Out of the Ordinary

I pulled out my Waltzingmouse stamps for two quick challenge cards. They're both non-standard sized cards, which was a fun step out of the normal box I work in.

First up is my card for today's SCS clean and simple challenge to make a tall and thin card. I flipped the card over to make a long and still thin card using Half Pint Heroes. This time, I featured the cute car image. It's colored with Copic markers and cut out. Next time, I probably wouldn't go with yellow--it's sort of taxi-ish looking . . .

The car is set on a "road" that's simply a gray cardstock strip embossed with a dotted pattern to add interest. I attached a small felt cloud and a twine tied button for a sun in the upper left corner of the card, then stamped the coordinating sentiment next to the car in blue ink just slightly darker than the cardfront.

Materials Used:
Half Pint Heroes stamp set (Waltzingmouse Stamps); white cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); Baja Breeze Classic ink, Soft Sky cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Smokey Shadow cardstock, Lemon Tart button (Papertrey Ink); cloud die (Clear and Simple Stamps); Polka Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); yellow baker's twine (Divine Twine); Glossy Accents (Ranger); foam tape

Here's my second card, this time for this week's Waltzingmouse sketch challenge. This week, you could pick any past sketch and I picked the one from week 16 and made a simple, square monochromatic baby card.

I stamped the gingham background in light pink ink on white cardstock and used that to make the trio of strips on the cardfront. Each one was layered on a rose mat before being layered on the pink card.

I stamped the "welcome little one" sentiment from the L'il Buddies set in rose ink on a white strip and again matted the panel on a rose mat. After attaching it to the card, I added a pretty pink satin bow and a pair of pink buttons with white gel pen faux thread.

Materials Used:
Gingham & Co. and L'il Buddies stamp sets (Waltzingmouse Stamps); Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette Classic inks, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, and Whisper White cardstock (Stampin' Up!); pink satin ribbon, pink buttons (Michaels); white gel pen (Ranger); Bow Easy