House Mouse with Pencil

I love this House Mouse image...he was first given to me by a good friend I met through a swap on SCS who had received one of my cards... we sent goodie packages back and forth and she included some stamped images of this little guy.... I had to get one for myself...

He's stamped on watercolor paper... He's really fun to color with watercolor pencils, then blend with a wet paintbrush or aqua pen... I used a silver gel pen to go over the metal parts of the pencil near the eraser ends. I used a tiny bit of Crystal Effects on his teeth...

The corners were shaped and embossed using one of Fiskars' corner embossing punches.

The card base is brown and a couple of small Cuttlebug embossing strips were used to do the button border along the top and the dotted border along the right side.

The brown and pink striped ribbon was glued down the left side and the image was popped up on dimensionals.

This is one of my very favorite cards (and images) that I have in my collection.

I saw on SCS where someone who had retired from teaching made a bunch of cards with this little guy to send to her fellow teachers when they returned at the beginning of the new school year... wishing them a great year and gloating about being retired... I thought that was a pretty cute way to use this image...

Have a great day... and happy crafting,

Blessings,

~Kathy

Another Card for Aunt Alice

This is one of the other cards I did for my Aunt Alice's 100th birthday last month... I LOVE House Mouse images, don't you? Put some sparkle on the cupcake icing, colored image with watercolor crayons and aquapen; used my Fiskars corner shapers/embossers for the watercolor paper and the solid pink paper underneath it... a few brads and some ribbon threaded through the front bottom. She really liked this one... I love the bright colors...

Hope you're having a great day!
Blessings and Happy Crafting,
~Kathy

Another House Mouse Birthday Card

Here's another birthday card done with the same House Mouse stamp as the tri-shutter I showed you yesterday. This was for a good friend and neighbor... it has the chocolate quote that I used on my friend Selma's retirement card... A "balanced diet is chocolate in both hands"... and another chocolate quote on the inside which is also visible when the card is propped open... it says "The best things in life are chocolate..."

This card style is called and easel and is quite easy to do... it is a standard A2 size card with a top fold (4.25"x11")... the front of the card is then folded in half (mountain fold) and scored. You then attach another panel (4.25"x5.5") to the bottom half of the front of the card base.
Decorate as desired, chosing a "stop"... some element, whether it be a button, flower, or quote that will keep the card in the standing position once it is opened. Here I used the chocolate quote on a piece of cardstock that is popped up on dimensional foam dots. It's a very easy card but one that the recipient will enjoy displaying for others to admire...
Blessings and Happy Crafting!
~Kathy