Cuddly & Warm

I hope you all had a very nice and warm weekend....I know I did!  Our weather was perfect.....we had on and off rain, clouds and blue skies, with temperatures of 65 for the high.  It was time to "finally" pull out my cozy warm sweat pants and sweaters.

For this card, I used a House-Mouse stamp called "cuddly & warm", stamped it onto Copic X-press it blending card paper using Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black.  I colored the image using Copic markers and finished it off by adding Liquid Applique to each of their Santa hats along with Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamond glitter.  Using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles Large,  I cut out the image and layered onto a piece of Basic Grey paper from the Wassail collection, (which by the way is what I used as my designer paper for this card) that I cut out using the Spellbinder Nestabilities Lacey Circles.  The snowflakes are from the Martha Stewart punch Alpine Snowflake, which I covered with glitter and added a button to each.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts stamp set called Holiday Sayings.

Thank you for stopping by!

Materials/Supplies used:  Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Kraft & Ripe Avocado; Designer Paper: Basic Grey Wassail Collection; Stamps: House-Mouse Cuddly & Warm, Hero Arts - Holiday Sayings; Copic Markers; Punches: Martha Stewart Alpine Snowflake; Spellbinders Nestabilities: Large Circles & Lacey Circles; Glitter: Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamonds; Buttons: Misc stash; Ink: Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, Stampin' Up Stampin spots - Bashful Blue; Liquid Applique in White by Marvy Urchida

Warm Hello!

I hope everyone had a very fun & safe Halloween!  It was quite a busy evening for us! 

I'm very excited that it's finally starting to feel like Fall around here.  Our weather will be cooling down dramatically this week, and I think that is what has inspired me to kick off the first of November with these cozy mice!  I think the little mice with the hat and booties is just too cute.  I used this House-Mouse stamp called Warmth for Winter and colored the image using Copics.  The pattern paper is from a 6" x 6" Jillibean Soup mini pad called Dutch Mustard Soup.  The sentiment came from a Hero Arts set called messages.  I love the way this card turned out.  The final card size is 5 1/4" x 5 1/4".

Thank you for stopping by!


Materials/Supplies used -  Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Dark Chocolate/Ripe Avocado), Stamps: House-Mouse Warmth for Winter & Hero Arts - Messages, Pattern Paper:  Jillibean Soup Dutch Mustard Soup 6 x 6 mini pad, Copic X-press it blending card paper, Copics, Ink:  Memento Ink-Tuxedo Black, Spellbinders Nestabilities:  Classic Scalloped Circles small & Standard Circles Large, Martha Stewart Punch, Ribbon: American Crafts

House Mouse - With all my heart

I hope everyone has a very lovely day today!  Today we are using a House-Mouse stamp called with all my heart.  When I purchased this stamp, I had the perfect paper in mind, it's by Little Yellow Bicycle ~ Cupcake love collection.   The designer paper is filled with conversation hearts, which suits the stamp well. I stamped my image onto Copic X-press blending card paper using Memento Ink in Tuxedo black, then colored my image using Copic markers.  I added glitter to the hearts in order to make them stand out, then cut the image and scalloped layer using Spellbinder Nestabilities.  This was a very quick card to create!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Materials/Supplies used:  Cardstock - Papertrey Ink, Designer Paper - Little Yellow bicycle (Cupcake Love), Stamp - House-Mouse Designs (with all my heart), Spellbinder Nestabilitie Die Cuts, Ribbon - Joann's, Glitter - Dazzling Diamonds by Stampin' Up!, Copic Sketch Markers

House Mouse - I'm dreaming of a White Christmas

Hi Everyone! Here's one of my favorite House-Mouse stamp images....isn't it too cute?  Well, I finally got to use my new sewing machine ~ okay, I know I need a lot of practice, it took me a while to learn how to get it up and running, that outta tell you how much I know about sewing, but I really want to learn, so I'm thinking about taking a class, we'll see how that goes.   I had a difficult time trying to get the stitch straight, I suppose I can get away with it by just saying it adds character to my card...LOL!  I'm going to have to practice that some more. 

I used Basic Grey- Wassail 6"x6" paper pad and for my card base I used Stampin' Up! cardstock in Very Vanilla as well as Papertrey Ink cardstock in Pure Poppy, I stamped my image onto Buttercream paper by Taylored Expressions using Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black.  Colored my image using Copic Sketch markers, then cut image using Spellbinders Nestabilities Large Labels and used Scalloped Rectangles for the layer, distressed the edges using Tim Holtz distress ink in Vintage Photo, added rhinestones onto the 4 corners of the scalloped square and applied Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds onto the furry part of their Santa hats.  For the sentiment, I used a Christmas stamp set from Recollections that I purchased at Michaels.

I've entered this card into the House-Mouse challenge #84

Thank you for stopping by!

Materials/Supplies used:  Stampin' Up! cardstock in Very Vanilla, Papertreyink cardstock - Pure Poppy, Pattern Paper by Basic Grey Wassail collection, rhinestones by Studio 18 (Michaels), image stamped on Taylored Expressions - Buttercream paper, Nestabilities Scalloped rectangles & Large Labels, House-Mouse stamp, Stampin' Up - Dazzling Diamond glitter, Clear stamp set from Recollections, Copic Sketch Markers, sewing machine for the stiching.

Make a Wish!

I was excited to try this "frame" like card fold that I learned how to create from watching Beate Johns tutorial on Splitcoaststampers channel on Youtube.  I have to say, she makes it looks so easy.....there were so many measurements, scoring and cuts, that I almost gave up on it.  As you can see, that was not the case...... I did it!  Maybe my second one will feel easier.

I used a House-Mouse "Make a Wish" stamp, colored it with Copic markers, used Stickles Star Dust on the frosting and cut the image out using Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Three. 

This card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4"

Hope you like it!

Supplies/Materials used:  Cardstock: Papertrey Color Collection - Ocean Tides, Pattern Paper - K & Co Berry Sweet, Heidi Grace & g.c.d. - Rose Colored Glasses Collection; Stamped image on Taylored Expressions Choice Cardstock - Buttercream: Stamp - House-Mouse Make a Wish; Ribbon by Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream Luxe Satin; Pearls by Recollections; Punches - Scalloped circle, 1 1/4" circle by Stampin' Up!, Cupcake edge punch by Ek Success; Copic Sketch Markers (E00,E30, E31, R20, V01, V12, V15, BG11, BG72)

Life's a Beach!

I'll start off by admitting that, "I'm not a fan of Summer", specially here in Arizona, where our Summers are not something we can enjoy.  When we use to live in California, I remember asking myself, "How do people live in that Arizona heat?", guess what? you just do!  You eventually acclimate, although, I don't think I'll ever acclimate to 115 degree weather....once it's past 110 degrees, WOW!  We're cooking!  But it's all worth it, because our Winter and Spring weather is to die for....just perfect.

I thought this image would be a perfect reflection of  Summer, even though I was not much of a beach goer, so I can't say I miss it, but it's a nice and refreshing thought.  

This is one of my most recent stamp purchases, it's a House-Mouse image called Beach Bums.  I was very pleased with the way this card turned out.  I used Copic markers to color the image, sprinkled some Dazzling Diamond Stampin' Glitter all over the sand, which by the way, I love the look that gave, followed by cardstock from Stampin' Up and designer paper from Me & My Big Ideas - Destination Paradise.  The finished card size is 5"x 5".

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are all having a great Summer!

Materials used:

Card base - Stampin' Up - Vanilla cardstock, layered cardstock - Stampin' Up - Taken with Teal, pattern paper - Me & My Big Ideas - Destination Paradise; House-Mouse Designs stamp - Beach Bums, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter; Memento Ink - tuxedo black;