Our backyard, now completely blanketed with fallen\u00a0oak and maple leaves, inspired this autumnal card featuring Cuddles Anya from The Greeting Farm.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I decided to try no line coloring to give a softer warm look to the Cuddles Anya and practice the dot Copic coloring technique to give the impression of fuzzy texture for the hat and teddy bear. I stamped the image with Momento Desert Sand ink, and these are the Copic colors I used:<\/p>\n

Skin: E50, 51, 53, 11 and R20
\nHair: E55, 57 and 59
\nHat: E21, 11, 13, and 15 with 0 for highlight texture
\nTeddy: E53, 30, 31, and 33 with 0 for highlight texture”
\nBubble skirt, jacket, tights and scarf: YR31, 61, 12, 04 and 07 with E13, R24 and R27 for shadow and depth<\/p>\n

I used a Copic multiliner pen in 0.03 pt to draw back in the eyes, eye brows, noses and mouths of the hat, Anya and teddy bear since the pale Desert Sand ink would become invisible after the Copic coloring. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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For the background, I rummaged through my paper scrap box and found some scraps in dark brown, a mustard\u00a0stripe, and plain white card stock (onto which I blended on Delicata Golden Glitz ink) that I layered all off-kilter for some interest. The leaves, cut out with Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves dies, are sprayed, dry embossed and burnished with burgundy, red-orange, orange, brown and a hint of gold shimmers and inks. I love all the shine and sparkle of these leaves, and I even have\u00a0a few clear Glossy Accents drops on a few leaves to mimic shiny dew drops. However, <\/a>to mute\u00a0the bold colors\u00a0of the leaves where Cuddles Anya would be,\u00a0I die cut a piece of vellum with an MFT Cross Stitched Rectangles die and layered that over the center area.\u00a0This still revealed the beauty and detail of those leaves all along the edges beyond the vellum without detracting from the main focal point Anya\u00a0with her teddy.<\/p>\n

All of this was put on a simple kraft card stock card base to keep with the earthy theme. For the inside, I inked the edges of a white card stock liner with more Delicata Golden Glitz ink and used a tiny remnant scrap of a textured and inked die\u00a0cut leave for a little accent. \u00a0The simple “thinking of you” sentiment is die cut out from another dark brown scrap with the Tim Holtz Sizzix Celebration Words die set.<\/p>\n

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This card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nThe Greeting Farm Farm Fresh Autumn Colors Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nSimon Says Stamp Monday Shine Bright Like a Diamond Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCAS-ual Friday Orange, Brown and Kraft Color Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Thinking of You Challenge<\/span><\/a>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge<\/span><\/a>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nJust Keep on Creating Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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