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Friday, August 26, 2022

You're a Little Nuts & I Love It! (Clarence Inspired)

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It's squirrel Friday!!!

Well, honestly, every day of the week is squirrely here - I'm waiting for it to get light so I can go feed mine. 

But today is even SQUIRRELIER because sweet Mendi has come out with a stamp set inspired by my beloved CLARENCE! And it's RIDICULOUSLY cute. I mean seriously. Look at all these tiny squirrels! I used all but one of them on my card - he's going on another card. I stamped them all on a single card front and die cut them.

The expressions on their faces are so cute. 

I decided since everyone always colors them brown, I'd make a bright, colorful background for them instead and just shade them with a grey Graphit marker. The one top center reminds me soooo much of how mine stand when I'm about to toss a pecan. 

Anyway, what I did was cut three stencils with my Circle Infinity dies out of masking paper - you need three because that will keep you from contaminating your ink as you do the ombre blending, which will take six brushes. Thank goodness I keep collecting them. :)

I placed each squirrel on my pre-cut card panel where I wanted them. Then I put the stencil down and lightly traced it with a stylus around each squirrel. Next, I put a piece of Press 'n Seal down to pick up all the squirrels at once. Then, on to the ink blending on the card panel.

I went left to right in rainbow order, blending electropop inks, two circles at a time. When I was done, I put glue on all the upside down squirrels that were on my Press 'n Seal, and transferred them all at once to my colorful card front! 

How cheerful is this? I love it so much! The sentiments are from the same set.


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Here are all the supplies - come back for info about tonight's live!

Sunny Studio Squirrel Friends 4x6...
[ SNN ]
Sunny Studio Squirrel Friends Metal...
[ SNN ]
Graphit - Coupon Code Understandblue15
[ MRK ]
DI199 Nesting Circle Infinity Dies...
[ HA ]
Electro Pop Ink Pads- Set of 8 - Gina...
[ GNK ]
Bee Creative | Easy Squeeze Precision...
[ HNB | SSS ]
Amazon.com : Avery 6465 Removable...
[ AMZUS ]
Kemper Double Ball Stylus Embossing...
[ BLIC ]
Hero Arts Tools INK BLENDING BRUSH...
[ SSS ]
Mega Value Glad Press'n Seal, All...
[ AMZUS ]
Sunny Studio Stamps - New Arrivals...
[ SNN ]
Floral Glass Craft Mat — Glassboard...
[ GLS ]
MISTI Stamping Tool
[ MSP | ELH ]
Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board 9x7.5 -...
[ ELH ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
Understand Blue Bundles Specials for...
[ CTC ]
Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC
[ ELH ]
Storage Envelopes, Medium 25pk,...
[ ELH ]
CheckOutStore Stamp & Die Clear...
[ CHC ]
Extra Large -50 pk, Avery Elle Stamp...
[ ELH ]
Airtable: Organize your stamps & dies
[ ART ]

Tonight, I'll be joining sweet Mary again on Craft Roulette! This show is so much fun - if you haven't seen it, please join me - her community is filled with such sweet, funny and kind humans! The format of the show is so fun - I have no idea in advance of what my challenge will be, so I have to have my wits about me! Joining the challenge will give you the chance to earn prizes too! Hope to see you there - this is the link to view! Loveyameanitbye.


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2 comments:

  1. Love the squirrels. So many different poses
    and cute faces. thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  2. Thank you so much for sharing. This turned out ADORABLE!

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