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19 March, 2024

HM Stitched Up

 


WE want you to Get Stitched Up  at House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge.  See what the design team have made to inspire you, here:  housemouse-challenge


Firstly I made the background using Distress Inks and white acrylic paint splatters.  Diecut the leaf and stitched.  Fussy cut the image.  The image is from a CD and was already coloured, however I touched it up with Copics as it printed quite wishy-washy.  The sentiment is stamped and heat embossed with distress EP in rose-gold.  D/S tape placed along the bottom and glittered, the mouse placed with the flower coming up from it.  All placed on a black base card.  We are just coming into autumn here, hence the end of summer/autumny colours sunflower and falling leaf. 

Image: House Mouse (Joanna Sheen CD)

Senti: unknown

Die: 

Also: Copics, DIs, white acrylic paint, white pen, threads, glitter.

Shared on challenges:

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Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes with the option theme of All Stitched Up
 any kind of stitching,  real or fake

Hosted by our Talented Teamie - CarolG
 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.
http://www.house-mouse.com/images/banner120_02.jpg

We are  Generously Sponsored by
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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!  House-Mouse Designs(R) 
AND
One Lucky Winner will receive a 
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Many thanks to our generous Sponsor/s for their continued support.  

18 March, 2024

Flowery Frame

 


I like to have a stash of thank you cards ready to go.  I thought this was was quite springy with the flowery frame diecut from green textured card backed with marbled sky blue, and butterflies.  The butterflies are stamped onto scraps of patterned paper and fussy cut for a bit of fun and flutteryness.

Frame die: 

Butterfly stamps: Hero Arts

Senti stamp:

Also:  gems, stickles

Shared on challenges:

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pixiessnippetsplayground-476-snippets butterflies

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i-spy-with-my-little-eye something B butterflies,blooms, bling

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15 March, 2024

Wildflowers Yellow

 


The background is made using a shaving foam and food colouring technique to create a smooth marbled effect (makes the card feel creamy and smells so nice!), and a little mist with Perfect Pearls before stamping.

Stamp: Artsy Stamper

Senti: Artsy Stamper

Also: shaving foam, food colouring,  Perfect Pearls sparkle mist (see the sparkle)

Shared on challenges:

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tripleb-march-birdbutterfliesblooms wildflower blooms

stampingsensations-march-spring

tictactoe-243 middle horizontal row (pastel col-CAS-flowers)

letscraft&create-205-ag-thank-you

welovestamping-march-feminine

14 March, 2024

Shamrock Cheers

 


A great digi paper, a shamrock-ish diecut and a bit of sparkle - just right for March celebration if you have a little Irish ... like most folk in NZ do.

The shamrock,  stalk and senti are all stacked.  The senti is misted with gold shimmer sparkle, and one layer is offset to form shadow.  The shamrock is adhered only in the centre so the leaf/petal is free.  Mounted on dark green pearlised base card.


Dies unknown: 

Paper: digi download (unknown)

Also: Sheer Shimmer Spritz Sparkle gold (on senti, ment), iridescent green gem, gold glitter card


Shared on challenges:

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tripleb-march-birdsbutterfliesBlooms blooms

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DoubleD challenge-first-signs-of-spring

paperfunday-march-63-anything-goes/dies

doubletrouble-161-green-gold festivefriday-green gold & shamrock

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13 March, 2024

Tell Me Shamrock

 


A bit o' green, a bit o'stencilling, a bit o'impress embossing, a bit o'diecutting, and a bit o'inky goodness. 

 I made this for our daughter & son in law whose wedding anniversary is on St Patricks day.  That means it's spring in the northern hemisphere.

The base card is stencilled, the panel is made by inking one side of the EF before embossing.  Misted with gold Shimmer Spritz and finely splatter with black ink.  In the detail photo you can see the shimmer of gold at the top.  The hat edges are inked.

EF: Darice 

Stencil: Rosie's Studio

Die hat: Sizzix

Senti die:

Words: Tim Holtz Ideology

Also: DI's, Shimmer Spritz (gold), black splatter, twine, glitter card

Shared on challenges:

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paperfunday-march-63-anything-goes-opt dies

simonsaysstamp-wednesday-add-a-sentiment

colorfuloptions-march-green

stencilfun-march-spring 

welove2create-2-mixed media

creativemoments-256-flora-and-fauna flora: shamrocks

inspirationstation-march-photo St patricks day parade

12 March, 2024

Bunch of Pink

 


A great stamp to do watercolour technique and get an informal painterly result..  I put areas of colour onto my glass mat (using the stamp as a guide for placement), dabbed them with paper to texturise, then printed the colour onto card.  When dry, I stamped and heat embossed.  Touched up some areas with paint such as the centre of the flower and some stems.  In the second photo you can see the iridescent effect of the paint.

Embossed Stamp: 

Punch: Fiskars

Die:

Embossed Senti:

Also: kids watercolour paint set with pearly colours, pearls

Shared on challenges:

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triple-b-march-blooms

welovestamping-march-feminine

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08 March, 2024

Lime Cheers

 


What would be nicer than a birthday cocktail - clink, clink, drink!  Nice and cool for those of us "down under".  I found this fab paper and decided to use a fractionated stitched frame die to showcase it.  The drink in the glass is ombre paper (hardly shows in the photo), the patterned paper is inset.  The frame die is stitched but hardly shows in the pics.

Frame die:  

Drinks die: Tim Holtz Sizzix

Stacked word die: Poppy Stamps

Also: Stickles, white pen, gem


Shared on challenges:

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06 March, 2024

Dust Bunnies Green

 


I love the attitude!  but ... what if the dust bunnies start breeding ... ?

Paperpieced, stencilled, coloured, tied with twine.


Image & senti: Art Impressions 

Punch:

Stencil: Rosies Studio

Also: Copics, DI's, white pen, twine, Stickles (for sparkle)    

Shared on challenges:

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allsortschallenge-770-spring spring cleaning

sweetstampin-little-bit-irish or green  green, maybe the humour is a bit irish as well

thecraftingchallenge-spring-air spring cleaning

colorfuloptions-march-green

stencilfun-march-Easter-spring spring cleaning

stampingsensations-march-spring spring cleaning

simon-says-add-a-sentiment







05 March, 2024

HM #410 Mousey Warm

 


House Mouse & Friends new challenge is all about Embossing!  how easy is that? 
Check out the design team's work and be inspired, HERE:  housemouse-challenge

I used an embossing folder with a knitted design, inked one side with dark red ink and embossed.  The sentiment is heat embossed (I still love that magic process), and image is coloured with Copics.  Doesn't it look cosy?

Image: House Mouse 
EF:
Also: yarn, gems, silver pen, versacolor ink


Shared on challenges:

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welovestamping-march-feminine mama mouse keeping her baby warm











Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.


Anything Goes with the option theme of Embossing Wet / Dry
 
Add A House Mouse Friend

Hosted by our Talented Teamie KARIN


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

http://www.house-mouse.com/images/banner120_02.jpg


We are  Generously Sponsored by

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Many thanks to our generous Sponsor/s for their continued support.  

03 March, 2024

Foxy Strip Sparkle

 


A great way to use leftovers of coordinating paper.  Snippet strips about 7mm wide are laid brick-style onto D/S adhesive sheet adhered to mat card. When strips are laid and trimmed, glitter is sprinkled over and pressed into the gaps.  The yellow sentiment and black shadow die cuts are also from leftover bits.

Patterned paper: mag freebee

Image: magazine freebee, designed by Alice Wong

Senti Die

Also: Copics, Glitter, twine

Shared on challenges:

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DoubleD-patterned-paper

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thecraftingchallenge-spring-air flowery

pinspirationalchallenges-311-glitter

CRAFTchallenge-710-female flowery & sparkly

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02 March, 2024

Bear Hugs

 


You'll find lots of critters at Critter Crazy, yours can be one of them.  Join us here: crittercrazy


This is a simple card really with the bears providing the fun part of the card.  I made a background with Distress Inks and also used them to shade the bears.  
This is for our 40-something daughter who is going through a tough patch right now.

Die:   Waffle Flower (thanks Arlene)
Senti die: unknown (maybe Simon Says Stamp?) 
Also DI's, DoxI's

Shared on challenges:
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01 March, 2024

Touchy-Feely

 


This is for the monthly NZ Cardswap - topic is Touchy-Feely.  The card must have at least 3 tactile textures/surfaces.  I have applied texture paste with a stencil (rough), a satin ribbon (smooth and soft), a dry and then heat embossed panel (slippery and textured), a panel of blackboard card (matt and slightly rough),  a strip of netting (hard), a die cut bunny from metal (hard and shiny), and some felt squares scattered (soft and fluffy).  That's 7!!! without counting the smooth white base card.

Die: I thinks it's Sizzix  

EF: Cuttlebug

Stencil:

Also: netting, metal, texture paste, white pencil, blackboard card, felt snippets, satin ribbon


Shared on challenges:

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thesisterhoodofcrafters-dots-andor-stripes texture dots, square felt dots

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29 February, 2024

Lucky Stars

 


I like getting inky and from time to time have an inky session just for fun.  Then I'll have a bit of fun putting the bits together.  Like this tag.

Tag die: NCraft 

Rabbit:

Senti: Tim Holtz Ideology

Stars: Sizzix

Also: Dylusion paint, Distress ink, black pen, gauze, hessian ribbon, gold Nuvo Mousse, white glitter card

Shared in challenges:

simonsaysstamp-monday-fur or feathers fur

welove2create-2-mixedmedia

creativefingers-272-anythinggoes

simonsaysstamp-wednesday-anything-goes


26 February, 2024

Daddy

 




A plaid shirt and a beer, isn't that what men want?  


Tag sentiment: magazine freebie

"3rd" sentiment: Kaisercraft

Beer die: Sizzix

Tag die: NCraft

Buttons dies: Signature, Spellbinders

Also: twine, black pen doodles, DI's

Shared on challenges:

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classicdesignchallenge-febmar-I love ... daddy

25 February, 2024

Out the Window

 


I found this lovely window digi stamp and just had to use it.  Just imagine if you had a bird hotel outside your window, and a cat inside?  The birds look like they're having fun, but the cat doesn't.

Window, cat and background are Digital Scrapbook, the birds are Doodle Pantry.  I had to outline the cat with black pen as it disappeared into the background.  I  touched up with Copics, added WoS, brads and twine.  The cat is fussycut and stuck with 3D foam.

Shared on challenges:

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cdsundaychallenge-127-cd-digi digi

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inspirationstation-february-photo cat

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