A new challenge has started at Festive Friday, and this time the festivity we are recognizing is World Autism Awareness Day. You can see the Inspo list below, and although the items on it were inspired by our festivity, your project can be any theme – just be sure to include at least three items from the Inspo list! You can find more details and the link up at the Festive Friday blog.
When I saw the list I knew there were a lot of possibilities for my card, and since I have been playing around with Distress Oxide inks lately I decided to make a rainbow background with them. This was done by the “smooshing” technique – putting some ink on a craft mat and spritzing it with water, then “smooshing” the paper in it to pick up the color. Of course when working with several colors the key is to get enough blending, but not too much or you will end up with “mud”!
I heat embossed the sentiment in black, then cut it out with the puzzle piece heart, along with two more. Three of them fit perfectly for a slimline card. Next I stamped, colored, and cut out the two mice (they are from a set by Sunny Studio Stamps), and finally put it all together.
For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the Festive Friday Challenge Design team:
Melanie Hungerford ——– You are here!
Judy Rozema (off this challenge)
Additional Challenges:
Papercraft Challenge #68 – theme of rainbows
Shopping Our Stash #441 – the rainbow connection
Such a perfect card for our challenge this week, Melanie! What an inspiration it is! The rainbow of colors is the perfect backdrop for the puzzle pieces. And those mice…they are so adorable! Have a wonderful weekend!
Love the rainbow background and those mice are just too cute. The heart puzzles and the sentiment are just perfect for the challenge. Lovely card!
I would love to purchase this kit from you.
Adorable card ! Love your rainbow background. I’ve never tried to make a rainbow with the smooshing technique, I have to try. These little mice are so cute and I also love the puzzle hearts. Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along at Papercraft Challenges.
Melanie~ your Distress Oxide rainbow background is amazing! I love sentiment and puzzle piece hearts too. What a sweet and meaningful card. 🙂
Such an adorable card Melanie!
Such a wonderful card for our challenge. I love those little mice and the puzzle pieces in the hears, the rainbow inking… just delightful and wonderful.
what a lovely card, the soft rainbow is beautiful and the mouses could not be any cuter! (the puzzle hearts are super cool as well!) thanks for SHOPPING YOUR (rainbow!) STASH with us this fortnight! ♥