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Monday 14 September 2020

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


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15 comments:

Dawn Phillips said...

This is lovely Emma. Your squirrel is so cute. Love Dawn x

Alison59 said...

WOW Emma this is amazing. Love the autumnal colours and your colouring is superb :-)

meg said...

Fabulous beautifully coloured squirrel stamp, teamed with wonderful embellishments a gorgeous card

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Wonderful Autumnal card My Blog As I do Rodos

Jean S said...

Love the little squirrel, and the autumn colours with this one. Lovely xx

gwen70 said...

Such a gorgeous card Emma, Love the squirrel xx

StephW said...

Wonderful wildlife scene right down to the spider hanging from the sentiment, the red squirrel is just gorgeous! Steph x

Diane said...

Fabulous beautifully colored design Emma, your brother will love this card.

Hugs Diane

crafty-stamper said...

Gorgeous card love all the stamps and Autumn colours
Carol x

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

Brilliant card Emma....love the shape and the pretty image and leaves....Joolsx

Darlene said...

Great job ... what a fun & creative design! Love that little squirrel! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Sisterhood of Crafters challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
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Kate Jeffery said...

a gorgeous card Emma
Kate x

Kirsty said...

Gorgeous card Emma, loving all the Autumnal colours and your gorgeous squirrel. Big hugs Kirsty. x

Birgit said...

This is such a darling card! Perfect fall coloring and design. Thanks for joining The Sisterhood of Crafters. Best of luck to you!

Di said...

Beautiful card Emma - I love Autumn and this really sums it up perfectly. Neat trick about cutting a sliver from the back portion of the card so it stands upright.


Hugs

Di xx