Mice are Nice

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I have another mouse card to show you using the Mice are Nice precoloured diecut sheets from Lili of the Valley.  These sheets are easy for when you’re tired of coloring and want to put something quick together – plus they’re reasonabily priced.  😀  This is the five out of six image from the sheet which I’ve shard on my blog.

 
The book I’m currently reading is called Wonder Struck by Selznick, who was also the author of Hugo.  Both books are a great combination of a short novel and wordless picture book – it’s brilliant.  There was a movie that just came out under the same name, Hugo, which was a pretty good adaptation of the book – that’s rare, but it happens sometimes.  I always find it thrilling to have read a book first before a movie was ever in the works – it’s like finding a gem and then later on having it confirmed as a good storey.  LOL

Under the Sea Mae

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Remember the new releases from Some Odd Girl?  I have another one to show today using the Narwhal from Under the Sea Mae!  I colored him pink and went with a bright neon pink underbelly.  Then I searched my stash for some paper colors that were opposite the color wheel and came up with this card…

I saw someone nest multiple dies the other day using various shapes and some projects using the circles and they’ve all turned out wonderful – I don’t know why I hadn’t tried it before other than there are just too many toys and so little time!  This is one I need to put into my memory banks as I enjoyed how it turned out.  Hmmm… perhaps I’ll make a challenge of it at LMMS Challenges?!  LOL

This project is actually perfect for my mood right now because it’s raining cats and dogs outside as I write this – so I can easily imagine myself looking out of the window into the deep sea and finding this friendly face!  LOL  Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.

La Promenade au Jardin & Park Glen Door Diecut

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Happy Monday everyone!  😀  This is our first week of Summer break and the kids have off from school so instead of it being a gruesome dreary Monday, I’m actually pretty excited.  LOL  Plus I have two projects to show off today – both of them use the new Park Glen Door Diecut that I added to the store last week.  You’ve had a couple other samples over the weekend and now here are a few more ideas on how versatile this door is.  Check them out…

This first project uses the Park Glen Door Diecut plus La Promenade au Jardin (in digi format) from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  I was going for a cozy vintage cottage feel and created something that reminded me of  B&B I stayed at once.  The hostess was a dear old lady and so sweet.  😀  I hope I have the chance to go back for a visit and stay with her again.

La Promenade au Jardin is available now only in rubber and she’s also included as part of a combo package for a reduced price.  She’s a dream to color up and probably one of my favorites from that release.  In the background I’ve used embellishments from Stampin’ Up and the large brad says “Genuine * Genuine” – they’ve been fun to use and I wish I had an endless supply so I wouldn’t have to hoard them all.  LOL 

The Park Glen Door Diecut comes with two sheet of screen mesh and I’ve used one of this project here to create a screen door.  Then I used all the hardware bits that are on the diecut which include the three door hinges, door knob and key plate plus the large key.  I also used the center circle of the large key to place as a spacer in between the door knob and key plate – it was the perfect size and popped out the door knob for more interest.  I love coincidences like that!
 

I’d like to enter that card into the following challenges:

This next project also uses the Park Glen Door Diecut but instead of a stamp I used decorative paper and coordinating stickers to create this fun winter scene – plus it always helps to create a Christmas card here and there to help build up the stock pile!  However, for some reason many of my holiday cards represent snow – why is that?  I think it’s because I grew up in a climate that had lovely white winters but since I’ve moved to Texas we have maybe one day of snow a year and we’re lucky if it lasts all day.  Strange – at least for me it is but I’ll still enjoy the occasional snow card.

For this door, I’ve used the three door hinges but left everything else off and added a holly wreath at the top.  This would be like in the kitchen looking out the backdoor at the new snowman the kids have created so the door handle would be the other side if this was a push door.  😀  Yea, that sounds like a good reason!  LOL  But the man excuse was I didn’t want to cover the snowman’s face.  He he he.

Thanks for stopping by!  Muah!  And don’t miss out on the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog today to see more inspiration using this door plus a few Anything Goes projects!! 
I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges:
 Christmas Card Challenge Week 27 – Christmas and Sentiment
Craft Your Days Away Challenge #46 – Red, White and Blue
One Stop Craft Challenge Week #185 – Diamonds and Red, White & Blue

Welcome to Hollywood Day 3

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Welcome back to the final and third day of the Make it Crafty and Simply B Stamps Hollywood release!  Today is the big day and we have a fantastic game for you to play!!  Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to guess what movies are being represented on our projects!  Are you ready?

You should have arrived here from the fantastic DEBBIE!

Did you guess my movie yet? He he he, ok, I have a couple clues for you but before I get to that, just a few details about my card.  The images I used are Little Usher Miller and At the Movies Jude from Simply B Stamps which are combined with At the Movie Theatre from Make it Crafty (which I merged a couple times for a grander audience).  The box of popcorn on the bottom right is a snipet from the At the Movie Theatre image but the little bits of popcorn I had snuck in from Agent Popcorn Aiming from Little Miss Muffet Stamps – they were perfect for scattering all over the floor for a more authentic theatre experience!

Now for some clues!  These clues are elements that I incorporated into my card design which represent the move and not necessarily depicts a scene from the movie.  Oh, and it one of my favorite types of movies too.  😀  Ready?

(1) the colors, (2) the age group, (3) the door and 
(4) the saying “Kids these days. They just don’t get scared like they used to.”

I have a confession that I’m a movie nut – not necessarily a movie buff (nope, don’t have the memory for that) so just someone who watches almost anything.  I practically watch a movie every night while doing the computer stuff and because of it sometimes I take me ages just to do one thing.  Just like today!  LOL

As you might have noticed, I used my new diecut door today – the Park Glen Door Die-cut from Little Miss Muffet Stamps!  It comes with two sheets of mesh if you want to make a screen door but I went for a simple open door.  Then used most of the hardware elements that are part of the die with a gem for the handle – then rigged it up to open.  It was a perfect element to represent one of my clues! 

Your next stop on the hop is the wonderful TRACY J!!
Finally the last stop in the hop is over at Make it Crafty where you can enter your guesses!

Welcome to Hollywood Day 2

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Welcome back to the second day of the Hollywood release!  Make it Crafty and Simply B Stamps have teamed up to bring you this fabulous theme of Hollywood characters and backgrounds that you can mix and match to recreate a variety of movies and more.  😀

You should have arrived here from the fabulous ALYCE!

For my card today I used Beauty Spa Rio from Simply B Stamps and the Beauty Salon Set from Make it Crafty and merged them together to come up with this fun scene that is reminiscent of a glamorous Hollywood Star prepping for her next movie.  😀  I thought it would be fun to show that the salon could be used for other purposes – with all the individual elements the ideas are practically endless!

Don’t forget to leave comments along the way for a chance to win some awesome prizes – then tomorrow come back for Day 3 and a fun movie guessing game!  You’ll have a chance to win the entire release plus the movie of your choice!!  You could make it a coloring slash movie date at your house for a fun girls night out.  😀  And if you can’t wait, there is also a great sale going on where the collection are 25% off during the hop duration.

I also took this opportunity to use my new diecut door and create a Hollywood Star door for the background!  The diecut is called the Park Glen Door Diecut from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and I just released it this week – you should check out the link as I have other samples with the door too!!

For this project, the door was cut out of textured cardstock and then I cut a silhouette of the same color in a non-textured cardstock so I could have a solid door.  Then I had a yellow felt star on hand and colored it orange with my Copic marks to add to the top. For the door handle I found some extra hardward that was perfect.  😀  I love how it turned out.

Thanks for coming by and for leaving such wonderful comments yesterday.  {blush}  I hope you’re equally inspired today and if you get lost in the hop, just check out the list below.  See ya later, aligator!
Your next stop in the hop is the fantastic ALISON!

Wishes

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Ready for another challenge at Some Odd Girl?  This month is a color challenge with a nice summer combination that would be perfect for beach and water themes!  However, I wanted to make something a little different and went with Wishes, the fairy.

I’d have to admit that this color scheme had me stumped for a while and I kept veering off into purples, greens and browns.  But I finally found some yellows and blues that worked well together and stuck with it.  I think the pink is suppose to be more of a sandy orange color so I think the colors are off on my monitor a little in my craft room.  (Note to self to get that fixed.)  Either way, the blue and yellow is what stood out the most for me.

On a side note I just have to ask – why is it that my work space is soo appealing to my youngsters?!  The other day I went in and found my self-sticking pearls and gems all over the chair and today I found my next project “neatly” folded into origami next to the toy bin!  Really?  Oh, yes, really.  LOL

The main stamp I used is Wishes from Some Odd Girl with the coordinating sentiment but I also used the oval note stamp from Sweet Thinkin’ Mae.  Thanks for dropping by and make sure you don’t miss out on the fabulous projects from the design team at the SOG Blog – they’re stunning!