SQUIRRELS GONE NUTZ -- FEBRUARY EDITION -- FEBRAURY 20, 2021

Hello there, blogging friends!  Welcome back!  It's that time of the month again, where my crafty Squirrel Sisters and I get together and do some hopping with a theme and supply or technique in mind.  This month, we are focusing on Friendship and Shakers.  This should be fun!  Here's my take:

Yes, it's another slimline card!  I just can't seem to get enough of making these cards.  This IS my first slimline shaker card though, and I have to say that I LOVE IT!  😀  I had a vague idea of what I wanted to do with this card as far as the layout was concerned, so I designed the layers in my Silhouette software.  I love that I don't need to have special dies to join in on this cardmaking bandwagon!  I cut the 3-heart panel from a piece of K & Company 12x12 patterned paper from the Greenhouse pad by Carolyn Gavin.  I have no idea when this pad came out, because I bought it at Goodwill for $1.97!  WHAT A BARGAIN!  There was no way I could pass that up!  

Anyway, I cut the same cut file from fun foam, and then trimmed down the sides and enlarged the heart cut out areas so the foam couldn't be seen from the outside.  I chose shaker bits from Twiddler's Nook (clay hearts), Cartwright's (moonshine confetti), and Sparkle Blends (Lovestruck) to fill my shaker wells, then glued a piece of pink glitter paper from Recollections to the back to seal it up.  While that was drying, I colored the Stamping Bella unicorns that I had stamped with Lawn Fawn's jet black ink and my MISTI, and then cut out with my Brother Scan N Cut.  I am still super glad I bought that machine!  I tried to color them like the packaging showed, but in different colors.  For the bodies, I used Cool Gray10 and 20 in Prismacolor markers, and the rest was done with Copics.  I think they turned out super cute!  There are 4 unicorns in the set, so I added the 4th one to the inside, along with a sentiment I created using the Kindness, Bless Your Heart, and Happiness stamp sets from Honey Bee Stamps.

I love that their sentiment sets allow me to customize!  Now, the way I see this card, Karen, Anna, and V are the unicorns on the front of the card, and I am the one on the inside.  They really have been such a blessing to me over these past months, one I didn't even know that I needed!  And now we have Bory, Natasha, and Lounon too!  I greatly enjoy our little group.  💗    Here are some unicorn closeups:

--CHALLENGES--

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

Love to Craft #55:  ATG (3/5)

Mix it Up #46:  ATG (3/5)

Besties International:  ATG (3/3)

Moving Along with the Times #127:  Valentine's Love (1/3)

Craft Rocket #78:  Love 

Color It, Create It, Show it off:  ATG with coloring (2/3)

613 Avenue Create:  ATG

Crafty Gals Corner #216:  Add a Heart 

The Creative Crafters #37:  ATG 

Crafty Friends #149:  Animals/Birds (real or fantasy)

Gem of a Challenge #4:  ATG (1/2)

Word Art Wednesday #479 - #480:  ATG (1/5)

Double D Challenge:  Anything with a Heart

Aud Sentiments #268:  ATG with sentiment (mine is on the inside)

Creative Fingers #202: ATG

Cute Card Thursday #674:  Slimline

Polkadoodles #8:  ATG  (1/2)

Digi Choosday #7:  ATG (1/2)

Colour Crazy #7:  ATG with coloring (1/2)

CraftyCatz #539:  ATG 

The Outlawz Festive Friday:  ATG

Ok, this is a hop, so you should have come here from the lovely Natasha's blog, and when you're done here, you can hop right over to sweet Anna's blog.  I know I am excited to see what we have all created this month! Don't forget to leave us some comment love!

Thanks for stopping by, and until next time,

Stay Healthy, Take Care, and God Bless!

~Marie~

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