Brown, Blue & Cream

I think this is a lovely colour combo and it's been set by Tasha over at Sophisticats for our latest challenge.

I decided to (finally) ink up my new HouseMouse stamp I bought at the NEC and made this baby boy card, how sweet is that mouse? He's stamped with grey Memento ink, which gives a lovely soft image & I've coloured him with Koh-i-noor pencils.

Stampin' Up! used:

Sentiment - Whimsical Words (SAB set)

DSPs - Bashful Blue Designer Series

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip

Other:

Martha Stewart punch; card candy from stash.

I'm one of those "odd" people that adore rodents, I know some people hate them, but I think they're gorgeous, in particular rats & mice (I can see you shuddering at the back LOL). Last year my daughter and I got ourselves two cute little ratties and called them Morris & Milo, like all animals they had very distinct personalities, Morris was the leader, the greedy boy & more adventurous of the two, whilst Milo was quieter, more cuddly & not as daring as his brother. Sadly we had to have Milo put to sleep last week, as although he was only 8 months old he'd developed a brain tumour, which is fairly common in rats, but it was so upsetting for us, and he will be sadly missed. We didn't want to leave Morris on his own as rats are sociable creatures, they live in colonies and shouldn't be kept on their own, so on Saturday we got ourselves two new little fellas, who have been named Seymour & Bertie. Seymour is very shy, and keeping himself to himself at the moment, whilst Bertie is Bold Bertie and very bright & very nosey - I think he's going to be a handful! They're in a separate cage at the moment as they have to be introduced carefully to Morris so there's no fighting and so far they've sniffed each other through the bars. So although we still and always will miss Milo, these two new boys have helped to cheer us up & hopefully Morris too.

Anyway that's enough of my rattie waffle, hope you can join us at Sophisticats again this fortnight! And looking forward to seeing your blue, brown & cream creations.

TFL x

Birthday Candles

It's week 8 over at Charisma and this week Kelly has set the challenge to create a birthday card which must feature a candle on it. As soon as I saw this challenge I knew exactly what I was going to use - my SU! Queue Up stamp with the line of candles and the candle sentiment from the free SAB set Whimisical Words, they go so well together and this was the perfect opportunity to ink them both up!

Here's the details of Stampin' Up! used:

Stamps - Queue Up (Level 3 Hostess); SAB Whimsical Words; In the Stars

Ink - Basic Black; Pumpkin Pie

Cardstock - Whisper White; Pumpkin Pie

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Critter Sketch - the sketch

ABC Designs - Birthdays

Hope you can join us this week, we've a couple of great prizes to give away.

TFL x