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Thursday, March 12, 2009

House Mouse Challenge #28 - One for the Men


The House Mouse Challenge for this week is to make a masculine card - and it has to be for a grown up male and not a little boy - but do little boys ever really grow up - LOL. I haven't joined in this challenge before but as my stamp collection is growing these are some of my favourite images and I decided it would be fun to play along. I also find masculine cards a little hard to work on so it was an even bigger challenge for me.

I love this image, it's just soo sweet! I've added some Crystal Effects to the sun and to add ripples in the water. The cardstock colours I've used are Chocolate Chip, Basic Black and Very Vanilla. The DP is from SU Designer Prints Series - this one is the 2 sides of one sheet in the Close to Cocoa set.

17 comments:

Kristine said...

Very CUTE!! Love your scalloped oval around these two. I'm very new to House Mouse...in fact I don't own any of their stamps, but some fellow bloggers sent me some images to play with and now I just need to find TIME to play with them! :)

Karen said...

Hi Deb,

Absolutely a fantastic card for a male!! Great job!

Karen

Stamp and Smile said...

Such a sweet masculine card! I love the crystal effects and the scallop edge is perfectly done. Adoring us with you paper beauty!! Hugs and smiles... :)

Mandy Schiller said...

Gorgeous card Deb! I don't own any house mouse stamps but think I might have to go looking!

Mandyxx

Unknown said...

Vert masculine Deb! and they are soooo cute!

Jean McKenzie said...

Debbie, your card is gorgeous!!! I look at this stamp often and think I really NEED it LOL!! You have done a beautiful job of the colouring and making it into a card to suit a man. Don't you just love the HM??

Cheryl said...

This is so cute,I love it!!! Your colouring is fabulous!!

Emily said...

Debbie, you did a great job creating a masculine card! Love your coloring job. I own this stamp too and used it for an anniversary card for my hubby.

Carmen O. said...

Fabulous masculine card! I love the monotone colors and the image is so sweet. Beautiful work!

Tracey Old said...

This is very cute, thanks for all the lovely comments you have been leaving on my blog.

Nancy said...

Awww, what a cute card! Love the image, and your colors.

Leigh said...

Aaaawwwww Debbie, how cute. I have this stamp. Great card for the challenge. Doesn't look likely that I'll get in with the House Mouse challenge this week. Had a dreadful day yesterday and I'm still recovering from it.

theneon said...

This is a perfect design for the men. Glad you came to play and hope you will continue to contribute since you have "all" those stamps to ink. Martha Kay

Sue from Oregon said...

Wonderful card...love this image and love the design of your card!

Christy said...

This is great!!!!

Patti said...

Really! adorable!! : ) Patti

Heather said...

Gorgeous card - great papers and colours and a wonderfully coloured adorable image.
Thanks for joining in this week.
hugs Heather xx