Saturday, January 30, 2016

House Mouse and Gruffies Valentine

     It turns out I'm going to have additional Grandkids and Great-Grands in town over Valentine's weekend so I'm cranking up the card making to have cards enough for everyone.  This darling image from House Mouse/Gruffies is perfect for my first Great-Grand.


     I colored with my ProMarkers and die cut the image with a die from Spellbinders.  All the "Love" sentiments were die cut with the most recent set I purchased a couple of weeks ago but this is the first time I've used anything from the set (Sizzix/Tim Holtz.)  I also used a new embossing folder to emboss the roses onto the cranberry red CS.  The heart buttons and brads seemed like perfect little embellies for this rather 'busy' card.

      Challenges:
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Crafty Cardmakers
Crafty Gals Corner
Crafty Sentiments
Eureka Stamps
Great Impressions
Gruffies & Guests (bottom row)  
House Mouse & Friends
Incy Wincy (Emboss/Red/Die Cut)
Not Just Cards
Outlawz Greetings
Paper Girls
Scrapy Land
Simon Says Stamp

     It's the weekend, folks!  Enjoy it and do something fun and relaxing.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

28 comments:

Unknown said...

Fabulous Valentine! Those roses are the perfect background for your beautifully framed image. Love all the fun embellishments too. I'm sure it will be a big hit with your Great Grandie.Thanks so much for joining us at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge. Good luck!

Hugs,
Snoopy :D​

Donna Hanley said...

I've always adored this HM image and you did such a great job with it. Love those embossed roses on your background and all the die cut love. Someone will know they are special. So glad to know that you are having your grandkids and great-grandkids over this weekend. Enjoy your time with them.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Beautiful image and it certainly conveys the "LOTS" of love, love it all.

Lori Kobular said...

Beautiful Valentine's Card! I love that sweet House Mouse image and you colored it perfectly! It looks awesome with that die you cut it out with and I love the embossed background! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrapy Land Challenges!

*Vicki* said...

Such a sweet Valentine deisgn Connie!! I never thought to use the die cut sentiments several times like this!! Very clever and so sweet!! Enjoy your time! HUGS

Karen C said...

How cute!! Thanks for joining our ‘tic tac toe’ challenge over at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Blog!
Hugs,
Karen C

jimlynn said...

Sounds like you're going to have a FUN Valentine's weekend!
Love your sweet and pretty card - and especially the precious image and that 'love' die! Outstanding!
Lynn

Donna Ellis said...

How adorable, Connie! Beautiful coloring, too! I especially like the "threes" - three heart buttons, three brads - gorgeous card with all the "love" spread around LOL Great design! Thanks for playing in the {Scrapy Land Challenge}! Hope to see your pretty projects again soon!
crafty hugs,
de
{Creative Smiles}

Doreen said...

Love the fab image and details. Just gorgeous.xxx

Dorte said...

Such a cute Valentine creation ...a fabulous take on our Zodiac theme here at House Mouse...thank you for sharing with us and good luck in the draw.
Dorte x

crafty said...

Fabulous card. Thank you for joining in at Eureka Stamps this week.
Mary

Teresa Arsenault said...

How darling! I love that image and your die cut words.
hugs,
Teresa

Davi said...

So pretty NC she is going to love it!! The image is precious and your coloring is stellar :)

Vicky said...

What a pretty card , love the Happy Hoppers image . Nice coloring too :) Thank you for playing with Gruffies and Guests . Good Luck , Vicky DT

Christine said...

Awww how sweet..adorable LOVE card Connie hope to see another nxt chall.

Thanks for sharing with us @ House Mouse & Friends Mon. chall

smiles Christine xx

Sue said...

Beautiful card, Connie. You have colored up that sweet image so beautifully and adorned your card with lovely embellishments. Thanks for sharing your card with us and joining the fun at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

Hugs
Sue

Maura said...

What a fun valentine with the sweet image and so full of love! So glad you joined us in the Love+Red challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

Angela said...

What a gorgeous valentine, that image is just so sweet and perfect for the card. Hope you enjoy the family time. Thank you for taking part in the Gruffies & Friends Challgenge. Angela (DT)

julie_woolston said...

What a beautiful sweet card
Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers.
Hugs Julie xxx

Judy McKay said...

Such a sweet love card. So adorable. Thank you for joining us at Crafty CardMakers this week Hope to see you back her again soon. Judy DT

Mynn xx said...

OH my goodness, NC! This is super darling! I LOVE the sweet image and the fun background you created with dies! Thank you for joining us at Great Impressions! HUGS! :) Mynn xx

~ Kendra ~ said...

So very sweet!! Thank you for joining us at Great Impressions!

Rae Ann said...

Such a sweet little image. The embossing is gorgeous and I love the touch of metallic gold from the brads.

Thank you for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner for our Anything Goes challenge.

Dawn said...

Love it NanaC! Love is certainly in the air on your cute Valentine card!
Hugs
Dawn xx

Vickie Y said...

Adorable image and card. Thank you for sharing with us at Gruffies & Guests Challenge.

Maikreations said...

Such a cute image and great colouring! Thank you for joining our „Dies & Punches“ challenge over at the Crafty Cardmakers ;o) Happy crafting,
Maike

Leah said...

So super cute!! Love your coloring. Thanks for joining us at Great Impressions!

Ina G said...

Super cute card Connie. Love your image and all those love dies. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Cardmakers.