Thursday 24 May 2012

Feeling felty

It's the blog party today (although a little delayed) which meant I had time to make something!  Those of you that know my blog will see stamps from the house of mouse make a pretty regular appearance - they are my go to sets in my top stamping drawer for ease of access, so I do love to play along in the monthly party of all things mouse :-D  The challenge this month was to use felt in your card.  http://www.waltzingmouse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/may-waltzingmouse-stamps-blog-partylets.html


I'd been avoiding this sketch all week as it terrified me, but last night whilst trying to think of something felty I hit upon an idea that I thought would work with it:



I cut 5 tiny pink hearts from an old sizzix die (it's actually the centre of the letter o in a LOVE die) from yummy dark pink felt and stuck them in place of the squares on the sketch, adorned with a tiny pale pink gem.    I then used two sentiments from Compact Sentiments part two (the eagle eyed amongst you may spot the different layout to the smile one - I VERY carefully cut the "you" off the stamp so I could put it where I wanted it - I can still use it as it's meant to be as well so don't panic) popped up with dimensional foam with gently inked edges.  I think it will be my anniversary card to my husband next month.

I'm also going to enter this into CASual Friday's dies and punches challenge and the Dies to Die for anything goes with a die cut challenge.

Can't wait to see what everyone else has brought to the party.

x

24 comments:

  1. What a great card Tara this would brighten anyones day up

    Anne

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  2. Tara - this is so sweet - I do like these sentiments and the way you've linked them with the hearts!

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  3. What a sweet CAS Card!! Love the little felt hearts and those fabulous sentiments.

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  4. Such a great card, and super take on the sketch. I love your little felt hearts.

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  5. Beautiful...those felt hearts with the added bling are so precious!

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  6. I laughed when you said this sketch terrified you...I thought the exact same thing! You nailed it though, love those felt hearts and the great sentiments you used on the two panels.

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  7. I love your clean and simple graphic style! Those little sweet hearts with the gems are so pretty!

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  8. Love this CAS card and such a great sentiment . This would make a great anniversary card! Love the simplicity of the small felt hearts. Glad you were feeling felt-y :)

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  9. Great way to combine two challenges and those little red felt hearts are so sweet.

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  10. Your felt hearts are so cute with the little gem centers! Super job with the challenge, too!

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  11. What a sweet and cute card! Love the felt hearts with the gem!

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  12. Oh - great card for the sketch! love the little felt hearts and the sentiments you chose - super job on both challenges!

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  13. awesome, I luv the hearts..so sweet!

    enjoy *~*

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  14. What an awesome interpretation of the sketch..I love it! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  15. What a creative take on the sketch...
    and love those sweet hearts with the gems!!

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  16. Those felt hearts are simply fabulous! Awsome job with the sketch! Thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  17. Sweetie Sweet SWEET! I just love this CAS card with the sketch! The double sentiments are such a great idea! And what card dotted with little felty hearts wouldn't make you smile (with your heart :)?! Love it!

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  18. I like that you kept the card simple with what appeared to me to be a really complicated sketch! Great going!

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  19. Super cute card! Great mix of sentiments with the felt hearts!

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  20. It just shows what a bit of thinking can do! I love what you've done with the sketch Tara - those felt hearts are gorgeous with their gems and I like the two sentiment panels too. What a wonderfully romantic card! Vicky x

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  21. Fantastic take on the sketch with such an incredible CAS design! Love the double sentiments and the tiny felt hearts.

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  22. Wonderful card, Tara - and exceptional interpretation of the sketch, which I did not even attempt! LOL! Shhh.... I cut my WMS stamps up, too!

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  23. Fab card, so classy. Thanks for joining us at D2D4 challenge this time x

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