Bee-utiful New Friends

     House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog is having a blog hop.  Part of the requirements for winning the grand prize is that you must enter a "New Beginnings" House Mouse project.  I've had this cute little stamp for a while now and had never used it.  I decided to get it out and ink it up for the hop challenge.  I had some scraps of my favorite October Afternoon papers for the matting and I "remembered" to sew my mats before I glued them all down.  LOL  Been doing quite a bit of swing on my cards lately.  I love the look of it.  Anyway, I sprayed a pair of white paper flowers with some glimmer Mist, colored the pearl with a Copic marker to match and added a little Perfect Pearls to their little bee wings for some shimmer.  This card is how I feel about all the bloggie friends I've made this past year.
     This card also fits the "New Beginnings" theme at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge.

Thanks for "hopping" in today! :-)


Supplies

Papers:  Bazzill, October Afternoon, Georgia Pacific, Gina K Designs Pure Luxury
Stamp:  Stampabilities happy Hopper "Buzzy Friends"
Copics:   E31, E35, E40, E51, E93, Y17, Y32, Y35, YG11, YG17, YR31, C2
Tools:  EK Sucess corner rounder, Nestabilities Standard Circles Large (S$-114) and Classic Scalloped Circle Large (S4-124), sewing machine
Miscellaneous:  American Crafts ribbon, Ranger Pearl Perfect Pearls, Jazz Blue Glimmer Mist, Adirondack Butterscotch ink, Recollections flowers and adhesive pearl

MMSC #52 Card Challenge

I found another card challenge blog that I like. It's called the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge and it is hosted on the priscillastyles blog. We were given a choice of two similar sketchs, one fancy and one simple.

I have fallen in love with watercolor pencils and my aqua brush! The image is Stampabilities Happy Hoppers "An Apple a Day". I just love these little guys! I used a little yellow chalk around the image too.

The base card is Kraft colored card stock. The red accent stripes were originally white card stock. I used Fired Brick Distress ink to color them. The flowers are Prima. I used some Pitch Black alcohol ink to color some glass microbeads for the flower center. The leaves were punched with a Martha Sewart punch. A few red acrylic blings and a couple of black brads were added for accent.

My tag was also white cardstock colored with Fired Brick. The sentiment is a Cosmo Cricket rub on. I masked it and then used Black Soot Distress Ink on a background stamp for the pattern and to ink the edges. The little apple was cut on my Cricut using the Home Accents cartridge. I tried to mimic the coloring of the other apples. Some black ribbon fiber through an eyelet finishes it off.

This card is very simple in style but I had so much fun making it.

Thanks for stopping by,