Hi, crafty friends! I’m sharing a sweet holiday card today, made with images from the Whispering Pines collection from Purple Onion Designs, illustrated beautifully by Stacey Yacula.

I started by stamping Murphy (squirrel), put a mask on top, then Frosty & Sweet Pea, put another mask on top, then the little deer from the Doe & Hart set, placed a third mask and stamped the Little Pines at the very back. I did all the stamping with Extreme Black in from My Favorite Things onto X-Press It blending card, which is what I pretty much always use for Copic coloring.

Once I removed the masks, I could color in my scene. I always start with the background elements before coloring in the focal point. I wanted a very wintery card, so I kept the trees pretty much white, only adding a little bit of the blues I used for the rest of the snow to make them look less flat.

I stamped a sentiment from the Classic Holiday Trio stamp set using Grapefruit ink from Concord & 9th, which  perfectly matches the peach tones in my coloring.

I cut my panel down to 4 1/2 x 5 3/8″, which gave me an even 1/16″ border around the edge when I adhered it to my A2 card base. I love a think border like this. I also love a very chunky border, usually when I mount my panels with foam tape. To me, it seems silly to add foam tape to a panel that goes close to the edge of the card, but with a wide border, it really makes an impact. I finished off the card by drawing in the Big Dipper stars using an extra fine point Sharpie paint marker.

Not a whole lot of markers used for this one, actually. Although I see that I missed the colors I used (BV29, 25, 23) for the sky in this graphic.