Happy Anniversary Mice

Hi, everyone.  Welcome to my newest followers - so happy to have you here - I hope you enjoy my cards.  Today I was inspired by my friend Annie, who used this cute Penny Black mice stamp.  Now when I saw her card, I thought for sure I had this stamp in a clear set.  So I went looking.  Sure enough, I did, but would you believe I have never used it - the set was still sealed and unused.  Well I had to remedy that.

I coloured the stamped image and fussy-cut.  I die-cut a circle from patterned paper and doodled stitching around the edge.  I stamped the rectangular panel with some heart stamps, rounded the corners, and then doodled stitching all around the panel.  I punched some hearts from vellum, cardstock, and the patterned paper, and, of course, I had to add a die-cut-kitty.  I think he wants to break up the love-fest up there, hehe.  I stamped the sentiment on the kraft panel and embossed it.  Lastly I added a triple-looped bow from yarn - love my new bow makers - I want to put bows on everything now LOL.  

Here is the supplies list:

• Stamps:  Mice (Penny Black Hugs clear stamps), sentiment (A-Muse Art Stamps), hearts (All Night Media and dollar store)
• Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Ancient Page Turquoise, Stampin' Up Green Galore
• Colouring medium:  Prismacolor pencils
• Dies:  Nellie's Multi-frame Circles, Poppy Stamps Curious Cat
• Punches:  Large heart (Fiskars), small heart (dollar store), corner rounder (Creative Memories)
• Embossing folder:  Cuttlebug Heart Blocks
• Patterned paper:  Freebie from Stamper's Sampler magazine
• Cardstock:  Kraft (Stampin' Up), white (Recollections), card base (Staples)
• Marker:  Tombow watercolour marker (for faux stitching)
• Yarn:  Flea market find
• Bow maker:  Craft-Dee BowZ

I would like to enter the following challenges:

2 Creative Chicks Anything Goes UE

Brown Sugar Anything Goes 2E #1

Bunny Zoe's Stitching (I doodled faux stitching) UE

Craft Mojo All Things New (new bow maker; also although the stamp set is not new, it's the first time I've used) UE

Craft-Dee BowZ Anything Goes with Handmade Bow UE

Crafting by Designs Flowers 5E  #2

Craft Your Passion Cool Colours 3E #3

Crafts and Me Use a Heart UE

Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes 3E #3

Creative Craft Challenges New (new bow maker; also although the stamp set is not new, it's the first time I've used) 3E #3

Creative Fingers Anything Goes 3E #1

Cute Card Thursday Warm it Up UE

Die Cuttin Divas Out with the Old, In with the New (new bow maker; also although the stamp set is not new, it's the first time I've used) 3E #2

DL.ART January Linky Challenge UE 1/day

Fairies Challenge Blog New Beginnings (Anniversary - starting a new year together) UE

Fairytale Challenge Bows 3E #1

Fashionable Stamping Hearts and Flowers 3E #1

Incy Wincy Add Texture (yarn, embossing) 5E #3

Inky Chicks Anything Goes UE

Jo's Scrap Shack Anything Goes UE

Just B Creative Crazy January Just Because Linky Party UE 1/day

Just for Fun New (Anniversary - new year together) 3E #2

Just Inspirational Challenges New Beginnings (Anniversary - new year together) 4E #3

Kreativeinkauf-Challenge Hearts 1E

My Craft Creations Anything Goes UE

Papertake Weekly New Year New Stash (new bow maker; also although the stamp set is not new, it's the first time I've used) 5E #3

Penny Black and More Love is in the Air 3E #1

Penny Black Saturday New (new bow maker; also although the stamp set is not new, it's the first time I've used) UE

Penny's Paper-crafty Embellishments (die-cuts, yarn bow) 3E #3

Pile it On Holidays/Celebrations (Anniversary) UE

Ribbon Carousel Love, Birthdays, and Chicken Soup (I went with love) UE

Simon Says Stamp Monday Anything Goes 5E #4

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Emboss It (used Heart Blocks embossing folder) 5E #2

Simply Create Too Valentine's Day or Use Hearts 3E #1

Sister Act (Cards Only) Anything Goes UE
Sparkles Monthly Show us your new Stash (new bow maker; also although the stamp set is not new, it's the first time I've used) 3E #3
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Cute and Sweet UE

Sweet Pea Stampers Flower Power 3E #1

The Rubber Buggy Anything Goes UE

Whimsy Inspiration Something New (new bow maker; also although the stamp set is not new, it's the first time I've used) 3E #2

Whoopsi Daisy Favourite Colour Combo (blue/green) UE

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes with Uplifting Sentiment 5E #3

Thank you for looking at my card - I look forward to reading your comments.  Wishing you a joyful day!