There’s nothing squirrelly about this little card. Over at BBTB2 they are having shape card
challenge. I thought I’d challenge myself not to pull out my trusty Wild Card
cartridge. Wild Card is one of the first cartridges I bought when I first got
my Cricut Expression and I still reach for it when I need a card. So this time
I thought I’d break out of my comfort zone and use the Give a Hoot cartridge. I
haven’t had a chance to play with it to much but when I saw the 2 squirrels (row
3:5) I thought, perfect!
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| Front |
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| Inside |
I cut the basic shape at 4.5 inches using white. Tip: I always remove those white pages they put into
scrapbook pages and use them for practice or when I need some white in a
project. It also helps remove some of the bulk from my scrapbooks once they are
completed. Then, using various shades of brown and a little white I
stamped the little guy until he looked more like a squirrel. For the inside I
used the Layer feature in brown for the detail. When I applied the layer it
left the ears looking sort of funny on the squirrel on the left so I cut out a
bow to cover the extra bump. I then cut 2 hearts freehand and glued them
together with pop dots. I used the pink for the inside heart and the brown so
that the heart looked like a nut from the outside. I was going to add I’M NUTS
to the front and ABOUT YOU inside, but as they say, ‘a picture is worth a
thousand words’ so I left the squirrels to state the obvious.
