Waltzingmouse Pajama Party

Tonight I'm attending the Waltzingmouse Pajama Party are you joining in too!??  Claire announced the party on February 18th so if you saw that post you have had time to work on the 1st three challenges - if not - you can still join in but you have to work quickly!  Your cards have to be linked up over on the WMS blog within 24 hours - she will be disclosing the sketch challenge tonight and for that you have more time -  You'll find ALL the details on the WMS blog.

Challenge 1 -  To Die For -   use one of the Waltzingmouse Dies on your project

I used the brandy new Funky Flowers Die for my card.  I also used the Pin Stripe Mini stamp and sentiments from Half Pint Heroines.

I'm linking this card in the following challenges:

The Card Concept 5

Cas(e) this Sketch

Keep it Simple - Stripes

Addicted to Stamps and More - International Women's Day

Challenge 2 - St. Patrick's Day Charm -  make a vintage St. Patrick's Day project

I used one of Claire's Digital papers - Celtic Squares for the background panel of my card - I inked the edges with Bundled Sage ink.  I stamped her beautiful Celtic heart from the Celtic Heritage set three times to make a shamrock (I love how the pattern on the heart matches up so well!) and used her linear scrolly design for the stem.  The sentiment is from Irish Blessings.  I added a piece of pretty lacey ribbon on the edge and green sequins in the corner.

Challenge 3 -  What Would Mother Do -  To show something your mother would make on your card.

My mother always had little gardens around the borders of our back and side yards - and our house was filled with little vases and jars of the fragrant and colorful flowers that she grew.  She taught me the names of many flowers - both cultivated and wild - how to recognize the weeds from the plants (!) and instilled in me my love of growing and cutting blooms - which I continue at my own home. (thank you, mum!)

Here's my card - a jar of flowers in memory of my mum, Margaret, who passed in 2002 at the age of 89 after a long and happy life.   I die cut the jar out of vellum using a die from Jar Essentials Die set.  The flowers are from Funky Flowers, the stem from Simple Sprig.  I used the Mini Pinstripe Background and sentiments from Say It Loud. (I used two of the many small sentiments in the set - so they are whispering - not saying it loud!)

Here's a close up of the vellum jar - where you can hopefully see I stamped the jar outline from Candy Jar Christmas Fillers using a gray ink.  I wanted to give the vellum jar a little definition.

And finally -  here is the Bedtime Story Sketch

My eye got a little overloaded with the cross lines on the sketch (!) - so I decided to make one of them just a scoreline - I've come to realize that I don't like things too busy on my cards!  I die cut the waves and layered them on the white panel - stamping  AHOY along the base of the blue wave.  The stamps are all from Ocean Bound.  I popped up the ship circle on foam dots and then just added a scattering of blue sequins.

 

I used the Ocean Bound cut files Claire has in the WMS shop for the circle I stamped the ship scene on above, and the ships wheel that I put on the inside of my card - seen below.

There are prizes to be won so I hope you'll join us at the Pajama Party!

There was a Girl
Stamps:  Mini Pin Stripe Background, Half Pint Heroines - Waltzingmouse
Paper:  White, Dark Chocolate - PTI, Asparagas Green - Coredinations
Ink:  Adirondack Espresso
Accessories: Funky Flowers die - Waltzingmouse, white corduroy brad - Nikki Sivils.

Shamrock
Stamps:   Celtic Heritage, Irish Blessings - Waltzingmouse
Paper:  White - PTI, Celtic Squares Digital paper - Waltzingmouse
Ink:  Archival Jet Black, Ranger Distress Evergreen Bough, Bundled Sage
Accessories:  Lace - Ellen Hutson, Lucky Blend Sequins - Avery Elle, Glue N Seal - Ranger, ScorTape.

Thinking of You - A Bunch
Stamps:  Candy Jar Christmas Fillers, Min Pin Stripe Background, Simple Sprig, Funky Flowers, Say It Loud - Waltzingmouse
Paper:  White, Hibiscus Burst - PTI, Vellum - SU
Ink:  Grout Gray - Color Box, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Ranger Distress Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Salty Ocean, Archival Jet Black.
Accessories:  jar die - Jar Essentials Die Set, enamel dots - My Mind's Eye, Vellum Glue Dots

Ahoy Sailor Boy
Stamps:  Ocean Bound - Waltzingmouse
Paper:  White, Blueberry Sky. Simply Chartreuse - PTI
Ink:  Ranger Distress Salty Ocean
Accessories:  Ocean Bound Cut Files - Waltzingmouse, Catch a Wave Die - MFT, Caribbean Blend Sequins - Avery Elle, Scor Pal, Scor Tape, foam dots.