Happy New Gear!
Hi Readers! TGIF! We have some super creative inspiration from Debby Hughes today!! Enjoy!
Hello, Debby here and I’m working those stamps and dies again today in order to get the most mileage out of them :D To be precise my first card uses a couple of the newer dies in a slightly different way than intended. These little Christmas mice are made with a bow from the Brilliant Gifts die for their ears and tail and the body is a pad from the Paws die!
For each mouse I cut the above portion of the Brilliant Gifts die twice, once from Fog card and once from Cotton Candy for the inner ears before trimming the present portion away to leave just the ears and tail. Then popped a Fog body on top (pad from the Paws dies) and voila one adorable little mouse. The only thing needed was, of course, a cute wiggle eye ;)
Having made two mice it was now a case of creating a little scene for them. I started with the Wrapped Mailing Label die cut from Neenah solar white card and clear heat embossed the sentiment from Peace on Earth onto the top portion of the die cut before inking with Distress Inks in Broken China and Chipped Sapphire. The snow layer is foam mounted on top and is made from another Wrapped Mailing Label partially cut with the Stitched Slopes and Hills die. To embellish I tucked in an Abby snowflake cut from glitter card and a Copic coloured and glittered tree I had left over from this project. Everything is mounted on a top folding Neenah card base.
I can’t take credit for this idea! I was emailing with Celia Cawthon and she mentioned wanting to make some Fishing Vests with the Ugly Sweater set. Very kindly Celia agreed to let me run with that idea for my second card today :D So a fishing vest huh? I stamped the vest image from Ugly Sweater in Memento Tuxedo Black and drew in lots of pockets with a Copic multiliner. I have so much respect for stamp designers having even attempted to make a small adjustment to the image!
Once Copic colored I stamped the ornament string from Presents and Ornaments as the fishing rod and the twirly string from Ornaments as the fishing line. The partially stamped sentiment from Snow Gear is inked in Schoolhouse Red. Then also in Schoolhouse Red and the new Sparrow ink (love this grey/brown colour!) are some of the cute fishes from Best Fishes. Finally I Googled how to tie a fishing knot for the twine at the top of the panel. Then mounted the panel onto a top folding Schoolhouse card base. I’m hoping this fishing card will make someones New Year happy :D
Well, that’s this month’s installment of getting the most from your supplies. Have fun experimenting!
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Thanks for reading today and thanks again to the always amazing Debby for this inspiration!!
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Can’t take the cuteness!
Well, aren’t your wee mice adorable and brilliant! The scene you’ve created has me sitting here, wearing a mega watt smile! Fabulous. Happy New Gear…seriously splendid!
~c
Ooooh, those mice are so cute! Love them! And the second card is great too! :)
So creative!! Love these!
Very clever how you made the cute little mice and great idea on how to make a fishing vest.
So creative and just adorable! Debby, you’re so good at thinking out of the box and stretching those stamps – Amazing!
Such fun cards! Always love seeing Debbie Hughes creativity at work!
Cute cards and I love the mouse and the clever use of the dies. Good job Debbie.
What a creative use of the dies!
so so cute and creative!
How brilliant those mice are and not to mention how adorable too.
two fabulous cards…..the mice one is so adorable and the happy new gear with the ugly sweater set is so creative.
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So very clever, as always. Both cards are so cute.
Brilliant cards!!! Love the little mouse!!
Brilliant use of a die!!! Debby’s a boss!
Brilliant! These cards are just too cute!!!
So creative! These mice are the cutest ever :)
Brilliant ideas! These cards are fantastic!
Wonderful cards, love the mice! So clever!~kim
These are the cutest cards ever!
Great cards & ideas! TFS ;-)
WOW. LOVE how you stretched your supplies and totally re-purposed it for something else!!
I want to be a brain cell in Debby’s head…she is creative and inspiring! Love the cards.
CUTE!
Great creative ideas for getting more uses of your supplies.
Just too clever and so sweet :-)
Super CUTE cards! I especially love the layered Christmas tree with little mice scurring around~!
Nice are cute. Love the fishing vest. I’ll get lots of use out of that idea.
thanks for sharing.
Haha! The fishing vest one just cracks me right up! :)
So very clever.
Brilliant! Love both cards!
Wow Debby – how creative. Those little mice are adorable and to think they came from those dies! Thank you for sharing your creativity.
What a fun, fun post! Debby always comes up with the best ideas to stretch our stamps! Love those ADORABLE mice and the fishing vest is a riot! ♥
Wow, so creative and those mice are adorable!
Love it, the mice are so cute. TFS.
Well now we know the creatures are stirring. There’s those mice on the go!
Way to think outside the box!!! And the tail is attached to the ears already so it’s well supported. Brilliant! Love your fishing vest!
How neat and clever are those mice? Deb by your cards are just so inspirational. TFS xxx
These mice made me laugh…they are so cute!! What a creative idea!
Wow, that seriously is “stretching” your dies!
Well aren’t you smart! This is such a clever idea..I just knew I should have taken the OCC for STRETCHING YOUR STAMPS! I think I will sign up in the new year when things calm down since were in the holiday season. Lovely cards Debby. Kind regards. Connie
The little mice are adorable!
How clever are your little mice!
So clever to make that sweater vest a fishing vest!!!
AWESOME Inspiration as usual!! I LOVE these ideas!! =) THANKS for sharing and have a Fabulous Weekend!! =)
Awesome cards! Love all the details…that Debby, so so creative!! :)
super cute
Such a clever idea for the mouse!!!
Fabulous cards Debby :-) I love the little meeces,, so adorable and the fishing vest is brilliant too ! :-)
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What a cute idea!!!
What an idea for mice and they look sooo cute and the entire card is perfect! I have to start thinking outside the box and become more creative because these ideas are inspiring!