WMS July 17th Blog Party - Celebrate the Outdoors!

 Today I'm participating in the July WMS Blog Party - we have a blog party the 17th of each month - and the topic is announced on the Waltzingmouse Blog on the 1st of every month so we have plenty of time to create!  This month the theme is Outdoors (think picnics, the beach or lake, summer foods etc!)

I chose to highlight summer foods -  in particular -  fresh strawberries and home made jam!

I made this sweet little basket with three strawberries inside it from Claire's Strawberry Suite Template (available at the WMS shop later this month) .  I stamped the sides of the basket and the strawberries with a background stamp from Pin Nic Patterns (I white embossed the stamping on the strawberries).  The little basket is about 2 1/2" x 1 3/4".  The pattern includes a handle but I didn't use it on mine today.

My first card uses stamps from the set Big Berries - Strawberries - you can pre-order this set now! - it will be available mid-July.  After stamping all the images on the white panel,  I dry embossed it with my Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The cards are both 4 1/4" x 4 1/4"

My 2nd card uses stamps from Jar Fillers - Jam Packed  and Candy Jar two more sets that will be available NOW! in mid-July. (if you have the Candy Jar Christmas set - you already have this jar!)  I stamped the jar outline and cover with London Fog ink, then I stamped the contents in red.  I stamped the label, cut it out and layered it over the jar with foam tape.  Then I just added a piece of tied twine adhering it with a glue dot.

I cut up a paper doily and adhered the edges just inside the edges of the little box and folded them over the top.  I ran the twine through the holes in the panels of the strawberry to close them up and pulled the twine up through the leaf on top - then tied it in a bow.

 I placed my little box on top of another doily -  Isn't this just the cutest thing??!

Now I hope you will check out all the people coming to the Blog Party today -  we are all linking our cards/projects up over at the WMS blog!  I'm off to check them out -  are you coming with me??  You can also join in the fun!  You have 24 hours to post and link your card -  all the details are here.

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Pic Nic Patterns, Jar Fillers - Jam Packed, Big Berries - Strawberries, Candy Jar (or Candy Jar Christmas.

Paper:  Kraft, White, Ripe Avocado - PTI, Ruby Red - SU

Ink:  Ranger Distress Brushed Corduroy, Versamark Watermark Ink, Memento - Love Letter, London Fog, Bamboo Leaves, Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories:  glue dots, ScorTape, white embossing powder, hot gun, swiss dots embossing folder - Provo Craft, Peapod Twine - The Twinery, Strawberry Suite Template - WMS, 1/8" hole punch - Fiskars, paper doilies - Little Yellow Bicycle

A Happy Woody Birthday

I made this card for the Featured Stamper challenge over on Split Coast yesterday. Cynthia (StampinAK) was the FS and I chose to case the most recent card in her gallery - a masculine Happy Birthday

It's always good to have guy cards on hand. I used a different vehicle image, used a square instead of circle for my image and used different papers. I added a ribbon and a button with bling for good measure!!  Cynthia didn't color her image so I left mine uncolored as well.  I was tempted to color it in - but decided to leave it Clean and Simple!

My vintage woody and Happy Birthday are from Rubbernecker Stamps.  The wood grain paper is from the Country Boutique 6x6 paperpad by Fancy Pants - a recent purchase!  I thought it was the perfect background for my 'Woody' wagon!

I'm back to work after my time off last week -  but am actually happy to be in air-conditioning - this whole week is supposed to be HOT AND HUMID!!

I'll be back tomorrow to participate in the July Waltzingmouse Blog Party -  will you join in as well?!  You can find all the details here.

Stamps: Rubbernecker - Happy Birthday #2 #40-17, Woody #567-01  

Paper: Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow - PTI, DP Country Boutique 6x6 paperpad - Fancy Pants  

Ink: Archival Coffee  

Accessories: glue dot, foam tape, ribbon - May Arts, button - PTI, rectangle Nestabilities, rhinestone - Kaiser

Baby Cowboy & a Butterfly

Happy Saturday everyone! Here's my card for the inspiration challenge over on Splitcoast today.

 The inspiration web site was the Sugar Chic Baby Etsy Shop - I was inspired by this cowboy bib.

I recently purchased this fun little bib stamp by Toomuchfun Rubberstamps at a scrapping/stamping show and this was the perfect opportunity to use it!

The stampings on the bib and background are from Back in the Saddle and Way Out West by Waltzingmouse.

Before I go -  I just wanted to share a picture I took in my garden today -  this wonderful monarch butterfly was fluttering around my butterfly bush (planted specifically to attract these beauties!) -  she wouldn't open her wings for me so you can just catch a glimpse of the lovely orange.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Stamps: Bib by Toomuchfun Rubberstamps, cowboy boots, star, horseshoes, Yee Haw Round up the Possee from Back in the Saddle Background stamp and badge from Way Out West - Waltzingmouse  

Paper: white, Spring Rain - PTI  

Ink: Archival Coffee, Memento Summer Sky  

Accessories: foam tape, rhinestones - Bazzill, ribbon - May Arts

A 2 Year Old and a Fisherman!

Loll Thompson was the Featured Stamper over on Split Coast last week and I chose her Drew is 2 card to CASE.  My grandnephew, Landon, will be 2 in Sept - and I just loved Loll's card with the torn rolling hills and fun truck!

I used a pickup truck from Rubbernecker and added a house and trees to the landscape using my Memory Box die. I also sponged clouds, using a template from Inky Antics,  rather then using die cut ones. And I added a sun with the #2 in it from the Pub Cat Alphabet Set. I used my P-touch label maker for Landon's name.

This fishing themed card is for two Split Coast challenges -

First I cased this great masculine Truckload of Birthday Wishes card of Debbie's our Featured Stamper this past Sunday. I used a different image, made a slightly smaller card, added a sentiment and adhered my oval at an angle.

And I was also able to work it into Tueday's Teapot Challenge - A Man of the Woods - one of the options was to use anything to do with Fishing. Our cards this week will go to Heath - a young man seriously injured in an industrial accident who could use some happy mail to help keep his spirits up!

I love this Rubbernecker sentiment that goes so well with the fishing basket (a creel, I've been informed!). Perfect for Heath the fisherman I thought. And inside I stamped a verse from 1 Peter - Cast your cares upon him for he cares for you. Yikes - another, kind of, fishing reference!

Thanks so much for coming by today!

Landon's 2

Stamps: Rubbernecker - #2 from Pubcat Alphabet set #614, pickup up truck #641-06  

Paper: white, kraft, ocean tides, summer sunrise - PTI  

Ink: versafine onyx black, Ranger Distress Mustard seed, brushed corduroy  

Accessories: pinking circles Nestabilities, Inky Antics cloud template, Copics: R29, BG10, E31, W6, silver pen - Creative Memories, 1 1/4" circle punch - SU, modern landscape die - Memory Box, p-touch label maker 

Those Who Bait

Stamps: Rubbernecker - Fishing basket #650-01, Good things come #650-09, inside verse from Every Day Blessings - PTI 

Paper: kraft, dark chocolate, vintage cream, DP Text Style Autume Abundance - PTI  

Ink: Archival Coffee  

Accessories: Copics - E31, E35, foam tape, oval Nestabilities, twine - PTI, small oval punch - SU  

WMS July Forum Christmas Card Challenge

The Waltzingmouse Forum has a monthly Christmas Card Challenge posted in the Playroom  - the new challenge is posted on the 10th of each month - so July's was just put up -  and it's to use ORANGE on your card!  Certainly a very non-traditional color for Christmas!

I thought it was going to be really hard to create with this color -  but I found once I picked out the stamps I wanted to use and what shades of orange - it was easy and actually came out looking like Christmas!!  Don't you think??  I used Terrecotta Tile card stock with white - and for inks I used Memento Tangelo and Bamboo Leaves.  I added an orange rhinestone to the tree and green rhinestones to the poinsettia style flowers.  It all went together so quickly - I made 5 of them this month (I now have 40 cards in my Christmas box!)

I used the Waltzingmouse Nordic Winter stamp set for my cards this month - a set with some wonderful single stamps as well as several background/border stamps - all in the pretty cross stitch style!

So how about joining us each month??!!   Check it out in the Playroom of the WMS forum!

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Nordic Winter

Paper:  White, Terrecotta Tile - PTI

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tangelo & Bamboo Leaves

Accessories:  Rhinestones - Kaiser Craft

Butterflies and Pinwheels

Hi Stamping friends!   I have two cards to share with you today.  Both made for Split Coast Stampers challenges.

I keep a box of cards at work to sell to co-workers and it seems that Sympathy cards are always in demand - they are also a card needed on short notice so I try to always have a few in my box.  I needed to replenish my box so I made this card.  There were fun and colorful soaps for the Inspiration Challenge this past Saturday.  I was inspired by the colors in these Cocoanut Lime soaps

I combined this challenge with the Queen For The Day - Angela Maine is the Queen this week - I CASED her lovely Get Well Butterfly card.  I used a text stamp on the strip for the July Cas-ual Fridays challenge - to use text on your CAS card.  The beautiful butterfly die is from Marianne.  The text and sentiment stamps are from Waltzingmouse.  I sponged all the edges with Ranger Distress Old Paper ink.

My second card is a little more upbeat and happy!   I made this card for last week's color challenge on Split Coast.  Vicki's colors for us were white, crumb cake and coral.

 
I dry embossed a square Nestability in the center of the card and wrapped the satin dotted ribbon around the middle. Then I stamped my little pinwheel on a white square. I stamped the pinwheel again and cut out the smaller center piece adhering that over the first stamping with a foam dot so it sort of looks like the pinwheel is spinning! I added a rhinestone to the center. I adhered the stamped square inside the embossed square with foam tape and stamped the sentiment in the corner!

Well - I'm off to take my car for an oil change and tire rotation - then I'll be enjoying this beautiful summer's day weeding in the garden!

Butterfly Sympathy

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Text It, Frame It  

Paper: White, Lemon Tart, Simply Chartreuse - PTI  

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Cocoa, Ranger Distress Old Paper  

Accessories: butterfly die - Marianne, rhinestones - Kaiser, ScorTape 

Pinwheel

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Playful Pinwheels  

Paper: Kraft, white - PTI  

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Berry Sorbet - PTI  

Accessories: square Nestability, foam tape, rhinestone - Kaiser, Berry Sorbet swiss dot Satin ribbon - PTI  

Dressing up the Jute Bags!

Hi friends!   It's the start of the weekend - Yippee!!  and double Yippee for me because I'm on vacation for a week!  I'm just going to be at home as DH doesn't have the week off -  but the weather is supposed to be perfect summer weather - so I'll be in the yard gardening, sunning a little (with the sunscreen on, of course!), going to a small circus with my sister, my niece and grand nephew and there will be some stampin' goin' on I'm sure!

Today I have a fun project to share with you that is posted over on the Pouch Mart Blog.  I'd SO appreciate it if you'd check it out and maybe leave a comment?!  (the comment button is at the TOP of the post)

So here they are -  my dressed up Jute Bags!   How'd I dress them up???  by spray painting them with Silver Spray Paint!  I got the idea from good ole' Martha Stewart.

 I made a pom pom flower out of pink raffia and pinned it to the bag with the sentiment tag.

All my stamps are from Waltzingmouse.  All supplies are listed below.

You'll find all the details and more pics on how I made these over at the Pouch Mart Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Get Well Gift Bag:  Stamps – Waltzingmouse – Fancy Phrases, Paper – Hibiscus Burst – Papertrey Ink,  Ink – Versafine Onyx Black, Accessories – Pink Raffia & 5″ x 7″ natural jute bag – PouchMart, keytag punch – Stampin’Up, safety pin – JoAnn’s fabric, silver spray paint – Rust-Oleum Metallic/Loews, Eclipse tape.

Bravo Gift Bag: Stamps – Waltzingmouse – Fancy Phrases, Paper – White- Papertrey Ink, Ink – Versafine Onyx Black, Accessories – 5″ x7″ natural jute bag – PouchMart, small oval punch – Stampin’Up, ScorTape, silver sticky beads – Michaels, Eclipse tape, ScorTape.

Bride and Groom Gift Bag: 5″ x 7″ natural jute bag – PouchMart, Stamps – Waltzingmouse - Big Day Additions, Paper – white – Papertrey Ink, gold – Michaels, Ink – Versafine Onyx Black, Accessories – Fancy Tags 2/Spellbinders, fringe border die – Memory Box, silver spray paint – Rust-Oleum Metallic/Loews, Eclipse Tape, ScorTape, Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, silver sticky pearl – Michaels.