Christmas Spent at Home

I'm continuing to make slow progress on Christmas cards.  I was delighted this weekend to discover that my friend JJ owned this stamp set from Waltzingmouse.  I've been kicking around whether or not to get it, but I really wanted to try it out first.

I love the mountain scene you can create with it.

This was also my first experience with the MISTI.  I wasn't sure if it was something I wanted to invest in.  I don't do a ton of mass production, but I have to say I really loved using it.  I stamped the mountains multiple times using two different pigment inks.  I was able to get a pretty good graduation in color by doing the repeated stamping.  I also added a bit of Versamark/embossing at the very top of the mountains.  I really love how it looks like they are disappearing into mist at the top.



The trees were also stamped multiple times.  I added an extra layer of the same color green to the bottom to give them some depth.

All in all I was really impressed with the MISTI, and I'm definitely putting it on my Christmas list (along with this stamp set too!)

Happy Winter for Waltzingmouse Pajama Party

I was so excited to see that JJ had some of the new Waltzingmouse stamps at her house over the weekend, and decided to create a card for this month's Pajama Party.

Super simple.  I just stamped the deer from the Little Deer set on some watercolor paper and then proceeded to color this simple scene with my Kuretake watercolors.

For the snow, I used the Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil, with some Liquitex paste.  I actually went back and added a light dusting of glitter, but it doesn't show in the photo.

The sentiment was stamped and embossed on some vellum.  I added a bit of red burlap string, and then adhered that to the panel with CoolTak adhesive.

OK, that's all for today!

Come back tomorrow to check out my new Waffle Flower Crafts Challenge card.

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Avery Elle - Kraft cardstock; Canson - Watercolor Paper; PTI - Vellum
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Little Deer and Warm Fuzzies
Ink;  Versamark
Other:  Simon Says Stamp - Falling Snow Stencil; Liquitex - Paste; Kuretake - Gansai Watercolors; Stampin' Up - Glitter; May Arts - Red Burlap String; Cool Tak Adhesive; Scotch - Foam Adhesive

With Love for WMS Pajama Party

Just squeezing one in under the wire here.  I always intend to play along with the Waltzingmouse Stamps Pajama Parties and then it gets to be the day and I miss out.  Thankfully their sketches are open for a week, so I was able to get this one done this evening.

I used two sets:  Woodgrain for the background (stamping Cocoa ink on Cocoa cardstock), and Folk Art Medallion.

I layered two pieces of 3/8" Cranberry grosgrain over the burlap trim so that it kind of resembles layering a wider piece of ribbon, and added some Maraschino twine for a little extra interest.

Pretty simple, but lots of fun to make.  Short but sweet tonight.  I have GOT to get some sleep!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - White Daisy and Cocoa cardstock
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Woodgrain and Folk Art Medallion\
Ink:  CTMH - Cocoa and Cranberry
Other:  CTMH - Burlap ribbon, Cranberry Grosgrain, Liquid Glass, Dimensional Foam Tape; The Twinery - Maraschino Twine; Tombow - Mono Adhesive and Power Tabs; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher (to secure trims together, hidden by stamped images); CM - Corner Rounder

One more post for today - Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge

Disclaimer:  These photos are stinky, but I gotta get this posted tonight since the challenge closes so, just kind of squint and pretend they look fabulous.

I wanted to play along with the new Waltzingmouse Fanatics challenge - this challenge was a sketch, and I got to do some experimenting with new dies and some coloring (which I am always nervous about), but I think this came out OK.

Overall a pretty straightforward card.  I added outdoor denim ink to my cardstock with a foam blending tool and then cut the squiggly line for the slider.  Colored in my little spaceship with Spectrum Noir markers, and then added some stars/moon with Platinum Brilliance ink.  I colored those shapes in with a metallic pen and added a little bit of that metallic pen coloring to to the image too.  I also swiped the Brilliance ink around the edges of the card base to add a little shine to that.  The sentiment was embossed in silver.

Since I blended the ink onto the cardstock before I die cut the squiggle, I could adhere that to the card base, then I popped up the whole piece and adhered the image to the spinner element and inserted it into the slider.

My first slider card, these are really fun, and a lot easier than I thought.

OK, I am off to bed!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - White Daisy, Whisper
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Half Pint Heroes
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark; Tsukineko - Platinum Brilliance; CTMH - Outdoor Denim
Other:  Spectrum Noir Markers; CTMH - Foam Blending Tool and Dimensional Foam Tape, Silver Embossing Powder; American Crafts - Silver Precision Point Pen; Papertrey Ink - Movers and Shakers Sliders Dies

5...4...3...2...1 - Waltzingmouse Flower Show Case

Waltzingmouse Stamps has a great competition going on right now.  The details are here, but essentially you need to case one of the artists from the hop.  I've chosen to case my friend JJ.

Now you may have noticed that my card has zero flowers in it, but that's because I don't have an WMS sets with flowers, so I'm using my Half Pint Heroes set.  I love this set, it's so cute and I have to tell you that the sentiments are so versatile.  I find myself reaching for this set all the time just to use the sentiments.

Lots of gold embossing on this one.  JJ used gold cardstock, but I don't have any of that (actually I do, but I don't know where it is), so instead I inked the edges of my mat with Versamark and created gold paper.  Since I thought the card looked a bit too stark with the plain base, I did something similar with it, except that I inked the edges very sparingly to get almost a paintbrush effect on the edges.

I wanted to add a little detail to the image, so I used my Faber-Castell metallic Pitt marker to color in some portions.

The stars are Studio Calico wood veneers that I embossed.  Here's a tip:  the wood seems to kind of soak in the embossing, so you will probably end up doing it twice.   You also need to be prepared to have gold tipped tweezers.....

Gonna link this one up at Simon Says Stamp too, because Anything Goes this week!

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - Outdoor Denim
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Half Pint Heroes
Ink:  Versamark
Other:  CTMH - Gold Embossing Powder; Faber-Castell - Gold PITT marker; Studio Calico - Wooden Star Veneers; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Therm-o-web - Zots Dimensional Adhesive

Ahoy Matey!

I finally got a chance to ink up this adorable set of Waltzingmouse Stamps (THANK YOU Jean!) for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch.

It's so cute, and I used a mixture of coloring and paper piecing. I thought the little sub was perfect for piecing and I'm using papers from the new Avonlea collection as well as one pattern from La Belle Vie.



Here's what the Avonlea papers look like. Gorgeous right? And as an Anne of Green Gables fan, I really couldn't pass them up (still trying to get these to show up so they don't look smooshed)!



I invested in some Spectrum Noir markers back in late June. There was a huge sale at AC Moore and I had a gift card from my mother-in-law for my birthday, so I got a few sets, and I'm slowly starting to incorporate coloring into my routine.

The little tag is from the new Cricut Artiste cartridge, and that beautiful seam binding is from Hydrangea Hippo.

A fun card to make while watching some Olympics. Hope that you are having a great day!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock: CTMH - Avonlea and La Belle Vie papers, Desert Sand Cardstock, Bulk White Daisy card base
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps - Half Pint Heroes
Ink: CTMH - Black
Other: CTMH - Cricut Artiste Cartridge, Bonding Memories Adhesive; Tombow Mono Adhesive; Helmar Zapdots; Hydrangea Hippo - Blue Seam Binding; Spectrum Noir markers: TB9, EB1, BGR1, FS6, EB2, DG3, CG2