HM Micey Nice Witch

 

Image: House Mouse/Stampendous

EF: Couture Creations

Die: unbranded

Reverse Stitched Die: unbranded

Also: Copics, gold rub-on, scrap of tulle, assorted gems (I love that look)

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Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Our option this week is: HALLOWEEN

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Bunny

Please use any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image 

 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

STAMPENDOUS!

The winner will be given a fabulous set of Mini Clear Stamps!

Assortment may vary.

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 Generous Sponsor is

Di's Digi Stamps

One Lucky Winner will receive a 
$6 Voucher to spend @ Di's Digi Stamps

JOIN US HERE:  housemouse-challenge

Tipsy

 

Tipsy and slurring ... ha gotcha!  Celebrate!  Here's to many more!  

Gosh some people get messy when they drink.  In honour of  breast cancer awareness.

The  glass and the drink inside are cut from coloured card and edges inked (they don't show in photo).  The drink is stamped with pink ink on a dotty stamp, & WoS dotted on for a bit of sparkle.  

Die: TimHoltz/Sizzix

Knit stamp: Finnabair

Senti: unbranded

Ring stamp: Hero Arts

Also:  Distress Inks, WoS

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iSpy #40

 iSpy #40

Every week, Lysha puts up a photographic challenge with prompts for us to look out for, then we share on Lysha's Saturday (my Sunday).  It's always wonderful to see how people are inspired.

The prompts this week are:  wet, numbers, child's book, favourite..., your choice.

WET:  Kitchen floor just steam mopped this morning; still wet but drying quickly.

NUMBERS:  Here are some of my quilting rulers; covered in numbers.

Child's BOOK:  A perennial favourite, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  I only keep a few favourites now in case of little visitors.

MY FAVOURITE ... place to be creative:  Some famous quote says "A messy desk is the sign of a creative mind".  I'm not sure if it's true but I do get messy when I create, but you can see that underneath it all I am very organised.

YOUR CHOICE:  The last hurrah of my daffodils,  backlit too.   If you look closely you might see the little critter that got snapped as well.

Check it all out at Lysha's Photographic challenge, here:  ispy-40

Change the World

I wanted to try making a sliding-pull card and this has a subtle message as well as being pretty. The interactive part has a nice surprise.      Recognising Breast Cancer Awareness.

The template and tutorial is from Polkadoodles.  I doodled around the edge to frame it and also inked the edge with black.  I think I might also write a message on the blank part of the pull tab when it's pulled out.

Gardening image: Beccy's Place

Flower stamp: Magazine freebie

Banner stamp:  Magazine freebie

Stencil: Ranger/Dylusions

Sentiment: made in computer

Also: Copics, Colour Pencils, Black pen, white pen, D.Inks, corner rounder punch

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Hallowe'en Candy

 My new set of stamps is getting a work out.  The background is made on a gelli plate with distress ink and then stencilled. The pumpkin is paper pieced.  Check out the shimmer.

Stamps: Tim Holtz

Stencil: Ranger

Also: D.Inks, Black pen, silver pen, gold pen, shimmer spray

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Tiles

 This is made using punches -  A square punch and a fancy punch. . . so seven squares.  Great for using snippets and leftovers.

Square punch:  

Fancy Punch:

Diecut:

Embossed Sentiment

Also:  angel hair netting, pearls

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HM Leafy Hugs

 

I diecut the edge of the card and put patterned paper on the inside of the card so that it blended when closed, but had a leafy edge when open.  I used the die twice, once to make an impression along the edge, and once to cut the leaves to insert in the impression after I hand cut the edge.

Image: House Mouse/Stampendous

Die:  Couture Creations

Embossed Senti: Penny Black

Also: Copics, white pen

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Eeeeekkkkk!!! 

Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We have more fabulous inspiration to share with you as

 a reminder to join our current 

Anything Goes with the option - Add Fall Leaves

Hosted by our Talented Teamie  April

 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

 Heidi and her team at: SIMON SAYS STAMP

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Our Second Generous Sponsor is  

Barry & his team @ House Mouse Designs

House-Mouse Designs(R)  

We are 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! 

JOIN US HERE:  housemouse-challenge

Thankful

At Incy Wincy this time the them is Hallowe'en or Thankful.  Check it out here:

And thanks to Starstampz who provided this sweet image, get it here: etsy.com StarStampz

Image: Star Stampz

Leaves die: Couture Creation

Background piercing plate:

Sentiment die: Wplus9

Shaded with D.Inks

Also: Copics, D.Inks, Nuvo Drops, white pen

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iSpy #39

 Lyshas photographic challenge is always that: a challenge.

This week the prompts were cook, outside, hair, shadow, your choice.

COOK: I rediscovered my grandmother's cast iron gem irons the other day and talk about a walk down memory lane.  I think gem irons are a New Zealand thing; all I could find out said they were.  SO I made ginger gems and it took me right back to my childhood (oh, that spicy smell).  These are one of the few things I have of my grandmother's.  It felt like she was standing right next to me.  This is before they went in the oven; after they came out they didn't hang around long enough to get a photo!

OUTSIDE:  Today is a beautiful spring day and sitting out on the deck for a cuppa, I spied this cobweb on one of the chairs.  Looking at the web design, I think the spider was having a quiet spliff somewhere.   Where oh where is the housework fairy?  

HAIR:  This is a visit to the archives, a bit of a cheat I know, but fun!  For Ian's 70th birthday we had a Star Wars Murder Mystery party with a few friends.  Here is Ian with his Rod Stewart hair! and his assistant, me.

SHADOW:  This shadow is my trellis and climbing roses and I thought I'd give you a wave to say hello!  

YOUR CHOICE:  This is a New Zealand kowhai tree (pronounced cor-fai) in our wild area, it's our national flower along with the red pohutukawa.  This tree follows the tui cherry in the spring feeding continuity for TUI (our national bird, a nectar feeder).  They seem to get drunk on the nectar.  I have heard (don't know how true it is) that sometimes they even fall out of the tree.

I hope you enjoy this week's lineup.  Have a wonderful week.

Check our Lysha's photographic challenge, here:  ispy-39

Elephant Showers

 What fun stamps these are.  I have combined masking, colouring, with fussy-cut paper piecing.

At Critter Crazy  it's always about the animals.  Check it out here:  crittercrazy

Images & senti:  unbranded

Edge Die: Spellbinders

Also: Copics, D.Inks, Glossy Accents

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Wildflower Silhouette

It's ANYTHING GOES at the Crafter Cafe this time, be inspired by the DT and join us here:  crafterscafeblogchallenge

Thanks to our wonderful sponsor Artsystamper for the  image, get it here:  etsy.com field-flower-silhouettes-nature

I made the background by smooshing several Distress Inks and printing the paper into it.  When dry, finely splattering D.Inks over, then printing the digital image.  Edges inked.

Image:  Artsystamper field-flower-silhouettes-nature

Sentiment: as above

Bee die:  Magazine freebie

Also: D.Inks, vellum

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Summer Christmas or Anytime Party

 

It's ANYTHING GOES at the Crafter Cafe this time, be inspired by the DT and join us here:  crafterscafeblogchallenge

Thanks to our wonderful sponsor Artsystamper for the  image, get it here: etsy seaside-holiday-set

It doesn't have to be Christmas it could be for an Anytime party!

Image: seaside-holiday-set

Paper: Pixel Scrapper

Also: Copics, Twine, Glossy Accents, gold pen, white pen, WoS

The lights have Glossy Accents and the shells have WoS.  It is great to have a summer Christmas image for those of us in the southern hemisphere!

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