LOTV new release: 3 kind mice

Hello lovely people,

I said I wouldn't keep you waiting long so here is the first of my DT cards showcasing one of the new releases (available from 16th Dec) from LOTV.

You get all 3 mice in this set and I think using just one of these images would make a fab card but I thought the 3 in combination might be nice to celebrate moving into a new home.

I've re-sized the digi stamps to fit inside the polaroid frames, which just happened to fall in my basket recently ;-)  I think they will see lots of use; aren't they just awesome?!

The 2 smaller framed images are layered on foam pads to add dimension to my very CAS design.

Mouse #1 would also be great for romantic occasions especially if you teamed it with one of the sentiments designed to match the images which reads 'you hold the key to my heart.'

Mouse #2 is lovely for thank you cards, birthdays...anything really!

Finally, mouse #3 is my favourite because she clearly knows how to have a good time; just look at the size of that bottle!

I can't wait to show you even more of the cute images and you only have 6 sleeps to go until you can get your hands on them!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekends :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image: 3 kind mice - LOTV (coming soon!)

Dies: Polaroid fun by Mama Elephant  -Dies to Die For

Sentiment: A little sentimental - Clearly Besotted

Copic colours;
Mice bodies: E30/31/55
Mice tummies: YR30/E30/31
Mice ears / feet / tails: R000/01
Bottle: YG93/95/97 & B0000/00
Flowers: R81/83/85
Leaves: G40/82
Key: W1/3/5
Label: W00/0/1
Ground: W00/0/1/2

New home

Hello lovely people,

I'm off to Ikea this morning to buy new furniture for my craft room!  I'm so excited...even though it will have to be a very organised and quick trip round with no deviation from the shopping list to avoid any tantrums from Dr. Hubby!

While I'm probably trying to work out how to fit all my lovely new stuff into the car, here's the new Creative Inspirations challenge and this week we have a little photo inspiration for you...

Our prize this week is a £20 gift certificate from Craftie Charlie

The photo inspired me to use both the gorgeous brown and teal colour scheme and to choose an image with birds on.
I pretty much never make new home cards so this was fun!

I bought this stamp ages ago at a Hobbycrafts show and yep, you guessed it...first outing today!
How often do I find myself saying that?!

I tried for a woodgrain effect on the birdhouse and I've seen better but I'm fairly happy with this as a first attempt.
I'm less happy with my slightly dodgy photo since I had to take it in artificial light :-(

Card recipe;

Image: Bird House - Hobby Art

DP: Welcome Home - Bo Bunny (a very old collection!)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Tea label tags and Heart swirl - Magnolia Doohickeys

Sentiment: A little sentimental - Clearly Besotted

Copic colours;
Bird house: E31/34/44/47
Birds: E50/51/53/55
Hearts: BG57/07/09
Flowers: YR31/Y23/YR23
Leaves: YG17/G07/G28

The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
to follow

Tri-shutter Tilda card

Hello lovely people,

Not long before Christmas some good friends got engaged and moved in together.  So, with a Christmas card as well, that would be 3 cards to make for them.  But maybe there was a way to combine it all into one card?

Enter the tri-shutter card with space for 3 different images :-)

 The only down side to this was that with all the Christmas prep going on I really didn't have time to colour 3 images.

My answer was to stamp the images onto Kraft card with no colouring whatsoever (eek!) but I did distress and stitch the edges and brush them with some white acrylic paint.

Since the design folds up flat I could only put larger embellies on the front bit i.e. the very left hand side.
There was room though for some fancy corners and for some little die cuts themed to each image.

Here's the first panel with the Christmas image;

Here's the middle panel with the image I chose for the engagement part of the card;

I struggled with finding an image for the new home panel as I wanted to use all Magnolia images but since the new house comes with a large garden I thought this would work;

Card recipe;

Images: all Magnolia stamps

DP: Vintage Spring basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies: snowflakes - Impression Obsession, hearts and flowers - Memory box, corners - La La Land

Sentiments: magazine freebie alphabet set 

And did you see those teeny paperclips?  They came in a Stampin' Up kit that I had as a prize and I don't think you can get them separately... very sad about this as they are just the cutest things. Yeah, I get excited about the oddest things!

I was really pleased with the end result and my friends loved it, so job done!

Thanks for stopping by and for your lovely comments, it's so nice to hear from you when you visit :-)

Challenges I am playing along with;
1. Cute Card Thursday (what's new? - new home card, new paperclips)
2.  Sweet Magnolia (anything goes)
3.  Tilda's Town (anything goes)
4.  Simply Magnolia (vintage or shabby chic)