BIRTHDAY Celebration Blog-Hop!

Eeeek! Welcome Back FRIENDS!!! So glad you are here today!
Guess what??? We just turned 3 years old!! Can ya believe it??
For us Mousies that's a big milestone, so we are celebrating with an EXCITING
***Blog-Hop Birthday Party***

Before we tell you about the PARTY details, the great prizes & show you challenge samples, we have some VERY exciting ANNOUNCEMENTS...

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First, LAST WEEK's WINNERS

We want to thank all of you who joined us for the last challenge. YOU wowed us with your creativity on your RECIPE takes!!! There were so many fabulous designs, but there could only be (3) three winners.... so without further delays, the randomly chosen winners for the (3) Sponsored prizes are;
Prize #1 - Winner of HMD's $25 Gift Certificate goes to Entry #17, which belongs to CRAFTY LOU!
Prize #2  -Winner of KnK Designs (3) Digi Stamp Sets goes to Entry #22, which belongs to NATALIE!
Prize #3 -Winner of Pizzazz Aplenty Embellishment Pkg goes to Entry #23, which belongs to MICKAELA!

CONGRATULATIONS to all of you and THANK YOU so much FOR PLAYING ALONG!!

Please contact *America* to claim your prize.

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*WE HAVE A NEW FAMILY MEMBER*
We are thrilled to tell you that we have a brand NEW MEMBER joining our Design Team!!! It's the one and only VICKI PARSON, of Stamped Smiles and she is now part our Happy Mousie Family!! Her work is fantastic and Vicki is such a sweetheart! We're very lucky to have her.
Wont you please help us give her a warm welcome!?

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AUGUST GUEST DESIGNERS
With August behind us now, so we must say goodbye to our FABULOUS August Guest Designers;
Gemma Louise.... and.... Red Squirrel
Thank you so much for your amazing mousie contributions Ladies! We've so enjoyed having you on board. :)


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SEPTEMBER GUEST DESIGNERS
Joining us for the month of September are 2 super talented DESIGNERS; 
Sally Bowness & Tracy Thompson--> (who is returning for a second round)!
Welcome Ladies! We are very excited to have you on board!!!

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REARLY DT MEMBERS REVISITING us for Birthday Celebration
Surprise!!!!   This Birthday party wouldnt be as special without these PAST Designers!  We went all the way back to the very beginning of our HM&F MC BLOG days (AUG 2008), and reached out to some of our very first Designers. Fortunately, we reached a few of these great talents and somehow managed to bring them to our PARTY!!! Isnt that super??? We thought so!!

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SPONSORS

We want to welcome back three great sponsors who will help us celebrate with terrific prizes:

Thank you SPONSORS!! We appreciate your support and we're thrilled to have you on board!! :)

Sponsor #1

The Official House-Mouse Designs site;

HMD is offering ONE VERY LUCKY WINNER (A $25.00 Electronic Gift Certificate to the official site's store) AND... get this special prize... Ellen Jareckie, the artist behind the House-Mouse Designs characters, will, space permitting, autograph the rubber stamps that the winner of this electronic gift certificate orders!!!  
WOW!!  If that isnt exciting news!!! 

NOW THAT'S quite the MARVELOUS prize that'll go to ONE very LUCKY winner!!!

Sponsor #2

In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. They stock over 100,000+ items, offer quick service and 1 stop shopping at a great price! Offering a $25 Gift Card PRIZE to the Simon Says Stamp store!

# 3

Pizzazz Aplenty

Offering the Winner a $10 package of embellishments from Pizzazz Aplenty.
 
Pizzazz Aplenty began with only a bit of bling and some ribbon, but in the last few months, we've added so much more... from cardstock to cello bags, as well as charms, stick pins, brads, buttons, cords, twines, laces, and over 20 colors in flatback pearls and rhinestones. The newest additions are teardrop pearls, button stick pins, leaf pins, heart pins, resin cameos and flowers! Please stop by for a look at our store: Pizzazz Aplenty

EXCELLENT PRIZES, right???
BUT WAIT!!!!! THAT'S NOT ALL.....

OUR LOVELY DT Members generously want to offer you additional Prizes!!!  Yeap, that's right!  There is MORE!!!  This means that you'll have more chances to win!!   Below is a sampling of some of the incredible prizes that await you along the HOP... take a peek!

An additional $20 Dollar Gift Certificate to the official HMD Store!

 

+ ONE more that is a total surprise

FANTASTIC collection of  YUMMY CANDY, heh??
Any of these great prizes could be yours if you play along with the challenge! So dont delay!

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CHALLENGE # 104

Wanna know what the NEW CHALLENGE is?? It's being hosted by our talented Teamie, NATASCHA, and she has chosen; BIRTHDAY theme with a Bunch of Flowers.
(though the Flowers are completely optional)

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***BLOG-HOP RULES***
To be eligible for prizes.... these rules must be followed...

1. Visit DT,, Guest DTs & special Guests Blogs to leave each a comment.
2. Return to this main BLOG post and again leave a comment.
3. Create a project for the BIRTHDAY challenge theme and use any House-Mouse, Happy Hoppers or Gruffies Stamps.
4. Post your project to your blog, (or any online gallery), then enter it here using the Linkitz (below).
5. Mention our Challenge and Link your project back to our BLOG.
6. Become a Follower of our HM&F MC BLOG!

That's it!!!!

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DESIGNER's  Samples

To help inspire your creativity, below are some amazing samples from the Design TEAM, September Guest DTs, and PAST DT's returning to help us celebrate! :)

Vicki Parson (our New DT Member)

Tracy Thompson - (September's returning Guest Designer)

Sue Kment

Sue Drees

Stacy Morgan

Sally Bowness - (New September Guest Designer)

Natascha Banning

Mary Giemza

Lorraine Aquilina

Lori Barnett

Judith Rozema (Early DT Member Revisiting to help us Celebrate!)

Janneke de Jong (Early DT Member Revisiting to help us Celebrate!)

Heather Gilfoy-Bond

Christine Craig

Carolyn Bounds (Early DT Member Revisiting to help us Celebrate!)

America Kuhn

WHAT A WAY TO CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY, heh?!! Sure hope we have inspired you to go HOP!!   BELOW is a Complete BLOG-HOP LIST of  the participating Members with direct LINKS to help you get started and help you just in case you get lost along the way. 
We are going in reverse alphabetical order;

Vicki Parson
Tracy Thompson
Sue Kment
Sue Drees
Stacy Morgan
Sally Bowness
Natascha Banning
Mary Giemza
Lorraine Aquilina
Lori Barnett
Judith Rozema
Janneke de Jong
Heather Gilfoy Bond
Christine Craig
Carolyn Bounds
America Kuhn

Now sit back, relax and enjoy !  Remember to leave some love along the way until you find yourself back HERE! Make sure to visit ALL Members & GUESTS!!!   If you are not able to leave a comment on one of these Blogs, please mention that here with your final comment.  

This Blog-Hop PARTY will run until 8:00 PM EST, Sunday, September 25th.
So don't waste any time and HAVE FUN!!!!  We cant wait to see all your lovely BIRTHDAY creations!

The House-Mouse &Friends Monday Challenge Team!