YOU'VE GOT MAIL

We are having sweltering humidity and high heat temps here...........it stinks!  Too  hot to enjoy the patio or the yard or even going out.  Big parade tonight for our Erie Canal Fest Celebrations and can't even think about sitting outside in this heat to watch it, so will pass for this year!!  We are supposed to reach 95 by Thursday will no relief in site.......I don't ever remember reaching 95 degrees here in Western New York State!!!

Today's card is for the challenge at Penny Black and Friends Saturday #160, they want you to use bunting on your card (we call it banners).

Card Recipe:

Stamp - Penny Black

Papers - Cosmo Cricket - Salt Air

Banner/bunting - cute free hand strung on baker's twine, stamp by Inky Antics

stamped in clear embossing ink and embossed with white EP

Border circles Martha Stewart

Bow - Hobby Lobby

Letter and envelopes with heart cut by hand, stamp PB

White doily

Clothespin with ladybug, Michael's

Colored with Copic Markers

I used this adorable PB stamp that I recently bought at my local stamp store's garage sale from my friend Linda.....thanks Linda!  The banner was cut out free hand and strung on baker's twine.

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

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE # 100 AND CELEBRATION BLOG HOP

Welcome to the 100th House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

To celebrate this milestone, we are having a blog hop.

Our Teamie, Lisa chose the celebration theme for our blog hop, BUTTONS, BOWS,BLING IT UP, any or all of these.

What I used on my card:

Flowers - Prima

Paper - Pearl Pink card stock, Gingham, Martha Stewart

Sunburst disks - Pizzazz APlenty

Crystals - Michael's

Pink stone swirls - 7 Kids College Fund

Stickles

Butterfly was a gift from a friend

Spellbinders die

Sentiment - Art Impressions

Colored with Copic Markers

Rules for   MY  Blog Hop Prize Give-a-way

Two lucky winners will be chosen randomly after the blog hop is over.

1st Prize

An unmounted birthday House Mouse Stamp set.

2nd Prize

Embellishment selections from our new sponsor

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To be eligible for MY blog hop prizes, you must be a follower on my blog.

You must have entered a card/project in the 100th Challenge using a HM stamp

and followED the theme.

Enter your name in the link below

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Rules for the main blog hop prizes.

To be eligible for the prizes (AND THERE ARE A LOT OF WONDERFUL PRIZES)

that are going to be given away after the hop is over (see them all listed BELOW)

 You must be a follower on the House Mouse Site.

You must enter a card/project using the theme AND House Mouse stamps for our 100th challenge.

You must visit each person on the design team and our July guest design team members, you can find the list at the House Mouse Blog site  and leave a comment,

AND leave a comment on the House Mouse Blog site.

100th CHALLENGE SPONSORS

We are very lucky to have these FABULOUS SPONSORS who have GENEROUSLY donated amazing prizes. We highly value your SPONSORSHIPS and are happy to have you on board!! :)

TAKE a good look at this WONDERFUL line-up and their AMAZING PRIZES...

Sponsor #1

The official House-Mouse Designs site;

Offering (A $25.00 Electronic Gift Certificate to the official site's store)

Sponsor # 2

Joanna Sheen

10 packs of House-Mouse Decoupage

Sponsor # 3

Di's Digi Downloads

Will have 2 winners for 3 Digi Downloads Each

Di's Digi Downloads is a great little company offering lots of super adorable digi stamps. Diane will again be Offering 3 free Digis to ONE LUCKY player - for this challenge. So make sure to play along for your chance to win!!!!

Sponsor # 4
K n' K Designs

4 Free Digi sets

Sponsor # 5

Pizzazz Aplenty

A $10 embellishment gift package
including: Flatback pearls and rhinestones; Victorian
Cameos; flowers, dream string, luster twine and a gel picker

Pizzazz Aplenty began with only a bit of bling and some ribbon, but in the last few months, we've added so much more... from cardstock to cello bags, as well as charms, stick pins, brads, buttons, cords, twines, laces, and over 20 colors in flatback pearls and rhinestones. The newest additions are teardrop pearls, button stick pins, leaf pins, heart pins, resin cameos and flowers! Please stop by for a look at our store: Pizzazz Aplenty

Sponsor # 6
R K Stamps

Ally at RK Stamps is going to offer two of the new House-Mouse Designs release stamps!!!!

Sponsor # 7

Emma @ Crafty Emma's Store

A £10.00 voucher to Crafty Emmas Store, excluding P&;P


Sponsor # 8

Simon Says Stamp has a $15 Gift Card PRIZE to the wonderful Simon Says Stamp store!

In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards & Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. They stock over 100,000+ items, offer you quick service & 1 stop shopping at a great price!

Sponsor # 9

• Offering a £10 gift voucher

WOW!!! INCREDIBLE PRIZES PRIZES, right???

  If you have arrived here from Sue Cooper's (scoopy's) blog you're in the right place. 

Check out the Design Team creations and get some inspiration, then ink up those stamps and join in the fun.  The challenge runs through Sunday July 31st.

Now, hop on over to Sue Kment's blog to finish up!

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

BEACH BABES

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea

Today's idea is to make a banner for your card.

To make the banner:

Cut strips of paper 1x2 inches.

Fold in half so you end up with a 1 inch square

Mark a dot at 1/2 inch at the bottom unfolded edge

Cut from the mark to the right hand corner

Cut from the mark to the left hand corner

After as many banner pieces you will need are cut, add letters, center them

on some kind of twine or string. Adhere the front to the back.

Adhere to card when everything else is in place on your card.

I used pop dots to pop up the banner and hold it in place.

Card Recipe:

Stamp - Art Impressions-Girlfriends

Paper - textured orange card stock, design paper My Mind's Eye,

Stella and Rose

Colored with Copic Markers

Cut out with Oval Grand Spellbinder's die

Shell - K & Company

Baker's Twine

Sand, sponged with course sponge, brown ink

Small alphabet for lettering, white embossing powder

Star Dust Stickles

These beach babes were so much fun to color and the little beach scene so much fun

to create. 

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

YOUR SOMEBUNNY SPECIAL

Another lower humidity day here today, so windows and doors open.  Tomorrow we are back to heat and humidity right through the weekend. So hot sitting outside at parties and picnics!  We had our first tomato from my one tomato plant and I made bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches.....delicious!

Today's card is for the challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  The theme this week is
Anything Goes!  And the design team is using stamps from Stamps Happen.  This was one of the first stamp companies I bought from when I started to stamp and their stamps stamp beautifully every time.  I have so many of them, it was hard to pick one, but I chose this sweet stamp for a birthday card for a young niece.

Click to enlarge to see sparkle!

Card Recipe:

Stamp - Stamps Happen

Paper - My Mind's Eye - Home

Lace - My sewing stash

Spellbinders circle and scalloped circle die cuts

Butterfly - Martha Stewart Punch

Star Dust Stickles

Fiskars small heart punch

Colored with Copics

Have a great Saturday.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later................

Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge Mid-month Reminder

Just a reminder that we are Mid-Month into the Challenge at Fuzzy Wuzzy.

The challenge this month is "Get Punchy"  We want you to use your punches and die cuts.

Our sponsor, Robyn's Fetish has added a second prize to the pot, so there will be two winners at the end of the challenge.

Card recipe:

Papers - red and yellow card stock.  DP is from my stash from Big Lots (sunflowers/strawberries)

Digi - Kitten, Robyn's Fetish

Oval die cut - Nellie Snellen

Corner punch

Embossing folders

Border, Martha Stewart

Sentiment - Whipper Snapper

Red Satin Ribbon

Wild Honey Distress ink

Colored with Copic Markers

Such a Fancy Kitty.

Hope you have time to join us for our Get Punchy Challenge.  You have until July 31st.

Don't forget you must have an animal on your card/project

Thanks for stopping in today for a peek.  Have a great Friday and weekend!  Until later.........

SWAN LAKE

Hi, supposed to go up to 90 today with high humidity, yuck.....Have to add water to our pond about every three days.....too hot for me.

Today's card is for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge (MMSC112).

Card Recipe:

Stamp, I think it is Stamp Camp, I bought it unmounted and didn't mark it.

Paper - Basic Gray and pink, Stampin Up

Lace from my sewing days; lace flowers, Walmart

String Pearls - Michael's Bridal Dept

Stick pin and Swan disk, Pizzazz Aplenty

Little Roses - Prima

Stamped on glossy white cardstock, colored with sponge tool and Tombow Markers.

I'm also entering this card in the My Time to Craft Challenge - must have a bird on your card.

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

 

YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS

Hello, hope your Tuesday went well.  So hot and humid here, the humidity is supposed to break for tomorrow, sure hope so.

Today's card is for the challenge at Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge # 159

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

What I used on this card:

Stamps - Penny Black

Paper - Textured Green Card Stock; DCWV Homemade Christmas Stack

Paper Doily

Snowflakes - Martha Stewart Punch

Rhinestones - Keiser

Image colored with Copics

Red Brick distress ink around sentiment

Glittery Christmas tree is foam from Michael's

Holly leaves pulled from silk bunch

Thanks for stopping by for a peek today.  Until later...................