My husband and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary this past Wednesday and we thought it would be fun to make each other a card using the same four sets! We picked Robbie Raccoon, Sammy the Squirrel, Parker & Penny Pig, and Bailey the Bunny.
If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you’ll know that our most frequent visitors are squirrels and raccoons. The squirrels are always ultra cute and entertaining to watch, and the raccoons are extremely clever in the scariest way. The City of Toronto thought they had created raccoon-proof compost bins but the raccoons quickly figure it out. Click HERE to read one of the most interesting articles about our raccoons!
When Technique Tuesday released Robbie Raccoon for the March 2019 addition to the Animal House Collection, I joked that it was made for me! As always with the Animal House sets, the punny sentiments are fantastic and so versatile. It’s not often that you see funny anniversary sentiments but the one both my husband and I used on our cards is perfect for the occasion.
When my husband gave me his card, I was so blown away by it that I forgot to read what he wrote! The card sat next to my computer and I admired it for hours before I realized that I hadn’t read the inside. LOL I absolutely love how he shaded the squirrel with orangey-tan bits like one of our favourite grey squirrels.
It’s quite hilarious that we both cut off the lid of the green bin (aka compost bin), as if the cheeky raccoon purposely spilled food from it as a gift to the squirrel. The City of Toronto also provides us with grey (garbage) bins and blue (recycling) bins, in addition to the green (compost) bins.
For my version, I modified the sentiment from its original four lines to two so it would fit better with my design. I also added a few extra details to my scene, like stamping the footprints in pumice stone to blend in with the sponged background and cutting inserts around the raccoon’s tail and squirrel’s paws to tuck in the watermelon pieces. It’s always a joy to create with the Animal House Collection and I love that they’re so easy to mix and match!
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Happy Anniversary! Love
the cards and cute that
they have almost the same
scene on them.
Carla from Utah
Very fun cards! I think it's great that your husband made you a card!
It really is like these stamp sets were made for the two of you. 😀
Your hubby made a fun card. It is so cute.