Nuts About You!

Hi!

I'm popping in today to share a fun Fall themed card. We're celebrating Fall and Halloween over at High Hopes Stamps and "Little Nutty Buddy" fits the bill for sure! I'm at my cottage and this little guy reminds me of the squirrels and chipmunks I am feeding here. They love their peanuts and cram as many as they can in their mouths before running off to hide them. 

I coloured in Little Nutty Buddy with my Copic Sketch markers and then using my Brother Cut N Scan cut him out. My papers today are from the Echo Park My Favourite Fall 6x6 collection. I decided to ink the edges of my papers with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, it helps give the card some added dimension. I thought the High Hopes sentiment called "Nuts About You" was perfect for this image! My image is popped up on a MFT Zig Zag circle die cut with foam tape. Some burlap ribbon, bow, wooden leaf charm and enamel dots finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Squirrel: E30, E31, E33, E34, E35, E37, E49

Acorn: E23, E25, E29, E79, N9

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Nuts About You

We have a ton of squirrels that live in my neighbourhood. Each morning there are about 10 - 15 babies that I watch play in my neighbours back yard racing up and around the tree trunks. 
Later in the day I see these babies and the adults busy collecting and packing their food for winter hibernation. 
Little Nutty Buddy reminds me of these squirrels and I wanted to use him on a card that I can put in my stash for just the right moment when I would like to let someone know in a fun way how important they are to me. 

I coloured up this cutie with alcohol markers, added some shading with Prisma pencils and cut him out using a circle die. The tip of his tail had to be cut a little to slide the die in under it to cut it the size I wanted it. 
Next I grabbed some paper from Carta Bella and cut it to fit my design. All of the paper edges including the leaves have a touch of umber ink on them to make them pop a little. 
Twine from my stash, skeleton leaves and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp:Little Nutty Buddy- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Nuts About You - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Hello Fall - Carta Bella 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, umber ink - Versa Mark, twine, fish tail banner die - YNS, banners #3 die - Sizzix, circle die - Spellbinders, skeleton leaves - Tim Holtz, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs, wood acorn - stash

Spectrum Noir Markers: CG1 DG2 YG3 EB1 RB1 RB2 RB3

Copics: E31 E34 E37 

Prismacolor pencils: dark brown, burnt ochre, putty beige, moss green, yellowed charteuse, sepia, sienna brown

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