HM Cheesecake

 

Well, these little House Mouse mice are always up to something, and it usually has something to do with eating!

I swiped the base card edges with DI's.  Layered with patt paper which has corners stamped with stars.  Coloured the HouseMouse image with Copics, diecut & mat with Squaovals dies.  Punched a hole in the corner and tied with linen thread. I cut up the sentiment and punched some "sprinkles".  Stickles outline the stamped stars and the "sprinkles".  Inside I stamped a sentiment and added a stamped party hat to make it festive.

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inside:

Catch of the Day

 

At Critter Crazy we like to see cards that have a animal as the focus.   See what the design team have made and c'mon, join us here:  crittercrazy

This is a card for a fisherman; even though fishers are more often male, I really like fishing, as does an 81 yo woman friend of mine.  Fish are stamped onto dotty patterned paper and fussy cut.  Placed on a panel of dotty water, sentiment stamped in two shades of blue.  Bubbles made with Glossy Accents, white gel pen highlights.  Lots of scrappy snippets used for the fish.

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Waiting for Spring

 

Lucky for me I was invited to be guest designer at The Crafting Challenge for March.  What a great topic - Come and join us for this Waiting For Spring challenge, here:  thecraftingchallenge

Hyacinths are such an iconic spring flower and what fabulous perfume.  I chose the plaid paper to compliment because the colours are so springy.

This is one of those NBUS picks for me, I have had these stamps/dies for a long time/years, they were a magazine freebie from Practical Publishing and are just perfect for this challenge.  The diecut teacup (came with the stamp set) edges inked with Ranger DI's and stamped with a flower pattern.  Image coloured with Copics and fussy-cut, with the little extra label and heart all from the same stamp/die set.  The EF is Sizzix on a shaped diecut (it's a shame the stitched border doesn't show very well) and the digital plaid paper is from Crafty Cardmakers.    White pen dotty highlights and a red gem for pretty!

Wouldn't you like to have this on your windowsill while waiting for spring??

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Butterfly Wreath

 

It is so nice to be invited to be a guest designer, so I feel really privileged to be here for Pearly Sparkles March challenge which is MIXED FLORALS, check it out here: pearlysparkleschallenge 

Aren't wreaths lovely for any time of year and any occasion?  I sent this to a young friend who recently lost her husband.

This one uses Tim Holtz/Sizzix dies and a gold embossed butterfly (Hot off the Press) stamped onto vellum.  Nuvo Drops and gems added.

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Sympathy Tree

 Recently I have needed sympathy cards.  I like using birds or butterflies for sympathy cards, it kind of symbolises freedom of the soul.

An embossed tree, some masking and stencilling, ink blending and diecut birds.  Pearls for tears.

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