Today, I’m sharing a Christmas card that I made using a retired image from Di’s Digistamps called Owl Carol.

For the base card, I used Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb. and cut it and scored it to be 5.5″ x 5.5″. For the background, I cut Hunkydory Adorable Scorable Pattern Packs – Let It Snow paper to the same size as the base card and inked around the edges and along the bottom with Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Prize Ribbon. I adhered this to the base card with double-sided tape. Washi Tape was then applied directly to the left side of the card base. Waffle Flower – Nesting Square dies and Cuttlebug were used to die cut a 4.25″ x 4.25″ piece of dark blue cardstock.  Precision Cutting Dies by Frantic Stamper Inc. “Falalalala” was used to die cut the sentiment 4 times. 3 times with the dark blue cardstock and 1 time using Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock.

The image using HP High Quality Grayscale was printed onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card and die cut using Cuttlebug and My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out. The image was coloured in with Copic markers and Cosmic Shimmer Fluffy Stuff was added to the bottom of the image for the snow. Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool was applied to the snow to puff it up. Stickles – Diamond was applied to the puffy snow to add a little more sparkle and also to the top of the lantern and tree branch. Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen was applied in the sky to create a snowy background. Sakura Glaze – Black and Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen were added to the noses on the mouse and rabbit. The finished image was popped up onto the blue square cardstock using 3M – double-sided foam tape and then this was attached to the base card using U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape. The “Falalalala” sentiments were attached together to give the illusion of being 3-D and applied to the card using liquid glue to finish it off.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Di’s Digistamps – Owl Carol

Inks: HP High Quality Grayscale, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Prize Ribbon

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill – Premium Cardstock 110 lb., Hunkydory Adorable Scorable Pattern Packs – Let It Snow, Recollections – Matte Gold Foil cardstock

Die Cuts: Waffle Flower – Nesting Square dies, My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out, Precision Cutting Dies by Frantic Stamper Inc. “Falalalala”, My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out

Miscellaneous: U-Line Double-Sided Foam Tape, Stickles – Crystal, Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen, Sakura Glaze – Black, Cosmic Shimmer Fluffy Stuff, Marvy Uchida – Embossing Heat Tool, 3M – double-sided foam tape, Stickles – Diamond

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Owl: C1, C0, E23, YR15, YR12

Mouse: W7, W5, W3, W2, R30, R24, R02, Sakura Glaze – Black, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen

Mouse Scarf: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11

Rabbit: E55, E53, E51, R30, R02, C0, C00, Sakura Glaze – Black, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen

Rabbit Scarf: G16, YG25, YG21

Guitar: E55, E53, E51, E35, E33

Tree Branch: E29, E25, E23

Lantern and Candle: R46, R14, R08, YR16, Y08, Y00, C8, C6, C4

Sky: B99, B97, B95, B93

Snow: Cosmic Shimmer Fluffy Stuff, Stickles – Diamond

Hope you like it and have a great week!

Added into Challenge:

Challenge #81 – Anything Goes with a Featured Critter