CCEE1534 Lemonade day

Frances back again as our hostess and  ... are you ready for another challenge?

According to the Days of the Year web site today is Lemonade Day …. Let's celebrate by creating cards that features lemonade in some way. If you don't have anything Lemon or lemon related feature some other kind of beverage.

Please join us and link your card up using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of this post. If you upload to another site such as Splitcoaststampers, please add CCEE1534 to your keywords. Don't forget to check on the other designs our team members came up with for this cool challenge.

I used one of my favorite House Mouse stamps. It is colored with  Copic markers.

HMFMC166 - Masculine

I wanted to make this an easy to mail card, as flat as possible. This is one of my cards I made as a part of  my 100 cards in 100 days self challenge I have going. The goals I am trying to meet besides the 100 cards are : using up old papers and scraps from the piles in my stamping room, using images that I have had for some time, and making cards that others might be interested in purchasing. The money I make will go to the prison ministry in which I am involved and also the Women's Ministry at my church.

HMFMC165

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The theme for the current Mouse House challenge is "Lost and Found". These little bunnies are "lost" in this good book they "found" in the library.

CCEE 1405

U is for Umbrella and I got to use a stamp that has not seen any ink. I found this on a clearance sale months ago, and can't ever resist a marked down House Mouse stamp. I also am using this as card # 28 for the 100 cards in 100 days. I am a few cards short of where I should be at this point, but plan to get some catching up done this evening.

HMFMC#162

"Showing some LOVE" is the theme for the House Mouse challenge this week. I love this sweet stamp and thought it meets the criteria . Found all these scraps and even the card base in my sraps left from other projects. All the things used for making this card are from the stashes in my stamp room, so this also meets the requitements I set for my 100 cards in 100 days challenge over on SCS.

HMFMC #161

The challenge over at House Mouse Fabulous Monday Challenge is to use a HM stamp from your collection that you have not used. I don't know why this one has not seen ink, but it was perfect for a card to add to my 100 cards in 100 days. goal I have set for myself. This is my 21st card since I started this challenge in January.  I colored the image with copic markers. The design paper is from Graphics 45 and the ribbon from my stash seemed to coordinate really well.

House Mouse Christmas

This pretty chrome paper is so hard to photograph and getting to look good. Did this little House Mouse card for the House Mouse Christmas challenge. I just love these little guys. All the design papers are from Paper Studio. The holly is a rhinestone attachment. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

WOYWW 221

It's almost the end of the month and I do an end of the month challenge with my blog group. The theme is doing something to honor your father and mother. My parents have been married 63 years and have made their own Christmas cards every single one of those years. So, I have seen cardmaking done every year of my life. Mom usually designs it and does the art. Dad decides on the sentiment or creates poetry for the inside of them. They start in October most of the time and some years go very smoothly and some years they have to work out their artistic differences in opinion. So, I decided a Christmas card would be the perfect kind of card in which to honor them. I found this little house mouse stamp on for half price today and it reminded of me of their love for one another and their devotion to creating their cards every year for their Christmas list of at least 100 that they mail out. Thanks Mom and Dad for introducing me to this fascination with paper crafting and inspiring me to enjoy the creative side of life.

Thanks for those who visit my desk/mess this week. I look forward to visiting the others I will find over at
Julia Dunnit's Stamping Ground.

HMFMC151

What a great way this little guy has to cool off on a hot summer day! The theme for HMFMC151 is Liquid Refreshment and this little guy is certainly refreshing himself. I love that look of pleasure that is on his face. I used copic markers to color this image and then used  a little speckles to add the sparkle to  his condensation collecting glass. The papers are from Basic Grey and the cardstock from Stampin' Up. I've had this ribbon for a year and finally found the perfect sparkly place to put it. I added a yellow flower to pick up on the yellow flower coming out of his glass. Hope if you are in the heat of things you follow suit like this little guy and drive into something wet and wild. Happy Summer!

HMFMC 148 Food

This card is for the HMFMC148 I am in need of a few birthday cards this month.

HM - Double Trouble

I made this card for the House Mouse weekly challenge which is called Double Trouble. These two little mice seem to be making a real explosion of a celebration with these burning birthday candles. I used some Basic Grey design paper mounted onto a yoyo yellow cardbase. The image was colored with copic markers.

House Mouse FMC 123

The challenge this week was to use one of the HM stamps that have fruit. My last challenge card used one of my fruit stamps, and this is my only other one. I think of apples as more of a fall crop than summer, but apples are a fruit!!!  I used my copics for the coloring of the image. If you would like to check out this challenge for yourself you may find it HERE. The name of this stamp is "An apple a day."

Summer Refreshments HMFMC122

There is nothing more fun than making a fun summer card with a House Mouse stamp. I chose the colors of lemons and limes and accented with orange for this fun refreshing image. Hope you have a refreshing drink in hand as you fight the hot summer temperatures. You can find this challenge over at the House Mouse blog. You will see some great ideas of refreshment over there!!!! Code: HMFMC122