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House Mouse Challenge for the week is to create a Christmas card using a House Mouse image. Having a House Mouse image is the easy part. What comes next is illustrative of my indecisiveness when it comes to the creative process. With the poinsettia on the side,
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or without it? With or without? My son says "without." What say you all? I think my final answer is "without" because it gives a more natural feel to the wintry scene I was trying to create. Here is the process: Memories Midnight Blue Ink for a "midnight" sponged background skyline, PSX trees and Stampin up stars finish the scene. PSX "Believe" stamped on a sizzix die cut tag. The blue frame (Sizzix) for the House Mouse "Warm Tree Light" is stamped with one side of a Stampendous texture cube and then heat embossed in gold. If you like the addition of the poinsettia, it is cr
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eated with a sizzix die and scored for dimension. And, the best part of the making of this card is that I just inherited my son's Prismacolors and I used them for the first time on these little mousies. Crystal lacquer accents the Christmas Bulb. I can't wait to decorate my tree!
16 comments:
Beautiful card. As for the with or without...........I don't know......lol. It looks great both ways. Sorry, not much help am i!! x
Humm...I think without as well.
Very cute card! Who does not love HM?? :)
You son sounds like a good sport! Dh does not say a lot to me when I ask his opinion. He usually just points and says "this one" {is better}! Kinda like Tim the Tool Man with the grunts...
love the card, either way I think it looks adorable. I can sit for hours pondering if I should use something or not. LOL! thanks for sharing your card. did I tell you i love the image?
Your card is Mousie Magnificent!!! I love the wintery background, and your coloring is wonderful!!! As for the flower, I like it either way...sorry, I volley back and forth with these things too. At least I am not indecisive about this...I LOVE YOUR CARD!!!:O)
Hugs!
Carolyn
Gorgeous card and I love the wintery scene. Hmm now I think I like it with!! That's confused everyone now!
Pretty card ;)
Thanks for joining the H&M challenge :D
X Janneke
Mom -- I still say "without" -- great card! What's for dinner?
I hope I'm getting one of these for Christmas. Sometime you will have to explain sponging.
Very nicely done. I think I like it better without but I'm not much of flower person when it comes to card making.
oh this is too cute :)
Lovely card Martha, beautifully done. I'm with your son on this one - without.
hugs Heather xx
Very cute and I like it both ways so I am not much help. LOL
love this card so beautiful, hmmmm with or without ...... i think i like it without xx
this is such a precious card!!
Love your cards! They are gorgeous!
At first I thought 'without', but then I noticed the flower was the same colour as the light bulb, so I said 'with', then I noticed the gorgeous scene, so 'without'again, then I... Oh, I'm just not helping you at all here! Well, with or without, I think they both look great!!!
Els
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With AND without - very creative. I like both.
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