Hues to Use--Power Poppy Guest Designer

A couple of months ago, I received an email from Julie Koerber at Power Poppy who Coordinates the "Hues to Use"challenge each week.  She was asking me if I would like to participate as a guest

designer for one of their challenges.  Well, duh, I jumped at the chance as I love Power Poppy stamps and digis and I love to color, so it was a no brainer.

The Hues to Use challenge is every Tuesday, and Julie provides you with three colors

and a picture depicting those colors.  You then enter a card using those colors on a
 Power Poppy Stamp or Digi.

In the days that followed, Julie sent me the three colors I would

be working with.  My heart sank, eggplant purple, orange, and a buttery cream color.

Purple and orange are probably the two most unused colors in my stash of paper, markers, pencils

and embellishments.  But, I do love a challenge (and I had already said yes) so I went

to work  choosing a Power Poppy image from my stash that I thought I

could incorporate these colors into.

I won't lie,  there were four or five starts to coloring the image up
 before I began to see that I could do this!

So without making you read or wait any longer here is my card

as a guest designer for Power Poppy's Hues to Use this week.

For my card, I chose the digi, Cup of Columbine, and colored it up with Copic Markers.

I knew I wanted to make a shaped card, so I chose a Spellbinder's Grand Die

Label 4.  I cut an Egg Plant purple mat for the Copic Colored image, then

attached them to a white card cut from the same die set.  The purple mat and

front of the card were embossed with a Creative Expressions 8 1/2x11 embossing

folder, Braided Vines.

Next, I stamped and embossed the word Enjoy, from Jillibean, and cut

 it out with the matching die in the set.

 I then cut two more of the word Joy from white  card stock

 and glued them to the back of the orange

       embossed original to give it  some dimension when adding it to the card.

 The word Everyday was stamped 

on white card stock and embossed with the same orange embossing powder

and die cut with the glag die from the same set.

A few purple sequins were finishing touches to the card.

Thank you Julie for nudging this old gal and long time stamper

out of her comfort zone.  I appreciate the opportunity afforded to

me by guest designing this week.

Thanks friends for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Until later.....

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HMFMC #270 - MIDWAY REMINDER-ANYTHING GOES/OPTIONAL THEME "HOT SUMMER DAYS"

Challenge # 270 continues for another week at the

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE 

"ANYTHING GOES"

OR

Challenge theme Option "Hot Summer Days" 

Hosted by ME!

Stamp - House Mouse Designs, Stampendous-Pond Song (HMCR54)
Paper - American Crafts
Dragonflies are made from an old small punch and silver mirror paper.
Sun is also an old punch, which I punched out and used the punched out
image as a stencil with some yellow ink and wink of stella.
Blue Stickles on the water.  
Sponged the sky with distress ink on the edge of a torn paper towel.
Flowers are Prima
Sentiment - My Favorite Things - From the heart (CS-266)

so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies
 image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

Generously Sponsored  by

We are thrilled to be welcoming back our

 AWESOME sponsor,

The Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs(R)

HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site! Eeeeek!!  

Second Generous Sponsor is 

Di's DigiStamps

One Lucky Winner will receive a 
$12 Voucher to spend @ Di's Digi Stamps
Bio.

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like minded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

Many thanks to our generous Sponsors for their continued support.  

AND

I am offering a third prize for one lucky winner.

This cute stamp, Share a Sip, Stampendous (HMCP28)

Join the fun and share a card or project with us for

your chance to win one of these three prizes.

*****************************************************

The design team has come up with some great inspiration for this challenge.

  So, scurry on over to the
 House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog

and check them out, then get busy and enter a card of your own.

  3 Wonderful prizes on offer.

Please remember, you must use a House Mouse Design image on your entry.

Challenge # 270 runs through Saturday July 21st at midnight EST.

We love to visit  you to see what you come up with to inspire us!!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a good one, until later.......

BSS IDEA - PAPER PIECED HAPPY BIRTHDAY

WELCOME TO THE BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF IDEA.

Welcome back to another BSS IDEA.

We are in for some HOT days this week, so crank up

the AC or Fan and stay inside and create!

This week's card is a word stamp and I decided to

paper piece the words VERY HAPPY.

Stamp - Stampendous - Great Big Happy (CRW199)

Papers - Kraft and Royal Blue card stock, designer paper

BoBunny Serendipity Aviary

White embossing powder

Base card is 51/2 by 12 inchs Royal Blue card stock, tent fold.

Designer paper mat is 51/4x 53/4 inches

I stamped and embossed the word stamp with white

embossing powder.

I stamped the stamp again onto the designer paper and also

embossed with white EP.

I cut out the words Very Happy from the designer paper

and glued them on the Royal Blue card stock I had

stamped and embossed in white EP.

Then, I cut around the image on the Royal Blue

Paper and popped it up with pop dots and adhered

it to the card.

I cut a frame that would fit around the image

from Kraft paper using spellbinders rectangle dies,

and slid it in around the image and glued it in place.

I was looking forward to coloring this image up, but then

got this idea and I am glad I did, I like how it turned out.

Hope you do too.  Lots of possibilities using different

papers, like fun kids cards and guy cards.

That's it for me this week.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a good day. Until later.....

HMFMC #270-ANYTHING GOES/OPTIONAL THEME "HOT SUMMER DAYS"

A brand new Challenge #270 begins today at the

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE

I am the Hostess this challenge 

Anything Goes 

 Please use any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image 

OR Option theme

"HOT SUMMER DAYS"

 Close-up of image

Stamp- Standpiper Hello, House Mouse Designs, Stampendous (HMCR69)

Paper - DCWV, sentiment too, White and blue glitter paper
Twine, and a real starfish!
Colored with Copics

Generous SPONSORS for this challenge are:

We are thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,

The Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs(R)

 

HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site! Eeeeek!!  

Second Generous Sponsor is 

Di's DigiStamps

One Lucky Winner will receive a 
$12 Voucher to spend @ Di's Digi Stamps

Bio.

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like minded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

Thank you to our generous Sponsors for these wonderful Prizes.

AND

I am offering a third prize for one lucky winner.

This cute stamp, Share a Sip, Stampendous (HMCP28)

Join the fun and share a card or project with us for

your chance to win one of these three prizes.

The design team has come up with some great inspiration for this challenge.

  So, scurry on over to the
 House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog

and check them out, then get busy and enter a card of your own.

  3 Wonderful prizes on offer.

Please remember, you must use a House Mouse Design image on your entry.

Challenge # 270 runs through Saturday July 21st at midnight EST.

We love to visit  you to see what you come up with to inspire us!!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a good one, until later.......

BSS IDEA - Pinata Treat Holders

Another week already!  Hope everyone had a nice 4th of July.

A person that lives across the street from us whom I never met, shoots

off fire crackers like you go to see at a park!  Well our poor dog

is scared to death of them and has been traumatized so badly

these past few day, poor thing...and it's not over yet.  Last night

the boom was so loud at 11:30 pm it shook the house and scared me

too!  What is wrong with people.

Have a cute little Pinata Treat Holder to show you.

Die - Pinata Treat Box - Sizzix-662772

Assorted ribbon, star trim, and self stick flat beads

I used Skittles to fill them.

This is a die set.  It is kinda fussy to put together, but this is what I

learned:

Use a low temp glue gun

Cut two of each piece of fringe trim for each box

Use a heavy weight card stock for the body.

I used card stock for the fringe, but I am thinking

that text weight might be better, will have to try it.

That's it for me this week.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day, Until later....

HMFMC #269 - Midway Reminder-Anything Goes/Optional Theme "Back to School

 Challenge #269 continues for another week at the

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE

Our talented teammate, Lorraine is our Hostess  : 

Anything Goes 

 Please use any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image 

OR Optional theme 

"Back To School"
(anything SCHOOL themed)

Hair cutting School

Stamp - House Mouse Designs- Shear Delight Stampa Rosa 1999
Paper - DCWV two sided paper pack
Flowers - Sheena Douglas
Leaves - Creative Expressions
Pretty Pink Posh flower center stones
Martha Stewart border punch

Generous SPONSORS for this challenge are

SIMON SAYS STAMP

We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at Simon Says Stamp!

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more. With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store!

Second Generous Sponsor is 

STAMPENDOUS!

Winner will receive a Fabulous $20 Value Reward Card

Stampendous is now the official rubber stamp licensee of House-Mouse Designs®.  Visit the store at www.STAMPENDOUS.com 

For lots more inspiration from Stampendous, be sure to check out their other sites; STAMPENDOUS! Blog,  

Find Stampendous! on Pinterest and Facebook.  

Many thanks to our generous sponsors for their continued support..

The design team has come up with some great inspiration for this challenge.

  So, scurry on over to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog

and check them out, then get busy and enter a card of your own.

  2 Wonderful prizes on offer.

Please remember, you must use a House Mouse Design image on your entry.

Challenge # 269 runs through Saturday July 7th at midnight EST.

We love to visit  you to see what you come up with to inspire us!!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a good one, until later.......