HMFMC - #208 - Mid-week Reminder -Anything Christmas (no red or green)

We are at the midway point for Challenge # 208, Anything Christmas (no red or green), theme chosen by our talented teammate, Christine.

This challenge runs through Saturday December 5th at Midnight EST, so,  plenty

of time to join the fun and play along.

Don't forget, you can always use a theme of Anything Goes, and you must

use a House Mouse, Gruffie or Happy Hoppers image on your card or project.

Our Generous Sponsors

We are super happy and very proud to welcome back the wonderful, the One and ONLY, the Official Mousey Family... 

  

Offering one Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to HMD.

2nd generous Sponsor is  

Simon Says Stamp 

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

  
Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of their Premium Dye Ink Pads 

 Simon Says Stamp has over 100,000+ items in stock along with the latest and greatest releases from Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, 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! 

3rd Generous sponsor is

Di's DigiStamps

Winner will receive a $12 voucher to shop at  Di's DigiStamps 

NEW Peaceful Candlelight HM stamp 

 Christine 

My card

Stamp - House Mouse Design - 

Sentiment - unmarked

Paper - Anna Griffin

and glitter paper by DCWV

Dies -Oval, sentiment tag and poinsettia Spellbinders

Holly - Cheery Lyn Designs

Border punch, Martha Stewart

Gold and white bakers twine - Hobby Lobby

Gold Stickles

Orange Stickles

Glossy Accents on candle

Blue pearls flower center

Colored with Copics

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

BSS MONDAY IDEA

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

This week's idea is a little gift tag card holder with six gift tags.  It makes a

nice little gift to give to a holiday party hostess, a neighbor or friend.

I found this idea on pinterest and traced it back to HERE

https://artisticavenger.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/tag-a-longs/

I made my tags a little bigger, and the holder is taller, but

the idea is totally from this post by Carrie Gaskin.

These are the tags I made to put into the holder.

Close up of one of the tags

Each tag has a To/From circle on the back

This is a picture of the tags in the holder

The holder closed and tied at the top with a red ribbon.

Tags are made with white pearl card stock

Die is by Cottage Cutz-Ornament Reindeer (CCE-186)

Small oval punch by Marvey

Cut with various colored card stock

and backed with glitter card stock

White grossgrain ribbon

Silver and gold cord

Designer paper is American Crafts

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

                                                               

HMFMC #208 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS - NO RED OR GREEN

A New Challenge, #208 begins today at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

Our talented Teammate and  hostess is :
 Christine  

Theme is : ANYTHING Christmas NO RED or GREEN
You may always use the option of Anything Goes for any of our Challenges.

****Our generous sponsors are****

We are super happy and very proud to welcome back the wonderful, the One and ONLY, the Official Mousey Family... 

  

Offering one Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to HMD.

2nd generous Sponsor is  

Simon Says Stamp 

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

  
Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of their Premium Dye Ink Pads 

 Simon Says Stamp has over 100,000+ items in stock along with the latest and greatest releases from Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, 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! 

3rd Generous sponsor is

Di's DigiStamps

Winner will receive a $12 voucher to shop at  Di's DigiStamps 

And Christine is offering one lucky winner this 
adorable Christmas Stamp!

NEW Peaceful Candlelight HM stamp 

That's four great prizes!!!

Close up of darling image

Stanp - Mistletoe Moment - Stampabilities

Die is Marianne Designs -Petra's Candle

Paper is an old stack from my stash

White Pearls

White Glitter

Coloired with Copics

Ribbon from my stash

We would love to have you join us for the challenge.

Three wonderful prizes on offer, have to be in it to win it.

Stop on by the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog and

have a peek at the awesome inspiration the design team has posted.

We love to visit you to see what you come up with for our challenges.

Thanks for Stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Until later....

BSS MONDAY IDEA - Shadow Box Card

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff  Monday Idea.

This week's idea is a Shadow Card

You can find a tutorial for this type of card  Here

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/shadow_box_card/

or here

http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/2015/11/luminary-shadow-box-card-video-.html

Click on first picture to see close up of each

picture and detail.

Card is 4 1/4x5 1/2 inches

Close up of sweet image.

Stamp - House Mouse Design -( HMCQ15) Mint Nibbler-Stampendous

Papers - Red card stock, Designer paper is American Crafts

Silver glitter paper, piece of acetate to cover front opening.

Marvey scalloped punched circle

Spellbinders die Stately Circles (S4-388)

Spellbinders die for circle cutout on front.

WOW Embossing Powder - Clear Sparkle (WS15R)

Red and white baker's twine

Colored with Copics

Base card for the 4 1/4x5 1/2 inch card

Cut 2 pieces of card stock 4 1/4" x 8 1/2"

***Score on each end on the long side at 3/4" and 1 1/2"

For the front piece fold the  1 1/2" score line in a Mountain Fold

And the 3/4" score line in a valley fold

For the back piece fold the 1 1/2" scoreline in a Valley fold

And the 3/4" scoreline in a Mountain fold.

***(These score lines and fold are the same for both sized cards.)

Finished card is 5x7 inches

Closeup of inside

 I embossed the acetate that covers the front opening

with a snowflake embossing folder.

Another view of the front

Card laying down

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio (Cl460) Owls on Branch

Paper - Blue card stock, white glitter paper

Piece of Acetate to cover front opening

Dies - Spellbinders dies for cut out on front

Memory Box dies, Green Trees, Pine Branch

Inside cuttlebug embossing folder snowflakes

sponged lightly with blue ink and embossed

with Wow embossing powder.

Snowflake punch is Martha Stewart

Fun flock on owls hats and stockings

Frantage embossing powder on trees

Rhinestones on snowflakes, Queen and Co.

Colored with Copics

Base card for 5" x 7" card

Cut two pieces of card stock 5" x 10" 

***Score and Fold as above.

AND THEY FOLD FLAT FOR MAILING!

The base card is pretty simple to cut and score. You can use

 any shape to cut out the front opening. Then you just

decorate as you like and adhere the two end pieces

together when done decorating.

I suggest you watch the second video by Dawn Griffith

link above to see how it goes together.

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

HMFMC #207 - "USE PLAIDS" - MID-WEEK REMINDER

It's mid-week at the House Mouse and 

Friends Monday Challenge.

It's Challenge # 207 and our talented teamie, Beth is 

hostess and has chosen the theme.

**Use Plaids on your card/project**

An "Anything goes" theme is always an option for any

of our challenges.

Challenge # 207 runs through Saturday November 21st EST.

Our Generous Sponsor is:

                                     Stampendous!

                                    

                                      Winner will receive a Fabulous $20 Value Reward Card

                       (Winner must be a USA Resident, it's Territories and, or, Canada)

   
  STAMPENDOUS! is the next company manufacturing our beloved House-Mouse Designs® Stamps! House-Mouse Designs® stamps can also be purchased at:www.STAMPENDOUS.com For more inspiration and challenges, check out our official Blog HERE.

Stamps - House Mouse Designs - Carrying Mints (HMCP34) and

Mint Nibbler (HMCQ15) both Stampendous

Various papers from my stash

Spellbinder's Grand die for card and mats

Lace border is a Martha Stewart Punch

Buttons used Copics to color like mints

White twine

Stickles - Star Dust

Colored with Copics

Gingham ribbon

Check out the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog for some

new inspiration for this challenge and then come join the fun!  We love

to visit you to see what you come up with.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Have a great day.

Until later..............

BSS MONDAY IDEA- SNOWMEN

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

If you enjoyed that stretch of warm days we had, you have to know that it

wouldn't last and that it won't be long before we have snow.

The good thing about snow is snowmen, and have I got them for

you today!

Is this a cute stamp or what?

 Finished card

Inside of card

I made a tall card, white card stock card base 91/4x33/4 inches

Stamp - Woodware-Snowbuddies (FR5330)

Inside Sentiment stamp - docrafts (PMA 907939)

 Clear set Create Christmas

I cut a piece of white card stock to fit the front of the card

and ran it through a snowflake embossing folder. You 

have to do it in two parts because of the length.

I cut the stamped and colored image into a rectangle

leaving just a small edge.  I cut a mat from Green

Glitter paper to back the image and popped it up on the

snowflake paper after I glued it to the front of the card.

Used some clear sequins and placed tiny

rhinestones in the centers.

Colored with Copics

Used a finger sponge to add Versafine clear ink to

the faces and embossed with Sparkly white

embossing powder.

Don't these guys and gals bring a smile to your face!

A fun card for sure.

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

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge # 207 - Use Plaids

A new challenge begins today, at the House Mouse and 

Friends Monday Challenge.

It's Challenge # 207 and our talented teamie, Beth is 

hostess and has chosen the theme.

**Use Plaids on your card/project**

An "Anything goes" theme is always an option for any

of our challenges.

Challenge # 207 runs through Saturday November 21st EST.

Our Generous Sponsor is:

                                     Stampendous!

                                   

                                       Winner will receive a Fabulous $20 Value Reward Card

                               (Winner must be a USA Resident, it's Territories and, or, Canada)

   
  STAMPENDOUS! is the next company manufacturing our beloved House-Mouse Designs® Stamps! House-Mouse Designs® stamps can also be purchased at:www.STAMPENDOUS.com For more inspiration and challenges, check out our official Blog HERE.

Close up of stamped image I chose..

Finished card.

Stamp - House Mouse Designs,Musical Mice (HMCR24)- Stampendous

Paper - The Paper Studio

Star Border punch - EK Success, backed with gold glitter paper

Prima black roses with gold Stickles

Corner die - Memory Box, with Black faceted gems

Colored with Copics.

Lots of inspiration by the gals on the design team at

 House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

BSS MONDAY IDEA - Rudolph

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Well, now that Halloween is over, we need to focus on Christmas.  I don't know

about you, but I don't make nearly enough Christmas cards compared to the

supplies I buy to make them!!

Here is a cute stamp and Christmas card to get you in the mood.

Stamps - Woodware-(JGS102)Rudolph

Papers- Snowflake Kraft paper - American Craft

Red card stock

White glossy paper embossed (Spellbinder's Folder

MBossabilities (EL014) sponged with light blue die ink.

Swiss dot embossing folder Cuttlebug

Dies - Inside words - Sizzix TH Alterations (660058)

Holiday Words- Script

Colored with Copics

Nose stamped twice, one cut out colored and glossy

 accents added prior to popping it up over the stamped image.

Snowflake border inside is a Martha Stewart punch.

Small snowflake stamps were used to stamp on the

image and embossed with white embossing powder.

Blue ribbon bow.

Card is 51/2x51/2 inches square

Ok, that's it for me this week.  Are you singing Rudolph the Red-Nosed

Reindeer in your head now?

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