Friday, February 13, 2009

Tall House Mouse Order

Tall and thin...oh, if only I were describing myself! haha! This week's House Mouse Challenge calls for a tall and thin card. Hard to find a HM image that fits the thin description, but here is the one I ended up using. Love the expression on the little critter's face. For some reason I was on a turquoise kick and a lot ended up on this card. Craft CS base, cut 7x7 and folded in half. Image was colored with Prismacolor pencils, blended with baby oil. Waterfall Stickles added to the cup. Cut out with round Nestabilities, as was the tissue paper mat. The little flowers were cut with two different Cuttlebug dies, cupped, and Stickles added to the centers. The upper corner looked a bit bare so I stamped the scroll up there and added gold Liquid Pearls to it. Sentiment printed from computer, cut with oval Nestabilities and attached with foam tape.

Stamps: House Mouse Feeling Rosy, Verve Filigree Fantasy
Paper: Florentine - Venetian; gold embossed by ??, The Paper Studio. Tissue paper.
Ink: Stazon, Colorbox Queues.
Accessories: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Liquid Pearls, Stickles, foam tape.

13 comments:

Lauri said...

You did a beautiful job on this sketch challenge!!I love the colors and that image is precious!

Anonymous said...

How cute is this!!

Anonymous said...

Oh wow!! How very sweet!! I love this tall creation!! ;) TFS!

Patricia Rose said...

SUPER CUTE.... LOVE ALL THE WONDERFUL DETAILS..

Barbara said...

Nancy, this is adorable! I just have to get going with HM and friends. I stamped a few images to take with me on my trip, so maybe when I get back I'll be able to participate in the HM Challenge --- finally! I love your card with all the details and colors.

Have a very Happy Valentine's Day!

6 wacky women said...

Sooo adorable, Nancy.
I love how you color your house mouse images...always perfect! Pretty papers too.

Karen x

Nina said...

This card is soo beautiful, I am soo love the colors here and also that stamp! That pp is scrumpous and then emoossed looks gold, is it? Truly beauiful who would guess that a little mouse could be soo elegant! :O) lovely job!

Nina said...

man, my typing stinks this morning, sorry for all the mispelled words in the above post!! :O) now where's my coffee!!

Patti said...

Such a darling card!! I love the colors you have chosen. I am new to the House Mouse Challenge and I am having a great time visiting all my fellow HM lover's blogs. Thank you for sharing!

Patti in Wisconsin : )

http://myanthill.blogspot.com/

Susan said...

Cute card!

Papier Creatif said...

What a great card! I love the metallic embossed background & the way you layered it! It makes me wish I had more stuff!!!

Shirley said...

OMGosh how darn cute and so pretty too with those BG papers. Some of my favorites!

Emma said...

Such a great card. Thanks for joining in. x