House Mouse and Friends Midway Inspiration ATG or Spots or Dots Dream Flower

 House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

Midway Inspiration

 #346  ANYTHING GOES

'ANYTHING GOES'

with the option theme of

Spots or Dots

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Mia

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.

Today I am using another new Stampendous release:

Dream Flower

and 

Spring Stamps (mini clear stamp set-sentiment)

I colored with copics and mounted it on a Simple Stories polka dot cardbase cut with classic Sizzix dies! The sentiment is from a mini clear house mouse stamp set.

 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 

 Thanks for stopping in today, I do hope you enjoyed checking out my House Mouse inspiration!

♥ Sue 

Sizzix Framelits and Penny Black Christmas

Inspiration Emporium

Today I am going to show you my new 

Sizzix Framelits Drop-Ins from Inspiration Emporium.  

I used some festive Doodlebug cardstock and this fun Framelits set to squeak in a Christmas in July creation!  I usually start listening to Christmas tunes about this time of year...I know...crazy girl!!!

I love Christmas colors!!!

                                    ♥ Sue

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Robyn-s Fetish Challenge Blog-Christmas In July 7/31
Stamping Sensations-Feature a Creature  7/29
Card Mania Challenge-Anything Goes  7/29
Christmas Cards All Year Round-Dots and Stripes 7/31
Cute as a Button Challenge blog-Christmas in July 7/29
Paper Creators Crafts-Christmas in July 7/31
Cards In Envy-Christmas in July 8/1
Crafty Boots Challenge-Christmas in July  8/1
Ooh LaLa Challenge-Christmas in July  8/1
Penny Black and More Challenge-Add a Sentiment 7/29
Craftyhazelnuts Christmas extra Challenge-Anything goes 7/31



card details:
------------------------------------------------------
Penny Black Xmas Treats stamp
Sizzix Framelits Drop-Ins
Cardstock: Doodlebug Home for the Holidays

Let's pick Sweet Strawberries!

I am sure you can all relate to wanting to craft...but being too tired to craft, but giving it a whirl anyway...Either it works out wonderfully...or it can be a comedy of errors.  In this case the project came together sweetly...but gosh...taking pics on a windy day is no fun. I was trying to keep the background paper in place without "losing my strawberries" LOL.  In fact one of my poor strawberries flew up in the air and blew away-it was that windy.  Good grief ---I never did find it. Luckily my daughter stopped by for a quick visit and helped me hold things down...sorry I had to crop out her designer nails from the pictures, but they were pretty!

Today I am showing off this Sweet Strawberry Thinlet Die Set designed by Lori Whitlock from Inspiration Emporium (she also designed the bushel basket I cut with my Silhouette.) So this project actually turned into a Lori Whitlock lovefest. 

This would make such a nice  quick and easy gift to give...it really was very fast!

Sweet Strawberry Thinlit 18 piece Die Set by Lori Whitlock

I thought it was easier to put the brad in all the petals but one and then just tuck in the last petal after sticking the candy treat inside. Worked just dandy!

I am entering in the following fun challenges:

Silhouette Challenges June-Anything Goes June 30
2 Creative Chicks-Anything Goes (No cards)  June 30
Die Cut Diva's Challenge Blog-Junebug-whatever inspires you June 30
Ladybug Crafts-Use your dies June 30

Lori Whitlock June Link Up with Cathy-June 30

♥ Sue

Sweet Strawberry Thinlit Die Set by Lori Whitlock

Cardstock: MME polka dot and SU! stripe
3d Bushel Fruit Basket cut file by Lori Whitlock /Silhouette Store #30632
Misc:  chalk, heart brads, SU twine

RED Convertible Sizzix Die- Father's Day

 Just had to show off my shiny new convertible!!!  

I wish!!!

Actually, my Dad has a Red 1950 Ford Convertible that looks just like this, so I just had to get this Sizzix die to make his Father's Day card! Perfecto!!! I had so much fun cutting one car, that I thought I would cut 2 while I was at it! I had this pretty shiny red paper and also the fun looking chrome paper to use-and it really does look like his car!  We are a classic car family, with each of my brothers owning a classic of some kind too!

I also used my new Taylored Expressions Build A Scene die-On the Road #TE512. I got both of these  die sets from Inspiration Emporium-(they are linked below)

The banner and checkerboard were cut with my Silhouette. The sentiment is from a Penny Black stamp set   ...your way.

Well, I guess I am set for Father's Day cards...whoopee! I do have another Ai Backyard Boss card to show you soon-a great one for the upcoming Father's Day as well.

I hope you enjoy these cards as much as I do!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Always Something Creative-Man
Lets Craft and Create-Anything Goes/Male (fun classic car cut file here) June 4
Silhouette Challenges-Anything Goes 5/31
AAA Cards Game #40 For the Guys-June 5


♥ Sue

card details:

--------------------------------

Stamps: Penny Black ...your way

Dies: TE Build a Scene-On the Road

Sizzix-Vintage Car & Radio

Silhouette Cut file: 

Checkerboard

Misc Banner

Misc MME designer papers

TE Get Well Souper Soon

I love Taylored Expressions Stamps with matching dies...I love the way she packages all her sets..... and they stamp so nicely!!!

Today I am showing off a card I made with the set...Souper Soon. Tomorrow I will be showing you card  #2 and hoping to have time to finish the other card I have stuck in my brain. Time will tell!

You still have one more day to enter the

  InspirationEmporium: 

Anything Goes Challenge. 

You could be the winner of 50 Emporium Dollars!

I hope it makes my friend feel better.

Thanks for popping in today!

♥ Sue

Souper Soon with Matching Dies
Sizzix Flip-it Dies
Copics: R 24, 29
twine
Echo Park Rough and Tumble paper

happy Hoooowl-o-ween!

happy HOWL-oween!!!

Sometimes I get my inspiration from the strangest places! I made this card after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper featuring doggies dressed for Halloween!   I actually had plans to dress these cute little doggies in costume, but my computer is sick-my hard drive crashed and I can not access all the good stuff-like my Silhouette and Silhouette doggie costumes etc. Dang...just imagine that little purple doggie with a little witch hat...

I made the colorful sentiment on my Silhouette(before the crash)-oh so fun!

I used  Doodlebug-Ghouls and Goodies cardstock for my color inspiration and my Sizzix accordian die for the card base , Sizzix Circle Flip -Its #2 for the sentiment and the Paper Smooches Woofers & Tweeters stamp set..

Got to say how much I love this little green critter!

A big thanks to my son for helping me with the pics and post  until my computer is up and running again. I have lots of fun Halloween projects to share with you and I am running out of time...sheesh-it is always something!

I am entering this in the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge-Trick or Treat (Halloween) 11/6
We Do Doobadoo Challenge UK-Halloween 11/1
Bunny Zoes Crafts-Animals  11/7 ish
Dream Valley Challenges-Halloween   11/2
Melonheadz Friends_Halloween  11/7 ish

Don't forget to backup your computer-today!!!

♥ Sue

Supplies from Inspiration Emporium-receive a 10% discount if you use the code suestamps13

Does Running Late Burn Calories?

Does Running Late Count As Exercise?

If so, I burned a lot of calories for your birthday this year!

Hello My Craftin' Friends!  Today I am posting a fun little card using my new Taylored Expressions Running Late stamp set. Everyone that knows me well, knows I am always behind, so this is a great set for me to have in my stash! I am sure it will get used many times LOL!

I colored the image and cut it out with a square nestie. I then added it on to a Sizzix Pop n Cut card base, adding in the sentiment above the image in a partial circle I cut with my Silhouette. I also cut some streamers and a fun little banner with my machine. 

For the outside I cut a simple Happy Birthday sentiment with my Silhouette and glued it on. Simple outside, fun and bright on the inside.

I got most of these supplies at Inspiration Emporium.(You can get a 10% discount if you use the code suestamps13)

Thanks for stopping in today-I do hope you are enjoying a nice sunny, spring day-it is about time!

♥ Sue

card details

-------------------------

Stamp: Running Late by Taylored Expressions

Die:Sizzix Pop N Cut die

Cardstock: Echo Park Scoot 6x6 paper pad

Copics:

R 14,27,29

BG 45,49

YG 95,97

T 2,3,4,5

W1 

House Mouse and Friends Challenge-Don't Forget!!!

***NEW House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge 165!***

Our super talented Teamie Heather is hosting this Challenge and has chose;

Lost and Found

(eg. Clothing Tag/Bottle Cap/Odd Earring/Cardboard packet/

Foil/Empty jar/Container) Anything you could lose or Find..

just have fun..hehe 

Welcome to challenge #165!  Lost and Found seems to be my middle name HA!  I am forever starting a project-loosing a piece and having to cut or color another one. One time I had an image piece lost and I never left my crafty chair. I found the piece months later...stuck to the bottom of my paper cutter!  Good grief!

I had planned another project for today, but when I was looking for the lost sentiment-I found this poor little lost ChristmasMudpie. Seems he got put aside and forgotten during the holiday rush! (like a lot of things!)

I am using my new Sizzix Circle Flip-Its #2  from Inspiration Emporium.  You can see the other card I made with it HERE.

This die cuts the card base and the circles and embellie side papers too. Yep, I dropped one of the circles when I was cutting this card and lost it-and found it later in the day in the middle of my family room-not sure how the heck that happened...but this challenge is making spoooooky things happen hahaha.

.

To finish it all off I added a Silhouette tree decorated with pearls and a couple holly pieces punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

Here you can see the back of the card too.

*** OUR SPONSORS ***

We are very excited to announce that One very Lucky Player will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of these Premium Dye Ink Pads from Simon Says Stamp.

***ALSO PROUDLY SPONSORED BY***

PIZZAZZ APLENTY
 
  "A surprise package of embellishments from Pizzazz Aplenty worth $15.00. 
(Due to increased postage costs, the winner for this prize must reside in the USA)

I do hope you will pop over to our House Mouse And Friends Monday Challenge #165-as soon as you found what you have forgotten LOL!

♥ Sue Kment

card details:

---------------------------------------

Stamps:

Having A Ball-Mudpie HMC1005

Christmas Spirit CR1146

Cardstock:

Real Red, Green, Bo Bunny Mistletoe collection

Copics:

R 22,24,27,39

E00,11 31,33

C2

Misc:

Sizzix Circle Flip Its #2 from Inspiration Emporium(10% discount if you use code suestamps13), Martha Stewart holly punch, pearls, bakers twine

Silhouette Store- 3 Christmas Icons

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday-New Schtuff

Hello fellow What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday friends! It was so nice to hear from so many of you last week! Great to be back again this week!

Just showing off some new "schtuff" today!  My new Paper Smooches stamps and Sizzix dies, and my new IKEA shelves!  I have this lovely craft room upstairs, but it seems I do not like to be so far away from the action. So.... I have a huge family room that was calling my name.   I gave the piano to the grandsons and filled the spot with these cubbies full of crafty "schtuff"! Sounds like a hardcore crafter doesn't it? HA!

 My desk is much cleaner than last week, but still has lots of paperwork that needs to be completed...and lots of tax paperwork to finish too. So....off to finish this post and work a little bit on that project...my plan is to work a little each night while watching The Voice and American Idol-let's see if I make enough progress that way! Time is running out!

I have 4 more white storage boxes to fold and that will give me more storage. Right now I have one full of Christmas projects, one full of vinyl, one with misc things and one full of copy paper, envelopes-office type stuff.  Pretty darned handy!  On the top of the tall shelf you can see the pretty blown glass vases and dishes my brother buys me each Christmas. I love pretty glass...!

 I always love black and yellow together...makes for a very striking card!  I adore the pierced circle around the sentiment...very cool-this little die came with the set too! I love these new Sizzix cutting dies...sure makes for fast and easy cards!   I embossed the yellow paper with a Darice Honeycomb background embossing folder-it doesn't show very well in this picture though. 

I had to tie a little bow and add couple little buzzie bees on the back too!

Off to work on unfun "schtuff" now, but had to take a few m inutes to play along with Julia over at STAMPING GROUND!  Check out whats going on over there-it is quite a dandy time!

Project deals:

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Product from Inspiration Emporium

Sizzix-Framelits Circle Flip-its #2

Bee Mine by Paper Smooches

(10% discount if you use the code suestamps13)

Cardstock-MME Lost and Found Yellow, Black

Copics:

Y 35,38  C2  R29

Misc: Darice twine, pop dots

Honeycomb embossing folder

SFYYT April Mother's Day

I had a nice non-stamping weekend---painting garage doors, weeding flower beds, cleaning refrigerators...all that fun type stuff!  I did manage to whip up a few card sets to give as gifties for Mother's Day. I used Jen's Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT April).

Now I am usually skidding in sideways on this monthly challenge, but hey, I don't feel too bad this time because I actually had these done days ago LOL!

I had this pretty paper pad and just did the mix and match thing.  I love My Minds Eye papers, don't you? These papers are from the Everyday Flair 6x6 paper pad.  I got these fun circle sentiments for a  great deal at the Sizzix both at the last convention I went to.  There are 4 different sentiments, so I made 2 sets of cards for the Moms in my life.

Well, this last minute lizzie is off to link up before I miss the deadline! Thanks for stopping in today!

 

Card details:

------------------------------------------------------------
Stamps: Phrases, Circle Card Sentiments by Sizzix
Cardstock: Temp Turquoise, Everyday Flair 6x6 Designer Paper
Ink: Versafine Black
Misc: Daffodil ribbon (SU!) and SU! buttons.

3 Clover's Thursday Challenge #27-Planes, Trains and Automobiles

This week on 3 Clovers Thursday Challenge #27...Planes, Trains and Automobiles! I really had to look for a good stamp for this challenge. When I rediscovered this retired Stampin Up set while rifling through all my stamps...I knew this would be my choice. It is my Dad's birthday soon and we both have a love for old cars.

This month there was a "cruise in" in our town where old cars drive around town and show off their stuff. Everyone grabs a chair or a sidewalk curb, a Pepsi, and sits in the warm evening air to watch the cars cruise by all evening. My Dad, Mom and I took our lawn chairs this year and had the best time. My Dad and Mom showed me a car similar to what they brought me home from the hospital in..... and many, many more stories of their travels through life! My Dad will be 79 this year and who else can claim they chopped off the top of a 1936 Ford with an ax to make it a convertible and used apple boxes for car seats. I told him to remember that story when any of his grandkids do something stupid...maybe they inheirited a little craziness from him LOL!

And today is my Mom and Dad's 60th anniversary! Holy Toledo!

Not much here to tell about...a pretty simple card. I did dig out my Heidi Swapp edge distresser and used it on several layers of cardstock.

Card Details:
------------------------------------------------------------
Stamps: Antique Auto's (retired Stampin Up)

Cardstock: SU! Choc Chip and Very Vanilla, DP by Paper Adventures

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Misc: Sixxiz alphabet from current SU! catalogue, Nesties, Su! taffeta ribbon, Heidi Swapp edge distresser

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #35-Cole and Gwamma

Keep it simple...I took Libby's "keep it simple" inspiration and made this quick 6 x 6 scrapbook page of one of my fave pictures of little Cole's visit this weekend. I love to hold him while he is sleeping...love to listen to him breath and giggle and sometimes talk in his sleep!

I used a sizzix die for the house (hey, close to the house on Courtney's shirt), computer generated the sentiment, so there really is no stamping here...I see I forgot to add the puffs of smoke coming out of the chimney...but I am too tired to run back up and retake the picture...but I will add the three little puffs of smoke later for a finishing touch.

You can find Libby's From Courtney's Closet #35 Inspiration Challenge HERE!

Cardstock is all Stampin Up.

Little Courtney's Inspiration outfit for week 35...I think she is upset at Mommy about something here!

Snoopy Celebrates 2009!

This is one of the first detailed cards I have made in a couple months...boy was it tough! My stamping brain is not in gear yet...but I am working on it! I started out with a whole different plan for these two images...and ended up pulling out my Martha punch and my Sizzix confetti die.

The only coloring on these images is a little prisma pencil coloring over the sentiment and the grass under Snoopy.

I glued little pieces of confetti all over this DCWV green cardstock(inside the card also). My Sakura Quickie Glue pen came in handy for that!

This card is my 2009 hope for you all...a happy and healthy year! I hope we can all be as happy as this little beagle in his "dance of joy"! This card was inspired by the motivational message on Gina K's blog posting... see her card here.


Inside of card...I was on a mission to use my confetti die...something I have had for YEARS!

Stamps: Dance of Joy by Stampabilities A408C, Count your Rainbows by Inkadinkado

Cardstock: DCWV green for base of the card, S.E.I. DP, SU! Purely Pomegranate, Bashful Blue, Choc Chip

Ink: Memento Black, Prisma's

Misc: SU! ribbon, nesties, Sizzix confetti die, Martha border punch

Card Size: 5-1/2 x 5-1/2