Waltzingmouse Stamps Pajama Party ~ June

Hello creative friends!! Waltzingmouse Stamps is hosting it's monthly Pajama Party today and I have two cards to share with you for two of the challenges. Click HERE for all the details. 

I made my first card for the Bedtime Story Sketch.  I stamped the Bitty Banners (Waltzingmouse), with VersaMagic pigment inks, onto white cardstock, cut them out free-hand, and added some enamel dots.  

 


The Congratulations sentiment and frame are from the Fancy Phrases (Waltzingmouse) set.  The Turquoise background was made by just running a strip of white cardstock of the Turquoise Gem (VersaMagic) ink pad.

I made my second card for the Old Pajamas challenge to use the USA 1776 (Waltzingmouse) set.  I created the background using the "kite" stars and stripes images, and made my collage using a variety of images from the set.  The combinations in this set are endless and fun.  7 images were used in the making of this card.

That's it for me today.  I hope you get a chance to participate.  There will be a random draw for credit at the Waltzingmouse store!!  So head on over to Claire's Blog to join in.

Check this out:  Have you seen WMS's new digs, stamp sets and dies?  There are a lot of exciting changes going on.  You might want to drop by so you don't miss out on anything.  Click HERE.

Thanks for dropping by!
   Happy Stamping!

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Banner Congrats

Stamps:  Bitty Banners and Fancy Phrases (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  White (PTI)

Ink:  Turquoise Gem, Pink Grapefruit, Persimmon, Tea Leaves (VersaMagic), Onyx Black (Versafine)

Dies:  Grate Effect (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Enamel Dots (Teresa Collins), Wooden Flower (Prima), Burlap String (May Arts), Dimensional Tape

4th of July

Stamps:  USA 1776 (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  Kraft, Smokey Shadow (PTI)

Ink:  Nautical Blue, Love Letter (Memento), Smokey Gray (Versafine)

Accessories:  1" and 1 1/8" Circle Punches (SU!), Red Burlap String, Rhinestone (Pizzazz Aplenty)

Waltzingmouse May Pajama Party

Howdy everyone!!  It's PJ time over at the Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog, and we have 4 awesome inspirational challenges for you!  I used two of the challenges as inspiration:  Man of the Moment and Old Pajamas, which is the set Man of the Hour.

I used one sketch and one technique to make 4 different cards.
For all the cards, I just colored directly onto an acrylic block (Acrylic Stamping) with Tombow markers, misted the block with different amounts of spraying for each pattern, and stamped it onto White Cardstock (PTI).  After they dried, I stamped sentiments from the WMS set Man of the Hour onto them.

For the background above, I misted the block quite heavily to get the colors to blend.

That's it for today's projects.  I hope you join in on the fun.  There is a prize to be won, so head on over to the Waltzingmouse Blog for all the details.  

And, that's not all.  I have some very exciting Waltzingmouse news to share.  You can now purchase Waltzingmouse Stamps and dies at Addicted to Rubber stamps.  In fact, the set I used today is available there.  Also, they are having a sale.  Use the code 'WELCOME' (on the shopping cart page) to receive 10% off the site. Anything that is already on sale will not have additional 10%.

Thanks for stopping by!

  Happy Stamping!

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Stamps:  Man of the Hour (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  White and Black (PTI)

Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories:  Tombow Markers, Mister (Ranger), Acrylic Blocks, Cuttlebug and Sizzix Embossing folders 

Waltzingmouse Pajama Party

We're having a Waltzingmouse Pajama Party, and there are 4 fantastic inspirational challenges to get your creative juices flowing!  Check out the Waltzingmouse Blog for all the details on how you can participate.

I think today's card fits under two challenge categories:  Shower with Gifts and Gift Card it.
I put my tag on the card instead of leaving it separate, and used a variety of stamp sets along with the Stitched Tag die (Waltzingmouse): Little Darlings Images, Little Darlings Sentiments, Pinstripe and Zig Zag Backgrounders

I added the sweet little sentiment along the top to finish it off.  It's a horizontal sentiment from the Little Darlings Images set.  I just used some Ink Isolation (Tutorial) to put the words on top of each other.

I made my second card for the Bedtime Story sketch challenge and Old Pajamas using the nestie Very Vintage Labels No. 25.  I included images from two other WMS sets too:  You're Lovely and Big Day Additions for the sentiment.

Everything was stamped with Silvery Shimmer Delicata and embossed with Silver ep (Ranger).  The banner was made with tassels that I diecut using Banner Basics 2 (Spellbinders).



That about sums up today's projects.  Thank you so much for stopping by.

    
   Happy Stamping!

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Twins Tag Card

Stamps:    Little Darlings Images, Little Darlings Sentiments, Pinstripe and Zig Zag Backgrounders (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  White (PTI)

Ink:  Smokey Gray (Versafine), Mango Madness, Turquoise Gem (VersaMagic)

Dies:  Stitched Tag (Waltzingmouse)

Accessories:  Summer Sunrise Grossgrain Ribbon (PTI), White Button (PTI), Twine (Twinery), Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), Border Punches (EK Success)

You're Lovely Bridal Shower

Stamps:  You're Lovely, Very Vintage Labels No. 25, Big Day Additions (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  Project Life (American Crafts), White (PTI)

Ink:  Silvery Shimmer (Delicata), Tattered Rose (Ranger)

Dies:  Labels Twenty-Five and Banner Basics 2 (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Silver Ribbon (Paper Source), Lace (Wild Orchid Crafts), Pearls (Kaisercraft), Silver String, Silver Embossing Powder (Ranger), Sewing Machine

WMS December PJ Party ~ Let it Snow

It's time for another Waltzingmouse Pajama party, and I've created a card that fits under two of the challenges using Country Labels No. 4 and Alpine Christmas:  Old Pajamas and Bedtime Story Sketch

I just stamped one of the Country Labels No. 4 images with Onyx Black Versafine ink and die cut it using Spellbinders' coordinating die.  I stamped the "Snow" portion of the "Let it Snow" sentiment, from Alpine Christmas, with Versamark, and heat embossed it with some White Embossing Powder.  The "Let it" portion was stamped with Brick Red VersaMagic ink.  I then stamped various village images, from the Alpine Christmas set, with Onyx Black Versafine and added the white roofs with a White Sharpie.

I stamped the Snowflake (Alpine Christmas) with Whisper White (SU!), embossed it with White ep, and then die cut it using the snowflake die from the Alpine Christmas die set.

I hope you've joined the Pajama Party.  Claire's challenges can be so much fun and quite inspirational!

Happy Stamping!

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Stamps:  Alpine Christmas and Country Labels No. 4 (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  Candy Cane (Teresa Collins), Kraft, Black, Vintage Cream (PTI)

 Ink:  Versamark, Onyx Black (Versafine), Brick Red (VersaMagic)

Accessories:  Labels 4 die (Spellbinders), Alpine Christmas die (Waltzingmouse), White Embossing Powder (Ranger), Black Burlap String (May Arts), Cup Chain (Fusion Beads), White Sharpie 

Waltzingmouse Pajama Party

For my Power Poppy post, click HERE.

It's the 14th, and that means it's time for another Pajama Party over at Waltzingmouse Stamps.  For all the party details, or to enter your project, click HERE.

I made two projects today.  The first is for the "Wrap it up warm" challenge.  I made a box out of Kraft cardstock, scored at 1/4' intervals, and ink distressed it with Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger).  I made a bow out of burlap ribbon, and some fancy trim, and added a stamped tag, because a gift is not complete without a tag right?  I used three WMS sets on this tag:  Festive Foliage, Warm Fuzzies, and Elf Made.  The tag was made with a WMS die called Stitched Tags.  My flakes are a little goopy, but I liked them that way.  They stamp clear and beautiful if you use Versamark ink and embossing powder.  I used a thick white, wet pigment ink, and was stamping them while the paper was still in the die.  That made the lines less defined because of the pressure required to stamp over the die. 

The "Helicopter pods" (that's what we called them as kids.  I have no idea what their technical name is.) were "Rock-n-Rolled with Olive Grove and Rich Cocoa Memento Inks.  The berries were colored with Copics.

My next project is for the "Old Pajamas" challenge to use Candy Jar Christmas sets.  I tell ya, Mrs. Claus can be a difficult lady.  I couldn't get the framing right.  Ovals, embossing powders, white on black, or black on white.  We finally both agreed this was good.  I thought she looked very authoritative in this silhouette, so the Candy Jar sentiment "Been Good?" seemed appropriate.  :)

That's it for today's projects.  I hope you have entered some projects for the challenges.  The more you enter, the better chance you have of winning some Waltzingmouse Store credit! 

Thanks for visiting!!

  Happy Stamping!

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Gift Box

Stamps:  Festive Foliage, Warm Fuzzies, Elf Made (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  Kraft and Vintage Cream (PTI)

Ink:  Olive Grove and Rich Cocoa (Memento), Whisper White (SU!), Vintage Photo Distress (Ranger)

Accessories:  Stitched Tags die (Waltzingmouse), Copics, Scor-Pal, White Embossing Powder (Ranger), Burlap Ribbon, Vintage Lace Trim, Vintage Button, Burlap String, Green Stripe Grossgrain Ribbon

Mrs. Claus Silhouette Card

Stamps:  Candy Jar Christmas (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  Santa's List (Teresa Collins), Black and White (PTI)

Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories:  Labels 41 Decorative Accents dies (Spellbinders), Pearls (MME), Sewing Machine

Distress Spray Stain Embossing WMS Pajama Party

   

It's PJ Party time over at Waltzingmouse stamps, and I've been having a blast with a couple of the challenges!  That's what I love about this party.  Claire comes up with awesome challenges, and a sketch, and it gets the creative juices a flowin'....

 

For my first card, I decided to try my hand at the Texturise It Challenge.  The challenge is to emboss without an embossing folder.  In fact, I thought it would be fun to use the new Waltzingmouse Folk Art Snowflake die to create my embossed focal point.  Here's a photo tutorial on how I achieved the embossed look.

 

I LOVE my new Distress Spray Stains (Ranger), and wanted to create a watercolor background with them.  So I took a piece of watercolor paper and spritzed it with water; coating it pretty good.  I then sprayed 4 different stains in this order:  Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and lastly Brushed Pewter.  The background in this photo is an all important tool I use to make sure my spray doesn't get anywhere else except on my paper....that would be a cardboard box.  :)

Next, I wanted the snowflake to be "raised" on the watercolor side, so I placed the Folk Art Snowflake die on the back of my stained paper, laid it on my Spellbinders embsossing mat and ran it through my Grand Calibur.

I love the effect on its own, but I wanted my flake to pop a bit more, so I took a sanding block and sanded the embossed flake while it was still in the die so it kept it's shape.

See how it just pops off the paper now?  And it feels super soft too from the watercolor paper fibers being sanded.  I just want to keep rubbing my fingers over the embossed image because I love the texture so much.

For my card I diecut the image with a Standard Circle die (Spellbinders) and went a step further and added glitter to the whole flake by using a Quickie Glue Pen and some irridescent glitter (Hero Arts).  Lastly, I added another snowflake center using WMS's Snowflake Two die, and again, some glitter and a Rhinestone.  The sentiment is from the set Compliments of the Season Two.

After creating my photo tutorial, I wanted to do something with the Folk Art Flake alone, without the glitter and diecutting, so I created another card. This Folk Art Snowflake has such beautiful details, it deserves to be featured!

For the sentiment strip along the bottom, I used Perfect Pearls and stamped a sentiment from the Seasonal Flourish set over it.  To set it all, I clear embossed over the whole strip.  I LOVE the shiny effect I ended up with.

Okay, the PJ Party has an Old Pajama challenge each month too, and this month the Yonder Star stamp set is being featured.  I thought it would be fun to create a cozy framed piece, by creating a background using the images with a sentiment from this set, and mounting it on a burlap background.

Here you can see the background a bit closer.  It's a challenge to photograph in the shadowbox, but hopefully you can see all the details well enough here.

Okay...if you made it this far, I'm impressed.  This was an incredibly long post...especially for me. But I wanted to share with you how I created my Embossed Snowflake.  It's such a gorgeous die with so many possibilities!!  

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart for visiting and for all the encouragement you provide.  I love creating and feel blessed to be able to create with Claire's images.  And if I can provide a bit of inspiration, it just warms my heart to the core.

   Happy, Happy Stamping my friends!!

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Embossed Snowflake Circle Card

Stamps:  Compliments of the Season Two (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  Watercolor and Vintage Cream (PTI)

Ink:  Smokey Gray (Versafine)

Accessories: Folk Art Snowflake and Snowflake Two dies (Waltzingmouse), Circle Frame and Elements die (Marianne Designs), Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Brushed Pewter Distress Spray Stains (Ranger), Sanding Block, Quickie Glue Pen, Irridescent Glitter (Hero Arts), Rhinestones

Embossed Perfect Pearl Snowflake Card

Stamps:  Seasonal Flourish (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  Watercolor, Black and Vintage Cream (PTI)

Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories:  Folk Art Snowflake die (Waltzingmouse), Persian Accents die (Spellbinders), Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Brushed Pewter Distress Spray Staines (Ranger), Filigree Silver Corners (Funky Junky), Perfect Pearls, Rhinestones

Peace Be With You Framed Piece

Stamps:  Yonder Star (Waltzingmouse)
Paper:  Kraft and Black (PTI)

Ink:  Vintage Cream (PTI), Brick Red (VersaMagic), Smokey Gray (Versafine), Vintage Photo and Black Soot (Ranger Distress)

Accessories:  Grand Labels One and Standard Square dies (Spellbinders), Burlap (Canvas Corp), Shadow Box Frame, Dimensional Tape 

Waltzingmouse September Pajama Party

It's Pajama Party time with Waltzingmouse Stamps, and there are some fun challenges to participate in.  If you should decide to participate, you could win credit for some fabulous Waltzingmouse product!!  For all the rules, head on over to the Waltzingmouse Blog. 

I have two projects to share with you that I created for two separate challenges.  

 

 
 
For my first card, I went CAS and created a card for the Old Pajamas challenge using two different WMS sets:  Seasonal Flourish and Vintage Christmas Backgrounder. 
 
I just took a 3/4" strip of copy paper, taped it to 3 1/4" piece of cardstock, and laid the masked piece of cardstock, face down, on top of the inked  Vintage Christmas Backgrounder image (Love Letter Memento Dye Ink).  I then laid another piece of copy paper over top of that and rubbed over the entire piece of cardstock, making sure I rubbed a bit more over the masked area so the stamped edges would be crisp.  I then took a sponge dauber and inked over the edges of the masked area to give a bit more definition to the border, and stamped the sentiment (Seasonal Flourish) with Onyx Black Versafine Ink.  I love how the flourishes in the sentiment go into the background. 


 

For my second project, I was inspired by the PJ Bedtime Story Sketch.  I combined a few of the newest released Halloween sets as well as a couple of WMS dies for this one:  Boo and Friends, Great Big Owl, and Peek a Boo Sentiments, Dies:  Boo and Friends - Vamp Die Set and Folding Tag Die Set

I colored the Vampire Boo with Copics, and added a couple of the circle images (from the Great Big Owl set) to the base of the tag.

The sentiment on the inside is from the Great Big Owl set too.  I wish I would have alternated colors in the sentiment with some orange and mayber green or purple, but, another idea for another project.


 

That's it for my projects.  I hope you've been inspired to join in on the challenges.
     Happy Stamping!!

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Joy to the World

Stamps:  Seasonal Flourishes and Vintage Christmas Backgrounder (WMS)

Paper:  White and Black (PTI)

Ink:  Love Letter (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine)

Accessories:  Black Stitched Ribbon (SU!), Snowflake Punch (Martha Stewart), Glitter (Ranger), Enamel Dot (Teresa Collins), Corner Rounder Punch

Fangtastic Halloween

Stamps:  Boo and Friends, Great Big Owl, and Peek a Boo Sentiments (WMS)

Paper:  X-Press It Blending, All Hallows Eve (Carta Bella), Black and Kraft (PTI)

Ink:  Black Soot (Ranger Distress), Onyx Black (Versafine), Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Accessories:  Boo and Friends - Vamp Die Set and Folding Tag Die Set (WMS), Copics, Enamel Dots (Teresa Collins), Seam Binding Ribbon