House Mouse Christmas with Merry Monday

I'm glad I remembered to stop by Merry Monday again today.  The challenge is plaid.  I used this DP from the Simon Says May 2012 kit.  There's still lots of parts left.  Maybe that's why i still have so much left to get through.  :)  It's been fun trying to use it all up.  I think I still have about fifteen cards I can make with it.  So for the plaid challenge I took the liberty of going with a "kind of" plaid.  If the lines were straightened out instead of curved it would be a true plaid but I'm just gonna go with it as is.

I added some fishtail banners from MFT and a piece of mistletoe from Whimsy Stamps.  It's fun combining stamp sets for a whole new look.  The mousies sit on the I piericed rectangles also from MFT.  The sentiment is from Prickly Pear (no longer in business)  :(        House Mouse challenge 210

 

Entering into Merry Monday 

House Mouse Anything Goes

MFT Sketch

The Sketch Challenge at MFT was interesting this time.  I thought for two days on what i wanted to do and this popped into my head a bit ago.  The card is odd size being 3 1/2 wide by 5 1/2 long.  The sentiment is from the Essential Sentiments set MFT.  The dies are MFT sentiment dies.  And here's the sketch.

MFT Color Challenge

It's been forever since I've played in a color challenge.  When I really want to be challenged then this kind of challenge is for me.   What, what, what to do with this color combo?  I remember the best way for me to approach a color challenge is to go to my scrap box.  Sure enough, I have pieces of all the colors I need.  I was blessed to receive a $100 Gift certificate to My Favorite Things a couple of months ago and I picked out some balloon dies as part of my prize.  I love all things MFT, it wasn't hard to use up that $100.   I added a tiny bit of washi tape to pull this altogether.  I hope that still lets me qualify. 
Challenges entered:  My Favorite Things Color Challenge
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Use Something New
Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes #217

Word Art Wednesday

I just found Word Art Wednesday and one of the features they have on the blog are these wonderfully scripted scripture sayings that you can download for free.  I wanted to try a bit of mixed media with this scripture.  I took a piece of card board and used heavy gesson on it and then painted it with Tim Holtz Stain.  I used the peeled paint distress ink to go over the cardboard and gesso and also the damask resist designer paper.  Adding a flourish from Whimsey, i think and some gems and i quite like the effect. Using a new technique with the heavy gesso. 

Challenges entered
Simon Says Monday with Tim Holtz and something new.

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes

Just Sayings

"Just Sayings" is the name of the stamp set that hosts the barely discernible typewriter key numbers ton the ledger paper in the center of this card.  It is a new to me stamp set and qualifies me to enter this into Simon's Monday Challenge.  If you have been following my blog you will catch on that i am working my way through the rest of my Simon Says card kit from May 2012.  I also used Kristina Werners stamps that are Simon exclusives. All the elements on the card came from the it except the sentiments.

I was invited to add my card posts to Word Art Wednesday anything goes challenge.  It's a great blog and a good fit with my values and life.

Fun Fun Fun

Crazy Fun is what these birds from Tim Holtz are.  I hope all of you that got them for Christmas are having as much fun as I do with them.  This one is inspired by Lorraine of Lorraine's Loft.  You need to check out her fun Crazy Bird cards.   These are also papers and die cuts from that same May 2012 kit.  I stamped the sentiment with some very old SU alphabet stamps.    This one is being entered into Simon's Monday Challenge for something new and featuring Tim Holtz. 

  

Challenges entered

Simon's Monday Challenge

Word Art Wednesday #217

Celebrate the easy way

I got this brand new MFT die as a  present for myself, at first when I saw it, I really didn't think too much of it.  Then I saw the DT that used all the patterned papers under it and I saw what a great way it is to use up STACKS of patterned papers and so it came home to me.  This qualifies me to use this card in the Simon Says Wednesday challenge of Something New.

The papers are from a very old Kit from Simon and I still have several pieces from that kit to use up.  It was a fabulous kit from May 2012.  I have used and used and used this kit and it just keeps on giving.

Other Challenges Entered
Word Art Wednesday #217

Stamp #533 Anythiing Goes

Over at the ABC Christmas Challenge which is running on their 7the year of going through the alphabet, the A stands for Anything Goes.   I chose this cute little stamp that i found at a rummage sale, brand new, for twenty-five cents.  (yeah, I'm happy about that)  I used the My Favorite Things pierced rounded corner die that is brand new to me.  I think I'll use this set a lot.   Just for the record, I did play every single challenge with this fun blogger last year.  I did not however, get them all finished in time to upload them to their blog.  I was happy for all the challenges and the fun it was to make the cards with their suggestions.

Stamp 532 White on White Christmas

It has been a very difficult year and I was so thankful to have so many of my holiday cards pre-made because of following a couple of challenge blogs specific to Christmas cards.  I started out with Merry Monday and then got so sick I just couldn't keep up.  It's wonderful this year to be feeling so well and not a sniffle or cough at all.  I had enough the last two years to last for a lifetime.  So here I am happily making up my Christmas cards through out the year.  Well at least this first week.  Hop on over to Merry Monday and join us for the white on white challenge.   ~~i have this unreasonable voice inside me that says i should make four of each card for the challenges and then i would be WAY ahead, however since i am notorious for using up my scraps it's not feasible to make more scraps to just make scraps to use, got it???  The framed border was a scrap left over from a previous card.  

STAMP #531

This sweet Whimsy die is one I won last year from the SCS challenge.  I chose the speech bubble die as part of my winnings from MFT.  I think I really enjoy winning things.  Anyway, I’m just trying to do some recording here of last months work.
Thanks for stopping by.  Waving at you.

HAPPY NEW YEAR STAMP #530

It’s a brand new year.  What does that mean to you.   I have never been very philosophical about the new year and I don’t feel that way this year either.  I do know I have a lot of left over business to catch up on from last year.  If you aren’t tired of looking at Christmas cards, here’s one I made that was simple and very pretty.  Made with scraps.  It’s a peek a boo card.  Was simple to make you just have to remember to draw a pencil line circle on the inside with the die as a template so you know where to stamp and apply color.

Simon Wednesday Diecember challenge is to use a die.  Nothing like the basics with circles from spellbinders and then this sweet Christmas sentiment from Whimsy.  I love it.  I used spray adhesive to stack two thin chip board and then used a thinner light gray paper.  after stacking I sprayed with adhesive and sprinkled fine glitter on the sentiment.  It turned out so elegantly sparkly.

new stamps, old stamps, holiday stamping Stamp #529

I have so many stamps, papers, glitters, etc that I have purchased over the years for holiday stamping and then when it comes time to haul it all out I get overwhelmed.   Today I am going to focus on ONE stamp set and see what I can create with just this set.  When I am finished with each stamp in the set I will move on to another step.  Today I only have one load of laundry to do and the house is quiet I can stamp stamp stamp…but FIRST I need to clean up the mess in here I have already made.  And here is yesterday’s creation that I made amidst all that mess.  And that’s just the desk.  not showing the side table and floor.

  Whimsy Christmas Greetings. Paper Scraps, Sizzix Tag dies, clear sequins made with MFT sequins die. (I love having those sequin dies)
Entering into Just  A Touch Pinch at Simon’s Monday challenge.  I used just a pinch of smeared stickles for a bit of glitter on the burlap tag.
Thanks for stopping by.  Wishing you peaceful days especially during this season of peace that has everyone rushing. ??????

what happened?

For this card, it started out to be the Unusual Colors for the ABC Christmas challenge, and it ended up being a birthday card.  I really liked how it turned out and it is perfect for the friend in mind.

Fun with Rub Ons

What fun to play with this sheet of Heidi Grace Rub On's that I found at a rummage for a quarter.  Look at that, I got SIX cards out of this one page.   I added in some other items with die cuts from specials that i had picked up through out the year.  It's been fun.  I have lots of Christmas stuff and wanting to use it but just haven't the energy this season.  I'll work on it though! Still got a couple weeks  of the season left. Another entry for Simon's Work It Wednesday Challenge.

4x4 Stamp #528

I love this little Christmas Tree.  It worked just right for this little 4x4 card made with Holly Jolly designer paper from Art Warehouse.  Princess Judy had sent me this pretty vellum piece in one of her packages and I loved it for this.   The stamp is Recollections.  Adding this in as my third entry into Simon Says Work It Wednesday.  They assure me that FIVE is fine and they like to see the entries so i am going to believe them!! :)  Merry Christmas everyone.

Winter

We are so thankful that we actually have had AUTUMN this year and maybe winter will come when it supposed to, after December 21.  It’s been a blesssing to have these mild temperatures and no snow.  I have often told my husband when changing out the seasonal clothing.  “too much wool, not enough cotton”  ha ha.  So it’s been a bit difficult to make snow flake cards when I am so glad that we don’t have snow. 
Here’s one for you though.  It’s part of the ABC Christmas challenge to make a card out of unusual holiday colors. U for unusual.  It also fit the sketch for the MFT sketch design this week but I am posting it too late to enter it.  Ah well…better days ahead.  Well, I can still enter into Simons Work it Wednesday Challenge

Hello There Stamp 527

it’s been a while.  I’m going to post a few single cards and then I shall make another group post.  This one was so fun to make using a little pile of scraps on the side of my death.  I was so please with how it turned out.  I still maintain the theory that I work best with scraps as my inspiration.    I was so thankful this year that I had most of my cards done pre-christmas thanks to many challenge blogs that I tapped into.  My favorite was ABC Christmas blog.  I think I got them all done, though I didn’t get them all posted in time for the challenge completion date but they were good sparks to get the wheels turning.  I hope to keep that up again this year. 
I am entering this card into the Simon Says Work It Wednesday Challenge.  This was made with a stencil from MFT.  Recollections stamp image and Prickley Pear die cut and  bow. And a cute little frond someone sent to me.

Playing Catch Up

Sometimes a gal just has to do what she’s gotta do.  I have gotten so far behind posting pics and I just don’t feel like scheduling them.  WARNING::: here’s a post with lots of cards and very little detail.      I have been having fun at the stamp table.

having fun at a vendor show

last weekend a couple of friends, Debi and Christy and I went to their first ever round robin make and take and a vendor show the next day.  We had so much fun and Debi won a great door prize and I was very happy for her. Here are all the cards we made during both days and of course I spent a pile of dough on new toys.  It’s never done, is it.  we always want some new sparkly bauble.  These are not my own designs but the creations we made at the work shops.  I am posting them so I can remember what we did and how much fun we had.   Now THAT’s a pile of cards.