For the Share Your Joy Teapot Challenge. I was so happy to pull out this stamp set since I had not put it to use yet. I love squirrel images but am actually afraid of them in real life! These cuties look harmless enough. A source of joy in my life is a phone call every other Saturday with my best friend of 25 years. We live 9 hours away by car now, so these regularly scheduled calls have been a true lifeline to stay connected and keep up on happenings.
For the card, I cut the hello word twice - once out of white cardstock that had been swiped with orange ink pad, and once out of dark brown cardstock and then offset them slightly when overlaying them, to give a shadow effect.
I used some white embroidery floss that I had in my stash to link the two tin cans together. Can you hear me now??!!
Date: Saturday, February 5, 2022 GMT Views: 326
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Ink: MFT: Extreme Black (squirrel images), Catherine Pooler: Icing on the Cake (dark brown for wood heart), Taylored Expressions: Pumpkin (colored white cardstock for hello word)
Accessories: Hello Bluebird: Long Distance coordinating dies, Pink and Main: Wreath Base Dies (hello word die)
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50462
Sat, Feb 05, 2022 @ 3:36 PM
Your squirrels are so darn cute! And I love that they're playing telephone. What a lovely thing to look forward to every other week...a very special friendship lasting 25 years...wow.
Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 14981
Sat, Feb 05, 2022 @ 7:49 PM
Omigosh, this is just so darn cute and fun. I love that string can phone you created and that great heart-shaped log. Those squirrels are so adorable. Fun, fun card. I also love hearing stories of long-time friends keeping in touch over the distance. How wonderful that you two have been able to do that. Thanks for sharing.
Registered: January 11, 2017 Location: Wisconsin summer and Arizona winter Posts: 19734
Sun, Feb 06, 2022 @ 7:09 AM
What an adorable card! Those squirrels are chattering away, just like they do in the trees in my mom's yard! My girlfriend of over 50 years and I can chat for hours when we call once a month!
Thanks so much for making this sweet card for my mom! hugs
------------------------------ Judy aka Gracie "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud." Maya Angelou
Registered: August 4, 2005 Location: Western PA Posts: 783
Sun, Feb 06, 2022 @ 9:39 AM
this card is adorable... love the 'tree rings' on the heart, and they look like they are having a grand old time communicating with each other ! Great card..
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John 3:16
Registered: March 13, 2011 Location: Langley, B.C. Canada Posts: 32109
Sun, Feb 06, 2022 @ 3:03 PM
Love your colors and that is so creative how you have them talking to each other. Love the woodgrain heart. Super fun card for Berniece and I am sure she will love it!