Thinking of You Card by February Guest Designer Caitlin Anthony

It's a new month today and we are welcoming our Guest Designer for February, Caitlin Anthony! We have fallen in love with Caitlin's creations on instagram and can't wait to see what she created this month using our products! She will be back each Monday for the month of February with a new project!  Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below.

Hi everyone! My name is Caitlin Anthony and I live in Delaware with my husband and two young daughters. I have always loved the arts and I have a background in costuming and makeup artistry. I was first introduced to card making and stamping when I came across some tutorials on YouTube 3 years ago and watching them really helped me deal with some late night anxiety. I fell in love with stamping quickly but was only making cards very casually until the pandemic started and I was furloughed last April; that is when I decided to start pushing myself to learn and practice as much as I could. I am beyond excited to be joining you for the month of February with Newton’s Nook and I hope you get inspired to create!

instagram - caitlinannaleecards 

For my first project this month, I knew I wanted to try to create a good transitional card for this weird time we are in between winter and spring. I decided I wanted to use this super sweet fox from the Woodland Spring Stamp Set but pair it with some cooler, almost frosty colors. I also wanted to balance out using a single image by really making a background that would pop and the Floral Lace Stencil was the perfect fit.

I started off with a piece of plain white 80lb cardstock that was around 4x6 and I knew I would be trimming it down. I washi taped the cardstock to the stencil from the back and ink blended over the stencil with Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire and Broken China working with a diagonal meeting point. And I need you to know that taking this stencil off was seriously so satisfying!! I ended up trimming this panel down to 5x3.75 inches and used a corner rounder to soften up the look a little more.

Next I stamped out my little fox and colored it in with copic markers, trying my best to make the colors of the flowers in the stamp match the Chipped Sapphire ink in the background. This fox is definitely more orange instead of red or brown because I really wanted it to contrast with all the frosty blues I was using. I die cut two circles from white 80 lb cardstock and quickly ink blended the smaller one with an even layer of the Broken China ink. I used liquid glue to place the fox on the smaller circle and then added that circle on top of the bigger one, just a little higher than center. I then stamped the "Thinking of You" sentiment from the same Woodland Spring Stamp Set  just underneath with black ink. Then I needed to attach the circles to my stenciled panel and add all of that to a side folding, white A2 sized card base (5.5x4.25 inches) and I also rounded the bottom two corners.  

I love how this sweet card turned out and I cannot wait to send it out to a friend who needs a smile!
- Caitlin