Challenge #70 (Good Bye/Farewell) & Our very First BLOG HOP!!

Happy HOUSE MOUSE MONDAY!!!!

Welcome to our first ever House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge BLOG HOP!!  We are super excited to have expanded our DT, adding some amazing talents to our family and we wanted to do something very special in their honor.   

Here are some of the awesome prizes up for grabs for our blog hop:

Plus a few more that aren't pictured!!   WOW!!  

To be eligible for these FAB prizes, you will be required to:

1. Hop over to each DT member's blog (a list is included below) and leave some "love"!   Don't forget, there's lots of hidden blog candy for you along the way!!

2. Join us for this challenge. You can upload a link to your card at the end of this post using our new froggie link - Inlinkz.  

3. You MUST Become a House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge Blog follower.   (If you aren't already.)  

4. Leave a comment HERE so we know you've completed all the requirements.

Our challenge for this week, selected by Design Team member Miss America, is Good Bye/Farewell.   Prepare to be amazed and inspired!!  Without further delays, here are the HMDT's cards for this challenge.

America

Christine

Curt

Heather

Lisa

Lori

Lorraine

Mary

Natascha

Sue D.

Sue G.

Sue K.

Your first stop today will be at America's blog.  Here's the complete DT list in alphabetical order - just in case there is a broken link along the way.  Happy House Mouse Hopping!!!

America

Christine

Curt

Heather

Lisa

Lori

Lorraine

Mary

Natascha

Sue D.

Sue G.

Sue K.

ALL hidden blog candy winners, along with our Grand Prize WINNER, will be chosen using Random.org and revealed on a recap right here on Monday, June7th. So don't forget to check back to see if you've won!   Thanks for hopping with us today & good luck!! :)

Breaking News!

The House Mouse & Friends blog is experiencing some exciting changes!!  As you know, we've added some awesome new Design Team members who will be joining us for our next challenge on Monday, May 24th.  

In honor of our new House Mouse Design Team, we will be having our very first ever BLOG-HOP!!!!

That's right! You will want to be here on Monday, May 24th to see all the wonderful creations from the Design Team & play along on this blog hop because there will be PRIZES!!!  

We'll have hidden blog-candy along the way and a HUGE House Mouse PRIZE for one lucky person at the end of the hop!  We'll have all the BLOG HOP details available for you next week  . . .  But thought you might want to take a sneak peek at the BIG PRIZE GIVEAWAY???? 

Well then, we wont keep you guessing.... here it is......

(BIG PRIZE includes: SEI B-day DP Pad, 11 HM&F stamps, 110+ Charms (various themes), Chipboard, Alpha Brads, Rhinestones, plus Dress-it Up Buttons)

How cool is that??!!    Don't forget to mark your calendars and join us HERE on Monday, May 24th!!  

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We also have a winner for our previous challenge, No. 68!    We've been working like busy little mice behind the scenes getting everything set for our updated House Mouse and Friends Challenge blog and forgot to post this information!!!   Eeeeek!  So, without further ado  ...

CONGRATULATIONS..... Kaz!!! You have won 2 digital stamps from PAPER CUPCAKES. Please send us your email address so that we may forward this prize to you.

Challenge #69 - Distressing

Thank you everyone for playing along with us on our bi-weekly challenges. Now that our 5 new Design Team Members have been announced, remeber to be on the lookout for their amazing work starting with Challenge #70. It's going to be a really exciting time because that challenge will also be accompanied our very first ever BLOG-HOP!!!! Woohoo!!! :) We will be offering a HUGE HOUSE-MOUSE prize package for one lucky winner who plays, comments & follows us. So mark your calendars and visit us again on the 24th to join us on this First BLOG-HOP that promises to be tons of FUN!! :)

Now for today's challenge. Our very own mega-talented MARY has chosen *Distressing*. So we are Distressing anything on our projects as long as we use a House Mouse, Gruffies or Happy Hoppers image!! Come play along with us because we have a FUN prize (ONE HM/HAPPY HOPPER stamp of choice) for one lucky winner from our GENEROUS Sponsor Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamp started in 2002 and now has over 100,000 items in stock. They strive to bring you a very comprehensive range of rubber stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, ATC and papercrafting supplies in the world and even offer worldwide shipping at very competative prices.

Here are the creations from our amazing TEAM....

America

Heather

Christine

Lisa

Lori

Mary

Easy challenge right??? So then come join us & let us see your beautiful creations!! ! Please leave us a comment here with a link to your card/project. If you do not have a Blog, please feel free to link to a forum gallery or any online photo hosting site you use!

THANK YOU for Visiting us today & Happy Creating!!!!

House Mouse Challenge Team

NEW Design Team MEMBERS chosen.....

Dearest House Mouse Monday Challenge BLOG friends & faithful followers....

Thank you for submitting your amazing House Mouse work to us for the Design Team Call.  We have had a great response!!  It's been a very difficult task to have to choose amongst so many fabulous talents, so we have agreed to add a total of FIVE new members!!! Yes, that's 5 new designers joining our awesome House Mouse Design Team!!!  :)

Please, please, please join us in Congratulating these great artists as we welcome them into our little House Mouse Family!!  Drum roll please........

Sue Drees - http://www.suestamping.com/

Lorraine Aquilina - http://loraquilina.blogspot.com/

Sue from Oregon - http://suesstampingstuff.blogspot.com/

Natascha (nata1984) - http://nataschas-blog.blogspot.com/

Sue, Scoopy Stuff - http://scoopysstuff.blogspot.com/

Emma Evans - (founder/owner -& staying with us as Floating DT) - http://stamp-addict.blogspot.com/

CONGRATULATIONS to all of you & WELCOME to our Fantastic TEAM!!!  You're going to have so much FUN!!!!! :)

Winner of Challenge #67

Is...................


Lynn


Congrats Lynn, you are the lucky winner of a stamp of your choice from the Happy Hoppers, House mouse or Gruffies range.

Please email me with your full mailing address togther with details of your chosen stamp from Simon Says Stamp.

Challenge # 68 - Flower Power

Thank you to everyone who entered last weeks challenge. We will announce the winner of the challenge prize later on today. We will also let you know the new chosen DT members as soon as we can.

Our challenge this week is Lori's idea :~ Flower power

Please make anything you wish as long as it has flower power and features at least one House Mouse & Friends image.

Our sponsor this week is.....


Happy House Mouse Monday Everyone! My name is Nina May and I am the Owner and Artist at Paper Cupcake Stamps which is a fairly new digital stamp site. I am a mom of 4 children and have always had the passion to draw from a very young age. I am finding this new jouney full of wonderful people and a lot of hard work. I love drawing these images and hope you will find a wide varity of stamps ranging from cute, to fun to realistic at my store. I honestly feel like there is something there for everyone no matter what your style is. I use to participate in this sme challenge before taking on this new venture which leaves me little time now to participate in other's challenges, but I love the house mouse images myself. I feel honored to be on the other side and now sponsoring you today and hope you will visit my store to see all the great images that can be found there as well. http://papercupcakes-stamps.com/

The Prize......

Check out what our lovely DT have come up with to help inspire you. Don't forget to check out their blogs for more details!!

Please leave us a comment with a link to your card. If you do not have a blog, please feel free to link to a forum gallery or an online photo hosting site such as flikr/photobucket etc.

Thanks.

House Mouse Challenge Team. x

Challenge #67 - Recipe

Dt Members wanted!!!

We are looking for some new DT members to join our team, you will need to produce one item every fortnight, be creative and fun!!
If you would like to be in with a chance to join our team please make sure you do the following (or your entry won't count!)
WRITE 'DESIGN TEAM' IN YOUR COMMENT WITH A LINK TO YOUR CARD FOR THIS CHALLENGE. MAKE SURE YOUR ENTRY/COMMENT IS POSTED BEFORE 24TH APRIL 1PM GMT. Simple eh!! New DT members will be announced just before our next challenge.

Our challenge this week is Lisa's idea :~ A Recipe

Your recipe ingredients are: 2 Papers, 3 Flowers & 1 ribbon

Our Sponsor this week is......


Simon Says Stamp started in 2002 and now has over 100,000 items in stock. They strive to bring you a very comprehensive range of rubber stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, ATC and papercrafting supplies in the world and even offer worldwide shipping at very competative prices.

THE PRIZE IS A HAPPY HOPPER, HOUSE MOUSE OR GRUFFIES STAMP OF YOUR CHOICE

Check out what our lovely DT have come up with to help inspire you. Don't forget to check out their blogs for more details!!

Please leave us a comment with a link to your card. If you do not have a blog please feel free to link to a forum gallery or an online photo hosting site such as flikr/photobucket etc.

Thanks.

House Mouse Challenge Team. x