A Mice Halloween

You wouldn't believe the mice that have been hanging around at my house. They have been coming from the open field that we live by. We don't have anyone living behind us and plus they are getting ready to build some more new homes. I told my husband that this is as far as it goes for me living on any farm. I will miss feeding the birds but right now, it's not going to happen. I don't want to attract anymore mice. I am terrified of mice that I cleared everything of my cupboards that had boxes in them and replaced them with plastic containers. I have been staying out of my upstairs and not stamping for the last week because of the mice. We have set several traps and have been catching them too, but enough is enough. We would get up early in the morning about 4am and hear the mice in the attic. YUCK! Finally, I called the exterminator to come out and get rid of them. He set bait with poison so hopefully this will work. It's been 2 days and I haven't seen or heard mice yet. So, I thought these HM stamps would be perfect for my Halloween cards this year.
Have a Mice day!

Stamps-HM (clear stamps by Paper Studio), Stars and Swirls
Cardstock-black brazzil, light orange, whisper white, light yellow, DCWV dp
Ink-black stazon, light orange
Supplies-CM oval cutting system, CB
Halloween sentiment die cut, Sizzix die cut tags, prismacolor pencils, blending stumps, mineral spirits, mark it pen, white galaxy pen, clear emboss powder, heat gun, brads, tacky tape, pop dots, star punch, chalk, q-tips, 2-way glue
Dimensions-4 1/4 x 8 1/2 Scored at 2 1/8 from the end on both sides.

SC191 Wish

Happy Labor Day! And what a beautiful day it was. I pretty much stamped all day and it was nice. The boys were with their dad making model cars.
I saw this sketch on www.splitcoaststampers.com and I knew what stamp I wanted to use. I started out by taking the CB swiss dots folder and using it with Pumpkin Pie c/s. I also used it on the dp. I took the ticket corner punch and just used it on the 2 corners on the dp and added brads. I colored the flowers using my Marvy markers and a colored pencil with a little of the mineral spirits. I stamped the sentiment from SU Small Script onto white c/s and put it inside a file tab. I mounted the image onto Green Galore c/s and added pop dots for the dimensional look. I used my corner punch and added white stickles. I added some dew dots with mini glue dots to the flowers, but I hope it doesn't look bad. I think I might of over did it. Does it look ok? I enjoyed making this challenge. Have a great day!

Stamps-SU Small Script, Stampabilities Flower Garden
Cardstock-SU Pumpkin Pie, SU Rose Red, SU Whisper White, SU Green Galore, misc dp
Ink-none
Supplies-CB Swiss Dots folder, brads, ticket corner punch, corner punch, file tab, pop dots, glue dots, dew dots, mineral spirits, colored pencil, stickles, diamond glaze

SC182 My Quilt

WOW! What a nice day. I decided to stay indoors to stamp today. This is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy it. I've been wanting to make a card in looks of a quilt. I am a quilter and this challenge worked great for it. I belong to a pen pal group at
www.splitcoaststampers.com and someone suggested that we use our favorite stamp set. So I chose this one. I started out by taking my distress tool around all the edges including the base of the card and using the distress tea dye ink on them too. I used my Sizzix die scallop squares for the blocks with 2 different DCWV dp. I used my CB textile folder on the squares as well. I mounted the squares onto the Apricot Appeal c/s. I attached the only vanilla ribbon I had. I colored the image from the Happy Harmony set with my colored markers. I then used some clear embossing powder with my heat gun for the flowers. I also used my Sizzix flower die cuts for the sentiment. I used my corner punch and added a brad. The big square and the sentiment is held on with pop dots. I'm looking forward to making for quilt cards and more challenges. This was a fun challenge. Have a great day!

Stamps-SU Happy Harmony
Cardstock-Very Vanilla, Apricot Appeal, Rose Red, DCWV DP
Ink-Verasfine Onyx Black, Distress Tea Dye
Supplies-Sizzix flower and scallop square die cuts, sheer ribbon, CB Textile folder, distress tool, brad, corner punch, pop dots, clear emboss powder, heat gun, sponge, markers

SC75 Carols Groovy Challenge

Hello everyone!
I belong to a pen pal group here on SCS and Carol suggested that we make a challenge card using a stamp set that we never inked before. I combined 2 challenges together to make one card. I used a card sketch SC75 over at www.splitcoaststampers.com. When I saw this paper in my stash, I knew what stamp set I wanted to use. I cut 3 DP into 3 inches and ran them through the cb swiss dots folder. I mounted them onto yoyo yellow c/s. I then added the ribbon and tied with a bow. I stamped the car onto vanilla c/s with only orange ink. I colored the small flowers on the car with my fine tip markers. I added brads for the wheels. I also added a flower brad for the antenna. The image is mounted onto taken with teal and only orange c/s. The image is held on with pop dots. I wanted the flowers to look similar to the dp so I chose 3 of the same Primas and added dew drops to the centers. Also held on with mini glue dots and pop dots. I stamped the sentiment from a Christmas $1 stamp. This was fun to make. Thanks for the great challenge. I am looking forward to more challenges.
Have a groovy day!

Stamps-SU Groovy, Studio G
Cardstock-lime, yoyo yellow, DCWV dp, only orange, taken with teal, vanilla
Ink-only orange, taken with teal
Supplies-cb swiss dots folder, primas, dew drops, ribbon, brads, fine tip markers, distress tool, pop dots, and glue dots.

SC186 Happy Birthday

WOW! It's been awhile since I last posted a card. I have been in a rut. Plus I have been mighty busy. My boys have since then started back to school which makes it easier to stamp. I thought I would try this challenge for my niece who is turning 4 in September. I wanted it pretty and simple. She also loves monkeys so this was perfect. I started with 2 sided dp from Big Lots and ran them through the CB Swirl and CB Swiss Dots folder. I stamped the monkeys onto watercolor paper on the back side. I colored the image using my primascolor pencils with odorless mineral spirits and blending stump. I also used sheer polka dot ribbon. I used diamond glaze for the monkeys and the frame around the sentiment. The green is slightly different but it will do. This was a simple card to do and my niece will love it. Thanks for dropping by.
Stamps-Changito B-day by Stampendous
Cardstock-SU Chocolate Chip, watercolor 120lb, misc dp
Ink-Black Stazon
Supplies-CB Swirls, CB Swiss Dots, Primascolor pencils, mineral spirits, blending stumps, diamond glaze, ribbon, tacky tape, copic sketch #1

EEEK! I Hate Mice

It seems as though lately we have been getting a lot of mice. Once a day. They freak me out whatsoever. I hate the thought of them being in my house. Today, I woke up at 6am because I heard the trap go off. Wouldn't you know it, it was the darn mouse. I took the flashlight and pointed it right into the eyes. He was ALIVE. OMG! It freaked me out. The trap only got its tail. The mouse kept moving the trap along with its tail stuck in it to the other side of the wall, but got caught up in the cords behind the tv. I got my kids up so they can help me while I move the entertainment center. As I moved the tv stand, the mouse moved. It was squeeking too. I need to hire a cat because my dog just sits there and won't catch up it. Anyhow, I ended up hitting it with the broom and it got away. So, now it's still in my house somewhere. We live in a house where no one lives behind us, which is a pasture of fields and trees. They are in the processing of building new homes and I'm thinking that they are taking the mice homes. I want to be able to sit at my computer quietly without having to hear for traps or any kind of squeeks. Thanks for listening to my story. Here is a picture of one that accidently fell into the dogs water dish.

Times Square

Hello everyone! I know its been awhile since I last posted something. My kids keep me mighty busy and also I have been working on making a baby girl quilt for my sister who has orders. I told my sister I would help. The only time I can really sew is late at night when the boys are sleeping. I called this quilt Times Square due to the criss crosses and the blank squares. The print on these fabrics are from the Antique collection that I got from a quilt store awhile back but I can't remember the name of the designer. I am happy with the results. This was my 1st attempt to doing a triangle hourglass, so when I was cutting the fabric, I cut way too much. I have enough fabric triangles to make 10 more baby quilts for girls. I hope she likes it.
Thanks for dropping by.