Christmas Card

 

stamp: House Mouse Design 'Wreath Rolling HMCP52'

others: Sizzix-Basic Grey 'Snow Flower' embossing folder, Faber Castell Watercolour pencils, 

The stamp was coloured using watercolour pencils and fussy cut out with scissors. The white cardstock was embossed with Sizzix embossing folder.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse  & Friends Monday Challenge #436
2. ABC Christmas Challenge March - E for Embossing, F for Focal Sentiment, G for Girls

Christmas Card

 

stamp: House Mouse Design 'Breezy PineHMCW17'

others: embossing folder, Faber Castell Watercolour pencils, soft pastel, scallop square dies

This House-Mouse stamp is called Breezy Pine, coloured using watercolour pencils, with background coloured with soft pastel and cloud stencil. Die-cut the red panel with a scallop square die. The white cardstock was embossed with a 6 inches embossing folder.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse  & Friends Monday Challenge #436
2. ABC Christmas Challenge March - E for Embossing, F for Focal Sentiment, G for Girls

Christmas Card

 

stamp: House Mouse Design 'HMP154 Candy Cane Taste'

others: Copic, Sizzix-Basic Grey 'Dots On A Line' embossing folder

I quite like this stamp as the mouse looks kinda cute. Coloured with Copic and fussy cut out with my favourite Honey Bee scissors. White panel was embossed with Sizzix folder.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse  & Friends Monday Challenge #436
2. ABC Christmas Challenge March - E for Embossing, F for Focal Sentiment, G for Girls

Christmas Card

 

stamp: House Mouse Design 'Wreath Kiss HMCW03'

others: embossing folder, Faber Castell Watercolour pencils

Another House-Mouse stamp, coloured using watercolour pencils and fussy cut out with Honey Bee scissors. The white cardstock was embossed with a 6 inches embossing folder.

Challenges:

1. House Mouse  & Friends Monday Challenge #436
2. ABC Christmas Challenge March - E for Embossing, F for Focal Sentiment, G for Girls

Enjoying Christmas with a cuppa

 

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Warm Cup HMV04',

others: poinsettia dies, Sizzix Winter Words embossing folder, tiny flower punch

Stamped image coloured with watercolour pencils. Die-cut the poinsettia flowers from snippet of red cardstock while the leaves were die-cut from scrap of watercolour paper. Using a stylus, I shaped the flower for some dimensional look before added to the card.

snippet of red cardstock

Challenges:

1. Snippets Playground Challenge#502
2. House Mouse  & Friends Monday Challenge #436
3. ABC Christmas Challenge March - E for Embossing, F for Focal Sentiment, G for Girls

Birthday Gift Cheese

 

stamp: House-Mouse Designs (Cheesy Gift HMV15), oval dies, Mijello watercolour

Done a simple birthday card using House-Mouse stamp, coloured with watercolour and die-cut with oval dies. Added bling to the sentiment.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse And Friends Monday Challenge #434
2. Stamping Sensations - 2025 March Spring or Anything Goes
3. We Love Stamping - 2025 March Hello Spring or Anything Goes

Have a mice birthday

stamp: House-Mouse 'Birthday Splash' SSCM5007

others: Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dot' embossing folder, sentiment label die, Copic, rainbow tape

Image coloured with Copic and fussy cut it out. I love cutting images with scissors, better than die-cutting with machine. Embossed the card with Swiss Dot embossing folder, die-cut the stamped sentiment with a label die and added rainbow colour tape to the bottom to ground the image.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse And Friends Challenge #432 - ATG/Embossing Folder
2. Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2025 - add a die
3. Stamping Sensations - January 2025 anything goes with stamping
4. We Love Stamping - anything but square
5. We Love To Create - Challenge 1 - anything mixed media/paper crafting
6. Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge
7. Polkadoodles Challenge #2 W1 - anything goes

 

Christmas

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Holiday Happy SSCM5009'

others: Christmas word die, wreath die, soft pastel, watercolour

snippet of white an red glitter cardstock

Image was coloured with watercolour pencils and fussy cut it out. Use yellow and pink soft pastel to colour the background of the front panel white cardstock. Next, I diecut wreath from green cardstock while the Christmas sentiment was die-cut from snippet of cardstock from my stash. I like the glitter red cardstock as it gives the sentiment a festive feel. 

Challenges:

1. Snippet's Playground Challenge #497
2. Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2025 - add a die
3. Stamping Sensations - January 2025 anything goes with stamping
4. ABC Christmas Challenge - A & B for Anything Christmas/Building
5. We Love Stamping - anything but square
6. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #431
7. We Love To Create - Challenge 1 - anything mixed media/paper crafting
8. Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge
9. Polkadoodles Challenge #2 W1 - anything goes
10. Gem Of A Challenge - #1 anything goes

 

Sending Love Your Way

 

stamp: Spellbinder House Mouse Design 'Flying To See You' 

others: hearts embossing folder, Copic, soft pastel 

The image was coloured with Copic and fussy cut it out. Using soft pastel, I coloured the white cardstock background with yellow, light orange and cyan colour before embossed with the hearts embossing folder.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - HMFMC#430
2. Polkadoodles Challenge - WK 50 Challenge 1 anything goes

Candy Cane Heart

stamp: Spellbinder House-Mouse 'Mistletoe Kiss RSC-017',

others: cloud stencil, Faber Castell watercolour pencils, small frame dies, Titi soft pastel

This is my version of tropical Christmas...enjoying candy cane under the bright blue sky..lol!

After I coloured the image, I used cloud stencil and soft pastel to carefully coloured the background. Titi soft pastel colour is quite vivid, love it.  The mistletoe look mid-way hanging, so I added a die-cut frame to ground the image.

Challenges:

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

Stamping Sensations - December (anything Goes)

We Love Stamping - December (Winter or anything Goes)

Inspiration Station December 2024 - (inspired by the Christmas festive season  and the candy cane)

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #93 

 

Bright Christmas

 

stamp: House Mouse 'Merry & Bright' RSC-015

Others: leaves embossing folder, Copic, frame die, poinsettia die, SSS ink pad

I was the lucky winner for this cutie mouse stamp which was sponsored by Lorraine aka Lols last December. She is one talented lady, always churning out inspiring and beautiful cards. In the prize pack, I received her stunning mini handmade Christmas card. Of course I love and treasure it very much. I like keeping these handmade cards, admiring their craftwork as  each crafter has different design style. 

mini Christmas card by Lorraine (Thank you so much!)

I coloured this image with Copic. Next, I die-cut a frame out of the green cardstock, after that, embossed it with the leafy embossing folder. Adhered the green panel onto the image and added die-cut poinsettia flower as embellishment.

Challenges:

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - HMFMC#428 ATG/Winter

We Love Stamping - Christmas/ATG

Stamping Sensations - Make It Magical/ATG

Dreaming of a White Christmas

 

stamp: House Mouse SSCM5009 Holiday Happy

others: snowflakes stencil, TH DI Broke China, SSS Doll Pink ink pad, Copic

stamped image on snippet of white cardstock

Wow, been neglecting this blog for the past 5 months. Finally, get some time to resume crafting. I stamped the image on a snippet of white cardstock (I have a plenty), coloured with Copic and fussy cut it out with scissors. Using snowflakes stencil and distress ink pad, I inked the background using brush. Easy peasy, and I love the outcome.

Challenges:

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - HMFMC#428 ATG/Winter
2. Snippets Playground Challenge#493
3. Jingle Bells - Christmas Feast
4. We Love Stamping - Christmas/ATG
5. Stamping Sensations - Make It Magical/ATG

Birthday Card

 

stamp: House Mouse Design 'SSCM5007 Birthday Splash', AALl&Create #559 "Feathered Friends", MME Lost & Found 3 "Oliver"

others: watercolour, Copic, sentiment dies

Created the background using splash of red watercolour on watercolour paper. After dried, inked various stamps here and there. Image coloured with Copic, fussy cut out. Die-cut the birthday sentiment from snippet of black cardstock (leftover from making mini album. 

Challenges:

1. House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - #418 Anything Goes with Option of Make Your Own Background

Peeking under party hat

stamp: House-Mouse Design "POPHM54 Spring" -Party Peeking,

birthday text embossing folder, I Am Roses flower (R5-2 Indian Jasmine, ZR2-2 mini open roses soft pink, R4-15 white Arabian jasmine ), Spellbinder Oval dies, Copic

Image was coloured with Copic, die-cut using Spellbinder Classic Oval die. Embossed the front white panel with birthday text embossing folder, then added various flowers from I Am Roses.

Challenges:

1. I Am Roses June Challenge
2. House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge -HMFMC #417 ATG or Here Comes Summer!
3. Inspiration Station June 2024 #62 (inspired by the party hat and the birthday theme)

 

Watercolour background card

stamp: House-Mouse Designs POPHM54 Spring, Mijelo watercolour, 

Colouring the background with watercolour and then stamped various small stamps  onto it. Image was coloured with Copic and fussy cut out. Matted on black cardstock cut with postage-like style scissors.

Challenges

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - #416 anything goes or Option theme- A Fancy Fold Card

 

 

Just Perfect

 House-Mouse Designs 'Ballerina Baby', Copic, net stamp, star stamp, watercolour, deckle scissors

Lately, saw postage dies being used in some creative papercrafting, so I jumped into the bandwagon..with diy postage die-cut using deckle scissors.

The background was coloured with watercolour, inked some of the stamps here and there and adhered the cut-out coloured image onto it. Sentiment was stamped on snippet of white cardstock, cut out and inked the edges with a black marker.

Challenges

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - #416 anything goes or Option theme- A Fancy Fold Card
2. Stamping Sensations - June Challenge 
3. We Love Stamping - June Challenge Fabulous Flowers or AG

Christmas Blessings

 

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Holiday Happy SSCM5009'

others: soft pastel, diy stencil, computer generated sentiment, watercolour pencils

Another card with background colouring inspired by Francine's  colouring tutorial. I used different combination of colours for a change. Image was coloured with watercolour pencils , fussy cut out and pop-up a bit with foam tape.

Challenges:

1. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW

DIY Stencil for background colouring

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Holiday Happy SSCM5009'

others: soft pastel, diy stencil, computer generated sentiment, watercolour pencils

Inspired by Francine's background colouring tutorial, I used deckle scissors to cut out the inner part of square art card and used it as stencil with soft pastel to colour the background of front panel square card. Love her idea of making own stencil! Image was coloured with watercolour pencils and fussy cut out. 

Challenges:

1. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW

With love at Christmas

stamp: House-Mouse Design 'Candy Claus', sentiment from Humphrey's Corner 

others: border punch, watercolour pencils, cloud stencil

Use watercolour pencils to colour the image, while the background was created using soft pastel and cloud stencil.  Punch out floral border from white cardstock as added interest.

Challenges:

1. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW
2. Stamping Sensation May Challenge
3. We Love Stamping - Vintage or anything goes

 

Scent of flower

stamp: House Mouse Designs mini clear stamp 'POPHM54 Spring flowers: I Am Roses (S10-601 Achillea Cottage, S10M-15 Achillea Cottage White, R5-2 Indian Jasmine Soft Pink), 

Others: Scallop Square dies, Memory Box label die, Martha Stewart Frond punch, Copic

Coloured the image with Copic and die-cut with a rectangle die.  Matted on a purple cardstock die-cut with scallop square. Use soft pastel to colour the white cardstock front.  Added some flowers from I Am Roses and finished it off with sentiment die-cut from Memory Box label die.

Challenges:

1. HMFMC #414 Anything goes + Option of ADD YELLOW
2. Word Art Wednesday - Week#645-646 Anything goes
3. I Am Roses - April Challenge
4. Stamping Sensation May Challenge
5. We Love Stamping - Vintage or anything goes