Waltzingmouse Blog Party - Summertime Fun

It is the 17th of the month and it is time for this month's Waltzingmouse Blog Party and the theme is summertime fun...and who does not love a good fireworks show? And after a baseball game is even better! This is my second attempt at my card, I wanted to make one using the cool star/flag stamp from 1776 but after I printed up some blue gingham card stock my blues did not match and I really wanted to use the gingham paper so I started over.  My card is pretty simple but I do those the little fireworks stamps that come in the set, so fun! You still have time to play and you can get all the details right here...
Before I forget, I learned something new today...NBUS, do you know what that means? Well I had no clue and have seen Darnell use it several times, even in commenting. I was in the dark or late to the party, not sure which but Darnell was sweet enough to "splane Lucy". It means Never Before Used Schtuff...very clever and a quick and easy way to say what you are using is new...another one of her "Darnellisims".
Thank you so much for stopping by to peek at my card...have a great week!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White and Pure Poppy

Gingham Paper: Pink Petticoat - Digital

Stamps: WM - 1776 and Country Labels 4

Ribbon: Britex

Pearls: Kaiser

Ink: SU - Real Red, Memento - Danube Blue and ColorBox - Lemon Drop

Waltzingmouse Blog Party - School's Out

It is the 17th of the month and that means it is time once again for Waltzingmouse Blog Party and this month's theme is "school's out".  I was not quite sure what to make for this theme so I thought of a fun little teacher gift. My daughter is in college now and there is no way on earth she would ever think of taking a teacher gift to one of her teachers but I thought I could use it as a gift for one my co-workers.  I love these little notepads from Papertrey Ink and they really make fun little gifts.  I went through my patterned paper looking for something school like and found this piece from Doodlebugs, Take Note.  I also found a few school theme brads and a charm floating around too to give it more of a school look. I also had to short pieces of the ruler ribbon that Joyce sent me from Britex and I had to use it for this. I need to make a run to San Francisco to restock soon.  You have 24 hours to play along with the festive mouse party, you can find the link here.  Thank you so much for taking time to stop by and peek at my project...have a fabulous day!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: White

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug - Take Note

Ribbon: Britex - thanks Joyce

Brads and Charm: My Stash

Stamps: WMS - Compact Sentiments

Ink: SU - Real Red

Sequins

Waltzingmouse Blog Party - April 2013

Well, it's the 17th of the month again and that means it is time for the Waltzingmouse blog party! This month's theme is Spring Flowers but I do not have any stamps from WM that are flowers so my sweet friend Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea was kind enough to stamp some off and drop them in the mail to me. She recently won this set from WM, Camellia and it is a beautiful set, the flowers are so easy to fussy cut too. I cut out 3 of the flowers Joyce sent and layered them in the Lil Inkers Polaroid frame.  I have never used this color of card stock, Lavender Moon before, it really is a very pretty color so I was happy that Joyce make the color selection for me. I paired the flowers with a piece of patterned paper that another sweet friend sent me, Renee from It's A Patchwork Life, it is so nice to have crafty friends who share!  Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and peek at my card...have a wonderful day!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: Black and Lavender Moon

Stamps: WM - Camellia (thanks Joyce) and Folk Art Medallion

Dies: Lil Inker - Polaroid Die

Ribbon: Britex

Embossing Powder: Stampedous

Patterned Paper: thanks Renee

Waltzingmouse Blog Party March 17th - Luck

Happy St. Patrick's Day! It in only fitting that this month's blog party at Waltzingmouse is on this fabulously fun holiday.  And the theme is is Luck, just perfect but I will admit that it is not the easiest theme to make a card for.  I had an idea but then my new stamps from WM arrived and I was able to use the new Folk Art Medallion set, you can see it here. I happen to have this little set from PTI, Luck of the Irish and there you have it, a new card for a sweet friend.  Be sure to head over to the party and check out all of the wonderful cards that will be there and if you post a card you will have the chance to win a free set, so it is worth the time.  Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and peek at my card...have a festive and fun St. Patrick's Day!

Lucky to Count you as a Friend

Ingredients - all PTI unless otherwise listed

Solid Card Stock: White and New Leaf

Ink: New Leaf and VersaFine - Black

Bling: stash

Stamps: WM - Folk Art Medallions and Luck of the Irish

Waltzingmouse Blog Party and ColourQ Challenge #176

It's the 17 of the month again and that means it is time for the Waltzingmouse Blog Party. This month's theme is "Doilies", as soon as I saw the theme I knew exactly what I wanted to make but then a sweet friend of mine, Sherrie sent me an envelope of fun new goodies from Stampin Up and I had to put them to good use. She included a package of the most adorable Tea Time Trinkets and some beautiful white Tea Lace Doilies. I pulled out my Afternoon Tea and it was a match made in heaven! This is my all time favorite WM stamp set, so many wonderful images you can use. Another sweet friend of mine, Renee from It's a Patchwork Life sent me an envelope stuffed with all kind so patterned paper so I pulled out two of my favorites of the bunch and then my card pretty much made itself. 

One card down and one to go...my second card is for this week's ColourQ Challenge #176. This was another very quick card because I CAS'd Renee's card that she posted yesterday for Cathy's birthday blog hop, you can see it here.  I always love it when I see an amazing card and I have all the goodies to make one too and this was the case with Renee's card. Thank you Renee for your amazing inspiration! Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my cards....have a wonderful day!

Ingredients

Tea Time

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Sweet Blush

Patterned Paper: Renee

Stamps: WMS - Afternoon Tea

Ribbon: PTI - Sweet Blush

Charm: SU - Tea Time Trinkets

Doilies: SU - Tea Lace Doilies

Ink: PTI - Smokey Shadow

Thank You

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Autumn Rose and White

Ink: PTI - Simply Chartreuse and Scarlet Jewel

Ribbon: PTI - Melon Berry

Stamps: WMS - Teeny Trees

Bling: SU