You know the old Willie Nelson song, On the Road Again? That's exactly how I'm feeling. I have traveled up, down and across my state every week for the past month. All good things but it's left very little time for anything remotely resembling crafting, blogging or social media. I have a 36 hour window of time at home and managed to get in some crafting time. My challenge of choice today is The Twofer Challenge.
I chose a stamp set from the Colorado Craft Company called Birthday Wishing.
My first card uses three critter stamps from the set.
For my second card I used only the single mouse in a vertical stack.
My Two-fer.
Card One - I stamped the image with the two rats in the center of the panel. I stamped the sitting mouse on the tail of the right rat and the tippy toe mouse on top of the gift. When I realized I'd stamped him a bit too high I added the balloon from the rabbit (not used on this card) to make it look as if he were floating up in the air. (Neat save, don't you think?) I then colored the images with Copics, stamped the greeting (Birthday) beneath, added some dots with a Copic marker, cut down the panel, matted it and adhered it to a blush card base at the top center.
Card Two - I decided to use only the tippy toe mouse, stacking him to create a vertical border of sorts. Rather than greys, I went with a soft pinkish brown color (thanks for the inspiration Michele!) and gave him some tummy speckles using a white gel pen. I stamped the Thank You sentiment on the left side of the panel. I cut down the panel vertically, added a thin border of rose gold washi tape and popped it up with foam tape onto a wood grain card base. As you can probably guess, this card is a mini slimline with a finished size of 3.5" x 6.25". It's my first but definitely not my last.
Supplies:
Colorado Craft Company - Birthday Wishing stamp set
Colorado Craft Company - Thank You Kindly stamp set
Ellen Hutson - woodgrain cardstock
Ellen Hutson - clear droplets
Continue to stay safe and healthy my friends. _____________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere. Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.
Happy Crafting!
Jules
How many mice does it take to send a greeting..... THIS MANY!!! and oh I do love them with that pinky brown! Thanks Jules.
ReplyDeleteBetter grab that other little cutie, before he floats away!
WWCD!!
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With your schedule being what it is, I am grateful that you picked Twofer for your play time, Jules! And what fun you had with all these meeces! (Although that little guy on your adorable slimline and floating away with a balloon does look a whole lot like Hammy!) I love both creative designs you came up with and so will the recipients! And both sediments perfectly match the sweetly colored cards! Thanks again! How thankful am I? This many!! Take care and be careful on the road! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw this duo in the gallery, I fell madly in love! These are the cutest stamps. You've really used them to their fullest. Great designs, each highlighting each image. Your coloring is wonderful as well. I may try Michele's pinky brown on some future cards, too. Just delightful! Thank you so much for joining us at The Twofer Challenge. Stay safe. Bev
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