Penny Black Saturday Challenge. ATG or Easter

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Midway Inspiration

March 2023 Challenge

Anything Goes

or the optional theme-

Easter

I pulled out a bunch of my classic Penny Black Easter stamps to make this fun slimline card.  For the life of me I could not get a good picture tonight, so I'll try again in the daylight. 

I used three classic stamps:

Easter March

Easter Goddess

Eggcited Bunny

Silhouette cute file: Strawberry Slimline

We are sponsored by:

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 Prize winner gets a $20 voucher!            

I would love for you to hop over to our challenge blog 

and join in the fun.  The link is at the top of this page.

 ♥ Sue  

Penny Black Saturday Challenge- ATG's or Easter

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

March 2023 Challenge

Anything Goes

or the optional theme-

Easter

Garden Friends

3D Flower Gnome Box Card

  Spring Chick 3107H-discontinued.(smaller version is in Garden Friends)

I have quite a few of the 'older'  Penny Black transparent critter sets. They are perfect for creating fun little scenes. My favorites are the hedgies, mice, bunnies, and chicks.  For this card I made the card base with a Silhouette  cut file.  After cutting out the  gnome from the Silhouette file, I glued in the cute little critters. 

 

We are sponsored by:

1-2-3 Stitch

                     

 Prize winner gets a $20 voucher!            

I would love for you to hop over to our challenge blog 

and join in the fun.  The link is at the top of this page.

 ♥ Sue  

HMFMC #384 Monday Challenge-More Than One Fold

 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

New Challenge

#384

Anything Goes

with the option theme of   

MORE THAN ONE FOLD

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Christine 

Flower Arranging HMCP72 (older HM stamp)

Silhouette cut file: A2 Front Easel Card

Paper: The Essential Craft Paper Ink Drops-Candy

Sentiment is Tim Holtz Crazy Talk

How to make this easel card:

This card was inspired by the beautiful cardstock I used. Gosh it is so beautiful! This is an easy little easel card cut with my Silhouette. The white front panel is xpress cardstock. Colored with copics.  This style of fun fold is pretty simple. Card base is 4.25 x 10 and scored at 5.5 and 7.75 inches. Cut designer paper as preferred.  The little white front panel 3.25 wide and 4 inches long PLUS  the top tab (4.5 inches if you don't want a tab). It is attached with a little brad through the white piece and the designer paper. That's it. Be sure to crease the folds with your bone folder so the card stands up correctly!

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 Welcome back 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!

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Hostess Prize for ONE lucky winner..

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    

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Midway reminder-Hearts

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Midway Reminder

February 2023 Challenge

Anything Goes

or the optional theme-

Hearts

Banner of Love 4371J

Magical Friendship Sentiment set

Silhouette cut files:

4 Vintage Scallop with Hearts Card Front Basic Shapes

Happy Valentine's Day Folded Card

I got this cute wood mount little hedgie stamp from 123 Stitch in my last order. I love these classic critter images. I didn't make this specific for Valentine Day. I made it more as a friendship card. It would also be a cute Wedding or Anniversary image as well! 

We are sponsored by:

1-2-3 Stitch

                     

 Prize winner gets a $20 voucher!            

I would love for you to hop over to our challenge blog 

and join in the fun.  The link is at the top of this page.

                             ♥ Sue  

 

I made a few Valentines...

Cute little Valentine Gnomes (with lots of pieces...)  I cut out 5 sets of these as I thought they are also perfect for wedding/engagement etc. All the elements are on pop dots. I enjoyed piecing them together as I watched TV...multi tasking you know! Not the best picture-sorry.

Silhouette cut file---Pine Trees--for background

Silhouette cut files-Valentine Gnomes

I think the sentiment was from a Penny Black clear set. 

Lawn Fawn Build-A-Cabin die set 

Silhouette cut file---Santa Scene Card-for the night sky

Silhouette cut file for the trees

The cabin die seems to be out of stock a lot of places but so worth it. It's very versatile! I buy very few dies, but this one caught my eye as we actually have a log cabin on our property that my Dad built. He loved his card.  The red cabin for my hubby and his Dad (his Valentine Birthday!) and the tan cabin for my Dad. I used Tim Holtz Crazy Talk set for the inside Valentine and Birthday sentiments. A classic go to set that has all the occasions.

I cut tons of pieces in different colors and did a fun mix and match when building my cabins!  The rest of the scene was cut with my Silhouette. I think this cabin die will be well loved!

 

Thanks for popping in!  ♥  Sue

HMFMC #383 Anything Goes Option Doodle It

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

New Challenge

#383

Anything Goes

Option - Doodle It!

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Carol

I am a terrible 'doodler' so I just did the minimum I could on my card so you wouldn't call me a cheater LOL.

 It's little Lukey's 13th birthday this week so this worked out well for me! Little Lukey is not so little anymore. The dang kid towers over his Gwamma at over 5 foot 10 inches. At this rate he will be 6 foot by this summer. He's always been a tall kid for his age. 

He's such a kind and gentle boy and loves to craft with me. He loves arts and crafts as much as he loves basketball and soccer!  I hope he doesn't grow out of that!

I used a Stampabilities oldie stamp named Mun-Cheese HMOR1149 for my card and couldn't find a link for it anywhere-but it is dated 2012 so that explains why. It's fun to go back and pull out classic House Mouse stamps. As much as I don't really like stamping with wood mount stamps anymore...I treasure my huge selection of House Mouse wood mounted stamps and especially love the ones made by Stampabilities because they had colored images on the top of the block. 

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.

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

Thanks for stopping in today, I do

 hope you enjoyed checking out

 my House Mouse inspiration!

♥ Sue    

Penny Black Saturday Challenge February-Hearts

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

February 2023 Challenge

Anything Goes

or the optional theme-

Hearts

Little Charmer 

and

Heartstrings Card cut file

Such a sweet little charmer indeed!  

I stamped, colored and fussy cut the little bear holding his Valentine stash.  I cut out the heartstrings background with my Silhouette and added it on to a piece of paper that I scribbled on with an R83 copic. I added my little bear and the embossed sentiment on pop dots. 

We are sponsored by:

1-2-3 Stitch

                     

 Prize winner gets a $20 voucher!            

I would love for you to hop over to our challenge blog 

and join in the fun.  The link is at the top of this page.

 ♥ Sue  

 

HMFMC #382 Frame It

 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge

New Challenge

#382

Anything Goes

Option - Frame It

Hosted by our Talented Teamie April

LOVE TREAT

 I love this challenge because I typically frame many of my images so this was easy!  I would love to have a good stash of Valentines for my friends!

I cut my pretty heart card with my Silhouette. 

File name is Heart with Rope Border.

To get nice clean cuts with my Silhouette I used Michaels

Recollection linen texture cardstock(65 lb-that's my favorite for

Silhouette pieces.  Bazzil, SU! or other cardstock is my normal 

choice for card bases but this cut was too intricate for heavy cardstock).  That means it's not heavy enough to be a strong card base either. I cut 4 hearts and glued them into 2 sets so I had the extra strength.  I glued the tops of the two sets together after scoring a line on the back piece to get an easy fold. I cut the other hearts out with my machine to finish the card.  I played around with adding a little tag with twine but in the end...I always go with the CAS look!

inside has a sentiment from a PB set Magical Friendship.

It's been a long time since I have joined in a challenge. It's been fun to see all the inspiration on all the blogs. 

I'm going to join in the following challenges:  These can all be found on Paper Playful

FabnFunky-no squares or rectangles 1/24

Secrets to Stamping #49-Fun Fold 2/2

Cut It Up Challenge #269-Use a die or cut file 1/25

Patti's Creations#202-ATG stamped image 2/1

Critter Crazy #70-Critters 1/25

A Perfect Time to Craft #1-2023- ATG 1/27

Ally's Angels #66-ATG 2/10

Die Cut Diva's January-Valentines 1/31

Heart's Quest Challenge #21-ATG 1/27

If you give a Crafter a Cookie #176-January Red 1/31

Creative Crafts #60-ATG Anything Goes 2/8

Send A Smile 4 Kids-Love/Valentine  for Kids 2/2

Sweet Stampin'-Cards for Kids 2/2

TaylorMade Cards 4 You-Love/Valentine 1/31

As You Like it-Favorite reason to Craft and explain why 1/24

Cardz 4 Gals-CAS 1/24

  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 Welcome back 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!

House-Mouse Designs(R) 

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