. This card is a stunning beauty, Vicki!

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  27. Such a sweet image and lovely coloured backing papers

    Thanks for joining us at stamping Sensations this month

    Joan

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