Hi all :-) I am back from my little holiday to the UK, well ,, it wasn’t a holiday really ,,, more a trip home to see my family and do a little bit of Christmas shopping :-)
While I was there I bought a fab new dinky camera and some proper lights for my lightbox, so hopefully my piccy’s will be better !! ALSO I found a little mini hair straightener in Boots with 1/3rd off so it was only £10 ,,, works brilliantly as a ribbon iron !!
I feel very rusty, having had a couple of weeks of from making anything, so I decided to get back into it by making a nice n easy House Mouse card :-) The challenge over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge is ,,,
FUZZY AND WARM , if you haven’t entered yet you still have loads of time as it is open until 1st January :-)
I followed the fab sketch over on the Midnight Madness Challenge, America, on behalf of the HM&F Monday Challenge is sponsoring so some FAB House Mouse stamps on offer ,,, neither of which I have so I will be keeping me paws crossed :-)
I used an unmounted stamp from a Fireplace Christmas set, isn’t this cute !! Scoopy used this stamp recently and I loved her card so I HAD to ink this one up :-) I coloured with Copics and added Polar White flower soft to the pom-poms and trims and added Star Dust stickles here and there. The papers are Basic Grey from an Eskimo Kisses pack and I added some Martha Stewart punched holly, Jillibean Soup twine and a Hero Arts Blush Dot. I stamped extra sweeties and popped them up on Pop Dots.
Debby gave me a fab tip ages ago about using an embossing tool on the reverse side of the image to round the images and these sweeties really do look real !!
The sentiment was in the set and I used a Spellbinders ribbon tag die to cut it out. I sprayed with a copic marker using an air brush. think thats all ,,,,,
Challenges :
Midnight Madness ,,,,, Sketch
Craft Your Days Away ,,,,,, Buttons or Bows
Secret Crafter ,,,, Photo Inspiration, I used the colours ,,,,,
Bah Humbug ,,,, Christmas + Cute Critters
Crafty Catz ,,,,Colours of Christmas + sparkle
Jingle Belles ,,,,, Christmassy
Raise the Bar ,,, Christmas
Stampin for the Weekend ,, Friends ( these little mice are friends waiting for Santa ) :-)
Bling It On ,,,,, Christmas
Christmas Cards All Year Round ,, Anything Goes
28 comments:
I'm inking up the same image at the moment! Its so cute. Your card is cosy.
hugs Dorte
Adorable, Jo x
Your card is so cute! I love your coloring and thise little mices, too. Your work is allways inspirational for me. I wish, someday I could do such beautiful cards like you.
Awww, this is so gorgeous! :) Wonderful card hun, I love the image and the candy cane, sweets and paper are just perfect! :)
hugs
xxalisonxx
Hi Lols, glad you had a good trip. This card certainly doesn't look as though you're rusty!! Fab image and just lovely as always.
xx
Lovely card Lorraine. The image is adorable and love the fab backing papers you have used.
Mags
x
Simply adorable and cute Lols...love the wee image and great layout too hun...
glad you had a super trip to the UK and done loads of shopping..woohooooo..!
big hugs Vicky xx
Oh, I do feel the warmth and coziness. Such a sweet image and beautifully assembled. LOVE IT>
Fabby card Lols, that image is so sweet. The little mice look so cosy. Lucky them. It's been really chilly here in Aberdeenshire!
Kat xx
A gorgeous christmas card Lorraine, all warm & Fuzzy!!
Clairex
Oh bless those sweet mice, love your card, thanks for sharing it with us at CraftyCatz this week.xx
Gorgeous card Lols, I love this image.
BIG HUGZ Fleur xXx
What a beautiful Christmas card! Love the design and your coloring & detailing of that adorable image!
hiya hun, orgeous take on the photo inspiration and with such cute little critters too, thank you for joining us at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge
Hugs Kate xx
Fab - love your tip about the embossing tool will have to try that. I have the ribbon iron too - really fab piece of kit.
Ann xxx
Bah! Humbug! DT
Fabulous card
Thanks for joining us at CYDA for our button or bow challenge
hope you will join us again soon, good luck xx
Oh this is adorable.
luv
Debby
Welcome back, Lols!! This card sure doesn't look easy!! It's adorable and I love how you've done the candies in the corner! Beautiful coloring as always!
hugs, Sharon
What a gorgeous card Lorraine.
Hugs Riet.xx
Hi hun
aww i can feel the heat from here, awesome colouring, fab papers & design, sue,x
This is so absolutely adorable! I love your mice, you have colored the image beautifully and love all that red! Thanks so much for joining us for this week's Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge and for all your support.
Hugs,
Marsha
MMSC-DT
WOW! HOW ADORABLE AND SOOOO beautifully colored. Lovely use of this warm & fuzzy image! :) What a fab take on the MMSC sketch this week! :) Thanks so much for you joining us, for your great support and for your gorgeous creation Lols! :)
awwwwwwwwww just look at them! tehhehee!! Lovely card love how you matched the twine too! just perfect! :0) hugs me x
what a ♥LOVELY♥ card! that digi really is beautiful, and i love the way the construction of the card base is like a "room" complete with wallpaper and wooden floor!!! totally FAB!
Awww...how cute are those meece!?
Fabulous card Lols!
Thanks for joining us at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge!
Helen x
WOW...totally adorable :0)thanks for sharing with us at Bling It On..hugs Debs x
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