Today I am participating in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Theme this week is BESOTTED WITH OUR PETS.
Hah! That's me all the way!
I'm planning on attending a Lawn Fawn retreat soon and I needed a swap. I love their Mice on Ice set and mice are pets too!
What do you think? I'm a sucker for puns...
Products used:
Distress oxide ink - Wild honey and Picked raspberry
old tooth brush
Copics - Y13 Y17, E21 E23 E25 E27 (lighter 3 for mice, darker 2 for box), V04 V06, RV10
Harold's ABCs stamp set ("have a" and "birthday")
Beam me up stamp set and coordinating dies (cake)
Smooth ceiling stamp set (action accents)
Quinn's ABC's dies ("mice")
Foam dimension for under "mice"
Techniques or tips and tricks
For the background, I ran the white paper first with the stitching dies and then used a blending brush to lightly ink the rectangle with a little bit of light overage at the edges. I went for a little messy/hazy look. I then spritzed it with water.
If you're making 25 like I will be, consider getting a Brother Scan N Cut or something like it! I literally stamped 25 of each image on what ended up being 4 sheets of paper and walked away while it cut a nice border around each of my images for the rest of my swaps. Easier than using a die cutting tool over and over and over and getting huge arm muscles haha. Or wearing out your Gemini!
Use your scissors or an x-acto knife to cut a slit in the box for the mouse to peek out of
I made my own colored paper for the pink "mice". I took white card stock and inked on Picked Raspberry distressed oxide ink. Then i placed in a box, sprayed lightly with water to get light spots and then used a toothbrush and a block to flick on the gold acrylic paint. After I let it dry, I used this for my dies.
I also cut out "mice" in black and offset it a bit to look like a shadow. Then I placed it on some foam adhesive.
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