Happy Monday! Today I'm sharing my card that is part of Honey Bee Stamps' Instagram Hop to celebrate their latest "Pet-tastic Release". This release not only has the dogs and cats we love, but several other pets, like these little hamsters and their hamster house!
I die cut the Lovely Layers: Hamster House and accessories from light gray, two shades of teal, vellum, and matte silver cardstock. The hamster tunnel pieces were die cut from the vellum. I die cut the hamster wheel from teal and silver cardstocks.
I always print off the Layering Guides for each of the Lovely Layers sets and used that to adhere the cage and other elements.
Our daughters had hamsters when they were growing up and let me tell you, we have hunted the corners of the house for one that always managed to escape! There are two different hamster in the Lovely Layers: Hamsters die set. I die cut five hamsters and used various shades of brown Copic markers to color each one. After I glued each of the hamsters' layers together, I had fun planning where to place each one, with two of them as escapees! Haha!
Once I had my plan figured out, I created a 5" x 7" card base and adhered patterned paper from the Textiles & Textures: Vintage paper pad onto the card for a subtle background. I added a strip of woodgrain cardstock for a "table" for the cage from the Grain & Grunge paper pad.
Isn't it so cute that there is a die that will cut two seeds for the hamsters to eat?!
I stamped a sentiment from the You've Got A Friend stamp set in black ink. Then I cut it out with the coordinating You've Got A Friend die.
I hope you will join me over on Instagram for the hop. Honey Bee will be giving away two $50 gift certificates to two winners! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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