HM Fizz Pop

 

 A diagonal easel card fold.  Eeeeww  that must be sour, look at those little faces.  We humans would think it was a long cool drink, but mousies think it's a swimming pool to cool off in!

The patterned paper is the same, it just looks different because of the light angle.

Image: House Mouse

Shell dies: Memory Box

Sentiment stamp: unbranded

Also: Coloured pencils, D.Ink, white pen.

Shared on challenges:

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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 of EASEL CARD

Hosted by our Talented Teamie KARIN

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 

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 Second Generous Sponsor is 

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!

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

ALSO:   Our team mate Bunny is celebrating her 4th anniversary as a House Mouse team member. She'll be giving away 4 mini House Mouse stamps. All you have to do is enter a card and leave her a comment. She'll choose 4 lucky entrants on Friday, July 16, 2021. For more details and to see pictures of the giveaways go to Bunny's blog. 

Join the challenge here:  housemouse-challenge

iSpy #27

 iSpy #27  

The prompts this past week are:   Loud, Cup, Floating, Open and your choice.

Loud:  This was a noisy fun Blastacarts with the grandkids. Noisy!

Cup:  Grace's hands cupped for a speckled egg.

Floating:  I liked the shadows and reflections of all the stuff that was floating in my birdbath.

Open:  Grace (our teenage granddaughter - our guest photographer) took this one of Jackson opening the chips packet.

Your choice:  Another Grace photographer pic; Jackson filling the birdfeeder.  This special effect was accidental, but still looks pretty cool!

It is school holidays here and Grace & Jackson are staying over.  Grace is having fun playing with my camera.

Shared on Lysha's challenge: ispy-27      

Goofy Orange

 A birthday card man-style.  A bit of stencilling, some shine, and a quirky sentiment.

Stamp: Art Impressions

Embossed Sentiment: Art Impressions

Stencil:

Also: D.Inks, Copics, Glossy Accents

Shared on challenges:

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Sepia Pine

 

I have re-discovered this old stamp in my collection.  I lost the packaging and don't know what make - if you know please msg me.

Image stamp: Hero Arts (I think)

Embossed Sentiment: magazine freebie

Copics, sequins, sparkle twine, gold pen

Shared on challenges:

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Grad Cheers

 A graduation card in one of the local colours - WINTEC.  

Nesting stars: CreativeScrapbooking

Hat/diploma die: ImpressionObsession

Sentiment stamp: Hero Arts

Also: sequins

Shared on challenges:

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with a die - instant, and I can't mess it up

Piggy Sunshine

 This is just what you want on a hot sunny day.  SLurrrp slurrp.

Image (fussycut):  Lee Holland

Background papers: Pixel Scrapper 

Also: Copics, splatter of white acrylic paint and Perfect Pearls Mink, WoS

Shared on challenges:

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Feel Well Elephant

 Hoping this will make a certain someone smile who is recuperating in hospital.

I made the background with inks & stencil on a gelliplate, mists and splatters, then after stamping & paperpiecing the image, I doodled a border because I thought it needed a frame of something 'loose and arty' to go with the style of the sentiment and background. 

Stamp: unbranded (paperpieced)

Sentiment: unbranded (same set)

Stencil:

Also: inks, mists,  paperpiecing, black pen.

Shared on challenges:

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HM #344 Marshmallow Easel

 

                                                                                    Here it is closed ready for mailing:

A new housemouse stamp with lots of

 marshmallows involved.  

Image: HouseMouse/Stampendous

Sentiment die: Tim Holtz/Sizzix

Doily die: Couture Creations

Stamped sentiments: unbranded

Also: Copics, D.Inks, WoS

                                                              

                                                                                                                                      Here is the inside:

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 EASELCARD

Hosted by our Talented Teamie KARIN

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.

Generously Sponsored  by;

 Welcome back our Generous SPONSORS

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 Second Generous Sponsor is 

We Welcome back Barry & his team @ House Mouse Designs

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! 

Many thanks to our Generous Sponsors for their Continued Support 

JOIN US HERE:  housemouse-challenge

Fairy House

 

Incy Wincy challenge theme this time is Enchanted Garden or Christmas.  The design team have inspiration for you, here:  incywincydesigns

Thanks to sponsor Angie's Digital Stamps who provided this toadstool house image.  

Get it here:  etsy toadstool-house-digital-stamp   

I made a garden scene with two toadstool houses paperpieced, and then the magic happened... a fairy flew over with magic dust, a little trail of ladybirds and a butterfly appeared, all laid out on a p.paper with a shadow wreath.

Toadstool house Image: toadstool-house-digital-stamp

Fairy stamp: magazine freebie

Ladybirds stamp: Hero Arts

Butterfly die:

Also:  Copics, D.Inks, Glossy Accents, white pen, WoS, gem

Shared on challenges:

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iSpy #26

 iSpy #26  - week beginning 4 July

Prompts this week are:  Rocky, Bird, Natural, Starts with M, your choice.

Rocky:  this is a lonely little plant growing in the stones where our firebowl is out by the deck.  I don't know what their real name is, but we called them johnny-jump-ups.

Bird:  I managed to capture this tui in flight just coming in to land right overhead.  Tui are nectar-sipping NZ native birds, small (blackbird or thrush sized), very shy, living mostly in the treetops.  They are also known as the parson bird because of the two curled white feathers at their throat.  At the moment we have sugar-feeders out for them as there is not much in bloom for them right now.  Look at those lovely 'finger feathers'.  Even trying to take a photo from the house, they spot any movement and fly away.

Natural: what better than a woven flax kete (basket)?

Starts with M:  My favourite Mug.  It used to be bright red; you can see where my lip balm has protected the glaze a bit!

My Choice:  This past week we had the biggest frosts (four in a row) yet in our polar blast and this morning it was down to 1 deg C. but is warmed up now (at 10.30am), enough to sit out on the deck with a cuppa (5 deg C). In the central plateau they are so happy, they had a big snow dump for the start of the ski season.  I know some of you get snow that looks so beautiful, but this is the prettiest we can hope for.  As you can see from this photo (taken this morning) my daffodils are already out - weird and way too early, they are not usually out until August.

Enjoy your week, and don't forget to check out the other photos in the challenge at: ispy-2021

Celebration Balloons

 

This is paperpieced using snippets/scraps from my scrap bin.  Even the bear is paperpieced.

Stamp: unbranded

Embossed Sentiment: unbranded

Also: gem, tiny heart

Shared on challenges:

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Birthday Meow

 

I love wacky animals -  this one is wild and paper pieced!

The sentiment inside is wild too ("it's your birthday, go wild")

Stamp: unbranded

Sentiment: unbranded

Stencil: Crafters Workshop

Also: D.Ink, Copics, Nuvo drops, white pen

Shared on challenges:

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Petite Paris

At the Crafters Cafe, our theme is Anything Goes this time.   Check it out and get inspired by the design team, here:  crafterscafe

Our sponsor is beccysplace.  Beccy has lots of great images and some freebies too.

This time I chose a little bit of frenchness!  One of these little shops is la patisserie - my favourite place!  The little pastries and cakes are always exquisite and a feast for the eyes.

There is no sentiment because I thought it could be used for many occasions that pop up, and it would be easy to put one on in a hurry if needed.

Image: Beccys Petite Paris 

P.Papers:  Pixel Scrapper

Lace & Buttons: Pixel Scrapper

Also: D.Ink, Glossy Accents, white pen

Shared on challenges:

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