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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Mouse House Mother's Day Card

Created this Mother's Day Card using a digi, Mouse House, I won from Stitchy Bear. Used Create a Critter Cricut cartridge for the Mushroom image.

I thought outside the box as in 'Mushroom' for my frame by using the negative Mushroom which I trimmed some as frame for the digi Mouse House.

Colored the digi Mouse House using Crayola pencil colors and added some glitter. Used foam adhesive to place the digi Mouse House behind the Mushroom frame to give it a popped 3D look. Stamped the BasicGrey flowers on Kraft green cardstock (from 'Greens' pkg bought from Hobby Lobby), scissor cutted the petals & used foam adhesive for 3D look. Stamped the Mother's Day sentiment. Added some buttons & ribbon.


Tried the flower stamping on several different types & color of cardstock but the Kraft green won out and when the petals were scissor cut the green looks like leaves or grass.

I did not imagine that I could enter this in 30+ challenges.

































































buttons: 2 orange

coloring of digi:
Crayola pencil colors
glitter - blue (bird's eye), white(windows) & yellow (flower centers)
white enamel accents (clouds)

Cricut cartridge: 3" Mushroom
also used the negative 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece and trimmed it some to show off more of my digi Mouse House

ink:
Memento Lady Bug
Memento Tuxedo Black

paper:
6" x 6" Base core'dinations cardstock Gem Emerald
5 1/2" x 5 1/2" core'dinations cardstock BlueBell

punch: Fiskars corner rounder

ribbon: Dashes, Dots & Checks green

stamp:
BasicGrey clear stamp - flower
studio g - sentiment

Entering this into the following challenges:

2 Sisters Ch90 Anything Goes unlim 11th 5/5-11
Aud Sentiments Ch Anything Goes unlim 14th entry 4/25-5/8  
BasicGrey Ch67 Recipe 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments 
1 image - digi Mouse House, 2 papers - core'dinations cardstock, 3 embellishments - 3 stamped Basic Grey flowers scissor cutted for dimension 4/28-5/11
Kraft Journal Cards For Her unlim 1st stamped flowers on Kraft green cardstock 5/7-13
Lexis Creations Ch64 Lace and/or Ribbon unlim 8th entry 4/30-5/11
Milk Coffee Ch Lots of Layers unlim 15th 4/26-5/9
More Than Favors Wacky Wed 70 Mother's Day unlim 4th 5/2-15  
My Grafico Ch127 Mother's Day unlim 5th 4/30-5/11 

My Sheri Crafts Ch84 April Showers Bring May Flowers to Mom unlim 4th 4/28-5/11
One Stitch At A Time Ch112 Use a Digi/Mother's Day unlimSBDS 1stSBDS 5/6-12 
Paper & Such April Showers bring May Flowers 5/8-15
Paper Minutes Ch216 Mushrooms 5/8-14
Paper Pretties Mon Use Ribbon unlim 2nd 5/7-13
Paper Pretties Wed PWC204 Flowers unlim 4th 5/2-15 

Paper Take Weekly Cute Cute Cute unlim 1st 5/8-14
Party Time Tues PTT67 Mum's the Word lim2 1st 5/8-15
Perfect Sentiments PSC30 Handmade Flowers for Mom unlim 3rd 5/2-8
Reasonable Ribbon Ch47 Mother's Day/Fem + Ribbon unlim 5th entry 5/1-12 

Ribbon Carousel RCC52 Word to your Mother unlim 1st 5/8-14
Robyns Fetish Ch106 Buttons, Blue & Bow Too lim3 1st 5/6-12
Scrapalicious Mother, I Love You lim1 1st indicated it can be backlinked a couple of days ago, mine is from 5/8 5/9-22
Sentimental Sundays Ch101 For A Special Woman lim 3 3rd 5/6-11 

Simon Says Stamp & Show Your Fav Stamp unlim 2nd BasiGrey & studio g clear stamps 5/7-13
Speedy Fox & Friend Ch106 Use 3 of something  unlim 6th used 3 stamped paper flowers 5/5-11

76 comments:

  1. How cute! The cut-out toad stool and the little mice are the sweetest. Thanks for sharing with us at Made Especially For You!

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  2. cute card, thanks so much for joining us at BBTB2, hugs

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  3. Too Cute! Thanks for sharing another great card at The Perfect Sentiment.

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  4. Super cute!! Thanks for sharing with us at Tuesday Alchemy.

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  5. LOVE that sentiment and your mushroom home!!! Thanks for sharing another card with us @ My Sheri Crafts!

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  6. Love the cut-out and your sweet sentiment. Thanks for playing along with us this week!

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  7. cute card!! thanks for joining us at tuesday alchemy!

    loveshappyhour

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  8. Thank you for joining Jackson's Digital Expressions. TFS such a cute card.

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  9. This is such a fun card and that dotty ribbon finishes it off perfectly! The Design Team are really pleased that you joined us for the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge this week - Thank you!

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  10. Adorable,thanks so much for joining us at Jackson's Digital Expressions.

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  11. Love the colors. Thanks for sharing your fun card with us at Jackson's Digital Expressions.

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  12. This is so cute and rates a solid 10 on 'Chana's Cute-O-Meter'. Always enjoy seeing your projects! Thanks for sharing with us at Jackson's Digital Expressions.

    Big Hugz,
    Chana, DT Coordinator
    JDE

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  13. Cute mushroom card!
    Carri~abusybee
    www.doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com

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  14. How cute! Love that mushroom. Thanks for playing at Use It Tuesday!

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  15. What a great card.. so cute! Wonderful job with the mushroom frame

    Thanks for sharing this with My Sheri Crafts

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  16. Oh sweetie! You are amazing! So fresh idea with mushrooms frame! Love it! And the text is so cute! Fabulous creation! Thank you for participating at Tuesday Alchemy!
    Hugs BlackLissi

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  17. What a cute little digi. Your work is so cute, and I'd like to invite you to play along at Word Art Wednesday when you are able. I hope you will stop by and check us out. We'd love to have you join us in our challenges!
    Blessings,
    Karen L
    www.wordartwednesdays.blogspot.com

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  18. Hi Sweetie,

    saw your comment on paperminutes. Why do we need a translator? We write the postings in german and (try it) also in english...

    Your card is so cute. Thanks for playing with us at paperminutes.

    Hugs, Heike

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  19. So sweet card! I love it! Thanks for join us at Tuesday Alchemy :)

    Hugs,
    Victoria

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  20. Great use of both parts. Thanks for joining Speedy Fox and Friends.

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  21. Very cute card Melissa, that mushroom is a bit cute! WOW 30 challenges, you are definitely the challenge queen.

    Thanks for sharing with us at Hooked on Craft again this month.

    Liz Weber
    Hooked on Craft Design Team

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  22. Wow! What a fun card! 30 challenges! You, go, girl!
    Carolyn
    http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com

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  23. A lovely idea, beautifully done. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT. Hazel x

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  24. Thanks for entering your lovely card in our Lace and Ribbon Challenge at Lexis hugs Susan x

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  25. Wow! Girl, I have no idea how you have the time
    to do all these challenges...you rock!
    Another cute card! That image is darling!

    ~Leah

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  26. very cute, love the stamped image... so perfect with your card. thanks for playing along with us at Made Especially for You!

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  27. Thanks for joining us at BBTB2.
    Carole

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  28. How cute thank you for sharing with us at Lexis Creations.

    Hugs Julie x

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  29. So cute!! Thanks for playing with Use it Tuesday!!

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  30. Melissa you are such a dear to give so many details about the challenges

    SUch a beautiful mushroom house

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  31. Very cute card and idea. Love the colors. Thanks for joining us over at ME4Y.

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  32. Great way to make an unusual frame.Such a cute card.Thanks for joining us at BBTB2.
    Jayne x

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  33. Very cute- I like how you used the cut out mushroom as your "window" for the stamp!! :)Amy

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  34. Cute idea to cut out the mushroom and then use it elsewhere on the card. Love the mushroom house and the sentiment. Thanks for joining us at BBTB2 this week.

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  35. This is so awesome!! The image is so sweet and I love the mushroom window :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  36. Cute card and you did think outside the box! Cute frame for your pretty image!
    Thanks for sharing with us at My Sheri Crafts and BBTB2!
    Glenda
    http://glendascards.blogspot.com//

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  37. Great card. Love the mushroom cut out. Thanks for playing along with us here at Speedy Fox and Friends challenge, we hope to see you again next week. Make sure to check out our challenge with Friends of SpeedyTV for more fun and more chances to win with Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

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  38. Fantastic way to use a "frame". Thanks for sharing at BBTB2.

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  39. Very cute card. Great stamping. I don't think I've ever seen anyone able to enter 30 challenges with one project. Wow! Thanks for joining us at BBTB2.

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  40. What a cute card! I love that you used your Cricut to cut out a frame and then use the cut out to stamp your senitment on! Thanks for joining us at BBTB2!

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  41. I love how you cut out the mushroom and used both the mushroom and the "hole" from it! Very clever!

    Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Alchemy
    Hugs
    Katya x

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  42. What a great way to use the negative image! Such a fun card! :) Thanks for joining us this week for our Inks and Such challenge at Jackson's Digital Expressions!

    Kathi
    DT Member

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  43. What a cute mushroom card! Fab design! Thaks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays! :-) Amy

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  44. Cute :) thanks for joining the MilkCoffee Challenge.
    Hugs Ria

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  45. This cardis solovely. the mushroom shaped frame is fantastic, what a great idea and I love the main image and colours as well.

    Thanks somuch for sharing your card at Anything goes, Just keep on creating,I hope you will continue to play along :)

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  46. Such a cute card, I love the cut out mushroom. Thank you so much for taking part this week in our Mothers Day Challenge at Going Grey with Scrap Creations. Good Luck.
    Caroline DT

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  47. What a cute card. Love how you did the cut out and then used it on your card. Thanks again for playing along at Perfect Sentiment.

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  48. Thanks for joining us at The Ribbon Carousel this week.
    Valerie RC DT

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  49. Suck a cute card! I love how you to the cut out of the mushroom and made it a take. Very creative! Thanks for playing along with us at ME4Y! : )

    Kristy
    http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com

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  50. Such a sweet card...Love the idea..Thanks for joining us at BBTB2..

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  51. Great idea using the mushroom outline as your frame. So many challenges! Thanks for sharing with us at BBTB2
    Juliex

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  52. This turned out so cute, great thinking...Thanks for sharing

    Penny

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  53. great idea using the negative mushroom cut as a frame! thanks for sharing your too cute card with us at bbtb2 :)

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  54. How cool is the cut out! Cute card. Thanks for sharing it with us at SOUS!

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  55. how gorgeous !! love your sentiment Too thanx for playing on SOUS X:)

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  56. This is positively adorable! i love how you used the negative space to frame your image. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us at BBTB2

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  57. Such a sweet card! Thanks for playing along with us at Basic Grey Challenges this fortnight, Juliexx

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  58. This is different and adorable! thanks for playing along with us this week at Robyn's Fetish challenge :)
    Susan G (DT)

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  59. So cute and what a fabulous idea.

    Thanks for sharing it with us at CFAS.
    xoxox Carly

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  60. What an adorable card!

    Thanks for partying with us at Party Time Tuesdays!
    ~Melissa, PTT DT

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  61. oh it's like a smurf mushroom house!! love it!!
    Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Alchemy Challenges!!
    hugs
    xMx

    you can visit http://whenthescraphitsthefun.blogspot.com/
    for my free digis!!

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  62. This is super cute! I couldnt agree more with the sentiment hehe :) Thanks for joining us at Made Especially for You!
    ♥ Cyndy

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  63. Super cute card! Love how you used the negative and positive image of the mushroom for the window and the sentiment! Thanks for joining us at MEFY!!
    (:(:Smiles:):)

    Robin

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  64. Gorgeous card.

    Thanks for joining us this time at stampin for the weekend.
    Hugs
    Jayne
    x

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  65. Thanks for playing at FOSTV - please join us again

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  66. Pretty card, I love the sentiment. Thanks for playing along with Friends of SpeedyTV. We hope to see you again next week.

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  67. So glad you joined us this week at Friends of Speedy TV with your adorable creation. Cute mushroom house. Hope you'll join us again next week.

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  68. Lovely card. Thanks for joining us at FOSTV. Please join us again next week.

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  69. Love the little mushroom cutout with the adorable image, so cute! Thanks for joining us this week @ CTO for our "Mother's Day" Challenge :)

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  70. This is gorgeous thanks for joining us at CFAS xx Jan

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  71. Two of my favourite things,mice and mushrooms,in such a cute card. Thanks for sharing with us at Tuesday Alchemy, hope you'll join us for more challenges.

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  72. Adorable! Thanks for joining us at Really Reasonable Ribbon!

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  73. Darling card!
    Love your mushroom window!
    Thank you for joining CTO this week!

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  74. Too cute! What a clever way to frame your image. thanks for joining us at BBTB2. xxD

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  75. That is thinking outside the mushroom! Thanks for linking up at BBTB2! :)

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