FIRST COMMUNION

Hi friends.  Beautiful warm sunny day here today.  Finishing up some computer work, then headed out to the yard for a bit then out to eat.

I made this card for the First Communion of a little friend of ours. Can't wait to see her

in her beautiful dress, making her first communion.

 A beautiful digital image from Mo Manning

My finished card.

Digital Image by Mo Manning

White card stock base 5x7 inches

purple card stock mat

Spellbinders die cut frame.

Organza ribbon

Flowers are The Paper Studio

Star Dust and gold Stickles

Colored with Copics

Corner rounder

Entering my card in the

Mo's Digital Pencil 2 Challenge # 250-Anything Goes (optional Spring)

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

Spring Bouquet

Hi Friends, Did some Spring Cleaning today, washed windows, etc.  A nice warm day and the sun was shining, life is good.

I made this beautiful simple card with an image from a site that I found on Pinterest and they are FREE.

HERE is the site for this image and some others
http://www.euamobiscuit.com.br/pintar_bordar/flores19.html

Close up of colored image.

My card

Colored with Copics

Card will be mailed tomorrow to a friend going through

a medical problem. 

The name of another site is Super Coloring

.

Here is a link to the flowers, there are other categories.

http://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/flowers/

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

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge # 192 - APRIL SHOWERS

A brand new challenges begins today at 

House Mouse and friends Monday Challenge.

One of our newest design team members, the very talented BETH is hosting this challenge.

Beth has chosen the theme of

And we also always welcome entries of  "Anything Goes" in all our challenges.

Stamp - House Mouse Designs, Stampendous 

Circle dies - Grand Decorative Circles Spellbinders

Daisys - Sizzix

Colored with Copics

We are proudly Sponsored by;

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

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Beth's Candy Prize

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The design team has come up with some wonderful inspiration on the challenge blog.  Why not check them out and then join the fun and enter a card in the challenge.  We love to visit to see what you come up with.

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

BSS MONDAY IDEA - SPRING HAS SPRUNG (FINALLY)

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

This weeks idea is to use a stamp in a different way.

I purchased this Penny Black stamp before the holidays , and it is called

"Ode to Christmas"  For some reason I didn't ever get to it and it

has been in a basket of stamps waiting for ink until now.

I was looking it over and decided to use my water based markers (I used Tombow and

color right on the stamp with them (you can't use Copics!)  I made

the berries look like Spring buds on the branch and colored the little

Chickadee in.  So instead of being a winter stamp, it can also be used all year

round.

Close up of stamped image

Card Front

Card Inside

Close up of Butterfly

Stamp - Penny Black- Ode to Christmas (4396J)

Inside sentiment - Amuse Artstamps (8-8535C)

Paper - Graphic 45 Time to Flourish Collection April

Dies - Spellbinders Grand Wonderful Wings Butterflies (LF-006)

and Fleur de Elegance Ovals (S4-475)

Cuttlebug dotted 5x7 inch embossing folder

Inside border is Martha Stewart punch

White Satin thin ribbon bow

Fran-tage Shabby pink Embossing enamel (Butterfly) Stampendous

Distress ink around bird image, sponged on while still

in the die, Spun Sugar

Popped up the image onto the larger oval and popped the larger oval up

on to the embossed mat.

Card is5x7 inches

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

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #191 Midway Reminder-Birthday with a birthday sentiment

Welcome back mousey lovers. It's time for our Mid-Way Squeakkkkkkkk...
We have some more DT inspiration to share with you for our current challenge hosted by

 Christine she has chosen

 (With a Birthday Sentiment plz.) 

 We all NEED Birthday cards right? BUT if you wanted to go with the alternate option of *ANYTHING GOES* thats fine..

So hurry and enter your fun projects featuring House-Mouse, Gruffies and or Happy Hoppers images from House-Mouse Designs®. You can use HMD Stamps, HMD CD collections and/or HMD Decoupage.

We are proudly Sponsored by;

 The One and ONLY, the Official Mousey Family... 

  

Offering one Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to House-Mouse Designs. 

Second Generous Sponsor is

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

And by
Hostess and Teamie Christine has also generously offered this HMD Gruffies Set of Unmounted Stamps as CANDY to one Lucky Winner! 

 That's 3 GREAT PRIZES, so 3 Chances to win!!  So be sure to play!  


My Birthday card 

Enter as often as you'd like with NEW creations. Please do not backlink.  

Entries must be submitted by Midnight, EST, on Saturday April 11th, 2015.

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Thank you for joining the House-Mouse Fun this week! 
We cant wait to see your *BIRTHDAY* entries!

Good Luck to you, and thank you for playing along with us Mouseys!

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

BUFFALO STAMPS AND STUFF - FANCY FOLD CARD

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.

This week's idea is a great fancy fold card.

I found this idea HERE

http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/dawns_stampin_studio/2015/03/window.htm

Any shape die will work.

Front of the card

Card opened

Inside of card

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio - Fox on Branch (CL450)

Spellbinder's Dies - Nestabilities Label 1 (S4-161)

Nesttabilities - Standard Circle Large (S4-114)

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Papers- Unknown from a 6x6 pad

White card stock base

Flowers - Prima

Leaves - Martha Stewart Punch

Image Colored with Copics

This is a fun card, and there is a video tutorial on

the website I found it on above.

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

Easter Candy Bar Holder

Hi friends.  Trying to finish up Easter cards and little gifts today.  I made these pocket candy bar holders for two little friends of mine of Easter.  I saw the chick on Pinterest, but no directions, so just winged it from the picture, and the bunny, I just played with some punches until I got a look I loved.

I am sure they will love the candy more than the little pockets, but will enjoy getting them anyway.

I just cut a 41/4 by 11 piece of cards stock

scored at 41/4  from one end and folded it

up to create the pocket.

Cut a large tag from card stock, 

Used a Spellbinder's die for the scalloped heart

for the face, ovals for ears, pink inserts hand cut.

Circles for eyes and nose.

Whiskers were made with Martha Stewart fringe scissors.

Feet are ovals and small dot punch.

Piece of faux fur between the ears.

Baby chick is smaller, but made the same way.

wings, fee and beak are cut by hand.

Oval belly, run through embossing folder.

Tuft of yellow yarn from my stash. Black pearl

eyes

These were fun.  A sheep would be cute too, but I am running out

of time, so will keep that idea for another time.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Have a great day.

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