The Paper Players #721

I have all my Valentine's made but I happened to see the Paper Players challenge and made another one.  

The little hedgehog is from Honey Bee's Heart Hugs.  I just love those darling animals!  I used Altenew Artist Markers to give him the spines on his back.  The letter, die cut and sub-sentiment are from a couple of older SSS sets. 

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Inspired By #60

As soon as I saw the photo at Inspired By I had an idea.  Then I got sick and totally forgot about the challenge.  It came back to me last night so I hurriedly made the card I had in mind to get it in before the deadline later today.

I knew I wanted to include my NBUS Gardenia from Altenew and spent quite a bit of time stamping it out to get just the look I wanted.  It's difficult to get a white flower with all the shading and still have it look white.  This one is several layers of Morning Frost with a little PolyChromos to darken some of the shadows.  The frame is from PTI and the little letter is stamped with a postmark from My Craft Spot (OOB) and Penny Black script. 

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Inspired By All the Little Things #79

I have a fairly literal take on the Inspired By All the Little Things photo but when you have a bicycle stamp you have to use it.

This turned out even better than I imagined.  You can see the mixture of stamps below.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by.

Stamps: SSS Beautiful Ride, Sending Happy Thoughts, Ornaments and Presents; PB Happy Snippets
Dies: Beautiful Ride, Sugar Pea HB2U (CPD exclusive), SSS Stitched Rectangles
Stencil: MFT
Inks: Zigs, Altenew Evenng Gray and Crimson, DI Black Soot

Inspired By #6

I was waiting for my dies to arrive for the Gerda Steiner squirrels so I could make a card for the Inspired By. . . challenge.  I probably could have done a one-layer card but that's not what I had in mind.

I'm not quite sure this is what I had in mind either. ;)  I colored this cutie with my new PolyChromos, cutting off the acorn so I could have him holding his love letter.  This is the photo that inspired me.

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