Birthday Squirrel

Good Morning everyone.

Today is a card i made for my brothers birthday with an autumn theme as he has a September birthday and loves his wildlife.  Ive teamed up a stamped squirrel with an inky background and lots of die cut leaves.

I first made my background by making a leaf mask - i printed a leaf silhouette out and cut out the inside with a craft knife - this left me with a leaf shape in the middle, using repositionable glue i stuck to a piece of white card and sprinkled on brushos & pixie powders in autumnal colours and left to dry completely.  I then stamped lots of foliage using oxide inks in the background and then the toadstool and falling leaves & acorns using brown archival ink.  Once totally dry i removed my mask.  I then die cut into a XL oval, i created a white oval frame which i added over the top with foam tape and i die cut a 3rd oval, scored along the top edge, folded and glued this flap to the back of my card front - this became the back of my card.

I stamped the sentiment into place and a spider. I stamped my squirrel onto white card, coloured with inktense pencils and cut him out, i attached him onto the front with glue gel.  I then got die cutting lots of little leaves from left over pieces of inked cardstock in co-ordinating colours.   I then got arranging all the leaves.  Glossy accents added to the acorns to finish.  Not forgetting to add some shading under the squirrel to ground him & make sure he isn't floating in mid air.

Showing how it stands up, i just cut a little sliver off the bottom of the back panel, this gives it a stable base instead of turning into a rocker. 

Items Used:

Creative stamping magazine freebie stamps - squirrel, spider, leaves

Hobbyart lino hare stamp set - foliage

Lavinia stamps - mini toadstool

Spellbinders little leaf die set

XL Oval dies

Brushos - lime, olive, 

Derwent Inktense pencils

Oxide inks

Thank you all for stopping by.  I hope its a good week for you.  Stay safe. Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2020/09/autumn-inspiration.html

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https://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2020/09/september-1-challenge-42.html

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http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2020/09/challenge-42.html

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http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/2020/09/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-386.html   ---- all my die cut leaves are snippets