HMFMC #472 ATG with the option of Add a Ribbon/String Aug 17th - 30th

 Hello

My card for today is my entry into the current challenge over at House-mouse & friends which is anything goes with the option to add a ribbon/string.  I have so many ribbons in my craftroom and nearly always forget to use them!

Here is my card:

My card uses images, backing papers and an insert from the Gruffies & Happy Hoppers cd-rom by Joanna Sheen, this is one of my most used cd-roms!  The sentiment is Hunkydory.

This card is for a friend who loves to grow sunflowers.

Thanks for visiting!

Jo xx

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

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This is my entry into the current House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge which is Anything Goes.

I love this image, but the decoupage took quite some cutting out!  I layered the decoupage onto white card, and then onto a 7 x 7 card with a matching coloured mat added.  I die cut the flags for the sentiments using dies from Creative Crafting world and finished the card with some gems.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo xx

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

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This is the card I have made for the current House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge which is Anything Goes with the option of Birthday Treats:

I used an image from House-mouse Decoupage cd-rom by Joanna Sheen, backing paper from the Triple House-Mouse collection by Joanna Sheen, silver mirri card and ribbon from my stasth.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo xx

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Hello

The challenge theme this week over at House-mouse & Friends is Anything Goes with the option to use green.

Here is my card:

I used Joanna Sheen's decoupage cd-rom and printed and cut out the decoupage.  I printed a matching paper which I cut in half and used half on the front and the other half as an insert.

I chose some co-ordinating card to make my card base and then added a white mat layer before adding my backing paper.

Here is the inside.

The card is larger than A5.

This is a birthday card for my sister, who has recently had her garden re-done but doesn't have flowers planted yet!

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Hello

The current challenge over at House-mouse & Friends is Anything Goes or used patterned paper.  Here is my card:

I used this lovely cheery image from the Gruffies & Happy Hoppers, which I teamed with the matching backing paper.  I added some yellow and white mats to add to the cheeriness!  I then die cut the flower, stamped the sentiment in brown to represent the centre of the sunflower, and added the flower to complete the card.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo x

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Happy Valentines Day

I hope you have a lovely day whatever your plans.

This is the card I have made for my husband.  We've been together 40 years this month and he really is my soul mate.  Sadly, my health continues to worsen and it is difficult to make any plans, but he's always there to support me and pick me up when I'm down.  I'm very lucky.

For my card I used an image from Joanna Sheen's Gruffies & Happy Hoppers cd-rom, which I turned into decoupage.  I added some 'fluffy stuff' to the bunnies tale.  I then used an assortment of dies to cut out the various card, and stamped the sentiments.

I'd like to enter my card in the House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

Thanks for visiting.  Have a lovely day.

Jo x

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Hello

A close friend of mine has a birthday this month.  We met at high school and have been friends ever since.  This is the card I have made for her birthday.

Isn't that just the most adorable image?  I made it in decoupage and then matted it onto cardstock that mirrored the design.  The sentiment is by Phill Martin and all the mats were cut using Sue Wilson's double stitched rectangles dies.

I am entering this card in the House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

Jo x

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #451 - Anything Goes with option of using Purple or Orange

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I've finally managed to make a card in time for the House-Mouse challenge!  I chose this adorable image from the Gruffies & Happy Hoppers cd-rom and added orange to the card:

I printed the image 3 times so I could turn it into decoupage.  The layers on the card were made with double-edge dies and the sentiment was made using Dimension stamps.  I edged the layers with distress ink as there wasn't room on the card to mat them!

This card is for my nephew who LOVES pizza!  I hope he likes it!

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

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I've made cards to enter in the last two house-mouse challenges and then forgot to post them!  So I was determined to post this time!

This time the challenge is anything goes with the option of making a shaped card.  I used some hardly used spellbinders fancy edge dies to create my card.  I used dies from two different sets to mirror the shape on the front of the card, and so the card would close for posting.

I die-cut a sentiment and flower for on the front of the card.

I printed the decoupage image and backing paper from a Joanna Sheen cd-rom and added some co-ordinating card to complete the inside.

If you want to join in the challenge it card be found here.

Thanks for visiting!

Jo xx

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Hi

This is a birthday card made for a friend using decoupage and backing paper from Happy Hoppers cd-rom by Joanna Sheen 

I used yellow pearlescent cards for my layers, die cutting using dies from Creative Crafting World. 

I would like to enter my card in the House-mouse & friends Monday Challenge - the sun is out/use bright colours.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo xx

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Here is my second entry into the current House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge which is Anything Goes with the option of Spring/Easter:

I took the image from Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse cd-rom and turned it into decoupage, then matted it onto some silver card.  I printed the accompanying backing paper from the cd-rom.

I then quilled the 3 ducks using strips of the appropriately coloured paper and added a bead for each of their eyes.

I decided against putting a sentiment on the front of the card as thought it could be used for a number of different occasions.  This was such a fun card to make!

Thanks for visiting.

Jo xx

House-mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

 Hello

This is my entry into the latest House-Mouse & Friends challenge.  I don't enter many challenges these days, but do like to try and enter this one.

The theme for this challenge is Spring or Easter so |I went with spring.

The image is from Joanna Sheen's House-mouse triple cd-rom, and I took the image into My Craft Studio to make it into decoupage.

I used the accompanying backing paper, which I cut in half and used the other half as the insert.  Yellow caes from my stash was added to complete the card.

I hope you have a lovely Easter weekend and get lots of yummy chocolate!

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #437

 Hello & welcome

This is my entry into the latest challenge at House-Mouse & Friends - Anything Goes.  I've made this card for my sister's birthday.  I used an image from the Gruffies & Happy Hoppers cd-rom.

I lovely the happy hoppers and took the image into My Craft Studio and turned it into decoupage.  I embossed some toning card with a cupcake embossing folder.  I have lots of embossing folders, many never used, and am determined to include more embossing on my cards this year!

This is inside the card

I used the matching backing paper from the cd-rom

Thanks for visiting.

Jo xx

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #435 - Anything Goes with option of an Easel Card

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This is my entry into the latest challenge at House-Mouse & Friends

I love an easel card!  This card was made using decoupage from Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse Project Book - I also love decoupage.  I used silicone gel for my layers this time, so I could add more shape to the design - it's a very 'deep' card!

This card is for a close friend who has a cat very like the one in the image.

Thanks for visiting.

Jo xx