Bubba has had strep for the past few days and was unable to sleep. Fever, couldn't eat, wouldn't drink, dehydrated, etc. So, when he finally was able to sleep, I kept busy with cards. It is a nice stress reliever for me. We've been so busy that I hadn't had a chance to play with my new Stamps of Life sets. So... I got our my new Kitty and Bicycle sets and made a few quick cards. I could have easily spent 2 hours on each card, but I wanted to get something accomplished while I had a few minutes while he slept.
How could you NOT love the bicycle?! The die cut it perfectly and even came with a tiny bike and die. I didn't use it on this card, but instead used the bike paperclip that came with a previous TSOL Card Club set.
Ahhhhh! I love Stephanie's patterned paper! She said for the longest time she would never make any, but I'm sooo glad she changed her mind! I colored in the bike with a Sharpie and added bling to the wheels. I love the twine and buttons that have come in her kits.
And we all know kitty lovers! I was anxious to see how the kitties and little fishies stamped and cut out. Completely adorable! Bub had a great idea of making it look like the cat was eating the fish. I carefully cut along the cat's mouth and it worked great. I also made a slit in the bowls so it would look like the fish were inside the bowls.
So...simple, quick cards but I think they turned out cute. I've decided that from now on I am going to cut multiple shapes as I go and make coordinating cards. The kitty ones use the same colors of papers, just in different places. The sentiments are different, but it took me a lot less time to crank out two than to do one at a time. And if the same person happens to get both kitty cards, they will look different enough that they may think they are from a set! Ha!
