Friday, December 18, 2015

Miss You More than Just a Little

Here's my card for this week's Muse challenge.  Michele's inspiration card clearly has a Christmas theme, but when I first looked at it, I totally missed the card's Santa background element. So, my design is inspired by what I "noticed" first--a cloud-like top panel on a simple scene.

Miss You More than Just a Little card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps and dies from Mama Elephant
My scene is made from a blue cardstock panel topped with a swirl embossed vellum cloud.  A strip of green cardstock "grass" runs across the bottom of the panel.  I filled in the scene with one of the sweet animals from Mama Elephant's Up and Away set.  Instead of using the set's large balloon bouquet, I switched it out for a single balloon from the Pandamonium set, colored a contrasting vibrant red.  I made a tiny notch in the bunny's hand to thread the balloon's string through before attaching both pieces to the panel using foam tape.  The "miss you more than just a little" sentiment from the In My Heart stamp set was stamped along the bottom of the card in black ink.  The finished panel was adhered to a crisp white card base.

Materials Used:
Up and Away, Pandamonium, and In My Heart stamp sets, Up and Away, Pandamonium, and Landscape Trio dies (Mama Elephant); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Green Acres cardstock (Mama Elephant); Brocade Blue cardstock (Stampin' Up!); D'Vine Swirl embossing folder (Cuttlebug); black twine (Hemptique); white flock (Stampendous); foam tape

5 comments:

  1. Fun card, Lori. Love the vellum panel.

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  2. Love how you've used the layout but made the card quite different - the vellum 'cloud' is awesome! So glad you joined us at Muse this week!

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  3. It is that surprise element of card making that pleases me, Lori! LOve that you've made your own cloud! AND having you play along this week? Pleases me, too!
    =]

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  4. This is such a sweet card, Lori! I love your vellum 'cloud' and your bunny is adorable! Beautiful coloring, too!

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  5. Hello Lori, I love this little bunny flying with the balloon, such a sweet image. The way you made your "clouds" is fantastic, I have that embossing folder but I've never used it to make clouds, thank you for the inspiration, I'm CASEing your and and Pinning it too.
    Hugs,
    Maria Rodriguez.

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