Woodland Wishes for PP812

Hello friends!  I'm here with a card for our new challenge at the Paper Players.  This week, the fabulous Jaydee is hosting our Clean and Simple challenge, asking us to make it all about Christmas. 

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A few weeks back, my wonderful teamie Joanne made this gorgeous card, using a beautiful monochromatic design.  I was so smitten with the image that I had to bring one home to my craft room.  And it worked out perfectly for this challenge!

Admittedly, I am not the best at creating truly CAS cards, but this time I stuck to minimal layers (just one) and embellishments, and one central focal point.

This sweet pyramid of critters is such a delightful image.  Even my husband, who is not prone to liking "cute", really liked this illustration.  And it was so fun to color!  I used my Copic markers for all the critters, a small amount of "ground" beneath them, and a very light blue in the background.  That's the beauty of a great image - it can be used as Joanne did beautifully with heat embossing or it can be colored up!

I had die cut the scallop edge panel before stamping so I could ensure the sentiment, which is also part of the stamp set, would fit at the bottom.  After the coloring was complete, the panel was mounted on the card base with foam tape, then I used a shimmer pen on the stars and a bit of glitter glue on the tiny snowflakes.  And that was it!  This only took me a couple of hours, so I know I'll be making a few more of this design to send out this year during the holidays.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll join us this week with your CAS Christmas card.  The challenge will remain open until Friday, November 20th at 3pm EST.  In the meantime, please be sure to visit the challenge blog to see what my talented teammates created to inspire you.  

Stef

• Stampin' Up! Woodland Wishes stamp set
• Simon Says Stamp Eyelet Layer Frames die
• Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen
• Star Dust Stickles
• Copics - Cardinal and red ornament - R39, 37, 35; Bluebirds - B05, 02, 00; Owl - C5, 4, 2, 0; Blue ornament - B18, 24, 21; Stars and gold striped ornament - YR27, Y17, 15; Green leaves and gift box - G28, 17, 03; Holly leaves - YG99, 95, 93; Fox - E19, YR18, 14, 21; Deer - E29, 37, 35, 33, 31, 30; Black Bear - C9, 7, 5, 3, E23, 21; Squirrel - E47, 44, 43, 41; Rabbit - W4, 2, 0; Sky - B0000