20 July 2017

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A little mouse sharing berries with a little chickadee in a lovely wintery scene is a joy shared.


This card features a House Mouse and Friends stamp on Kraft with PrimaColor pencils, Graphic 45 paper, and a Kaisercraft sentiment.

Supplies


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Putting It Together

I decided to do a bit of coloured pencil on kraft for this project. 


Following a tip on a video I watched recently (sadly I don't know which one so I can't give credit), I stamped with VersaMark on the kraft panel.


I got out my PrismaColor set and, with tiny flicks, I added the fur detail for the generous mouse.  I was rather happy with how the mouse was looking so went on.


I coloured in the rest with the pencils.


The plain background was bugging me, so I tried using a stencil with pencils to add in clouds.


I had limited success with clouds in the background but did add snow to the tree branch (added before the clouds, actually, but I missed taking a picture). The light blue and white background does have a wintery feel, but I'm not 100% pleased with it.


While looking through my stash of patterned papers, I went to my lovely Graphic 45 Christmas papers. The stripes of one made me think of the challenge sketch for YNS so I decided to use that layout.


I used foam mounting tape to give the strips dimension.


Inside, I used scrap from the strips and stamped a sentiment that was fitting to the image.




Challenges

House Mouse and Friends: Lets Get Some Berries
Your Next Stamp: Sketch
Creative Moments: Christmas in July
Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas: Anything Goes
Christmas Cards All Year Round: Anything Goes
Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas extra: Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-crafty: Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper: Anything Goes
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12 comments:

  1. Unknown20 July, 2017 10:10

    I really appreciate the pictures of each step, what worked for you and what didn't, and your descriptions of how you created your cards. I know from your blog that I can attempt to recreate this card (it will turn out differently, but I know how to put the elements in now). Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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  2. Bunny20 July, 2017 11:35

    You did a great job on this card. I love the image. We get the chickadees here and it would be fun to see a little House Mouse fedding a friend. Really cute! Thanks for joining us at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge. Bunny DT.

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  3. aussie aNNie20 July, 2017 18:44

    Gorgeous card and you just got to love those mice. Your Mousey project with this cute image is perfect for our challenge, hope to see you again .x {aNNie} GD for House Mouse and Friends

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  4. Anet's Crafting21 July, 2017 20:53

    Beautiful Christmas card Rijacki. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Penny’s Paper-Crafty. We would love to see you again ... Anet DTx

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  5. Hazel22 July, 2017 03:41

    Thanks for entering your lovely crafting for CHNC challenge 342 – you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for July - I'd love to see it there too x

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  6. Jean23 July, 2017 00:16

    OH how sweet, loving the image and your colouring on Kraft card.
    Thanks for joining us over at Penny's.
    Jean xx

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  7. Christine23 July, 2017 00:18

    Adorable mousey image awesome colouring on the Kraft card gorgeous take on the chall theme

    Thanks for sharing with us at House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

    Smiles Christine xx

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  8. Valentyna Komisarenko23 July, 2017 08:03

    Such beautiful Christmas card, warm and sweet. Thank you for sharing your card with ATSM!

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  9. Kim Heggins23 July, 2017 14:40

    Sweet pair of adorable critters...love your card. Thank you so much for playing along with us at ATSM!

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  10. Suze23 July, 2017 17:40

    Adorable card. Thanks for the step by step. Thank you for joining in the Anything Christmas challenge at CHNC Extra for July.

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  11. Sue23 July, 2017 20:36

    Beautiful color work, love the little scene on the Kraft paper too. Thanks for joining us for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

    Hugs
    Sue

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  12. Chrissy25 July, 2017 12:59

    So adorable..Thank you so much for sharing and joining in with us at CCAYR...[ Christmas Cards All Year Round]

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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