Google it | The Rabbit Hole Designs

I was a super lucky duck to win The Rabbit Hole Designs' Inky set.  I whipped up two designs:

I'm not going to lie that when I made my first card [on the right], I kept looking at it.  I couldn't figure out what it was about it that didn't hit me and then I realized that lately my color palette has been super soft.  Once I figured it out I looked at it again, come on, it has cute images and a coffee mug [more on that in a smidge].

My card duo was inspired by the Twofer Card Challenge:  

Let's chat about each card separately.  My first card, #squidgoals, cracks me up.  Doesn't every squid want a coffee mug?!

The mug is from the Poppy Stamps - You Melt My Heart set.  It is the perfect size for these images.  Can we call your attention to the sentiment?  Specifically the shape of the sentiment die cut?

Yup, that's a vintage Stampin' Up punch, the big black kind.  I've almost garage sale'd that so many times.  I'm glad I didn't, it came in handy.

My card was inspired by the new to me - Crazy 4 Challenges sketch:

I was chuckling when I put my next card together.  I love that bubble pattern from Doodlebug Design, perfect for my card.

The Octo on the right is showing off his rainbow colors...LOL.  The Octo on the left is skeptical, hence the Google It, from The Rabbit Hole Designs - Sassy Sentiments.

Their expressions simply crack me up!

This card was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches:

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Hero Arts: Butterflies Two Ways

So this weekend, on my to-do list was to design a graduation card, that one card became two:

While I was cleaning up I came across the Hero Arts DC134 Butterflies Stamp & Cut.  I thought that would be pretty to use for a female grad card and then teamed it up with DC149 Congrats Stamp & Cut.

To make the butterflies pop, I used the SA113 Every Which Way Stencil with Distress Oxide - Broken China.  I decided to minimally color the butterflies but made up for it by using glitter cardstock for the congrats.

This card was inspired by Fusion:

With the Butterflies Stamp & Cut still out, I popped a watercolor paper panel into my Mini MISTI and stamped the Butterflies in Distress Oxide - Broken China + Black Soot.

I used a wet paintbrush on the butterflies and quickly 'watercolored' them.  The yellow background was made with various Zig Clean Color Markers.  That sentiment from the Irreverent Birthday Messages CRACKS me up.  So totally unexpected for a butterfly design, don't you agree?

My card was inspired by CAS(E) this sketch!

My card duo was thoroughly inspired by the Twofer Card Challenge:

I need to play along more often with the Twofer Card Challenge!  I can always have one birthday design, something that I'm always wishing I had more of in my stash!

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