2 Crafty Critter Crazies with A Day for Daisies digital stamps

Hi, everyone! I hope you are enjoying the summer weather and that all is well. Today I have a freebie sentiment for you, and an idea for how to change your digital images.
I also have a special BOO BOO edition today!
(giggle)

It's time for a new Challenge at Two Crafty Critter Crazies 
where we love to celebrate any project with a critter on it! Critters include mythical creatures, animal toys and everything alive (except humans and flora)!


Our very generous sponsor this month is:
A Day For Daisies Digital Stamps.
She has such a unique style and wonderful characters.
My card features the delightful "Happy Love Day" Bunny

For my project, I cropped the balloons off the bunny, flipped her vertically, and made a bunny conversation with one bunny handing her friend sweet birthday balloons!

To make the frame, SB Lovin' Diamonds die set was cut 4 times, with only the top layer being embossed and colored:

At this point, I still had not noticed that all the hearts in the background were facing a single direction. It had also not occurred to me that the interior heart frame was not symmetrical.

I then die cut the bunny panel - notice that I did not have the hearts in the background facing the correct direction:

After the bunnies were cut, they were inked and adhered to the center of the card - still not noticing that the hearts are facing a different direction and that the interior hearts are not symmetrical:

It was time to adhere the frame to the card.
It was THEN that I noticed my BLUNDER!
BOO BOO TIME!
In order for the interior hearts to line up with the incorrectly cut bunny panel, the hearts would have had to be adhered SIDEWAYS (as shown below). Too bad the bunnies were already ruggedly adhered. A 45 degree angle shift would have fixed the problem. Sooooooo.....

I just let the interior panel be off center, and NOT lined up!
What's a girl to do?
(see the white spaces around the interior panel?)

Still, it was fun glittering die cuts, adding flowers, and even a little dragonfly, to make things sweet. And now you know, some blunders simply cannot be hidden!




For those of you who love digital images, and have frogs, bunnies, grasshoppers, and other "hoppity" type critters, here is a cute digital sentiment. Click on the sentiment to make it full size. Then right click to download as a SAVE PNG. (not for commercial use). I hope you enjoy it!

A Freebie Gift PNG to my Followers-
NOT for commercial use:

Thanks for stopping by, and please upload your critter theme projects to our challenge! We love each one!

Products Used:

• Stamps: A Day For Daisies "Happy Love Day" Bunny, Computer Generated "Hoppy Birthday" (freebie gift to my followers - not for commercial use)
• Dies: SB Lovin' Diamonds die set, SB "Leaves So Very Gorgeous", Dee's Distinctively Flourish Sset 4, Sue Wilson Dandelion Clocks
• Glitter: Purple, Green, Clear mixed with Pink
• Ink: Adirondack Citron, Plum, Purple
• DLArt Lavender ribbon, flowers

Challenges I would like to play in please:

1. The Cutie Pie Challenge #136 Make it Cute and With Ribbons & Bows 7/7
2. Penny's Challenges #436 Anything Goes (go to 2nd linky) 7/2
3. Crafty Creations #393 Anything Goes 7/9
4. Aud Sentiments #230 Anything Goes + a sentiment 7/9
5. Crafty Friends #113 Things Beginning with B (bunnies, balloons, birthday and BOO-BOOs! giggle) 7/9 (lower part of post)
6. World Wide Open DT Challenge #6 AG for a DT 7/15 
7. DL.ART July Anything Goes challenge 8/1

Stamping Hugs,

Conversations with a Seahorse - A Day For Daisies

Hi, everyone! Hoping you have been enjoying a pleasant week, and are playing with your crafting goodies.

Time for a new 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge! In August, we are sponsored by A Day For Daisies, where beautiful, instinctive works of art come to life! I loved playing with this image, and had to add a little seahorse so they could enjoy an interesting conversation.

Until the 28th of August, please share your critter creations with us, being sure that your animals are a featured element of the project! There will be a product winner and design team picks on September 1. 

Featuring the graceful A Day For Daisies "Water Talk" Mermaid.

Inspired by The Library Challenge:

TIP FOR DIES:

Make a wonky frame using any of your nesting style dies - whether they be rectangles, squares, circles, shapes... as long as one can fit into another:

Never one to pass up using glitter and shine, I've used both here by heat setting the wonky frame with SNS Harvest Moon Cosmic Embossing Powder. Because EP will put a "plastic-like" coat on your card stock, it may prove difficult to distress with ink, so I used Staz-on ink on the outside of the frame.

The embossed Chrome Silver Mirror cardstock was used with the starfish, and behind the sentiment - to give that glassy sheen seen on water surfaces. I have a new favorite microfine glitter color - though the photograph does not capture it well, it's got to be one of the most sparkling of the microfine colors, and is a lovely, deep shade of teal - SNS Teal Velveteen Microfine Glitter GM2017.

I hope you'll join us with your critter creations at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies this month!
  

Products Used:

• Image: A Day For Daisies "Water Talk"
• Sentiment: Lovely Magnolia Rubber Stamp Set (available digitally)
• SNS Harvest Moon Cosmic Embossing Powder EP398
• SNS Teal Velveteen Microfine Glitter GM2017
• Cardstock: Chrome Silver Mirror CS (five 8 x 11.5 sheets 2.99), Neenah Solar White, Cantaloupe, Designer Paper from Stash
• Copic Markers
• Embossing Folder - Regency Swirls by Die'Sire
• Spellbinders: Classic Squares, Grand Squares, Grand Scallop Squares
• Dee's Distinctively Flourish 4 die set
• IO Ocean Dies DIE077-W

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. The Library Challenge #12 "The Little Mermaid" 8/11 (sep post)
2. Morgan's Artworld Challenges #7 Anything Goes 8/15 (sep post)
3. World Wide Open DT Challenge #7 AG for a DT  8/15 (sep post)
4. Creates and Makes #23 AG 8/26 (sep post)
5. Make My Monday #76 Colored Image 8/5
6. The Fairy and the Unicorn Challenge (July)  Anything Mythical Under the Sea 8/3 (tab on top)
7. ScrapyLand Challenge #95 AG with SL dies (Listed above 3 SB sets, Dee's, IO) 8/15
8. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday (Aug) Feature a Creature! 9/1
9. Country View Challenges (Aug) "Sun, Sea and Sand" 9/1
10. Creatalicious Challenges #144 AG under the sea or fairy tales 9/1 (sep post)

hugs,