Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Junk! Yes, use your JUNK! That is Challenge #13

Ha ha! This is challenge #13 this week on the HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS challenge site: to use your darling House Mouse, Gruffies or Happy Hopper stamps but you must incorporate something you consider to be "junk" or something you normally would throw away and use it on your card.

Isn't the Design Team creative in their challenges each week for the House Mouse and Friends cards? I think they are and that is one reason I look forward to working on a new card for their weekly challenges. For my piece of "junk" I pulled the pop top off my can of diet Coke and used it as a ribbon slide at the top of this card. It seemed to fit right in with my silver and blue color scheme.

Another small item I used on my card that normally I throw away are the three tiny punch out snowflakes that are surrounding the bears. These were the punch centers from the bottom snowflake border. So I gathered those up as well, added a tiny blue crystal and added it to the pop top ribbon slide for my environmentally friendly Gruffies card.

And one more thing. Will you allow me to toot my own horn? I am honored that the House Mouse and Friends design team chose me as a guest design team member for the next two weeks! Remember last week when I posted my felt marshmallow card that I mentioned that the prize was a two week gig as a guest design team member for the group? You can imagine how my jaw literally fell to the floor when I received word that I'd won and will begin for the next two weeks with challenges #14 and #15. I'm tickled pink!

So if you love the House Mouse and Friends rubber stamps and want a really great group of papercrafters to share the fun with, then head on over to the House Mouse and Friends challenge site. Each Monday a new challenge is presented.

Cheers!

27 comments:

  1. Oh Jennifer Congratulations! Your cards totally ROCK so I am not surprised that you won!

    I love this card to pieces! So so cute! I think I need to break out my HM stamps again! SMILE !

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  2. I love your junk! LOL :) Very beautiful! :)

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  3. This is a gorgeous card Jennifer, I love the colours and image and your clever use of a ring pull top.
    I'm just loving going round and seeing what everyone is using as 'junk'.
    hugs Heather ss

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  4. Oooohhh, I love love LOVE this card. The image is the SWEETEST, and your colouring is wonderful, as usual. I'm tickled pink to hear your news...they chose well! ;) CONGRATULATIONS Ms Jennifer!! Well done!

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  5. love the junk card!!! It is way too cute and I LOVE the silver CS.

    P.S. Everything Kim said is true. YOU ROCK!!!

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  6. Congratulations Jennifer!! WOO HOO. This is so exciting! Love your junk card. Ha, that sure sounds funny!! Sherri

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  7. Such a fantastic card. I try to spot the 'junk' before i read the posts and your was yet another card that i didn't spot it on by just looking. What a fab idea.

    Looking forward to seeing you DT work aswell. x

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  8. This card is frameable. You never fail to WOW me HP! Is that silver paper? It looks like metal. You could make a card from toilet paper and make it look fab! LOL :)

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  9. Oh this is so cute... great idea to use the soda tab.

    Congrats, you totally deserve it... your cards are always stunning. :)

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  10. Hi Jennifer!!
    First, Congratulations on being our first Guest Deisgner. Your card designs rock!! :)

    Second, I LOVE your take on this "junk" challenge. Amazing coloring & design!!! I so Love the silver CB'd BG with that soda pop top! Very cool "Junk"!! VERY Well done! :) America

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  11. I just love this card! sooo darling and creative and TOOT TOOT to you!!! I love your creations!

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  12. Standing and clapping and cheering for your from the middle of the mitten. You go, Girl!! Your varmits are always the very cutest, junk adorned or not!

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  13. What an adorable card. I like the combo of the embossed silver background and punched border.

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  14. Tag!! You're it!!! Check out my blog for not ONE, but TWO different blog tags/awards!!!

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  15. This is just adorable! I just lvoe those bears... Congrats again about being Guest Designer. You totally deserve it!

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  16. That is fantastic Jennifer!! Congrats!! Of course they picked you, you are the house mouse queen.

    Cindee

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  17. By golly!!! You have gone and done it again!!! You have created a flawless masterpiece!!! All I can say is...WOWZERS!!!! I LOVE IT!!! Every gorgeous detail:o)

    Hugs!
    Carolyn

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  18. Yay, congrats! Go momma!

    I know Paul and I usual prefer the cards with the least amount of 'junk' but this one is cool! It looks like a buckle.

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  19. truely adorable. love the sketch and your image! tfs

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  20. Too cute! I love using pop tops for buckles...not trashy at all!

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  21. Well, congratulations! ALL your House Mouse cards are truly creative, inspirational and FUN to look at! I just love their images!
    LeAnne

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  22. Congratulations on the design team gig. I'll be anxious to see what you come up with -- your Junk card is amazing. Martha Kay

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  23. Congratulations on your GD spot. Your marshmallow card was lovely!
    Another great card again this week, what a fab idea to use a coke pull. Gorgeous!

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  24. Great card ;)
    Thanks for joinig the HM&F Challenge :D

    X Janneke

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  25. Love your card! It's gorgeous!
    Els
    x

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  26. Yippee for you!! Glad you got to join us on the DT for a few rounds :) And what a great time...with Christmas around the corner!

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  27. Your card is so pretty and creative that the neck scarfs look like they are blowing in the breeze. Love it all!

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