Chillin'

Hi and welcome to my blog. I was in Charleston, SC this past weekend and boy was it hot there! I would have loved to be like this little mouse just chillin' in the water.

I colored the image using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I found the scrap of swirled paper in my stash that was perfect for the water. I added die cut clouds and some are pop dotted for dimension. I added a butterfly charm to the cord and colored it with yellow and green Sharpie markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Enjoy your day!!!!

Chalenges entered:

CHNC August Challenge: Patterned Paper

House Mouse and Friends:  Anything Goes - option, add a charm

Make a Wish!

Hi and welcome to my blog. I have made a card for several challenges using this cute House Mouse stamp, a fun layout, glitter paper and clear stickles. I used a numbers embossing folder for the background and the Gina Marie Stitched oval die to cut out the image.

I hope you are having a good start to the new year! I think most of us are very cold right now. Even here in South Carolina we have been having frigid temperatures for quite awhile. I hope you stay warm and cozy. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

House Mouse and Friends:  Anything Goes or Christmas

Sugar Peas Challenge:  Mix It Up #39

The Paper Girls:  Glitter

Three Tier Card

Hi and welcome to my blog! It is a beautiful day here today. I hope you are enjoying your day. I want to show you a three tier card I made. This is the first time I have made one! I used several House Mouse stamps and sayings and made this a birthday card. Here is the picture of the card closed up. I used clear sparkle embossing powder on the frosting of the doughnut.  I used the Gina Marie Stitched Circle die to cut out the image.

Here is the opened card. You pull up in the ribbon to activate it.

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

Challenges entered:

House Mouse and Friends:  Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  #8 Critter

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  It's a Stitch Up

Have a Mice Halloween!

Hi Everyone and welcome to my blog! I want to show you a Halloween card I made. These mice are sooooo cute dressed up in their candy corn costumes!

I had just bought spider embellishments, so I drew a web in the corner of the card and a line for the spider to hang from. I also used green google eyes on the spider. Did you know that spiders' eyes show up like green pin points when a light is shown on them at night? When my oldest son was about 10 years he told this to me because he had learned it in scouts. So one summer night we went outside with flashlights held up to our foreheads and saw all the little pin lights in the grass and bushes. ( Now you can imagine how we looked to anyone that passed by and at that time we lived by a busy road! ) You would not believe the hundreds of little eyes we saw!!!! It can be rather creepy to know how many spiders are in your yard!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a very mice day!

Challenges entered:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies: Critter - Challenge #7
Double D Challenge:  Fright Night
House Mouse and Friends: Halloween

Birthday Blowout!

Hi and welcome to my blog! I want to show you a birthday card I made using a Queen & Co. shaker card kit. I purchased some of these at a stamp show this summer and have just gotten around to using one. These are so much fun to make and the possibilities are endless.

I love using Color Bursts on birthday cards because they make the card look so festive! I punched out the balloon windows, used the template to trace the balloons on watercolor paper and cut them out so that I could lay my background over the windows and line them up properly. I had also bought the little polymer circles at the show to go into the windows. I added clear glitter and a little teal glitter in the windows also. I stamped the cute House Mouse stamp at the bottom, colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and added clear Stickles to the icing on the cupcake.

Here is a better picture showing the glitter.

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

Challenges entered:

Double D Challenge:  Glitter

House Mouse and Friends:  I Can See Right Through You

        Tuesday Throwdown:  Happy Birthday #360

Take Flight

Hi! I hope you are having a good day. It has been a pleasure being a guest designer for House Mouse and Friends. I want to show you a card that I made using this fun House Mouse stamp ( Cling Butterfly Ride ) that I just recently won. This little mouse is having a blast! The new challenge at House Mouse and Friends is Yellow and/or Orange. Come and join in the fun!

I adhered yellow and orange patterned paper to a white card base. I used one of Tim Holtz's Alterations dies to cut out the bottom area of white card stock so that the patterned paper can show through. The image was stamped on the top white card stock and colored with Spectrum Noir markers. I paper pieced the butterfly and pop dotted it to the image. Clear sparkle embossing powder was added to the butterfly.  You can see it better in the picture below.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Enjoy your day!

Challenges entered: 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  Critter

One Crazy Stamper:  Anything Goes

Scrapy Land: Heat Embossing or Dry + Die

Lights, Candles, Action!

Hi and welcome to my blog! Being a guest designer for the House Mouse and Friends has been so much fun! I love the theme for this new challenge - Interactive Card. I enjoy making action cards so I made this a wiper card. I learned to make this type of card many years ago and while rummaging through my stash I ran across one. I decided to make some more since it had been a long time.

Here is the front of the card.

When you pull on both sides of the card at the same time this little guy pops up! This mousie acts like a car wiper. He goes down when you shut the card and slides up when you open the card.

As you can see I used a lot of fun, bright patterned paper. I stamped the Mice Wishes stamp, colored and cut out the image using a Spellbinders Labels 8 die. I colored using Spectrum Noir markers and colored pencils. Cord and enamel dots were used to finish the card. The cute little mouse at the top was fussy cut and added to a small acetate piece. I stamped the saying in red, punched it out with a circle punch and adhered it to his feet.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a very "mice" day!

Challenges entered:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  Critters

Casual Fridays #175:  Use Those Patterned Papers

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes + Die

Tuesday Throwdown:  Sugar High

Think Pink

Hi and welcome to my blog! It has been fun being a guest designer this month for House Mouse Designs. I have another House Mouse card to show you today. The House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge is Think Pink. I love this satisfied little mouse inside the doughnut hole! I colored the icing pink using my Spectrum Noir markers. I then sprinkled on clear sparkle embossing powder to make it look more like icing.

This card is also a multi-fold card. It was fun adding all the cute images and embellishments inside.

I just love making cards with these stamps! Come join the challenge to be eligible to win some prizes. Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Challenges entered:

Mice Wishes

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am enjoying so much being a guest designer for House Mouse Designs! The theme for this new challenge is Embossing (wet or dry). I used a lot of embossing powder on my card today.

I just got this fun stamp and I had to use it. The bubble background was made by laying a circle stencil on dark blue card stock, applying transparent embossing paste and sprinkling on clear glitter embossing powder. I then heat set it. The image was colored using Spectrum Noir markers. I added different colors of marbled embossing powders to the bottom of the fish bowl to make it look like colored pebbles. I then added clear sparkle embossing powder over the entire fish bowl. You can see it better in this picture.

The white frame was made by using Martha Stewart corner and border punches.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a very "mice" day!

Challenges entered:

One Crazy Stamper:  Anything Goes
Mod Squad:  Let's Color

Keeping Cool

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog. I am so happy to be a guest designer for House Mouse Designs for May and June. I just love using all the fun House Mouse stamps and this stamp is no exception. I love lemonade and it looks like this little mouse is really "into" it! LOL! The first House Mouse challenge is Summer Time. The summers here in South Carolina are hot and sticky, so keeping cool is a top priority. What better way to keep cool than by having a tall cold glass of lemonade!

I stamped the image, colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and cut it out using the Spellbinders Small Circle die. I added Diamond Glaze to the image to make it look like glass. I placed different sizes of double sided tape across the bottom of the card and added purple glitter. The patterned paper at the top of the card was embossed using an embossing folder. The card was finished off by adding yellow ribbon, a bow and enamel dots.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

heARTful Challenge:  Anything Goes + Stamp

Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Put A Bow On It

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Eat Cake

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am forever needing birthday cards so I have made another one using this cute House Mouse stamp! The red border was made by using Martha Stewart punches. The white frame was made by using a Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Square die. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and cut it out using a Spellbinders Small Circle die and matted it on the larger blue circle. I love paper piecing, so I paper pieced the icing on the cake using green patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope your day is wonderful!

Challenges entered:

Crafting When We Can:  Animals

House Mouse and Friends:  Food and/or Drink

Modsquad:  Ya Wanna Piece of Me

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes + Die

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Happy Birthday

Merry Christmouse!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. I have been trying to make Christmas cards all through the year so that I will have them all finished by December, so I want to show you this Christmas card I made using this cute House Mouse.

This year I am also trying to use up more of my stash. I found this pretty snowflake already die cut. It is the Dazzling Snowflake die from Memory Box. I ran it through my dotted swiss embossing folder and adhered it to my red card base. The image was colored with Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut and pop dotted to the card. I punched 3 snowflakes and added Stickles glitter to them and also to the steam in the cup. You can see the sparkle better here in this picture.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope your day is wonderful!

Challenges entered:

CHNC Challenge:  Christmas 318

Christmas Cards All Year Round:  Add Snowflakes

Rudolph Days Challenge:  Anything Goes/Christmas - January

Enjoy Your Day

Hi! I am glad you stopped by today. I always love using the House Mouse stamps and isn't this little "Happy Hopper" cute!

I used some new supplies that I bought around Christmas time.  The gift border is a new Memory Box die. I used my new Spetrum Noir  amethyst sparkle pen on it to liven it up. I used my new Spectrum Noir pink garnet sparkle pen to color the ice cream. The saying came from another set of House Mouse stamps.

Thanks again for stopping by. I hope you enjoy your day!

Challenges entered: 

Dies R Us:  Anything Goes With Dies

House Mouse:  New, New, New

Simon Says Wednesday Challenges:  New Something

House Mouse Christmas

Hi and welcome to my blog! I hope you are enjoying this busy season! I want to show you a Christmas card I made using this cute little House Mouse stamp. I had fun making this card because I got to use some new products!

I actually used 2 stamps for my image. I started off with this new to me stamp and paper pieced the cup with  the green plaid paper.

I also used this stamp, colored the hat, fussy cut the hat and added it to the mouse in the cup.

Next I fussy cut the whole image and adhered it to my red plaid background. I just received this new paper in a magazine and I love the plaid! I also got to use my new greenery die from Gina Marie and added it below the new window die also from Gina Marie. I splattered diluted Gesso over the greenery to look like snow.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

Challenges entered:

ABC Challenge:  V is for Varied ( Anything Goes )

Dies R Us:  Snow

House Mouse and Friends:  Anything Christmas Goes

Birthday With Friends

Hi and welcome to my blog. What can be better than celebrating a birthday with friends? My stamping friends and I celebrate our birthdays at a favorite scrapbook store where we spend the day stamping, chatting and eating cake! It is always a fun day. We just celebrated a birthday the first of this month and we are ready to celebrate again in July. I want to show you the birthday tag I made with these cute House Mouse friends. I just bought the stamp and numbers dies today!

I followed Tim Holtz's techniques for his June tag. I sponged a tag with Distress inks. I then took out some white tissue paper and stamped the music and birthday on it. I covered another tag with white school glue and adhered the stamped tissue paper on the tag and smooshed it around a little to make wrinkles. When this dried, I used Tim Holtz's numbers dies on the tag. I adhered this tag over my background tag for the colors to show through the numbers. The image was stamped, colored with Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut and pop dotted to the tag. The ribbon was colored using Distress inks. I also added stickles glitter to the cupcake.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

House Mouse and Friends:  A Day Spent With Friends

12 Tags of 2016 :  June

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Animal Magic

Have a Very Mice Day!

Happy April Fool's Day! I hope you won't get fooled too much today. I want to share a card I made using acetate. I always love to see cards made with acetate but I have not made many myself. I enjoyed very much making this card! Here is the card when it is closed.

I embossed the acetate using a Sizzix frame embossing folder. I stamped the mouse image onto white card stock and cut him out using the Gina Marie stitched circle die. The mouse was colored using Spectrum Noir markers. I added Sparkle translucent embossing powder ( courtesy of Sparkle N Sprinkle ) on the pink flower. The lace corners are from Cheery Lynn and the butterflies are from Tim Holtz's Butterfly Frenzy die.

Here is the card slightly opened so that you can see the acetate front better.

This is the inside of the card. I used light teal card stock and placed a sea grass stencil from Tattered Angels over it and sprayed Dragonfly Glimmer Mist over it. The saying I had was long, but I needed to fit it on the circle, so I inked the saying half way and stamped it on top and then inked the stamped on the other half of the saying and stamped it underneath.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a very MICE day! LOL!

Challenges entered:

Cheery Lynn:  Back to Nature

House Mouse and Friends:  Stencils

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  We Can See Clearly

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Sparkle N Sprinkle:  Anything Goes/ Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, Flocking

Pastels

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am so glad you stopped by today! Here is a card I made using a cute House Mouse stamp. I fussy cut the three mice and cut them apart to fit in my umbrella die that I cut from patterned paper. I then patted the umbrella with Versa Mark ink, added Sparkle embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle and heat set it. I do not use pastel colors a lot, so it was fun working with them on this card.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Frilly & Funkie;  Make It A Trio

House Mouse:  Pastels

Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Welcome Spring

Sparkle N Sprinkle: Anything Goes With/loose glitter, embossing powder, flocking