Happy Trails

 

Wouldn’t it be a delightful surprise to be walking through the woods and come upon this magical place?!  It really is a ‘happy trail’!  See below for how I created this card…

 1.  My first steps use the Sizzix Christmas Shadow Box die set.  To start, I cut a 4.25” x 5.5” piece of light blue cardstock and adhered two tree die cuts cut from kraft cardstock.

 2.  I then die cut the arch out of a 4.25” x 5.5” piece of brown cardstock. 

 3. Using the arched trees die, cut kraft paper and adhered it to the back of the brown cardstock with the arch cut out.

 4.  I lined the back of the tree/arch piece with Scrapbook Adhesive Crafty Foam Tape.

 5.  There is a small hill die in the set which I used to cut kraft cardstock and added it to the bottom of the trees.  

 6.  I adhered this piece to the blue cardstock piece.

 7.  Then, I adhered these two pieces to the card base.

 8.  Now came the really fun stuff!  Using the new Sizzix Quirky Animals die set, I die cut the adorable animals, leaves and flowers from various color cardstock and assembled them.  The flowers are cut from white cardstock and Copic colored.  I blended some pink ink onto the bunny’s belly, cheek and tips of his ears.

 9.  I then arranged the leaves, flowers and animals as shown to fully create the woodsy forest scene!

10.  To finish, I used a sentiment from Honey Bee Pickup Lines stamp set which I gold embossed on brown cardstock, cut out with the Honey Bee Pickup Lines dies and adhered to the left, bottom of the card.

 Happy Crafting Trails!