Summertime WLSC

  Hi Everyone my DT make today is for  

We Love Stamping

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme from Anesha

Summertime 

 

 

Wanting to find Summertime in my stamps, meant a search, and I was happy to find this fun image. I stamped it onto linen card and coloured the image with DI's. I then used a stencil to add clouds and coloured more around the water splashes, next was the grass. I wanted to add more, I found these birds, and the sentiments, that came with the image stamp. 

 

I suppose it sounds silly to say "summer is in the air, enjoy the day," but, here in the UK, we usually have a wonderful summer day, then rain the next. At least that was what it was when I made this card. I thought it may be a giggle. 

 

Next I added a stamped flower and found a die sun, I added two layers of it, coloured with slightly different yellows, I also added 3D glaze to it. The image layer was then layered onto summer floral paper to tie in with the colours I used. After it was made I added more white onto the water with Posca pen. 

 

I hope you are having plenty of Summer days, not with the record highs we've had, they were a little too much for us Brits, with the high humidity we have.  

 

image and sentiment stamps -House Mouse, Water Fun

inks - Distress Inks

stencil - Funky Fossil 

bird stamp and sun die - Magazine Freebie SCP Spring Scenes

digital paper -  Magazine freebie SCP Crafters Companion Tropical Summer Papers

 

 

Our prizes this month are   

 2 prizes of Lavinia stamps and watercolours (photos not to scale).  

Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

 

 

 

I'm entering my card into 

 Try it on Tuesday Challenge, I think my mices will fit in the Challenge. 

  

 

 

 

 

WLSC Wildlife

    Hi Everyone, my second DT make today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme 

 Wildlife - Animals/flowers/plants/trees/fish/birds/butterflies etc (A&C) World Wildlife

 

 My choice for this month of the WLSC is this mices image, that I stamped and coloured with DI's. The sentiment was also included in the same pack. I actually made it for my crafty SiL, who loves knitting and crochet. 

 

After stamping it and colouring, I embossed the top of the image with a cable knit design, which I rubbed over with ink. I made a border with the knitting stamp in the pack. Next I cut, coloured, and added balls of wool dies, I should have been a bit finer with the colouring of the balls of wool, but was not in the mood at the time of making. It was accepted with joy, that's the main thing.

stamp -House Mouse - Knit One

inks - Distress inks, twisted citron,barn door,lucky clover, vintage photo,

gathered twigs,tumbled glass

ball of wool die - Crafters Companion, Sewing 

background paper - Lidl 

 

What will you use as your subject for the Challenge this month?

There are two wonderful prizes for you from AALL and Create stamps and stencil (photos not to scale).

 

Make it Cute WLSC

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Mervi of   

Make it Cute

 

With 2 prizes each of two House Mouse stamps

 

 

 

Well I had to use a HM stamp didn't I? I die cut the card square layers, then stamped the images and sentiment. I used DI's to colour them all. Next, I used a glitter pen on the candles and the hat. The bottom layer card was swiped with the pink over the edge, I didn't want a full colour and quite like the effect. They were glued together and attached to the base card. A simple and easy card. And easy for the post too.

 

stamp - House Mouse Sweet Birthday

inks - Distress Inks spun sugar, scattered straw, shabby shutters, tumbled glass

glitter pen - Nuvo 

square dies - Sue Wilson Noble Square dies 

 How Cute will your card be for our Challenge?

 

https://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/hmfmc-448-anything-goes-option.html ATG

Close to Nature WLSC

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping. This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Karen of  

Close to Nature

trees, animals, flowers

 

 

I bought this stamp recently and thought it suited the theme. However, it didn't end up as I intended. 

I used watercolour pencils on linen card. Then went off kilter and added a floral paper background, a plain background and then a punched border, and THEN added a few die cuts. I think the mess around me when decorating my craft room, caused me to over do things on this card. I found so many things I haven't used in years, I just had to use them, but it's OK and fits the brief of the challenge. It will go to one of my nieces, who loves her garden and creatures. 

stamp - House Mouse, Flower Market

pencils - Reeves Watercolour Pencils

floral paper - Make and Create, Spring Time

blue paper - Jelly Bean Crafts

border punch - Martha Stewart

flower die - Tattered Lace

butterfly die - Make and Create

 

A fabulous prize this month with a 

Glorious Bouquet, a large Tim Holtz floral stamp from Buddly Crafts

 

After a few weeks of upheaval, decorating and reorganising my room, I am back online. I've been missing commenting due to no computer to access blogs, I didn't want to use my phone in case of bugs or whatever. Anyway, here are before and after photos. Not quite all back yet, but getting there. My desk originally was under the window. 

This was in 2014

 

During with undercoat 

 

part of the spare room filled with my hoard 

 

nearly finished

Garden WLSC

 Hi Everyone, my second DT card today is for We Love Stamping 

the theme this month being "Anything stamped/option Stamped, In the Garden "

 

My card today is, for me, definitely "In The Garden". Because I have no greater joy than seeing the washing on the line, in the garden. When my son was a baby, I loved the nappies, (diapers) blowing in the wind, on the line, and I took photos of them. Where the photos are now, goodness knows, but they are still flying in the wind, in my memory. Sad, aren't I? As for the sentiment, you want sunshine on a washing day, don't you?

image - Stampendous, Laundry Line, House Mouse

inks - Distress Inks - lots

sunshine die & sentiment stamp - Crafters Companion Sunshine collection

rectangle die - Tonic

yellow card - Lidl

cloud stencil - Funky Fossil 

 

There are beautiful prizes to be had for the Winner.

 

 

Craft Stash Lisa Horton Viola embossing fold, die and stencil collection 

 

House Mouse Anything Goes.

Smile it's your birthday

 My blog title means it could be yours! If it is Happy Birthday.

I made this card for someone, then realised I had too many layers and because of the weight, I resisted sending it abroad, call me mean!

I used an image kindly sent to me a while ago by a lovely blog friend. Thank you again, you know who you are. I coloured it with DI's, layered it onto black card, then die cut and stamped the sentiment. I decided it needed more, so used my Silhouette die cutting machine, to cut the film negative shape, and the Smile. In addition, a piece of acetate was placed behind the negative. I didn't think the word stood out enough, so added gold glitter pen. All added to the top corner and the card was finished. 

Mouse image - House Mouse

inks - Distress Inks, tumbled glass, hickory smoke, mustard seed tea dye, 

brushed corduroy, black soot

sentiment & die - Julie Hickey

negative - I adapted an image of a negative border by Angie Svoboda

smile font - Beverly Flower font

Silhouette

House Mouse & Friends Challenge #388 Sorry not water!

Rose Hip House Mouse

Hi Everyone, Well! me and my Blogger problems. I went in yesterday to add comments, and each Blog I went into that had Captcha on it, wouldn't let me comment. I did go back in after a little playing and I think I corrected it? BUT, if you haven't had a comment from me it's because I am still trying to fix Captcha with Firefox. I seem to be having one issue after another. My apologies. I have seen your cards and they are awesome, BUT sorry about the comments.

My card today has something I haven't used in a while, background paper! I have had this little mouse on my desk for an age, he deserved to be used, I made a comment on Lee's blog a while ago and she kindly sent me a few different stamped images I could colour. This was amongst them. SO cute.

I decided to use paper with roses on, he is in a cup of Rose Hip Tea after all. I printed the digital paper and cut it to fit a 5 x 7 card. I then went looking for rose dies, I don't have any the size I wanted, so digital dies it had to be, I cut them with my Cameo and layers to add some sparkle. I die cut the image to size and coloured it with markers for the pattern on the cup and DI's for the rest. After assembling it all, I added it to the card. I was really pleased, then noticed I hadn't added the banner straight! I don't think the recipient will notice, I hope!

image - House Mouse Designs

circle die - Tonic

dp - Lucy's Papers (2007)

markers - Spectrum Noir BP2 PL1

inks - Distress Inks - brushed corduroy, aged mahogony,spun sugar,mowed lawn.

digital die roses - Jillibean Soup Silhouette Digital Store.

sparkle - Sissix

 

HMFMC #372 Anything Goes  

 

Word Art Wednesday wks 557/558

 

House Mouse

 Hi Everyone,I've been missing in action again - sorry. All due to a snap decision to go to my brother & SiL for a few days. It's the first time in nearly 5 years we have been away, and we spoilt rotten by them, also the temperatures were up to 27C and lovely blue skies, making it even more enjoyable, we came home to rain, but that's OK. The garden needs it!

Anyhow, my card today is from a disc I have had for a long time, "A Very Mice Colouring Book" Vol 1. The image is 021, but I will call it Mice on Lavender. I followed a sketch for this one from Dawny P for Paperchase Weekly. 

  

 

I chose lavender digital papers and arranged them according to the sketch on black paper. I coloured the image with DI's and also edged the image with ink. A straightforward and simple card, but I'm pleased with it. I haven't added a sentiment as I thought it may spoil it? There will be a greeting inside though.

 Mice - House Mouse Designs   

dp's - Sekada Designs / Julie C Designs

inks - Distress Inks

gems stash

http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/ 

 

chuffed to have been selected to be in the Top 3