02 August 2019

Sweet Friend - Distress marker


Having a sweet friend over for lunch, you accept that friend as they are. My card today features a House Mouse stamp and dies from Sizzix, MFT, and Simply Defined on a masculine card.


Putting It Together

My sweetie loves skunks so I am always looking for skunky stamps. I found this one at a garage sale sponsored by a local scrapbooking store. It was a wood-mount stamp that I demounted by simply pulling the rubber and foam from the block.



I stamped the image with Slate on watercolour paper and then coloured it with Distress markers.


I trimmed the image panel and added a white frame with a lightweight white cardstock to look like a photo.


I did a dry fit with a plaid background paper and dies. One of the challenges I wanted to enter with this project is using photo corners. I don't have any 'real' photo corners so I used a die to cut some from heavy black cardstock for an old-fashioned look.


I didn't pop anything up on this card to make it flatter for mailing. I used a kraft cardbase to blend with the colours in the card.


Inside, I added a strip of scrap from the plaid and added a Unity Stamps sentiment stamped with Slate.



Supplies


Challenges

House Mouse and Friends: House Mouse with other animals
Outlawz Crash Your Stash: Photo Corners
Creative With Stamps: Masculine
Tuesday Throwdown: Furry Friends
Penny's Paper-Crafty: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes




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4 comments:

  1. Sue02 August, 2019 18:07

    Kate, I love this card! Poor little mice have to hold their noses while politely eating with their "friend" Pretty colors and coloring too. Also like how you made it look like a photo on your card. Thanks for sharing your card with us at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge and joining the fun. Nicely done.

    Hugs
    Sue

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  2. Helen F.03 August, 2019 11:02

    Oh how sweet is this friend card. House Mouse stamps are just too stinkin' cute! Pun intended! :-) Thanks so much for joining us at Creative With Stamps for this month's Challenge, Rijacki.

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  3. Sue05 August, 2019 17:47

    Kate, check out the winners post for Challenge 296 at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge,

    Hugs
    Sue

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  4. Angela31 August, 2019 12:08

    Your card is really fantastic. Thanks a lot for joining us at our Dad or Masculine Challenge by
    Creative with Stamps Challenge
    Good luck and hope to see you again.
    Hugs and greetings Angela DT

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