Sunday, September 18, 2011

Party Preparations / Gruffie - House Mouse


This must be a super Sunday because I'm posting twice today!

I am entering this card into the following two challenges:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge: The challenge is to make a birthday card with the option of adding flowers. I chose not to use that option as I just couldn't seem to get flowers to looking right for me on this card. House Mouse and Friends is celebrating their 3rd year as a challenge blog with not only this challenge but also with prizes and a blog hop! You can check out all the fun HERE.

CardMakers CardSwaps Forum Weekly Challenge: The current weekly challenge is being hosted by Linda Jo and she challenged us to make a multi panel card using a pattern by Dawn's Stamping Studio. You can check out the challenge and other participant's creations HERE. To view the how to tutorial and video to make this multi panel card, click HERE.

The image used is a Gruffie by Stampabilities called Party Preparations. I colored it with Prismacolor color pencils. Designer paper is the Lime Rickey collection by Basic Grey. Cardstock is DCWV. Sentiment is by Studio G clear stamps. Below is a side view of how the card is folded.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous week!

11 comments:

Judy said...

Cutie, cute, cute! That's one of my all-time favorite images.

Claire said...

Great card, love the folds and fab image too. Hugs, Claire x

America said...

Fabulous FOLDS! I love this Gruffies image and how you've colored it so beautifully! Great take on our Birthday Challenge. Thanks for joining us to help us celebrate our 3rd yr! GOOD LUCK with all the FAB prizes! Hope you'll come back to play with us again next time. :)

Christine said...

Hi Susan wow this Gruffie sure looks like the soul of the party..fab shaped creation lovely colour combo..

thanks for sharing our 3rd B/day celebration at HM & friends blog hop

smiles Christine x

Sue from Oregon said...

What a wonderful fun fold creation! Welcome back to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge! I see lots of great HM cards on your blog! ♥ Sue Kment

Sue said...

I love this Gruffie, he sure is ready to party! Beautiful coloring and the design of your card is great. Love the color combo you chose. Thanks for joining our 3rd birthday bash at House Mouse and Friends Monday. Good luck with the prizes.

Hugs
Sue

Anonymous said...

What a cutie pie he is with his party balloon! :) Love your fabulous stair stepper design! Gorgeous colors too!! Thanks so much for helping to celebrate our 3rd birthday with us at House Mouse & Friends! Good luck to you!! I hope you will join us again! HUGS - Vicki HM&F designer

downrightcrafty said...

awwwwwwwwwww what a cutie, I have not got any gruffles stamps yet, I just collect my little mice but he is fabulous and so is the card, love it
Hugs Kate xx

Becky said...

Awww..this is so cute, love the colors.

Tracy said...

Thank you for joining House Mouse challenge and hop. This is so cute.
Happy crafting
Tracy x
House Mouse GD for September

Janice W. said...

Gruffie is so darn cute! Love the blue!