You warm my hart mice | Last Minute Manda

A new challenge has started on the Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge. The theme is like always “anything goes using paper.

Our sponsors this week are:

Ching-Chou kuik

Last Minute Manda

For this card, I used an image from our sponsor Last Minute Manda. It’s from the set “You warm my hart Mice”.

Now let’s get into it.

Measurements and card stock you will need

• I made a top fold card base. So, you will need a piece of white card stock measuring 10.5 centimetres by 30 centimetres. Score at the long side at 15 centimetres.
• A piece of red card stock measuring 10 centimeters by 14,5 centimeters.
• Piece of white card stock measuring 9,5 centimeters by 14 centimeters.
• A strip of black card stock
• Green card stock to die-cut from.
• DCP printing paper to print your image on.

Digital stamp from Last Minute Manda and Colouring

I print my image on 200-gram DCP paper. I coloured the image with my alcohol markers.

• The mouse: Tawny (106), Hazelwood (108) and Walnut (100).
• The cup: Wine Red (01), Burgundy (247), English Red (249) and Cardinal (244).
• Candy Cane: On the white parts I made some shadows with: Cool Grey 4 (CG4), Cool Grey 1 (CG1) and the Colorless Blender (0). For the red parts, I used the same colours as the cup.
• stewed pears: Red Whine (01), Old Red (02) and Rose Red (03).
• Scarf: Teal Blue (184), Mint Macaron (181) and Aqua Mint (179).
• Antlers: Walnut (100), Hazelwood (108) and Tawny (106).
• The ears: Pastel Pink (17), Peachy Blush (259) and the Colorless blender (0).

Making the background

For the background, I used a background die. I wanted snowflakes and stars on the background matching, the snowflake on the mug. I used my white card stock measuring 9,5 centimeters by 14 centimeters. I put my background die on the paper and put it through my die-cutting machine. Now you have these pretty subtle snowflakes on the background.

Making the sentiment

I wanted to put the mug on a piece of black card stock to give the mug some grounding. For the sentiment, I used heat embossing. I stamped the sentiment “Merry Christmas” with my sticky embossing ink. I put the white embossing powder on top of that and heat set it with my heat gun.

Finishing the card

First I put the card together. I glued my background to my red card stock. Then I put it on my card base. I put my sentiment strip with foam tape on my background. On top of the sentiment strip, I put my image down also, with some foam tape.

But something is missing. So, I decided to die-cut some branches to put behind the cup.

To finish the card off, I put some 3D glitter pearl drops down on the background.

And now the card is finished. I hope you like it.

I hope you will join our challenge. Our design team made some amazing creations. Pop over to the challenge blog to check it out.

Happy crafting! Till next time.

Products I used:

• Digital Stamp from the set “You warm my heart Mice” (not available anymore sept 2025) from Last Minute Manda.
• Twin markers (alcohol markers) from Decotimecrafts.
• Branche dies from AvecCreative.
• Clear Stamp “Merry Christmas” brand unknown.
• Background Die from AvecCreative.
• Glitter 3D drops from Decoticrafts.
• Nuvo Clear Mark embossing ink pad.
• White embossing powder from Ranger.

I would like to participate in the following challenges:

• Crafting Happiness Challenges: Christmas
• A Place To Start: Anything goes + Happy holidays
• Simon Says Stamp Blog: Holiday Cheer
• Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: Always Anything goes
• The Sisterhood of Crafters: Anything Christmas of Winter
• Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: Always Anything goes
• Scrapping4funChallenges: Christmas
• Allsorts challenge blog: It’s looking a lot like Christmas
• Crafty Calendar Challenge: Anything goes
• Gem of A Craft Challenge: Anything goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: Anything goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: Anything goes
• Classic Design Challenge Blog: Anything goes
• Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: Anything goes
• Moving Along With The Times: Christmas
• Winter Wonderland: Anything Christmas goes
• Peace On Earth Christmas: Anything Christmas
• The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up: Anything goes