Thursday 24 May 2012

Friendship Recipe

Hi I'm back with another House Mouse card. I love these little mice and I've been asked to make a card for a friend. The person its for likes baking so i'm sure this will fit the bill.

I love decoupage and think the mice look so real on this one. I layer it up using pinflair glue - how glad I was when I discovered this as I hated the smell of silicon! I curved the edges of the mice to help them "pop" from the design.
The challenge over at House-Mouse is circles and polka dots so I have tried to include lots of these in my backings. The blue velum which I have punched with my favouite Martha Stewart punch is all polka dots but hasn't photographed very well. I have added some gorgeous lace and ribbon and used some card candi (circles!) on the lace and in the centre of 2 of the flowers. I have used a couple of hat pins and threaded them with beads - I love these at the minute. The sentiment is a Lili of the Valley stamp - A birthday recipe so complements the card well.
I would like to enter this in the following challenges -
housemouse-challenge-circles-polka-dots-all-round-fun x
audsentiments/challenge-55-any-sentiment x
houseofgilli- dies and punches x
craftycatzweekly/girlie-time
karensdoodlesnetherlands/white + pink & blue
trulyscrumptious/challenge-81-pretty-in-pink x

18 comments:

Helen said...

Love it Sue, its gorgeous xx

Unknown said...

This is super adorable
I really love this cutie

Janette said...

Gorgeous card. so pretty, thanks for sharing it with us at CraftyCatz this week.xx

TC said...

I love house mouse too. You've done a great job with the decoupage. I have a habit of accidently snipping their tales! :(
Love the lace with your added candi, the beautiful pins, and that sentiment is just perfect.
Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments this fortnight. Hope to see you back here for the next challenge x

Ineke Original said...

Wonderful card! Well done!
greetings from Holland,
with love,
Ineke

downrightcrafty said...

wow wow wow Susie super image, such sweet soft colours and so many delish embellies to look at I feel spoilt for choice for a favourite but think the pins do it for me lol, thank you so much for joining us at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge
Hugs Kate xx

carol said...

Beautiful card, love the colour, thanks for sharing with CRAFTY CATZ x carol

thimbles bobbins paper and ink said...

Susie, this is beautiful! I love how you've created this gorgeous card. The layout is incredible and your coloring and embellishments lovely! Thank you for sharing your artwork and joining in the fun at House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge blog.

Cheers!
Jennifer

Kathryn said...

Aww this is well cute :)

Donna Hanley said...

This is beautiful. I love the little flowers, brads and lace to. The recipe is fabulous. All around winner!!!

Gail said...

So cute! This is a great image, and your colors are wonderful!

Stacy Morgan said...

Simply adorble. the soft spring colors are wonderful, great layout and design. Thanks for joining us at House Mouse and Friends Blog Challenge.

Sue said...

Beautiful decoupage image. Love the soft pastel colors and all your lovely embellishments. Thanks for joining us at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

Hugs
Sue

Jocelyn said...

Such a soft and pretty card. I love all the embellies you have used. I'm sure the recipient will be blown away.
Jocelyn x
HM&FMC Guest DT for May

Claudia said...

Susie, just WWWWWWWOOOOOOOWWWWWWW, that's amazing and a lot of work. I am stunning still about your nerves to cut out all the things, it's so great.
Hugs Claudia

Dragonlady said...

Beautiful card, lovely soft colours. Thanks for playing at Aud Sentiments.

Hugs Ali x

Geertje said...

It's a wonderfull card in those sweet colors, but white/pink/blue is not the challenge of EKEF.
The challenge was Kraft/white and one color.
It's a pitty, because it's an amazing beautifull card!!
Greetz Geertje
(Elke kaart een Feestje)

deesdesigns said...

The amount of detail on your card is amazing - just lovely! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us for our Aud Sentiment's "Any Sentiment" challenge! Dee