Merry Mice

I LOVE this stamp set — Merry Mice.  I kept telling myself I didn’t need this one but it is so adorable.  Some of my stamping ladies don’t like to color and to me this little guy just needs some coloring — we pulled out the Aqua Painter or some used a Blender Pen and started coloring away using the lid of the stamp pad for our color palette.  The This Christmas designer paper added the perfect tough with the sheet music for his background.
Merry Mice
Card Directions:
1. Card base — Dapper Denim — 4 1/4″ x 11″
2.  Real Red — 4″ x 5 1/4″
3.  This Christmas designer paper — 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
4.  Dapper Denim — 1 1/4″ x 4″
5.  Real Red — 1″ x 4″
6.  Dapper Denim — cut out oval using Layering Ovals Framelits
7.  Real Red — cut out scallop oval using Layering Ovals Framelits
8.  Very Vanilla — stamp mouse with Stazon ink and cut out with Layering Ovals Framelits
9.  Color mouse with Aqua Painter or Blender Pen and stamp pads — Real Red, Dapper Denim, Smoky Slate, Pink Pirouette, Delightful Dijon
10.  Real Red scrap — cut out with Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits — stamp greeting with Stazon
11. Dapper Denim scrap — cut out with Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits
cut label in half long way and attach to back of Real Red label for a framed look.

Remember, the Merry Mice stamp set is on sale too — only $12.75 for the clear mount version — what a deal.

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Happy Birthday Tina

Today's post is dedicated to my sister, Tina Rappe!!
She is my best friend and I love spending time with her.
Today is her BIRTHDAY and I get to spend the whole day with her and 500 or so of our closest stamping friends (haha).  We are in Madison, Wisconsin at Stampin' Up!'s ON STAGE event.  Tina is even doing a short presentation today — woohoo.  I'll share some posts of her big day tomorrow.

Tina and I cropped
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE SIS!!!
I LOVE YOU!!!

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Tin of Tags Snowflakes

Tin of Tags is another of my favorite stamp sets from the
Holiday Catalog.  I love the sayings in this set. 
Here is a card we did at my Stamp & Go Club this month. 
Everyone was surprised but
delighted with the color scheme on this card.
Tin of Tags
Card Directions:
1.  Card Base — Sweet Sugarplum — 4 1/4" x 11"
2.  Smoky Slate — 4" x 5 1/4"
3.  White White — one piece 2 1/2" x 3 7/8"
embossed with the Softly Falling embossing folder
second piece 2 5/8" x 3 3 7/8"
stamp large snowflake Tin of Tags stamp set with Smoky Slate ink
stamp small snowflakes from Star of Light stamp set with Sweet Sugarplum ink
4. Smoky Slate — cut out scallop circle with Layering Circles
5.  Whisper White — cut out circle with Layering Circles
stamp greeting with Sweet Sugarplum ink
6.  3/8" Glitter Ribbon Combo Pack — attach Sweet Sugarplum Glitter Ribbon across seam of two white pieces.

I'm going to try this card again with the NEW
Stitched Shapes Framelits.
Imagine how pretty it will be with the stitched look
around the words.

Don't forget the Tins of Tags stamp set is on sale for
only $15.75!!!

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