Welcome

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 14, 2024

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #426


Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!


We are here with a new challenge.



with the option theme of 

Halloween



Hosted by our Talented Teamie- Sue Kment


Challenge ends October 27th


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

 

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

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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 our second sponsor is

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

I pulled out a spooky background from my stash where I had smooshed colors around on glossy card stock. I thought it would look good with this little witch mouse for a Halloween card.


Stamp:  Witch Swing - Stampendous
Leaves - Unknown
Distress Inks - (background) Ranger
Boo - Sticker
Alcohol Markers - Caliart

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

Challenges entered:

Double Trouble: Fall Bat Color - (yellow and green)

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

S is for Soot Stamping

I am back again with another card for my alphabet series and the letter is S. I used a technique called soot stamping on this card. I found that you have to be very careful because you are using an open flame to do this! First I sponged some colors on a piece of white card stock. Next I moved the card around over top of a candle flame. You begin to get some black areas over the sponged card, but you will also see some of the colors coming through. I took a butterfly stamp, and without using any ink, I randomly stamped over the whole card, wiping off the soot that got on the stamp between each time I stamped. The stamp was lifting off the soot and leaving the print of the butterfly. This makes a lovely ghost effect. Afterwards the card will need to be sealed with some kind of spray so that the soot does not not come off. I just used hairspray.


Stamp:  Butterfly - Rubber Stampede
Distress Inks:  Ranger
Dies:  Wildflowers #2 - Sizzix

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

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Add Some Texture

Monday, September 30, 2024

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #425

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!


We are here with a new challenge for

 you.


Anything Goes 

with the option theme of  
 
Fall is in the Air


Hosted by Talented Teamie- Sue D


Challenge ends Oct. 13th


 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



 

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


Many thanks to our generous Sponsor for their continued support.  

I love this new House Mouse stamp. What a fun crisp day looking out at the Fall trees and drinking a cup of hot cocoa with friends!


Stamp:  Hot Cocoa Day - Spellbinders
Patterned Paper:  Acorn Hollow - Little Yellow Bicycle
Alcohol Markers - Caliart
Leaves - Punch

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


Friday, September 27, 2024

Thinking of You

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you are having a good day. I am entering this card in the Woodblock Wednesday Challenge. I recently moved and got rid of about a third of my woodblock stamps, but I still have a good stash! Today I used this pretty stamp from Inkadinkado called Tin Can Mail. I used a mixed media background from my stash where I had used inks and acrylic paint. I stamped over the background and added a couple of moth stickers and some cord. 


Stamp:  Tin Can Mail - Inkadinkado
Distress Inks:  Tumbled Glass and Gathered Twigs - Ranger
White Acrylic Paint - DecoArt
Saying - Honey Bee Stamps
Moth Stickers - The Paper Studio

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


Wednesday, September 25, 2024

R is for Ribbon

Hi and welcome to my blog. Today in my blog series the letter is R, so I used ribbon on my card. I wove the ribbon through places of this lattice die for a different look. I also used some thin silk ribbon to make the bow. 


Die:  Lattice - CheeryLynn
         Leaves - Unknown
Stamp:  Hello - ArtC
Ink:   Rich Cocoa - Memento

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2438
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Monday, September 16, 2024

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #424

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!


We are here with a new challenge for

 you.



with the option of 

Use Scraps of Paper
 

Hosted by - Me

Challenge ends September 29th


 so join in 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

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:  Amanda - Stampa Rosa
Saying - Just For Fun
Dies:  Circles - Crafter's Companion and Nellie Snelson
Enamel Sticker: Music Note - Paper Studio
Alcohol Markers - Caliart

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

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Q is for Quilling

Welcome back to my alphabet series! The letter today is Q, so I used quilling on my card. If you are not familiar with what quilling is, here is a link to help explain. I did a very simple quilling on my card to make the flowers. 


Patterned Papers: 

Floral Collage - The Paper Studio
Anthologie - We Are Memory Keepers
                           
Dies:  Given to me - Unknown
Saying - Stampendous

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

Challenge entered:

Word Art Wednesday;  Anything Goes #665 - 666


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