It was late February and the weatherman was again forecasting snow here in the Pacific Northwest...not something that happens very often where we live! I decided it was a good time to, literally, send warm wishes to the boys.
I started by stamping Hero Arts' "Winter Fox" on 110 lb. paper (4" x 5.25") using Simon Says Stamp's Intense Black ink, as I knew I was going to use Copic markers on my little guy.
After masking off my fox, I stamped snowflakes on the background using SSS Smoke and Fog inks and a variety of Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn snowflake stamps.
I my fox using the markers shown below, being careful to color just up to the lines to help prevent bleeding. Sometimes when I am blending several colors in a small area, I wait a bit before adding the second color and then blend carefully when I have all the colors down. It seems to help keep the color where I want it and prevent it from traveling... I know this isn't a typical color scheme for Mr. Fox; maybe, somewhere in the world, they actually look like this!
Using masking paper, I cut some rounded shapes to use as hills and blended Pumice Stone Distress Ink to create contours in the snow (I also masked my fox again). I used my W1 Warm Gray Copic marker to create footprints and a shadow for the fox.
After cutting the Warm Wishes sentiment out, I attached it to the top of the card using small foam squares. I then added the resulting panel to a 5.5" x 4.25" card base made from an additional sheet of Smoke cardstock. Voila!
I ended up making three cards - one for each kid - and sent them off the next day. You can tell that the final photo came from a different card than the first four photos as the shadow is going a different direction (oh well). That's one of the benefits of making three cards...you get to experiment a little bit!
Here are the supplies I used:
Copic Markers - W1, W3, YR01, R24, R39, R46, E31, E33, E35, E37
EK Tools - Foam Dot Squares
Hero Arts - Winter Fox stamp
Hero Arts - Color Layering Christmas Tree stamp set
Lawn Fawn - Snow Day stamp set
Memory Box Die - Warm Wishes Border die
Michael's - Recollections 110 lb. White cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Inks - Fog, Smoke, Intense Black
Simon Says Stamp - Smoke Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp - Masking Paper
After masking off my fox, I stamped snowflakes on the background using SSS Smoke and Fog inks and a variety of Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn snowflake stamps.
I my fox using the markers shown below, being careful to color just up to the lines to help prevent bleeding. Sometimes when I am blending several colors in a small area, I wait a bit before adding the second color and then blend carefully when I have all the colors down. It seems to help keep the color where I want it and prevent it from traveling... I know this isn't a typical color scheme for Mr. Fox; maybe, somewhere in the world, they actually look like this!
Using masking paper, I cut some rounded shapes to use as hills and blended Pumice Stone Distress Ink to create contours in the snow (I also masked my fox again). I used my W1 Warm Gray Copic marker to create footprints and a shadow for the fox.
After cutting the Warm Wishes sentiment out, I attached it to the top of the card using small foam squares. I then added the resulting panel to a 5.5" x 4.25" card base made from an additional sheet of Smoke cardstock. Voila!
I ended up making three cards - one for each kid - and sent them off the next day. You can tell that the final photo came from a different card than the first four photos as the shadow is going a different direction (oh well). That's one of the benefits of making three cards...you get to experiment a little bit!
Here are the supplies I used:
Copic Markers - W1, W3, YR01, R24, R39, R46, E31, E33, E35, E37
EK Tools - Foam Dot Squares
Hero Arts - Winter Fox stamp
Hero Arts - Color Layering Christmas Tree stamp set
Lawn Fawn - Snow Day stamp set
Memory Box Die - Warm Wishes Border die
Michael's - Recollections 110 lb. White cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Inks - Fog, Smoke, Intense Black
Simon Says Stamp - Smoke Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp - Masking Paper
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