House Mouse Challenge Candy Cane Dreams

Coffee of the Day - Chocolate Cream

Here is my House Mouse Monday Challenge card, quite a bit later than Monday obviously! ;) The image is Candy Cane Dreams and comes courtesy of Dru - my new blogging friend who gifted me with some wonderful images the other day! Thank you so much, Dru! I love them all! I combined the image with some fun Basic Grey Wassail paper. I 'duded up' some of the stockings by adding either polka dots (with a gel pen) or stars (with a cutie pie punch from Michaels). I don't have any plain Jane stockings at my house and don't think mousie Amanda does either! grins! The great fuzzy ribbon is May Arts and comes from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. Sentiment, oval punch, snowflakes, & cardstock are from Stampin' Up! The card is a large 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" due to the image size.

Several of you have asked me how I color my House Mouse images. I typically use inks and a blender pen. I use several different shades of ink and blend them with the pen. For instance I will use (SU!) close to cocoa, chocolate chip, and creamy caramel and then blend those browns together to create a brown mouse or critter. I use sahara sand, basic grey and going grey for the grey critters. I hope that helps you some! Any more questions, just ask!

a Mousie for Christmas

Coffee of the Day - Hazelnut Creme

just playing around with some House Mouse images after I stamped a few to send off to a new blogging friend. The lights are covered in crystal effects, the wings are painted with white craft ink and then covered in stickles, and the halos around the lights are painted with different colors of shimmerz. More Basic Grey papers, of course! the card base is sponged in white craft ink and then the edges covered, too. oh yes, more shimmerz on the decorative strip of red. lots of shine for this card!

Blog candy should be coming again tomorrow!

Christmas Challenge for each of us

Michelle Wooderson of Mish Mash has issued a challenge to at least 40 people - create holiday cards for children who are ill and hospitalized. I have decided to do my part to help out. Below you will find a list of children listed with the Make a Child Smile organization. If you run your cursor over the name, you will see a photo of the child appear. We all love to receive cards, especially handmade ones. Please join me in spreading love this holiday season. Link back here any of your creations. I would love to see what you have made! Thank you so much!!!!

Make a Child Smile address list

Card Contest Announcement!

Card contests are so much fun and Sue Daly has one just for the holidays! Check out her post here StampnDaly blog for all the deets. I know I'll be playing along as I LOVE LOVE LOVE that vintage! :) but I'm sure most of you have already figured that out by now, haven't you?! ;)
You have until Nov. 15 to send her your creation, so get stampin' baby! and then go back later and vote for your faves! yipppeee! time to stamp away.......................