House Mouse Halloween!

Good morning!  It's definitely a brisk Sunday in October, so time to think about Halloween!  That is the challenge this time around at Dream Valley!  We have prizes both from One Stop Card Crafts:

and Bugaboo Stamps:

Make sure you play along for a chance to win!

I have used House Mouse stamp Tweet Treats for All.  I colored it with copics.  

I would like to add this to the following challenges:

Allsorts - too cute to spook

Sweet Stampin' - autumn leaves

Catch the Bug - photo inspiration

Have a great week!

Repeat Impressions - Sittin' Pretty

It's that time again!  Time for a new stamp of the week at Repeat Impressions.  Head on over to The House That Stamps Built for more details and the code for shopping!

The stamp this week is 2607-K Sittin' Pretty, this awesome cat!  I have paired it with another Repeat Impressions stamp sentiment 8208-F Hairdo.

Have a great week!

RI SOTW - Winter Tree

Here's my second post on the Monday of a busy week!  Luckily I am ahead of schedule this time instead of behind!

Repeat Impressions has another Stamp of the Week available for purchase at 50% off for this week only.  Please visit their blog The House That Stamps Built for all the details.  

The stamp we are showcasing is called 1609-J Winter Tree. 

 I have made a swing card with my stamping.  I did it the hard way, cutting and measuring, but let me tell you I won't be doing that again! :P  Repeat Impressions actually sells these pre-cut and ready to decorate so you and I don't have to go through the rigamarole.  You can find the swing cards here, and the coordinating swing stamps here.

Have a great week!

CAS Easter House Mouse

Hello!  Quick post today because I want to get back outside and enjoy the warmth and sunshine before the cold weather tomorrow!

Here is a quick set of clean and simple cards that I have made for my children for Easter.  I have used different colors for the eggs and ribbon, because yes, I have a boy and a girl!  I made this card with a couple of challenges in mind.  iCopic Challenge #25 is looking for you to use your copics to color an embellishment.  The ribbon was a white satin that I colored to coordinate with the eggs.  

House Mouse and Friends wants an Easter card, and Cards for Men wants an Easter card.  I realize the pink one doesn't count for Cards for Men, but the blue does! :)

Here are the copics I have used on the image and ribbon:

Enjoy your day!

My Favorite House Mouse

BEWARE!  This post is picture happy! :)  I have had fun creating this card, and it was so photogenic (hehe) that I decided to post a few pics!

This is one of my favorite House Mouse stamps, and it really goes well together with the black and white color scheme.

I have also done some paper piecing on the "eaten" strawberry on the far right, although it is somewhat difficult to see!  

Here's a pic of the inside:

Image:  House Mouse Sleeping with Strawberries

Copics used:  C1, G17, E09, E18, E35, R22, R24, R29

Paper:  Stampin' Up

Misc:  cuttlebug embossing folders, ribbon and pearls from my stash, and circle and circle scallop nestabilities

I am entering this card into these challenges:

House Mouse - favorite stamp

Stamptacular Sunday - Food

Mojo Monday - sketch

Stampin Royalty - use markers

Pixie Cottage - sketch and/or embossing

Copic Creations - warm colors

Sarah Hurley - food and drink

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Paper piecing

Bearly Mine - ribbons and pearls

My Time to Craft - circles
Blog o doodle - ribbon, embossing and bling
Samuel Taylors Crafts - use copics or promarkers
Rubber Cafe - no patterned paper

A Balanced House Mouse?

Can you believe it? It's Monday, and I have actually made a card for Monday challenges!  SHOCKER! lol  Ok, so this is for 6 challenges, which I will list at the end.

This sentiment is from the Stampin' Up set Wisecracks:

and this image is from House Mouse:

Put it all together and what do you get?  

A very humorous Valentine??  Oh well, I'm not sure what I'll use it for yet!

Here's a list of the challenges:

Totally Stampalicious:  at least 2 different sets
Mojo Monday #173:  sketch
House Mouse:  New Beginning
SSDS:  New Beginning
Crafty Cardmakers:  red and use a die cut (nestabilities for shapes)
Craft your Passion:  Let's Tie One On

Before I go I want to show you a card my 5 year old daughter put together while I was crafting today.  

Isn't she so talented?!  I love the colors she used!

Have a great day!

Christmas in July #2

Here's my second Christmas in July card! Image from House Mouse, sentiment from Stampin' Up, and of course colored with my copics! No sketch this time, because the die cut just wouldn't work with any of them at the moment. Although I am entering into these challenges:

House Mouse - letter B (bulb from the light!)

Tellen's Place - Christmas in July

Charisma Cardz - something with a tail

Stamp Something - Christmas in July

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for a dt post from Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays! I'm squeezing all these cards in this week, because swim lessons start up next week for my kids, so I don't know if I will be able to craft much next week! Busy, busy! Summer is just flying by!

Keeping Cool

Wow! I have been away from blogland for 3 days and it feels like a lifetime! Things have been very hectic around here with only the promise of more. However, I snuck in a quick cardmaking this morning!

I made this card for 3 challenges: The House that Stamps Built - sketch, Tellen's Place - Beach, and Color Throwdown - use pink pirouette, melon mambo and baja breeze. Well I didn't have baja breeze so I substituted in bermuda bay, and I just love how these colors turned out! The image is from House Mouse called Keeping Cool. Funny, this is all about the hot weather, but looking out the window it is in the 50's and raining here!

I hope everyone enjoys their week and I will hopefully be back on Saturday with another dt project for Stamp, Scrap and Doodle!

Smell the Flowers!

The Sweet Stop has a great sketch to play with this week, and I see many of the challenges want flowers, so this is a combination of some great challenges!

Here's a close up of the image, isn't it great!?

I used a House Mouse image called Butterfliers. The sentiment is from House Mouse as well. I stamped both of these with black ink on white cardstock, and colored the image with my copics. For the background I brayered Soft Sky on white cardstock. Then I used some of my scraps to make panels to match the colors on the House Mouse image. The flowers are Flora Doodles.

I entered this card into the following challenges:

The Sweet Stop 53 - Sketch

One Stitch at a Time - Flowers

Our Creative Corner - Blooming Blossoms

House Mouse Monday - Flower Power

Kitchen Sink Challenge - Hip to be Square

Charisma Cardz - quotes

Creative Card Crew - April Showers Bring May Flowers

I hope everyone had a great start to the week! Enjoy spring!

Cooking It Up With Katie #12

Hello again! It sure has been a crafty week!

Over at the Cooking it Up With Katie blog she is challenging us to use the Decoupage/3D technique, some metal, and to add another current challenge to the mix. For my card I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch, and also the challenge from Totally Stampalicious blog to use black and white plus one other color.

I have used another House Mouse image....yes I didn't realize I had so many here! This little mouse was enjoying one too many strawberries, so my one other color is red! The sketch this time was a great one, so my card is actually made to fit a standard #10 envelope (think bills!). I stamped, colored and then used the Nestabilities circle and scallop to cut the image and the red mat. I then stamped and colored another of the same image and used my paper snips to cut out 2 strawberries and the mouse. I popped these two up in the same place on my finished image to make the 3D effect.

The two side panels are cut using a 2" square punch onto which I added the flourish from the Stampin' Up set Doodle This. Then I just had to use some red pearls and the library clips to jazz it up a bit! The ribbon and bow were added to finish off the sketch!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and don't forget to check out these great blogs and try your hand at their challenges!

Fun in the Sunshine

I just had to use these spring colors to celebrate the first day of sun in almost a week! I am so happy spring is almost here! It will be time to find out if the bulbs I planted last fall actually took...keep your fingers crossed. Ok, so the sun was out yesterday when I actually made the card, but not now; bummer.

Oh, yeah...the card....

I decided to color up this little House Mouse when I was making my last post. So I had one ready to go! I combined a few challenges and this is the combo I came up with! The sketch is Friday Sketchers #91. I also wanted to add the image in a circle which is for Cupcake Craft challenge #80 - Round and Round. I added the Cuttlebug Dots background for the same reason. The dots were then brayered with Summer Sun to add in the yellow to qualify for the Daring Cardmakers challenge - Here come the Sun. It also qualifies for the Papertake Weekly challenge to use Buttons, Bows, Brads and Bling! Ok, one more! The glittery designer paper and the glitter was added around the scalloped mats for the Stamp, Scrap & Doodle challenge - Sparkle and Shine. Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays is also having a DT call, so head on over and check it out!

Whew...So here is another picture to show the glitter better:

And another to show the ribbon:

And the last one to show the rhinestones!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Birthday House Mouse with Candle

This card I put together with some coordinating scraps of dp I had on hand. I started by making a bifold card and then making a front panel for it. I cut all the scraps the same size, then put through the Martha Stewart Scallop Dot punch. I taped and layered them in a pattern, then added the green to tone down the pink. The image is from a House Mouse stamp. It originally had another mouse off to the left which I cut off and used on the inside. The flowers I used were from a packet I won from the weekly blog candy at The Craft Table. Thanks!

Here's the inside view of the trifold.........

And the other mouse who overindulged!!!!

This card qualifies for the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Birthday Card with a Candle

Creative Card Crew - Celebration

Tuesday Taggers - Swirls and Curls. The sponsor this week is Crafty Individuals. Please check them out!

I hope to have some more fabulous cards for you soon! Stay tuned!