Iris folding House Mouse birthday

These were fun to make using an Accucut die for the shape of the cake then stamped two House Mouse image, the birthday messages were different on each card beside the colors on each card :0)

On this card the message is by Printworks

And on this one the message is by Impress

Happy Halloween & Copic Workshop

And this is the last Halloween card from the workshop at Impress. This House Mouse image is now carry by Stampendous. The cool thing that Stampendous carry House Mouse is that they're cling mount but downside no color index

House Mouse

There was a mingle using any House Mouse image so this is the card I did. The embossing essentials folder by Darice colored with memento ink and stamping sponge. The House Mouse was colored with Copic Markers the message is by Savvy Stamps

Christmas for OWH

Don't you hate it when you email someone's post and they don't answer? I do :0) personally I know I don't always answer emails right away BUT I always do :0) In one of the SU workshops someone had mention that OWH had a post of how to cut 6x6 paper for cards so of course where would I got check?? Sandy Allnock's blog but I looked everywhere and didn't find it so I contacted her but so far no response but wanting to work with scrapbook papers I check see if I could find someone else so I found one sheet wonder for 8.5 x 11 or 12 x 12 so I worked with that and came up with all these cards. The focal stamp is House Mouse image colored with Copic markers. I used some ribbon in some and messages are both English and Spanish

I now have found how to cut the 6x6. The information was on the actual OWH blog and also in Kristie's blog (part of OWH). Still think it would have been nice to get a reply from Sandy to where to go check. Normally this would have discourage me from things that have to do with her BUT since I enjoy working on cards for service people to write home I will continue to make cards for them. I know there are other groups but this is local to me which means I don't have to ship anything whenever I have my cards ready I drop them at Impress on my next trip.

Inchies and more

In one of the yahoo groups we are having a mingle (most of you know it as swap) with the theme inchies or twinches. When this art came out it was only inchies if I recalled it right Karen Lockhart introduced it in this area. It means art in a perfect 1" square, either on cards or just for exchange just like ATC. You're supposed to do the base on a matboard  or anything sturdy but guess at the end as long as it's done in the perfect measurement while using it as part of a card it doesn't matter much how is done if you are doing it as exchange they do have to be sturdy.

As time went by, other pieces of art were created and depending on their size or shape the name was different I only know 4 sizes don't now if there are any more. The other sizes I know are Twinchies which is art on a perfect 2" square. Betwinchies which is art on a perfect 1-1/2" square and last is Rinchies, this is art done on a perfect 1" circle. Personally I had only done inchies but I decided to make a twinchie for my mingle.

Here are some samples I did with my inchies. I always used them on cards as I don't collect them just like I don't collect ATC. If someone sends me any not on a card I will put them along with the ATCs I have gotten over the years. Except for the lighthouse all others were with Lockhart Stamps and prismacolored pencils as I made them with Karen Lockhart. The lighthouse was done at a make & take at Friends and Company which is now closed for business. Karen used to come often for demos & classes.

I made this twinchie card using the spot technique. Seems like I don't use my house mouse stamp lately. Before it was either house mouse, Snoopy or Penny Black hedgehogs what I used. I colored with Copic Markers.