Mouse House or is it House Mouse

I am never sure which way this should be labelled and even after I look it up (its House Mouse) I still want to say Mouse House lol.

I won these stamps last year from the lovely Di at the Snippet Playground and I have finally inked them up and coloured one of them. It took a lot longer than I realised but I think its really cute. The rest of the card is a tried and tested, mojo is a wandering, card style. I return to this sketch time and time again when I am fresh out of ideas and I still like it even after all these years.

I am also on a use it up kick at the moment, I recently had a bit of a crafty spending splurge (look out for the videos soon) and I now have nowhere to store my new goodies, so I have decided to start using it up. No more replacing something as soon as I am half way through, no this time I need to start using the whole item and then not replacing it. OMG I am breaking out in a sweat jut thinking about it.

So as the image was a prize from the snippet playground I had to make the card with some snippets. The patterned paper isn't a snippet but all the card was.

Ingredients
Image: "" House Mouse
Papers: "jennifer ellory" free with a magazine
Card: "gumdrop green" MFT
Dies: oval stax 1 and 2, blueprint 2 all MFT
Sentiment: kelly purkey set from Michaels

Copics:
Mice - W5, 3, 1, E00, 000
Blue - B45, 23, 21, 41
Green - G46, 43, 40
Scissors - N4, 2
Ground - E42, 41, 40

Challenge - Snippet Playground

Happy 1st Birthday Lily

Wow this last year has speed by, I can't believe that Lily is one already. She is such a cutie, very inquisitive and walking to.

This is a large card and I wanted the image and name to stand out, hopefully they do. I coated the numbers with wink of stella and irl they really sparkle.

Ingredients
Image: "beatrix with bear" Mo's Digital Pencil
Papers: "bear necessities" Nit Wit
Card: "bashful blue" stamping up and "sweet blush" papertrey Ink
Punch: "eyelet lace" martha stewart
Dies: Circle stax and stitched circle stax both MFT stamps
Numbers and name: "robotz" cart cut on cricut

Copics:
Skin - E11, 00, 000, R02
Hair - E55, 53, 51, 50
Clothes - B00, 000, 000, 0, R22, 21, 20, 00
Bear - E47, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40

Bellissima

As soon as I saw this stamp in the flesh I knew it needed to be paper pieced, I bought it online and wasn't sure of its size but I am so happy with it and know I am going to be using it again and again.

I have been sorting my paper pads to make way for some new ones and this was a few of the last remaining bits from one of my favourite packs by MME. I couldn't believe that there weren't any full sheets left what am I going to do once all the bits are gone....

As no full sheets were harmed in the making of this card I am entering the snippet challenge, it has been a while since I joined in but it is a challenge that I really enjoy and it helps reduce the mountains of card and paper at the same time.

Ingredients:

Image: Bellissima by Papermania

Papers: "blush" MME (last few sheets)

Cardstock: Snippet folder

Dies: Blueprints by MFT (1, 4, 5 & 6)

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Clearly Besotted Happy Everything

I finally caved in and bought the 'happy everything" stamp set from Clearly Besotted, I have wanted it since it was first released and I finally had someone I could use it for. 

I embossed the rose in white and coloured with my colics, I had to be more careful than normal as when the copic got on the white the only way to remove it was with the blender pen. I coloured the rose on pti white and it gives a lovely effect even though it takes longer and is more difficult than the rymans 200gsm smooth.

I coloured the image at last months Bristol play day and everyone now wants the stamp and their birthday cards made with it to.

Ingredients

Image: "happy everything" Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies: "notepad" MFT Stamps & "happy everything" Clearly Besotted Stamps

Sentiment: "For everyone" Clearly Besotted

Numbers: "billionaire" cartridge on cricut

Papers: "always and forever" Nit Wit

Dots: Stash

Card: "pear pizazz" stamping up and "stampers select" paper trey ink

Copics

Stems: YG97, 95, 93

Rose: R89, 85, 83

Panda Paul

Every year I have to find a panda image to make a very special card, this is for the lady who introduced me to card making and who is responsible for my bank account being considerably lighter lol. 

I happened upon this image during an afternoon of blog hopping and couldn't believe I hadn't seen it before, as soon as I saw the name I knew it was perfect as Paul is her sons name. 

I hope she likes the card and has a fantastic day, many happy returns Sue.

Ingredients

Image: "Panda Paul" Stamping Fairy

Papers: "keita" sassy designs inc

Card: "Early Expresso" Stampin up

Beer Peep - stamping bella again

I adore these images by stamping bella in fact I like them so much I have ordered all the ones I can find lol. This was so easy to colour and looks so effective especially with a liberal coat of glossy accents, but I just noticed I forgot his shoes lol, oh well they were supposed to be white....

I used left over paper from the last guy birthday cards and didn't intend making this one but my mum saw the last one I made and decided she needed it so I had to start again. I am still loving the a2 size of cards and think this may be my go to for a while.

As I used snippets on the card I am going to enter the Snippet Playground challenge, it is a while since i joined in and I hope there is still room on the ark for me.

Oh just noticed that the less is more challenge is masculine cards, well this is a cad card so I am going to enter, hopefully it isn't to crowded to qualify.

Ingredients
Image: "beer peep" stamping bella
Paper: "note to self" echo park at Jessica Sprague
Card: "elegant evening" Papertrey Ink
Dies: rectangle stax by MFT

Copics:
Beer: E34, 33, 31, 30
Lime: YG25, 23, 21, 00
Boy: E11, 00, Ro2, Ro8, Ro5, E09, BG97, 93
Ground: W3, 1, 0

Challenges: Snippet Playground
Less is More

A Sassy Birthday Wish

I made this card for a lovely crafty do crafter who celebrated her birthday recently. I know it is safe to post it here because her birthday was last month. I have used a favourite of mine from sassy cheryl and I love the expression on her face lol.

I have used a very bright pink card stock and as it is from the sampler I will have to order more as it is much nicer irl.

Ingredients

Image: Sassy Cheryl

Papers: Nit Wit

Cardstock: "Hibiscus Burst" Papertrey Ink

Dies: Blueprints2 MFT