Hearts and Hugs for As You See It Challenge #347

I just love doing Recipe challenges! They are so much fun! It's like a chopped challenge on a food network. Everyone has the same ingredients to work with, but the final products turn out differently for everyone! I had to rely on some retired products to complete my Recipe challenge this time, because I didn't have any new animal stamp sets. So I got out my Hearts & Hugs bundle which, as of writing this post, is still available on the Last Chance list. Here's the Challenge Banner:
 

Here's how I put all my elements together:

• This is a gate fold card. I used a Crumb Cake card base of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 2 1/8" on both ends of the long side to get the gate fold.
• In about the middle of each "gate side" I added an 8" piece of Baker's Twine, glued down and covered with the additions below:
• I covered the outside "gates" with Pretty Peacock cardstock cut at 1 7/8" x 5 1/4", then on top of that added some of the Perennial Lavender DSP (which is carrying over into the new Annual Catalogue, by the way) cut at 1 5/8" x 5". 
• In the center of the card I added another piece of the Perennial Lavender DSP, with a gingham design, cut at 5 1/4" x 4".
• I stamped the mouse and the hamster (?) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White cardstock and coloured them in with Stampin' Blends Markers. I used Gray Granite, Copper Clay and Peach Pie, and Poppy Parade.
• I die cut the images and mounted them with dimensionals on panels consisting of a Pretty Peacock backing and an embossed Basic White front. The die sets I used for these panels were Stylish Shapes and Unbounded Love. The embossing folders were Basics and Timber 3D EFs.
• The sentiments were from the Hearts & Hugs stamp set again and they were stamped with the Memento ink on Basic White, and die cut and backed using the Stylish Shapes Banners. I had to adjust the length of the shortest one.
• These were added to the card front and inside as shown.

That gave me all 5 elements: animals, colouring, die cuts, twine and texture or embossing.

I hope you give it a try!

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Product List

Hearts & Hugs Cling Stamp Set (English) [163659]	Hearts & Hugs Bundle (English) [163667]	Perennial Lavender 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162593]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953]
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161675]	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147275]	Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154886]
Copper Clay Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161662]	Peach Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [163827]	Linen Thread [104199]	Hearts & Hugs Dies [163666]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]
Unbounded Love Dies [163383]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Stampin' Seal+ [149699]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]