Woo hoo! Baseball season is getting close and don't you just know that this year WILL be the Chicago Cubs year for the pennant! Right? Uh huh! You bet! This week's House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge is the sketch below. It is the perfect sketch, I think, to use this cute Happy Hopper "Great Catch" stamp. I happened to see the Francis Meyer baseball background paper at Michael's a while ago and knew I would need it sometime. As well, the baseball brads were on sale, so how could I resist?
My little Happy Hopper baseball bunny is colored with Prismacolor pencils and I machine stitched around him with a feather stitch to replicate the baseball stitching. I added a little dimensional glaze to his baseball in the mit to give the ball a realistic look.
This was such a fun and fast card to make. It really is giving me spring fever and waiting for baseball season to begin.
Cheers!
WOW this is awesome! I love your stitching it is perfect! You did an awesome job with the challenge! Play BALL!
ReplyDeleteIt is absolutely stunning! You say an easy card to make but it looks so complicated and I love the way you have matched the stitching to the paper and the ball effect!
ReplyDeleteClever girl!
Hugs
Julie
WOW!! I love this card!!! That stitching is amazing, and the glossy accents on the little ball...this is just perfect in every way!!!
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness! Let me pick up my jaw.....how perfect!! I LOVE, love, love the stitching around the circle and the dp ... wow, I just love it all! Awesome job on this challenge.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great card!!!!! I LOVE the stitching!
ReplyDeleteSO cute, and how perfectly matched Ms Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness! I honestly do not know when I have seen a cuter card! Your stitching just "made" this! Great job. Good Luck : )
ReplyDeletePatti
Fantastic card Jennifer. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute. What a neat idea to pair this paper with the image.
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer - love it - what a fabulous 'boy' card this is. Brilliant work with the stitching.
ReplyDeleteYou've really 'rocked' this challenge.
hugs Heather xx
Wow! This is a stunning card.
ReplyDeleteJen x
This is just awesome Jennifer!! I love everything about this card, the stitching, the paper, the brad....awesome!!
ReplyDeleteWaht a great card to start the season!! LOL.. love how you incorporated that pp and how you did your circle with the stitching... it is truly awesome... and creative... I have looked at this image many times and still have to to purchase it, but you make me want it!! LOL... great job!
ReplyDeleteBring it on ~ that's spring and baseball season! Your card is perfect! Your coloring is top-notch and the little touches, like that feather stitching, make it a grand slam home run in critter cards!
ReplyDeleteI think this may be the cutest card I have ever seen for a little boy! It's just adorable.
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Great pins, and the dp is perfect.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic card for a boy..Your coloring is FAB. as always. and the stitching is Perfect.
ReplyDeleteHugs,Linda
Jennifer! This is fabulous! I love the coordinated paper and all the details! One of the best submitted! Super job! Best, Curt
ReplyDeleteWoWzA, this is just terrific!!! LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteWow this is so great! Everything is just perfect! I love the stitching on your big ball. The design paper is perfect!
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Larissa
Brill card, luv the back gorund paper n the way the stiching on the mouse matches the ball, great stuff, sue.x
ReplyDeleteThis has GOT TO BE the cutest thing ever. How adorable. It would be prefect for a first birthday card or something. So cute!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely fabulous!! You never miss a detail, and this is certainly no exception. Love it!!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG PERFECTION! I love baseball so this would be a perfect card for me. I guess I need to put that stamp on my wishlist. I love the stitching on the circle and how it matches the pp. Very clever and creative!
ReplyDeleteYou have hit a homerun with this baby with all the bases loaded!!! Totally knocked it out of the park!!!! WOW!!! Of course, your work always leaves me saying that as I pick my jaw up from the floor!!! All I can say is...I LOVE IT!!!! Total perfection in every possible way!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Carolyn
Very clever card. Love the stitching. And the designer paper is perfect! The whole card is perfect..........lucky recipient.
ReplyDeleteReally ingenious.
Everything about this card is perfect!! Awesome!!
ReplyDeleteThis is just a great card in every way!
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