Today I'm channeling our wonderful resident SCS stamping humorist, Anne Ryan with my HYCCT card, for the challenge - You had me in Stitches!
Meet Melvin - I really think he is a relative of many of Anne's stamps!!! She MAY even have Melvin somewhere in her family....
anyway - He makes me laugh - even just sitting in his packaging - which I hadn't taken him out of until today! Along with this perfect sentiment to go with him - I paper pieced Melvin's clothes - and stamped with a stitch stamp around the edges. Melvin is colored with Copics, cut out and popped up on foam tape.
Melvin and the sentiment are both Art-impressions stamps - the stitch stamp is from Waltzingmouse
Inside - I made a sentiment with my Brother P-touch label maker that says "Like Mixing Plaid with Prints" (this is in direct reference to Melvin's outfit - in case you missed that his shirt is plaid and his pants are polka dots!)
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Registered: February 23, 2007 Location: Brooksville FL Posts: 19774
Wed, Oct 10, 2012 @ 11:09 AM
Both Melvin and Anne are total HOOTS! You did some pretty awesome paper piecing on Mel. I think I've seen him many times around where I live. Such a smile invoking, great card.
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Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Sat, Oct 13, 2012 @ 12:46 PM
OMGoodness, Ms. Julia, this a hoot! I'm impressed that you have Melvin in your collection. For some reason, I love humor. Do you suppose that has anything to do w/being Irish? Your card is just a hoot. Mr. Melvin is certainly a high stylin' gentleman. Thanks for the shout out!
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