Mushroom Girl Calendar Card

 When I saw this Penny Black Mushroom Girl stamp set, I knew I had to get it for my autumn calendar card. I like to make calendars with a fall theme because it sort of fits throughout the year unlike Xmas images.  The background paper is from my stash of double-sided card stock with trees or leaves (best to organize papers by subject).

 I colored the image with Copic pens (plus a little pink Stickles)  and masked it off before adding the blue sky that was sprayed with silver. The Blessings was cut from copper colored foil paper which was run through a Xyron sticker maker to apply an adhesive. To minimize the stickiness after adhesion I dusted it with cornstarch.

 The card die has a little flap that holds up the card front and makes a space for the Vippies calendar.

 Here is a view of how simply the card sets up into a calendar for a desk.

 As you can see the die for the 'Blessings' actually said 'Winter Blessings' but I cut off the winter part.  This die is now available at HM Ben Franklin Crafts in the Christmas craft section. I was very pleased with this project and will include these calendars with my family newsletters.  Hopefully, I will actually be early this year. Yay me!