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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

<\/a>To create the moon, used the layering moon stamps from the Altenew “To the Moon and Back” stamp set<\/a><\/span>. 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<\/a><\/span>. For the next layer, I used Lawn Fawn Hippo<\/a><\/span> and for the last layer, I used Lawn Fawn Storm Cloud Premium Dye Inks<\/a><\/span>. After fussy cutting out the moon, for a bit of shine and subtle visual texture, I used VersaMark Ink<\/a><\/span> 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.<\/p>\n

The foxes and rabbits looking up at the moon are from the Lawn Fawn “Upon a Star” stamp set<\/a><\/span>. 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:
\nMoonlight: Y02
\nFoxes: YE12, E35 with W1 for tail
\nRabbits: C2, C4 and C6<\/p>\n

<\/a>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<\/a><\/span> 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\u00a0Altenew “To the Moon and Back” stamp set<\/a><\/span> on this black base with Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder.<\/p>\n

For the back of the card, I used the My Favorite Things “New Best Friend” stamp set<\/a><\/span> 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\u00a0Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder<\/a><\/span> rather than create a traditional card that opens so that this could easily be framed in a shadow box frame\u00a0 (which I’m sending in the new puppy care package that I’m sending with this card) without adding too much additional bulk.<\/p>\n

Disclosure<\/span>: Many of the supplies I\u2019ve used for today\u2019s project are linked.\u00a0Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!<\/em><\/p>\n

The following is a process video of creating this card:<\/p>\n

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This card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Photo Inspiration Challenge<\/a><\/span> – WINNER<\/a><\/span>
\nLawn Fawnatics For the Guys Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional Buttons and Bows Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafters Castle Anything Goes with Optional More than One Fold Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nArt Impressions Odd Animals Challenge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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