WMS April Sneak Peek Day 2 - Nordic Baby

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Welcome to Day 2 of the Waltzingmouse April Release Sneak Peeks.  Today we're showing you a sweet mini  set called Nordic Baby featuring 3 sentiments (Sweet, Baby and Welcome), 2 design elements and a cute little pair of Mary Jane shoes!   

 

Since I have a sweet little 7 month old grandniece, Mila (pronounced Mee-la) - it was very easy for me to create with this set.  I decided to try my hand at a little mixed media project and I created an 8"x8" scrapbook page.

First I mixed some white and blush acrylic paints and brushed it across my white card stock panel to soften the glare of the white. I placed my photo on the panel and added the patterned paper strips and felt buttons - moving them around until I was happy with the placement.  I marked where I put everything and then I stamped the grid and circles from an older release, Off Beat Backgrounds, several times on the panel, not inking the entire stamp so there were gaps in the stamping.

Mila's Mary Janes are actually stitched into her little white tights - but I knew this was the perfect picture of her to use with the sweet Mary Janes stamp!  I stamped "Mila" with letters from December's release, the Woodenheart Alphabet.

I think my niece Katie will love this page of her sweet little daughter!

Now let's see what cute projects the rest of the Design Team has to share with us today!

Anya Schrier
 Becca Feeken
 Belinda Chang Langner
 Clare Buswell
 Edna Morrisedie
 Iwona Palamountain
 Jean Martin
 Jeanne Jachna
Jen Cuthbertson
 Jennifer Holmes
 Julia Aston - ME!
Karin Åkesdotter
 Kelly Schirmer
Kim Duran
 Laurie Schmidlin
 Lynn Mercurio
 Renee Lynch
Sandie Dunne
 Sarah Martina Parker
 Teresa Kline
 Tosha Leyendekker
 Claire Brennan  - owner/designer

Advance Notice!!! 

1) The Friends of WMS Blog party is April 17th the theme is Spring flowers. We hope you'll join in - All the details can be found HERE!


2)  On Friday 4/19 there will be a Waltzingmouse Stamps Flower Show Hop featuring 12 talented guest designers - there will be a grand prize of 5 stamp sets awarded to a lucky crafter who participates in a CASE competition.  All the details will be on Claire's WMS blog on the 19th.


I hope you'll stop by again tomorrow for the 3rd and final day of the Sneak Peeks!

Sweet Baby Mila Page:
Stamps:  Nordic Baby - Waltzingmouse (available 4/18/13), Off Beat Backgrounds, Woodenheart Alphabet
Paper:  White, Enchanted Evening, EP Textstyle Bitty Dot Basics - PTI
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Chipped Sapphire and Barn Door.
Accessories:  Heart rhinestones - Michaels, glue dots, foam brush, acrylic paints - white and blush, felt buttons - Taylored Expressions, satin ribbon -May Arts, photo, lace from my stash, circle Nestabilities..

WMS April Sneak Peek - Day 1 - My Kind of Guy

Welcome to the first day of Sneak Peeks for the Waltzingmouse  April Release coming up on Thursday 4/18/13.  Today we are showcasing a wonderfully 'British flavor' masculine set called My Kind of Guy. This set is packed with 23 stamps - including sentiments, images and design elements -  I'll show you a few of them here!

For my first project I made a fun card using two of the design strip stamps,  the monocled face image and two of the sentiments.  I adhered a crystal rhinestone inside the monocle for just a touch of shimmer!

I slipped a tag inside the kraft envelope but you could also slip in a gift card!

I stamped another sentiment and the small derby hat from this set on the tag.

The design stamp I used on my card base above made me think of a crown - so I made these fun wraps for these giant corn muffins I purchased at Stop and Shop.  (I didn't want to use frosted cupcakes as I knew I'd get the frosting all over the wraps and my fingers!)  These whopper muffins are 600 calories each!!  The crown is stamped on an 11" strip just to give you an idea of how big they are!

I stamped several of the sentiments from this set on kraft card stock, punched them with the SU Keytag punch and adhered them on the 'crowns' with foam tape.  I gold embossed the crown above on black card stock

 This one is gold embossed on kraft card stock.

And this one is stamped in black ink on kraft card stock.  Don't you love the sentiments?!

So - there are my projects for today -  Hope to see you tomorrow for Day 2 of the WMS sneak peeks!

Now let's check out what the rest of the Design Team has created using this wonderful masculine set!

Anya Schrier

 Becca Feeken

 Belinda Chang Langner

 Clare Buswell

 Edna Morrisedie

 Iwona Palamountain

 Jean Martin

 Jeanne Jachna

Jen Cuthbertson

 Jennifer Holmes

 Julia Aston - ME!

Karin Åkesdotter

 Kelly Schirmer

Kim Duran

 Laurie Schmidlin

 Lynn Mercurio

 Renee Lynch

Sandie Dunne

 Sarah Martina Parker

 Teresa Kline

 Tosha Leyendekker

 Claire Brennan  - owner/designer

Jolly Well Done Card:

Stamps:  My Kind of Guy - Waltzingmouse (available 4/18/13)

Paper:  Kraft, true black - PTI

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories:  Mini brown bag - Canvas Home Basics, tag - Sizzix Die Tag Set, Twine - Waltzingmouse, rhinestone - Creative Charms.

Muffin Crowns:

Stamps:  My Kind of Guy - Waltzingmouse (available 4/18/13)

Paper:  Kraft, true black - PTI

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark

Accessories:  Gold embossing powder,  hot gun, foam dots, Scor Tape, staples and stapler, key tag punch - SU,

A Glittery Lacey Christmas

Well - it's been a busy week - I'm working on all kinds of projects for the April WMS Sneak Peeks and release that start Monday 4/15 (which is also the tax due deadline here in the US, and the Boston Marathon is run in MA!)  and I've been feeling kinda lousy with a spring cold -

But.......   I just had to get a card done and posted for some of my FAV challenges -  so here it is:

I silver embossed the lacey doily and Noel sentiment on the blue panel - then simply added a clear rhinestone to the center.

And here are the challenges:

The April Waltzingmouse Christmas challenge in the Playroom of the WMS Forum - to use at least one non-holiday stamp on your card.
Little Red Wagon Challenge -  to use lace, real or stamped
CAS-ual Fridays -  all that glitters.

I hope you all have a great weekend -  Spring is finally arriving in New England! 

Please remember to stop by beginning on Monday to see what I have to show you for the WMS April Release.

And on Tuesday I'll also be posting a project using a wonderful new template from Creations by AR!

It's going to be a fun filled week!

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Dainty Doilies Large, Compliments of the Season - Two
Paper:  White, Spring Rain - PTI
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories:  silver embossing powder, heat gun, rhinestone - from stash, glue dot.

Die Cut Love

Happy Sunday Stampers!

Today I have a card made for two challenges.  The Inspiration Challenge over on Split Coast was a web store called Patina and I was inspired by this Love Pillow.

The Little Red Wagon challenge this week was Be a Negative Nellie - to use the negative part of your die cuts.

Here is my card:

A clean and simple design - I cut the letters using the Block Alphabet dies from Papertrey Ink.  I layered the patterned paper over the card base with foam tape to accent the cut out.  I will probably use this for either a wedding or anniversary card.

On Tuesday April 16th I'll be participating in a Creations by AR DT blog hop highlighting Adela's new April release template -  You're going to love it!!!

Paper: Terrecotta Tile - PTI, DP - Fun and Sunny - Kaiser Kraft
Accessories: Block Alphabet dies - PTI, foam tape

The Best Medicine

Happy Saturday Everyone!

I'm sharing a card today that I made using the sketch from CAS(E) this sketch.

I used Spellbinders Labels 18 to frame my image instead of a tag and I didn't adhere it on an angle.  I just love these little Poppy Stamps, I have about 6 of them -  this cutie is Teresa Tea Time.  I found this wonderful sentiment at Mountainside Crafts.  I think it complements this image perfectly don't you?  I used a strip of Washi tape that I won from Freckled Fawn behind the label.  I colored Teresa with a few Copics.

Stamps:  Teresa Tea Time - Poppy Stamps, Sentiment from Mountainside Crafts.
Paper:  green, vintage cream - PTI
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Archival Coffee
Accessories:  Washi Tape - Freckled Fawn, foam tape, Labels 18 - Spellbinders.

Chevrons and Flowers in Threes

I created this card for 2 challenges.

Ardyth's One Layer Wednesday challenge is to have something in 3's -  I used 3 stamps, 3 inks - and even the hyacinth has 3 blooms on it (if you don't count that tiny one on the left just starting to grow!  I know it looks like I masked the chevron to stamp the hyacinth - but I didn't (!) I just managed to stamp it perfectly in line with the dip in the chevron! (that wouldn't happen too often!!)

This week's Cas-ual Fridays challenge is to feature both chevrons and flowers on your CAS card.

My hyacinth is from Vintage Garden Flowers, the chevron is from Off Beat Backgrounds and the 'in sympathy' sentiment is from Asian Garden Additions - all from Waltzingmouse.

I've had a really bad cold all week -  sore throat, stuffed then runny nose and generally feeling 'yuck'!!  Kent came down with it on Easter morning and was generous enough to pass it on to me!!  So I'm heading for the couch soon!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

I'll be posting WMS April Release Sneak Peeks along with the rest of the Design Team starting April 15th - and the Friends of WMS Blog party is coming up on 4/17 - the theme this month is Spring Flowers - check out the details on the WMS blog.

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Vintage Garden Flowers, Off Beat Backgrounds, Asian Garden Additions.
Paper:  Vintage Cream - PTI
Ink:  Versafine - Onyx Black, Imperial Purple, Spanish Moss

What's Up?

I've got a few CAS challenge cards to share today -  I've been away from the craft room for a bit with all the Easter Prep last week!

First here's a cute little 'hair raising' stamp from Picture Show for the CASology cue card  - UP - the What's Up stamp is from Hambo Stamps.  I drew the edge with a Fine Point Micron Pen.  I used the colors (red, yellow, blue) from the SCS Color challenge.

Up next is a card for three challenges -  Muse Challenge #11, Less is More - Scallops and 

CAS On Sunday - Thank You.

I die cut the front with a Spellbinders Label 18,  the text and sending thanks stamps are from Waltzingmouse - they are stamped on the inside of the card- seen through the die cut-out on the front..  The big scallop edge was made with a punch from EK Success and the small scallop edge was made with a punch from SU.

My final card was made using  the CAS(E) this sketch

The stamp is from Papertrey Ink, and the cute polka dot mini bag is from Impress.  I tucked a Starbucks gift card inside it.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

What's Up Card
Stamps: Hair Raising - Picture Show, What's Up - Hambo Stamps
Paper: white - PTI, DP October Afternoon - Sidewalk 8x8 pad
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Micron fine tip pen, copics - E00, R20, BG11, Y35

Sending Thanks
Stamps:  Say it Loud, Text It - Waltzingmouse
Paper:  Harvest Gold, True Black - PTI
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  scallop edge punch - SU, Large Scallop punch - EK Success, Labels 18 Spellbinders, 

Hoping Your Day is Fabulous
Stamps:  Signature Greetings - PTI
Paper:  white, DP Simply ChartreusePattern Pack - PTI
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  Washi Masking Tape - Darice, Polka Dot Mini Bag - Impress,