Tuesday 2 January 2018

Hunkydory Mice and Less is More

Less is More have had a sketch challenge running for the last couple of weeks , before they launch  their new year of challenges this weekend. I have to confess that as soon as I saw the sketch, I thought, "Cheese!" Nothing to do with the Christmas Stilton obviously. When I think of cheese with holes, it takes me back to my childhood where I had an imaginary friend called "Squeaky Mouse". I know, I was an odd child. Squeaky Mouse was very naughty and would get up to all sorts of mischief, including eating holes in blocks of cheese. This inspired my card. I have to confess too, that I didn't look at the sketch again until after I'd made my card, so there are a few differences.
I started off by cutting a piece of yellow card to form the cheese and a matching piece of black card to sit under it. I used circle dies to remove the corners from the yellow card. I had intended on embossing some extra "holes" in the cheese by using dies with the embossing sandwich, but something went wrong and it cut them instead, so I decided to go with the flow! I stamped the sentiment from Hunkydory's Love of Stamps, Meadow Mice - Friends Like You set in black archival using my MISTI.
I then glued the black card on a card blank and added the cheese layer on top using 1mm deep foam tape. 
I already had the two mice left over from making another card, which of course, I forgot to photograph before posting it. Doh! The bottom mouse was from the Friends Like You set and the hanging mouse was from another Hunkydory stamp set - A Mice Day. Both mice were stamped in black archival and coloured using my Zigs and then fussy cut. I added them to the card with foam tape, tucking the tail inside the hole. Simples!

18 comments:

  1. What a fun card, Cara, a very clever design. xx

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  2. Absolutely darling and clever design Cara. Best of the New Year to you and your family.

    Hugs Diane

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  3. This is adorable! I love the way the mouse's tail is tucked into the cheese hole.
    Jane

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  4. Hi Cara. Such a sweet creation! Just wanted to say Happy New Year!! I hope you and yours had a wonderful holiday! Thank you so much for all of your support and inspiration in 2017. May 2018 be a year of crafting, friendship and good health!! sending hugs :)

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  5. Hi Cara...What a cute card....love the design...Joolsx

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  6. What an adorable card Cara and loving your 'cheese' theme although it's perhaps 'stretching' the sketch a little by adding those additional holes but it's super CAS and cute and I just love the idea so thanks for sharing with us at Less is More and a very Happy New Year to you.

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    1. Yep, I thought I'd probably wandered too far from the original sketch, but thought I'd share anyway. Thank you for being kind enough to leave a comment, I hadn't expected any from LIM as I wasn't sure it met the criteria. You guys inspired me to have fun though, so thank you and I'll try to be a good girl this year. The operative word there being try of course!

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    2. Strictly literal or not, Cara, I think this is a winner of a card! It makes me smile all over and is SO clever and cute! Besides, as another person with an imaginary "friend," how could I not love it???!!! Hugs, Darnell

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  7. I think you've nailed the sketch, cute and adorable and love it x

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  8. What a wonderful card Cara, brilliantly designed and coloured, love your cheese,Kate x

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  9. Hi Cara, this is just so sweet! Love it so much. Thanks for the visit to mine, have a great week and a very Happy New Year, Angela xXx

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  10. super cute...great take on the sketch.
    Happy New Year mf.
    xx Karen

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  11. Whether it fits the criteria or not, Cara, it stands out in the gallery and I had to come take a closer look at your darling card.

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  12. What a super cute card Cara ! And a so clever design ! Besides the extra holes, it's great to read that you had fun doing it, and at the end it's the most important ! Love your story too about your imaginary friend ! Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along at Less is More ! Have a very Happy New Year !

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  13. Cara, how clever and fun is this! I too recently made a challenge card that didn't really fit, but these things happen and you've ended up with this awesome card. I love that your imaginary friend was a Mouse.Cxx

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  14. What a charming story {naughty mousie!} and your fussy cutting is amazing - I just don't have the patience! Happy New Year my friend :) xoxo Christi

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  15. This is such a clever design, love it! Karen xx

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  16. I love your cheese and mice, you have such a good imagination. Very clever brilliant card, I vote it the winner.

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Thank you for taking the time to comment. Please ignore any requests to prove you're not a robot and just press publish. Cara x