House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge- Apple of My Eye!

Isn't this just the cutest darn Happy Hopper stamp? I have had this stamp since it first was released. I have to say this blog is enticing me to use all my uninked stamps and I am lovin' it! The difference I am finding is that I used to make 3 or 4 of the same card but now most of my cards are just going to have to be "originals" because by golly, I am off to the next stamp....You should see the order I just received from Dick and Katie at Hmstamps and KTstamps. The links to their online stores are on to the left in places I like to shop! I am going to have to get busy!

Dick at HMstamps has decided to focus just on Penny Black stamps and Katie is now handling all the Peanuts, House Mouse and Friends, Stampendous etc. Go take a peek at their sites!

I made this stamp for the HM&F Monday Challenge...well my stamping time seems to be the weekends, so I am always the last minute lizzy in joining in! This week's challenge was to focus on stitching. This is the first time I have used my sewing machine on a card...fun stuff!

I pulled out my Summer Picnic DP from SU! Oh this stuff is sooooo nice! Love the rich colors. And of course my Martha scallop punch is never far from my reach!

I colored this image with my prisma's and then sewed the image on to some DP and added some little buttons and ribbons to finish it off. I love the sentiment I bought to go with this Happy Hopper too!

I used my beloved little paper shaper apple punch inside.

Stamps: Stampabilities- Happy Hopper An Apple A Day (Hop It) HMLR1047, Apple Of My Eye DR1088

Cardstock: Real Red, GP white, SU! Summer Picnic DP

Ink: Black, Prisma's, SU! markers old olive, real red and choc chip to color sentiment

Misc: Martha scallop punch, SU! buttons and red gingham ribbon,paper shaper apple punch, my trusty sewing machine!

And the Winner is..........

Oh goodness, I received so many fun recipes...I went to the store and tried to remember off the top of my head some of the key ingredients to these recipes...not a good thing after a long day at work...I will have to make a LIST! I have to start sampling these goodies in preparation for my Christmas baking!

Thanks to all of you who posted a comment and to all who left recipes( or in Hiedi's case, directions to the store to go buy them LOL !)

Without further delay---------the winner is.............

Debbie Fisher (debbiedee) said...

great candy you are giving away! One of my favorite Christmas treats is Big Red Popcorn. Because it's red, this makes a fun Christmas gift for my dad and brothers...

Big Red Popcorn

5 qt popped popcorn
9 oz pkg red hots
1/2c butter
1/4 c corn syrup
1/2 t. salt

Cook red hots, butter, syrup and salt in microwave. Stir often. Boil 1 minute. Pour over popcorn in grocery sack (paper); stir. Cook (in the paper sack) on high in microwave for 1 minute. Shake and cool.

Debbie---Please send me your address and your blog candy will be in the mail! Thanks to all who played along.

I have some cute $1 Halloween stamps I will be posting as blog candy the first of the week. It will be a short entry time since Halloween is almost upon us, so watch for that the first of the week! Don't blink.

Sesame Street Halloween Pop Up Card

This is the card closed...the paper clip is really NOT part of the card, but this spooky card would not cooperate standing up like this so it needed some help. If you look reallllllll close, you can see the spider web embossing on the base of the card. This is how it will look folded in the envelope.



You can see how this card stands up in this picture . I made it from this tutorial on SCS. My inspiration came from these two pop up cards on Curt's blog!


Now, I really don't think of pink and green as Halloween colors, but hey, a person has to be true to their Sesame Street characters...I wouldn't want Count Von Count mad at me!

I've been working on this card here and there as I had extra time, so it really doesn't seem like it took much time at all and it was a lot of fun to make. I absolutely love fun fold type cards. Nothing grabs my attention faster than some fancy folded card posted on a blog! I will have to make more of these! And of course, I couldn't wait to use my new Martha Stewart fence and bat punch. My sweet daughter picked them up in the big city for me! Thanks Erin!

I used a glitter pen to spruce up Mr. Booglie Ghost(oops I mean mummy!) also. You can't tell it in these pictures!

ETA:
Let me know if you make a pop up card and I will link here!
Heidi's pop up card
Julia's pop up card

Stamps: Stampabilities Sesame Street Count Von Count IR1031, retired SU! Booglie Eyes Ghost, Studio G Sentiment.

Cardstock: Black, Pink Passion, Glorious Green, GP white, Misc DP for the fence(the fence punch will not work on SU! cardstock-you will need to use light weight DP with this punch)

Ink: Black, Prisma's

Misc: Fiskars web texture plate, Martha Stewart bat and fence punch, SU corner punch, white inkssentials pen to highlight Count's suit, SU! gingham ribbon, sticky strip

From Courtney's Closet Challenge- Garden Gloves

Another weekly From Courtney's Closet Challenge! You can see Libby's challenge HERE.
This is a weekly challenge designed after the clothes that Libby's little daughter wears.
Here's sweet Courtney in her "garden" dress. At least that's what I choose to call it!

This card is basically all SU! I used an old retired SU! set named Little by Little. (a beautiful gardening set from 1994 I think!) and the current Itty Bitty background stamp set.

Tip: To make the yellow tie on the button I just cut a tiny strip of cardstock and threaded it to the back of the button and stuck it all together with a glue dot.

I made several cards before I came up with this one! I was having a mental block...I finally had to dig out my Verve Girl AnniVerv-sary sketch sheet! Julee put these sketches out in August, but I am still slowing making my way through all 12. Four down, 8 to go LOL!

Stamps: Retired Little by Little from SU! Current set Itty Bitty Backgound stamps(On the base of the card)

Cardstock: Green Galore, Gable Green, Pink Passion, GP white, Bella Press DP

Ink: Black, colored with prisma's

Misc: CB word folder, SU! ribbon and buttons

Card Size: 5x5


Don't forget to sign up for the blog candy...I will draw a winner Saturday!

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge-Paper Piecing

I used one of my Gruffie Stamps for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge! I pieced his hat and the balloon. The balloon is on dimensionals, as well as the sentiment. Edges of image are sponged with apricot and pumpkin.

Meet Pebble, isn't he cute?

Stamps: Gruffie stamp called Party Preparations, Pebble VR1005, misc SU! sentiment

Ink: Black, colored with prisma's, sentiment colored with SU! markers

Cardstock: The new in color Riding Hood Red, Old Olive and DP by Bo Bunny (ballon) and background and hat is My Mind's Eye DP

Misc: brad, misc organdy ribbon, dimensionals


Don't miss my blog candy HERE.

Blog Candy!

I have made some wonderful new friends since I started this blog. This small offering is my way of saying thanks for taking the time to visit! I get so excited over every comment!

I know this picture is not the greatest, but I hope you can see all the goodies I have to share with you! Here's a list of what is in this pile of goodies:

Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder
Cuttlebug Edger embossing folders
Friends sentiment stamp
Some of my new Debbee Mumm fall and holiday paper--oh so pretty!
cherry ribbon-(you know me and cherries LOL)
some little sticky dot "thingies" in fall colors


As you all will soon find out about me...My favorite time of year is Christmas...I start decorating in November, playing Christmas tunes, working on my annual wood Christmas project and baking cookies and candy to give as presents! Unfortunately...not much stamping goes on the busier I get...but I will share my projects and my wonderful recipes with you!

To enter to win my first blog candy, leave me a comment telling me about your favorite Christmas cookie or candy! (and you will be entered twice if you share your recipe!)

I will chose the winner next Saturday, September 27th!

From Courtney's Closet Challenge-Town Mouse

This is a cupcake/birthday challenge this week! You can see the details of Libby's FCCC challenge HERE.

This Town Mouse stamp is one of the first stamps I ever bought...years ago off of ebay...and I still love it! Kind of goes along with my Holly Pond Hill stamps...anyone remember those? I think this must have been when my addiction to meeces began...


A booboo inside...booboo's always lead to some creative cover ups, don't they? I wanted to use the complete sentiment "Happy Birthday to You" on the edge of the card, but it was too long. Well...when I accidently on purpose put some glue on the inside of the card in the wrong place I had to cover it up...so ta dah! I finished the rest of the sentiment on the little circle and stuck it to the glue...FIXED! Looks like I did it on purpose hehehe.

Don't you love the cupcakes on Courtney's shoes? No wonder she wants to taste them.


Stamps: Town Mouse by Inkadinkadoo, Su retired sentiment

Cardstock: SU DP, pink

Ink: black, choc chip

Misc: Nestabilities, misc ribbon, circle punch to fix the mistake!(oh I used my old retired SU scallop scissors to cut the edge also!)

The Bind It All Queen! Miss Heidi Fleetwood

Okay, now Heidi is really getting to know my lingo...I wrote a comment on her blog that said something like " I am so impressed and love that cute little monkey"...and Heidi knew I was actually saying "Oh I want this, I want this!!!" Ya know what????? She sent me this as a nice surprise! Heidi is a design team member for High Hopes Stamps. I tell you, she will do them proud! The detail on this is amazing! Heidi's watercoloring is so fine. I absolutely love watercoloring, but haven't given it much of a try. I think I will have Heidi give me some lessons, because she makes her images come alive.

I don't know if you can tell or not, but the leaves and the banana are also clear embossed.

The inside of the book has numerous pages so that I can file cards by month. I think she said this is Martha Stewart DP that she bought at the the Martha section of Wal-Mart! Dang, no Wal-Mart here either. My little hometown is shopping challenged!

Heidi keeps showing me all these wonderful things she is making with her Bind-It-All. I know I am going to have to break down and buy one...I have all these projects running around in my head....



Thank you Heidi...your talent is amazing and your gift treasured!

HTML link directions for dummies! SCS tip

READ THIS ALL. (different link language works for different area's as I am learning LOL)


Yes, I am a dummie! But I am learning...some from friends, my son Matthew and Allison share tips too.

She taught me about Google Reader...oh my gosh that's another post! If you read many blogs, this is the way to go!



I just learned how to make a link look like a link when you don't have the wonderful Blogger compose box doing all the hard work for you!

Example: If you want to post a link and want them to click on your word or description instead of copying and pasting the whole darn url address in your message, try this. I always wondered how they did that in comment box postings! Now you are going to know too!

Many times when you leave a comment and want to paste a link, the link is too long or doesn't work...this solves that problem. It is just a nice thing to leave an actual link for the reader.



Pretend you are linking to my blog!

this is the template:

<a href="[address here]">[link text here]</a>

okay so you think this is easy...HA! I can screw anything up

1. DO NOT type the brackets around the address
2. Copy and paste your entire address, including the http part
3. There really is a space between the a and the h at the first of the address
4. Make sure you have no typo's

So it will look like this if you are linking to my blog:

<a href="http://www.suesstampingstuff.blogspot.com/">here's my blog</a>



Okay, now no cheating...leave me a link to your blog or some other fun site...done manually, not by the blogger link maker...LOL

here's my blog this is what it will look like when you are done

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New Post in Blogger---How to make a link in your Blogger compose box-the easy way......


Do you all know how to make a link in your blogger compose box? Now I told you this is beginner stuff...but somebody had to teach me...luckily I have a computer literate college student son that sometimes graces me with his knowledge.

Here are Sue's official directions:

Open your blogger compose box

Type your text.

Example:

Have you seen Heidi's really neat Bind It All book?


Okay, I want to send you to the exact entry on Heidi's blog that shows this cute book.

Copy the exact link from her blog entry (not her basic blog address, make sure you click on the specific entry title for the Bind It All book from Heidi's blog) This is found in the url box at the top of your browser. (to copy an address, highlight all the address, right click your mouse and chose copy) (to paste the url address, pick where you are going to paste it and put your mouse curser on that spot or in the box, right click and choose paste)

You will then highlight the words you want to link. I am going to choose ---Bind It All book---- and highlight them.

Look at the top of your compose box and count over 6 icons. You will see a font box, Tt, b, i and a T for color choices and the next icon is a green "thingie"(link) (thanks Allison for the word)

click on the green thingie (link), a box will come up and that is where you will paste your complete url address.

Click ok and you are done! Viola!!!



Have you seen Heidi's really neat Bind It All book?


Okay, that is about all I know...LOL

Now go look at Heidi's really neat book!


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SCS TIP-how to make easier links in the forum comment box.

Again, another nifty thing that Matthew helped me with in just learning to type the above info for you....(goodness, much more complicated than I thought. way over this Mom's head hehe don't ask)

To get a link choices box like the blogger compose box menu--- go to forums in SCS...you will need to change your settings.

Go to forums

Quick Links (upper right of page)
Edit Options
Misc Options (the last choice)
choose Enhanced Interface
Save Changes

This will allow you to comment in the forums and make a nice link like we do in blogger. So much easier!

Easy is good...



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I found a couple "formal" instructions if you need more instruction.

This blogger got me started, click here for her directions.

This guy has lots of great tips here.

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge! Punkin'

I made this card for this weeks On a Budget challenge. All the cardstock I got on sale at JoAnn's.
I especially wanted to share this wonderful Debbie Mumm pack of paper Harvest and Holiday (with glitter). This is beautiful stuff! (and I think it is still on sale this week at JoAnn's) See Kerry...I told you I had made one too!

I used the sketch challenge from Taylored Expressions blog.

You can see this week's House Mouse and Friends challenge HERE.

I used my word window punch and made a longer piece to punch for the sentiment and attached it with ribbon. This card is 5x5.

Stamps: House Mouse Punkin HMF1010 , $1 Studio G sentiment

Ink: Black, image colored with prisma's

Cardstock: Misc DCWV cardstock. Print DP from my new Debbie Mumm pack.

Misc: nesties, ribbon I won from Suzanne Deans blog- Scrap Bitz in August. Word window punch

From Courtneys Closet Challenge #15 ---GO TEAM!

Oh I loved this week's From Courtney's Closet Challenge.

This week was not based on wee Courtney's attire, but the challenge was to make a card based on my favorite sports theme..EASY PEASY! GO DUCKS !!!! (of course Courtney was pictured in sports attire on the challenge page)

My 2 daughters both graduated for the University of Oregon so I have a lot of time invested there! My oldest daughter Erin and her hubby, Matt, were also on the cheerleading squad for the U of O- so I went to a lot of games. Mostly to watch them, but through that became a big Oregon Ducks fan.
Now, because Cole's Mommy and Daddy cheered for the Oregon team, it's no wonder baby Cole is Oregon's #1 fan now. hehe

Now, I realize there is no stamping on this card, but I so enjoyed making it! If anyone is familiar with Autzen Stadium, they have this big screen (Megatron) at one end of the playing field to enable everyone to view the plays and replays easier. So...this card is Cole on the Megatron! Go Cole Go!

I made the little yellow pennants by punching a square with a 1 1/4 inch punch and cutting them into triangles. They are attached on dimensionals. I couldn't find ribbon to match so I ended up coloring some black and white Stampin' Up ribbon with my yellow marker and it matched perfectly! And oh, I just so happen to also have some Oregon designer paper on hand....

Make your own colored ribbon!

Courtney rootin' on her favorite team, ya think? Not Boston, right Libby? I think I remember
U of O playing Mich State before...I think....

Stamps: None

Cardstock: Yoyo yellow, black and U of O paper

Ink: None sentiment computer generated

Misc: SU ribbon, punch, dimensionals, word window punch, sizzix die cut, alpha stickers, yellow marker

Vervegirls One Sheet Wonder Challenge

I used Penny Black Small Gift 2095C on this card

The sentiment on this card is from Rubber Stampede. Friend 3606C

The sentiment on this card Studio G dollar stamp from Michaels.

This card used a part of the Penny Black Stamp Labour of Love 2363K. It has a series of 3 images on the stamp and I used the last one.


I made these cards for the Verve girl's one sheet wonder challenge.

You can find the challenge HERE.

I love Julee's sketches, they are always so clean and uncomplicated (but don't you know this strained my brain anyway LOL)

This will be a nice set for a birthday gift I have coming up! woo hoo all done ahead of time...so unlike me...

Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive and the new Bella Rose DP, all from Stampin Up

Ink: Black, creamy carmel, old olive, pink, real rust, going grey, prisma pencils also.

Misc: corner punch, SU ribbon, water color brush, misc brads

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

I made this card from the sketch on House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.

Whew, this card has a lot going on...Not my typical style, but was fun to try and follow the challenge sketch. In the end, I think I went a little wonky, but my daughter will love it. It is her birthday on Thursday and she LOVES glittery things...an addiction that goes back to her dance days and sequined costumes!

I used Heidi Grace DP as well as some fun little ribbon from Target's $1 spot.



Watch later this week...I have some blog candy to post!!!! woo hooo

Thanks to Suzanne Dean at Scrap Bitz. I received her blog candy that I won a while back...can't wait to try some of the images she sent!


Stamps: House Mouse Make a Wish 02 HMGR 1011, Retired SUp! sentiment(all occasions)

Cardstock: SUp! turq, Heidi Grace DP I just got yesterday...(fun shopping day in the big city), GP white

Ink: Memories black, prisma's to color the image

Misc: Target ribbon, nestabilities, oval punches, heat and stick and glitter

From Courtney's Closet Challenge-cherry tri-fold #14

Yes, it's time for another From Courtney's Closet Challenge! You can find Libby's challenge for this week HERE.

I have lost count but Libby says it's #14 so it must be! Wow, that's more than 3 months Libby...we are all going to watch Courtney grow up before our eyes!


I made this fun tri-fold card for the challenge this week. I found this cooooool video tutorial for the pattern HERE.

I want to thank Teresa Payne-Neal. Make sure to visit her blog named My Life's Art!

A couple of views from the top and front so you can see how it folds.

Courtney looks like she is having fun on her vacation....lucky girl!!!

I chose red, white and turquoise (colors from her dress) and well as the 3 tiers . My apologies for the junk lighting on the pics, I just couldn't get it right tonight! Need more practice!

Stamps- Sentiment by Stampendous! Just a note

Cardstock: Real Red, turq DCWV, Designer paper made by Creative Imaginations. I guess you all know I love cherry DP!

Ink: Real Red

Misc: I dug out my old fiskar wave decorative scissors for the belly band, SUp! scallop punch, 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 and 1 inch circle punches, sticky tape to hold the belly band tightly together, dimensionals and my ever trusty scorepal! misc organdy red swiss dot ribbon.

FYI:
Cardstock is cut at 5 1/2 by 11, and scored at 1 1/2, 3, 5 1/2 and 8 inches.

Bob's cabin birthday card, H and M Stamps

I made this card for 'brother' Bob. I love this cabin stamp set and have used it numerous times! I chose to keep this card fairly simple, although I really wanted to put a forest of trees, I just couldn't make all million trees I cut out fit LOL!

The stamp set says 'Dad's Cabin' so I inked the sign with my marker and left the name blank so I could write in Bob's name. I just did some shading on the images with my prisma's and called it good, nothing too fussy. This card is a little bigger, maybe 4x7? ( forgot to measure it)

The trees are cut out of Stampin Up DP and the image panels are on dimensionals.

Stamps: H & M Stamps, retired SUP! sentiment

Cardstock: Choc Chip (oh I love this paper), SUP! DP for the trees, tan DCWV

Ink: Choc Chip

Misc: Nesties, sizzix die, dimensionals, oops forgot the SUp! tafetta ribbon...love this too.