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How to Build a Dimensional Scene with House-Mouse Stamps
Hello, crafty friends! It’s Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs. I have a tutorial for you today, featuring some of the most adorable House Mouse stamps! I want to show you how you can stamp an image, build a scene with it, and even add some fun dimension with some of the images! This little mouse juggling peanuts is the perfect image to try this on. Let’s get started! Stamp and Color Stamp out your image using a black ink that will not smear with whatever medium you choose to use. I am using watercolor brushes, so I need an ink that will stay in place even when water…
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How to Make a House-Mouse Party Parade Birthday Card Step-by-Step
Hello, crafty friends! I’m Melody Rupple, and today I’m excited to share a fun project using the House-Mouse Party Parade Stamps Set. I documented my creative process step-by-step, so you can follow along and recreate this card for your own celebrations! Let’s get started! Start by creating your card base. I used an A2 card base (4.25” x 5.5”) using Kraft Cardstock. Score and fold the cardstock in half to create your card base. Cut a piece of white cardstock to 4” x 5.25. Select the main image from the House-Mouse Party Parade Stamps Set and stamp with Brown Pigment Ink. If you plan to use alcohol markers or watercolors,…
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How to Color the House-Mouse Party Parade Stamp with Copic Markers – Step-by-Step Birthday Card Tutorial
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the House-Mouse Party Parade Cling Stamp Set. This adorable stamp set is perfect for birthday cards, but any celebration would work too. I am colouring the image using Copic Markers, which are alcohol based, but any colouring medium will work here – pencils, paints, etc. If you are a beginner colourist, this image is perfect for you, as the stamped image already has shading lines on it, so a lot of the work is already done by the stamp! STAMPING THE IMAGE & SENTIMENT Remove foam insert from Mini MISTI. Place panel of white alcohol marker-friendly cardstock…
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How to Make a Love-Themed Card with Classic Mouse Love Etched Dies (Step-by-Step Tutorial)
Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to show you how to create a sweet love-themed card featuring the Classic Mouse Love Etched Dies, which form part of the new Classic Mouse Love Collection. This release features the dies I am using today, plus two sets of BetterPress Letterpress sentiments and a set of rub-ons. So, here is the card I will be creating for you today. I will be walking you through all the different stages of pulling it together. This card is pretty much all die cutting, but I have also foiled the sentiment. There are…
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Watercolor Fun With The New House Mouse Heart And Soul Collection
Hello fellow crafters! Deborah Hellman here to share with you some cards that I created using the new House-Mouse Designs Heart and Soul Collection. I love House-Mouse, and this new rubber stamp collection does not disappoint. They are sweet, beautifully drawn, and easy to color with all the purposeful detail. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, these stamp sets include some great sentiments that can be used to express love, caring, and encouragement. For my card set, I decided to use watercolor to my stamped images, but you could easily use colored pencils or alcohol ink markers to add a little color to your stamped images. They could even…
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House-Mouse Tree-mendous Christmas with Dina Kowal
Hi, Dina Kowal here! I love the sweetness of House Mouse stamps – they are so fun to bring to life with any coloring medium! This month’s Tree-mendous Christmas collection is full of delightful fall and winter images featuring Ellen Jareckie’s endearing little characters. I use a mixed-media approach to these images when I color, so I wanted to share my process with you today. I hope you learn something new! I chose to color the Hats Off to You image – isn’t this little mouse so sweet in his acorn cap? I stamped the image on one of Spellbinders’ Cotton Card Panels. This was my first time using this…
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Step By Step Tutorial: House Mouse Tree-mendous Christmas Collection Christmas Card
Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing this step-by-step tutorial featuring the Tree-mendous Christmas Stamp Set from the House Mouse Tree-mendous Collection! These sweet mice are decking the halls, and each of the stamps in the collection showcases the House Mouse mice involved in holiday activities!! Let’s get started!! I started by stamping the image in the Tree-mendous Christmas Stamp Set onto an A2 panel of Neenah Solar White 80 lb. cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink using my MISTI. Be sure to remove the foam pad or grip mat from the MISTI before stamping, as…
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Colorful Rare Bloom Watercolor Cards by Deborah Hellman
Hello crafty friends! My name is Deborah Hellman, and I am thrilled to be a guest designer for Spellbinders this month. Today, I am sharing with you some colorful, Spring watercolor cards that I created using the newest House-Mouse Collection: Rare Bloom. I love House-Mouse and watercoloring, so for me it is a perfect pairing. Another option, these beautiful stamped images could easily be colored with colored pencils or markers to suit your personal preferences. In addition to being adorable, all of the House-Mouse stamps have great details and shading which is a big plus. I stamped all of the images on a 4¼ x 5½ inch piece of Spellbinders’…
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Easy A2 Cards with House-Mouse – Let’s Stamp & Color!
Hey crafty friends! It’s Paula Fontenelle here from Crafting with Paula, and today we’re going back to basics with a simple A2 card tutorial featuring the adorable House-Mouse Rare Bloom collection. Whether you’re new to cardmaking or just love a quick project, this one’s for you! Here are some examples from the collection. For the tutorial, I’ll be using the mouse with the balloon. FIRST THINGS FIRST: LET’S BUILD A CARD BASE! What’s an A2 card? It’s the most common card size out there: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″. To make one, just cut a piece of cardstock to 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, fold it in half, and you’ve got your card base.…
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Whimsy & Cheer: 3 New House Mouse Cards
Hello, Karen Brown of Kennyscard.com here. If you’re a longtime fan of the charming House Mouse series, you’re in for a treat! Spellbinders just introduced a delightful collection called Rare Bloom, and I couldn’t wait to get my hands (and markers!) on them. These stamps are crisp, deeply etched, and beautifully detailed—making them an absolute joy to color and create with. Each of the three cards I made today highlights a different stamp, but they all have something in common: adorable mice, playful scenes, and just the right dose of whimsy. SENDING YOU A SYMPHONY OF BIRTHDAY WISHES! This festive birthday card features three mischievous mice playing a child’s xylophone,…
