Hello there and welcome to another day of inspiration using the October release from Clearly Besotted. We are still counting down to release day, which is on 1st October, but until then, we have more to whet your appetite. Today I have a full on scene card featuring a lovely new set called Merry Mix & Match Woof. There are three new sets this month entitled “Merry Mix & Match….” and they can be combined! Great fun! On today’s card I haven’t combined the animals, I have kept to just using the dogs, but you have options to create using mice, cats and dogs. The tree layers are separate stamps in each set, so you could put mice in one layer, cats in another, dogs in another. Tomorrow’s card will show you what I mean in more detail. I can just imagine the scenes that would ensue if you mixed all these animals in a room in real life!
Enough of that, onto today’s card!
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First of all I stamped my tree of dogs onto some Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock. It was coloured with Copics, fussy cut out and set to one side.
Next I took another panel of white cardstock and stamped the little dog at the side. I created a mask for him and then stamped the chair he is standing on, and the window he is looking out of. I then created masks for the window and chair so that I could add some colour to the background. So, I left all the masks on and then masked off an area towards the bottom of the panel. There was a lot of masking going on on this card haha! I blended Scattered Straw Distress Oxide above the line, and Old Paper Distress Ink below, just to add some colour to my background.
I removed the masks to reveal the background before stamping a sentiment from Laugh Out Loud Christmas onto the white at the bottom. I used Versafine Clair Nocturne for the sentiment as it is a lovely black ink. Foam tape was added to the tree for dimension and that finished the card.
Isn’t it just so much fun with the dogs peeping out of the Christmas tree!
Make sure to see what everyone else has been creating with this month’s fabulous sets. Hop over to visit the Clearly Besotted blog, Keren, Michelle and guests Alberto (Instagram) and Francine. Tomorrow is release day and I have a final teaser for you. The sets will go live at 8pm BST on 1st October. Until tomorrow, have a great day!
Ruth Andrews says
Hahaha! Only CB could bring out a tree of dogs and it be this cute! Loving the new release 🙂 xx
Keren Baker says
What a fabulous scene- love the window and you eye drawn to the scene outside. Love the luscious way you’ve coloured with those greens! x
Michelle Short says
Aww, this is a absolutely adorable, Lisa! What a beautiful scene. I love that tree with all the puppies but the one looking out of the window has stolen my heart! What a perfect, heart warming card. I love it! xx