I found this cute fall squirrel image sitting in my box of stamped images waiting to be used, and now that fall is in the air, it's the perfect time to color it and make a card with it. Sorry, I didn't write the mfr's name on the back when I stamped it, so I have no idea who made the stamp. After coloring with Copics, I die-cut the image with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle and matted it with a scrap of yellow. The background was made with snippets of retired SU! dsp, randomly cut into shapes and placed on an adhesive sheet, then embossed with white pearl embossing powder to cover all the exposed adhesive for a fun look. The sentiment is by Sweet 'n Sassy stamped on a snippet of orange cardstock, die cut with a MFT stitched circle with an added leaf remnant of a border punch I had years ago. I placed it on a kraft cardstock base and called it done.
I'm sharing with these challenges:
the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make your own background
the Double D Challenge - Fall Leaves
the Cardz for Galz Challenge #234 - any coloring medium
The Critter Crazy Challenge #90 - A/G featuring a critter
Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day today.
Carol
Beautiful Autumn card and snippet p, paper, love the cute image.
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A cute squirrel image and a clever idea for a different kind of background - good thinking
ReplyDeleteA fun Autumnal card Carol. We've got a good few Squirrels in the gardens and I spend hours watching them. They are particularly busy right now, one will spend ages burying something, often conkers as they like the small ones on the younger tree up the top paddock, ten minuted later another comes and digs it up.
ReplyDeleteAnd they are easy to identify who is doing what as we have grey and the rare black ones who have interbred since released a couple of years ago and now we have variants in assorted colours.
B x
Very clever background and the cutest image of the squirrel.
ReplyDeleteFabulous Fall creation ... what a cute image! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D & Four Seasons challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Adorable card, Carol!
ReplyDeleteYou've captured the essence of fall beautifully!
Wow, what an awesome background and adorably cute cute image!! A fabulous way to use those leftover paper pieces!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining our challenge at Double D and The Four Seasons!
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Wow all those snippets would make me cringe! You do that paper piecing stuff so darn well. Really cute image too!
ReplyDeleteYour “Happy Fall, Y’all!” card is delightful! The vibrant colors and intricate details perfectly capture the essence of autumn.
ReplyDeleteOh Carol, this one is a beauty! It has all the best things about Fall on it! The colors, the leaves and that cute squirrel! The squirrels have been crazy in my yard and teasing Bailee!! LOL You know I always love how you use snippets of DSP to create such interesting backgrounds! This one does not disappoint! Love, love, love!!!! Happy Fall, my sweet friend!! :)
ReplyDeleteHow adorable and perfect for fall! Thanks so much for sharing at Four Seasons challenge!
ReplyDeleteCute squirrel! He has got so much fun flying the kite. I love your coloring and the colors you chose. It really looks like fall. And your background is so fabulous. Such a creative idea to cut out all those triangles and stick them on. Just great!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this beautiful card with the current Critter Crazy Challenge.
Hugs, Uschi
Awww…so cute with the adorable squirrel! Great design with all the colorful pieces! A perfect fall card!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty Autumn card. Thanks so much for stopping by to share with us at The Four Seasons Challenge and please join us again soon.
ReplyDeleteAbeautiful card and I love your snippets background, thank you for sharing it with us at Critter Crazy Challenge.
ReplyDeleteAnne CCC-DT
Cute scene.. Great background and so glad you shared over at Cardz 4 galz
ReplyDeleteA fun autumnal card, you created an unusual wonderful background. Thanks for sharing with us at Cardz 4 Galz. Caz. DT.
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