A Very Merry Christmas to You

Merry Christmas Eve to All!!  My card today features another wonderful Stampendous House Mouse image from One Crazy Stamper.



 

The image is colored with Copics, and then I used a Sakura Glaze pen to add white highlights.  After cutting the image out with a Spellbinders Grand die, I used the gold Viva Décor Pearl Pen to create dimension, and also ran the card base through the Grand Calibur with an M-bossibilites folder.  The sentiment is from Just Rite Stamps, stamped with Ranger Distress Ink crushed olive.  Here's the colors of Copics that I used -

 

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and all the Best in 2014!!!

It's Your Day

The month of August has flown by and today is my last BIRTHDAY themed card for the monthly challenge at One Crazy Stamper.

 

 

Just before my move back in May, I cleaned out my Distress Ink Palettes, and just never seemed to have the time to get the inks refilled.   So I finally pulled out all of my Tim Holtz Distress Re-inkers and filled my palettes, and the end result is this little birthday card.  I inked the House Mouse "Spa Day" with Tsukineko Black Onyx ink and stamped it on watercolor paper, and then got busy using my water brush and the distress inks to color the image.  To enhance the bubbles I used Stardust Stickles to add sparkle and shine. 

 

Card Recipe

Flowers - Shaded Lilac, Seedless Preserves

Leaves - Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint

Mouse Faces - Tattered Rose, Tea Dye

Mouse Bodies - Gathered Twigs

Stone Wall - Pumice Stone, Weathered Wood

Soap Dispenser - Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet

Water Bubbles - Tumbled Glass, Milled Lavender

Sky - Stormy Sky

Bowl - Crushed Olive

Word on bowl - Wild Honey

 

You still have a couple of days left to enter the BIRTHDAY challenge at One Crazy Stamper to win a fabulous prize, and don't forget that OCS is looking for future guest designers - all of the details are on the blog here.





Trumpet the News

 

Hark the Herald, Angels Sing!

Okay, okay,  it's a mouse angel, and she's trumpeting along with her birdie friend not singing, but you get the point!!

 

 

This is the House Mouse "Birdie-Ful Duet" image stamped on watercolor paper, then painted with Distress inks.  Stickles add a shimmer to the wings, and Diamond Glaze adds a shine to the berries.  The finished image was cut and matted with Spellbinders Label 25, and the edges were distressed with Brushed Corduroy ink.  The dp is from Authentique's Peaceful collection, the ribbon and the lace are from my stash.

Holiday Sweets

It's Terrific Tuesday at One Crazy Stamper, so that means it's my turn to show you a project!  Since the challenge theme for this month is Anything Goes, I have not made a card today, but instead made a candle for Christmas giving.

 

 

The image is an adorable House Mouse stamp called Christmas Cookie Eaters, that I stamped with Staz on ink on to tissue paper, then colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  The edges around the image were torn and inked with a Gathered Twigs Distress Ink pad.  The sprinkles on the cookies were colored with Siren, Gold Lame, and Luscious Lime Smooch metallic paint accents to add a shimmer to the image.  The candle was finished with a braided ribbon trim from my stash.

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas
Through the Craftroom Door - #44 Anything Goes
Tuesday Alchemy - #40 Anything Goes
House Mouse Challenge - #HMFMC132 Getting Ready for Christmas