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A Darling Baby Mouse

 Hello Crafty Friends,


Popping in to join in the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #443.  The theme is Anything Goes with the option of water. 

I used this image because over at Splitcoaststampers.com the WT challenge for today is toys. I needed a tag for present I am giving this week and this worked perfectly.

The image is from a coloring book I won several years ago in the HMFMC.  I love the larger images.  I cut out a piece of corrugated cardboard, peeled off the backing paper, painted it with liquid acrylic (white) and then sprayed with TH Distress Spray (tumbled glass).  Next, I fussy cut the image and painted it with TH Distress Inks which I also used to sponge around the edges (rusty hinge and mermaid lagoon).  The sentiment is from an old SU! set and the tag is an old SU! punch; after punching it, I tied on some silver cord.

This came out soooooo cute. Come play in the HMFMC with me.

Hugz,

Nancy


Comments

  1. Lorraine AJuly 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM

    I love this tag Nancy!! absolutely adorable!! :-) Thanks so much for joining in with us on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge!
    Luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. AprilJuly 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM

    Super cute! Beautiful coloring. Tanks for sharing at HMFMC. xx

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  3. Cari S.July 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM

    Adorable tag! Love the corrugated background and how you cropped the image. Absolutely love it! Thanks for joining the HMFMC!

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  4. BunnyJuly 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM

    Happy 4th of July. What a great tag. There were a lot of steps to this and it really does look fabulous. Thanks for joining us at the HMFMC. {Bunny} Designer for House Mouse and Friends

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  5. KarinsArtScrapJuly 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM

    a very sweet and lovely tag Nancy.......Thank you for playing with us at the
    House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge
    Goodluck and hope we see you again.

    Gr Karin DT Member

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  6. AnonymousJuly 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM

    Love the corrugated tag and perfectly colored little mouse! Thanks for sharing your tag with us over at HMFMC DT Pam

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  7. AnonymousJuly 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM

    Goodness, such a great tag. The MM elements are great! Love your coloring - sweet image. Thanks so much for joining at HMFMC!

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