HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE # 117

Welcome to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge # 117.

Our wonderful teamie, Jennifer has picked the theme "So Sweet" Anything that includes chocolate, candy or your favorite sweet in your design.

We are bing sponsored by:

Simon Says Stamp has generously offered a $ 25 gift Cert for their online store

AND

Sweet Stamp Shop has generously offered a $ 10 gift Certificate

My Card Recipe

Stamp - House Mouse Designs

Papers - Sweet Stack DCWV

Circle die - Cheery Lynn

Label die - Spellbinders

Pearls, bows and charm from my Stash

Colored with Copic Markers

We want to thank everyone who entered our last challenge and hope that you will come join us again this time.  Beautiful inspiration on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog site, so please go take a look and then ink up those House Mouse, Gruffie or Happy Hopper stamps using the Sweet theme and play along.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Don't forget, you can post your card at House-Mouse Designs in their Stamp by Me Gallery

that contains one of their images.

BSS MONDAY IDEA - PLAYING WITH ALCOHOL INKS

WELCOME TO THE BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF MONDAY IDEA.

Today's idea involves getting those alcohol inks out and dusting them off!

I first cut out a piece of white glossy card stock that my main image would fit on.

Then, using Butterscotch and Lettuce Alcohol Inks by Ranger, I added a few drops of each color randomly on the felt pad of the blending tool and pounced around the piece of card stock until I liked the coverage, leaving some white areas. Then, spray some blending solution by Ranger on the felt pad and pounce around the card stock, lightening and blending the colors, until you like the results.

Next, I stamped my image (Delicate Florals 40-103 Penny Black) in black Momento Ink. I colored in just the leaves with a green Copic Marker. Lastly, I stamped the script stamp (1999L-Letter Background, by Penny Black) with Versafine Watermark Stamp Pad and embossed with white

embossing powder. That's it. Mount your piece with a coordinating color mat.

Close up of image. I added this to a white 5x7 card base, with a yellow textured card stock mat

43/4 by 63/4 and a gold ribbon trim. Left this card simple to show off the beautiful image.

Hope you have a chance to try this technique. Try different colors while using the alcohol inks and the over stamp of the words.

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

HAPPY EASTER

Happy Easter

Just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Blessed Easter.

Hope you're able to be with those you love.

A little chocolate wouldn't be bad either.

BOY AND RABBIT

Hello, have been busy last couple.  Today I took a ride to the craft store and picked up some new goodies.  I'm into the Martha Stewart punch around the page punch sets lately.  Got a new one today, so Will be trying that out the next couple of days.  Getting ready for the holiday and my Granddaughters 14th birthday.  Hard to believe she is going to be 14.  The years just slip by so quickly.  Seems like yesterday that Rick and I were standing in the nursery window at the hospital watching them weight and dress her right after her birth.  The nurse held her up and she was kicking and screaming and both Rick and I started to cry and the nurse said to her, there's your family, apparently you come from a long line of criers!!  Now she is tall, thin and even more beautiful and will go to the high school next year....ugh..........

Today's card is for Challenge #4 at Craft a Scene.  This month they want you to use a Silhouette cutout or image.  I have used a stamp from All Night Media.

My Card Recipe

Stamp - All Night Media

Papers - DCWV

Kaiser Pearls

Spellbinders Dies Large Scalloped Ovals

Corner Punch - Paper Shapers

Ribbon my stash

Image stamped on glossy white card stock, inks added with a sponge applicator and a stipple brush.

Inks used Ranger distress inks and Marvy Matchables.

I'm going to pop this into the following challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenges - # 164 Spring Greens, Anything Spring

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - #51 - Easter with an animal

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Celebrating Easter

Creative Card Crew- #7 - Spring

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

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY REMINDER CHALLENGE # 116

Hi, just a quick reminder that the current challenge at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #116 has another week to run and the theme is "Party"

We have two great prizes on offer and lots of inspiration on our blog site, so take a look then ink up your House mouse, Gruffies or Happy Hopper stamps and enter the challenge.

This little guy sure doesn't look like he's having much of a party!

That's because he's having a party for one, a Pity Party.  I thought

this would be a great card to send to someone who is feeling down.

My card Recipe:

Stamp - House Mouse Designs, Extra daffodils are stamps by Heartfelt Creations

Papers - DCWV

Sentiment is computer generated

Colored with Copics

Crystal Stickles

Hope you have time to join us at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today, Have a wonderful Monday.

BSS MONDAY IDEA - THE 2-5-7-10 BOX

WELCOME TO THE MONDAY BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF IDEA.

Today's idea is a small gift/treat box. With Easter just a week away, I thought it might be nice to share this little treasure.

There is a tutorial and video at:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/2_5_7_10_box/

With just one sheet of 81/2 x 11 card stock, and four scores on the

long side of the paper and two on the short side, this box comes together surprisingly fast.

The image is an adorable circle stamp of bunnies from Northwoods. I colored with Copics.

Here's a side view of the box completed.

I made several of these for small gifts for Easter, and they turned out so nice.

Takes about ten minutes to put one together, if that!

I'm entering this project into the color challenge at Color Me Creative Classroom, this months theme is Spring.

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

EGGS-TRA SPECIAL

I'm still making Easter cards, you know, so many beautiful stamps, so little time!!  This one combines two stamps and a digi image.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Tilda, Magnolia; Egg and Flowers, Northwoods Rubber Stamps,

Bunny, digi, Angel's Landing

Card and stamped layer were cut with a Grand die by Spellbinders.

Flowers were punched with a Martha Stewart Punch, as well as the leaves.

Stardust stickles

Colored with Copics

I'm going to pop this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamps - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Spring/Easter

Crafty Catz -  #126 Use a digi

Pile it on - #14 Create a scene

Thanks for stopping by.  Until later.....