MFT Guest Designer Thank You Tag

Well, it's no secret that I love my wine. And it's no secret that I love to stamp! So I combined these two loves and made a wine tag to hang on a bottle of wine as a thank you to a skating teacher for all her hard work for teaching those 4-5 year olds.  Heaven knows I would need it! HAH!

The guest designer spot challenge is on at My Favorite Things and this month the theme is to make a tag! Right up my alley!

I used the new little Pure Innocence Ice Princess.....which I don't have a link to because it is being released tomorrow!!! but I was able to snag it as part of the VIP kit in November!

I stamped my little Ice Princess in memento Tuxedo black ink and coloured her up with my copics. Then I was able to die cut the image with the Spellbinders Labels 18 and traced around the image with my zig glue pen and added some diamond dust sparkles!!

I tied my twine around the red cardstock with Cosmo Cricket Clementine papers adhered on top and then popped up my image on top!

I added a bit of bling to the top of her pretty little skates too. I die cut the back ground with the Simply Scallop Die-namics (Large) and traced around it with some faux stitching. I added some teeny brads in each corner and then added red buttons to pull it all together. 

You can see the little stamped background on the Dienamics notced tag die - it comes with the stamp set and then I stamped it with one of the included sentiments. I die cut a Spellbinders heart out of felt and added it to the notched tag!

Two tags in one!

Why don't you try for the Guest Designer spot?! It's always fun to try!)

Labels Eighteen (Spellbinders)	Notched Tag Dienamics and Stamps Set (MFT)	Dienamics Simply Scallops (MFT)	Die-namics Oval Tag (MFT)	Dienamics Icicle Border (MFT)
Dienamics Scallop Ribbon (MFT)	Pure Poppy Cardstock (Papertrey Ink)	Stampers Select White (Papertrey Ink)	Glamour Dust	Cherry twine (Divine Twine)
Rhinestones (Kaisercraft)	Zig Two Way Glue Pen

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I Scream You Scream!

I Dream for ice cream weather!! lol!

Here is another Hambo Stamps card .....I have been lacking in the "cute" department lately and these are so sweet! AND it works right into their theme this week which is to paper piece! Wahoo!

My Cosmo Cricket Salt Air 6 x6 paer pad was still lying out and I am notorious for hoarding my paper so I decided NO MORE!! Let's use it up!

I did a bit of paper piecing on this card - very simple! The sentiment is an old rub-on that I had and it worked perfectly - love when that happens!

Off to the Dr. today for check up and then GOLF starts for our Ladies League.. FORE!!

Enjoy!

Well, I was thrilled, to say the least, when Rebecca Ednie contacted me to see if I would be interested in joining Our Creative Corner today as their Guest Designer!! Thank you Rebecca!

The challenge today is to use fabric!! I definitely do not use fabric on my cards hardly at all.....but in order to MEET the challenge head-on, I dug out some red polka dot fabric I have had for eons - yes eons!!, and proceeded to make one of those rolled up flowers that everyone has been making!

I just ripped a strip of fabric and then, starting at the end, began to twirl it around my finger over and over again, much the same way as you would twirl your hair around your finger!!

Then I glued it to a Huge round pile of glue that I made with Tombow glue (can you say messy!!!) - this is where these Glubers would come in handy!! - Large Adhesive Dots - that you can use for these type of flowers!

My sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps set Rescue Remedy Additions and I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I added an orange Walmart button tied with twine and then adhered the flower to my cardbase where I used Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 patterned paper for my card base. I also added a Taylored Expressions Leafy Branch die cut with some Zva black bling attached to it.

Thank you girls for inviting me to play with you! It was totally a fun time!

Waltzingmouse March Release Peeks - Day Two!!

I am so grateful for all the wonderful comments you left yesterday! Aren't sneak peeks just a wonderful time of the month??!!

Today we are showcasing a new set - and you knew it was bound to happen sooner or later - a NEW Spellbinders friendly stamp set!!!

This set is called Vintage Labels 18 and it coincides wonderfully with Spellbinders Labels Eighteen nestabilities dies!!

I stamped the Label twice, once with Tim Holtz Pine Needles distress ink and then again with Versamark.

Using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distressed embossing powder, I embossed the Versamark image. Once the powder was dry, I wiped away the crystals to reveal a worn, aged look - just wonderfully western lol!

I cut out the square and popped it onto the Pine Needles stamped label. Then I added the image which was stamped with Walnut Stain distress ink, cut out with my round circle punch, sponged with vintage inks and popped up onto the label!

My patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket "Wanted" designer paper - a perfect match for these stamps!

I am also entering this into the CCEE Stampers challenge which is to distress your card somewhere - using a tool or inks!! Naturally I used inks!

Now run along you little varmints - lol!- to the rest of the design team members to see their beautiful samples!!

Anya Schrier

Julia Aston

Belinda Chang Langner

Bonnie Sharp

Carly Robertson

Jennifer Holmes

Laurie Schmidlin

Lynn Mercurio

Mona Pendleton

Sandie Dunne

Sarah Martina Parker

Claire Brennan (Owner)

Can I ignore you later??

This is how I feel lately - not blogging, but still keeping busy stamping and playing with my new stamps - love them all!!

Today is the Paper Romance Challenge and Judy has offered up her challenge this week - and the challenge is........ ANYTHING GOES!!! 

Won't you join us on the blog and try to win a prize? Check out all the deets here!

I decided to use High Hopes Sleepy Bear this week. I paper pieced his little jammies and coloured his hat, slipper and mug with copics.

I was using my Cosmo Cricket "WANTED" 6 x 6 paper pad for another project. so I grabbed some more - because I love these colours!

The Martha Stewart fence punch was used on kraft cardstock and then highlighted with Tim Holtz distress ink - Walnut Stain.  

I used part of a Zva Creative Pearls swirl for the steam in the coffee and to highlight the sentiment.  I love these swirls because they are quite easy to snip and use whatever piece you want, wherever you want!

Stamps: High Hopes Sleepy Bear, Sentiment My Favorite Things
Ink: Walnut Stain by Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Cardstock: Kraft, Aqua Mist
Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Wanted
Accessories: Zva Creative Pearls, Pinefeather ribbon, Martha Stewart punch, foam tape,

100% My Hero!

Good Day and welcome to our weekly Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge!! Check out the challenge - you could win a WMS stamp set of your choice by random draw!

Here is this week's fabby sketch and my take on it!

I can never follow a sketch directly - but it's okay if you can tell that I used the sketch as a starting off point - it's all an interpretation right? RIGHT??!!

 

I am completely having  brain freeze right now, and I can't for the life of me think of the name of this patterned paper - UGH!

But I do know I used the numbers and percent sign from the gorgeous set - Victorian Alphabet. The sentiment is from one of my favorite sets - Half Pint Heroes and the bottom of the card was stamped with a background stamp from Pic-Nic Patterns!

We went out for supper tonight to The Limbo Lounge in Sarnia - If you are ever in Sarnia, Ontario I highly recommend it - take some $$$ because it isn't cheap - but it is delicious - a Martini Bar at that.......I am not a Martini drinker - but I did have one to see what they were all about - haha! and I liked it!