Meet the beautiful "Face in Fir"

My very favorite stamp...and new to the Vivalasvegastamp! collection.  I had to have

her the minute she came out...to me she is beautiful beyond words.

I stamped her on Vivalasvegastamp's! new paper:  Kromcote.  It has both a glossy

side and a matt side with both side taking ink really well.  It is carried in 3 sizes and is very resonable($1.00-$3.00 per package of 10.) She was stamped with Tuxedo black

Momento ink, also from VLVS.

To show off this beautiful stamp I used a Tim Holtz

configuration box.  I dry brushed this box with

white acrylic paint to give it a Shabby Chic look.

 "Face in Fir" item number 17963

From here I colored her with copic pens.  On the glossy side (it needs to dry for a

 longer time than usual), but will dry completely. (funny factoid: they make

 a squeeky sound when using them on glossy paper)

I used copic G14 for the fir needles

BG18 for her eyes and for her eye shadow and

E04 for her lips.

This image was stamped with a very Wet ink pad

to gave this a more dramatic image!

The baby photo came up on my desk Calendar

and I knew they were meant for each other.

I then stamped few more Lady in Fir stamps on to a

piece of Kromecote paper,  In order to cut out branches

with very fine point scissors,

to put over the original to give it dimension

using glue dots.

Pine Branch item number 3325

I stamped extra Pine branches to put in my shadow box.

Christmas card from the Festive Friday Christmas card blog hop.

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