Fussy & Fancy Challenge 63: New Baby

Good Morning to All,

I hope this day finds everyone having some fun, especially since it's friday! This week at Fussy and Fancy  it's all about the wee ones. I just love the sweet smell of little babies and all the cute snuggles and smiles. This is my wee card for New Baby.

This card also reminds me this month is my daughters birthday, wow it's really been 22 years. The Wee Ones card was created using card stock and printed paper from We R Memory Keepers " baby mine" boy line. Spellbinders for the scalloped square, edge punch from ek, ribbon from BoBunny and candy dots from Pebbles. The stamped image is " Monica With Pacifier " from House Mouse. The image is colored with Copic markers. Thanks for stopping by and visiting today at Fussy and Fancy. Now lets see your Wee creation.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!!!!

1 Card - 2 Challenges

I have not played in the House~Mouse or Mojo Monday Challenges for so long, so I thought I would throw a little something together and play this week. I was able to do one card for both challenges.The Sketch is from Mojo Monday and the White on White theme is from House~Mouse. Here is the sketch:



Here is my card:





Materials

Image House~Mouse

Medium Distress Ink water coloring

Paper Bazzill, Goergia Pacific, Water color and Neenah

Embellishments Flowers, leaves and ribbon from personal stash, Pebbles candy dots.

Tools QK Revolution, Spellbinders, Cuttlebug and embossing plates.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!!!

The Next Level Issue #4 - A Step Card

Our challenge this week at The Next Level is to create a step card. Well at first I thought OMG!!! I'm in over my head then I grabbed my trusty Scor-Pal and away I went,it was amazingly easy making the the base for the card. The rest just fell into place. The hardest part was cutting out those little mice. Here is my creation.

Materials

Image House~Mouse Twinkle Toes

Paper Bazzill, Doodlebug sugar coated paper and Imaginisce Fairest of Them All collection

Medium Primsa colored pencils, Gamsol, blending stumps and Memento Ink

Embellishments Fiskars rain dot hearts, Rhinestone flowers and ribbon from personal stash and Stickels

Tools Quickutz Revolution, QK alpha die, spellbinders oval dies and Scor-Pal

Tip of the week: When scoring the step card remember to flip the paper back and forth on the Scor-Pal to make your steps. EI: Score #1 page face up, score #2 page face down. It will make the step fold easier and have less chance of tearing a step.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

The Next Level Issue #3 - Card Sketch 1

Welcome to week #3 at The Next Level. This week the challenge is to create a card with the sketch below. The twist is to make a removable tag in the card. I made the tag hidden to look like part of the card so there would be more of surprise when the card is opened. I then made a stick pen with dangle from the Vintaj jewelry line. The image is from Whiff Of Joy and is coated in UTEE to make it look like crackled glass. The flowers are from Prima and unfortunately I cannot remember the paper line I used as they were all scraps and there was no name on them.



















Hint of the Week: When heating UTEE with a heat gun sometimes it will blow off the top of the page so heat it from the bottom it won't blow off and it give s a nice even surface when it cools.


Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

House~Mouse Birthday Challenge #39

Well today I have kept it very simple and I have also been experimenting with my new Quickutz Silhouette. I got it for Christmas and I have just discovered how amazing this new tool is in my scrapping and card making arsenal. The card I produced today was made using a butterfly frame template from Mydiecuts.com . They have a great variety of GSD files for the Silhouette and the best thing is they are "free"! The stamped images I used are House~Mouse "Jumpin For Joy" #HMC1006 and House~Mouse "Mouse Feet" #HMA1002, the Happy Birthday sentiment is from a CTMH set. The images are colored in with prismas and gamsol and I accented the card with some half pearls from Basicgrey. Enjoy and Happy Crafting!



Materials

Images House~Mouse "Jumpin For Joy" #HMC1006 and House~Mouse "Mouse Feet" #HMA1002

Papers Bazzill Dark Brown, Tan, Pink and GP 110# card stock

Mediums Prisma Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Paper Blending Stumps pigment ink and embossing powder.

Embellishments Basicgrey opaline half pearls

Tools Quickutz Silhouette, Spellbinders square and scalloped square die cuts, Qiuckutz Revolution and Xyron 510 adhesive machine.

Guess What ? I WON !!!!!!

I am so excited this morning!!!!! I won the prize over at the House ~ Mouse Monday Challenge Blog this week it is the cutest stamp of mice bathing and just in time for spring cleaning!



This was challenge #34 Springtime. The prize was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp , check them out they are amazing! Thank you House ~ Mouse and Simon Says Stamp for the wonderful prize it will be used alot for a long time to come.

House~Mouse Challenge # 34 Springtime

This is my 2ND favorite time of year, I love how everything turns green, flowers bloom and the sweet smell of springtime drifts in cool breezes. So to celebrate I made this card. "Ode to Spring" I stamped the H~M image "Two-Part Harmony 02" stamp# HMG1006. I love how sweet they are singing their Ode to Spring! They are colored in with Prisma Pencils, OMS and blending stumps. I used a cuttle bug and folder to emboss the music note on the card. the Butterfly die cut is a QK club die. Thanks for looking and enjoy!

House~ Mouse Challenge #25 A Sketch

Well better late than never. Here is my card for the House~Mouse Monday Challenge. I have been sick with a cold so I will not be leaving alot about the details. Enjoy and Thanks for Looking!

House~Mouse DT Tryout

A very Exciting thing is going on over at the House~Mouse Monday challenge blog, they are having tryouts for two new DT members.I have only been card making for a short time, but thoroughly enjoy every minute of it so I have also decided to throw my hat in the ring. A few short weeks ago I ran across the House~Mouse Monday Challenge blog and was completely over taken by the amazing designs that were being created for these stamps. I would consider it an honor and a great privilege to be considered for one of the two spots available on the design team. I think I could bring some very simple and creative designs that all team members and bloggers could use and enjoy. I have ample time on my hands now that I am currently unemployed due to a retirement, and this will be my first try for a DT but, more than anything else I would love for it to be with this very creative and sweet design team and bloggers.
Thank you to the House~Mouse DT for the consideration and here are my samples for submission.







Also good luck to all the other ladies who have submitted applications too, you are all so amazingly talented!

House~Mouse Monday Challenge# 21 & Blog Candy Alert

I have to say this weeks House ~ Mouse Monday challenge truly was just that
" A Challenge "! We had to create a card using only three colors and they were pre-selected for us. They were Coral, Olive & get this Navy Blue. Now I know what your thinking what a strange color combonation. I know I was thinking the same thing too, until I saw the DT creations. I was amazed! So here is my card creation to share to with this group. Sorry about the picture and color quality a photographer I am NOT! Please click on the picture to get a better view of it. I also want to share with all you House ~ Mouser's that I will be posting 2 Blog Candy Give-A-Ways tonight here on my blog through the "One Heart - One World" blog open house. If you have not seen this yet you need to! This blog has over 300 new give-a-ways posted and will be going until mid-February. Here is the link: Free House ~ Mouse Stamps and remember I have posted "TWO" House ~ Mouse Give-a-Way packages filled with stamps, brads, ribbon ETC... Thanks for the fun challenge and hope to see you soon.

House~Mouse Challenge #20 Make an ATC

Finally!
The New Year has begun and life is getting into a more normal pace since the Holidays have ended. I am ready for things to slow down again and to get back into the regular activities of my everyday life,and with this comes the Monday Challenge over at the House~Mouse Blog. This week we are to make an ATC, (AKA) Artist Trading Cards. Well this is right up my alley since most of what I create with paper is ATC's. So here is my creation for this weeks challenge sorry about the picture it is slightly fuzzy. I just love little dancers and I recently got this sweet little H~M stamp as a christmas gift. She is called "Twinkle Toes" and she is stamp# HMGR1013. I colored her in with prisma color pencils and shaded her with Gamsol and blending stumps. The pink polka dotted paper is from Making Memories and the hearts are from Sandy Lion. The rub on is from the Basic Grey Two Scoops collection and so fits this sweet little dancing mouse. Hope this week finds everyone well. Thanks for looking and Enjoy!

HM Challenge # 18 "A Friend In Need"

I am always amazed and inspired at the kindness of others and this is one of those times. Our challenge this week was to make a card from a pre-made sketch and give it someone in need. I think this is something everyone should do. When I made this card at first I thought to myself, "I really do not know anyone in need." That is where I was so wrong, after a little thought on the subject I found bunches of my friends and loved ones who could use a little pick me up. I have recently made so many cards they were beginning to collect, so for the new year I am going to be more proactive and start sending these cards to those I know of in need. The card for the challenge is made from Bazzill wash board texture in pink and dotted swiss in light yellow. The printed papers are from last valentines day,"Words Cannot Express" and "So Happy Together" they are made by Imaginisce. I stamped House~Mouse image "Take Time To Smell The Flowers" #HMUR1062 and then used prisma colored pencils and Gamsol with blending stumps to color in the stamped image.The punched boarder is also the same pink Bazzill used for the card. I embellished with some pink plaid ribbon and a stacked flower made from an embossed scallop, 2 Prima flowers and a light blue button. The "For You' stamped on the card is from CTMH "Say It In Style" acrylic stamp set D1283. I apologize for the scan of the card I have been unable to get a picture of it with my camera in good light, so the scan makes the colors look washed out due to the bright light in the scanner.

HM Challenge #17 "Let It Snow!"

Here is my card for this weeks House ~ Mouse Challenge. I sure have enjoyed creating these cards the past two weeks. This is the Muzzy To/From Stamp# HMER1011. I stamped the image with ranger archival ink in jet black on Cason 100 Aquarella 130# cold press watercolor paper. The image is was then colored in using Prisama colored pencils and Gamsol with blending stumps. I embossed the card with the Cuttlebug snowflake plate to keep in the let it snow theme. I them put red and green rhinestones in the center of the snowflakes. The card was then embellished with a stacked snowflake also keeping in the snow theme. The Snowflake was cut out using the Quickutz revolution and die with the white Doddlebug sugar coated paper. I used various punches for the scallops and Karen Fosters "Christmas Stripes" for the printed paper strip.

A newby to the House ~ Mouse Challenge Group

It's been over a month now since my last post and I have discovered the greatest place. It's the House ~ Mouse Challenge Blog. This is the cutest and most talented site I have been to in a while. I have had a few of these precious little mice hidding in my scrapbook stamp stash for a while and did not really know what to do with them until now. Here is the link
This will be my first time entering in the challenge. This week is Challenge #16 Glitter/Glitz. I have created an acrylic card with glittery snowflakes and then used baby blue stickles around Maxwell the mouse he is "Santa's Little Helper" Stamp #HMD1012 created by Ellen Jareckie if you are interested in obtaining any of her stamps go to House~Mouse Designs.
I colored the image in with prisma color pencils and used gamsol and blending stumps to shade him in. He is one of my favorite stamps, because he reminds me of a story book that my Grandmother used to read to me when I was a child. The book is called "Santa Mouse" and has a sequal book called "Santa Mouse Where are You!" So I just could not resist but to use this little gem of a mouse for my first entry into the House ~ Mouse Monday Challenge. Thanks for letting me participate this has truely been a great way to learn how to use my House ~ Mouse Stamps.