Happy Hopper and House Mouse Babies

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends, family and followers and to my U.S. followers Happy Columbus Day for those that celebrate. To all other followers just have an awesome day!!!

I was asked by a friend to made a baby boy card to put with her gift for her new grandson and of course I went into overdrive and made three. The one she chose I didn't get a picture of,  I forget quite often to take a picture of the cards I make for others, I've seen me tear the envie apart to photograph it on more than one occasion. Here are the two extras I now have.

Using the awesome sketch from the Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge #9  I made a simple card with the cute House Mouse Design Stamp, I purchase a die "it's a boy girl" and this was my chance to try it out.  I used two embossing folders, Argyle and Swiss Dots. Finished it off with a tiny button brad and some baker's twine. On to the second card.

This time I used a Happy Hopper, isn't the bunny adorable, I love this stamp. I used the argyle cuttlebug embossing folder for this one and some more baker's twine. The congratulation is a gold peel and stick sentiment, I wanted the bunny to shine. There are no sentiments on the inside as I packed up a lot of my stamps and took them home last trip, we will be closing the cottage soon as it is getting cooler and we don't want to have a freeze up.

I am entering this in 

Gruffies and Guests Challenge  Embossing (alternate anything goes)

The Crooked Stamper CSSC #9

Thanks for visiting me today and have a wonderful fun day with friends and family.

SOS Challenge #209 ~~~ Gingham Style

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Shopping Our Stash has a fabulously awesome challenge, Gingham Style - use checkers, checks or squares on your project. I had a great idea for the challenge unfortunately what I planned didn't work but I persevered and managed to come up with something I liked. I found some gingham buttons at a yard sale on Saturday and just had to incorporate at least one on my card.

Although you can't really see it well the scalloped oval and the border is shiny card stock. You will see a lot of Birthday cards in the next while as I have 12 birthdays this month. 

Now isn't this button adorable? I just had to use it even if there is no other pink on the card. 

I thought the little mousie is making a Birthday cake so I used this cute sentiment on the inside.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Stella Says Sketch #311  I flipped the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week.

Challenge #191 at SOS is Not so Heavy Metal

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Shopping Our Stash challenge 191 is Not so Heavy Metal and we want you to use your oldest metal embellishments on your project. I have no idea how old my clips and brads are but I would venture a guess at least 5 years old for the clips and longer for the brads and they match. Here is what I came up with…..

The stamp I used is from House Mouse Designs

Lots of stash used on this card, the paper is over 5 years old and the lace I have no idea when I bought it but think it was a yard sale find. I have no idea what to call this fold but I used the clips to attach the two sides of the card together. Here is a closer look at the metal stash.

Now on to the rest of the card and the measurements are under tutorials.

The inside of the card.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:
House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #189 Spring is in the Air or optional Anything Goes.
Gruffies and Guests Anything Goes with the option of  Love is all Around.
Thanks for visiting today and dig out your oldest metal and join in the fun at Shopping Our Stash.

Challenge #152 …..Birthday or Anniversary?

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Last week at Shopping Our Stash for Sing it Out you were asked for no Happy Birthday or Anniversary and this week we want you to make them!!!
                    
I made an accordion circle card using my favourite birthday cupcake mouse from House Mouse Designs and Elizabeth Craft Designs dies. I made a two fold card, I didn’t think I was ready for a triple one. This is the front of the card.

this is the back of the card.

This is the inside of the card, as you see the circle turns when you open the card. one last picture.

Close up of the candle 
This was quite the project and I’m so glad I had received a card similar for my birthday, I think they get easier as you make more of them.

I'm entering this in Gruffies and Guests, anything goes with the option of spring (no spring on mine)

Thanks for stopping by today and lets see how many entries we can get for the Birthday/Anniversary celebration.

Challenge #151….Sing it to Me

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Shopping Our Stash this week is Sing it to Me, you make a card inspired by a song. If you are joining in the fun please make note of the song that inspired your card, that way we don’t have to be guessing. Rules on the challenge blog say Happy Birthday is not an option, it’s way too easy.

I was thinking about what songs could inspire me and while sorting through my House Mouse stamps I saw this one and immediately thought of Raindrops keep falling on my head which is a 1969 song sang by B. J. Thomas. This song was specifically written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film, .
The embossing folder I used is Floral Fantasy, haven’t use it in ages. I coloured the image with a combination of Spectrum Noir and copics.

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Just a close up of the little mouse, doesn’t he have a cute little face gotta love the little rodent they are so much fun. You can find a whole collection of them at House Mouse Designs

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The inside is rather blah, but wait till I get the sentiment and cover up some of the vibrant yellow,
Challenges I’m entering this in:
Gruffies & Guests….ATG with the option of Spring.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will join in the fun at SOS for the  Sing it to Me challenge. You have until Monday May 19 @ 11.59 p.m. Happy Crafting.

It’s SATURDAY!!! and E is for Embellishment at SOSS

For me is really is Saturday, I totally forgot my blog post yesterday. `Note to self….do the blog post as soon as you finish the card.
Since it is the second Saturday of the month it`s time for a new challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers it is E for Embellishment. Now you can have as many as you want, all the same or all different but it has to be at least 2 now that is an easy challenge.

I know it`s Easter, I haven`t lost my mind that far but I really wanted to use this adorable image from House Mouse Designs. I have been trying to make a couple of Christmas cards every month. The flourish stamp is from Hero Arts the poinsettia is a boss cutz die, I did cut an extra petal to make it look fuller.

Close up of the cute little rodent. I coloured it up with my prisma colour pencils and oms, added some white opal liquid pearls on the had and snow.

A closer look at the poinsettia, I used a brad in the center for one of my embellishments. I put 11 red rhinestones on the flourish to make and even dozen for the challenge.

As you can see, I still haven`t ``dug`` out the sentiment stamps for the inside of my Christmas cards. One day I will have a marathon.
Challenges I am entering this in:
House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge add a flourish and a flower (ends tonight)
Gruffies and Guests Any thing goes with an optional twist (lace)
Crafty Hazelnut`s Christmas Challenge Put a hat on your project
Crafty Hazelnut's christmas Extra challenge Anything goes for April

Thanks for looking today and have a fabulous Easter weekend.

Welcome to Pieces of April!!!

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April showers make the snow go away so the May flowers can make their way out to greet the sun. I saw lots of snow drops on Sunday, tulips and daffodils were poking their leaves out of the ground, what a fabulous sight. Shopping Our Stash has a great challenge for this second week of April…pieces of April which means paper piecing. This is a fun challenge and you can use up some scraps and that is what the blog is all about. I love to shop in my stash I never know what I might uncover.
For my Pieces of April I used a House Mouse image from House Mouse Designs these little guys are my “go to” stamp for lots of occasions and it’s been a little while since I used one.

 

I picked the image because it reminded me of the  March winds we had and how March went out like a lion, I paper pieced the balloon cut the image with my labels 8 spellbinders die and layered it on the pink that I cut with the Fancy Labels 8 die by Spellbinders. Doesn’t he look like he is having a fun time.

Here is the inside of the  card waiting for the sentiment, it was done with some scraps I had in the scrap box.

Challenges I’m entering this in:

Gruffies and Guests Anything goes with the option of lace. I didn’t use lace but I did use a lacy die cut.

Thanks for stopping by today and come back again soon.

Shopping Our Stash is in LOVE…..

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New challenge at Shopping Our Stash is # 137 Love Me Tender.we need to see a project with the theme of Love or Valentine or both, they seem to go together. I chose a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches unfortunately the collection closed today. Better luck for me next time. I do love this sketch. The image I used is my favourite rodents (and not a groundhog) from House Mouse Designs.

 

I didn’t put a sentiment on the front yet, I couldn’t decide what I wanted and who this card was for, perhaps it’s for my Hubby and I will use my Love stamp.
Here is a quick peek at the inside just to keep me honest about finishing the inside. It’s not very elegant but done.

Along with the cute image from House Mouse Designs I use the heart paper from Basic Grey called Kissing Booth. the stripped paper is from Stampin’ up. (had this one for years)  the heart buttons are also from my stash. The Ribbon is Offray equally as old and the charm is from a package I picked up on clearance from Michaels last year.
I am entering this in the following challenges.
House Mouse and Friends “show me some love”
Gruffies and Guests challenge #2 Love is in the Air
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Love Notes
Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the Shopping Our Stash Blog and see what the other members of the design team have done for your inspiration….maybe leave them a little love on their blog.
Have a terrific day!!!

With Enough Caffeine I Could Rule The World……..

I need a couple of cups of java to kick start my morning, but try not to drink coffee late afternoon. I bought theses cute stamps at the December open house at my favourite stamp store, The Butterfly Moon I finally took them out of their packaging.  I thought the background stamp was so versatile as I have other coffee related stamps.

The stamps I used are from House Mouse Designs the banner is made with the Coffee Background stamp and the image is Caffeine High. The sentiment is from Stampin’up. Cardstock Very Vanilla and Early Expresso. buttons from CTMH. I stamped coffee beans with Versamark watermark all over the early expresso.

I used several colouring mediums, prismas colour pencils and alcohol markers.

Another finished inside of a card, it really doesn’t take very much extra time to do it either. You can see the full background stamp. The coffee bean stamp is from Stampabilities and the sentiment is from Inkadinkado by Dawn Houser. 
I saw this sketch and so wanted to try it although my image is not a circle. I am sure this sketch will be used many times, I love it.
I am entering this card in three challenges.
Tuesday Morning Sketches # 232 the twist is to make it monochromatic I’m close on this one, it ends Sunday.
House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge Blog Use as stamp you haven’t used before. (I used two) Challenge ends midnight January 25, 2014 EST.
Gruffies & Guests for the Anything Goes challenge.ends January 29, 2014