HMFMC # 214 - EASTER

A Brand New Challenge #214

Hostess is :Lorraine (Lols) 

THEME : EASTER

You are always welcome to use an Anything Goes theme
for all our challenges as long as you use a House Mouse Design image,
including a House Mouse, Gruffie or Happy Hopper.

Stamp -HMCR47 Jelly Bean Bird Stampendous

Paper DCWV

Spellbinders die

Martha Stewart border punch

Flowers - From Michaels

Leaves - Creative Expressions-Sue Wilson

Ribbon - Pazzaz Aplenty

Stockles on candy dish glass

Kaiser Pearls

Colored with Copics

Challenge #214

Hostess is :Lorraine (Lols) 

THEME :EASTER

Sponsor :

Pink Gem Designs  

Pink Gem Designs is based in Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire UK.

Began trading in Nov. 2008 to design cute and whimsical craft stamps in clear polymer.

As digi products became more popular Pink Gem Designs also started to produce digital stamps/Card Topper Kits and other digital products such as downloadable papers, clip art etc..

**Prize is **

2 Single digi images OR 2 card Topper Kits (or one of each) 

(no sets or sentiment sets) of the Winners choice.. 
From Pink Gem Designs  

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

Winner to contact Christine @ nanaseaside60@hotmail.co.uk 

We are welcoming Karin as a Guest Designer.  Check out her

card, along with the Design Team inspiration at the 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

This challenge will run through March 12th at midnight.

Hope you can join the fun!  We love to see what you come up with!

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

BSS MONDAY IDEA - ANOTHER ST PATTY"S DAY IDEA

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Almost March already!  The days pass so quickly, seems like

I just put the Christmas decorations away!

One more St.Patrick's Day card.

Card is 51/2 x 4 1/4

Stamp - Whipper Snapper Designs (CU039) St.Pat's Hat

Colored with Copics

Paper - Green Foil Cardstock

Embossing Folder - Darice

Circle Dies - Spellbinders Standard Circles Nestabilities, and 

their Stately Circles (S4-388)

Gold Stickles (dots)

Green sparkly ribbon and gold twine

Inside Shamrock made with three punched hearts and a handmade stem.

OK those are my ideas for the "wearing of the green"!

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

Give a dog a bone

Hi friends.  Hope all is well with everyone.  I bought a few new digi's from Sassy Cheryl of her Bella dog line this past week and had a little time today to play with this one.  

Kraft card base is 6x6

Image is a digi Bella with Bone, by Sassy Cheryl (Cheryl Grant)

She has a great facebook page, Sassy Cheryl's Neighborhood

Die is Little B

Colored with Copics

Ribbon and button from my stash

Thanks for taking a peek today.  Have a great day.  Util later.....

HMFMC #213 Midweek Reminder - RAIN OR SHINE

Just a quick reminder that the Challenge at

 House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge,
 #213-RAIN OR SHINE

is at the midway point.  You have until Saturday, February 27th at midnight

to join the fun.

Stamp - Finder's Keepers - Stampa Rosa (1998)

Paper - DCWV

Vine Die - Memory Box

Border Punch - Martha Stewart

Colored with Copics

Our Generous sponsor for this challenge is:

STAMPENDOUS!

Winner will receive a Fabulous $20 Value Reward Card

 

  

House-Mouse Designs® stamps can also be purchased at: www.STAMPENDOUS.com 

For lots more inspiration and fabulous challenges, be sure to check out the STAMPENDOUS! Blog HERE.

Come on, come join us for this fun Challenge.  We can't wait to see

what you come up with.  AND, there is some new inspiration on

the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge for get you started!

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

BSS MONDAY IDEA - EASTER IS EARLY THIS YEAR

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Since Easter is early this year, I have started to make some Easter Cards.

I bought this wonderful set of stamps and the set of matching dies

a couple of weeks ago when I was at the store, and have finally

gotten around to making a card.  LOVE the matching dies, no

fussy cutting the sweet images in the set.

Stamp set - Backyard Bunnies (CR55085) Stampendous

Die set - Backyard Bunnies - DC55085 Stampendous

I have used all of the stamps and dies on this card,

which include, Standing bunny, sitting bunny, carrot, flower

border, Easter egg (hiding in the flowers) Grass,

and two small flower dies so you can cut one or two

flowers out and pop them up.

Paper used, My Favorite Things, Farm Fresh and

Homespun Gingham 6x6 paper pads.

Colored with Copics

WOW glitter used on Easter Egg.

Stickles used on flower centers.

I made a side step card.

You can find a instructions to make one HERE

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

Only 35 days til Easter!

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

Bella with Hat

Hi friends.  A quick post to show a card I made several days ago, but got busy and didn't get

to post it.  So without further delay, here it is.

Image is Bella, A Sassy Cheryl digi.

Cheryl has discontinued her challenge blog,

but has a new Face book page called

Sassy Cheryl's neighborhood, where you can

see new designs, cards made by fans, and

news from Cheryl.  Lots of new images too.

I made a Z-Fold card 

Papers are old from my stash

Circles with paw prints is a Darice embossing

folder cut with a circle punch

Colored with Copics

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

PEACEFUL CABIN

Hi friends.  Cold and snowing here.  About 8-10 inches on the ground and cold.  Had to know we would get winter sooner or later.

A couple of weeks back, my blogging friend Ineke in the Netherlands posted a card

on facebook using the most wonderful stamp of a man with a dog sled.  I messaged her

to ask her who made the stamp, and she replied that it was from a local stamp store

in her town that makes their own stamps.  I told her I loved it and her card using it.

Well, a few HOURS later I got a message from Ineke on Facebook, that she had

gone and got the stamp and had put it in the mail to me.  Is that some wonderful friend

or what!!!  So today, I finally had a chance to have a play and made a winter scene card

so I could use the stamp that Ineke gifted to me.

The finished card.

Close up of  scene

Doesn't that wonderful fella and his dogs just look right

at home in the snow at this Peaceful cabin?

Lots of sponging and a little stamping, but mostly wanted

to show off my new stamp.

Thanks again Ineke.......LOVE IT!

HMFMC #213 - RAIN OR SHINE

Welcome back to a brand new challenge beginning today at

 House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

Our talented teammate, LORI, has chosen the theme of:

RAIN OR SHINE

You have until February 27th at Midnight EST to

join the fun and enter a card or project for this challenge.

Please remember, you always have the option to use an

"Anything Goes" theme for any of our challenges.

You must use a House Mouse Design, on your project.

My card

Stamp - House Mouse Design - Good Clean Fun - Stampabilities HMOR1145

Papers - DCWV Gingham - My Favorite Things

Die - Lil'Inker Designs

Grass die - Memory Box

Border Punch - Martha Stewart

Flowers - Michael"s Bridal Dept.

Rain Drop rhinestons, Michaels

Star Dust Stickles on rain drops, Glossy Accents

on the bubbles.

Gingham Ribbon- Pizzazz Aplenty

Our Fabulous Sponsor for this challenge is:

STAMPENDOUS!

Winner will receive a Fabulous $20 Value Reward Card

 

  

House-Mouse Designs® stamps can also be purchased at: www.STAMPENDOUS.com 

For lots more inspiration and fabulous challenges, be sure to check out the STAMPENDOUS! Blog HERE.

We would love to have you join us for our Rain or Shine Challenge.
Check out the fun inspiration by the design team at the
House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, then make
up a card or project and link it to the challenge.  We LOVE to 
visit and see what you come up with.

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

BSS MONDAY CHALLENGE - ST. PATTY'S DAY CARD

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Challenge.

Hope you had a nice Valentines Day.  Temperatures were very cold

this weekend and I think a lot of people stayed in.

Today's card is a St. Patrick's Day card.  Sharon has some

cute stamps in the store for this special day, when everyone

is Irish for the day!!

Click on the images to see them enlarged.

Stamp - Shamrock Boots (MU064) Whipper Snapper Designs, Inc.

Dotted  embossing Folder - Cuttlebug 5x7

Circle Dies - Spellbinders

Flag Dies - CC Designs -DieZyne- Stitched Flags (BDZ004)

Inside border scalloped punch - Martha Stewart

Top of the page die inside - Creative Expressions Sue Wilson 

- Gemini Die-Pavo (CED4409)

Sentiment computer generated, printed on vellum and embossed

with clear embossing powder.

Colored with Copics

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

HMFMC #212 Midweek Reminder - LOVE IS ALL AROUND

Challenge # 212, LOVE IS ALL AROUND, at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge 

is at the midway point.  Kate has chosen the theme.

  Challenge runs through Saturday, February 13th at Midnight EST

Close up of Stamped image.

Awww, right? How sweet is this little mouse.

Stamp - House Mouse Design - Love Letter Stampendous

Diamond Die is Spellbinders

Foil Red heart doily

Scallop heart die is Cheery Lynn Designs

Leaf die is Cottage Cutz

Flowers are pulled from a silk branch

and sparkly red glitter ribbon and rhinestone word love

and heart are all from Michaels

Foil hearts are confetti 

Used red tinsel and clear sparkly embossing powder

around the image

Used a red marker to make x's and O's around the

heart

Our 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 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! 

Still plenty of time to join the fun and show us your interpretation of

the challenge.  We love to visit you and see what you come up with.

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

BSS MONDAY IDEA - A TRI_FOLD CARD

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

This week, I wanted to share a card I made with a four piece 

stamp set from Art Impressions.

All the directions to make this card are on the packaging.

Click the picture to see a slide show and enlarged images.

This is the card closed.

This is the card with the left side opened

Both sides open.

Stamp set - Art Impressions - Messy House (TF-4452)

Gingham Designer Paper - My Favorite Things - Homespun Gingham

  6x6 Paper Pad

White Card Stock

Makes a really cute card.

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

Sweet Magnolia Shaker card

Hi Friends, my first shaker card using my new Fuse tool.  Finally decided to go for it, because whenever I make a Shaker card, the "stuff" inside gets stuck to the foam take edges and sticks there.

I LOVE the Fuse, simple to use and looking forward to making some other things with it too.

I pulled a Tilda from my Magnolia stash.  Haven't bought many in recent years, don't like the way they changed the shape from sweet children that they were.  Every once in a while, like yesterday I see one on sale (I actually bought two with American flag themes)  and buy them.

Stamp - Magnolia

Doily from under my tea cup at a restaurant!!!

Trim from Michaels along with the bow

Heart Die is SPellbinders nestabilities die

Corners are a punch

Colored with Copics

I am entering my card into the challenge at 

Midweek Magnolias-Love/Valentines

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day, Until later....

HMFMC # 212 - LOVE IS ALL AROUND

Welcome back to a brand new challenge at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

It's our talented floater teammate, Kate's turn to host, and she has chosen the theme.

"Love is all around"
(you can always use the option of  anything goes for any of  our Challenges}
You must use a House Mouse Design on your card or project.

Close up of sweet stamped image.

Stamp - House Mouse Design, Lovin' Mouseful-Stampabilities
Papers are old, Basic Gray, I think.
Corner die is La La Land
Scalloped border is EK Success
Circle and Decorative Circle are Spellbinders
Colored with Copics
Star Dust Stickles

Our 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 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! 

This is a fun challenge, and a chance for you to get a Valentine card made, it's only
two weeks away!!!  Have a peek of the wonderful samples the design team has done
over at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog.

We love to visit you, to see what you came up with, so get busy, show us some love and join the fun!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day, until later............