Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Tripping over Pumpkins


These little mice must be siblings on my card today, because each of their personalities are textbook classic birth order.  There's the first mouse, he's the oldest.  He's doing what he's supposed to, and irritated with his brother, the youngest, who's clowning around on those pumpkins!  Doesn't he know this is their food for the winter!!  Life's going to get a lot more stressful for that first born when he walks right off the tag!  The last guy there is the middle child.  It's never about him, is it?  He's just watching the show. 
I had these mice colored since I made my last card with MFT''s BB Harvest Mouse, but I couldn't come up with a good background for them.  Yay! MFT sketch #251 got my brain moving!  The little circle on the sketch enlarged and fell down to the corner to hold the sentiment (and probably the mouse that's not paying attention).  The ribbon acts as the flourish.  I kept the background VERY simple since there is so much going on in the scene.  The circles were made with the inside of the largest Die-Namics pierced circle frames.  The tag was cut with the new Die-Namics Tag Builder Blueprints 4.  The two patterned papers are the front and back of the same piece (sorry, there was no name on it).  The mice and their bounty were colored with Copics, and the sentiment was heat embossed with Zing, Apricot embossing powder.  The cs is PTI's Terracotta Tile and Summer Sunrise, and the ribbon was in my stash.

These mice siblings are going to go play at the following challenges:
 MFT Sketch Challenge #251                                              Marker Pop Challenge #80:  Thanksgiving
 
MarkerPOP! Challenge #80: Thanksgiving
 
Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you are having a wonderful day, no matter where you sit in the birth order!
 
Kara Lynne



32 comments:

  1. EEK! This is adorable! I love your coloring Kara!

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  2. My oh my.....stunning! I am in awe of your coloring skills. Wow! These mice are soooooo cute!

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  3. Kara Lynne, this card is just absolutely perfect...I love everything about it! Your coloring on the mice is fantastic and your tags and circles totally ground this card! And I LOVE your age order description...too funny but oh so true!! :0) Great card!

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  4. Jaw dropping here.... your colouring is amazing, and that doesn't even to begin to describe it... WOW!

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  5. This is so lovely Kara Lynne, what a sweet card.
    Anne xx

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  6. so beautiful! mesmerized by your coloring!!!

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  7. LOVE your card. So so cute, and I am amazed by your coloring!!!

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  8. cute, cute, cute, kara!!! you have some seriously mad coloring skills, too!!!

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  9. Kara Lynne this is so cute, beautiful colouring and I just love the little scene you created!

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  10. Kara Lynne, the story behind your cute card is as cute at the card itself! Love the personalities these cute critters display...and all so true! I MUST say how amazing your coloring skills are...these look like they could be illustrations in a child's book! Wow!!

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  11. HA!!! LOVE your story of these three little fellas!! Beautifully colored Kara Lynne, my goodness!!

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  12. I LOVE the way you interpreted that sketch Kara! Those little harvest mice are so sweet. Unbelievable colouring skills, you have made them look so dimensional! The whole scene made me smile! Have a lovely day! Hazel xx

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  13. Oh my oh my!! Such a stunning creation, the coloring is wowzers and the colors are so warm and attractive :)

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  14. This is absolutely GENIUS!!! I LOVE your coloring and the colors that you used on this. The way you interpreted that sketch is fabulous. I also love how you gave birth order to the mice in the scene. Totally, totally fun!!

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  15. Super CUTE card with the mice! Love all the warm colors and your coloring is fabulous!

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  16. how perfect is this? love your coloring and layout!!

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  17. I guess
    you know how to coloring since you were born miss lady
    this is totally cute adorable cutie pie
    so darn CUTEEE
    I love love love this card
    a clever double tag on that color and this is a winner card on MFT challenge sweety...
    may I have for me Kara I am in love with this card :)
    so so cuuuuteeeee

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  18. My jaw just hit the floor!! Absolutely fabulous!! I am amazed that you are not on the DT for all the big companies ... your work is terrific!

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  19. Wow, the cutest ever--and so creative!! Love your fabulous coloring!

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  20. What a fabulous card!! Love yoru coloring. Thank you for playing along with us at MFT Challenge. :)

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  21. Sweet little sibling story :) Wow this is just as cute as can be love the mix of papers and your beautiful coloring!

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  22. Wow, so adorable! I love the mice on the tag, great coloring too!!

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  23. What a sweet little scene ... and story, Kara ... you're doing awesome things with these cute little harvest mice! Hugs, Anita :)

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  24. This is such a winning card, Kara! Your coloring just takes my breath away! Have a great weekend!! Hugs, Darnell

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  25. This MUST win the MFT challenge! Your coloring is beautiful. And your story... perfect! Love this card, Kara.

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  26. Your coloring looks spectacular! I love those little cuties so much!!

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  27. Oh my goodness Kara, this is so sweet, I can hardly stand it! Love the papers, design and your incredible coloring. I wish you lived close to me so I could take some lessons... I LOVE this card.

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  28. Your amazing card simply takes my breath away Kara!
    Thank You~

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  29. This is so adorable.. I love your coloring and the color combo you used. Thanks for joining us at the markerPop blog.

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  30. LOL! You're so right! How funny! I'm the middle of three girls. I also have a much younger brother, but it was usually us three. And those little mice are just as sweet as can be!

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