House Mouse and Friends ,,,, Photo Inspiration Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) At this very moment our plane will be revving up on the runway at Gatwick airport,, unless we are delayed !! :-)

This time it is my turn to choose the theme, I thought a cupcake photo inspiration would be nice :-) We all know that these meeces and furry friends love their cake !

For my card I used this very cute House Mouse ‘Cake for One image,,, I love his cross eyed expression,,, he is having a sugar rush I think lol . I stamped the image onto Neenah card and coloured with copics before cutting out the image. I then make a table, covered with a white cloth, to pop the image on, I used my Grand Calibur to cut out the circles as this is quite a big image. The cupcake paper is from My Minds Eye ‘Life of the Party’ and the teal spotty paper is from Kaiser Crafts. I inked the edges with Tumbled Glass DI and I used some Robins Nest Dew Drops, Pink Bias Tape, from The Ribbon Girl. I made a rose using a My Favorite Things Rolled Rose die and added a tag made using a Memory Box Bistro Label

So this is the photo I chose ,,, isn’t it yummy !!

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fab $25 voucher on offer for one lucky entrant

AND

We are sponsored by the Sweet Stamp Store who will give another lucky entrant a $10 gift Certificate

Thanks for looking :-) Our lovely GD’s and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge to see them :-)

I will pop around to see you all soon :-) thanks for all your comments I really appreciate you taking the time to leave me one xx

Totally Papercrafts ,,,My Favourite Things

Hi all :-) I am still in London so this is a scheduled post ,,, I will be home next week and will catch up with ya’ll soon :-)

This week on the Totally Papercrafts Challenge and it is Lisa’s turn to choose the theme ,,

My Favourite Things

Well this was easy for me ,, can ya guess ??? :-) House Mouse !! what else ! I also love using my bind it all machine, so I gave that an airing too :-)

I made 2 post it note holders using this very cute ‘Amanda Writes’ image, I find this one so useful, you can use it for every occasion ! Coloured with Copics and the edges inked with Vintage Photo and Victorian Velvet DI. The papers are Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby papers and I used a Fiskars Postage Stamp border punch. The stamps are recycled real ones and I added a few gems and ribbons to finish :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Lili of the Valley so one lucky winner will be able to choose 2 of their gorgeous stamps !! Woo Hoo !!

Thanks for looking, the DT have made some gorgeous creations for your inspiration so hop on over to the TPC to see them :-)

I will be back next week ,, see you soon xx

Simon Says,,,,,, April Card Kit :-)

Good Morning all :-) I just thought I would show you the April Card Kit of the Month , available in Simon Says Stamp :-) Our very own designer, Kristina Werner, chooses the items that goes into these kits and this month she has actually designed the cute little stamp set in it too !!

These kits are selling like hot cakes, not only are the products in it gorgeous but they are really excellent value for money too :-)

I just thought I would give you all a heads up before they sell out :-)

Simon Says ,,,, Mother’s Day/Special Girl

Thank you so much to all of you who took part in our Anything Goes challenge last week. We had lots of amazing entries. One lucky winner of that challenge will be drawn shortly !

This week the theme is ,,,,

MOTHER'S DAY/SPECIAL GIRL

It is Mother's Day in the UK on Sunday 18th March, and the rest of the world on Sunday May 13th, unfortunately not everyone is lucky enough to still have a Mum with us, so we can make a card for a special girl in our lives too :-)

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too

We are welcoming the fabulous Laurel Beard into the March Designer Spotlight. If you haven't seen Laurel's blog then you should pop over to see her wonderful creations ! :-)

For my card I used this very cute House Mouse ‘Napping on a Thistle’ image. Coloured with Copics and the edges inked with Stormy Sky Distress Ink. I used a Grand Calibur and Grand Circle and Grand Scalloped circle dies to make the base card, the papers are from Kaiser Craft and I stitched all the edges and used some Hemptique twine, a Basic Grey button, a Hero Arts Foliage Print flower and a few green pearls. The sentiment is Hero Arts too.

This card is for my lovely Mum for Mother’s Day :-) Ray and I are staying with my brother in London at the moment and Mum and Dad will be joining us here tomorrow, can’t wait to see them

Thanks for looking :-) Laurel and the DT have made some stunningly gorgeous creations too so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them

Challenges ;

Oldie But Goodie ,,, Mum's the Word ( the HM stamp is much older than 6 months, as are the papers)

Top Tip Tuesday ,,, Stitches, real/faux

Craft Your Passion ,,,, Anything Goes

Crafty Boots ,,,,,, Glitter

Stamp With Fun ,,,, Pink and Green

Craft Your Days Away ,,, Mother’s Day

One Stop Craft ,,,, Button It

Raise the Bar … Use Twine

Simon Says ,,,,,, Anything Goes !! :-)

Hi all :-) I am now in London and this is a scheduled post so am keeping me fingers crossed that Mr Blogger does his job :-)

This week our challenge is ANYTHING GOES ,,,,, easy peasy :-)

The Design Team are this week showcasing My Mind's Eye products. If you have any My Mind's Eye products we would love to see you use them but if not, it is not necessary for taking part in this challenge.

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too

For my card I used a selection of lovely Hero Arts stamps and gorgeous papers from My Minds Eye , Love Me pack I stamped the flower several times onto plain white Neenah card and paper from the pack, coloured with a RV32 Copic marker, cut them out in layers and popped the outer edges of the petals on Pop Dots. I then added the compulsory Star Dust Stickles, Hero Arts crystal glitter in the flower centre and several gems dotted here and there :-) I stamped the cute bumble bee a couple of times and popped it up on pop dots ,,,, shock horror !! I forgot to stickle his wings !!! oopsy

I used plain white card and I coloured the outer edges with the RV32 copic marker to coordinate with the design. The sentiment is also Hero Arts and I stitched all the edges and added a few white pearls to finish :-)

Thanks for looking :-) It is Linda, our fabulous designer in the spotlights, last week with us and I would like to say a HUGE thank you for your lovely creations over the last 5 challenges xx

I will catch up with you all when I get back home xx in the meantime please pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see what fabulous creations everyone made :-)

Sugar and Spice and all things Nice ,,, House Mouse Challenge :-)

Hi all :-) I am currently in Oxford, UK, and this is a scheduled post so I hope it works ,,,

This time on the House Mouse and Friends Challenge it is Lori’s turn to choose the theme ,,,

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice,,,, create a card for a precious little girl in your life ,,,,, awww :-)

It is my friend’s grandaughter’s 1st birthday in a couple of weeks so I made this card for her :-)

I used this very cute House Mouse ‘Make a Wish’ stamp, coloured with Copics and the edges inked with a Colorbox yellow chalk ink. The papers are from SU ( from Mandi) and I embossed a plain white panel with a Cuttlebug swiss dots folder. The border is a X cut punch and I added a cupcake charm, coloured with a special metal paint from Vintaj, some bias tape from The Ribbon Girl and lots of Star Dust stickles. The sentiment was done on the comp.

We have 3 fabulous sponsors for this fortnight ,,

a $25 gift certificate to House Mouse Designs Inc

a $10 gift package from Pizzazz Aplenty

AND

My Creative Classroom are offering 1 free classroom of your choice ,,

Thanks for looking :-) our fabulous Guest designers and the DT have made some gorgeous creations for you to see so hop on over there to see them all

Cathy’s Photo Inspiration Challenge ,,,

Hi all :-) i am just about to leave for the airport and completely forgot to write up my cards and schedule them !! ooh err !! so this will be a quickie ,,,

This week on the TPC it is Cathy’s turn to choose the theme ,,,

Photo inspiration ( please see piccy on the challenge blog ,,, rush rush rush ,,,, )

We are sponsored by the lovely Melissa from Meljen Designs so some gorgeous images on offer :-)

I do LOVE Melissa’s images, but I had just bought this cute Gruffie and just HAD to ink him up ,, isn’t he cute !! This one is called ‘Cake Walk’ and is currently 40% off in Simon Says Stamp ,,, along with loads of other House Mice and Happy Hopper stamps !!! :-)

I coloured with a mix of Copics and Prismacolor pencils, the papers are Studio Calico from the Autumn Press pack .I used a MFT stacking Stars die , some Robins nest Dew Drops and a hero Arts sentiment to finish

Righty Ho ,,, am off Will catch up with ya’ll asap ,,, Ta’ta for now

Simon Says ,,,,, 3 Different Papers :-)

WOW!!! What a fabby turn out for last weeks TAG challenge!!!! Lots of fabulous tags!

This week we have another great challenge for you...

3 Different Papers :-)

The DT are showcasing CC Designs and The Greeting Farm images this week, you don;t have to use them to join in but if you have them we would love to see them :-)

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too

For my card I used an image from The Greeting Farm, this cutie is called Monday :-)

I coloured her with Copics and inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The papers are Basic Grey from a Little Black Dress pack. I used a lovely button from a BG embellishment pack ( currently out of stock) and made 3 more buttons using a MFT Button Quartet die, I cut out several of these and glued them together with tacky glue to make a nice thick button, finishing them off with Hemptique twine.

Thanks for looking :-) Our lovely GD Linda and the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them :-)

Challenges :

Lollipop Crafts ,,,,, Anything Goes

ABC Christmas ,,,,, ‘D’ for Distressing :-)

Hi all ,,, are you ready for Christmas ?? ,,, No !! well join us in the challenges this year and there will be no last min panic for you !!! :-)

This fortnight it is our boss, Samantha’s, turn to choose the theme ,,,

‘D’ for Distressing ,,,,

We are sponsored by the Sweet Stamp Store who will be giving a $10 gift certificate to the store

AND

Karen’s Doodles who will give 3 digi’s to one lucky winner :-)

We have a request (written by Samantha and copied from the ABC Christmas Challenge blog)

WE really need your HELP with… Please Check your blogs and if you have Word Verification on Please please can you turn it off! Blogger has Changed to a new one and its terrible you can hardly read the words and for me being Dyslexic its a nightmare! and a real pain to try and figure the letters so please help s beat word Verification by switching it off! if you don’t know how to check or how to turn it off

CLICK HERE

For my card I used this lovely image from Art Impressions, coloured with Copics and the edges inked with Tumbled Glass DI. I made the backgrounds using the emboss resist technique, stamping a Hero Arts Flourish which I thought resembled the swirls left by skates in the ice and a Penny Black Design Spotter stamp, which looks like snow ,, with Versamark, sprinkling with white embossing powder, heating and then swirling distress inks over the top. I then used a paper distresser on all the edges. I used oodles of Star Dust Stickles and Crystal glitter on the image and punched snowflakes. The sentiment is from hero Arts

Thanks for looking :-) the DT have made some gorgeous cards for your inspiration so hop on over to the ABC Christmas Challenge to see them :-)

Challenges :

Winter Wonderland ,,, Christmas Card ( 2nd entry)

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas ,,, Create a Scene, snow and ice swirls ,,

Crimbo Crackers ,,,, Make Me Laugh ,,,,that little one doing a somersault is pretty funny ( I was going to say that in a different way but thought better of it ,,, lol )

Krafty Meeces :-)

Hi all :-) I hope you all had a lovely weekend. It was carnival here so lots of partying going on ,, not for me tho, I was the chief cook and bottle washer, feeding Sean, Amy and their friends who came to stay ,,,, lots of cleaning up to do today !! it was nice to see them all in costumes tho ,, photo’s at the bottom of this post.

This week on the Papertake Weekly Challenge we want you to

GET KRAFTY ,,,so use Kraft on your creations ,,,

For my card I used this very cute House Mouse image, this one is from an unmounted set from Joanna Sheen called Gingerbread House.I coloured with Copics and inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. I added oodles of Star Dust stickles too ,,, tis compulsory ! :-) The papers are Crate, from a snowy day pack and I used Hero Arts Kraft paper, I embossed this with a Cuttlebug Candy Cane folder. I added some Robin’s Nest Dew Drops, some Hemptique twine and a Basic Grey button to finish :-)

We are sponsored by our very own Andrea and Mary aka The Ribbon Girl so a fab pack of ribbons and embellies on offer for one lucky entrant :-)

Now for carnival photo's :-)

From left to right , Amy, Tatum, Larissa, Samantha

Samantha and Sean :-) they DO look like Wally's eh !! :-)

Challenges :

Jingle Belles ,,, Christmas + Who’s got the Button

The Stamp Man ,,,, Texture

Winter Wonderland ,,,, Christmas Card

Paper Crafting Journey ,,,, Make It Cute

Paper Play ,,, Critters