I mentioned in an earlier post that I bought an adorable Gorjuss stamp and for my niece’s birthday card I used the girl image which meant that i had two little foxes ready to go for a card. They seriously make my heart melt, they are the cutest ever.
This is the card I made using those two little cuties. Even Craig commented on how cute it was. :-O
I embossed the fox stamp with black embossing powder and embossing distress ink and then coloured them in using an watercolour pen and some distress inks. I love the way you can dilute the colour with the water to create darker or lighter areas, which gives the illusion of shadows.
My first idea was to have the foxes sitting up against a tree, but then i thought that the embossed woodgrain design would look fantastic. The problem was that the embossing folder wasn’t big enough for my card, so i cut it in two to create a flat panel which i dressed up with some bakers twine. To finish…a little punched heart, chomped corners and some inked edges. Job Done!
But WAIT! Before you jump away from here, I wanted to share a little sneaky peeky with you.
I am working on a Thanksgiving project to share with you, with FREE tutorial videos, and some FREE downloadable journaling cards. I am hoping to have it all ready to launch on the website soon, so keep checking back.
Oh, and here’s some links to the projects used for the foxy card.
Take it easy everyone.
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Another Monday, another MAN-day Monday. Today’s card is kinda inspired by last weeks Super Mario card. Being the wife of a video gamer means that cards like these are always well received. I love the simplicity of the Nintendo characters and thought it would be SUPER easy (haha) to recreate the star for a card.
I used a star cookie cutter die from Quickutz and used my scissors to round off the points. Next i punched two holes in the star using my cropadile, one just above the other, and used my craft knife to slice between the two holes. This created a long oblong shape to look like an eye. I obviously did this twice so my star could have two eyes (how else would it be able to see?) Then I punched a circle from black card and stuck it behind the eye holes.
For a simple background I embossed the circle using a cuttlebug embossing folder, and used black to create a high contrast between the background and my little star. The greeting was simply printed using my computer and printer and i matted this using red cardstock.
Mens cards don’t have to be complicated.
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Oh, by the way, watch out for my Thanksgiving video tutorial coming up soon, with 4 free downloadable journaling cards. I am hoping to have it up in a few days. If that sounds like fun to you, maybe you should check out one of my previous Thanksgiving projects, also with a downloadable journaling card – check out this post called ‘I am thankful‘
You probably know that I am a scrap-fiend. I love finding ways to use up my scraps for projects, big or small. I am excited to share a short video which shows you how i sometimes use my scraps to make a fun embellishment that you can add to cards or layouts – the infamous photocorner!
To demonstrate the power of the fiercefully fun photocorner (what a mouthful!) i have a new layout to share, one that i secretly love to bits. I don’t normally say things like that because (1) I don’t want you all to think that i have a big head the size of China, and (2) I usually like the finished layout but not LOVE it. I guess they sometimes fall into the ‘it’ll do’ category and i am thankful that i got a chance to scrap it.
I reckon the reason i get butterflies when i look at the layout is because of the topic at hand. In case you can’t make out from the photo, it is about my daughter who would always reach out her hand when nursing, and gently touch my face. I would look down at her eyes and see them glance up at me and twinkle. Every single time it would make my heart melt.
Enjoy the video and perhaps you’ll find some inspiration from the layout too.
Here’s what the journaling says:
“One of the things i miss most about nursing you is those precious moments when you would reach your hand out to me & gently press your fingertips to my lips. You would always raise your eyes for a brief moment and smile at me. Those few precious moments said more than a thousand words.”
Did i mention how much i love these Echo Park papers? {yum}
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