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So Vintage - Shabby Chic

Hi There! Here today for the Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps August Blog Waltz. This month Claire challenged us all to create a project based on a Vintage-Shabby Chic theme (as you probably have guessed this happens to be my fave :) For complete Waltz details please visit the The Play Room. Here is myVintage-Shabby Chic card full of FRUIT...

Glittered Kindness

Hi Friends! Happy Labor Day if you are celebrating here in the US :) Hope you don't have to work! I feel fortunate to have had most of the weekend off besides an 8 hr shift on Saturday. Just a quick lil' card here to share. This week, Sharon is challenging us all to pull out our JustRite Stamps & make some Glitter Magic for this week's JustRite Friday Challenge...

with Love...WMSC11

Hi There! Thanks so much to all who played along with last week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge! So many fabulous projects! Here today with an all new sketch. Rather than making a card, I made a lil' home decoration wall hanging for my dear sister, Tina who takes care of my fur babies while I am out of town using the new Spellbinders™ Grand Nestabilities®...

Happy Birthday Mother...WMSC13

Hi Friends! Time for another Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge! Thanks to all who played along last week, there were once again so many gorgeous projects!I made this card for my Mother-In-Law, Barbara, who will be celebrating her 79th Birthday on September 10th. I pulled out both the LF-127 Grand Scalloped Squares & the LF-126 Grand Squares die templates to create the 1st mat of the card then using the S4-127 Classic Scalloped Squares LG....

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Hi Friends! Thanks so much for the sweet comment on my Halloween banner that I made for the Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps September Blog Waltz. Here today to share this card I made for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge. This card is rather Clean And Simple for me. I inked up Musical Backgrounds to create the background for the top layer & paired it with some pretty My Mind's Eye DP.....

Hi Everyone!

First a FRIENDLY REMEMBER: Just in case you were not aware that The Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog Frenzy Contest is currently in full swing as of July 13th! There are MANY prizes that will be given away so please be sure to visit the Spellbinders Blog (click HERE) for complete details. Good Luck!!!!

Here today waltzing along with the July Friends Of Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Waltz.

This month, Claire challenged all of her stamping friends to create a project of any type based on the theme: colors of summer...using blue & green (any shade our little hearts desire! :) I combined 2 Waltzingmouse Stamp sets to play with: Afternoon Tea Sentiments and Victorian Frippery & this is what I came up with:

The decorative lace image & the Merci sentiment are both from the Victorian Frippery set & the beautiful cluster of flowers is from the Afternoon Tea Sentiments set. Close up you can see how I paper pieced an additional layer to the upper-most flower to add a lil' dimension. After stamping & coloring the image, I used a Spellbinders™ Nestabilites® S4-110 Classic Ovals LG die template to cut/emboss the image, then layered it on top of a label made using a Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® S4-246 Labels Eleven die template. Topped it off with a few pearls :)

Don't these Copic markers look so pretty together? They remind me of the Dreamy Caribbean Waters - I can almost hear the waves crashing!!!

That's it for me today - off waltzing I will go! Thanks so much for looking! Have a great weekend!

REMEMBER: I will be sharing what I created for the Spellbinders™ Blog Frenzy on Monday, July 19th - Hope you stop by & I sure hope you are playing along because someone has to win! Also, if you are interested in winning some goodies from SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L click HERE! Be Sweet!

Supplies Used:

Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® S4-246 Labels Eleven, S4-110 Classic Ovals LG, W-001 The Wizard™, Shapeabilities® S4-081 Tags Five

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps: Afternoon Tea Sentiments, Victorian Frippery

Ink: Copic Markers, Memento, Ranger

Paper: Graphic 45, Melissa Frances, PTI

Other: pearls, ribbon, button & twine from stash

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Hi Everyone!

First a FRIENDLY REMEMBER: Just in case you were not aware that The Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog Frenzy Contest is currently in full swing as of July 13th! There are MANY prizes that will be given away so please be sure to visit the Spellbinders Blog (click HERE) for complete details. Good Luck!!!!

I am so happy to have the opportunity to play along with the girls over at The Play Date Cafe :)

This week's color challenge is sponsored by Artistic Outpost Art Rubber Stamps so I inked up my very 1st set Bloom & Grow & joined along in the fun with these beautiful colors chosen by Sarah Anderson.

I inked up the seed packet image with VersaMark ink/embossed then adorned with some Homegrown posies that I made using Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities S4-109 Flower Creations Three die templates.

ALL the girls at The Play Date Cafe has some amazing samples to gaze upon so please be sure to stop by & see what they have to offer for inspiration!Here is something else that you may be interested in:

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I will be back Saturday waltzing along with The Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz! Thanks so much for looking - Hope to see you then! Good Luck with all these contests - Please be sure to let me know if you win :)

Supplies Used:

Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities S4-109 Flower Creations Three, W-001 The Wizard™

Stamps: Artistic Outpost Art rubber stamps: Bloom & Grow

Ink: VersaMark, Ranger, Memento

Paper: K&Company DP, SU, PTI

Other: Filigree embossing powder, brads, ribbon, pin, lace & beads from stash

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