Bunny and House Mouse - Friends with Flair 4-16

 Naturally, I found this top image containing the sweet little message after I had already made my own caption below....lol...

All was well, until the kitten got a little too curious.......

"Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything."
                                                                                ------------Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A Personal Note:  I want to thank each of you for all the wonderful comments you have left on my blog lately.  I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all your support.....especially on my Light it Up Blue - Autism Awareness Hop project, a tribute to my daughter.  She loved the art journal page I made for her and was touched, in particular, by those comments that sent greetings and hugs to her.  

I am astounded that so many of us share this road!  (It makes me wonder if there is a creativity component to the genetics!)  I am comforted and encouraged knowing you are out there and that you understand the challenges I am experiencing.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  I am way behind in replying to each of your very kind comments, but I am getting there!!!  :)

Hi, Friends......

I'm here today with a sweet little card I made with my Stampendous! - House Mouse Designs - Carrot Friend stamp I won from them a while back.  (THANKS, Stampendous!!)  I am so excited because this is my first ever House Mouse card and I think all the images are soooooo adorable!!!!

I also am linking it to this week's Unity - Friends with Flair since I used a "Thinking of You" Unity grab bag stamp.  (THANKS, Unity!!)  I stamped the image with Tsukineko - Versafine Ink onto a watercolor paper tag from Paper Smooches - Gift Tags Dies, which was also a prize.  (THANKS, PS!!!)

I watercolored my image very simply using my aquabrush and Crayola watercolor pencils.  Such a sweet image.....and so fun to paint!!!



The papers are scraps from previously made cards.  (I've been making so many of my own backgrounds, lately, that I haven't posted a "scrap" card for quite awhile!  I have missed visiting your Playground, Di!!!)

I finally discovered (maybe) how to use some flat silk flowers I found a long time ago in a thrift store.  I have layered them before, but this time I tried layering and then folding the layered stack in quarters and gluing the bunched-up bundle onto my card.  I really like how this two-toned blossom turned out!












A couple of Prima flowers with pretty centers and a length of twine finished off this cheery card.  Hope you like it!!

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Ding, ding, ding.......NEW FOLLOWER INTRODUCTION TIME!!!
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I am delighted to introduce Alena Tenriero of AnelA's Creations
Do you see what she did with her name there?.....Alena / AnelA's Creations.  :)  Cute, huh!  (It would never work with Janis....SinaJ....Huh???  Epic fail!! lol...)  Alena is on the Creative Crew Team for A Creative Journey with Melissa with a big emphasis on CREATIVE!!!  I got acquainted with her work on a recent hop and was so impressed with the super-clever and fun ways she used the new release items!!!  Alena, thank you so much for becoming a follower.  I appreciate your support and encouragement more than you can know!!!  This ginormous new-follower smile is what breaks out across my face when I see a new pic on my sidebar gadget!!!

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Thank you to all my readers.  If you are a follower and I somehow missed getting you introduced...(or if you just want to be introduced again!!!).....please mention it when you comment.  I don't want to miss you!!!

Hope you have a lovely start to your weekend!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:  
1. Unity - Friends with Flair Link-Up
2. DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #154 - Use orange (alt. Thank You)
3. House Mouse Challenge HMFMC #192 - April Showers or Anything Goes
4. Verve April 2015 Inspiration Challenge - Bunnies and Babies
5. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - In the Middle (My image is in the middle of my card.)
6. Pixie's Snippets Playground Week #172 - Use Snippets
7. Cuttin' and Stampin' Bi-Weekly Challenge #12 - Cute Critters