Cheaper Than Therapy!

  

This card was one I made for my friend’s birthday.  My friend is a HUGE chocolate fan so when I saw this quote somewhere, it seemed a perfect fit for a card for her.  I remembered I had the Stampin’ Up! Nothing’s Better Than which had a die to cut out the word ‘chocolate’ which would pair nicely with a newly purchased Colorado Craft Company So Sweet stamp set.

To begin, I stamped the chocolate wielding mice and coloured them with Copics before cutting them out with the matching dies.

 

I blended a couple of shades of brown and die cut the ‘chocolate’ together with one from dark brown card, which I offset to create a shadow effect.  I use the Waffle Flower Lacy Layers dies to create a top panel and then worked out the arrangement of the various elements.

 

I wanted the central mouse to be sat on the word so glued him on first then added the word.  It was a bit busy on the front with all 4 mice that I’d coloured, so I used 3 and added a yellow ribbon accent instead.  (I used the remaining mouse on the inside panel.)  

 

Finally, the other 2 mice were glued in place and then a light brown mat added before mounting on a side-folding dark brown card base.