House Mouse & Friends Challenge - Guest Designer

I was the lucky winner of a House Mouse & Friends Challenge last month, and as well as a super cute Happy Hopper stamp, part of my prize was a guest designer stint with the challenge!

The fortnightly challenges are always 'Anything Goes'...but if you want more of a challenge, there's an optional theme, which this time is:

'Multiple Images'

I couldn't resist using the Happy Hopper stamp I'd won on my card...he's called 'Great Catch'...and I coloured him using watercolour pencils. I paired him with some papers from the 'Recollections - Awesome Boy' pad by Michaels (found at TK Maxx). I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Big Massages' set by Paula Pascual.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Creative Knockouts - Outside Fun
• Naughty or Nice - Pick An Old Challenge (I chose #5 - For the men)
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from the fabulous design team, please pop over to the House Mouse & Friends Challenge.

Easter Hares

I have an Easter treat bag to share today...featuring a cute Happy Hoppers image called 'Easter Hares'. I coloured the image sing watercolour pencils and added a sentiment (by Penny Black). I used snippets of spotty papers from the 'Hippity Hoppity' pad by We R Memory Keepers to make a simple patchwork background...I need to keep some of these treat bags fairly masculine. I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Easter
• House Mouse & Friends - Anything Goes or Bunnies
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Easter or Spring

Easter Hares

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...this one features a Happy Hopper image called 'Easter Hares'...I love their little egg costumes! I coloured the image using watercolour pencils to match the We R Memory Keepers 'Hippity Hoppity' papers. I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by Amy R/C C Designs.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Addicted to Stamps - Easter
• Allsorts - Anything but a Card
• Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Easter
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes (Spring Colours)
• Heartful Stamping - Spring
• House Mouse & Friends - Spring
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Ribbon Girls - Use Any Image
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Layer It Up
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Oldie but a Goodie - April Showers

This fortnight over at Oldie but a Goodie, the challenge theme is:

'April Showers'

Not sure what the prize is for this challenge...so I'll update this post when I find out :0)

I've used a Happy Hopper image called 'Puddle Fun' that was sent to me in a swap absolutrly ages ago...it's been waiting patiently to be coloured...and I thought it would be just perfect for our theme! As it's so large, I kept the rest of the card really simple...using just one paper (from the 'Wild Asparagus' collection from My Mind's Eye)...distressing the edges, and adding some faux stitching.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Charisma Cardz - Polkadots
• Crafty Calendar - Sunshine & Showers
• Cute Card Thursday - Can't Stop the Rain
• House Mouse & Friends - Weather

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Oldie but a Goodie Challenge.

An Apple a Day...

I've had this adorable Happy Hopper image ('An Apple a Day') in my image box for absolutely ages...in fact I have quite a few...but I've always been a bit scared of colouring them...so I thought I be brave, and have a go at the House Mouse & Friends Challenge, which is a sketch. I've combined him with some My Mind's Eye papers, from the 'Bloom & Grow' pad, and some Craftwork Cards 'Card Candy'.


I'm also going to enter this card for the Cupcake Craft's 'Food & Drink', the One Stop Craft's 'Feeling Fruity', and Pile it On's 'Animal-riffic' challenges.

The girls over at the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge are having a 'Build-a-card' blog hop today to celebrate their first birthday...there's lots of fabby candy on offer...so why not pop over and join in the fun.