Mice... they are everywhere it seems. In my attic, in the walls, outside in the field, in my dogs mouth (blech!), and on today's featured card.
Luckily, the ones on today's card are super cute and aren't keeping me awake at night.
I picked this utterly adorable card by tx stamper (Laurie Wilson) to showcase today. I saw it yesterday as I was browsing the uploads at SCS and was immediately inspired by it. The image is just too cute, the colors are so much fun, and the layout is fantastic... with all the layers and stitching. I headed on over to Laurie's blog and WOW... that gal can stamp... and color... can create! She really has an eye for color and picks the perfect images for her cards.
The card I made as my sample today turned out sort of funny. Not in a ha-ha kind of way... but a "that's weird" sort of way. Since I was drawn to the cu-tie image and the bright fun colors, I figured that my card would be bright, fun, and cute too... NOT!
I sorted though my images and this "Willow" stamp just kept drawing me back... so I figured okay.. why fight it. Of course, it was already colored, so I pulled the blues and browns from the image for my card stock layers and decided to use the same layout as Laurie. But guess what... that morphed into something a bit different too.
Since I was already on a sort of "vintage" run... I figured I would keep it up with this card. I sponged Ranger's distressed inks onto the main image and over the embossed ares of the Kraft layer. I added some ribbon a few brads (pulled from the original layout...) and finished it off with some stitching and a simple sentiment.
I really like the way it turned out... can you believe it was inspired by this cut-tie-pattotie mousy card? Yup... that's the way the mojo flows!
Thank you Laurie for inspiring me today!
Have a Happy Halloween and a Wonderful Weekend!
colleen
Card Info:
Stamp: Willow with Lantern (Whiff of Joy)
Card stock - Night of Navy, Kraft, Bliss Blue
Inks: Archivers Black, Distress Weathered Wood and Walnut Stain
Other: Cuttlebug folder (textiles), copic markers, navy grosgrain, brads
