HMF Blog Hop with Hearts

Welcome to our Hippy Hop blog hop over at House Mouse and Friends Blog Challenge. If you just arrived from Paula's Blog you are in the right place. Just joining us, head back on over to the HMF blog to start hopping along with us today. In case you missed it we announced our new Design Team Members also! Very exciting to have this group of ladies join our wonderful mousie family. Be sure to wish them congrats!
We have some fabulous sponors for this Blog Hop!

House Mouse Designs- $25 Gift Certificate

JoAnna Sheen-Unmounted Gruffies set

Pink Gem Designs-Your choice of 3 digi's

Die Cut Dreams-a selection of shaped cards and stands-contact Susie

Priscilla Styles-$10 voucher for digi's only

Our hop theme is brought to use by Christine. She challenged us to use atleast 1 heart or more on our creation. I have several heart confetti on mine, hee hee You know I like to keep my creations simple and this was no exception. I adore this Valentine house mouse called Lovely Confetti. I added some red velvet ribbon to the back of the panel. Addes some brown wrinkled ribbon with a sparklers center. The hearts have some stickles added to them howeer hard to see in the photo. Framed the love birds up with Spellbinder Fleur De Lis Frame and voila a sweet Valentine today.
Your next hop is on over to Sue aka Scoopy's Blog. Have fun Hopping today!

Oldies but Goodies Friday

Over at Flourishes, the design team is picking up one of our older sets to give it a little attention! With the season of love upon us, we thought Angelic Love should be in the spotlight! So, in addition to getting some fantastic ideas today from the design team on how to use this stamp set, we're having a one day only sale! Buy today and you get 15% off! Simply use the code ANGEL in the coupon code box at the time of checkout.

For my creation I stamped out the cherub and colored her using several copic collections. The main colors were



After the cherub was colored I cut her out and added dimensionals to the back. The new Tailor Made Classic Keyhole Die that Spellbinders makes for us was perfect for the framing so once that was layered down I added the Prima flourished pearls down. Popped the cherub up with the dimensionals so it looks like she is sitting on the sentiment panel. I really do like how this turned out and for me this is not standard. ha Yet I do have white space with the framing and die. ha! Be sure to check out what the girls created today using Angelic Love.
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy
Sharon

CTD 176 Happy Birthday

Welcome to this weeks Color Throwdown 176. This is my last week with the CTD team and I want to say thank you for having me as a guest this month. The colors have been fun! I hope you get to play along with us this week. Check out the Blog for all the CTD Design Teams creations.

Crumb cake is not a color I have, however I tried to go with the closest color based on the photo. My balloon is not dirty I promise, it has some gel pen for sparkle on it. Yet it looks like dirt. gggrrr... So frustrating sometimes I tell ya. Such a fun image, this is from Sparkle Creations called Birthday Josh. Adorable boy image and makes for easy cards. The birthday sentiment I punched out on some Spellbinders shapes for fun. Thanks for stopping by.

Totally Stampalicious For the Men

Well mine is for the little man. :0) Totally Stampalicious Monday here and our challenge is For the Men, create a masculine themed card. I have taken the little man route as I was in need of a baby card. Isn't this Occupation Bears just adorable? He makes me smile he is so sweet.

Very simple in design as I have used some designer paper from Hobby Lobby that I got months ago. Pierced around the edge, added some pearls and popped the main image up on dimensionals. My twine and ribbon combo has a little safety pin charm with a pearl center. Easy Peasy. I hope you get to play along with us this week.

On another note... The Giants are in the Super Bowl. I am so excited! I hope they WHOOP the Patriots once again in this SB! HA! Should make for a great game as the season has come to an end. Have a great day!

Winners in Vegas

Well these girls might not be winners in Vegas but they are winners of my blog candy. First is the winner of the Bugaboo and Totally Stampalicious Birthday Blog Hop. That winner is:
CTgirl said...
What a fun card! I like your colour combo an all the little details! Great!!

The winner of Clear Dollar Stamps I Heart U Monthly Blog hop is:
Dee in N.H. said...
Cute! I love that lamb and also the cool shape you made with the dies!

Please Email me at Twinshappy1 at yahoo dot com and I will mail or email out your prize to you accordingly. Thanks for joining the blog hops.

Now for the winners in Vegas! DH had a business trip last week in Vegas and I actually got to go on this trip. Very last minute, we rushed around trying to line up grandma and grandpa to watch the kids and Ranger. Let the school now we were going to be gone etc. Flew out to Vegas for the first time ever for both of us. So this was going to be a little bit of fun with business at the same time. We had a great time with the little bit we got to see. This is us on a very cold night looking out down the strip. It was about 30 degrees at night and we did not bring the warm enough jackets but this worked. Sorry for the blurry picture. I was cold trying to smile. ha!
While at Vegas the Shot Show as going on. This is a version of CHA for the gun and competition world which we compete in. More DH competiting than me. Anyways while at this show we got to meet up with the Top Shot contestants. If you watch this show on History you know what I am talking about. Several of the contestants on each season are competitive shooters and we have meet at matches before, but to meet the ones that are not is super cool. Such as George Reinas. Oh how adorable is he! :0) Very cool guy! We were able to chat with him quite as bit as not a lot of people were around. We thanked him first for his serving our country and keeping us safe. Also wanted to let him know that what he did on Season Two with the last challenge was a great teaching lesson for our boys. He was great to talk with and ofcourse I had to get a photo. My sisters are so jealous! hee hee Awwwweeee... loved it!

Then we meet at the Top Shot reunion booth Chris Reed the winner of Season Two. Chris is very genuine and made me feel like we had known each other for 30 years. Very funny guy and it was so loud that he had to talk in my ear so we were practically hugging. HA! Talk about coming back from some amazing injuries this is the guy. In the background you can see a few of the others from the season and the new one starting here in a few weeks.

For the last we have Dustin Ellermann. He is just as humble in person as he is on the show. What a down to earth guy. We got to talk a bit with him off to the side. Doesn't care much for the major attention as you would imagine. Talked about the camp and how the twins wanted to go to it this summer. ha He said might be a bit of a trip for us from way over here. They are doing good the family is just happy to have him home again. Very sweet man!

We chatted with a few of the others that we already know. Funny how in this sport you get to actually *talk* to the people where like Golf of Football you can't talk to the celebrate as much. If that makes sense. Anyways had a great time away in Vegas. It was not at all what I thought, very clean and our hotel was great. I don't gamble or drink (GASP I know sorry boring mom here) ha Taking in all the sights and cool stuff was great, wish we had more time during the day so we didn't cram it all into the evenings. Managed to get 25k steps aday though. Lots of walking! Well we now have to shovel snow off the driveway. Our plane was delayed because of the snow and freezing rain we got. I am just glad to finally be home! Have a great day!

Free for All Friday

Happy Friday! Today is Flourishes Free for all Friday and your last day to purchase our New Release Bundle at a discount. This includes all 3 stamp sets released last week.

For my creation I used Love, Sweet Love. My mom is a school teacher and is always in need of simple notecards she can use for any occasion. I made her a little bundle of these. Very simple in design but pretty all in one. Since I have some of the beautiful white butterfly trim under the Iridescent Fuchsia ribbon bow. Very easy peasy!
Be sure to check out the creations from the Design Team:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy

CTD175 Be Mine

Welcome to the Color Throwdown challenge 175 today. This weeks colors are brought to us by Danielle and a very relaxing photo if I do say so myself. I almost went with an herbs and oils creation as these colors speak italian to me. However this little guy just arrived in the mail so I went with it. He is so super Cute! He is from Sparkle Creations called Valentine Oliver and I adore his hat. This kraft is a color I don't have so I found the closest thing in my papers. Added a few scallops to the edges and a circle sentiment tag that says Be Mine. Now how cute is that!!

Check out the Color Throwdown Blog for all the Design Teams Creations. Hope you get a chance to play along with us this week. Have a great day!

It's all Black and White at House Mouse and Friends

Happy Monday! House Mouse and Friends Blog Challenge #111 is all about Black and White. Yep America is challenging us to make creations that are all black and white. EEK... Hopefully you get a chance to play along with us this week. Our sponsor this week is Di's Digi Downloads and America herself. Prizes are $10 voucher to Di's Digi shop; From America 2 NEW HM&F STAMPS. Great prizes!
How about some black, white and fur? hee hee I have used the darling Gruffies Party Preperations for my card today. Perfect for an over the hill birthday as we have a few coming up with friends. ha ha The balloon has some sparkle added around the rim. My paper is from memory box little black dress that I sure am loving right now. Not to bad for no color don't ya think?
Thank you for stopping in with me today. Have a wonderful day!

I Heart U blog hop and Blog Candy

Welcome to Clear Dollar Stamps Monthly blog hop. If you just came from Christi's Blog you are in the right place. Just joining us, then head back on over to Lori's Blog. The theme this month is I Heart U. Comment on each Designers blog post in the hop and you could be thelucky winner of a $25 Clear Dollar Stamps gift certificate for digital images! Winners are announced on Thursday Jan. 19th.
If you read my post on day one of our new release this month you know this is my last month with CDS. So why not go out in style with some blog candy. Just leave me a comment on this blog post and your name will be in the drawing. Entries will be closed on Saturday Jan 21st at 9 am EST. I will announce the winner that afternoon Saturday Jan 21st at 2pm EST. Good luck.
For my creation I have made a large pennent tag using Loving Critters. This adorable little lamb always melts my heart. Some stickles surrounds the heart the lamb is holding however hard to see in the photo. Several Spellbinders shapes were used for the tag. I really do love how this turned out and not a lot of fuss to make it. Your next hop is on over to Deanne's Blog! Have fun Hopping!

Bugaboo 2nd Birthday Blog Hop

Happy Birthday Bugaboo !!! Tammy was kind enough to invite the Totally Stampalicious DT to participate in the Bugaboo 2nd Birthday Bash Blog Hop and we were thrilled to oblige! For those of you who don't know, Totally Stampalicious has the great privilege of turning Jodie Mackrell's incredible art into clear photopolymer stamp sets!
If you just came from Sandye Curry's blog you are in the right place.
Just joining us? Head on over to the first stop in Bugaboo's 2nd birthday blog hop at the Catch The Bug Challenge Blog.
My creation is using the adorable Gus Fishing over at Totally Stampalicious. Super fun sentiments in this set that will make you giggle. My sketch is from Sweet n Sassy's sketch saturday last week. Great and perfect for good ole gus here.
Be sure to leave a comment and you might be the lucky winner of this FAB image!! You have till Saturday Jan. 21st 9am EST to leave a comment. Winner will be announced Saturday Jan 21st 2 pm EST. Bugaboo is celebrating ALL week long with fun challenges, prizes and more so make sure you continue to check out the Catch the Bug Blog for all the exciting fun!



Now for the next stop in our birthday blog hop is over at Stepanie Serrano's blog. Have a great day hopping!

Flourishes Love, Sweet Love

Today is Flourishes last day of sneak peeks with Love, Sweet Love. This set has several images and sentiment. The one that kept drawing me in was this beautiful basket of flowers. Very easy to color and so pretty. Ofcourse the white on white always makes anything look so crisp. A little bit of sheer ribbon tied this up into one simple note card.

Don't miss your chance at winning the set of the day by commenting on each of the Designers Blogs.


Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy
Sharon
Heather
Beate
Cindy
Mona
Purchase all three stamp sets this release with the Release Bundle and save 10%. This is for a short time! You still have time to play in our New Years Challenge, check it out HERE. Hope you enjoyed all the sneak peeks! See you back here tomorrow.

Flourishes Noon 2012 Challenge

Yea! It is time for Flourishes Noon Time Challenge. As we ring in the new year, let's be inspired by the numbers we'll use for the next 300 plus days! It's a limited supply challenge that revolves around 2012! So, here's your recipe: You can only use 2 colors. You can use 0 bling. You must use at least 1 embellishment and you can only have 2 layers (not including the card base)! Let's see that creativity shine! If you upload to a gallery, please use the key word FLLCJAN12. Entries must be in before Friday, January 13th at 5PM EST.
I have two layers and two colors red and white, I have ribbon as my embelishment and lets not talk about the bling okay. So I messed up... Didn't even think about it when I put the sparklers on. Since I worked so hard on cutting the inside of the heart out for the window on the gift bag I wasn't about to start over. ha ha This is from the set From the Heart. The treat bag is full of truffles for a friend of mine that is going to love them!
Check out what
Julie
Sharon
Cindy
Danielle
created with the challenge. Sure hope you get to play along with us this week! See you back here tomorrow!

Flourishes Heart Lines

Flourishes Day two of the January release is very sweet with Heart Lines. This is a sentiment set that surely will make anyone feel loved. I adore this sentiment as you can dress it up as I have with this card, or its perfect with those little guys in your life. Had some of the lace paper sitting on the desk so went with that for some background paper. Added a bunch of sparkle to the heart designer paper, hard to see in the photo. Finished it off with a few red sparklers and a wrinkled red ribbon bow.
Don't forget about our Mystery Blogger. Comment on each of the Design Teams blogs and you could win the set of the day.

Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy
Sharon
Heather
Beate
Cindy
Mona
See you back here at noon for Flourishes Noon Time Challenge. Have a great day.

Flourishes From the Heart

***2nd Post today. Color Throwdown Post below this post***
Happy Wednesday again! ha ha Flourishes is unveiling the new set called From the Heart. This gorgeous Valentine set will surely warm your heart. This set penned by Becky Fleck offers an antique flavor for Valentine's Day! An ornate heart stands as a focal point and is a perfect companion to Spellbinders Classic Heart Nestabilities die (S4-136) and Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Heart Nestabilities Dies (S4-137). A curled banner is the perfect accent -- allowing a few of the sentiments to be stamped inside!

For my creation using From the Heart I was thinking chocolates and eating a few at the time. ha This is pretty straight foward in design. My sentiment banner is popped up seperate from the heart on dimensionals. Some chocolate wrinkled ribbon for a bow and a few flourished jewels to add some glam and voila!
Be sure to stop on over at all the Design Teams Blog and leave a comment, you never know who will be the...

Christine
Cindy
Julie
Dawn
Danielle
Barbara
Tammy
Sharon
Jan Marie
Mona
Cindy
Heather
DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE JANUARY RELEASE? Have you checked out our A New Years Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play!
You can also play in our Noon Time Challenges this week! To do that, all you need to do is check in -- right here on the Flourishes blog Wednesday and Thursday at noon! These fast-paced challenges are designed to spark creativity and give you another chance to win some wonderful goodies! All challenges will close this Friday at 5 PM EST and winners will be announced Saturday in our Winner’s Circle blog post! So get those fingers inky and good luck!
Can’t wait until all of our sets are revealed Friday morning? Well, you can pre-order them now if you like what you see on our designers’ blogs! Just click HERE. You’ll also see that we are offering our special New Release Bundle again – 10% off if you purchase all three stamp sets in one bundle!

Color Throwdown 174 Sentiment

Happy Wednesday! The Color Throwdown colors today are brought to us by Broni and they are Soft Suede, River Rock, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky. Don't they seem very soothing and calming? I thought they did and went with a sentiment focus for my creation. This is using Flourishes New set called Heart Lines. I used a few Spellbinders shapes and some sheer ribbon for the extra softness. This is an easy peasy creation today.
Hope you get to play along with us this week! Be sure to check out the creations from the Color Throwdown team! Have a great day!