German St Paddy's Day Bday

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's my square card that I made for the Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Waltz! The theme is St. Patrick's Day. I also followed PaperWorks Co's Sunday Sketch #73.


Now, my Father's bday is today, but he's German so I always have fun throwing in some Irish into his bday. I took the Celtic heart from WMS's Celtic Heritage set to create my lucky shamrock. :-) This was my first time 'playing' with Basic Grey's Marjolaine collection. The cute, central image is a stamp from PaperWork's Co's Rachelle Anne Miller's collection. The sentiment is computer-generated and tis Happy Birthday in German.



Now, hopefully you waltzed over from Jen Shears Designs' blog. And your next waltz is over to Create.Share.Inspire. Be sure to check out all the other waltzers taking part in the WMS Friends Blog Waltz! You'll need to register for the WMS forum in order to see the Waltz forum thread *here*.

Thanks for waltzing by!

::Supplies::

Stamps: A Surprise Cheer (PaperWorks Co with Rachelle Anne Miller), Celtic Heritage (WaltzingMouse Stamps)
Paper: Coffee Cake; double-sided paper (Marjolaine - Basic Grey), Simply Smooth white (Prism)
Ink: Landscape (Palette), Chocolate Chip (SU!), Copic markers (E00, 33, 47, 49, 71, G0000, 94, R0000, RV29, YG03)
Embellishments & tools: Petite Oval - Large die(Spellbinders Nestabilities S4-138), Green Agate glitter (Martha Stewart), sewing machine, pop dots, ribbon (stash)

Too *cute* to SPOOK!

I was honoured to be asked to a Guest Designer for PaperWorks Co's Sunday Sketch #56! Woot! Here's the sketch:


So I ended up making two projects; a framed creation & a birthday card. Here's the framed piece:

Aren't they the cutest?! That's the Pumpkin Patch stamp by Rachelle Anne Miller for PWCO! I wanted to do some paper piecing and so I reached for Basic Grey's new, double-sided Pyrus collection. I totally *heart* Basic Grey!!!

Here's the birthday card I made for a friend, using Echo Park papers, which are also double-sided!
Before I get to the supplies, PWCO just announced a Design Team call for December 2010-May 2011! Check out all the details *here*!

Now, onto the supplies! Thanks for popping by!

::Supplies::

Too Cute, to Spook

• Stamp: The Pumpkin Patch (PWCO/RAM)
• Paper: Pyrus Collection (Basic Grey), Smooth White (Prism)
  
• Ink: Vintage Sepia (VersaFine), Copic Markers: E00, E33, E47, G21, Y11, YG03, R0000, R29, V000, V99
  
• Tools: Petite Scalloped Ovals - large (Spellbinders Nestabilities), IKEA frame - 'Ram'
• Embellishments: clear Dew Drops, Stardust Stickles, popdots

bonne fête

• Stamp: labels (fontwerks)
• Paper: Sunny Spots & Lazy Days (both Echo Park), Smooth White (Prism), blue paint chip
  
• Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
  
• Tools: Giga Scalloped Circle (Marvy)
• Embellishments: Sakura glitter pen, Sakura fine pen, lace trim, popdots

Waltzing Mouse Waltz

Happy *FIRST* birthday, Waltzing Mouse Stamps!

Welcome to my waltz! =) In honour of Waltzing Mouse Stamps' (WMS) one year birthday, the challenge for this blog waltz (ie blog hop) was to make a birthday card. I made two cards; a birthday and an anniversary card, using two sets; Very Vintage Labels No. 4 and Celtic Heritage. I looooove the thistle image and so I used it to create the background for both cards. I tried to mimic a damask pattern on the birthday card.



Please check the WMS Forum *here* for the list of participating blogs! And there will also be a scavenger hunt!

There will also be a thread in The Play Room for chat and to play along in our monthly blog waltz game. This time you will be looking for (and counting up) watermarks that look like teacups in the blog posts by the Design Team and Claire. A winner of a stamp set of choice will be drawn from all the correct answers! You'll have until 11:59 pm Pacific on Tuesday May 18th (7:50 am GMT on Wednesday May 19th) to complete the waltz and enter your guess(es).

Your comments are greatly appreciated! Thanks for stopping by!!!

::Supplies::
Happy Birthday

• Stamp: Celtic Heritage , Very Vintage Labels No.4 - both by Waltzing Mouse Stamps
• Paper: Bazzill smoothies, Prism Smooth White
  
• Ink: Versamark, Versamagic - Aegean Blue, Boysenberry
  
• Embellishments: purple embossing powder, baker's twine, pop dots, Spellbinders Nestabilites Labels Four

Happy Anniversary

• Stamp: Celtic Heritage , Very Vintage Labels No.4 - both by Waltzing Mouse Stamps
• Paper: Bazzill smoothies, Prism Smooth White
  
• Ink: Versamark, Versamagic -Aegean Blue, Raspberry
  
• Embellishments: red embossing powder, baker's twine, Spellbinders Nestabilites Labels Four, lace, hat pin, buttons, doily lace border punch (Martha Stewart Crafts)

Winner & cupcake b-day card!

My apologies for the delay in announcing the winner of the goodies courtesy of Paperworks Co! I'm back home in Canada after a wonderful trip to Seattle for a wedding surrounded by amazing friends! FYI - Seattle = stamp heaven!!! I was lucky enough to be there for an annual sale at Impress...I will have to play with those goodies and share a card!

Firstly, thank you for all your sweet, kind compliments on my projects! It was an honour to be a guest designer and part of the Rachelle Anne Miller for PWCO stamp release blog hop! I truly had fun playing with these new images! Also, thank you for sharing your last-wedding-you-attended moments!

Now on to the winner....

Congratulations to Kathy!!! I'll send you an email asking for your name and address and I'll get your goodies on their way to you! Again, thanks to Peggy for supplying the blog candy!!! =)

*.*.*.*.*HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY, PEGGY!!!*.*.*.*.*

This was a double challenge; part of the PWCO Sunday Sketch #30 (cupcake theme in honour of Peggy from PWCO's 30th birthday) and CPS sketch #164.




I loooooove this Basic Grey Cupcakes paper from the Nook and Pantry collection! It's very colourful and I love the vintage look. I had fun colouring the oh-so-cute Birthday Parade image (Rachelle Anne Miller for PWCO) and choosing my colours from the fun and pretty patterned paper.

I wanted to use these pins I had found as well as a button, so the CPS sketch was perfect for this card! The tissue flower was super easy to make and there's even a tutorial on SplitCoastStampers *here*. I didn't use a flower die, I just roughly hand cut 3 flowers of the same size and 2 smaller ones.

I used my *favourite* glitter gel pen (Uni-Ball Signo - "Sparkling") to add some sparkle to the 'Happy Birthday'.

Thanks for visiting! =)

PS Yes, this card is huge! *lol* I simply folded the brown 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock in half.


::Supplies::
Cupcake Birthday

• Stamp: Birthday Parade -Rachelle Anne Miller for PaperWorks Co
• Paper: Nook and Pantry (Basic Grey), Bazzill 'Brown', Prism Simply Smooth white cardstock, white tissue paper
  
• Ink: Copic Markers (B0000, B52, BG72, E00, E33, E39, E47, R0000, R89, RV29, RV34, T0, Y00, Y38, YG67, YR01), Versamagic - Pink Petunia, Uni-Ball Signo 'Sparkling' glitter gel pen
  
• Embellishments: Bazzill Petunia tulle ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight, button, hat pins, string