Be Happy

Stamp: House-Mouse Designs 'Celebrate Friends' 

others : soft pastel, Hunkydory Moonstone 'Be Happy dies', Copic, Recollections black cardstock

Another cute mouse stamp from the House-Mouse Designs. I coloured it with Copic and fussy cut manually after that. Inked the background of a white cardstock with soft pastel. I love this colour combo. The sentiment is a Hunkydory Moonstone Rustic Lace collection die, die-cut it from a snippet of black cardstock  which I kept in a ziplock bag.

 Challenges:

1. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge -HMFMC #335 Anything Goes Option Geometric shapes
2. Pixie's Playground Snippet Challenge  #398
3. We Love Chocolate Baroque - I love .. (Copic, soft pastel colouring)
4. Ally's Angel - March #44 anything goes

Mouse Hurray

Stamp: House-Mouse Designs SSCM5007 Birthday Splash

others: soft pastel, Copic, EK Success scallop circle punch, Memory Box Alphabet Soup dies, Recollections black cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad, 

Took out this cute mouse stamp, coloured the stamped image with Copic. Fussy cut the image. I coloured the background of white cardstock with soft pastel using Nagomi art technique, a combo of 4 colours, inpsired by the Book Cover Challenges photo below.

Challenges:

1. Double D Challenges - Book Cover Inspiration  
2. House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge -HMFMC #335 Anything Goes Option Geometric shapes
3. Memory Box Outside the Box Challenge - March'21 anything goes
4. We Love Chocolate Baroque - I love .. (Copic, soft pastel colouring)
5. Ally's Angel - March #44 anything goes

Deer Tag

 

deer dies, soft pastel, cloud stencil

Made this cute tag using a deer dies, die-cut from a white cardstock and coloured it using soft pastel. The background of the tag was coloured with soft pastel and created the cloud effect with a stencil.

Challenges:

1. The Rudolph Days February challenge - anything Christmas

With Love Card

 

Stamp: Pink Petticoat (a freebie from magazine)

others: watercolour, soft pastel, floral embossing folder, 

The image was stamped and coloured with watercolour. The background was embossed and coloured with soft pastel. Matted on blue card stock, a simple and easy to make card. Love the cute Pink Petticoat stamp. The stamp has been in my storage for good 10 years.

Challenges:

1. Double D Challenges- anything with a Heart
2. We Love Chocolate Baroque - flowers, butterflies or birds

Silent Night

 

Stamp: Penny Black 'The Wonder' 

others: Faber Castell watercolour pencils, MS Frond punch, soft pastel, Spellbinder Classic Circle die, poinsettia dies, 

I created the background using red, yellow and orange soft pastel on a circle die-cut from Spellbinder die. The image was coloured with colour pencils and the leaves and poinsettia were coloured with soft pastel. Shaped the leaves and flower with a stylus to give some dimensional look. 

Challenges :

1. ABC Christmas Challenge - C & D for carol and diamond (mine is C for carol)
2. Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge#530 
3. Craftyhazenut's Patterned Paper Challenge - 2021 February

Cute Bookmark

 

stamp: House Mouse Design

tools: colour pencils, soft pastel

Stamp the image on white cardstock and coloured with coloured pencils. Did the background using soft pastel, Finnish it off with adhering the card onto red cardstock, punch hole and tie a yarn to make a bookmark.

Challenges:

• House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #333- anything goes
• Pixie's Snippet Playground - Challenge #396

Thank You Card

 

Flowers in vase stamp, Thanks sentiment from CC Designs

others: I Am Roses flowers (R4-15, R1-503, R2-426B, MS Pond leaf punch, watercolour, patterned paper, Lifestyle Label Dies 

Stamped the image onto watercolour paper and coloured with watercolour pan using aqua brush. The sentiment was stamped onto a snippet of white cardstock (from my scraps). Adorned the top corner with roses from I Am Roses. 

Challenges:

1. I Am Roses - January Challenge 
2. Double D - flowers in container
3. We Love Chocolate Baroque - Femine
4. Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #395
5. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - January anything goes