White Wine Cake - using House Mouse

~ This recipe page was created for a swap. I had three sources of inspiration:

1. The first was from a weekly challenge posted by an e-mail group, to which I belong {Scrabookers Anonymous}, which encouraged me to use punctuation on the page somewhere besides the text/journaling.

2. I also accepted Challenge #4 - On a Budget on the House Mouse Monday Challenge blog, which required me to not only use a House Mouse & Friends stamp, but also to make a card/layout for under $2 in cost...excluding the price of ink, stamps, punches, and other tools that I already owned. A breakdown of the cost for this project is included in the recipe below.

3. My personal challenge to use the paint chips I've been collecting.

Recipe:

• Cardstock - light green and shimmer purple, source unknown ($.75)


• Ink - SU! Classic Black


• Markers - SU! Always Artichoke, Blush Blossom, Elegant Eggplant


• Colored pencil - purple, source unknown


• Stamp - House Mouse & Friends


• Fonts - CK Vogue & CK Man's Print


• Punches - SU! 1 1/4" & 3/4" circles, decorative corner punch source unknown


• Paint chips - Home Depot ($.00)


• Brads - Making Memories ($.25)


• Flowers - Michael's clearance stem ($.50 for a handful of them)


• Brackets - designed and cut on my Klic-N-Kut

Grand total of project: ($1.50)...and that's being generous

This was a fun project...I hope you enjoy it!!

Hugs to you,

Jessica in Kansas

A Little House Mouse

~ I guess I'm really enjoying my newfound source of inspiration...challenges!!! I've completed yet another one! This birthday card was inspired by the Sketch Challenge #3 on the House Mouse Challenge blog and my personal goal to work with the many paint chips I have collected! I also used my SU! blender pen, which sits in my toolkit too often, and some patterned paper that I've not known how to use. The mouse stamp, of course, is from the House Mouse & Friends collection, and the sentiment is SU!

Inky fingers & hugs,

Jessica in Kansas