Kindred Stamps Galactic Hunter with Gemini Fairytale Forest Create a card die set and Atlantic Hearts Sketch

Hello and welcome to my inspiration for Atlantic Hearts challenge sketch #514.  This card ended up being my husband's Valentine's card.  He loves this series.  I invested a lot of time creating this card.  It may not be apparent but I embossed each of the elements of the background forest.  I also used Distress Oxides to color the white of the card.

Here is the sketch:

This is the first layer of embossing.  Clear embossing ink with Distress Antique Linen embossing glaze.  This pen had a blue tint that did not disappear when embossed so the mushrooms did not turn out the color I anticipated.  From here on out I used the Marvy embossing pens in green and brown.

The next layer where the green trees.  They came out a bit darker than anticipated.  I always feel the first time using a new product needs a test run...and this card is just that for this die set.

Here's a close up of the characters and embossing.

and the little guy...

Ingredients:

Gemini Fairytale Forest Create a card die set (nbus)

Kindred Stamps Galactic Hunter (nbus)

Momento Tuxedo Black ink

Embossing powders: Distress glaze Antique Linen, Stampin Up Forest Green, Creative Images Verdigris, Judikins Rustique Weather Vane and Patina Bronze using Stamp Affair clear embossing pen and various colors of Marvy Wet Look embossing pens

Alcohol markers: child-Prisma mint cream, Copic G2, Prisma Cinnamon Toast and Spectrum Noir Natural Brown  Hunter-Spectrum Noir Metallic Pewter, Hobby Colour Jet Black, Prisma Warm Black, SN True Black, Brown Grey 9 and Ice Grey 9

other pens:  Pentel Metallic Silver gel and Spectrum Noir Artliner .1

Distress Oxides: Broken China, Crushed Olive and Brushed Corduroy 

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2023/02/38-circles.html until 3.14x

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/classic-design-challenge-march-2023-3.html until 3.28x

http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-109-crafts-galore-encore.html until 3.30x

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2023/03/dlart-march-2023-linky-challenge.html (alicia o'bryant) until 3.31x

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2023/03/nbus-challenge-48.html until 3.31x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-is-blowing-in-with-scrapflower.html until 3.31x

Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts challenge sketch #514 until Sunday.

Thanks for reading today. 

Alicia