Happier than a Pig In Mud

 

My team members get this card as my "thank you!"
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The idea for this card actually popped into my head while I was enjoying a massage.  I know, I'm weird.  But I thought this would make a good "thank you" for those in our lives that really make us "happier than a pig in mud."

Here are the items used for the card.  It was simple to put together but if you have any questions please feel free to contact me!! I am always happy to help.

Stampsets:

My Little Piggy (pig)

Quiet Meadow (mud splotches)

Prince and Princess (puddle)

Dies and Embossing Folders:

Birthday Chick Dies (fence)

Painted Texture folder (mud)

Paper:

Calypso Coral (base and accents)

Pansy Petals DSP

Cinnamon Cider (mud)

Soft Suede (fence)

Pale Papaya (pig)

Basic White

Inks and Markers:

Memento Black

Soft Suede (applied to mud with blending brush)

Light Polished Pink (ears and cheeks)

~Like so many cards that "pop" into my head, SU doesn't have a stamp that says what I need it to say.  No worries! I call these "hybrid" cards. I type the saying on my computer, print it out on cardstock and cut it. ***Someday I will reach the 1 million sales and will get to design my own stampset. I am already planning it out.***

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Above all, enjoy the journey and have fun. 

Meet Eeyore!!!!

 

I LOVE Eeyore and the first time that I saw the stamp set Darling Donkeys, I knew that this would be my challenge.  At this time, the stamp set is retired, but you can still find it! (E-mail me, I may still have one left!)

I just stamped the sitting donkey, colored it with Stampin' Blends (Balmy Blue, Rococo Rose and Ivory).  I added the stitching and colored his mane using black Stampin' Write. 

Snip his ears and move them to the down position. I attached him using dimensionals and added a Rococo Rose bow from the Birthday Chick Dies.

I used the stamps from an old favorite Paper Pumpkin (No Matter the Weather) which you can now get as a kit!!!  (I have used the stamps in this set on so many cards that I can't imagine life without it.  A little dramatic, but real.)   Click here to order your No Matter the Weather kit now!

No Matter the Weather stamps

The puddle under Eeyore is from the host set Prince and Princess.

My upline taught me well and no card is finished without a beautiful inside (shout out to Betsy Crider)..... sooo here you go!!

I again used No Matter the Weather stamps and added the sun from the Sending Sunshine Paper Pumpkin stamps using the masking technique.

I think I have a few more Eeyore cards up my sleeve so check back.  I will add them below as they are completed!