Cake Lover House Mouse Challenge HMFMC115

Hi All!
Sorry I've not posted for a while, I've been working on my entries for the final round of the Graphic 45 Design Team call but I'm back now with a little card for this week's House Mouse Challenge. The photo inspiration was of some lovely cupcakes with blue icing so I whipped out this House Mouse stamp and joined in.
I decided to go for a simple, non fussy look for this card using Papermania papers, colouring the image in Promakers and adding gems and a little sentiment. I have someone in mind for this card and hopefully it will be just perfect for them.
Why not pop over to the HM blog and join in the challenge and take a look at the DT projects for more fab inspiration!
Anyway, thanks for looking.
Best wishes
Karen x

Chillin' Mouse

Hi Everyone!
Today I'd like to share another House Mouse card. With the cold weather upon us all I can think about is that summer is (maybe) around the corner and we've got sunnier, warmer weather to come! So this little mouse, chilling out under his parasol is perfect. I tried to use some masculine coloured papers from We R Memory Keepers so that I can add the card to my little stash of cards for men but it will equally go as a female birthday card too. I coloured the image with Promarkers, added some lovely metallic ribbon and matching bronze pearl pen along a punched Martha Stewart border before finishing with a little oval sentiment from Craftwork Cards. Over at Papertake Weekly they have an Anything Goes challenge whilst at the Allsorts Challenge the task is Free and Easy February so I'd like to enter my card in both.
Hope you like it.
Back soon
Karen x

Cosy Toes

Hi Everyone!
I know Christmas has only just past but its never too early to make a start on those cards for next year!! LOL. Over at the ABC Christmas Challenge this week they're making it easy for us with 'A is for Anything Christmassy' so I dug out my lovely House Mouse stamps and made this little card. The papers were free with a craft magazine out just before Christmas and are perfect for this cosy image. Think it needs a bit of sparkle so will add some Stickles - I seem to be all Sparkled Out after Christmas - now that won't do at all ha! ha!

I coloured the little mice with my Promarkers, matted the image onto green card and added a little sentiment and green ribbon. At least I've made a start...one down...

Anyway, thanks for looking!
Best wishes
Karen x

House Mouse Munchies

Happy New Year Everyone!
I really hope you all had a great Christmas and are looking forward to a happy and healthy 2012!
Well, I thought I'd start the New Year off by completing a challenge and now that the festivities and Christmas cards are over and done with I really need to stock up on my supplies of Birthday cards. Over on the Joanna Sheen Challenge this week - the task is to create a project linked with any kind of celebration so that was perfect for me. I used a lovely image from the House Mouse range of two cute mice having a doze after eating too much cake - sound familiar! ha! ha!
The papers I used were from the Paper Cellar matted onto embossed gold card and I coloured the image with my favourite Promarkers. If you're in the mood for a challenge to kick off your year, why not head on over to the blog and join in.
Anyway, bye for now
Karen x
PS - Yesterday the Woodware blog was kind enough to feature my card and the other two winners in the Woodware category of the Cardmaker of the Year competition. Why not pop over and have a look at the two other fabby entries.

Going Potty! - Plant Pot Mice

Morning All!

Thought you might like to see this shaped card I've created using one of the fab Joanna Sheen 'House Mouse' stamps. The actual stamp shows the mice standing in the top of a plant pot but I extended it to create a full plant pot card. The punched border at the bottom is supposed to represent a little fence made using a Martha Stewart punch. I coloured the images with Promarkers and then stamped the single flower off the stamp plate and added micro beads to the centre of each one. These I added to a tag with some Prima leaves. Finally I made a little pocket at the back of the plant pot for the flowery tag to fit into and decorated it with a ribbon bow and sentiment. I hope that all makes sense but you can probably see it better from the pics.

I have just discovered the Scrapology challenge blog so I would like to enter this card in their November 'House Mouse' card making challenge. Why not pop over there - you have until the 15th December to enter.

I would also like to enter my card in the fabby 'Simon Says Stamp' challenge which this week is 'Tag - You're It!' - I love seeing how differently everyone has made their tags / tag cards.

Thanks for looking.

Until next time...

Karen x

Ice Cream Critters

Evening All!

I just popped by today to show you my entry for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge which this week is for 'Buttons, Bows and Bling'. I used the lovely image of two mice enjoying a tub of ice cream which I coloured with Promarkers. The background papers were from Papermania and some lovely coppery American Crafts textured card was used for matting and layering. I also used a Martha Stewart punch for a border then added a bow, buttons and tiny matching gems in the corners - hope you like it!

Why not head over to the challenge site where you'll find they are celebrating their anniversary of 100 challenges with a blog hop and some really fab mousy and non mousy prizes up for grabs!

I would also like to enter this card into the I Love Promarkers Challenge which this week is for 1 ribbon, 2 designer papers and 2 gems or buttons and also for the Simon Says Stamp and Sir Stampalot - Anything Goes - challenges.

Thanks for looking!

Bye for now

Karen x

Shoe Friends

Hi Everyone!

Hope you're having a great Bank Holiday Monday. This week over at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, the task is 'Way To Go' - a theme using anything that gets you from one place to another. I chose the little mice in the shoe - although I doubt they'd get very far snuggled up like they are!! - and coloured them with Pro markers. The papers used were from My Minds Eye 'Pretty Please' spring collection which I layered up and decorated with a few pink gems, a pearly flower, some die cut swirls and crystal Stickles. I purposely didn't add a greeting as I'm not sure yet what occasion I'm going to use this for so I thought I would also enter this in Cute Card Thursday's 'No Text' challenge and the I Love Promarkers 'Anything Goes' challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Best wishes

Karen x

Welcome Spring!

Hi everyone! Today it was time to pull out my favourite House Mouse stamps and create a card for the House Mouse and Friends Challenge which this week is to 'Welcome Spring'. This little stamp shows a mouse sheltering from a shower underneath a daffodil which I've coloured with pro markers. The papers are Papermania and the little crocheted butterfly is Maya Road with an additional wee gem of bling!

Hope you're having a good weekend!

Bye for now

Karen x

Berry Cute Mice!

Hi Everyone

Today I'd like to share a card I made for a competition entry. I love mice images and love summer fruits so the little House Mouse Berry Mouse are (one) of my favourite images. I tried to come up with a new way of using Joanna Sheen's HM decoupage and created a Strawberry shaped card out of red and green cardstock which I ran through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder to try and make it look like a textured strawberry. I managed to make it into an easel card so that it would stand up and show off the images which I rearranged to fit. The second image shows the back of the card and the envelope where I used some leftover decoupage layers for decoration.

I love this little card and hope you do too! I'd like to enter it into this week's House Mouse and Friend's Challenge which this week is to 'Choose Your Favourite image' which - would you believe it, is actually harder than you'd think! ha! ha!

Anyway, have a nice evening.

Bye for now

Karen x

New Friends!

Hi - back again with my 'two in one day' post!

I love House Mouse as you may already know from some of my previous posts so when I discovered they had a fab blog hop over at the House Mouse and Friends Challenge I had to join in. The challenge was to make a card with the theme 'New'. As I'd made this card for a fairly new friend's birthday and the little mice in the image looked like they were all great friends sharing their chocolates, I'd like to enter this decoupage card. Hope you like it and if you're a House Mouse groupie like me - head on over to the challenge site and join in!

Best wishes

Karen x

Crazy for Christmas?

So...are you ready for Christmas yet? Are your prezzies wrapped, cards sent and decs up? Have you found five minutes amongst all the preparations to get a little crafting done? I know the days seem to be whizzing by and I must admit I have done a little crafting - even if the prezzie wrapping has had to take a bit of a back seat - so I thought I'd show you what I've been up to. Another House Mouse decoupage card completed - an image I love - which I hope to enter in the House Mouse and Friends Challenge which this week is Charming Trees and other foliage. You get extra bonus points if you use a charm but I'm a bit low on festive charms at the moment so I'm hoping the fab image will just see me though. Hope you like it!

Best Wishes

Karen x

Christmas Mice 3

As a change from the red and green colour scheme I went all frosty on my next card with a blue and silver theme using plenty of embossed mirri card accented with punched snowflakes and gems. I love these House Mouse christmas cards and its been really hard to part with them ha! ha! - I even made two of this design but there are only so many Christmas cards you can send to yourself! (only kidding.)

I would like to enter this this card in the Papertake Weekly sketch challenge and the ABC Challenge which this week is Ice and Snow and Cute Card Thursday's Blue theme.

More later.

Karen x

Christmas Mice 2

I made this one for a friend who loves cats. The red ribbon really sets the design off - I tried to give the impression of a wrapped Christmas present. I also used plenty of green Stickles in Patina to make the branches of the tree glisten. I would like to enter this card in the ABC Christmas Challenge which this week is Y is for Yuletide with a red and green, holly and berries theme.

Bye for now

Karen x

Christmas Mice 1

Hi All

Not sure where these weeks disappear to are you? Sorry I've not posted for a while...even though I've not been very 'bloggy' I have been busy card making - some for the Joanna Sheen Design Team and plenty of others for Christmas cards and competition entries.

Speaking of competitions I was thrilled to find out that I'd come 3rd in both the Flower Soft and Joanna Sheen categories of the Cardmaker of the Year competition run by Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine. How lucky am I! There were some fabulous entries and it really gets your creative juices flowing when you are challenged to make cards using specific products. I entered other categories too so over the next few days will upload my entries for you to see. Hope you enjoy them.

In the meanime, here are some of my Christmas cards - mousy themed, of course! I would like to enter this one in the Secret Crafter's Christmas themed challenge.

Best wishes Karen x

Even More Mice...

Hi All...

Just thought you might like to see a couple more of my House Mouse decoupage cards created for Joanna Sheen using her fab 'Just the Two of Us' range. Hope you like them!
I love the purple colour theme of the easel card - didn't want to part with it really ha! ha! Then I carried on this purply theme by toning it down to lilac for the little mice in the chocolate box. Do you ever get stuck on one colour theme or is it just me??

Back soon with more picks...family arriving soon so I'd better get my skates on!

Bye for now

Karen x

More Mouses!

Here are a couple of my other House Mouse samples - hope you like them! Find more designs on Joanna's website.

Best wishes

Karen x

Flowery Mice

Evening Everyone! Well, these nights (and days) are certainly getting colder and we're starting to feel the winter chill. Nothing quite like being snuggled up inside crafting when the dark nights draw in!

I've had a busy month so far and also had some great news.

Recently I was contacted by the Joanna Sheen Team and asked to be on their Design Team - I was chuffed to bits and have enjoyed working with some of the lovely products that they sent me - especially the gorgous House Mouse decoupage and stamps. My first samples were shown on the Create and Craft House Mouse Saturday Show last saturday so above are just some of the images that I'd like to share with you - hope you like them as much as me! The images were from the latest 'Just the Two of Us' decoupage set - available from Joanna's website. If you've never given decoupage a go, then why not try these - the designs are fab and quirky and will appeal to everyone in your family!

The flowery mice design I'd like to enter in thie weeks ABC challenge of 'Flowers' - hope these mice asleep in the flowers count!

Anyway, bye for now... happy crafting!

Karen x

PS - Sorry about the colouring on the pics - these dark nights are no good for photography sessions!