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!
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.
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
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:
- The House That Stamps Built – Fall Colors Inspiration Palette
- Stamping Sensations – October Trees/Leaves/Autumn
- {Cupcake Inspirations} – CIC481 Fall
- Crafty Catz – Anything Goes #479
- QKR Stampede – Anything Goes #368
- Creative Fingers – Anything Goes #173
- Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – PIP1942 Anything Goes
Stamped Smiles 