Thursday, August 20, 2009

Couple of Gruffies

These are the last two cards I needed to complete for the House Mouse Merry Go Round swap I am hosting. Participants could send any House Mouse, Happy Hoppers or Gruffies image. Each of the other participants made a card with the image, the the cards were returned to the person who originally sent the image in.


The image on this firs card was sent by Barbara and is called Bear of an Appetite. I also used the sketch that Barbara is challenging us with on the Scrap and Paper Corner PaperCrafts message board. I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils blended with mineral spirits. The papers are all from My Mind's Eye. I added buttons/twine and brads for embellishments.


The image above, Bearied in Paperwork, was sent by Traci. This was definitely the most difficult image for me to work with in the whole swap, but I am pretty pleased with how the card turned out. Again, the image was colored with Prismas. The sentiment "Are we having fun yet?" was printed on the computer. I cut it out with my Nesties and used the Labels 1 Nestie as the mat. I added a spiral clip with some ribbon. The papers are all from a Kay and Co. scrap pack that I got ages ago and has just been sitting in my closet. I don't know why. There are some cool papers in there.

Thanks for stopping by!

7 comments:

GiftsByHeidi said...

Those are so darling. Especially love the 2nd one. So cute!

Susan said...

They turned out grrrrrrreat! I like them both.

Juls said...

both of these cards are just soo sweet!

Jessie said...

Cute images and cards! Great job on both challenges!

a portland granny said...

Those are both adorable cards. You sent me the Bearied in Paperwork print which I'm thinking would be an adorable back to school card for one my teaching buddies!!

(I'm so thrilled its not me!)

Eulanda said...

I might not leave many comments but I really look forward to seeing your cards when they come out. Especially the House Mouse stamps. Seems hardly any uses them anymore and I just LOVE them!! You do such a great job with them. These are great!

~MudpieMouse said...

I love 'em! Great layouts, great coloe combos ... adorable cards (and I'm not just saying that 'cause I know the Gruffies personally, either). Keep on stampin' on!