Little Darlings Baby Girl Card

My daughter needed two baby cards yesterday. Why is it that daughters wait until the day before an event to ask me for a card. 
So, I really needed a really fast card to put together. 

I purchased a few stamp sets from Waltzing Mouse Stamps last year and this one, called Little Darlings Images, is a sweet set of vintage images. 

I pulled out my CTMH  Hollyhock and Pixie cardstock and a Spellbinders Die. I stamped a word background on the hollyhock. Then I stamped the image in Hollyhock ink, sponged around the edges with Pixie and stuck it all togehter. Wala!!! A quick an easy yet elegant card. Tied it all up with a pink gingham bow.

I'm entering this card into the Waltzing Mouse Pajama Party Challenge #3, Old Pajamas. I'm not quite sure how old this set is, but I love it anyway.

Other Challenges for this card:
Glitter and Sparkle - Include a Die Cut
Stamping Sensations - Dies/Punches
Challenge Up Your Life - Monochromatic
Just Us Girls - Stacked Die Cuts

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge

I haven't played along with the Waltzing Mouse Sketch challenge for a long time but this sketch just suited what I needed.

Waltzing Mouse Blog Waltz & Sketch Challenge

The 17th of every month, Waltzing Mouse Stamps has a Blog Waltz for customers to participate in. So I thought I'd play along this month. The theme is Valentine/Love.

The inspiration for this card came from the weekly Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge. I thought I may as well combine both in this one card.

The papers are from a new paper pack from Close to my Heart called Sweetheart. The flower was made with the same paper.

I used two Waltzing Mousr Stamp Sets fro my card. Holiday Labels #14 and Fancy Phrases.

I did some paper piercing in the corners and sdded some flat pearls.

The Hand Stitching around the card was done with matching Embroidery Floss.

Other Challenge Blogs this card was made for:
2 Sisters - Flowers
Elephantastic - New Beginnings
Kraftin Kimmie - Fancy Florals
Secret Crafter - With Love
Aud Sentiments - Only Two words in sentiment
Glitterbabe's - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - New Beginnings
The Creative Cottage - Something New (Papers and two stamp sets are new)
Stampin' B's - Use a Die Cut
If the Shoe Fits - Inspiration Picture
Just Add Ink - Monochromatic
Phindy's Place - Valentine/For a Loved One
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Wags 'n Whiskers - With Love
The Crafty Pad - Something New
Let's Ink It Up - Anything Goes
Pile it on - Anything Goes
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Something New (Papers, stamps, techinque)
Lexi's Creations - Say it with Love

Waltzing Mouse - Sketch Challenge #1

I can't believe I almost missed The Waltzing Mouse's First Sketch Challenge. That's what I get for being so behind with my emails.

Here is the sketch that inspired my creation.  I am totally addicted to sketch challenges!!!
The inspiration also came from the Waltzing Mouse Stamp sets that I used. Spring Baskets, Pic-Mic Patterns, & Fancy Phrases.
The Cardstock used is Smokey Plum & Garden Green from Close to my Heart. The basket was actually stamped on Garden Green and cut out. Only becasue I stamped it in Smokey Plum and didn't like it. And, you know there are no mistakes in stamping!!!

The frame was made using Martha Stewart Punches. Now, for those of you that know my work, this posed a challenge since I usually hand stitch around my card. Well, it just so happened that there were small holes punched there so I took advantage of them, added matching ones on the plaid piece and hand stitched it using matching Smokey Plum Embroidery Floss.
I colored the half pearls with a matching Green Copic Marker.

Waltzing Mouse 1st Birthday Blog Waltz

Well, it's that time of the month again. Time for another Waltzing Mouse Blog Waltz. This month is thier 1st Birthday, so the theme of the waltz is Birthdays. It's good I double checked before putting this together because my original Sentiment said Happy Anniversary.

I got my inspiration for this card from a sketch from The Pixie Cottage. They had another choice to distress elements of the card or make it vintage. I did some light sponging of Desert Sand Ink around the edges of all the pieces.
The black background was dry embossed with a cuttlebug folder.

Anyway, back to my stamps. The flowers are from a beautiful Waltzing Mouse stamp set called Spring Baskets. The floweres were stamped four times and colored with Copic Markers. I love the color red and combined it with some beautiful Close to my Heart papers of Black, Tan, & White, called Silhouette. The red crystals are also from CTMH but they were clear and I colored them with my matching red Copic Marker. There's a tiny one dotting the "i" in Birthday also.

I handstitched just the left side of the card this time with matching embroidery floss.

Other Challenges that fit this card:
Cowgirls' Sunday Challenge - Color Challenge - Red, Black & White.
Magical Crafts Challenge - Black, White + one more color.

Spring Baskets - Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge

Wow, what I wouldn't do for the chance to win all EIGHT new release stamp sets from The Waltzing Mouse.  It's going on 3:00 AM and I was determined to play along. I just had so many other things that needed to be done this week and it didn't happen before this. The deadline is 12:00 noon Ireland time, which is 7:00 AM my time. Whew, 4 hours to spare. I hope to get a better picture as soon as there's daylight.

My card uses the Spring Baskets stamp set from Waltzing Mouse.  They are celebrating their first anniversary and are celebrating with a new release and sketch challenge.
I stasmped the flower bunch numerous times then colored them with copic markers, cut them out and mounted them with foam take for a more dimensional lood.

I added bitty sparkles to each of the three butterflies and stickles to the center of the flowers fo some added Bling!

The hand stitching around the card was done with white embroidery floss.
Well, I'm going to bed. I'll check for typo's in the morning. I really don't like this version of blogger because they took the spell check away.

A Waltzing Mouse Blog Waltz!

I can't believe I almost missed this Blog Waltz. I've had my first set of Waltzing Mouse stamps for several weeks now and have yet to use them. That really shows the funk I've been in. When I saw this on my friend Lisa's Blog, I got so excited I had to go and create a card. I just hope I have enough time to submit it.

I used a sketch from this weeks Truly Scrumptious sketch Challenge.

The designer papers are from K and Company.
The ribbon, half pearls and buttons are from Close to my Heart.

The Waltzin Mouse stamp set I used is called Spring Baskets. I stamped the images three times with memento black ink then colored them with Copic Markers. I cut them out and layered with some foam take for a 3D look.
The daffodils have yellow stickles on them for a little sparkle.

I added some punched flowers, half pearls and some Hand Stitching with embroidery floss for the finishing touches..

HERE ARE SOME OTHER CHALLENGES FOR THIS CARD:
Stamp Something Layered Challenge - Lots of layeres here.
Paper Sundae - Make a card with anything but people
Paper Jewels April Challenge - Sewing and Buttons.
Pile It On - Spring is finally here!
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Buttons
All Sorts - Stitching
Creative Inspiration - 3 flowers, 2 dps, 1 ribbon

Waltzing Mouse Blog Hop

HAPPY ST. PATRICK"S DAY!!!

I've been sitting in waiting rooms having test done for the past three days and am really behind with my card. I've been looking forward to this blog hop, but life has a way of messing up the best plans.
So, with only about an hour tho throw this card together, this is not one of my best creactions but it has to do.
I was in such a hurry to post that I forgot to add a Wee Bit of Stickles to me Shamrocks!

The image was a Freebie from Waltzing Mouse. So, I thought the perfect sketch to use would be this one from Midnight Madness.

The Designer paper is a combination of Close to my Heart and Basic Grey.
The stitching was done by hand with embroidery floss. I like the dimension of hand sewing and find it very relaxing.

To follow along, please jump into our very own Waltzingmouse House Forum and look for the threads in The Play Room for the March St. Pat's Day Blog HopI will try and fill in more important information on this post when I get back home. So, if you are looking for the sketch or links, please come back later.

Here are some other challenges that work with my card:
Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #50 - Shamrock cupcake
Fussy & Fancy - Green
Stamp Something - Cream & Green
Cup Cake Craft Challenge  82 - Going Green
Digital Tuesday - Lots of Green
Little Red Wagon #20 - Use Copics
Bee Crafty - Spring
Ooh-La-La- Creations Challenge 49 - Anything goes
Secret Crafter Challenge 74 - Anything goes
The Pixie Cottage - Green
Paper Play - Good Luck
Pixie Dust Challenge 14 - Power of 3