Waltzingmouse Stamps Release Day Blog Waltz

Today is the day!  Three wonderful new stamp sets are being released at Waltzingmouse Stamps! It's been a fun filled three days and I want to thank all of you for stopping by and leaving your sweet comments.  If you came here from Lynn's blog then you are right on track, otherwise you'll want to start here so you don't miss anything!

This card just makes me happy!  I used a vintage bingo card and it just so happens to have my brother-in-law's age on it for his next birthday in a few months.  I used a few stamps from My Kind of Guy and Man of the Hour to create a unique focal sentiment.  Look how great they all work together!

That mustache makes me smile every time!  Here's one more card that plays off of the terrific sentiments included in My Kind of Guy:

I added a black and white ribbon to create a "bow tie" to dress this card up and fit the dapper Englishman theme: 

These stamps are so much fun to stamp with! 

Now don't forget there will be a prize of a stamp set of choice from a random drawing from comments left on the design team's blogs. You have until April 21st at 11:59 PM (GMT), 5:59AM Central (April 22), 3:59 AM Pacific and 6:59 AM Eastern to leave comments. The winner will be announced on Claire’s blog on Tuesday, April 23rd. 

Now be sure to stop on by Belinda's blog to check out what she has in store! Have a great day!

Waltzingmouse Stamps Sneak Peek: Man of the Hour

Today’s the last day for sneak peeks of the three new sets releasing April 18 at Waltzingmouse Stamps! The last set the design team is sharing today is called  Man of the Hour:

This set is full of terrific sentiments for your or your children’s father, dad, or father figure.  Once again, the font combinations are outstanding!  When I read the sentiment for this card, I knew I’d have to play off of the heart theme.  I was also very inspired by this card from Christina. 

I used my Silhouette to cut out the front of my card and to cut out the heart shape in the center.  I then adhered a favorite black and white photo to the front of my card and layered the heart piece over it, adding foam mounting tape to pop it up.  The sentiment was stamped and embossed in black onto a strip of vellum.  I used the date stamp from My Kind of Guy to remember when this photo was taken.  The big guy is going to get all misty-eyed when he sees this one!

This next card also plays off of a word included in the sentiment.  Again, I used my Silhouette and designed the simple square and triangle shape, to include the heart cut out.  I also popped it up with dimensionals and embossed the sentiment in white this time.  A strip of felt ric rac “grass” finished it off.

I love how these turned out!  Perfect for birthday, Father’s Day or even Valentine’s Day!  Really, any day is a good day to tell someone how much you love them, don’t you think?

Be sure to stop in on these creative ladies to see what they have in store for you today:

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

Come back tomorrow for the release day blog waltz!  Can’t wait!

Waltzingmouse Stamps Release Sneak Peek: Nordic Baby

It's day two of sneak peeks for the April release at Waltzingmouse Stamps. Today the design team is sharing a set that may sound familiar to you, as the Nordic theme has made an appearance a few times before (with much enthusiasm, I might add!). Without further ado, here is Nordic Baby!

This is quite a departure from yesterday's projects, isn't it?  This set is a mini one, but it still packs a punch!  Like how about those adorable baby booties?!  I embossed them in white embossing powder and I always love how that stands out on the kraft cardstock.  I also think embossing helps bring out the texture of the booties.  I added some pink brads for buttons on the sides. 

Now, because I like taking a slight departure from what you'd normally expect, here's a slightly different take on a baby card:

This will be a perfect card the next time someone I know is expecting triplets.  Just kidding!  I just wanted an excuse to color the baby stamp three times...and because I had a James Brown song stuck in my head!

Here's the list of all the design team members who are joining me today in sneak peeks.  Have fun checking out all of the wonderful creations!

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

  

Come back tomorrow for the last day of peeks!

Waltzingmouse Stamps Release Sneak Peek: My Kind of Guy

Well, my friends, I didn't plan to be away from this blog so long...and look what has happened! It's already time for another Waltzingmouse Stamps release! I'll share what's taken me away from my blog next week, but right now I want to share a peek at one of the three new sets releasing April 18 from WMS called My Kind of Guy.

 

 

Let's talk about the fonts!  I'm a sucker for great font combinations, and this set has them!  As a matter of fact, they are so great, that I let them be the main attraction on my cards today.  On this one, I combined several different words included in the set and added a little detail by stamping the side scrolls and used a black fine tip pen to draw a border around the whole thing:

 

 

I love black and cream together, as well as gray and black, which you'll see on this next card:

 

 

 

Again, I added several of the words included in the set to create a design and had a perfect little space left for the dapper Englishman in the derby hat!  I love him, he is just perfect!

 

 

And, lastly, a card that's just not for the fellas, but could be for anyone who could use a thank you:

 

It's hard to see, but I stamped the sentiments a second time to create a subtle shadow. When I combine words and sentiments like this, I like to arrange them on my block together, which makes stamping a second time for a shadow much easier than if I had stamped them all separately.

 

 

Let me tell you, folks, this set was a hard one to put down!  I just know I'm going to get a lot of mileage out of this one!

 

Make sure to visit the rest of the design team today to see some great eye candy:

Claire Brennan (owner)

Anya Schrier

Becca Feeken

Belinda Chang Langner

Clare Buswell

Edna Morrisedie

Iwona Palamountain

Jean Martin

Jeanne Jachna

Jen Cuthbertson

Julia Aston

Karin Akesdotter

Kelly Schirmer

Kim Duran

Laurie Schmidlin

Lynn Mercurio

Renee Lynch

Sandie Dunne

Sarah Martina Parker

Teresa Kline

Tosha Leyendekker

See you tomorrow for another day of sneak peeks!

 

Waltzingmouse Stamps Release Day Blog Waltz

Today is the day we've all been waiting for...three great sets are being released at Waltzingmouse Stamps!  The design team is having their usual release day blog waltz, so if you came from Lynn's then you're right on track.  If not, you'll want to start here so you don't miss a thing!

I've really enjoyed this release!  I think my favorite A Good Egg; I just had a ball stamping with it!  This card uses all of the little floral stamps included in the set, as well as the sentiments and banner.  This card is really simple, but the foam mounting tape adds some dimension by popping up some of the flowers.

This next card is just for fun.  Chicks really aren't just for Easter!

I didn't think that little chickie could get any cuter, but add some polka dots and it's a.dor.a.ble!

I think this will be a fun card to slip into my daughter's lunch box some day! 

Before you waltz on, don't forget there will be a prize of a stamp set of choice from a random drawing from comments left on the DT blogs. You have until March 11, 2013 at 11:59 PM (GMT), 5:59 AM Central (March 12), 3:59 AM Pacific and 6:59 AM Eastern to leave comments. The winner will be announced on Claire’s blog on Wednesday, March 13.

Thanks for stopping by and have fun!  Next stop is the talented Belinda!