2RB and House Mouse & Friends Challenge

Today 2RedBananas.com is sponsoring the House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge. It will be a sketch challenge this week, so go to 2RedBananas' blog or HM&F's blog to see the sketch and participate in the challenge.


For this challenge I made a card using white CS for the base with a block of Wild Saffron DP. I adhered a CS scalloped circle to the left, with some rhinestones along the top and bottom.


The image is a Gruffie stamp called Lilac Bouquet, which I stamped with StazOn and colored with watercolor pencils. There is also some Stardust ink on the flowers and leaves. The sentiment is by Hero Arts and it's also colored with watercolor pencils and Stardust ink.

Be sure to stop by 2RB or HM&F to participate in this week's challenge.

SUPPLIES USED
Stamps: Lilac Bouquet - Stampabilities Gruffies Collection, sentiment - Hero Arts
Ink: Jet Black - StazOn, Stardust - Sakura
Paper: Wild Saffron - K&Company, Card Stock - Bazzil
Other: Rhinestones - Kaiser Craft, Scallop Circle - Cricut

House Mouse Challenge #27

I made this card for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, which was to make a card using a House Mouse image and chipboard of any kind. I was also inspired by last week's challenge to make a card for Mother's Day (which I participated in by making a card for my mom). I decided to make a card for my mother-in-law, too, who loves to knit.

The card base is Basic Grey DP. The House Mouse image, which is available on 2RedBananas.com, is stamped on white CS and colored with watercolor pencils (Kimberly) and a Tombow blender pen, with some accents on the knitting needles of silver Stardust (Sakura). The image is adhered to a block of yellow Basic Grey paper with a strip of Basic Grey DP above and below it, with three Dewdrops adhered on the upper strip. It is adhered to the upper portion of the card base.

I used a chipboard heart covered with pink Basic Grey DP and pop dotted it onto the lower strip of paper near the image. I also covered a chipboard tag with Basic Grey DP and stamped the sentiment with Making Memories magnetic letter stamps using black Staz On ink. I tied a piece of rick rack through the tag.

House Mouse Challenge #26

I made this card for the House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge (http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/), using a House Mouse image from 2RedBananas.com. 2RB has alot of really cute HM stamps and much, much more. The challenge was to use a House Mouse image on a Mother's Day card.

The card base is brown CS on top of which is a block of DP from the Pink Armadillo matstack by the Paper Studio. I adhered another block of Pink Armadillo paper wrapped with a pink ribbon on top of the first block, along with some flowers trimmed from a scrap and adhered with pop dots.

The House Mouse image is colored with Kimberly Watercolor pencils and a Tombow blender pen. I also added opal Shimmerz on the cup and used a Stardust pen by Sakura on the steam. I adhered three rhinestones in the upper right corner of the image. I used a piece of Scrapper's Floss to tie a small tag onto the handle of the cup, and matted the image on brown CS. I adhered the image with pop dots.

This was a fun challenge, and now I'm all set for Mother's Day in advance - for a change.

House Mouse Challenge

2RedBananas.com is hosting a House Mouse Challenge. It's pretty simple - there's a sketch and you just have to use a House Mouse image. Go to the House Mouse blog (http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/) for more information.

I made this card for the challenge using red CS onto which I adhered a block of sei "Alpine Frost" patterned paper. I matted two additional blocks of sei patterned paper onto red CS and adhered them to the front of the card. The House Mouse image is stamped on white CS. I colored the image with watercolor pencils and a Tombow blender pen. I used Stickles on the snow and a black glaze pen for the bird's eyes. I cut the image in a circle and matted it on red CS, which I pop dotted onto the front of the card. I tied two pieces of white ribbon criss-crossed on the front and adhered three Dewdrops on the right-hand corner of the top block.

Happy Valentine's Day

I made this tiny Valentine for my husband, Matt. I used a House Mouse stamp called Lobster Claws (although it reminds me of a crawfish, which is why I ordered it from 2RedBananas.com - if you like House Mouse stamps, be sure to check out this site).

I used a mat from DCWV's matstack pad called The Sweet Stack. I folded it in half with the patterned side on the outside. I stamped the image on cream CS with StazOn Jet Black ink and colored it with watercolor pencils and a Tombow blender pen. (Has anyone noticed this is my only coloring method? I really need to branch out, but these pencils are the only thing I have.) I cut the image out and adhered it to the front of the card. I stamped the "Be Mine" sentiment from 2RedBananas.com's stamp set called Snowman Love in red ink on cream CS and cut it out and adhered it to the front of the card. I also added three red rhinestones to the upper right corner.

The reason I used this particular image for a Valentine's card is because of a reference from the TV show "Friends" where Phoebe referred to Ross as Rachel's lobster because lobsters mate for life. And I like to think of Matt as my lobster. Kind of corny, but I know he'll get it.