Sneak Peek: Heart Critters

Hi friends! It’s Stefanie here today and I am sharing a sneak peek of the Heart Critters stamp set. The critters are just adorable and I thought they were the perfect size to use with the Sweet Note dies.

New release will be available January 5th. 

I created two Sweet Notes and added a leopard on one and a panda on the other. To begin, I colored both of the critters using a mix of Copic and Ohuhu(O) markers.

• Leopard yellow: E37, YR24, YR21, YR20, E30
• Leopard nose and ear pinks: E11, R30, R000
• Leopard white: E40
• Leopard heart: R20(O), R19(O), R18(O)
• Leopard bow/Panda flower: R9(O), R21(O)
• Panda green leaf: GY4(O), GY7(O)
• Panda black: NG09(O), NG06(O), NG03(O)
• Panda white: W3, W1, W00

Next I used the Heart Critters coordinating dies to cut out the images and set them aside while I worked on the envelopes. 

I knew I wanted the envelopes to be a dark pink and the background for the critters to be a light pink. Since I didn’t have any dark pink cardstock, I die cut 2 envelopes and used Picked Raspberry distress oxide to color them in. 

For the backgrounds, I die cut 2 squares and used distress oxides in Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar to create a gradient from pink to white on each. I also used water droplets to lift up some of the pink and give the background some more texture. To create a bit more subtle valentine theme, I pulled out all the cute valentine sentiments from the release and stamped them in the bottom portion of the background in Spun Sugar.

To finish off the outside of the envelope, I adhered the background onto the envelope and propped up the critter using foam tape.

For the inside, I used the Pinstripe stencil with Spun Sugar distress oxide to create the stripe pattern and adhered another square die cut in white card stock to create a little area for a handwritten note.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you like my sweet little notes!