February 14, 2011

Food Love

In today's card I used a stamp that I got about half a year ago... I was waiting to use it for a specific friend's birthday, and I really wanted this image to be a surprise for her. So, I waited, even though it was really hard, because this stamp is just too cute! :)

Today is also the first day of a new House Mouse and Friends challenge... I am entering this card there, because this stamp is definitely a favorite for me. :) I love the fully-satisfied-with-life look on the mouse's face... And the bitten marshmallows.. :)

On to the card, then!

...I did not pick a good time of day to photograph this, the lighting is a bit dark... 

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I wanted to make the card really colorful and ended up layering papers. I Cuttlebug-embossed them and used mounting tape for dimension. Plus, some stickles and ribbon.. I doubt I can do without those. :)

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For the inside, I simply stamped some little decorative images on white cardstock, colored them with Prismacolor pencils, cut out, and taped to the card. I used the Glitter Ritz cool highlights all over the butterfly and the balloons, and they really do shine! It turned out hard to photograph it though. :/ But here are my attempts to capture the details... :)

Oh, and the "Happy Birthday" sentiment was stamped in white and heat-embossed with some clear powder. :) I added random colors of Stickles to the dots, too..

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Thank you for visiting! :) 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Products I used:
  • Stamps: House Mouse - Sugar crash; Sarah Phelps - Lucky ladybugs, Make a wish; Recollections - Doodle birthday; Studio G - series 14
  • Inks: Memories - black; Colorbox - frost white
  • Embossing: Cuttlebug - With love, Swiss dots, D'vine swirls; Denami Design - clear embossing powder
  • Stickles - orange peel, purple, turquoise, waterfall, lime green, golden rod, star dust
  • Glitter Ritz - cool highlights
  • PrismaColor pencils
  • Beacon's 3-in-1 glue, Scotch dot roller, Be Creative tape