Twisted Citron has the Monday Challenge blog thinking about all things citrus, neon, and fresh! This week from oranges to bright fresh color we want to see how you’ll use citrus… with your own twist.

Below are three projects created by team members this week – and you’ll want to check out the Monday Challenge blog to see the rest. Don’t forget that when you enter your projects into the challenge, you have a chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp!

Created by Michelle Zerull:

Created by Maura Hibbitts:

Created by May Flaum:

It’s Lorraine, aka, Lols here to share my love of all things House Mouse!

House Mouse and Friends Stamps were one of my first loves in card making. The little critters all have such lovely characters and get up to all kinds of mischief.  The artist behind them, Ellen Jareckie, is also a Wildlife Rehabilitation Specialist, and cares for injured and abandoned animals. Her intimate contact with these tiny creatures  is reflected in the attention to detail in her creations for House Mouse Designs and almost brings her artwork to life!

For the first card I am sharing today I used a Stampendous Watermelon Mice Cling Stamp.

Maxwell, Amanda, Mudpie and Amanda are enjoying a lovely ripe watermelon and are all happy and content with their full tummies. Mudpie is the naughty one spitting out the seeds. I colored with Copic Markers and then added some extra depth of color with Prismacolor Pencils. I kept the whole design fairly simple, just adding some Star Dust Stickles and finishing with a wrapping of  May Arts Burlap String.

Next up is a card made using a Stampendous ‘Share A Sip’ Cling Stamp.

What nicer way is there to spend a hot summer’s day than sharing a cool glass of lemonade with a friend!  Of course this could also be a gin and tonic, a mojito, or even a glass of plain old water with a squeeze of lemon! Just look at the expression of bliss on the little mouse’s face, he is really enjoying that drink! :-)

I colored with Copic Markers and added some sparkle with a Wink Of Stella Clear Brush and some Star Dust Stickles. I wrapped with Hemptique Aquamarine Natural Hemp Cord and finished with a Simon’s Exclusive Cheers Craft Die Cut.

I hope I have managed to share my love of all things House Mouse with you today :-) Thanks for reading!

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Hello! Today’s card features lots and lots of Lawn Fawn inks! There are lots of great images to color in the Lawn Fawn line so it was a challenge to try and think of a design that really featured the inks and stamping with little coloring.

So I decided to create a rainbow collection of flowers by stamping the image from Gleeful Gardens in 8 different colors, cutting them out with the die and then arranging them in a circle.  I think it’s fun to think of images in a more geometrical graphic way like this rather than always creating a scene with them.

It’s great to use the same idea to create backgrounds as well.  But because I wanted the flowers and the images to be the focus for this card I used Gingham Backdrops with Hippo ink to create a more subtle background.  I layered a die cut circle over top of the flowers to hide the busy stems and create a focus point for the little scene with the snail.

The snail is colored with colored pencils and I colored the grass with Copic markers.  I stamped the sentiment on the card but also stamped it on scrap paper in pink ink on white card stock so that I could color in the heart and cut it out to highlight that part of the sentiment. I finished the card off with a little coral bow and some glitter accents of course.

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