A “Mice” little treat bag

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Cathy

I made this simple little Halloween treat using some Oreos I found in the grocery store. I don’t know how they will taste – but the Halloweenie colors are great!

I used the House Mouse Halloween clear set for all the stamps. I’m really enjoying this set – there are so many stamps in it!

The bag is a flat bottomed treat bag - all I had to do is make a topper.

bagparts The cardstock is from the Halloween Happiness Prism cardstock collection.

The topper is made from a piece of black 4 1/4″ wide by 5″ high – scored across the middle to make two 4 1/4″ by 2 1/2″ sides.

Two pieces of Intense Orange – 4″ by 2 1/4″.

Two pieces of Neenah Solar White, 3 3/4″ by 2″. Stamped as shown. I used Memento Ink in Tuxedo and Tangelo. The image is colored with Copic markers. I also inked the edges of the white pieces with Peeled Paint Distress ink and a duster brush.

bagclosed I just rolled up the bag and stapled the top. I Assembled the topper and adhered it to the bag top.

Here is the back…. I just inked part of the sentiment in black and part in orange before I stamped.

A very easy project. Hmmm…. I wonder how orange Oreos taste with coffee….

Hope everyone has a great weekend. I’m hoping to get out in the garden. I have a ton of perennials that need dividing.

Have a “mice” Halloween

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Cathy

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What a cute bunch of Halloween mice (I think one is checking out his candy haul). Did you have one of those pumpkin buckets growing up?

My oldest DD still loves her pumpkin bucket. She won’t use anything else. DH has to bring along a bag to dump the bucket into when it gets full. (Hmmm…. maybe its just a ploy so she doesn’t have to carry a heavy bag…..)

I made this card using 4 stamps from the House Mouse Halloween Clear stamp set. I was so impressed with how nice and clear these super detailed images stamped.

I masked the pumpkin bucket of the butterfly mouse so I could group the stamps closer together. (Sorry – started coloring the nose a little before I thought to take a picture).

I colored my 3 little mice with Copics. I decided I wanted each mouse to be a little different color combo (just for fun). Here are the colors I used (each row is a set I used on one of the mice). (Sorry about that yellow background – yikes)

In case inquiring minds want to know, here are the other colors I used. Plus BV0000 and BV00 that I forgot to include in the pic somehow. I added clear Copic Spica Glitter pen to the butterfly wings – so fun!

I used the Prism cardstock from Halloween Happiness paper pack . Prism has such great, rich colors.

I punched the purple layer with the Zig Zag stitch edger punch. (I really like the little embossed stitches.) Then I added 3 brads and and dabbed on some Peeled Paint Distress Stickles.

So – that is my first ever House Mouse card. Those mice are fun!

In other news – The Paper Garden Projects store is having a 20% off sale on tools(Spellbinders, Cuttlebug, Punches and more). So if you want some fun, fancy border punches – now is a great time.

We also have 25% off Copic Markers – including the new pale colors. So far, the BV0000 and the YG0000 are my favorites, but that is subject to change! I like adding a little shadow with the BV0000, and I’m just a big fan of anything yellow-green.

So… School started today….

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Cathy

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And this card kind of says it all.

Actually, I’ll miss the more relaxed summer schedule a little. But I have to say I am looking forward to a little peace and quiet during the day. All three girls had a great first day of school – so we are off to a good start.

About the card…..

I used the Fluffles Leaf Leaping and Happy Fall sentiment cling stamps from Stampendous . The paper is Prism cardstock from the Fall Frolic Cardstock Collection.

The brown piece uses the Argyle Cuttlebug folder which I inked with Magnolia Versamagic ink before embossing. Somehow, argyle looks “fall-ish” to me.

The image is colored with Copic markers and I inked the image background with Peeled Paint Distress ink. I decided to pop Fluffles up on foam tape to make him look a little more “jumpy”.

I hope everyone had a wonderful summer.

We have a very busy schedule this week (and its half over – yikes!). But I can’t wait to get back to blog hopping and entering challenges again. While we did have a lot of fun, I’ve been really missing my crafty time this summer. With the kids back in school, I’m hoping to spend a little more time with my stamps and paper stash!