Fragrant Forest – Thinking of You

Catching up on a few more deadlines.  It’s going to be a busy week and deadlines are approaching.

Playing with several challenges today.  Inspired By (#259) for Sketch and Colors; Alphabet (Letter O) for Owl; TGIF (#443) for the Harry Potter inspired image; The Male Room (#148) for the Sentiment; and picking up Color Dare (#571) Black and White with another color.  I kind of chose no color by using Vellum and added a wee bit of Gray.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock.
• Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Basic White cardstock.
  • The background stamp, Fragrant Forest, was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
  • A section of the panel was die-cut with the (2¾” x 2¾”) Stitched Square die from the Stylish Shapes Dies set.
• Overlay: (4” x 5¼”) Vellum.
• Focal Image/ Panel: (3¼” x 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
  • The Bird image (standing in for Owls) from the Marvelous Nature stamp set was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with Black Embossing Powder.
  • The Bird image was fussy-cut with Paper Snips resulting in a (2¼” x 2”) Rectangle.
• Sentiment: Smoky Slate cardstock scrap.
  • The sentiment, Thinking of You, from the Coffee With Friends stamp set was also stamped with Versamark ink but heat-set with White Embossing Powder.
  • The sentiment was die-cut with the (1⅛” x 1⅛”) Stitched Square die also from the Stylish Shapes Dies set.

All elements were adhered to the card base.  The Vellum was layered over the Background.  The Cut-Out was affixed over the Vellum.  The other pieces, Owls and Sentiment, were popped up with Dimensionals to resemble the sketch.

I can see the Owls flying to Hogwort’s with their messages through the Snowy Forest.  Can you? These Owls are carrying “good thoughts” messages.

Thanks for spending some more of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

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