Cake Mice - Distress marker

Weee!!  It's a party! Bring on the cake! My card features long retired stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps coloured with Distress marker, die cuts from My Favorite Things and Queen & Company, and fun paper from DCWV.

Putting It Together

Kraftin' Kimmie has a Facebook daily colouring challenge. I've been using the opportunity to mostly colour up images I haven't used before. 

I got this long retired stamp at a recent garage sale sponsored by a local scrapbook store. I stamped it with Marvelous Mocha on heavy watercolour cardstock.

I used Distress markers and a waterbrush to colour it up.

On another day (while I was ill), I coloured up another stamp by the same artist. I've had this one in my stash a while and have actually used it before. I used most of the same colours as I did for the first stamp so I could use it as an "after" image. Because I wanted to use the image inside, I stamped on a lightweight student-grade watercolour paper.

Side by side of the two images with my Distress marker list shows a bit of difference in how the papers absorb colour.

I used a retired Queen & Company die to cut a balloony frame for the mice with cake.

I used the MFT balloon die to frame the Cake Overload. I used Distress ink with a blending tool to add a bit of colour to the edges.

I cut more balloons from scrap paper and stamped on white scrap bristol before assembling my card.

Inside, I added the Cake Overload and cheeky sentiment.

Supplies

Challenges

Creative Moments: Food
Crafty Friends: Food
Dies R Us: Birthday
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper: Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes