Monday, February 23, 2009

A mother is...

Love

Good Morning all you House Mouse Fans!! The HM & Friends DT has some AWESOME creations to share with ya!! My jaw dropped to the floor when I saw all these beautiful goodies!!

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #26 - Mothers (Day)
Mothers Day is just around the corner in the UK (don't ask me when...I don't know! LOL) so this weeks challenge is to make something for a mother - or mother related. Just make sure to have at least 1 HM image on your creations. For all the challenge details click HERE.

This stamp is called Bathing Babies - featuring Amanda, Monica & Friends. Since I have 5 kids...I figured this image worked for me :) Letting 5 little ones take a bath all at once...now that there's love I tell ya! LOL

I've been wanting to create something with Kraft cardstock...and this image worked great! It's really fun using light colored pencils...especially white...on darker cs. Then I used white shimmer chalk all around the outside of the image...and anywhere there was water or bubbles. AND...the bubbles have Crystal Glaze on them. Looks really fun IRL!

The sentiments are rub-ons & I hand doodled around the white layers. Main image & sentiment both popped up on dimensionals. Cardbase is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Have a "stampin' fun" week!! YEAAAAYAAA ;)

Recipe:
Stamps - House-Mouse Designs Bathing Babies
Paper - Papertrey Ink White Cardstock; Bazzill Whirlpool CS; Misc patterned paper from stash (one of those big packs from Costco); SU Kraft CS
Ink - A Muse Art Stamps Black Dye Ink
Misc. - Prismacolor Pencils; Gamsol OMS; Dimensionals; Sakura Crystal Lacquer; Robins Nest Dew Drops - Water collection; One Heart One Mind A mother is... Rub-ons; Marvy Uchida Oval & Scalloped Oval Punches; Copic Multiliner SP Black; Craft-T Products Classis Glimmer Chalks

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge Blog HERE
House-Mouse Designs Official Website HERE.
Tips on how you can easily color the House-Mouse Stamp Images HERE

11 comments:

Heather said...

Gorgeous card Lori. Love that beautifully coloured image, especially the one being held by his tail - that really makes me giggle. Lovely colours and papers.
hugs Heather xx

Lorie said...

Oh, it is completely adorable! I just love what you do with these images! :o)

America said...

Lori, this beautfiully colored image has me cracking up..... its so motherly and oh my goodness sooooo adorable. I LOVE IT!!!!! Great card. :)

sherry czarnecki said...

You do such a good job with these little mice! I love your cards and you're such a GOOD colorer!

Mary Dawn said...

i love to stamp on kraft and color with my pencils...but this is a masterpiece! LOVE

Rachel said...

So cute, Lori!!! My mom would love this card--although I'm sure she's glad she only had two kids and not a full clan like that mama mouse. Great job! So cute!

Nancy said...

This image is so cute! Love how you colored it on the Kraft CS! Beautiful card, and perfect for Mom's day!

Anonymous said...

So beautifully colored. I love it on the Kraft paper! Love it!!

Elizabeth said...

This is so adorable!

Larissa said...

Cute card! Love that image and it looks really great on the kraft paper! That image is so cute and funny! Love the dew drops on your card. They are the perfect embellishment because they look like waterdrops.

Hugs,
Larissa

Rhonda said...

cute! This looks like my life every day!! Maybe not all the kids in the tub at once (the girls maybe), but trying to get the kids to do something when they all want to go in different directions!