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Friday, 4 November 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamps November SOAP Day 4

Welcome to Day 4, and the last day of the Waltzingmouse Stamps November SOAP. Today I have a mini album to share on which I've used St. Nick's poem from 'Twas the Night Before Christmas on my front cover. 



I have so many bare chipboard albums that are crying out to be altered and I am determined to get them done. This one is from Basic Grey and you can find it HERE My papers are My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas. 

See that lush ribbon on the front?? Well a very sweet friend sent that to me 2 yrs ago and it's taken me until now to use it. It's Stampin' Up ribbon and as I can't get Stampin' Up over here I have been hoarding it like nobody's business. 



We hope that you have enjoyed, and have been inspired, the past few days from our Stamp of Approval Parade; highlighting Claire's lovely Christmas and holiday sets. Now it’s time for you to get your craftiness on as we invite you to participate in a CASE (Copy and Share Everything) competition. 

Find a card or project from any of the projects posted over the past few days by the WMS Design Team, CASE that project using Waltzingmouse Stamp images, and link it using the Inlinkz on Claire’s blog at http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/. At the end of the competition, one project will be randomly selected to be highlighted with a Parade of its own on several of the Design Team blogs. 

We hope you will enjoy this competition and that it will inspire you be creative. You have one week to complete and link your project as the competition will close at 8:00 AM Claire’s time on August 10th, which is 3 AM Eastern, 2 AM Central and Midnight, Pacific time. The winner will be announced on Claire’s blog on November 11th.

Please do check out what the rest of the DT  have created... 

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Thursday, 3 November 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamps November SOAP Day 3

Good morning bloggers!!

Welcome to the third day of the Waltzingmouse Stamps November Stamp of Approval Parade (SOAP). Over four days the Design Team will be sharing projects made with any and all of the WMS Christmas stamps

Today I am sharing a card I made using Nordic Winter. I just love this set, so much so that it's inspired me to bug my mum into knitting Nordic design hats for my kids, lol. She's warming to the idea ;)



Supplies - 
Stamps: Nordic Winter
Papers: Bo Bunny Blitzen Collection
Ink: Stampin' Up
Twine: Quixotic Paperie
Tools: Sewing Machine, Corner Rounder
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

And here is the list of ladies set to inspire you today -

Anya Schrier
Becca Feeken
Clare Buswell
Julia Aston
Jennifer Holmes
Kate Whelan
Kelly Schirmer
Lynn Mercurio
Mona Pendleton
Sandie Dunne
Tosha Leyendekker
Claire Brennan (Owner)
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Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamps November SOAP Day 2

Today is the second day of the Waltzingmouse Stamps November Stamp of Approval Parade (SOAP). Over four days the Design Team will be sharing projects made with any and all of the WMS Christmas stamps!

Today I am sharing a gift box I made from a plain metal tin.


I painted the tin with white paint before layering on some My Mind's Eye paper, transparency swirls and a sentiment from Seasonal Remedies that I had stamed with Brushed Cordoroy. I distressed the papers, and my flowers, with Antique Linen. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Craftts and they have also been inked as well as stickled for added sparkle.


The gift box holds some small chocolates but can also be used to hold notelets or small cards.



Be sure to peek in to see what the rest of the DT have created for your viewing pleasure... 
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Saturday, 4 June 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamps SOAP - Day 4 Rewind

Good morning! Soooo sorry I'm late, I've had no internet connection.. grrr!! 

Anywhoooo...  I hope you have been enjoying our SOAP festivities and another look at the stamp sets which were released in May - Dainty Doilies Large, Dainty Doilies small, Join Us, Say it Loud & Gingham & Co. 

Today we are rewinding back to an older set - Free Spirit Boy - which is my all time favourite boy set for teens.

I had some help with this card, in the form of a 7yr old little man. He got to decide on he stamps, colours and sentiment - and yes, the card is for him, lol. His perception of the images on the card are bubbles from the sea and skateboarding on a big wave.. which would be AWESOME, apparently. I just love his imagination :D


The inks are Baja Breeze by Stampin Up & Momento Tuxedo Black, stamped on cream card from The PaperMill, which I've distressed and inked. The card base is Kraft. 


I've just added some black buttons for embellishments.


The sentiment is from the co-ordinating Free Spirit Sentiments


And here is the list of ladies rewinding to Free Spirit Boy today -


*CASE Competition*

Now it’s time for you to get your craftiness on as we invite you to participate in a CASE (Copy and Share Everything) competition.

Find a card or project from any of the projects posted over the past few days by the WMS Design Team, CASE that project using Waltzingmouse Stamp images, and link it using the Inlinkz on Claire’s blog at. At the end of the competition, one project will be randomly selected to be highlighted with a Parade of its own on several of the Design Team blogs.

We hope you will enjoy this competition and that it will inspire your creativity. You have one week to complete and link your project as the competition will close on June 10th at 8:00 AM Claire’s time, which is 3 AM Eastern, 2 AM Central and Midnight, Pacific time.

The winner will be announced on Claire’s blog on June 11th.

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Friday, 3 June 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamps SOAP - Day 3

Good morning!! Before I start into my post I'd just like to say that this is a looooooong one!! I made some cards this week for challenges and the deadline is looming so I have added them all below.

So.. let's get started :)

Waltzingmouse S.O.A.P - Day 3 

Today is the last day that the Waltzingmouse DT will be showcasing the 5 stamp sets which were released in May. To recap they were - Dainty Doilies Large, Dainty Doilies small, Join Us, Say it Loud & Gingham & Co.  Tomorrow we are rewinding to a favourite 'boy' set of mine Free Spirit Boy.

For my first card I've used Dainty Doilies Large stamped out on light brown cardstock with Versafine 'Toffee' Ink. I added some cream pearls to the centre of the full circles. I machine stitched all my papers and  added a sentiment from the Frame It stamp set.


Next I made a small 'Thinking of You' card. I stamped the reverse polka dot from the Gingham & Co. with Tumbled Glass distress ink onto blue cardstock. Then I added some blue sateen ribbon and a punched butterfly adorned with tiny white pearls. The sentiment is from Say it Loud.

 {apologies for the poor photograph, it was quite late when I took it}

Here is the list of ladies playing along today...

Lovely hAnglar Only Challenges

Lovely hAnglar Only Challenges are looking for Dots so I've used both dotty paper and dotty ribbons on my card. I've coloured my hAnglar image, from the Attitude set, with copic markers and sponged the background with distress inks. 


The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts  and the sentiment is from Create with TLC. 

Challenges - 
Just Magnolia - Special Monthly Challenge - Anyting Goes {lace optional}
Fab 'n' Funky - Whateva' 
A Spoonful Of Sugar - Flower Power
Anita Be Stampin' - Go Crazy with Layers
Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Wrap it Up with Ribbon


 Tickled Pink Challenges - Anything Goes

This week Tickled Pink Challenges have an open theme - Anything Goes... but of course you must use a Tickled Pink image. 

If you have been following my blog you will know that I was the May guest for Tickled Pink Challenges and I really enjoyed my time as a guest designer. Well the very lovely Kellie has invited me to join the DT on a full time basis and I'm thrilled to bits. So this is officially my first card as a {PINK} designer :) .....


and my card is BLUE!! lol. 

My papers are Tim Holtz and I've paired them with blue cardstock. I machine stitched all my papers to the cards and then added some white lace.

My image has been coloured with copic markers - E00, 01, 11, 23, 25, 27, 50, 51, 53. B91, 93, 95, R20


The flower are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment if from Lily of the Valley. 

Challenges -
Copic Creations - Distressed/Vintage
Happileigh Scrappin - Lots and Lots of Embellishments
House of Gilli - Flowers
KB Cute Monday - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Always anything goes
The Outlawz - Anything goes with a sentiment on the card front 
Hanna & Friends  - Blue & white


Make it Colourful - Colour Combo

The challenge over on Make it Colourful this week is to use Yellow and Purple.. eeeeek!! Like seriously, both of my scary colours in one project???!!! I had to put my big girl panties on and deal with it!!

I've had Geeky Love {such a super fun image} for a while and hadn't got around to using it so I felt it was time to give it an airing!! 


My papers are the gorgeous Sweet Fairy by Prima. I've also used some yellow and some purple cardstock to co-ordinate. 

Copics Used - 
E00, 01, 11, 23, 25, 27. R20. V20, 25. BV00, 02, 11, 13. C3, 5, 8


Challenges - 
Card Cupids - Ribbon and/or Fibres
2 Sisters - #41 Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes and/or use your favourite whatever (colours, technique, etc).
Stamp Insanity - Anything goes
Crafts and Me - punch it out

 Well if you are still with me -  Thank You!! If you lost the will to live ages ago - Apologies!! lol. 

Have a wonderful Friday!!
Sandie


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Thursday, 2 June 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamps June Soap - Day 2

Hi everyone! Well I hope Day 1 of Waltzingmouse Stamps June SOAP has inspired you. As you know, we will be showcasing the May release stamp sets -  Dainty Doilies Large, Dainty Doilies small, Join Us, Say it Loud and Gingham & Co.  - for 3 days and on Day 4 we are rewinding to showcase Free Spirit Boy.

Today I have created a matching Card and Bottle Tag set using the wonderfully verstatile Join Us stamp set. 


My papers are Pink Paislee's Father Christmas. I've matched it with cream linen card and black card from the Paper Mill. I've stitched them all down using the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine.


The borders have been punched using Martha Stewart's Antique Lace punch and the beautiful ribbon is from East of India. I just love the quality and luxurious feel to this ribbon.


Tools used
Cuttlebug, Circle and Scalloped circle Nestabilities, MS Lace Punch. Stapler, Sewing Machine. 

Supplies used
Paper - Pink Paislee Father Christmas, cardstock {black, cream} Momento Tuxedo Black ink. East of India Ribbon. White thread. 

Again, here is the list of ladies who have worked very hard to create some more inspirational pieces for you

Sandie Dunne {Me!!}
Tosha Leyendekker

Have a wonderful day!
Sandie
xxx
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Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamps June SOAP - Day 1



Good morning and welcome to Day 1 of Waltzingmouse Stamps SOAP (stamp of approval parade). For the next 3 days we will be looking back over the wonderful stamp sets released in May and on Day 4 we will be rewinding to bring you some inspiration from an older set. 

May brought us the doily and who doesn't LOVE doilies!! Dainty Doilies Large and Dainty Doilies Small. These sets consist of full doilies that you just ink and stamp and also build-a-doily elements with which you can create your own patterns. 


For my card I used one of the full doily stamps from Dainty Doilies Large. I stamped onto white card using Tumbled Glass distress ink. With the smaller strip of white stamped card I ran it through the cuttlebug in the swiss dots embossing folder. I machine stitched it all down onto matching blue card, first punching a border with my MS lace punch. 

The sentiment I've used is also from one of the May release sets - Say it Loud. Again, I've used Tumbled Glass distress ink along with brown momento ink for the smaller words.  I've cut the sentiment out with the curved rectangle nestabilities. For the matting behind the sentiment I took the same die that I used on the sentiment, laid it on some blue card and traced along the outline of the outside of the die. Then I cut it out using my scissors. 


I've just used a  little lace, ribbon and a tiny boot charm to embellish.

Need a little more inspiration?? Here is the list of ladies who have created some stunning projects for you.


Sandie Dunne {Me!!}
Tosha Leyendekker

Have a wonderful day!
Sandie
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Monday, 4 April 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamps April SOAP - Day 4

Good morning and welcome to Day 4 of Waltzingmouse Stamps SOAP. I hope you enjoyed a look back at the stamp sets that were released in March. Today we bring you a blast from the past, lol - Spring Baskets - don't you just LOVE them?!!!


I did sneak in a little stamp from Bitty Banners.. just to frame my sentiment ;) 

Here are the rest of the ladies joining me today.. you may notice the list is longer than it was yesterday.. yes, we have some uber talented crafters joining our design team - can you spot them?? 



Alas, this is the end of our April SOAP. We hope that you have enjoyed, and have been inspired, the past few days from our Stamp of Approval Parade; highlighting last month’s sets and our beloved Spring Baskets set. Now it’s time for you to get your craftiness on as we invite you to participate in a CASE (Copy and Share Everything) competition.


Find a card or project from any of the projects posted over the past few days by the WMS Design Team, CASE that project using Waltzingmouse Stamp images, and link it using the Inlinkz on Claire’s blog at http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/. At the end of the competition, one project will be randomly selected to be highlighted with a Parade of its own on several of the Design Team blogs.


We hope you will enjoy this competition and that it will inspire you be creative. You have one week to complete and link your project as the competition will close at 8:00 AM Claire’s time on April 10th, which is 3 AM Eastern, 2 AM Central and Midnight, Pacific time.
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Sunday, 3 April 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamps April SOAP - Day 3

Good morning and welcome to Day 3 of Waltzingmouse Stamps Seal of Approval Parade. For the past 3 days the WMS design team have been looking back on the stamp sets that were released in March - Way Out West, Very Vintage Labels #18, Bitty Banners, Vintage Banners and Back in the Saddle. 

Today is the last day we will be showcasing these stamps, tomorrow we look back at a set from a previous release... and who knows.... there may even be a little challenge, but you'll have to check back tomorrow for more details.


 

I created the woodgrain background using one of the stamps from the Way out West set. In hindsight {such a wonderful thing, lol} I probably should have used a much lighter ink to make the banners pop out more... however I do love the effect this stamp creates.  I hand cut around the Labels 18 stamp, as I am awaiting my dies. The banners can be easily cut out using a paper trimmer. Both the sentiment and horse/rider are from Back in the Saddle.
Here is the list of the other DT girls who are playing along today - 
 

Happy hopping!!
Sandie
xXx
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Friday, 1 April 2011

Waltzingmouse Stamp of Approval Parade {SOAP}

Good morning bloggers!! As you may know Waltzingmouse Stamps’ own Claire Brennan announced that WMS will be releasing new sets every other month from now on as Claire felt her customers were not realising the full potential from each set before a whole new release was looming.  But that doesn’t mean that the WMS Design Team is going to leave you high and dry for the months there won't be new releases... noooo siree!! Today, and for the next three days,  we will review last month’s release sets, as well as a special treat for you on the 4th day that you don't wanna miss ;) …but more about that later.

You should have reached my blog through Mona's Blog, but if not don't worry, the full list of ladies is at the bottom of this post. 

I found the tutorial for this Trifold Shutter card after one of the lovely ladies mentioned it on the Waltzingmouse Facebook group. I love, love, love making cards that involve a lot of paperfolding!! 

While this card was a joy to make, it was NOT a joy to photograph, lol. No matter what way I took the pic the card looked crooked.. so it is what it is, lol. 


 Here are some close ups of each stamp set that I used...... 

Sentiment from Vintage Banners

Bitty Banners - too cute!!!

This panel is for your own personal message. The swirls are from Vintage Banners and I've added a white pearl to the centre of each one.


Very Vintage Labels 18 & Say it with Style. I don't have the Labels 18 dies {yet!!!} so I cut it out using my scissors. Then I mounted it on black card and trimmed around the whole thing just leaving a slight border.

Thank you so much for peeping into my blog today. I appreciate the time you've taken to visit.

Now you need to head on over to Sarah Martina's Blog for even more inspiration....

And just in case you've lost your way, here is the complete list :)

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