Handmade Background #20

 Welcome back to my blog! Happy Halloween! I have another background to show you. This technique made a fun, eerie background for a Halloween card.

I took my tree stencil and placed it on purple card stock. I took white shimmery ink and sponged it around the stencil to give it a misty night look. I stamped the haunted house to the right of the tree. I stamped the ghost, colored over it with a clear Wink Of Stella glitter pen, fussy cut it and added it to the card. All stamps are from Just For Fun Stamps. 

Thanks for stopping by. Happy haunting!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters:  Anything Goes #33

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #327

                               ANYTHING GOES

                                or

"USE YOUR FAVORITE COLOR"

Challenge!

Challenge ends November 8th

hosted by our Talented Teamie Sue Kement

We are Sponsored by

 
HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site! Eeeeek!!  

Please remember you must use a
 House Mouse Design image on your card/project to enter.

And we also welcome our wonderful second sponsor!

Di's DigiStamps

One Lucky Winner will receive a 
$6 Voucher to spend @ Di's Digi Stamps

My favorite color is aqua or teal, even though I like many other colors as well. So I  used my favorite color on my card today. I just love this new cute birthday stamp!

 

Stamp:  Bon Bon Birthday - Stampendous

Dies:  Pierced Die - Gina Marie    Candle - Spellbinders

Patterned Paper:  Make a Wish - Stamps of Life

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

I hope to see you over at the challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Allsorts:  Celebration time

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Layer It Up

Gelli Plate Play

 Hi and welcome to my blog. Recently I have been playing with my gelli plate and making fun backgrounds using lots of stencils and acrylic paints. I used two stencils on this background - diamonds and circles. The saying is a sticker and the stamp is unknown. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

Challenge entered:

Allsorts:  Celebration Time #595

Stamplorations:  Stencil

HMFMC #326 Mid Way Challenge Reminder

  Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House Mouse fans!

Our current challenge is

'ANYTHING GOES'

with the option of

" FALL "

Hosted by our Talented Teamie, Sue Drees

Please use any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image 

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

Generously Sponsored  by

We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, 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!

 Welcome back to our Generous SPONSOR

Simon Says Stamp

Many thanks to our generous Sponsor for their continued support.  

AND

Sue is also offering this adorable stamp to one

lucky winner

Halloween is right around the corner so I used this new stamp, shown above, on my card today! I don't know how much trick-or-treating will be done this year but these little meeces are on their way!

Stamp:  Chipmunk Treat - Stampendous

Deco Scissors:  Ripple - Fiskars

Die:  Small Circles - Spellbinders

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge! Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

CardzTV:  Anything Goes #125

The Creative Crafters:  Anything Goes #33

Handmade Background #19

 Fall is my favorite time of year! I love the colors and scents of Fall. I only wish Fall would last a lot longer! 

My focal point on this card today started out as a background. The technique I used was soot stamping. This technique is fun and easy to do, but be careful not to burn yourself or the card stock! Take glossy card stock and sponge some colors over it. Turn the glossy side to the flame of a candle and slowly wave it over the flame, turning the card stock around to get the whole surface covered with soot. You might want to use tweezers or a clothespin to hold the card as you do this. After the card is covered with black soot, then stamp a stamp onto the soot and some of the soot will come off to reveal the image. You will have to set the finished card with spray sealer so that the rest of the soot does not rub off. I just use hairspray! It smells better too!

I cut out a portion of the background using a stitched rectangle die to use as the focal point of my card. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #326

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House Mouse fans!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

'ANYTHING GOES'

with the option of

" FALL "

Hosted by our Talented Teamie, Sue Drees

Please use any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image 

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

Generously Sponsored  by

We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, 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!

 Welcome back to our Generous SPONSOR

Simon Says Stamp

Many thanks to our generous Sponsor for their continued support.  

AND

Sue is also offering this adorable stamp to one

lucky winner

I am using a new fun Fall House Mouse stamp on my card today. These little meece seem always to be getting into something! 

Stamp:  Pumpkin Paint - Stampendous

Die:  Stitched Oval - Gina Marie

Colored Pencils and Gamsol

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge! I hope you are havng a great Fall ya'll!

Challenges entered:

ModSquad:  Hello Pumpkin

HMFMC #325 Mid Way Reminder

 eeeeeeeeek! Welcome back to our current challenge

ANYTHING GOES

with the option of 

Leaves

hosted by our Talented Teamie Misti

 This Challenge closes at 6am (EST) on Sunday Oct 11th.

Please remember you must use a
 House Mouse Design image on your card/project to enter.

We are Sponsored by

 
HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site! Eeeeek!!  

Many thanks to our generous Sponsor for their continued support.  

 

Fall is my favorite time of year. I only wish that it would last longer! I am loving using the fun new Fall House Mouse stamps on my cards. This stamp really cracks me up. I love these playful mice!

Stamp:  Corn Toothed - Stampendous

Punch:  Maple Leaf - Family Treasure

Patterned Paper:  Dreamy - Authentique

Dies:  Hello - Recollections

Labels 4 - Spellbinders

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you at the challenge. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

CardzTV:  Anything Goes #124

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters:  Anything Goes #32