Lucky Stars

 

I like getting inky and from time to time have an inky session just for fun.  Then I'll have a bit of fun putting the bits together.  Like this tag.

Tag die: NCraft 

Rabbit:

Senti: Tim Holtz Ideology

Stars: Sizzix

Also: Dylusion paint, Distress ink, black pen, gauze, hessian ribbon, gold Nuvo Mousse, white glitter card

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Daddy

 

A plaid shirt and a beer, isn't that what men want?  

Tag sentiment: magazine freebie

"3rd" sentiment: Kaisercraft

Beer die: Sizzix

Tag die: NCraft

Buttons dies: Signature, Spellbinders

Also: twine, black pen doodles, DI's

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Out the Window

 

I found this lovely window digi stamp and just had to use it.  Just imagine if you had a bird hotel outside your window, and a cat inside?  The birds look like they're having fun, but the cat doesn't.

Window, cat and background are Digital Scrapbook, the birds are Doodle Pantry.  I had to outline the cat with black pen as it disappeared into the background.  I  touched up with Copics, added WoS, brads and twine.  The cat is fussycut and stuck with 3D foam.

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Welcome

 

I made this for someone to give their sister who was arriving from overseas for a first-time visit.  She wanted me to use a photo of her sister in the design.  I have protected her privacy so she is not recognisable by digitally drawing over her eyes.  The wording is as instructed.  The colour palette is taken from the beautiful sari she is wearing.

Flower die: Sizzix    

Frame: Digital Scrapbooking

Corner punch: Couture Creations

Sentiment: unknown

flower punch (inside): Martha Stewart

Stamp (inside) Kaisercraft

Also: Pearls, 3D Kindyglitz

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HM&F #409 Add a Border

 

House Mouse and Friends challenge this time is Anything Goes with option of ADD A BORDER.

Our design team have inspiration for you, here:  housemouse-challenge

I decided to make the border with washi and chose watermelon pink.  Coloured with Copics, I put Glossy Accents on the pips to make them shine.  These little mice always seem to be eating!

Image: House Mouse 

Die: unknown

senti: 

Also: Copics, Washi, Glossy Accents (on pips), white gel pen, pearls

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Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

Before moving on to the challenge we would like to wish Bunny the very best of luck for the future. Bunny has been a much loved mousie sister for the last 7 years and she will be very sadly missed by us all. 

Bunny, we hope you will continue to join in with the future challenges from the other side of the fence!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

with the option theme of Add A Border

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Lols 

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

We are thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,
the Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs(R)
 
HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site!

Many thanks to our generous sponsor for their continued support.  

Lucky Stars

 

Thanks Geesje for inviting me to be your guest designer for this challenge at Penny's Papercrafty.  And thanks to sponsor Dr Digi for providing this fun digi stamp to work with.

Check out the challenge here:  pennyschallenges

I printed the image onto card, cut out the image and coloured it.  I also printed parts onto patterned papers for paper piecing.  The background is made using Distress Oxide inks blended and spritzed to look like a night sky.  I then diecut the scene background and glued it on, using 3D foam to prop up the cut edges of the hills for dimension, popping  in Terry and his dog so they stand on one.  I put 3D foam behind their heads and telescope too for dimension.  The bigger stars have Stickles to make a sparkle.

Image: Dr Digi (Telescope Terry),  Die: Unknown, Sentiment: unknown, also Copics, Distress Oxide Inks, Stickles, white pen, gold pen.    

  

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Love Bunny

 

A love bunny come to give you a hug and kiss.  Happy Birthday, Valentine, Galentine, special friend, ..etc.

Red card done with a 3D EF and cut to a strip.  Bunny & hearts in pink card, inked, splattered, stacked and gilded.

Bunny: Sizzix/Tim Holtz 

EF: We R memory keepers

Love die: Craftwise

Heart dies:

Senti:

Also: DI's, Gilding Flakes, silver cord

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Love Hearts

 

This is a swivel card from a youtube tutorial by Jennifer McGuire.  The red card in thebackground and the heart are the same, but for some reason they have photographed differently, probably because the heart is tilted with the mechanism and the angle catches the light differently. The smaller heart is popped up on 3Dfoam.   The DP has some dots of metallic foil and I added gems to the word.  Later on I have a pic of it flat.  A narrow strip of the DP is put inside the card.

Background pinprick die: Memory Box 

Heart die: 

Love die: Craftwise

Border die: magazine freebie

Also: DP, multi-coloured gems

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Let's Go

 

Dark Blue, Lime and Brown.  Don't they look great together? particularly in CAS style?  Green and blue together are my very fave colours.

Clear Stamp Image: unknown 

EF: Cuttlebug houndstooth

Senti die (stacked): Craftwise

Also: Copics, twine, Stickles (on collar), white pen

Shared on challenges;

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asyoulikeit-favourite-digi-or-physical-stamps-and-why While I use digital stamps, there is nothing like the pleasure and satisfaction of using a real stamp and the physical act of getting down and inky.  

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Treasures of the Heart

 

This is so true, especially for sisters-of-the-heart!   An Art Impressions stamp, coloured with Copics.  Fussy cut and added to re-purposed packaging with lace design.  Twine, Glossy Accents, white pen and gems added.    For a special Quilty friend's birthday - the four us have been stitching together for nearly fifteen years!

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Bird Meeting

 

Starting with a sketch from AAACards(see below) and trying to use up stuff in my bitz box.  The background is weird paper smooshed with Distress Inks and later misted (I thought it looked like a cloudy sky).  The orange birds are complementary to the blue and are slightly inked.

Panel Die: Memory Box  

Bird die: Spellbinders

Embossed sentiment:

Also: Distress Inks, Lindy's Glitz Spritz

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HM&F #408 Lacy Heart

 

Another House Mouse challenge.  This time it's Anything Goes  with option of Valentine/use Pink or Red!  See how the design team have done it and join us here:  housemouse-challenge

Heart die: Couture Creations        

Doily die: Spellbinders

Senti stitched die: dienamics

Senti: Colorado

Little hearts: drop outs from a die

Also: Copics, Glossy Accents, white gel pen, DP

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Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you:

Anything Goes with the option theme of Valentine or Pink/Red 

 

Hosted by our Talented Teamie- Sue Kment

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

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Old Ladies

 

I like the playfulness of this image and also the sentiment (now I'm an old young lady!)  I chose to paper piece the dresses (using Snippets) and add whimsical accessories - that's what I'm going to wear when I'm old - wings, a star crown, and sparkly shoes!   I will send this to a friend of mine.

Image stamp: 

Sentiment:

Wings die: Couture Creations

Also: Copics, DI's, Stickles, black pen, PPaper snippets

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Hearty Hugs

 

This is a kind-of interactive card where the heart swivels inside the card.  From a Jennifer McGuire tutorial (swivel card).  After cutting the leafy fronds I inked the edges with DIs.  It goes flat for mailing.  The diecut sentiment is inset.  I think this looks like those conversation sweets that have messages stamped into them

Heart die: unknown 

Leafy die: Couture Creations

Hugs die: Simon Says

Also: DI Picked raspberry, gems, DP

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