More on that Hot Spot...

Hello there :0)

Edited to add: Thanks ladies for selecting my card as a winner over at CASual Fridays :0)
                                      

I'm back again, both here and over at Make the Day Special blog today, with a couple more cards using the Large Hot Spot Base die and I've also made these as my submission entries for the Paper Smooches Sparks DT call.
I have a rather *a-hem* large collection of Paper Smooches stamps and I love using them so I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring for the DT call having thoroughly enjoyed guest designing for Kim a couple of years ago on the PS blog... I cannot believe it was that long ago!!

So this was a tall order to combine the Hot Spot die and a prevoius PS sparks challenge but this is how it went....

This is my fave of the two, I love that hot spot die cut in the woodgrain paper, it makes a brilliant jump off point to make a scene with this cheeky little monkey :0) 

Here's the past Photo Inspiration I used from the PS sparks blog ..

                                         
I'm also entering this cheeky chappy into the CASual Fridays challenge this week because the sentiment is stamped on DP... hope thats not too tenuous!!
                                    

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For my second card I modified the Hot Spot die to make a Polaroid frame..

Now I own a few photo frame dies *sshhh* but by enlarging the window with the smaller die you make a polaroid frame with rounded corners inside and out... how cool is that, I've not got one like that in my stash!!  I'm sure you know how I did it but here's a photo because it takes up less space than explaining it!! :0)

Oh and I'm so pleased about the faux washi tape too, I used the back and front of the dotty strip in the Alphadot stamp set over a piece of torn copy paper to get that ripped edge look :0)  Bonus score for using two brads as well!!

Here's the past Paper Smooches Sparks photo inspiration for this card...

The DT call closes on the 20th May if you fancy giving it a go...it's been open since the 4th but hey I take my time on these things!! Find the details here .

For all your Paper Smooches stamps and dies check out the store at Make the Day Special here in the UK.

Thanks for stopping by :0)

Jenny x

Stamps used: Vogue Abode, Zoo Crew, Love Monkey, Sentiment Sampler