My sister-in-law and her family just got their first dog! I am so happy for them, especially since the 2 boys have been wanting a dog for over 10 years! The new pup’s name is Luna, so I thought it would be fun to combine a few different stamp sets to create a personalized moon-themed welcome fur baby card.
The sky background was created by blending Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. In order to achieve a yellow glow around the moon, I first stamped the moon on the card base and blended the inks around that circle. For a starry night look, I splattered some water with my fingers to bleach out the ink, and I also splattered on some watered-down white acrylic paint with a toothbrush to create a wealth of stars.
To create the moon, used the layering moon stamps from the Altenew “To the Moon and Back” stamp set. To give it visual depth, I stamped the base circle stamp with the Tsukineko Brilliance Moonlight White Pigment Ink and the Lawn Fawn Manatee Premium Dye Ink. For the next layer, I used Lawn Fawn Hippo and for the last layer, I used Lawn Fawn Storm Cloud Premium Dye Inks. After fussy cutting out the moon, for a bit of shine and subtle visual texture, I used VersaMark Ink with clear embossing powder and heat embossed the whole moon. I popped this up on fun foam for added dimension when I adhered it to the night sky background.
The foxes and rabbits looking up at the moon are from the Lawn Fawn “Upon a Star” stamp set. I know this odd pack of rabbits and foxes would never happen in reality but these adorable animals represent my sister-in-law’s family: the bunnies are the girls and the foxes represent the boys. I used the following Copic colors to give them all a warm moon-lit glow:
Moonlight: Y02
Foxes: YE12, E35 with W1 for tail
Rabbits: C2, C4 and C6
I used a Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Die to create a silhouetted foreground on which the family of foxes and rabbits could stand. But before I used foam dots to pop them on, I blended on some Squeezed Lemonade Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink to give the ground a bit of moonlight glow too. I also decided to heat emboss the sentiment, “LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK” from the Altenew “To the Moon and Back” stamp set on this black base with Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder.
For the back of the card, I used the My Favorite Things “New Best Friend” stamp set to heat emboss the puppy and the sentiment, “Congratulations on Your New FURBALL.” Then to give it a finished look, I doodled some dots and dashes around the edges. I decided to back the card with black card stock and heat emboss this with more Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder rather than create a traditional card that opens so that this could easily be framed in a shadow box frame (which I’m sending in the new puppy care package that I’m sending with this card) without adding too much additional bulk.
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The following is a process video of creating this card:
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Photo Inspiration Challenge – WINNER
Lawn Fawnatics For the Guys Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Buttons and Bows Challenge
Crafters Castle Anything Goes with Optional More than One Fold Challenge
Art Impressions Odd Animals Challenge
Awesome background! This is so cool looking! Thanks for sharing it with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends!
Sandy DT
Thanks so much Sandy!
aww how cute is this!! the whole scene is adorable and I am sure the family will all love this special puppy welcome card, totally adorable! 🙂
luv
Lols x x x
p.s, I don’t know if you saw, but you won the $50 voucher on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!!! 😉
Thank you so very much Lorrane! You’re the best!
What a perfect card to welcome the new puppy to the family! Thank you for sharing it along with all of the details on how you made it with us at Through The Craft Room Door.
Awww thanks so much! It was really fun to design and craft.
Well isn’t this adorable! I want a new puppy! LOL
I want a new puppy too! LOL
Very cute. Thanks for joining the Art Impressions Challenge.
Thank so very much Crystal!
Oh this is just gorgeous! I love the background and those cute images.
Glad you stopped by at 613 Avenue Create.
Hugs Sheryl DT member xx
Thanks bunches Sheryl!
This is simply gorgeous! I love that the card is symbolic on so many levels. You’ve created a brilliant moon and night sky and your critters are so adorable with their lovely golden glow!
Thank you for sharing your project with us at the Crafts Galore Encore “Anything Goes” June Challenge. Good Luck and hope to see you again next month!
Carole x DT
Thank you so much for “getting it”. I had a blast thinking up all those symbolic connections. 🙂
squeeeeee! this is amazing!!!! wow! the detail on that moon…i can’t even!! gorgeous!!!!!!!!! thank you SO much for playing along with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge! 🙂
Oh thank you so very much Samantha! I had a blast playing along!
WOW – THIS id fabulous! LOVE your design and how you see the moon shining in the ful of the critters! Thank you so much for playing along with us at the Lawnfawnatics Challenge! /Karin
Oh thank you so very much Karin! I really loved designing and crafting this card for my nephews and niece and their new puppy, Luna
What a very sweet and fun card! Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Crafter’s Castle this week. We hope to see you next time too!
Blessings, Jeanie
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Oh thank you so much Jeanie! I had so much fun crafting this special card welcoming a new puppy into the family.
I love the background you created with the Oxide inks and sweet little scene with the animals. All of my daughters love that saying so much and so do I. Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Crafter’s Castle this month….good luck 🙂
Hugs… Janie
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Awww thanks so much Janie!
A great card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with photo inspiration” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…
Thanks a ton!