HO HO HO

It is time for a new challenge at House Mouse and friends. This time of year, everyone is busy so they have decided to make this one an anything goes challenge. You can create any type of House Mouse and Friends project you would like to.

I have decided to make mine a Christmas card.

I used the stamp St. Nick Mouse. I have colored the image with copic markers. I paper pieced the gifts to make them look more like they had been gift wrapped. I added a little bit of 3 dimensional snow to the bottom with my snow writer. I kept the emebellishments simple just adding a couple of flat snowflakes. This card could actually be mailed with no extra postage required!!! The sentiment is from Stamping Scrapping's Celebrate set. Now, this is the year I am actually going to mail Christmas cards!!!! I still have all the ones I made last year and they need to go out!!!

An Eiffel Good Sale

Stamping Scrapping is having an awesome sale this weekend. With all kinds of great stuff on sale. To celebrate the sale, I have come up with a card using a few of the items featured in the sale and some other stuff you can find at stamping scrapping as well.

First, here are details on the sale.

HUGE STAMPINGSCRAPPING STOCK REDUCTION SALE

Limited Stock MOST items 40-50% off

see below for exact sales and links to them.

No price adjustments or refunds/exchanges
on prior purchases SORRY

SHIPPING WILL BE 2-4 DAYS! IF YOU DO NOT
PAY FOR PRIORITY HANDLING AND INSURANCE
Your order could ship parcel.

ALL SPELLBINDERS IN STOCK DIES 40% OFF
does not include accessories
Pierceabilities are 50% off
http://www.stampingscrapping.com/category_28/Spellbinders-Nestabilities.htm

ALL JUSTRITE 40% EXCLUDES NEW RELEASE(5)SETS THOSE 30% OFF
http://www.stampingscrapping.com/category_29/JustRite-Stamper-.htm

MARTH STEWART 40-50% OFF
Excludes Martha Stewart score board
http://www.stampingscrapping.com/category_195/Martha-Stewart.htm

ZING EMBOSS 40% OFF
http://www.stampingscrapping.com/category_385/Zing-Emboss-Powders.htm

SIZZIX TEXTURE IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDERS 40% OFF
http://www.stampingscrapping.com/category_182/Sizzix-Textured-Impressions-Embossing-Folders.htm

POST IT CRAFT PAPER 50% OFF
http://www.stampingscrapping.com/category_401/Post-It-Craft-Paper-.htm

COREDINATIONS CORE ARMOUR, BLACK MAGIC & CHOCOLATE BOX SINGLE SHEETS
50% OFF
http://www.stampingscrapping.com/category_27/Coredinations-Core-Cardstock-.htm

PAZZLES TOOLS AND IMAGE CD'S 50% OFF
http://www.stampingscrapping.com/category_12/Pazzles.htm

FLOWER SOFT TOPPERS 50% OFF
http://www.stampingscrapping.com/category_208/Flower-Soft-Toppers.htm

Items are available till gone. We will not be restocking most
of these items so when they are gone they are gone!
Early bird gets the worm so if two people order the same item
at the same time the first payment and order time in gets the
product!

HAPPY SHOPPING.

Now for details on my card. I used sizzix embossing folders for the zebra and leopard print embossing. I have been waiting for animal print folders for so long. I used coredinations chocolate box and white was for my embossing. The Eiffel tower and the sentiment are cut from the new Summer in Paris cricut cartridge. I used a nestabilitie to hold my sentiment and threaded some ribbon through it. I then added some prima flowers and some making memories decorative pins, and some Kaiser Craft pearls for some excitement. I know I'll be shopping this great sale and I hope some of you can take advantage of it also!!!!

Magnolia Stamp Lovers- Buttons and Bows

Our current challenge on Magnolia Stamp Lovers is to use buttons and/or bows on your project. Buttons and bows can be so cute, so I knew I had to use a really cute Tilda on this project. This

adorable little Tilda is called Sweet Tilda and she will be available to order soon on Stamping Scrapping. I have colored her with my copics- R 85, R83, and R81 for her dress, E35, YR23, and Y21 for her hair, E02, YR000, E000, R20 for skin, and E49 for her shoes. The card base if from the cricut cartridge wild card and I wove ribbon through the scallops. I finished it off with various pink buttons and not really bows, but knots. I'm not super good at bows, so I went with the safer option and just did knots.

Be sure to check out the challenge and link your project, the winner will receive a Tilda with Roses stamp and a rose scented scent my cards!!!!

House Mouse and Friends Blog Hop

Hello Everyone and welcome to our first House Mouse and Friends Blog Hop!!! I have the honor of being the first stop this time around. This is an exciting new adventure for the Design Team and to celebrate it, Cindy the owner of Stamping Scrapping is donating the House Mouse stamp you crack me up and the jellybean scent my cards as a prize.

For our projects, we have all used the new House Mouse Love Letter stamp which is the January House Mouse stamp of the month. I have colored my cute little guy with my copic markers. I used warm greys (W3 and W5) for his fur.

I colored his little love note and the gift with RV 10 and RV 14 to coordinate with my background paper. The sentiment - Love You is also included with the stamp when you purchase the stamp of the month. I accented the lips with some pink chalk to give them a little color.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed my House Mouse blog hop contribution, the next stop on the hop is the fabulous Candy. Be sure to check them all out and let us know what you think! The hop will end at the House Mouse and friends blog. Be sure to leave a comment at every blog along the way including the House Mouse blog to be entered to win the adorable You Crack Me Up stamp. You can also link your own House Mouse project to get 2 entries to win the prize. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Pretty in Pink

We have a new sketch challenge over at Magnolia Stamp Lovers, so I decided this was the perfect time to use some of the images I received in the Magnolia Winter Kit. These images aren't available yet, but when they are Cindy will have them up and ready to order! The prize for this sketch challenge is AWESOME- it's a year's subscription to Magnolia Ink Magazine. How great is that? I have had this pack of paper forever and I thought it would be perfect for a pink

and black card. It's hard to see in the photo, but I went over the piano with liquid glass to give it a shiny look like a piano would have in real life. This fancy little Tilda is colored with my copic markers. I added some cuttlebug embossing and a spellbinders tag to hold the sentiment. The roses are from the floral department of a craft store with the stems pulled off. I added little heart brads to the center to hold them together.

Valentine's Day with Tilda

This week's Just Buggin Challenge was to use a stamp on your cricut project.  Well, that is perfect for me.  Stamping and my cricut are my two favorite things.  In the words of Hannah Montana, "It's the best of both worlds".  So, here is my project.  I cut the base for the card itself from A Child's Year.  That cartridge is full of great card shapes as well as a bunch of fun images.  The paper I used is the Basic Grey Eva collection.  I've had this paper forever and not used it, I finally broke it out and it's great! I also cut the little flower in the corner from my George cartridge.  I wanted them to have dimension, so I crinkled the top one a little and sprayed it with shimmerz spritz.  For the stamps, I used this adorable new Tilda that should be available soon.  She's not out yet, but when is available, be sure to check at stampingscrapping.com for a great price!  I colored her with Copic markers and added a little bit of stickles to her wings.  The sentiment is from the label accents set from scent with love.  They are made to coordinate perfectly with the matching nestabilities which is what I used to stamp it on.  The shape behind Tilda is actually the same nestie, just a larger size. 

Magnolia Stamp Lovers challenge

We are going to start posting biweekly challenges on the new Magnolia Stamp Lovers blog. It's always good to use your stamps and get ideas of what else you can do with them. I had the honor of hosting the first challenge. I picked a sketch. Here is a picture of the sketch. I felt this sketch was pretty straight forward and a good place to start. I decided to make a snowy card for my interpretation since we still have snow on the ground here. It's been over a week! I don't think we've ever had snow that has lasted this long at least not as long as I've lived here.Anyway, here is my Chilly Tilda card.

I used Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper which I think is perfect for this little Tilda since she is bundled up like and eskimo. I colored her with copics- R39 for her pants and hat, BG000 and BG 10 for her jacket and mittens, G24 for her dress, E33 and E35 for her boots, E21, E00, E000, and R20 for skin and E17 for her hair. I used polar white flower soft for the trim on her coat and hat. The sentiment is from Just Rite. All supplies to make this card can be found at stampingscrapping.com.

A Magnolia Piggy Card

When I saw this Magnolia stamp, I knew I just had to have it. My daughter's nickname is Piggy, my blog is called Scrappy and Piggy, it was a no brainer! So, here is the card I made with this adorable stamp Tilda with piglet. Also, have you heard the news that stampingscrapping.com is

now selling Magnolia stamps? Her prices are awesome!!!! For this card I used the Eskimo Kisses paper pack from Basic Grey. It has some great colors in it. Tilda and her adorable piggy are colored with copic markers. The sentiment is from Cindy's awesome new nestie friendly sentiment stamps. They fit perfectly within the embossed area of a nestabilitie. On this one I chalked the outside edge to make it look a little more layered. Be sure to check out the Magnolias at stampingscrapping.com and while you're there, check out the sentiment stamps as well.

Santa's Card

For the current Just Buggin challenge, we needed to alter our die cuts with ink. I decided to take the stocking card and make it look a little more vintage. I did this with the help of some distress ink and a stipple brush. Brushing the ink on gives it a much more subtle look than applying the

ink directly to the die cuts. I brushed it all over everything so that everything that was white would have a sepia look to it making the card look old and vintage. The stocking is cut from Christmas Cheer and the holly is from Winter Woodland. The sentiment is from stampingscrapping.com the new nestie friendly stamp sets. I actually stamped this on white paper colored with my E33 copic marker to make it blend more with the vintage feel of the card. My daughter liked this card so much, she decided to leave it for Santa. You can see the note she left to him on the inside.

Tree Time

I have been making lots of tree projects lately. I just got the new polar white and autumn flower soft and it's perfect for trees. For this first project, I used the Autumn flower soft.

The stamp is from the Happy Fall stamp set from stamping scrapping.com. I colored the scarecrow and the basket with my copics and cut the tree from my cricut. I then added the flower soft to the top of the basket and the tree to look like leaves. The autumn flower soft is beautiful!!! For this next project, I used the polar white flower soft. I wanted it to look like snow

had fallen and landed on the card elements. All of the elements on this card were cut with the Winter Woodland cricut cartridge. Cindy has 2 left, so if you don't have this one grab it now! I used a glitter card base and bazzil bling paper for this project.

Stamping Scrapping New Stamp Set Sneak Peek

Well, it's my turn to post my sneak peek project. I made this card using the snowman image. I actually decided to turn it into a snow woman complete with pink scarf, cap, mittens, and purse.

All of the snow woman's accessories are included in the stamp set along with accessories to make a snow man. I used Kaiser Craft pearls for her coal eyes, the button on her purse, and the knot of her scarf. I cut the sentiment out with my nestabilities and added it to the snowflake circle which was embossed on my Cuttlebug using the Core'dinations white wash paper. I finished the card off with some rhinestone snowflakes for a little extra bling!

Now don't forget to post a comment on EACH BLOG's Sneak Peek Post by midnight of the day it is posted and you could WIN your choice of 1 of the 4 new Stamp Sets

(You must post a comment on ALL Sneak Peak Posts)

3 LUCKY PEOPLE WILL BE CHOSEN!

More cards

I am having a lot of fun playing with these new stamps sets. This is my design team dream come true. This first card comes from the Cheers to You set. I used some cute pink polka dot paper for the card base and made this a 6 x 6 card. I took some of my new favorite core'dinations whitewash paper and embossed it with my cuttlebug then sanded it to show a little of the pink core. I colored the daiquiri with my copics and added the straw and the umbrella that are also included in the set. I paper pieced the umbrella to make it appear more realistic. The sentiment You're the Berry Best is also included in this set. I cut that with nestabilities and mounted it on a larger one. For a finishing touch, I added some strawberries, a gorgeous velvet petaloo flower and some fun zebra fringe ribbon.

Now, here is another coffee card. For this one, I used the How Ya Bean set for the cup, the steam, and the word coffee. The sentiment, it's a latte fun being friends with you is from the Java Happy Day set. A cool thing I used on this card is the Chatterbox Brad Maker. This is a cool little tool that comes with blank brads in 3 sizes and 3 different sized circle punches. I punched a circle out of the paper I was using on the project. I put it on the blank brad with the glue does that come in the set and then covered it with the little plastic dome so the paper is protected. Voila, a perfectly coordinated embellishment.

I have had so much fun playing with these new stamps. I love how they all work together and that I can use the card scents to make them smell as yummy as they look.

Some Fun New Stamps

Cindy, the owner of Stamping Scrapping now has her own line of stamps. The fist 4 sets to be released feature different kinds of drinks like coffee, tea, margaritas, and martinis to name a few. Margaritas and coffee just happen to be 2 of my favorite things. The design team has been given a preview set work with and design a few projects. These are 2 I have come up with so far. This first one is a gate fold card featuring the tea pot found on one of the sets. I stamped the teapot with another background stamp I had to give it a pattern. I also added a Kaiser Craft pearl to the top for some bling. The sentiment, is from the same stamp set. I love how all the sets have sentiments that go along with what type of drinks are in the set. I mounted the teapot on some label nestabilities and added a flower for a finishing touch. This next one is a lot of fun. It uses the margarita glass found on one of the sets.I colored the margarita with a lime green copic to give ita more authentic appearance. The lime is from another of Cindy's sets. The cool thing is, they are designed to work with each other, so you can mix and match them to create all kind of cool things. Now, in my opinion, a margarita just isn't a margarita without salt on the rim. Sometimes you gotta have a little salt and since it's not acceptable to lick it off the table, the side of a margarita glass is the perfect solution. Here is a close up of the salted rim and the lime. I used frosted lace stickles for the salt and I think it looks pretty realistic. I used some liquid glass on the lime to make it seem wet. The other cool things about these stamps sets is that Cindy has card scents that coordinate with them perfectly so your cards can smell as great as they look. For a better look at the four sets, click here I will have more projects soon I haven't' even started with the coffee sets yet.