Sealed With A Kiss

Here is the card I made for my Hubby for Valentine's Day this year.  I had envisioned this one in my mind since I received the Warmth of Winter stamp set from Unity.  I coloured the foxes with distress markers and a watercolour brush.  I masked them and stamped the woodgrain background with second generation Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.  I toyed with the idea of creating the hearts through the stencil by rubbing distress ink through it, but that was before I decided to to use the woodgrain background.  Then I thought of using clear embossing paste tinted with colour and I love how it turned out.  The sentiments are from Unity's January KOM - Magic of Beginnings.  The inside reads 'The Best is Yet to Be'.

I'm entering my card in the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small and The Pink Elephant Challenge #285 - Be My Valentine

I'm also entering in Unity's Friends With Flair post this Friday.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Unity December 2014 KOM - Warmth of Winter, Unity January 2105 KOM - Magic of Beginnings, Hero Arts Woodgrain Background
Paper:  Kaisercraft Up Up and Away, SU watercolour paper, SU Naturals White cs
Ink:  Aged Mahogany Distress Paint, Gathered Twigs Distress Ink, Distress Markers, StazOn
Accessories:  Simon Says Stamp stencil Floating Hearts, Wendi Vecchi Clear Embossing Paste, MFT Pierced Circle Die, Clear Wink of Stella, watercolour brush

Oh What Fun!

Owls!!  I love owls and some day soon when my scraproom is re-done I will show you some of my critters.

This card was quick and simple and makes me smile, love how it turned out.  The pewter embossing powder is beautiful, I didn't expect it to look this good!  The last to be added was the corners - remember that punch?  I think it was the perfect finishing touch for this card.  I just kind of relied on the paper to be the focus.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:

Christmas Card Challenge #48 - Anything Goes

Jingle Bells Challenge - Not a CREATURE Was Stirring

The Pink Elephant Challenge #274 - Anything Goes

All products Stampin Up (except where noted):

Stamps:  Christmas Messages
Paper:  Snow Festival dsp, Raspberry Ripple cs, Baja Breeze Textured cs
Ink:  VersaMark, Baja Breeze
Accessories:  Apothecary Accents Framelits, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Pewter Embossing Powder, Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon, EK corner punch