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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I love it!!!! What a brilliant idea:) Too stinkin cute!
Such a fun idea — thanks!
Adorable LIttle mice!
Both of your cards are so cute and clever! Love them both! :)
I hate mice, one was in a trap in my office last Friday!! EWWW! But, with that said, your mouse card is adorable!!
These cards are really adorable and the only mouse I’ve ever really liked is Mickey! :) Clever use of dies and stamps and I’m going to check mine to see who is hiding there!
LOVE these cards! So clever to use part of the paw print to make the mice.
Who thought mice could be so cute looking. Clever use of a die for the mice. I did a similar thing using Stampin’ Up punches to make turkey dinner on a roasting pan.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
i love the little mice! too cute!
Oh, that mouse card is divine!
Very cute–love how you used dies in a different way to create cute mice–and love the “new gear” card too!
Such adorable little mice! Love the cards, and the creativity!
So creative …. I love how you did the mice and their ears. Well done, Debby! LOVE IT!
Debby, you are one card making genius!!!
OMG, the card with the mice is sooooo cute!
OMG! What an adorable card!! LOVE how you repurposed the gifts dies to create these adorable mice!!! MUST HAVE this die!!! TFS!
So ready for holiday card making!
So creative! 2 fabulous cards!
Extraordinary…where do I go to get a brain that can do this? I can’t get over how cute those mice are and the fisherman’s vest…incredible.
Brilliant! Those mice are simply too adorable!
Lovely cards! x
cute cards
I love the fishing card
awesome!!!
I always love to see what else then the initial intention we can do with our stuff. GREAT idea.
wow Debby, how creative!
Debby, you are so creative!! Love these cards! :)
Debby, you are SOOOO creative! I especially love that fishing vest! Awesome!
What sweet mice. Great idea on how to use different dies to make something else. Very creative Debby! Lovely card.
Beautiful cards :-D I love the sentiment: Happy new Gear :-D
Brilliant, creative, fun, Debby … those mice are particularly sweet! Anita :)
Super creative! I don’t know how you come up with some of these ideas, but they are fantastic!
Great cards. The happy new gear phrase is cute. I follow the blog by email.
Debby, this could not be any cuter or creative! Awesome! Just love it!
Not a creature was stirring….not even a mouse! Oh yes there was. Card is so cute, I must say.
Oh my gosh, these cards are so darn cute! LOVE the mice!
Clever, dont think I would have ever thought of that!
Oh what a cute mice card! I really love this!
Two great cards. The mice are so cute and a great way to stretch those dies. The fishing vest would be a great gift tag for any fishermen.
I literally squealed when I saw the mice, they are so stinkin’ adorable! What a super cleaver idea!
Adorable cards! Who but Debbie would find a mouse in there?
Great cards! Always inspired by Debby and her creative uses for stamps and dies!
these are lovely!! love them!!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Debby – your designs always totally amaze me. Love the fishing jacket!
Now it takes someone very creative to see a mouse in a paw print and a package! Way to go! Thanks for sharing!
The little mice are so cute. It takes a truly talented, and creative individual to come up with an idea like that. Thanks for sharing.
WOW! Amazing creations, Debby :) As always!
Just adore the mice card…so cute and creative…Fishing card is very cute!! Super great ideas!
Two very pretty cards. The mice are super!
Love those cute mice. You are definitely thinking outside the box. Hugz