Stuffed with Pizza

Today is my son-in-law's birthday (Happy Birthday Kyle!) and this is the card I made for him (and Mojo Monday):

I flipped the sketch sideways to accomodate the image of this content bear stuffing himself with pizza. Looks like a fun thing to do on your birthday! And my son-in-law can pack pizza away! The stamp is from the Gruffies line of House Mouse, unfortunately I can't name the paper as I used the section with the name on this card and forgot to write it down before I adhered it. Sorry about that.

The sentiments were stamped with a set of aphabet stamps I picked up at Michael's for $1. These have come in handy many times over! I inked around the edge of all of the pieces and mounted the main image on foam tape. A few Dew Drops were added for a little sparkle, without getting too girly.

If you would like to play along with Mojo Monday, here is the sketch for this week:

And speaking of pizza, I have a couple of quick and easy recipes for you today - this is going to be our Super Bowl Sunday meal while we watch the game:

Pizza Burgers

1 lb. of ground chuck (more if you need more sandwiches - just increase your other ingredients as well)
1 small can tomato paste
1 small can mushrooms
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
6-8 oz. muenster cheese, cubed
hambuger buns

Brown the ground chuck and drain. Add paste, mushrooms, oregano and garlic salt. You can adjust these amounts to fit your taste. No hard and fast rules here. Mix together with meat and heat through. Turn off the heat and allow to cool for 1/2 hour. Add cheese cubes and toss to mix in. Spoon filling into hamburger buns and wrap sandwiches in foil. Place in a 325 degree pre-heated oven for about 15 minutes.

Hot Chili and Cheese Dip

Velvetta cheese
Cream cheese
Hormel chili with no beans
Nacho chips

I make this in my crock pot. I usually use an 8 oz pkg of cream cheese and 16-20 oz of Velvetta. Add in your chili (1 can) and heat through until nice and bubbly. Dip in your chip and enjoy!

Have a great weekend and I will see you again soon!

House Mouse Challenge Finals

I am so honored to be one of 11 people chosen as finalists for open DT positions at House Mouse and Friends Challenge blog. Our mission for this final round was to create two cards using the same image on both. One card is to be simple while the other is to be over the top. I debated for awhile and finally came up with two cards that I am really pleased with!

This is my simple card. I created a 5x5 size card that features a Cuttlebug embossed front panel and window cut with a Nestabilities die. I added a band of cardstock to the front of the card to tie the two embossed areas together and to give me a great space for a sentiment (and a couple of sparkles). I added the bow to the front because as you will see in the next picture, there is a bow in the image and this added a little touch of dimension to the front. Take a look inside:

The focus of the card is definitely this adorable image but you have to look inside to see it all! And there's that red bow! The image was stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers.

Now for the over-the-top card, I went for sparkle and Christmas!

I wanted to enlarge this a little so you can see some of the detail but a larger picture didn't fit on the old blog-o! So if you want to get a closer look, click the picture.

I wish you could see this lovely DP - it's very shimmery and gorgeous! To it, I added a ruffled band of gold ribbon that was added by machine sewing it in place. The vintage sheet music is an image I found online that I printed and distressed with ink and scissors. Of course, we have the super cute mice again, colored this time with a combination of Prismacolor pencils and Copic markers and I intentionally made the colors a little stronger for the mice so they would not fade into the background of this card. To finish the piece, I added a chipboard flower that was covered with DP and lightly painted over with gold Stickles, which were also added to the bow on the image.

I hope you like the two versions - which is your favorite? Best of luck to all the other "contestants" - I have been checking out your work and there is some really beautiful entries!

I'll be back Tuesday with a Tuesday Throwdown and this one is a color challenge! Until then, have a creative day!

House Mouse Halloween

* There is still time to enter the Birthday blog candy give-away - scroll down to the October 8th post for the details!

This week, I have a couple of projects to share with you that I think will wrap up my Halloween creating. Then we're on to my favorite of all card making seasons - Christmas!

Today, I have a super cute House Mouse card to share with you. I think these "meeces" are so adorable and in costume, they are down right undeniably cute!

This was a fun card to make but easy at the same time. I created a tri fold type card that measures about 5" square. I added the DP to the top and bottom card flaps and then "wiggly" stitched around the sections. I also added a little ink distressing around the edges. The image was stamped with Memento ink and colored with a combination of Copics and pencils, cut with a Nestabilities die and also ink distressed around the edges. I adhered the image portion to the top flap of the card, leaving the bottom free so you can open the card. A couple of buttons were stitched to some luxurious suede type ribbon and then added to the card for a little embellishment.

For some fun with House Mouse images, be sure to check out this week's challenge at House Mouse and Friends!

We are off to Las Vegas tomorrow for a few days of vacation but I will have a post or two to share with you through the week so stop by again!
Have a creative day!

Corrosive Sunday and more Big Ideas

Sorry I'm a little late posting today but I have some great ideas for you to try so I think you'll forgive me.

This week's Corrosive Challenge is a sketch challenge. If you'd like to play along, here's the sketch:



And here's my take on the sketch:



Ahhhh to relax in a warm bubble bath... this bunny has the right idea!

There are a couple of little changes I did with the sketch - I added a ribbon embellishment along the left side instead of a strip of paper or cardstock and instead of three embellishments at the bottom right of the image, I have 4. Now for this week's Big Ideas:

* The bubbles in the tub were dotted with Liquid Glass to add a little watery dimension.
* The "bubble" embellishments are circle epozy window charms from Close To My Heart. Three were added directly to the card and the fourth was placed over the sentiment and then adhered overlapping the other three.
* Check out that ribbon trim! This was just a flat piece of saddle stitched ribbon from PaperTrey Ink to start with, but since the ribbon is stitched, you can take the stitching and pull to gather the ribbon making a bunchy and really cool trim! You'll see me use this technique more than once, I'm sure!

So won't you gice the challenge a try this week? Just create your take on the sketch and then link it up at Corrosive Challenges - you might just win some chipboard tags and matching paper from Piggy Tales!

I'm off to an Arts and Crafts fair - have a geat day!