When I joined a story book swap I knew right away that I wanted to pay homage to one of my favorite childhood stories, The Velveteen Rabbit. It took me a while to find an image that I could carve for this one and I was nervous about carving the words as that has never been a strong point for me in carving; but, I figured the only way to get better at something is to work at it. Since challenging myself in carving was the focus I decided to carve a quote from the book for the back of this card. It is a bit rough in places; but, I was still pretty happy with the end result.
For the front of the card I stamped the image on white card stock using brown versa fine ink. Next, I cut out the rabbit so I could use it as a mask. I placed the cut out over the stamped image and used a blending tool to blend Tim Holtz distress inks over the top and bottom of the card (in blue and green shades) to bring the stamped illustration to life. Finally I picked a bitter sweet chocolate colored card stock to use as a frame and glued the layers together. I stamped the back of the card with the story book quote on a patterned paper that coordinated well with the front of the card.
If you have never read this story I highly reccomend you hightail it to your local library or bookstore and enjoy this little treasure. It's such a precious story and it always resonated with me in a very real way. There is something so intriguing about toys coming to life and a secret world that adults can not experience that opened my mind to a world of possibilities as a child.
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