Celebrate with House Mouse and Friends

Hello! Today it is my turn, Stephanie, to show you my creation for the House Mouse and Friends celebration challenge.

I used an older House Mouse stamp that I purchased in last year’s Stamp of the Month club. All of these stamps are so adorable! I made this one into a birthday card so my celebration is Birthday.

The papers are by Basic Grey. Be sure to check the store because they have some great collections out there now and just wait until after CHA! This is great paper.

I stamped the sentiment using Tim Holtz Broken China and Tim Holtz Crushed Olive.

 

Here is a close up of my little guy. I colored him with the following Copics:

• Mouse – E59, E57, E55, E53, E50, R00
• Flowers, leaves & grass – YG97, YG95, YG93, B99, B97, B95 & B93

And a pic of the inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting! Hugs!!

Sentiment Focus at Magnolia Stamp Lovers

Today it is my turn to show you my creation for the sentiment challenge.

Easel card closed.

Easel card open.

I chose Circus Tilda for my image. Following Mindy’s directions on the SSDT blog I made an easel card. Using my Grand Calibur and the Grand Standard Circles produced this adorable easel card. I stamped the stars, covered them with Ranger Stickles and then cut out. My bows are made using the Bow easy.

Tilda was stamped on Copic X-press with Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored with Copics.

• Skin – E13, E11, E00, E000, R22, R21, R20
• Dress – B14, B12, B00, R05, R02, R00
• Hair – N8, N6, N4

Close up of the stars and sentiment.

 

Have a great day!

Pretty in Pink at Bildmalarna

Over at the Bildmalarna challenge blog our theme this month is pink and today it is my turn to show my creation. Here she is.

For my image I chose Autumn Walk Mimosa from the Fall collection. For my background I used a Tim Holtz Texture Fade embossing folder. This one is called Patchwork and is available with the Bingo folder. I sanded the embossing using my sanding block.

 

I colored her with the following Copics on Cryogen paper and then cut her out.

• Skin – E13, E11, E00, E000, R22, R21,R20
• Clothes – RV25, RV23, RV21, RV04,B97, B95, B93, B91,  B000
• Hair and shoes – E37, E35, E33, E53, E50

And the inside.

We would love to see your Pink Bildmalarna creations so why not hop on over to the blog and link us up, we’d love to come and visit. The only criteria is a Bildmalarna stamp and the color pink.

New Baby Boy

I have this adorable stamp from Whiff of Joy called Willow holding baby. I just love this stamp and seldom have the need to use it. It is a joy to color and it is a great learning tool for mastering your folds and shading skills …. lol!

 

I am entering this in the following challenges:

• Sunday’s with Crissy – Ribbon
• Penny’s Paper Crafty – Anything goes
• Whiff of Joy – Chocolate, Teal and cream
• ABC – M for magical (she is isn’t she?!) and the sketch

For my card I used a MS punch and the Tim Holtz Tim Holtz Sizzix Elegant Flourishes die and these adorable little flower pack from SSD.  They can be painted, chalked or airbrushed but the base color was perfect for this card. These are available like this or in several different colors. SSD has created their own line of flowers – be sure to check them out here, they are gorgeous!! I added some pearls from my stash.

The little charm I purchased at Michael’s. Since the card is kind of feminine I wanted to make sure it showed somewhere that it was for a boy.

 

Here is a close up of Willow. I colored her with the following Copics:

• Skin – E13, E11, E00
• Hair – N7, N5, N3
• Dress – BG13, BG11, BG10, BG000
• Baby Blanket – BG48, BG45, BG11

Here is the inside. So, here is my story as to why there are signatures on this if I just made it. Well, if you are a follower … or even if you look down a few posts for the baby girl card … you will know that I recently made a baby card in pinks for a co-worker. Guess what? They are not having a girl. I could have sworn it was but I was wrong so I move the signature mat from the other card and added it here. It will continue getting routed at work when I return on Tuesday and both sides will be full of signatures.

 

Thanks again for stopping by to visit!

Edwin says Happy Birthday

My grandson, Skylar, celebrates his 8th birthday soon so I made him a birthday card. I found several challenges to help my inspiration. Since the list is rather long I will list them first.

• Creative Card Crew – Male card
• Cards for men – Party
• Craft your passion – Buttons
• Simon Says Stamp & Show – polka dots (paper)
• Stamp with fun – sketch
• Cuttlebug spot  - childrens games
• The Crazy Challenge – buttons
• Simon Says – 3 items – brads, buttons, punch/die cuts
• Cute Card Thursday – 3 of anything – 1 image, 2 pieces of ribbon, 3 brads
• Charisma – Numbers
• All Sorts – male
• Tellen’s place – Polka dots
• Delightful Sketches – Celebration

So, here is my card.

My background paper strips are basic grey and the Bingo is Core’dinations. To impress the Bingo on my paper I used my Tim Holtz Texture Fade Bingo and ran it through my Big Shot. I sanded it using my trusted sanding block from Stamping Scrapping. Man, that block last a long time and it’s even washable!! Then I made a tag using my Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio and stamped Happy Birthday in Memento Tuxedo Black. I added some brads and buttons to the card. I cut the 8 out using my Cricut and Doodletype cartridge.

I always keep the rubber from my stamps that I trim and added some of that behind Edwin and the 8 to lift it off the card. This works great to use for dimension.

My image is Edwin wants a hug and he is available for preorder at Stamping Scrapping.  I colored him with the following Copics.

• Skin – E13, E11, E00, E000, R21, R20
• Clothes – B99, B97, B95, B93, B91, YG25, YG13, YG00, YG99, YG97, YG95, YG93
• Shoes and hair – E37, E35, E33, E31

For the 8 I threaded a long piece of ribbon through both holes and hooked the rubber to it on the back. At first I was going to have Edwin hold it in front of him but then you couldn’t see his cute little outfit so I decided to put it over head, kind of like a balloon.

The inside of the card uses the same patterened paper as the front and also used a sentiment from Stampin UP.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting. I love all of your comments and they are very much appreciated!!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl

Well, no work for me today, I had the day off so I spent my day making a card. Sad, but it did take me most of the day. I also did laundry (one of my least favorite chores).

I decided to look for some challenges to enter my card in and I found 14 … wow, been a long time since I entered that many.

So, here is my card.

I chose to use Baby Tilda for my image. This Tilda stamp is one of my first Magnolia’s and I love her. I don’t get to use her too often but she always makes me smile!

My papers are from Debbie Mumm, it’s an older paper pack that I picked up at Joann’s. I used my Grand Calibur to cut out my Spellbinders Grand Standard Circles and Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey Circles. This machine sure makes for easy cutting being able to cut so many at one time and the crank is so easy! My ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon’s monthly kit. I just love receiving my package every month, I love ribbon. I unbundle it and hang it using my Ribbon Ring.

Here is a close up of baby Tilda.

I colored her using the following Copics:

• Skin – E11, E02, E00, E000, E0000, R20
• Outfit – R85, R83, R81, RV00, YG17, YG25, YG11
• Hair – YR24, YR23, YR21

I added Ranger Stickles to her wings and around the white Lacey Circle die. Not sure if you can see the sparkle but this stuff really sparkles.

I added some lilies and used McGill’s Pine Punch. I also added Stickles to the pine punches but it doesn’t really show up.

I tried a new fold on this card. I was going for something dramatic but it didn’t turn out that way so I had to settle for an overlap. It’s kind of hard to see in this picture but if you look at the first one you can see that it ties shut with the ribbon.

Here is the inside. It’s hard to see in the pic but it says Happy Birthday Baby Girl.

    

OK, so now for the challenges this qualifies for:

• Crafty Ann’s – Ring in the new but don’t ring out the old – Used my Tilda stamp and my new ribbon
• Daring Cardmakers – 1 image, 2 pieces of ribbon and three papers
• Stamp Something – Anything goes
• AiFactory – Anything goes
• Melgen’s Designs – Square or circle – card is 6 X 6
• Tip Top Tuesday – Anything goes
• Aly’s Sunday Challenge – Anything with wings – Tilda has wings and the paper has bugs with wings
• Oldie but a Goodie – Bright and Cheerful
• Creative Card Crew – folds
• Fairytale Challenge – flowers
• Quirky crafts – spring (paper has spring bugs) and pink and green
• Sunday’s with Crissy – ribbon
• Totally Tilda – baby Tilda
• Sketch and Stash – sketch, new ribbon and older Magnolia stamp

Phew!! Thanks for stopping by!

New Beginnings

With the new year there has to be new beginnings, right? Well, around blog land there are a lot of challenges for new beginnings.
I made this baby card for a co-worker. They are expecting their second child soon.

What do you think?
I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Creative Card Crew – New beginnings
• Sketch and Stash – sketch
• Quirky Crafts – New beginnings
• Tuesday Taggers – New beginnings
• Creative Cottage – New beginnings
• Dutch Dare – New beginnings
• Lovely hAnglar Only – 3 flowers, 2 brads, 1 ribbon

I used this adorable baby image that I purchased on eBay. I just love these stamps, they are so cute and fun to color.
I used the following Copics:

• Skin – E13, E11, E00, E000, E0000, R22, R21, R20
• Outfit – RV25, RV23, RV21, RV00, G82, G40, Y08,Y02

I matted her using Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 4.

For the inside of my card I created a large white area for my co-workers to sign and then the other panel has two charms and the word congrats held on by two pink safety pins. Here is a close up.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting.