House Mouse Blueberry Tart

Hello friends!  I created this card from an image that I colored a while time ago.  It ended up in my scraps pile and I thought it was time to rescue this little guy.  The flowers and most of the elements were also scraps.  This should have come together pretty quickly, but I had to take lots of breaks to run after my youngest.  He's not even two but he really is a menace!

Supplies

La La Land Rolled Roses Set

MFT Layered Rose

Simon Says Stamp Leaf

Cheery Lynn Doily

Technique Tuesday Awesome

Spellbinders Classic Large & Small Circles

Spellbinders Grand Decorative Labels 1

Rhinestones

Copics

Glossy Accents (on the blueberries)

Thanks for looking!

Challenges Entered
House Mouse Challenge Anything Goes/Christmas
Gruffies & Guests Blue & Silver/Anything Goes (there's a little silver on the rhinestone & he's sort of silvery.  :))

HM Cheese Wishes

Hello!  This is my latest (and last) Guest DT spot over at the House Mouse & Friends Challenge.  The latest challenge theme is Food, Glorious Food!. You have two weeks to play, they always have great inspiration and fabulous prizes, so what are you waiting for?  :) Hope you can pop over and play along!

I was planning on using my HM blueberry tart stamp but when I finally sat down to work I couldn't find the image I'd colored.  I chose this as a replacement because I haven't used the stamp yet and it was quick to color.

I think I was in a sunflower mood after working on my latest Classy Cards 'n Such DT card for the Sunflower Inspired Challenge. I don't usually use a lot of yellow but when it comes to mice and cheese, I didn't think pink would be very appealing.  :)

I was inspired by a Mojo Monday sketch I found on Pinterest.  Thanks for looking and I can't wait to see what yummy creations you create!

Supplies

Spellbinders Classic Circles

Spellbinders Scalloped Circles

Cheery Lynn Banner

Cheery Lynn Border

MFT Sunflower

DCWV Lemon Blossom Paper Stack

Distress Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copic Markers

Challenge Entered:
Mojo Monday Sketch 359
Suzy Bee's Anything Goes
Allsorts Sunshiny Colors
Gruffies and Guests AG/For the Boys
Inkspirational Red, Orange, Yellow
Crafty Calendar Anythimg Goes

HM Say Cheese

Hi, I created this for the new House Mouse & Friends Monday  "No Coloring of Images" Challenge that begins today.   This is my third guest design spot.  Come and join me and the rest of the DT (their samples are always amazing!).

I thought the No Coloring theme would be perfect with this camera stamp but after I had all of the elements together I really wanted to add color to that piece of cheese.  I got around it by paper piecing the cheese and popping it up with foam tape.

This card was simple to create and quick to put together since there was no actual coloring.  The film strip die is from Taylored Expressions.  Thanks for stopping by!

Challenge Entered
Gruffies & Guests Boys

HM Cup of Tea

Hello!  I created this as an inspiration card for the House Mouse and Friends Relax and enjoy life challenge that began today.  It's a bit busy because I couldn't quite figure out where to go with this little mouse.  I like the color combination and I hardly ever use it (as I seem to typically be a pink and green girl).  Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies

House Mouse Stamp

Cheery Lynn Horizon Fishtail Banners

Spellbinders Labels Four

Magnolia Flower Swirl Corner

Magnolia Hellebores

MFT Scalloped Border

Copics, Distress Ink, Memento Black Ink, pearls

Challenges Entered

Allsorts Time for Tea
Aloha Friday Favorite color combo*
The sisterhood of crafters Die Cuts and/or Punches
Lunagirl moonbeams Favorite Color
The Crazy challenge Die Cuts/Punches

HM Sleepy Sunshine

Good Morning!   This is my first time being a guest designer for the House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge.  This is the card I designed.  I had a tough time pulling this all together for some reason and I'm still not convinced this card is balanced enough visually but I liked the white space more than additional designer paper.

It might be difficult to see but I stamped the flower a second time, colored it with copics, cut it out and popped it up with foam tape.  It doesn't sit as high as the circle frame around this little guy but it is popped up higher than the main image.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

House Mouse Stamp Daisy Float

Impression Obsession Circle Shaker Frame

Cheery Lynn Horizon Fishtail Banners

Ribbon, Rhinestones, Twine, Copics, Memento Black Ink, TH Distress Ink

Challenge Entered

Artistic Inspirations Anything Goes #100*

HM Patriotic Stars

I created this for my friend's niece who has a birthday on July 4th.  I brushed Wink of Stella over the yellow stars and the white Star Border on the side is a die cut from Simon Says Stamp (it's one of the dies I purchased with my gift-card from the Wednesday challenge).

Supplies

House Mouse Patriotic Wrap stamp

Simon Says Stamp Stars Parade die

Memory Box Happy die

Quickutz Lemonade Alphabet die

Spellbinders Classic Circles Large die

Spellbinders Star Circles die

Clear Rhinestones, Copics, Wink of Stella Clear, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Challenges Entered
Open-minded Crafting Patriotic Colors*
House mouse Use dies
Pumpkin Spice Red, White & Blue
My Sheri Crafts A star is born
Craftin Desert Divas Red, White & Blue

HM Indulgence

This is my DT card for Crafting by Design's "Anything Goes" Challenge.  Hope you'll come on over and join us this month for a chance to win some great prizes!

Supplies

House Mouse - Donut Bliss

Stampa Rosa - Indulge Yourself

La-La Land - Rolled Rose Set

La-La Land - Rolled Rose

Spellbinders - Floral Corner 1

Spellbinders - Labels 8

Poppystamps - Banner

Patterned paper, Rhinestones, Pearls, Ribbon, Copics, TH Distress Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Challenges Entered

HMFMC Challenge Lots of Layers*
Lil Red Wagon Food*
Penny's Paper-Crafty Bears or Mice*
Just Inspirational Handmade Flowers

HM Christmas Chime

Hi!  I bought this HM Swing Chime stamp off ebay (extraordinarily dirty and covered in gold ink BTW) and this bell was begging to be used in the House Mouse "Pop it Up" challenge.

I almost never make Christmas cards but my kids have a lot of fun stamping envelopes.  I barely get photo cards done.  It took hours on two separate occasions last year trying to get all four of my kids to smile (or at least not frown) and look at the camera.  I finally gave up (way past when my husband had thrown in the towel) and realized individual shots of them would be fine.  One was always grumpy, one was silly and one tried to crawl away (you ALL know who you are!).  I've got to say my 9 year old son was a trooper.  Maybe it would actually be less frustrating and time consuming to make my own Christmas cards and forget the photos?!

I stamped a second bell, covered it in red glitter and popped it up with foam tape.  I popped up the top layer and the Spellbinders Captivating Squares Frame with foam tape as well.  In the center of the sparkles I added tiny rhinestones and then encircled the rhinestones with clear glitter.  I used glitter on the gold bow too. 

This house mouse image was colored with copics.  Thanks for looking!

Challenges Entered:

House Mouse and Friends Challenge Pop it Up #168*

Stampendous May Challenge

52 Christmas Card Throwdown Glitter

Scrapbooker PhD Bling it Up

House Mouse Fore You

I haven't used this stamp in a while and my Father-in-Law's birthday is coming up.  He's a big golfer (and a Mickey Mouse fan) so this card will be for him. 

The Fore You stamp is a studio G stamp that was "missing" an E so I added one.  The golf die is from quickutz.  The argyle paper was from a kitchen themed pack from Joann's.  The card is A6 size and I used a cuttlebug embossing folder for the tan background layer.  The main square layer was cut with a Spellbinders classic square die after I played around with a Spellbinders Creatopia shape I decided wasn't right for the image (hence the rounded cut-outs on the top and bottom of the image). 

The purple background isn't a card layer, it's just what I photographed the white card on.  I love Marianne dies - all the HM entries look amazing but I'm crossing my fingers!  :)  Thanks for looking!

Challenges entered:
House Mouse Challenge Anything Masculine
Hobbybook Two or more diecuts
Open-minded crafting Animals
Creative Fingers Anything Goes #30