Prince Charming must be Lost

     When the Outlawz sketch came out last Wednesday, I knew right away I wanted to use it on one of my projects.  I just had to decide what and how.  Then, as I was scrolling through my TLC collection, I found this delightfully funny sentiment and knew exactly how I wanted to put together a card.  And you thought Prince Charming was a myth!  lol

Here's the sketch from Outlawz.

     I started with the paper scraps which were on my crafting table, cutting and trimming them to the sizes I wanted, keeping the sketch in mind.  While I took a couple of liberties, I stayed pretty close to the original this time.  I inked the edges of each piece with a purple ProMarker, setting them off from the lavender and red violet colors.

     I printed out the sentiment image and cut it with a Gina Marie die, then inked the edges of that piece.  I began layering everything together and decided to put them onto an embossed piece of white CS.  I had used my "Linen" embossing folder on several pieces of CS and one of them was still on the desk so I used it.

     I dug out my Nuvo Crystal Drops and added three tiny dots of it to the bottom corner of the gingham check dp.  That was it - almost CAS with all the open space, except for the patterns in the dp.  Still, it's very flat and will mail easily.
   
     Challenges:
Create with TLC
Creative Moments
Dream Valley
Get Creative
Incy Wincy
Paper Girls
Penny's Paper-Crafty
Scrappy Land
Unicorn

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Cats in the Bath

     Have you ever glanced at an image and just had to giggle out loud?  That's how this one from Create with TLC struck me and I had to use it right away.

     I printed the image twice, colored both of them with my ProMarkers, and glued one of them to two layers of white CS.  Then I fussy cut the cats from the one with three layers and glued the cats onto the first image.  This gave some great texture without the kind of open dimension I would have gotten using pop dots or foam tape.  The white border I left around the cats when cutting makes them pop off the background.

     I used a punch (Fiskars) on the corners of the image, then matted it with a die cut, rounded rectangle (Spellbinders), and a second, larger frame cut out of dp with the next larger size of die.  Those were mounted onto a second dp with a scrap of text dp added to one side.  I finished it with metallic twine and the sentiment, which was also corner punched.

     Challenges:
Angie's Digital Stamps
Aud Sentiments (Top L to Bottom R)
Crafting from the Heart
Cutie Pie
Fussy and Fancy Fridays
Incy Wincy
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Ribbon Girl
SUYP - Cat's Only

     The weekend stretches before us and beckons us to be creative and happy.  So, I wish you - Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie