HMFMC #307

Eeeek!! Welcome back to HMFMC!
We're so happy you are here!

  #307 ANYTHING GOES
with Optional Theme of 
Food and/or Drink
hosted by Lols 

NOTE that ALL of our challenges are ANYTHING GOES and have the alternate option of a Challenge Theme which is chosen by our Team Hostess.

So come join the fun by entering your projects that use any House-Mouse Designs® House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image stamps, CD collection images and, or, any decoupage by


We want to welcome our new team memeber,  Mia, who will be joining us this month. Welcome to the team! Mia will also be offering a prize on her blog to a lucky winner!

I hope that you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I am always needing birthday cards so I chose to use this cute stamp to make one.

HMGR1011 Make A Wish - Stampendous

Patterned Paper - Creek Bank Creations

Dies - Spellbinders Phrase Set One

Elizabeth Crafts - balloons

Colored with copics

Sparkle embossing powder

We are Generously Sponsored by;

STAMPENDOUS! 

Stampendous is now the official rubber stamp licensee of House-Mouse Designs®.  Visit the store at www.STAMPENDOUS.com 

For lots more inspiration from Stampendous, be sure to check out their other sites; STAMPENDOUS! Blog,  

Find Stampendous! on Pinterest and Facebook.  

  Stampendous are sponsoring with a $25 shopping spree to the store! 

Wow! Thank you Sponsor for such fabulous Prizes!

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people and wildlife of Australia. We are all devastated by the fires and the awful loss of life,  both human and our poor animal friends.

💔 Our hearts are breaking 💔

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If you would like to make a donation please consider donating to 

WIRES 

who are helping to take care of the poor animals suffering in Australia, or choose any of the fundraising initiatives available. Every little helps ❤️

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope that you will join in the challenge. I would love to see what you make! Have a wonderful day.

Challenge entered:  

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: January 2020

Patterned Paper #24

Hello and Merry Christmas! This year just flew by for me. I can't believe that this is my last patterned paper card for this year. For the New Year I will start a series on backgrounds. I have hundreds of backgrounds where I have played with many techniques. I need to use them up as well, so I hope you will check back on my blog in the new year and see all the many ways to make backgrounds for your cards.

I used strips of patterned papers to make the Christmas tree. This little penguin from Fiskars was colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut and pop dotted to the card. The background is also a piece of scrap patterned paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a very Merry Christmas! May God bless!

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: December 2019

ModSquad: Christmas or Winter

Stamping Sensations:  Anything Goes

HMFMC Challenge #306

Hi and welcome to my blog! First I want to tell you how happy I am to be joining the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge design team. This is my very first card and I hope that you will join us in this fun challenge. If you are like me, you are probably still working on those Christmas cards. This challenge will help you get one more done!

Welcome to House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #306
December 9th - January 5th

The hostess for this challenge is Bunny.

Our challenges are "Always Anything Goes" and for this challenge an option of Christmas.

Please remember to use a House Mouse design image on your card or project.

I used a fun new stamp called Cookie Ornaments. These little mice sure have their tummies full! Thanks so much for stopping by! I wish each of you a very Merry Christmas!

Three FABULOUS PRIZES ON OFFER.

Welcome back our Generous SPONSORS

STAMPENDOUS!

Winner will receive a Fabulous $20 Value Reward Card

Stampendous is now the official rubber stamp licensee of House-Mouse Designs®.  Visit the store at www.STAMPENDOUS.com 

For lots more inspiration from Stampendous, be sure to check out their other sites; STAMPENDOUS! Blog,  

Find Stampendous! on Pinterest and Facebook.  

Our Second Sponsor

SIMON SAYS STAMP

 Welcome back our Generous SPONSOR

Generously SPONSORS monthly in 2019

SIMON SAYS STAMP

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!

Our Third Sponsor 

House-Mouse Designs(R)  

We are also thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,
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! Eeeeek!!  

YIKES, THAT IS A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SPONSOR LIST!!

But you have to be in it to win one of these fabulous prizes.

Challenges entered:   

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge:  Anything Goes #467
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  Decemeber 2019
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Traditional Christmas

Patterned Paper #22

Hi and Happy Thanksgiving! I can't believe Thanksgiving is almost here. I am showing another card today in my Patterned Paper series. I paper pieced the truck and the pumpkins were stamped on different patterned papers and fussy cut.

The background was made by using a border stamp (unknown) and stamping it with different colors across the card stock. The truck stamp is by Printworks and the pumpkin stamp is by DJ Inkers. I colored the mirrors and bumper using a silver paint pen. The saying is by Just For Fun Stamps.

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

Challenges entered:

Addicted to Stamps:  Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  November 2019

Patterned Paper #20

Hi and welcome to my blog. Today I am showing another way to use up those paper scraps I have stored in many ziplock bags!

I used a fun new stamp from Technique Junkies that I recently bought at a stamp show. It was colored with alcohol markers. I added some enamel dot eyes to the cat. I cut one and a half inch squares and placed them at different angles across the top of the card. The saying was computer generated and cut out by using an unbranded dye.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  October 2019

      Word Art Wednesday:  challenge # 410- # 411

A Surprise Inside

Hi and welcome to my blog. I saw this on line a few months ago and I had to try it! I love cards that move or have a surprise inside. First of all here is the outside of the card. I used a bird image that I love that has now been retired. I used alcohol markers to add a little color to the image.

Here is the inside of the card.

These flowers are folded and an edge is cut off to form the flower. Then they are glued together and attached to the card. Here is a link to the instructions.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=folded+flowers+pop+up+inside+a+card#id=2&vid=95ed4bc05a48a57818402413ae9f20a7&action=view

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

I would like to enter this card in the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge:  Something Inside.

Other challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  Oct. 2019

Patterned Paper #19

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog. I am showing another card where I used my patterned paper scraps. With all these patterned paper cards I have made I still have not made a dent in my scrap papers! LOL! I love this time of year with all the wonderful Fall colors. I hope that the trees will be pretty around here this year.

I found this frame from Memory Box that I had already cut out. I punched the leaves from various patterned paper scraps. The saying is from Just For Fun Stamps and the owl stamps are from Darcie. The owls were colored using alcohol markers.

Thanks so much for popping in. I hope you have a fabulous day!

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  October 2019
Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Fall/Autumn
Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #405 - #407

Patterned Paper #18

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am back with another way to use those paper scraps that we all have laying around.

I cut strips of scrap paper and used them for a background. I stamped the car right on top of the layers, filling in some areas with a marker. The car stamp is a Tim Holtz stamp and the saying is from Just For Fun Stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Get out those scraps and see what you can do with them today.  I hope you have a great day!

Challenge entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  September 2019

Patterened Paper #17

Hi and welcome to my blog. I want to show you another card that I made with my paper scraps.

I made banners from strips of patterned papers, sponged Distress Gathered Twigs ink around each one and adhered them across the top of the card. I stamped the bird from Royal King, also using Distress inks, and cut it out using the Quickutz scallop circle die. The die was also sponged with the Distress ink and pop dotted to the card. The Tweet Tweet saying is from Just For Fun Stamps and the Hello is a Stampendous Stamp.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  September 2019

Craft Stamper Challenge:  Take It and Make It: September

Love To Scrap:  #125  Anything Goes

Patterned Paper #14

Hello and welcome to my blog. Who doesn't like ice cream on a hot summer day? I love it anytime of the year! I have been trying to use up some of my paper scraps, so you can see that I have on this card.

I used a cloud die from Memory Box to make my ice cream scoops! The cone and saying came from the Hero Arts Color Layering Ice Cream stamp set. The pink frame was made by using Martha Stewert's Around The Page punches.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Keep cool and have a nice day!

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: July 2019

Lavinia World Challenges:  Anything Goes

Love To Scrap:  Anything Goes

Patterened Paper #13

Welcome back to my patterned paper series! There are so many ways to use up those patterned paper scraps. I am showing a card where I made a sunburst with my papers.

I let the papers hang out from the card and then cut them off when I finished filling in all the spaces. This helped the edges be straight and even. I used the saying from a Stampendous words set and cut it out with the Gina Marie stitched circle die. I stamped one of Tim Holtz's Bird Crazy birds, colored it with a Zig marker, fussy cut it and adhered it to the card.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great day!

Challenges entered:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  #28 Critter

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  July 2019

Patterned Paper #12

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am showing another way to use  patterned papers on my card today. I have had such fun finding many ways to use up my scrap papers!

I used three sizes of punches and punched circles for the flowers. I used a distress tool to distress the edges of each circle. Each one was layered and then I used enamel dots for the centers of the flowers. I drew stems and free cut some leaves to add to them. The saying is from Stampendous. The background was an old background where I had used some border embossing folders on it. The edges of the background were sponged using Gathered Twigs Distress ink.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  June 2019

Patterned Paper #11

Hi Everyone! I am showing another patterend paper card today in my ongoing series. I showed a collage background card in April where I tore pieces of paper for the background. This time I used the paper scraps a little differently.

First I covered a 12 x 12 piece of card stock with my smaller scrap pieces and made a paper collage.

Next I cut this into card fronts. As you can see, I used some blue scraps as well on another 12 x 12 piece of card stock. I made 3 12 x 12 collages and believe me, I did not even make a dent in my scraps! I DO have a lot of card fronts now, though.

Here is one of the card fronts I chose to make the card below.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope your day will be enjoyable!

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: June 2019

Time Out:  #137 Nature

Patterned Paper #10

Hi! I hope you are enjoying your day! I am showing another way to use up those scrap papers we all have lying around. Today I made a birthday cake using my scraps.

I used a corner rounder to round the edges of the papers. The flames on the candles were diamonds cut from the yellow patterned paper that I used for the top layer of the cake. The cat stamp from Sparkle N Sprinkle was stamped, colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut and added to the card. I made a banner from blue card stock and stamped the saying from Penny Black.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterened Paper Challenge:  May 2019

Patterned Paper #9

I am back again showing another way to use your patterned paper scraps. A few months ago at the Stamping Divas (local stamp club) we made some cards using the paper piecing technique. I have always loved the look of this technique and I was glad to revisit it again. This is the card that I made in that class. The image stamps are from Heartfelt Creations and the saying is from Stampendous.

I hope tht you will try this technique and see all the fun looks you can get from it.

Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Addicted To Stamps:  Flowers #174
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: May 2019
Love To Scrap:  Anything Goes #121
Stamping Sensations:  In an English Country Garden

Warm Wishes

Hi and welcome to my blog! It is warming up nicely here in South Carolina and it makes me think of Charleston and the beach! My son lives in Charleston so we are able to visit the beach quite often. Also Hubby loves to deep sea fish and has recently caught many. Yum!

I had fun making this card. I used the Tri Circle frame from Just For Fun Stamps and used the technique of paper piecing with it. I always love the look of this technique.
The playful dolphins were stamped on the large circle and colored with alcohol markers. The saying is from the Sentiments 2 unmounted sheet.

You can check out all the fun beach stamps at Just For Fun, here.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  May 2019
Love To Scrap:  Anything Goes
Time Out Challenge: Playful

Patterned Paper #8

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am showing another way to use up those paper scraps. On this card I made a collage background using my scraps and then added an image from Just For Fun Stamps. This image is perfect for the month of April. As you see I used this same image earlier on my Just For Fun Challenge card this month.

The image was cut out using the Gina Marie stitched oval die. Paper flowers and a lace border were added for embellishment.

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

Spring Flowers

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am enjoying the Spring weather we have been having here except today is stormy. I love all the pretty trees and flowers blooming but we really have the pollen this year. I have made a Spring card using a Penny Black stamp. I just love this cute hedgehog. He looks like he is in a hurry to deliver some Spring flowers!

I stamped and colored the image using alcohol markers and some glitter markers for the flowers' centers. The image was cut out using the Gina Marie stitched circle die. I cut a butterfly using a Cheery Lynn die and added rhinestones on the body. Sequins were added to the card for interest.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  April 2019

Penny Black:  Fresh Spring Colors

Time Out Challenge:  Embellishments #133

Patterned Paper #7

It is time to show another way to use patterned paper on a card. Today I am showing a wreath I made with scraps of papers from my stash. I cut each scrap into a banner and placed the pieces in a circle. I punched out a circle from another piece of patterned paper, stamped the saying (unknown) and adhered it to the center of the wreath.

I stamped the cute Creative Vision cat, colored it with alcohol markers, fussy cut it and adhered it to the card.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  April 2019
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Animal Antics
Word art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #380 - #381

Just For Fun April Challenge

Hi and welcome to my blog. Just For Fun's challenge this month is to add lace to your card. I used the Cake With Candles stamp. You can see the other fun birthday stamps here .

I stamped the cake on the dotted patterned paper, colored it with colored pencils and added Sprinkled Sugar Stickles on the icing. I colored the plate with alcohol markers and applied Diamond Glaze to make the plate look like ceramic.

I added lace for the tablecloth. The saying was stamped underneath. I added pink sticker stars and black rhinestones for interest.

I hope that you will join in the fun challenge this month. You might even win a gift certificate to the store!

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  April 2019
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday:  Challenge #380 - #381