Thank You, House Mouse!

Today I'm posting a HM card I made as a thank-you card to send to relatives out-of-state we visited last month. They had us over for a delicious supper and an evening of visiting with cousins we don't get to see often enough!



The HM stamp is called "Maxwell's Note".



Yes, the red & purple color combination did make me think of the Red Hat ladies too! But I do love those colors together! Such fun!
I don't remember much of the other details, sorry! Any questions, just ask and I'll figure it out!

I'm entering this card in the HM challenge called "Anything Goes" @ http://housemouseandfriends.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a blessed and safe New Year's Eve!

One last Christmas Card

Here is a card I made for a very dear friend who has really helped me along the way in my card-making "career"! Hoping she had a wonderful Christmas!

Now here's the list of ingredients:

Magnolia stamped image: Tilda Wants a Hug

Martha Stewart scallopped flower border punch

DCWV "Holiday Collection" cardstock

"Tag Accents" border stamp and sentiment (StampingScrapping.com)

Other misc. and embellishments from my (growing!) stash

PLUS: Inspriation! from viewing so many lovely, creative designs from all of you wonderful people willing to share your creations with me! Thanks again!

Looking forward to the New Year now! Hoping and praying each of you has a very good year in store, filled with blessings from above, love, health and contentment.

Challenges I want to enter this card in:

"Anything Goes" @ http://StampingScrappingChallengeCentral.blogspot.com

Bildy Christmas Chickens!?

What could be more Christmas-y than a nice green wreath with a big red bow?

So that's what I put on my new Christmas card! And since I want to enter it in the Bildmalarna challenge at http://bildmalarnablog.blogspot.com/ I had to use a Bildy stamp...and the only one I have yet is the chickens (called "3 hen") ...I had to get really creative this time! I got the stamp from StampingScrapping.com as well as that wonderful Cryogen cardstock its printed on. I love that iridescent creamy paper! Images print so nice and clear on it. The rest of the cardstock is from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

As always, but especilly THIS time, I'd sure appreciate your comments!

Hope you all have a very productive Saturday! (I know I need to!)

A Tilda Christmas Card

Tonight I finally found a little time to spend in my craft room! I have new stamps and some "bling" from StampingScrapping that I've been dieing to try out. So here is my very first "Maggie" card! The Magnolia stamp is New Year Tilda but I colored her with Christmas colors.

I used a Martha Stewart scalloped flower border punch on the metallic green Latte Cardstock from DCWV;

the holly print paper is from the Paper Studio;

the scalloped circle is from a Sizzix die and

the circular stamp on it is one of Cindy's (aka http://www.stampingscrapping.com/) new ones from the Lacey Circles set (I love that set!);

the little tag is a shortened version of Cindy's Tag Accents rectangular tag;

the ribbon and cardstock and gems are things from my "stash".

Thanks for stopping by! Leave a comment if you have time...I love to hear from you all!

The challenges I am entering this card in are:

http://artfulinkables.blogspot.com/ (punches/die cuts)

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ (sketch)

http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ (punches)

Vivi's Birthday Blog Candy!

Vivi is celebrating her birthday this month and everyone can celebrate with her! Just go to her blog and leave a comment by Nov. 30 (TODAY!) for a chance to win. Here is the address:
http://handmadebyvivi.blogspot.com/
Thanks, Vivi! Happy Birthday!

Wedding Card...All "Dressed Up"!

This evening we are attending a wedding of a young lady whose parents we are good friends with, so I wanted to make a card for the happy couple as special as they are!

About a year or more ago I found the cute little "wedding clothes" and had hoped to use it in one of my daughters' wedding albums but later decided they were too thick. So now I finally got to use these special embellishments! I added the bowtie and tophat because the dress came with the veil and it had to be balanced!

I would like to enter it in the Crafty Cardmakers challenge which requires dry embossing this week. The pink background is embossed with the Cuttlebug hearts folder...sorry you can't see it better.

Feline Playful...a new Blog I found!

While looking for some challenges to enter my cards in I came across this blog which looks really nice...and helpful!! They try to keep track of lots of challenges that are available every day! And right now they have some awesome blog candy because they are celebrating getting over 500 followers. Check it out: http://felineplayful.blogspot.com/2010/10/500-followers-blog-candy.html

Emily Rose...Happy B-day!!

Next week is my youngest daughter's birthday and a few days later, her anniversary! So far I have the b-day card done. I plan to enter it in the House Mouse and Friends Color Challenge which requires something lavender and/or purple.

You can see the challenge at http://HouseMouseandFriends.blogspot.com

Here are the details:

The House Mouse stamp is called "Party Ribbons"

The paper is from several companies: Colorbok, Fundamentals, Best Occasion Textured CS

The border punch I borrowed from a friend.....I think it was a Fiskar.

The "border" stamp around my "Happy Birthday" is one of Cindy's tag stamps.

The ribbon is from my stash (its actually some that was left over from Emily's wedding!)

And the glitter flowers are ... oops! Forgot to write down the brand.

Thanks for stopping by! Let me know what you think of this one!