Candy Canes and Epic Fail!

Had a play day over the weekend. It was loads of fun to just make whatever card I felt like making. I began with this card because someone had prestamped this image on watercolor paper and put it in my stash so thought I would pull out my Tombow markers and use it! Once I had finished coloring I cut out these guys using my scissors and craft knife. I took a piece of white cardstock and cut a Spellbinders Labels 1 window out of the middle and added a scrap of Graphic 45 Nutcracker Sweet paper behind. I used a SRM sticker leftover from my class on Friday night (I am soooo in LOVE with these stickers!! They look amazing on cardstock and not at all like a sticker). I used my black Tombow marker to add a black squiggly border around the edge of the cardstock then matted it to my main cardstock. I finished the card off with some Stickles around the window opening and some Glossy Accents on the Mice tongues. Super cute! Now comes the epic fail part! I had an already made card sitting on my table and somehow, I have no idea how this happened, I mounted the mice to the back of the already made card so this card does double duty - it is a thankyou card on one side and a Christmas card on the other!!! Very efficient of me!! Not! Of course I noticed this just as I was leaving the store so will have to fix this when I get back to the store Monday or maybe I will leave it and try to start a new trend!!
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Strawberry fields

I went and saw John Lennon's childhood home, Mendips, over the summer in Liverpool (highly recommend the tour and I am not a Beatles fan - however I could have skipped the sing along on the mini bus!) and saw the "strawberry fields" he wrote the song about, anyway I am getting off topic! This image reminded me of the song/tour.
This image is by House Mouse and I colored it with my Tombow markers on watercolor paper. The pattern paper is by BoBunny (Alora), solid cardstock is by Coredinations and Bazzill. Sentiment  and red embellishments are by Hero Arts. Crafty Capers is currently sold out of all House Mouse images however we should have a new batch of these cuties back in stock in the next few weeks.

A New Baby

My husband is getting a new baby cousin! The entire family is quite excited as this baby will make hubby's Dad a Great Uncle and his sister a Great Grandma.
The baby's parents live in London England so it will probably be a while before we get to meet her.It has been quite a while since I made a baby card so I spent a bit of time thinking on this one and I had to buy the House Mouse stamp since I could not find a single baby stamp in my stash!
Here is the card I made to welcome baby Ann to the world.
The main image is a House Mouse stamp called Nap Time 2. I colored her with my Prisma pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits and paper blending stumps. The paper is pretty much all from my stash. The sentiment is by Flourishes Tag lines set again. The embossing folder is by Spellbinder.
Thanks everyone for stopping by.

Humming Along Mum

Here is a Mother's day card I made for my MIL. I seem to be going through a BoBunny phase as all the paper I used for this card excluding the watercolor paper is by them! I used a House Mouse image that was in stock last week but sold out in about an hour (more are on order)! I used the new Distress markers to color the image. I colored the hummingbird twice, cut him out and used foam mounting tape to pop him up. I added Stickles to the bird wings and throat as well as the iris. I used my Slice electronic cutter to cut out the word Mum. Happy with how this card turned out and I know my MIL will love it as she is a cutsy gal! Hope all the Mothers out there have a fabulous day tomorrow. I am excited to announce I will be a "mother" again because Phil and I have decided to adopt a new kitty. We pick him up tomorrow! Stay tuned for details! :)

Stamps: House Mouse Bird Watching

Paper: BoBunny Alora and Double Dot & Strathmore Watercolor

Die Shapes: Sizzix Flower & Spellbinder Labels 8

Coloring: Distress markers

Other: Buttons Bo Bunny, Twine May Arts, Yellow and Diamond Stickles, Slice machine, We R Memory Keepers corner chomper

Fun Flock Day 3

Here is one more Fun Flock card done by my pal Linda! She used an image with her favourite mouse, Monica and added some blue Fun Flock to Monica's litte tutu! So cute! Monica was colored with Prisma pencils. She is matted with shapes made by Spellbinder dies. Designer paper is by My Mind's Eye, Hero Arts and Bo Bunny.
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Guest Designer and Fun Flock

I thought I would feature my friend, Linda's super cute Fun Flock creation. The image is a House Mouse stamp (these are on order and will be in the shop shortly) and I think these little mice are too darn cute!
Linda stamped the image and colored the image with Prisma pencil crayons. She then cut out the image with a Spellbinder Grand Labels Twenty Three then sponged Adirondack Aqua ink around the edge of the image. She cut out 2 more labels for mats. She made custom buttons using clear buttons, designer paper (My Minds Eye) and Glossy Accents. She added pink Fun Flock to the cake for extra cuteness! :) Thanks for stopping by!

Featuring Fun Flock

A friend and I managed to get together over the Easter weekend to have a "play date" and we decided to challenge ourselves to use Stampendous Fun Flock! Fun Flock is fluffy fibers that you can use to make images fluffy! It's pretty fun. The first card I decided to use it on was this adorable Gruffies stamp called Cake Walk.
I colored the bear and cake with my Prismacolor pencils then added Pixie Pink Fun Flock to the cake. Love how it turned out!
I cut out the bear and mounted him on a Spellbinder Reverse Wonky Rectangle. The sentiment is from a clear Hero Arts set and the embossing older (pink cardstock) is by Craft Concepts.
All products used on this card are currently in stock at Crafty Capers.
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Hugs!

I have a friend who's little girl has been hospitalized with pneumonia. She is making progress but I though her and her mom could use a little cheer so I whipped this card up.

It's pretty straight forward the main image is by Stampabilities colored with Tombow markers on watercolor paper with a Tombow blender ben. The pattern paper is by Basic Grey. I added a border of Tombow dots and swirls around the edge. The solid cardstock is by Bazzill. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

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Fly away

I've had my eye on this House Mouse image for a while now and with the beautiful summery weather this past weekend I thought this would be the perfect image to play with!

I stamped then image with pigment ink then embossed it the Detail embossing powder (black). I used my Tombow markers to color the image. I found a few strips of cardstock in my scrap bin and managed to use some American Crafts ribbon I've had for years (never used!).

The barely seen sentiment is by A Muse.

Thanks for looking and hope everyone had a great weekend!

These little cuties are back!!

I'm so excited! Crafty Capers is carrying House Mouse stamps again! We've brought in some stamps just in time for Christmas gift giving! Crafty Capers carried House Mouse stamps waaaaay back when we first opened and now they are back!! I can't wait to play with them again.

Also, the Hero Arts 2010 Stamp Debut party on Dec 19 is fast approaching. We have our Make and Take kits ready to go. Free Make and Takes will be offered anytime between 10 am and 3 pm. You will also be one of the first people in the WORLD to see the ALL the new Hero Arts cling and clear stamps! I can't wait to see what Hero Arts has in store for 2010! Hope to see you in the store Dec 19 if not before. I hope to have a card post up (or 2) up later this week. I can see the end of my Christmas cards! Yeah!

Oh Rats!

I got up this morning to hear some funny scratching sounds coming from the wall in the laundry room! They stopped when I banged on the wall! I know my husband does not believe me but I know what I heard. So I mixed up a delicious treat for the rats that have been eating their breakfast at our birdfeeder every morning!
I figured today is as good a day as any to make a House Mouse card. These guys are nothing like the rats at my house.

I stamped this stamp with clear ink and embossed with Ranger detail embossing powder (never used detail powder before! It is an extra fine grind so it works great for stamps with teeny tiny lines). I colored the image with my Tombows. I mounted the piece on a scrap of Stardream cardstock the other cardstock is by Bazzill. I used the Spots and Dots embossing folder in my Cuttlebug. To hid the join where I had to emboss twice I used a scrap of blue that I cut with my Long Rectangles Nestabilities. I finished off the card with Bazzill Really Big Brads and Glossy Accents over the gumball machine to make it glassy looking.