House Mouse question
 

I have just discovered those adorable House Mouse stamps. They are so cute
and I like the simplicity of them. But, how do you color them to make them look so soft and cuddly? Chalks, ink, pencils, watercolor???? There must be a trick to them. Would love to do some for Christmas,but, if they don't look right, I don't want to buy them.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Helyn

I use my watercolor pencils. I am going to try the prismas next and see if I get a brighter look! I just love the house mouse stamps! I actually have 53 of them!

I use gamsol and prima's

Oooopsie....apparently I color with pencils and flowers! I MEANT.....gamsol and prisma's! :rolleyes:

I thought they had a tutorial on their website too on how to color their stamps.

I just use my blender pens to color them! I love them too!

I use regular colored pencils..Susie

I love the HM too. I use markers from SU, or an aqua painter with the ink refills or even the ink in the lid of the ink pads. Depends on how dark or light I want the color. Hope that helps... :)

House Mouse are my favs! I also use Prismacolor Pencils blended with Gamsol to color in my HM images. :)

I really like house mouse too!! A lot of the images are - finicky? would I say?? I have used all sorts of colouring mediums - prisma's and gamsol, chalks, markers on gloss cardstock - which by the way has a surprisingly good effect.. I'd say - try something different with a few stamps - and sometimes I"ve found chalks can add in a nice soft background - or I might mix chalks and markers , or chalks or and prisma pencils... of course, I haven't used my chalks in ages...I think I'd better pull them out!!!

Hope that helps a little.

I generally use chalks because I suck at pencils and watercoloring! I keep that in mind when picking which stamps I choose. I just use lighter brown on the mouse and then a darker brown to shade. Here's a couple of my cards from my gallery that I colored with chalks.

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I have more stamps on the way! Can't wait for more mice! (The rubber kind...not the real ones! LOL!)

Jane

Hi I just love the little guys also. One of my most favorite images. I use watercolor pencels with my auqa brush. This gives me the colors I want to acheve. I also use this on those cut little hegdehogs. I wish Stampin Up would bring them back with new desigins of corse. I have all the others I think?

Really nice work with the chalks!!! I've got to pull mine out!! I'm impressed! Thanks!

Jane your cards are adorable :p

Jane,

I just got Pebbles chalks this weekend and haven't tried them yet. How do you get such good control with them?

TIA,
Marcy

All of mine are done with Prismacolor Pencils and gamsol.

Holy "Mouse", that is a lot of mice!!!:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I like to use Blush Blossom on the little mousie hands, feet, face, and tail. (If you are using Copic markers, use skin white.) Then I use different brown and grays on the mice, usually watercolor pencils or pick up ink from your ink pads. In Copics I like Brick Beige for their fur. I also add a touch of pink on their cheeks and nose tip.

Oops, and a touch of pink in the ear! :)

I use Prismacolor pencils and baby oil on a stump to blend. Love the way the chalk looks too. Will give that a try next time.

Deloris