Mouse Hug - Stampin' Up! Hearts & Hugs

   I needed to get some more cards made to have on hand to send to my oldest who just started his freshman year at college so I used the Tic Tac Toe Challenge this week.  One of the board choices is Border, Masculine and Markers/Pencils and I thought those were great elements to use for a card of this type. 

  I looked through some saved color combinations to find one that worked for a masculine card and decided upon Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Summer Splash and Pretty Peacock.

  Basic Gray is the card base and then I used the other 3 colors to make a border using the retired Basic Borders dies.  If you cut the lengths long than you need it makes it easy to tuck them against each other and then just trim the overhang at the ends. 

  I tied a length of retired baker's twine around the card front then mounted the large circle which holds all the focal points of the card.  The mouse from Hearts & Hugs stamp set is stamped in Basic Gray and colored in with colored pencils and the large heart is colored with Blends markers.

  I added the sentiment above the mouse and then a few die cut hearts in Pretty Peacock.  Since this will be going to an 18 year old boy I left off any other embellishments and kept it clean.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

  All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Hearts & Hugs

Ink: Basic Gray

Blends: Summer Splash light

Paper: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Summer Splash, Pretty Peacock. Basic White

Accessories: Hearts & Hugs dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, baker's twine (retired), Basic Borders dies (retired)