Musical Badger

Mornin' y'all.  With Ryan on spring break this week (and next), I'm having trouble keeping track of what day it is, anyone else have that problem?  He's got a mini research project that we'll need to work on next week but this week he just gets to goof off : )

I spent a lot of the day yesterday reading or working on my stitching project, so I only made one card and this is it:

I hadn't used the badger yet from Musical Jamboree, so it's his time to shine thanks to the Festive Friday challenge:

Let's see, I got black, white, torn paper (well, I tore paper to use as a mask, does that count?), musical notes, the badger has stripes on his face, musical themed sentiment, and a musical instrument.  I have several other retired stamp sets I could have used for this challenge too, we'll see if I have time to circle back.

Check out this week's Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I tore a piece of scratch paper (I have a giant stack of scratch paper in my craft room and use it all the time) and used it as a mask to stamp the music notes and then sponge ink along the edges of the card front. Super simple technique but it always looks good.  Then I added my tambourine-playing badger, the sentiment, and a few faceted gems and it's done.  I think what took the longest was choosing a color combination and in the end I reused the Lemon Lime Twist and Lemon Lolly combo from yesterday's card.  Black and white go with just about everything, right?

I've got a bit of a headache but I'm going to go do dishes and mop the floor anyway.  Cheers, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Musical Jamboree
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Lemon Lolly, Lemon Lime Twist, Stampin' Blends in Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Lemon Lolly, Lemon Lime Twist
Paper:  Lemon Lime Twist, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Faceted Gems