Bonjour!

I was able to complete one more challenge today (yay!!).  This is a PR for me!  I chose this week's Waltzingmouse sketch challenge WMSC44 for this project.  I love the way it came together.  It is very simple yet elegant.

My recipe is:

Stamps - Waltzingmouse Stamps Fancy Phrases.

Ink - River Rock, VersaFine Vintage Sepia.

Paper - Taylored Expressions Buttercream Choice card stock, Gina K's Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown, Blush Blossom, Webster's Pages Hollywood Vogue & WonderFALL DP.

Accessories - Nestabilities, Dimensionals, Kaiser self adhesive half pearls.

Thank you for stopping in.  I always appreciate your comments!

Tiny Cupcakes

I made this very simple 3" square mini card for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #41 and also for a new challenge blog I discovered : the Less is More Clean & Simple Challenge Blog.  I am trying hard to do more CAS cards these days, so I am so happy to have found this blog! 

 The WMS challenge is to to make "Little bitty mini cards!! They are quick, fun and great additions to a gift, a bouquet of flowers or candy treat."  The Less is more challenge is a color challenge - to use a "touch of red". 

I stamped 5 teeny tiny cupcakes from the Waltzingmouse Frame It set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on vanilla card stock and colored them with Copics. I and used the clear atyou spica glitter pen to give the icing some sparkle.  The cupcakes were cut out with a circle punch and mounted on Cherry Cobbler Heart Circles cut from Nestabilities Doily Heart Circles.  The circle in the center is popped up with Dimensionals. The frame and sentiment are also from Frame it.  Thanks for coming by - have a wonderful day!

Birthday Wishes

I am so happy that I actually completed two projects today!  This one is my take on this week's Waltzingmouse sketch challenge : WMSC31.

I just got this fabulous new collection of Webster's Pages 6x6 DP: Hollywood Vogue & WonderFALL from Sharon Johnson's Ribbon Store.  This DP is so great for making fabulous cards fast. (Fast is a relative term for me, but I'm just sayin...).  My card base is Gina K's Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown, topped with a single sheet of the DP.  The wavy panel is the opposite side of that page.  I stamped one of the WMS Holiday Label No. 14 images using VersaMark Vintage Sepia ink on white cardstock cut with the matching Nestabilities Labels 14 die.  The sentiment is from the WMS Fancy Phrases collection and is stamped with VersaFine Black Onyx ink.  I lightly sponged around the edges of the label with Ranger Linen Distress Ink.  I added a ribbon, adhered the label with Dimensionals, added a bow and a French White Prima Fairytale Rose and - voila!    

Bundle of Joy

My niece Julie and her wonderful husband Gareth just welcomed their son, James Nicholas, into the world.  He is my Great Nephew.  He is so adorable and sweet.  It is a beautiful thing to have a baby in the family again.  The last babies born into my family were my babies, and they turned eleven in October.  They are excited to have a new cousin!

I needed to make James and his parents a very special card.  When I saw the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge today, I knew just what I would do.  I {heart} Waltzingmouse Stamps. Its owner, Claire Brennan, is just a delightful person.  Her designs are fabulous, as is her customer service.  If you have not shopped Waltzingmouse,  please go over and take a look!

There is very little stamping on this card.  I used WMSC30 for my layout.  I inverted the sketch because I wanted to use the space in the top right on the sketch for the baby carriage that I wanted on the bottom right.  The base of the card is Cherry Cobbler, and the second layer is Soft Suede over which I arranged pieces of Webster's Pages Petite Papers from the Lullaby Lane & Life's Portrait Combo Pack.  I purchased these from Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  I cut out the carriage and hood from another sheet of DP and popped it up.  I also used a clear atyou Spica Glitter pen to add some sparkle to the hood and the butterflies.  You can't really see that in the picture, but it is a nice touch "in person".  I used Waltzingmouse's Holiday Label No. 14 and cut it out with the matching Nestabilities die.  The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse's Frame It set.  I embellished the label with Kaiser pearls added some ribbon and a bow that I made with the Bow Easy.  This is a very non-traditional baby card, but I love it!

Merry Mittens

These adorable mittens are a Verve Digi Stamp that I downloaded quite a while ago.  When I saw the sketch for Waltzingmouse challenge #24,

the Verve image and this design came to mind.  I just put in an order for 4 Waltzingmouse stamp sets.  If you haven't visited Waltzingmouse, click HERE for a wonderful collection of stamps and related items.