hugs under the daisy

love this Penny Black wood-stamp - "squeeze till I squeak" - the two mice are super cute and so fun to colour, as this is one of my favourite stamps, this card is entered into this June month's Penny Black and More Challenge 
******Use your favorite stamp******

the card design was based on Seize the Sketch #21 by Lori Turner

the tag is a die-cut using Paper Smooches - Quote Tag die cut set, and the 'hugs' sentiment is also from Paper Smooches - Chit Chat stamp set

for extra dimension, I had fussy-cut an extra daisy flower and mounted the same with foam tape onto the stamped image - after colouring the same, I added glossy accent to the flower centre and also along the sides of the petals - which was picked up in the close-up shot below

'HUGS' TO ALL AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AHEAD!

together we can do so much

together, a photo by eatzycath on Flickr.

I love how the sentiment in this card worked so well together with the vertical line of cute little mice, and this is thanks to the Fusion Card Challenge #13 design sketches, which have been combined in this card:

* after stamping the vertical line of mice, I placed the die-cut near the top portion of the vertical line, and die-cut the rectangle around the top mice and the third mice

* sentiment was stamped on the blue patterned paper and cut into a shape of a banner

* I then fussy-cut around the second mice on the left and right edges at width just enough for the banner to slide through

* a second larger rectangle was then die-cut in the red patterned paper

* after coloring the image in water-color, the rest of the mice were fussy-cut, and the whole thing put together, with the help of dimensional dots at the right places

The mice stamp is from Penny Black - Everest Next, whilst the sentiment comes form IO-impression obsession - Fabulous Friend clear stamp set.

Card was also submitted for Penny Black and More's July Challenge - "Dies and Punches" theme.

friend for life

friend for life, a photo by eatzycath on Flickr.

Penny Black & More Challenge for June is CAS (Clean and Simple) - I love CAS cards but it is not easy to make one as sometimes, over-enthusiasm can create too many layers and elements on a card!

I'm hoping that this one will qualify as a CAS card, though personally I think there's still too many elements on the card!

* the colored square on the white card is actually the imprint of a white ceramic tile which had been stamped over with DewDrop VersaMagic chalk ink in three different colors blended together

* that provided the base for the 'butterfly suite' stamp from Penny Black - stamped and embossed in black

* sentiment on top comes from Penny Black - Edge to Edge stamp set

* the white square was then distressed and affixed with mounting tape onto the yellow patterned card before going onto the kraftcard

* finally finished with some yellow sparklers