Just Us Girls challenge #810 - guest designer card

Hello again lovely friends. I'm back with my second card as guest designer for the Just Us Girls challenge and this week is 'Word Week' and unsurprising the word is Valentine.  

I decided to take the opportunity to make my Valentine's card for hubby.  I had picked up the cute Valentine mice from Lawn Fawn's recent release so had to use them; they are so adorable.  My card started out as 5" x 7" but to have an equal margin around the scalloped die I had to cut it down slightly so the finished card size is 5" x 6 3/8".  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

So as I say I originally cut my card base to 10" x 7" and scored it on the long side at 5" to create my 5" x 7" card but later on cut it down a little on the length.  I stamped the images in a light brown ink and used the coordinating stencils and brown and pink ink pads to colour them in.  I've never coloured images with stencils before; I'm not sure if for small images like this you really need them as it probably took just as long to colour them with the stencils as it would have with markers, but the effect is quite soft which is a nice look and something I struggle with using markers (I'm quite heavy handed lol).  I had left the stamps in the Misti so stamped over them with black ink to make the outlines bolder and then cut them out with the matching dies.  I also stamped all of the sentiments in black ink.  I had just received some heart dies that I ordered so cut two white hearts and the scallop layers from kraft coloured card and adhered them with liquid glue.  I die cut 3 of the sentiments with sentiment strips dies and the last one with a smaller heart.  I cut a piece of speckled patterned paper and adhered it onto the scalloped rectangle which was also die cut from the kraft coloured card.  I added the two mice onto the white hearts with foam squares and added the 'mwah' sentiment with liquid glue.  I stamped the 'luv u' sentiment directly onto the second heart.  I adhered the hearts onto the background with liquid glue and the strip sentiments were adhered with foam squares.  I decided to die cut some tiny hearts from white card and ink blended them with the same pink ink pads I used for the mice and added them onto the background with liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind the scalloped rectangle and then this was adhered to the card base with double sided tape. As a finishing touch I added some crystal glaze to all the hearts, which looks really pretty in real life. For the inside I cut the next size down scalloped rectangle from kraft coloured card and added a white panel onto it with liquid glue.  I stamped part the sentiment directly in the centre with black ink and used a stamped and die cut 'happy' above it with liquid glue.  I adhered a strip of the patterned paper at the bottom of the panel and added the third mouse in the bottom right corner along with a few more hearts.  The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

* to be updated * 

I'm sure this will be a popular challenge and I cannot wait to see what you create.  Please pop over to the challenge blog and check out all the amazing creations by the Design Team.  

I appreciate you stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

card supplies:

Lawn Fawn - Valentine mice stamp, dies and coordinating stencils

Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle stackables dies

Lawn Fawn - spiffy 'speckles' 6x6 inch petite paper pack

Lawn Fawn - happy happy happy add on family stamp (for inside sentiment)

Lawn Fawn - hedgehugs die (for tiny heart die)

Honey Bee Stamp - stacking hearts and scallop hearts honey cuts

*Gina K Designs - ink pads - sandy beach, kraft, bubblegum pink, passionate pink

Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments dies

Tonic Studios - Nuvo crystal glaze

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x