Garden Friends

Hello friends.  We are finally melting.  Temperatures have risen above freezing and a slow melt is in progress.  So much snow and ice on the roofs, in the gutters, and on the ground,  it is going to take awhile.  But feels so good to see the sun shining!

Today's card is for the Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge, and this month's theme is

Spring Blooms, use flowers on your card.

Penny Black (1997) Garden Friends

My finished card

Made a scalloped card with Spellbinders

Grand Scalloped Rectangles (5x7 inches

Flowers made with a small punch.  Leaves are

a Martha Stewart punch

Designer paper was free in an issue of

Cardmaking magazine.

Ribbon from my stash

Colored with Copics

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

House Mouse and Friends Monday Mid-Week Reminder - Challenge #189 - SPRING

Good Monday morning.  Just a quick reminder.  The House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge is in  full swing, with one week left to enter our current challenge:

                          

You have until Saturday, March 14 at Midnight.  Please see rules on the

HMFMC blog.  But, remember, we now accept "Anything Goes" for all

our challenges.

                                                         Close up of sweet Easter stamp

My finished card

Inside Greeting

Stamp -Easter Egg Nap (Monica) Stampendous

Egg stamp is old by a company now out of business

Oval die cut - Spellbinders

Paper and ribbon from my stash,

love how they matched up11

Star Dust Stickles

Pink Quenn and Co. Pearls

Colored with Copics

Inside sentiment die Impression Obsession

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! 


*** AND ***
Our awesome MOUSEY Team also has this brand NEW Stamp to give away to 1 Lucky Player, so be sure to play to win!

 

Stampabilities Stamp, House-Mouse Designs, Inc.  Stamp is called: "Sweet Sensations", #HMIR1094. Featuring Mudpie.  What Fabulous Prizes, heh?! 

Please note that all Shipping, Taxes and Fees are the sole responsibility of the Prize winner. 

Hope you can make time to join the fun, create a card/ project using a House Mouse Designs, Mouse, Gruffie or Happy Hopper for our Spring Challenge.  Check out the mid-week inspiration on the blog.
We love visiting and seeing what you come up with.

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

BSS MONDAY IDEA - CUTE CHICK

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea. 

Were you tired all day on Sunday after losing an hour's sleep on Sunday morning?

My niece and I stamped late into the night, then realized that it was actually an hour later

than the clock read!  So I was dragging myself around all morning until I took to the couch

for a nap after lunch.

Today's card is an adorable baby chick.  The stamp is Northwoods Ruibber

Stamps.

Sweet baby chick.

My finished card.

Supplies

5 x 7 inch white card stock card base

Stamp - Northwoods(M9708)

 Cuttlebug Embossing folder - Chicken Wire

Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight (S5-191)

Creative Expressions Daisy Die (Sue Wilson) Complete Petals (CED1417)

Impression Obessesion Easter Joy word die (257-D)

La -La Land Crafts Open Leaf Flourish die (8048

E K Success - Butterfly 3 part punch

Ranger Wild honey distress ink (on butterfly)

Adirondack Earthtones ink - Stonewashed on daisys

Inside baby chick border - Martha Stewart Punch

Taylored Expressions inside sentiment - Big Bold Easter (TEMS64)

Yellow pearls

Flocking for center of daisys

Burlap panel (DCWV)

Yellow gingham card stock

Colored with Copics

That's it for this week.

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

EGG-CITING EASTER

Hi friends. starting to make Easter cards for my little friends that I send cards to.  I pulled out my Magnolia stamps.  Haven't inked them up much in a long time and they are so cute.

I made an egg shaped card from a template I found online free.

Sweet Tilda hatching out of the egg.

Spring daffodils 

Bow with flower button center tied with yellow twine

Stamp - Tilda in egg, Magnolia

Sentiment stamp - Printworks

Oval dies - Quickutz, Leisure Crafts

Paper - Yellow gingham, mint green and white card stock

White lace, gingham ribbon, and

Mint green rhinestones - Michael's

Daffodil stamp - Heartfelt Creations, I fussy cut them out

Faux stitching around oval centers

Colored with Copics

I want to enter this card into the challenge at

Totally Tilda and Friends - Challenge 115 - Bingo Grid

I managed to use all nine of the things on the grid on my card.

Marvelous Magnolia Challenge #87 - Bring on the Bling

Stickles on flowers, rhinestones around ovals.

Midweek Magnolias #108 - Let's get Sentimental

Use a sentiment on your card.

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

SNOW MUCH FUN

Hi Friends, I'm here with yet another snow card.  When you are surrounded with the white stuff for an entire month, seems like it was the thing to do today.  Actually, I bought this stamp last year and never inked it up and colored it, so before I put it away, I decided to make a card with it today.

Close up of stamped image

Easel card

Close up of inside

Stamp - Stamping Bella Uptown Girl - Winona Loves Winter

Sentiment stamp - dollar bin, Michaels

Card base 6x6 Textured teal card stock

Paper - Wild Rose Studio - Frosted Lace

Snowflakes die - Penny Black

Snowflake edge die - Darice

Oval Die - Spellbinders Nestabilities

Stitched Slopes and hills die - Simon Says Stamp

Frontage chunky white embossing powder

Colored with Copics

I'm entering my card at

Crafting for All Seasons - #97 Girly Girls

Scrapy Land - #13 Anything Goes using a die they sell

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Special Lady/Girly

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

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE #189 - SPRING

A brand new challenge begins today at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.  It's Challenge #189 and our sweet talented teammate, Tracy is hosting.  Tracy chose the theme

Don't forget, we allow an Anything Goes theme for all our challenges.

Challenge 189 starts today and runs through Saturday March 14th at Midnight EST.

Love this stamp

House Mouse Designs - Bug Off  - Stampabilities

Watering can template got online

Flowers and matting die- Spellbinders 

Leaves - Sue Wilson die

Designer Paper - DCWV

Lime Green Cardstock

Star Dust Stickles

Colored with Copic Markers

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! 


*** AND ***
Our awesome MOUSEY Team also has this brand NEW Stamp to give away to 1 Lucky Player, so be sure to play to win!

 

Stampabilities Stamp, House-Mouse Designs, Inc.  Stamp is called: "Sweet Sensations", #HMIR1094. Featuring Mudpie.  What Fabulous Prizes, heh?! 

Please note that all Shipping, Taxes and Fees are the sole responsibility of the Prize winner. 

The design team has beautiful inspiration on the

 House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge  blog.

Check it out, then get  busy and join the fun.  We love visiting you to

see what you have come up with.

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

BSS Monday Idea - Cjhopped front card

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

This weeks card is a chopped front card.

Front of card

Closeup of flower

Card is opened

Card base is 41/4x51/2 inches yellow card stock

Dies:  Flower - Spellbinder;s Blooms 3 (S2-046)

Flourish - Fanciful Flourish -Cherry Lynn Designs (B117)

Embossing Folder -Spellbinders M-Bossabilities (ES-011)

Designer paper is Graphic 45 - Raining Cats and Dogs Collection

Sentiment stamp is old.

To make the card

Using your paper trimmer, remove 31/4 inches down from the top

on the front, onthe fold and then cut across the front of the card.  This will leave

a 2 1/4 inch piece a the bottom of the card for closing the card.

Make a 4x5 1/4  inch white mat and run it through the embossing folder of your

choice and adhere to the inside of the card.  Stamp or die cut, or use boughten  flowers, add leaves

or flourish.  Use a circle die or punch that will accommodate your flower

and punch a half circle in the front of the card where you want to place your

flower.  Adhere flowers making sure you position the flower in the half circle

so the card will close.  Add sentiment.

Hope you have a chance to try this technique.

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