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Hello and welcome to my blog of card crafts. I am happy that you stopped by for a visit. I hope you can visit often. Have a wonderful and blessed day! "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and my soul knows right well." Psalm 139:14

Monday, October 27, 2025

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #452

                 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House -                                  Mouse FANS!


We are here with a new challenge for you.




with the option theme of 


Any Holiday
 


Hosted by our Talented Teamie- Shelly

Challenge ends November 9th

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

 


We are  Generously Sponsored by


 Welcome back our Generous SPONSOR

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

Please be aware that customs duty may be payable for destinations outside of the United States

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!

and 

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

Bio.
I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like minded people.
I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself. This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

AND

Blog Candy from Sue Kment



Many thanks to our generous Sponsor/s for their continued support.  



Stamps:  Daisy Mouse - Spellbinders
Saying - Stampendous
Dies:  Candlewick Rectangle - Spellbinders
Butterfly Frenzy - Sizzix (TH)
Flower Soft - Nut Brown
Watercolor Pencils - Ranger (TH)

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

Challenges entered:

Beautiful Blossoms: Anything Florals Goes #34
Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2543

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Frames Series #20

Today I am showing another frame from my stash. To make the frame I used the negative from cutting out a die from gold card stock. I used alcohol inks on the card stock and then used a leaf embossing folder and ran it through my embossing machine. 


Embossing Folder:  3D Leaves - Sizzix (TH)
Dies:  Leaf - Gina Marie
          Labels 18 - Spellbinders
Alcohol Inks - Ranger (TH)
Disgtress Inks: on leaf - Ranger (TH)
Gold Metalli Power (splatter) - by Maimeri

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

Monday, October 20, 2025

HMFMC #451 Mid - Way Reminder

                      Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-                                    Mouse FANS!


We are here with a Mid Week Reminder

Our ongoing challenge:


with the option of Use Purple or Orange
 

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Pam


....... join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.


We are  Generously Sponsored by
Barry & his team @ House Mouse Designs
The Official Mousey Family, 
House-Mouse Designs(R)

 

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


I wanted to make the tree frame multicolored like the colors of Fall, so I cut the frame from a gelli plate background that I had made awhile back using acrylic paints. I stamped the mouse onto the blue card stock first. I then stamped the mouse on white card stock, colored it with markers, fussy cut it and adhered it over the stamped image. I love Fall and I hope that you are enjoying it as much as I do. 


Stamps: Spring Mini Clear Set - Stampendous
Dies: Debutante Frame (BG) Memory Box
Orchard Tree Frame - Memory Box
Punch: Leaves - Martha Stewart
Alcohol Markers - Caliart

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope that you can join our challenge. Have a wonderful day!

Challenge entered:

We Love Stamping: Anything Autumn

Monday, October 13, 2025

House Mouse and friends Monday Challenge #451

                 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-                                  Mouse FANS!


We are here with a new challenge for you.




with the option theme of

 Using Orange or Purple


Hosted by our Talented Teamie- Pam

               Challenge ends October 26th

Join the fun!  Please use a House-MouseDesigns(R),
image can be stamped, decoupage or CD rom. 


We would like to Thank our generous sponsors

 For this Week's Challenge we are thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor: Barry & his team @ House Mouse Designs
The Official Mousey Family, 
House-Mouse Designs(R)

 

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


I love Fall with all its beautiful colors and aromas even though we do not see much of Fall here where I live. This new House Mouse is so cute with his acorn top hat!


Stamps: Hats Off to You stamp set - Spellbinders
Die: Circle - Crafters Companion
Patterned Paper - Unknown
Alcohol Markers - Caliart

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

Challenge entered:

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes #720-721

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Frames Series #19

Welcome back to my frames series. I love this frame for Fall. I also love the beautiful Fall colors even though we do not see a lot of Fall color where I live. At least it is less humid and cooler here! I hope you are enjoying the cooler weather too. On this card everything on the card was pulled from my stash. The bird was already colored and cut! The leaves, wreath and even the embossed background were bits and pieces in my stash. I just put it all together.


 Die:  Wreath - Spellbinders
 Punches:  Fern and Leaf - Punch a Bunch
 Stamp:  Winter Tweets - Stampendous
 Embossing Folder:  Leaves - The Paper Studio
 Water Color Pencils - Ranger (TH)
                            

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

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Bright and Colorful

Monday, October 6, 2025

House Mouse and Friends Mid Challenge Reminder #450

                   Welcome back House Mouse fans!

We are here with a Mid Week Reminder

Our ongoing challenge:


with the option of
 
Food and/or Drink


Hosted by our Talented Teamie  Sue K


        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.


We are  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

Please be aware that customs duty may be payable for destinations outside of the United States

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!

Many thanks to our Generous Sponsor for their continued support.


Stamp: Donut Bliss - Stampabilities
Dies:  Circle - Crafter's Companion
Happy Birthday Circle - Creek Bank Creations
Patterened Paper: Spring Fling - Echo Park
Glitter Glue: Sprinkled Sugar - Stickles
Jewels: Light Pink - Paper Studio
Dark Pink - Jolees
Alcohol Markers - Caliart

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

Challenge entered:

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Think Pink
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Think Pink

Monday, September 29, 2025

Fall Birthday

I am so ready for Fall! How about you? Fall is my favorite season and I have been making a lot of Fall cards lately. I made this one using the Memory Box Fresh Foliage die that I cut from a gelli plate pull. The background was made by patting inks over the debossed side of the birch tree embossing folder and then stamping a leaf stamp on the same side of the embossing folder using a darker color of ink. I ran the embossing folder through my machine and colored in the areas of the trees' bark with a gray pencil. 


Dies:  Fresh Foliage - Memory Box
           Fancy Edged Frame - Spellbinders
Embossing Folder:  Birch Trees - Stampin' Up
Stamp:  Oak Leaf - Rubber Stampede
Distress Inks - Ranger (TH)
Saying:  Sticker - Paper Studio

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

              Challenges entered:

Memory Box:  I Can't Be - Leaf It's Fall  #123
Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Halloween/Fall 2539

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