November CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Christmas Critters

Welcome to November and, yes, we have just one month to get our Christmas cards done and in the mail!  If that scares you - then please join in and create a card (or 10?!) for this months CAS Christmas Card Challenge!    Barb is our illustrious host this month and she is asking us to use Christmas Critters on our cards.  

What is a Christmas Critter you ask?   Well, Barb says this: 

"Rummage through your stash for your kittens and pups or penguins, mice, or bunnies...or whatever critter you love to feature on your holiday cards! Add a Santa hat or a candy cane and your fabulous CAS cardmaking skills, then share it with us here." 

So for my card I used a Christmas Critter from the woods - this beautiful fox who is all dressed up in his Christmas/Winter scarf -  which cannot be red because then some human may see him in the woods and try to do him harm.

The fox  and branch are from a stamp set released a year or so ago, but new to me, called Into the Woods by Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous.   The sentiment is from one of Tim's older sets called Crazy Talk.   The fox just stamps in a solid color, so I used a white Stabilo Pencil to accent his tail, chest and muzzle and I doodled around the edges of some of his body using a Micron 01 Fine Tip Black Pen.  

I made his scarf from a scrap of white cheese cloth I found in my craft room.  I spritzed it with Rusty Hinge Distress Spray Stain, folded it in half and adhered it over his neck.  I also added Nuvo Crystal drops around the branch.

My card base is Prairie Grass Cardstock, not white but it is open space for CAS!

So come on and join us over at CAS Christmas Card Challenge where you will find lots of Christmas Critter inspiration from the rest of the Design Team as well as our creative November Guest Designer Valerie (Le Scrap de Vava)

Stamps:  Into the Woods, Crazy Talk - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous.

Paper:  White, Prairie Grass - PTI

Ink:  Obsidian - Altenew, Canyon Clay - PTI.

Accessories:  White Stabilo Pencil, Micron 01 Fine Tip Pen Sakura, Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss Simply White, Rusty Hinge Distress Spray Stain - Ranger, white cheese cloth.