This has been a crazy year, and it continues to be so (I have been to the vet with both of my dogs countless times these past couple of weeks — thank goodness both finally seem to be doing better). So I wanted to take a moment to craft a whimsical card to help shift my mind to all that I have to be thankful for — family, health, shelter, friends, and of course puppies.<\/p>\n

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I’m using 3 stamps from this It’s Snome Time collection “Robin Mishchief” stamp set<\/a><\/span> that I got from LoveCrafts.com (by the way, they’re having a 15% off all their paper pads at present and there are some adorable It’s Snome Time pads).\u00a0 I used the largest image on some card stock for the main card image and I used two smaller stamps to decorate a coordinated envelope. These are the Copic colors I used:
\nRed areas: R27, R29 and R39
\nWhite areas (beard, fur on hat): N0 and N1
\nOrange areas: YR01, YR04 and YR07
\nBrown areas: E21, E31 and E23
\nPeach areas (nose, mushroom house, package): R11, R12, E21 and E31
\nBlue areas: B24, B26 and B28
\nGreen areas: G14, YG09 and G17
\nI also added some highlight marks and cleaned up the white spots that I had accidentally colored into with a Uniball Signo White Gel Pen<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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I fussy cut the main image with my Fiskars Reverse Spring Loaded Scissors<\/a><\/span> and then popped up the main image with foam dots onto a craft and silver foiled polka dot card front. I also glued on a thin fun foam sheet under that card front so that I could add a little dimension from the card base. For the card liner, I used a scrap of light blue craft paper and simply added a left over strip of the craft and silver foiled polka dot paper. The wonderful sentiment, “Christmas Isn’t Just a Day. It’s a State of Mind. – Kris Kringle” from The Project Bin’s “Maybe Christmas” stamp set<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, as a finishing touch, I used craft paint to color white some wood veneer snowflakes<\/a><\/span> and stars from my stash, which I layered onto the card front for some added interest. I love the dimension and the cozy feel that is created with the craft paper and the wood embellishments.<\/p>\n

CLICK on the following picture to watch the process video:<\/p>\n

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This card and matching envelope are being entered into the following challenges:
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Layer It Up Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Halloween Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nFab ‘n’ Funky Christmas Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/span><\/a>
\nCrafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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