House Mouse Designs and Passionate Paper Creations

Welcome to a really fun weekend of House Mouse designs--and an opportunity to win!  If you post to the FB Group "Passionate Paper Creations", HERE, you will be entered to win a $20 Rewards Card (in the US or Canada) or the sponsors choice of 2 stamps (in the UK/Australia).  No purchase is necessary to enter.  The winner will be chosen by Random.org. 

MATERIALS:

HMR65 Castle Construction

White Mixed media Paper

Versamark Pen

Opaque Embossing Powder in Golden Sand

Frantage Pearlized Mica Fragments

Heat Embossing Tool

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Prismacolor Pencils in French Gray 20% and 70% , Warm Gray 50%,  Cool Gray 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 70% and 90%, White, Blush Pink, Metallic Silver, Spring Green, Apple Green, Dark Umber, Light Umber, Sand,  Jasmine, Canary Yellow, Goldenrod, and Deco Blue.

Zip Dry

My Colors Card Stock in Black Suede and Sky

Raffia

DIRECTIONS:

1)    Fold a piece of 10” by  5 ½ ” card stock so that the fold is on the top.

2)    Stamp the Castle Construction image onto the mixed media paper.

3)    Color the image with the pencils.

4)    Adhere the image to a thin black mat and then to the background sky card stock.

5)    Use the Versamark Pen to color areas that you want to enhance with embossing paste.  Do small sections at a time.

6)    Cover the colored areas with embossing paste, tap off excess and heat emboss.

7)    While the embossing powder is still warm, you can add mica, or you can glue it into place after you finish the powders.

8)    Tie raffia ribbon in place.

9)    Attach the image to the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Here are the other Stampendous Designers who are posting for this event today: (Just in case you need more inspiration)

PAM HORNSCHU

KRISTINE REYNOLDS

JAMIE MARTIN

A Collaboration with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Welcome to an exciting blog hop with Scrapbook Adhesives.  Of course, there will be wonderful prizes.  In fact, therer will be THREE prize packages.  While I would LOVE all sorts of comments, the only way to win these prizes is to go to the Stampendous Blog and the Scrapbook Adhesive Blog and enter in their Rafflecopter Widget.

THREE prize packages that contain one each:

• EZ Dots Permanent Adhesive Dots
• Medium DODZ
• Creative Photo Corners Mixed Colors
• 4″ X 6″ Adhesive Sheets 10 pk
• Adhesive Keepsake Envelopes 10 pk
• 3D Foam Squares White Mixed Sizes
• 3D Foam Squares Black Mixed Sizes

PLUS a $20 Stampendous Reward Card (US and Canada Winners Only) – winners outside USA will receive a stamp, a stencil and a surprise goodie at random plus the above adhesives.

Winners will be announced Monday, April 25, 2016. Enter to win with the Rafflecopter Widget on the Stampendous and Scrapbook Adhesives blog.

Here is my project for today:

MATERIALS:

DWLL385 Plumeria Stencil

DWLJ808 Cathedral Windows Large Stencil

White Glossy Embossing Paste
Paste Spreader
Palette Knife
Clear Embossing Powder

Versamark Ink Pad
Embossing Heat Tool

Scrapbook Adhesives E-Z Runner

Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares
Stamping Details Rubber Mat

Removable Tape

Copic Markers Y13, RV14, R20, G19 and G29

My Colors Card Stock in Sky, Oceanside and Pink Delight

May Arts Ribbon

Manual Die Cut Machine

DIRECTIONS:

1)    Fold a piece of 8 ½” by 5 ½” paper so that the fold is on the side.

2)     Tape the Plumeria stencil face up on the Sky card stock. Use one large piece across the top of the stencil initially.  It will be a hinge later.  Tape all the way around.

3)    Remove the embossing paste from the container with the palette knife and place on the paste spreader.

4)    Place the paste spreader on the top of the stencil and pull down towards you, filling the holes and keeping contact with the stencil at all times.

5)    Replace any extra paste into the container.

6)    Remove the tape from the bottom and sides of the stencil.

7)    Using the taped top as a hinge, carefully remove the stencil.  Let the paste dry.

8)    While the paste dries, tap the entire back of the Cathedral Windows stencil with the Versamark Ink Pad.  Then put the stencil, inked side up, on the bottom plate of your manual die cut machine.  Place the pink card stock, face down, over the top of the stencil.

9)    Cover the card stock with the Stamping Details mat and then the upper cutting mat on top.

10)                      Run the project through the die cut machine.

11)                     Pour clear embossing powder over the top of the embossed card stock and shake off the excess.

12)                     Heat set the embossing powder.

13)                     Color over the dried glossy paste with Copic Markers.

14)                     Trim the flower image and adhere to the darker blue mat.

15)                     Trim the embossed Cathedral Windows card stock and adhere to a dark blue mat.

16)                     Adhere the background to the folded card.

17)                     Tie the May Arts Ribbon around the bottom of the flower unit.

18)                     Use the foam squares to raise the flowers above the rest of the project.

Thanks for stopping by!

Here are the rest of the links to check out today.  Don't forget that you have to go to the Stampendous or the Scrapbook Adhesives Blogs to enter for your chance to win!

Stampendous Blog

Alison Heikkila

Laura Drahozal

Lea Fritts

Scrapbook Adhesives Blog

Dreamweaver and Graphic 45 Voyage Beneath the Sea

Welcome to the Stampendous and Graphic 45 Beneath the Sea Blog Hop!  I just love Graphic 45 paper, don't you?  Well, in addition to seeing how the design team used some of the Voyage Beneath the Sea Collection, you have a chance to win prizes on this hop.

Prizes

Put on your underwater gear and swim through our posts and featured designer’s blog posts this week to comment because we have an ocean of goodies in three (3) prize packages. Each comment is your entry for a chance at one of the prize packages.  See Official Contest Rules for details. Deadline to comment is Sunday night, April 17th .

Three winners will receive a prize package with one of our new matching sea theme stamp and die sets (Seashells, Sailboat and Mermaid Friends), Ocean Wisdom Perfectly Clear Stamp Set PLUS a sample of papers from the Graphic 45 Papers Voyage Beneath the Sea Collection.

My project was inspired by this beautiful collection.  Here it is:

MATERIALS:

DWLL477 Wave Crest Stencil

DWLS06 Small Scallop Shell Stencil

Dreamweaver Regular Embossing  Paste

Embossing Powders:  Sky Blue, Baby Blue, Chunky White, Kaleidoscope Transparent, OpaqueWhite, Carnelian

Stampendous White Pearl Ultrafine Glitter

Versamark  Ink Pad

Versamarker

Double Sided Mounting Paper

Removable Tape

Dreamweaver Palette Knife

Heat Embossing Tool

Graphic 45 Voyage Beneath the Sea Collection--Deep Blue Dreams Paper

Paper Mache Box

Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylics:  Prussian Blue Hue, Titanium White

Zip Dry

Paint Brush

Scissors

DIRECTIONS:

        1)  Paint the box with varying mixtures of the blue and white acrylics.  The different colors of blue will make the box more interesting.  Let it dry.

        2)   Cut four pieces of Double Sided Mounting Paper a little larger than the Small Scallop Stencil.

        3)  Use the Versamark Ink pad on the back of the Small Scallop Stencil.  Place the stencil, ink side down, centered on a piece of the mounting paper and gently press it on.

        4)  Pour some Carnelian Embossing Powder over the project and press in with your fingers, being sure to cover the paper on the outside of the stencil as well. 

        5) Turn the project upside down on a flat surface and carefully remove the paper from the stencil.    

        6) Heat set the embossing powder using the heat gun. 

        7)  Cover the remaining Mounting Paper with the Pearl Glitter. 

        8)  Repeat steps 3-7 with the remaining three pieces of mounting paper. 

        9)  Center the Wave Crest Stencil over the top of the box and tape down.  You will likely need to tape from underneath the box lid onto the back side of the stencil to keep it adhered.

        10)  Remove the Embossing Paste from the jar with the Palette Knife, scooping it out so it sits under the knife.

        11)  Place the palette knife on the top of the stencil, and pull it down towards yourself, being sure to keep contact between the knife and the stencil at all times. 

        12) Carefully remove the Wave Crest Stencil, treating the last piece of tape as a hinge as you take it off.  Let the paste dry. 

        13) Once the past is completely dry, “paint” the embossing powder on the image in phases.  You will use the Versamarker in the areas that you want colored, cover them with the embossing powder, and emboss with your heat gun.  You will repeat this process until you have colored the entire wave crest image.

        14) Cut the border off of the Graphic 45 paper.  

        15) Glue the border around the bottom of the box and the side of the lid. 

        16) Remove the backing from the shell covered double sided mounting paper and place, like a sticker, around the box.

Here are the rest of the posts for today.  Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win!

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Tenia Nelson

Pam Hornschu

Lea Fritts

Laura Drahozal

House Mouse & Friends Blog Challenge Hop Week 2

Welcome to week two of the challenge hop with Stampendous, House Mouse & Friends, The Stencil Specialists and Woodware!

In this blog hop, you enter to win the prizes by posting a project of your own on the link.  It doesn't have to be perfect, because the prizes are selected at random from the project images received.  So, check out the posts to get inspired and have some fun!

PRIZES:

Three entries from the House-Mouse and Friends Linky gallery, chosen at random, will win 1-House-Mouse Designs® Stampendous Cling Rubber Stamp, 1 – Large Dreamweaver Stencils Background Stencil, and 1 – Jar of Embossing Paste.  This contest is open to everyone!!

Enter your challenge project on the House-Mouse and Friends blog post for HMFMC #216  Use Stencils!

Here is my post for the day:

MATERIALS:
Voilet Nap Rubber Stamp RS-HMV28

Rain Stencil DWLJ905

Mixed Media White Paper

Fitted Frames B Die Cut Set

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Prismacolor Pencils in Cool Grey 20%, 30%, 50% and 70%, Deco Pink, Neon Green, Olive Green,             Marine Green, Mulberry, Dahlia, Black Cherry, Lavender, Dark Brown, Canary, Jasmine, and             Non Photo Blue. 

Glimmer Mist Sprays in Vancouver and Turquoise

My Colors Card Stock in Desert Cactus

May Arts Ribbon

Manual Die Cut Machine with a rubber embossing mat

White Card Stock

Paper Towels

Adhesive

Scrapbook Adhesive 3D Foam

DIRECTIONS:

1)  Stamp image onto Mixed Media Paper

2)  Color with colored pencils

3)  Cut out the image and some green card stock with the Fitted Frames using the die cut machine.

4)  Lay a piece of paper towel over the base plate of your die cut machine.

5)  Spray the back of the stencil with the Glimmer Mists and lay, sprayed side up on the paper towel.

6)  Cover the stencil with white card stock, the rubber embossing mat, and the top plates.

7)  Run through the machine.  Let the card stock dry.

8)  Assemble the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget to play along by linking one of your House Mouse cards HERE.

Here are the other posts for today, check them out for extra inspiration:

Stampendous Blog

Pam Hornschu

Woodware Blog