House Mouse & Friends.................a stamp not used before !!

  *** NEW CHALLENGE, #HMFMC161 ***

It is America's turn to Host and she wants to see you using a 
House-Mouse Designs Stamp you haven't used before! 

This is a great way to 'make us' use those adorable HMD stamps that have never been used, or seen ink, heh?  Hope you'll pull out your unloved stamp stash and join us on this fun challenge. There are great prizes up for grabs..... (see below)

*** FABULOUS SPONSOR ***

Before we get to the new challenge, we'd like to thank all of our wonderful Sponsors who graciously sponsored us last year. We sincerely appreciate your amazing generosity. We would also like to welcome back the amazing Simon Says Stamp!  We are very proud to have you along as our special Sponsor for 2014! Thank you!

 The first Challenge of the NEW Year is very proudly sponsored by:

We are very excited about this fabulous sponsored prize from Simon Says Stamp. They are generously giving away a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of their Premium Dye Ink Pads to one very lucky player! 

 We are honored to have Simon Says Stamp Sponsoring us.  Simon Says Stamp has over 100,000+ items in stock along with the latest and greatest releases from Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more.  With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store!

... AND We ALSO HAVE ... 

TWO EXTRA PRIZES for TWO Additional Winners.

That's right! Our very own Teamie and Challenge Hostess, America, would like to add prizes for Two additional players who will each get to choose two House-Mouse Designs stamps of their choice from the following photo assortments.  (The Winners will choose one small wooden House-Mouse Designs stamp from the first set and one large wooden House-Mouse Designs stamp from the second set)

With 3 prizes to give away, this means you'll have 3 chances to win!  Isn't this EXCITING?   So don't miss out on yours and be sure to make time to play along! :)

 Please Note; 

Where applicable, the shipping, handling and tax fees are the winner's responsibility.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our sweet Teamie Kate Wiles has decided to change status on our Mousey Team and has gone from a regular Design team Member to a "Floater".  This is great news for our little Mousey Family because it means she is still here with the Team, but will only be contributing as she as goes and as time allows her to. Thank you Kate for all you do! :)

This image is similar to the Hopper in the wooden bach -  (called Bunny Bath) - I've always used that one before so it was time to christen this one.  I created my own background with with a Obsession Impression Cling Stamp Houndstooth stamp with  Bazzillcardstock in  Icy Mint.
In case you are wondering what the hell are those circles on the left hand side I thought I should explain.
I cut about 30 circles with of various sizes with Spellbinders Classic Circles - I used the Icy Mint and coloured vellum - the idea being bubbles - I think I can safely say it'a a failure - if I had more time I would have replaced them with some/anything else!!!

Materials and Tools

Image: House Mouse Designs & sentiment, Obsession Impression Cling Stamp Houndstooth

Medium:   Copics, Hero Arts Stone Wash Mid-tone

Papers: Simon Says Stamp White Cardstock 120lb base, Bazzillcardstock IcyMint, Impression Obsession Button Die, Coloured Vellum

Dies:  Spellbinders Classic Circles, Simon Says Stamp Clustered Leaves,

Miscellaneous:  Prima Flowers, Magnolia Berries, Hemptique White Twine

Tools: Martha Stewart Scoring Board, Tonic Studio Guillotine/Paper Trimmer, Pro Arts Glue Glider,  Fiskars - Stamp Press, Tombow Multi Liquid Glue