Monday, September 5, 2011

House Mouse and Friends Recipe Challenge Reminder

Hi all :-) We hope you all had a lovely weekend and for those of you on the other side of the pond we hope you are enjoying an extra day off (Labor Day) :-)

The current challenge is to make a card/creation including a recipe, or to make a recipe card !
You have one week left to join in :-)

Our lovely teamie Christine has made another gorgeous card for your inspiration !


recipe close up ,,, choccy ,,, yum !!


I (Lols) received a lovely parcel from House Mouse Antics on Saturday too ,, I ordered these fab recipe cards to pop in my box :-) They currently have a buy 3 get one free offer too !!



We hope you will all join in :-) To see more details of the current challenge please scroll down :-)

Happy Crafting !!! :-)

Monday, August 29, 2011

No Cookin' Recipe Card # Challenge 103 ,,,:-)

Hi all and welcome to another House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ! America is currently out of town (NYC) along with everyone else avoiding hurricane Irene and will be back soon ;-) Thank goodness the storm wasn’t quite as bad as was forecast and most people will be able to return to their homes soon :-)
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our ‘Fruity Challenge’ ! Our mouths were watering with all the fruity goodness out there!  Fabulous creations and all the Meeces were on their best behaviour ,,, no 'fruity, wink wink' creations heheh !!

We have 2 lucky winners this week, chosen by Random.Org ,,,, drum roll here...

The winner of the fabulous prize of 3 Digi Stamp Sets from KnK Designs is ,,,,
No 36 ,,,Heidi Brawley
and the winner of the lovely surprise pack of embellishments from Pizzaz Aplenty is ,,,
No 35,,,, Tera
Congratulations Girls :-) Please contact America to claim your prize. :-)

This week it is our lovely Mary’s turn to choose the challenge theme...Recipe Cards !!,, 
so any cards/creations that include a recipe or a recipe card! so much scope here to get creative !! :-)

Don’t forget you MUST use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image to join in the fun!:-)

For this new challenge, we are proudly welcoming back 3 GREAT SPONSORS;


Sponsor #1


Sponsor #2
K n' K Designs

Offering ONE lucky winner - 3 Digi Stamp Sets. (Excludes set called "Hope" since it's a charity set)


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Sponsor 3#
Pizzazz Aplenty


Offering ONE Lucky Winner a $10 Embellishment Gift Package


So that's a total of 3 great chances to win a fabulous prize !!! :-)


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To help inspire your creativity, here are the TEAM's samples, (starting with our August Guest Designers)and a very special third Guest


Vicky Parsons 
(Special Guest, 1st week ) welcome aboard :-)



Gemma Louise



Red Squirrel




Mary



Christine



Lori



Lols





Natascha




Stacy




Sue (Scoopy) 





Sue Drees


Sue Kment



America Kuhn





There you have it!!!  Now it's your turn!! We are looking forward to seeing what you all cook up this week ! :-)


***Before we go, we have a very ****SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT****
Our next challenge will be our 3rd Year Anniversary and we are planning a very special event with lots of fab prizes again - so make sure you mark your calendars & join in the fun next time too !! :-)


Happy Crafting!!
Your Mousie Friends

Monday, August 15, 2011

Lets Get Fruity for Challenge #102

Eek! Welcome back to our Mousie Blog! :)
It's time for challenge #102 at HM&F MC, and we are getting **Fruity** this week! LOL!

Before we get started, we would like to THANK all of YOU who played along with us for Challenge 101! We loved seeing your beautiful ATC creations! You wowed us with your amazing creativity and talents!!!

We have a WINNER!! Using RANDOM.org, the lucky number drawn for last week's prize of a $15 Gift Card to the wonderful Simon Says Stamp store, is .... drum roll please.....
#28 - which belongs to Debbie, of Fairy Bluebelle's Craft Adventure!

CONGRATULATIONS Debbie !!!!
Please contact America to claim your prize.

Remember you could win too! All you have to do is play along and follow our simple rules. (see below)

So what are we doing with Challenge #102???
Well, our mega talented Teamie, Lorraine Aquilina, said;..."Lets Get Fruity"!!! heheh...
Choose a House-Mouse & Friends stamp that showcases any type of fruit(s) and create a project!! :)

For this new challenge, we are proudly welcoming back 2 GREAT SPONSORS;

K n' K Designs
Offering ONE lucky winner - 3 Digi Stamp Sets. (Excludes set called "Hope" since it's a charity set)

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Pizzazz Aplenty
http://www.pizzazzaplenty.blogspot.com/

Offering ONE Lucky Winner a $10 Embellishment Gift Package

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Note: That's 2 prizes, which means more chances for you to win since we will have 2 winners!!!!
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To help inspire your creativity, here are the TEAM's samples, (starting with our August Guest Designers)
Gemma Louise

America Kuhn
Heather Gilfoy-Bond




Sue Kment
    These adorable critters sure do love their fruits, heh?? We hope to have inspired you to create your own FRUITY creations!
Remember to follow our RULES when entering our Challenges
1. Projects should be new and follow our Current Challenge Theme.
2. Projects MUST feature a House-Mouse, Gruffies or, Happy Hoppers image.
3. Your entry should be LINKED back to our BLOG using
Mr. Linky gadget (found below).
4. Please mention our BLOG & Challenge on your post to be eligible for the PRIZES.
5. Become a Follower of our BLOG!
That's it! Easy, right? :)


This challenge will close on Sunday, Aug 28th, at 8:00 PM.
We hope you will join us & cant wait to see your *FRUITY* Creations!
The House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge Design Team :)


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

***Celebration BLOG-HOP WINNERS***

Welcome back to our Mousie Blog!!!

If you're here looking for the new HM&F Challenge #101
please scroll down one post, or CLICK HERE to go directly to it.

If you're here looking for  BLOG-HOP WINNER NEWS, then you're in the right place!!! AND  WOWWW!!!!! WHAT A BLOG-HOP it was!!! 
These Mousies sure do know how to throw a party with tons of amazing giveaways, heh?! :)  We had tons of FUN and hope that you really enjoyed playing along with us.  Thank you for joining the PARTY that helped us celebrate our 100th Challenge in grand style!!!! 

  You blew us away with your beautiful House Mouse  Friends entries!  YOU all deserve to win the AMAZING PRIZES provided by our Sponsors and Design Team Members!! 
A Big HUGE thank you goes out to them for contributing!

So, if you played along & Followed all the Rules, this may be your LUCKY DAY!!!  :)

 Below is a complete list of ALL BLOG-HOP PRIZE WINNERS. sooo, be sure to check the lists to see if you have won....

The winners were chosen based on meeting the following challenge criteria. 
1. #Winner Left a comment on main HM&F Blog
2. #Winner Entered and linked a HM&F card into our Challenge
3. #Winner also mentioned our HM&F BLOG on their post
4.
#Winner left some love (comments), for each of the HM&F DT & GDT Members....
and finally extra bonus points went out to those who Follow our fun HM&F BLOG 


Soooo, without further delays, the WINNERS are as follows.....
....drum roll please......

       Winners for Sponsored Prizes
Winner Prize1 - is #58-Paddington
Winner Prize2 - is #22-Victoria T 

  • Offering 10 packs of House-Mouse Decoupage to ONE winner!!!
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Winner Prize3 - is #46-Jules
Winner Prize4 - is #70-Dominique
  • K n' K Designs
    Offering 4 Free Digi sets to a single Winner (Excludes set called "Hope" since it's a charity set)
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Winner Prize5 - is #56-Eve
Winner Prize6 - is #43-Katarina
  •   R K Stamps
    RK is offering one winner these two NEWLY Released House-Mouse Stamps!
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Winner Prize7 - is #  7-Caroline KISS
  •  Crafty Emma's Store

    Supplying A Fab Range of Papercraft Items & Wedding Stationery

    Offering a £10.00 voucher to Crafty Emma's Store, excluding P&P
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Winner Prize8 - is #69-Heidi Brawley
  • 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!
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Winner Prize9 - is #71-Pinky
  •  Bearly Mine Designs
    Bearly Mine sells a variety of Digi papers in kits, especially designed for cardmaking. If you haven't visited the shop, why not pop have a look. Great selection and prices.
    Offering a £10 gift voucher to Bearly Mine
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WOW!!!  SOOOOO MANY WONDERFUL PRIZES!!!

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!!!!!!
Please contact America to claim your amazing PRIZE.

Winners for Design Team Member's Blog Prizes
1. AMERICA's winner - Xushenka, of  a Little Greeting
2. CHRISTINE's winner - 38 Debbie of Fairy Bluebells Crafting Adventure
3. HEATHER's winner - (winner to be determined at a later date)
4. LORRAINE (Lols) 's winner- GLENDA ATKINS, of; Gilbys Corner
5. LORI's winner - APRIL WILLIAMS, of; Stamp Willy Designs
6. SUE C. (Scoopy)'s winner correction 8/4/2011; LYN, of: Spyders Corner,
7. SUE D. 's winner #1 - TERA, of; Stamp Queen
8. SUE D's winner #2 - MARYANNE, of; Lakeside Stamping
9. SUE K's winner- TRACY, of; COUNTRY MOUSE

CONGRATULATIONS everyone!!!!

If you are a Blog Prize winner, please contact the Blog's DT Member directly to claim your Prize!
THANKS so much AGAIN for joining us on this incredible celebration!!! 

We always have great prizes!!  So come join us with your adorable Mousie projects!!
The House-Mouse & Friends MC Design Team