Monday, November 21, 2011

BBTB2 Mouse from Meow


Eiyiyi! You have no idea how close I came to not having anything for you this morning but TADA! Guilt triumphs over exhaustion and here ya go. LOL Sweet Melissa chose the mouse from the Meow Lite cartridge for our BBTB2 Challenge this week. Generally this would be right up my alley, especially considering Goliath and Jezzie's habit of bringing them in to play (Jezzie) or for a snack (Goliath). Guess the prob this time was I had too many ideas, some being way more elaborate than my mojo would allow, so I settled on a sort of "Meet me under the mouseltoe" idea. Mice, from Meow, (obviously) welded togther with the "Kiss Kiss" sentiment from Tie the Knot and mistletoe from Christmas Solutions cartridge. I'm sorry I rarely (if ever) have my sizes. Often I experiment with a bunch of them or just stretch or compress things to fit, and I'm usually scrambling to complete, photograph, upload and post whatever I'm making so going back and figuring it out takes more time than I'm willing to spend (especially these days). I am pretty sure that the heart from George is 5 1/2" but the scalloped behind was the shadow of that heart with a bunch of little (less than 1") circles welded to it to make it scalloped because I'd already cut the plain heart out of the pretty striped DP (and didn't have any more of it) and decided the plain shadow was too plain. I know there are other scalloped hearts around, but none seemed to be the right shape. I embossed it with the 5x7" Polka Dots Cuttlebug folder (in sections) with my Grand Caliber which was the only machine that was large enough to accomodate the larger folder with the cut partially hanging out of it. (PITA! I was obviously not thinking things through in advance with this project.)

To be honest, I'm not quite sure what this thing is, a tag, a door hanger? It's not a card (yet, anyway) because I really needed to quit (near midnight). Normally, I don't craft in the evening unless hubby is not home and our bedtime is embarrassingly early (although we're often up at 4:00am) so it is what it is at the moment. A bit of dimension and thank God I found the adorable K&Co chipboard stocking in my stash or I'd probably STILL be up scratching my head about how to jazz it up. I still think the little mice need some attention, but that will be another day since I'm off to get beautified at the salon for Thanksgiving. My fabulous DT sisters have knocked this one out of the park, so be sure to stop by for inspiration and we hope to see your new creations featuring mice from any Cricut cartridge. Remember, you have two weeks and your creations must be linked in your blog post to BBTB2. Thanks so much for playing along. We really love seeing what you come up with each week. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

23 comments:

  1. Donna,your creativity abounds constantly and you always show us the results with such a wonderful design. This is so so cute. I love the kissy mice, and when I read how you did that lovely heart with the added circles, I said "that's Donna, always right on"... Thanks for your determination at midnight to let us share in your darling little ....let's say it..a door hanger because after all this would be a perfect holiday greeter for friends.
    Hugs
    Carole

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  2. Adorable!! I love what you did here. =)

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  3. This is gorgeous Donna whatever you decide to with it lol, the image is just adorable.
    Hugs Linda

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  4. Well whatever it is, i absolutely love it.. i am always amazed when i stop by... and never disappointed.. hugs

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  5. So super cute. I love visiting your blog.
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  6. Oh you poor thing, I can feel your exhaustion through your post!! But how stinkin' adorable is this??!! I don't care what it is, but i love it! LOL! Awesome job as always! Have a VERY Happy Thanksgiving my friend!
    hugs, Sharon

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  7. Oh Donna I am SOOOOOOO with you on this! I totally Feel your exhaustion and determination, lol, I've been there the last couple of weeks (this week too, lol). The holidays got here just way to early and Fast, lol! I love your project tho, as always, whatever you decide to turn it into it will be awesome! Have a Wonderfully Amazing Thanksgiving Girlfriend!
    ((Hugs)) Theresa

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  8. I'm with you. I barely had time to get anything made with the challenge coming in so late and being off to DisneyWorld. I'm not a last minute kind of person. I usually have my challenges done way in advance. (Cuz you never know how tired you might be at the last minute. LOL) Well done my friend. Love the mouseletoe idea!

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  9. I love the way that you layer your cuts. This card is gorgeous, I never would have known that you were running out of time! I can't believe you individually added each scallop to the heart! Wow, you are very detailed and your work shows. Beautiful!
    Maribel

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  10. What an adorable card! Love the mice and their layers. Great job!!--Pat N.

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  11. wow Donna...that is so darn adorable.. I bought this cart over the summer and never knew that cute mouse cut was on there..LOL
    and speaking of mice, my cat brings them home all the time, nothing like cleaning up carcass first thing in the morning..LOL
    Hugs
    Nanné

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  12. Well, it's certainly adorable, whatever it is! LOL :) xoxo I go to bed early, too - have to get up at 5:00 during the week. Hope you have a fabulous day, my friend.

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  13. Hi Donna,Your card is so ADORABLE!FANTASTIC job with it,I LOVE the sweet little mouse,card shape and the great details,Just AMAZING my friend.Have a SUPER day!!:)

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  14. This is a brilliant card!! It looks really great!! xx



    fionajeankellycreation.blogspot.com

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  15. 1200 FOLLOWERS!
    What the! (as Cody would say!) LOL!
    Awesome sweetie!

    Holy crap its been forever since I came
    by so I'm gonna sit for a bit and check
    things out! The kids and I are at my Mom's.
    Cause why stay home alone so much? I even
    packed up some projects to work on here to.
    I know, too organized! LOL!

    Well I am missing you BADLY...I"m coming
    over wether you like it or not! =)

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  16. OMG, to listen to you talk, you'd think you were presenting us with a pile of poop! LOL! This is just adorable, Donna! The colors are pretty shades of Christmas and I admire your painstaking patience on creating the scalloped heart. You should hang just high enough where Jezzie and Goliath can't quite reach it. Maybe that will exhaust them and they'll think twice about bringing home the real thing. hee hee

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  17. Well, my iPhone and iPad may not want to have anything to do with your text/background, but guess what....my iMac is being quite kind to me and allowing me to see it (black text on gray background) HALLELUJAH!

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  18. donna you make me laugh..ALL of your projects are astounding. that lil mouse is so cute and you know i adore this..whatever it is ;) have a great thanksgiving and pet your beautiful kitties for me ( i miss mine so terribly ;(

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  19. Oh, how cute is this!! I love your idea of having them kiss under the misteltoe.

    It's also really nice to know that I am not the only one to get up at 4am. I wish I could sleep more but now I know I have company. ;) I'll start emailing you earlier.

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  20. I love all the dimension on this, it's a gorgeous creation!

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  21. Oh my gosh...is this ever adorable! I saw a couple of your cards in the Cricut magazine I got yesterday! Yay! Massive layering and total gorgeousness. So happy to see you in there!

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  22. I just saw this card today and it is darling!

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