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Good morning!!! I made a card this morning! I need to get started on a pile of thank you cards!

I have to admit I had a little trouble getting started, there was a mojo shaped hole in my imagination this morning, and so I started simply with a little subtle background stamping! I used Anya's delicious dog tooth to create a tone on tone card base and just popped on a simple sentiment from Compact Sentiments 2 as a focal point. Beautiful ovals trimmed out with the Floral oval dies, I trimmed a cream one down further with scissors before mounting it on a kraft card oval.

I drew the pink heart onto the pale pink button ( I used a copic marker)  and threaded it with a little cream button twine to add a weeny bit of interest. Lovely delicious brown velvet ribbon! oooh it's yummy stuff that I'm 'interviewing' for the store!

So, since I'm trying to get going again, I'd like to know how you kick start your mojo when you're feeling lacklustre? ooh, and since I have a couple of spare meters of this stuff just sitting around, I'm going to pick a random comment to win a wee length of this lovely ribbon! So - tell me all your secrets and help me get back into the swing!!! I'll let this run till Wed midnight, my time.

:)

May Blog Party Recap

Hello all.  I hope you enjoyed our most recent blog party.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many felt and fabric inspiration all in one place before.  It was truly amazing to see the creativity of so many Waltzingmouse Stamps fans.  You can still take a gander at all the fantastic project which can be found here.

There were so many amazing projects that it was really difficult to select only three to highlight here for you today, but I hope you will agree that each one holds special appeal.

Kary Lim’s project full of green rolling hills of felt creates a wonderful backdrop of this image from the Half Pint Heroines set.  Each item on this card was individually cut and colored using Copic markers, and what a wonderful job she did!  Lots of layers and plenty to capture the eye as well as the imagination.

Our newest Mischief Maker, Jeanne Jachna, took a simple child’s toy idea and created a truly imaginative work of art.  Her felt pinwheels set the stage for these adorable centers made from the Dainty Doily Large and even used the Waltzingmouse Mouse iconic image to finish the centers off.  Fun and beautiful!

Rebecca Ednie created a project completely from felt with the exception of the front panel.  This lovely and creative needle caddy is as functional as it is lovely.  Rebecca used the Gingham & Co. set to create the background on which she stamped an image from Rescue Remedies.  It’s a lovely project and gift.

 

Thanks to everyone who participated.  We hope you had as much fun creating and playing along with us.

We consider everyone that participated in the blog party a winner, but only one participate can win the free set that WMS is giving away to one lucky winner.  We used Random.org to select our winner this month.  Congratulations goes to:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Congratulations Debbie.  You were the last one to link up your project, but it certainly paid off for you! Please send Claire an e-mail at Claire.brennan1@ntlworld.com with your stamp set selection, and mailing address details.  We appreciate EVERYONE’S participation and support of the “Blog Party”.  It was great fun looking at all the very creative projects.  We hope you had as much fun blog hopping as you did creating.

Be sure to check back on June 1st, when we will announce the theme for the June 17th “party”.

May Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party–Let’s Get Cozy!

Hello and welcome to the May 2012 Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party! This party started a little later than usual this month, but we are raring to go, so let's get started.  We are thrilled that you have joined us for this fun and inspirational event.

Our theme for May is felt or cozy fabrics.  What does that mean?   It may mean that you add a felt or fabric border to compliment your Waltzingmouse Stamps images, or you may want to add a hand rolled flower or two, even die cut felt or fabric elements are great additions too. Your project can be a card, a 3D item or even a scrapbook page – whatever you’re inspired to create.  We look forward to seeing all the inspiring ways you have incorporated the theme into your project!

We encourage you to upload your entries to your blog or on-line gallery and then link up your creation using the inlinkz tool at the end of this post. We will leave the links open for 24 hours so that everyone will have a chance to play along!  Once you link your project, you can check out all the other inspiring projects by just clicking on their link.  Fun and easy!

A random selection of time zones are given below, so you can see how this works:

UK - 6:30 p.m. 24th May- 6:30 p.m. 25th May

USA (New York) 1:30 p.m. 24th May- 1:30 p.m. 25th May

Australia (Queensland) - 4:30 a.m. 25th May- 4:30 a.m. 26th May

Canada (Alberta) - 11:30 a.m. 24th May- 11:30 a.m. 25th May

Malaysia - 2:30 a.m. 25th May- 2:30 a.m. 26th May

Norway - 7:30 p.m. 24th May- 7:30 p.m. 25th May

There you have it.  You have 24 hours to link up your creation!  We all look forward to see your wonderfully creative projects.

Be sure to check back on the 27th of the month – we will highlight a few of the amazing entries right here on the blog! We will be on the lookout for projects that showcases extra special effort! We will also randomly select a winner for a coupon code good for a free set. SWEET!

Let the fun begin and use your direct link to start the party.

The Big Cheese of the Week

Well, we have a bit to catch up on, don't we?  It seems like things are almost as busy as during the holidays.  But the approach of summer is certainly considered a holiday, isn't it?

I am here to announce the Big Cheese of the Week for last week (and the week before).

Our continued thanks for all of the fantastic entries and support.

The Big Cheese of the Week for May 7th to 13th is Katie Gehring with this super card:

Love the combination of colors and patterns.  I also love the interest added by adhering the washi tape (yes, washi tape - its everywhere and I *love* it!) on an angle.  This is a bright and cheery card, Katie!

The Big Cheese of the Week for May 14th to 20th is Cathy Weber, with her outstanding take on this week's sketch challenge. 

This week's sketch was certainly a challenge, but Cathy made it look easy!  The combination of blue and brown makes it oh-so-perfect for a little boy.  The patterns and baby motifs are adorable (do you see those little safety pins?) - and I love the touch of the pinked edges!

Great job, Cathy and Katie!  Your projects will be added to the Big Cheese highlight album in the WMS Gallery. Please send me an email and I will provide you with a discount code for $10 off your next Waltzingmouse Stamps purchase.

Thanks for another great week of projects, ladies! Inspiring as always!

Would you like the opportunity to be chosen for the Big Cheese? Just upload a project to your Waltzingmouse Gallery. Then add a direct, clickable URL link of your newly uploaded Gallery entry here in the WMS Forum, a new thread starts every Monday! You can visit us on the forum if you have any questions.

Don't forget that tomorrow is the monthly WMS Blog Party - follow the link for all the details - hope to see you there!

Have a great day!
Anya

...thank you

Rita McCarthy Richardson RIP

I just want to thank everyone for their kind wishes, hugs, cards, prayers and good vibes, all were hugely appreciated and even if I did end up sitting at the computer opening the second box of Kleenex, I always think it's a good thing to let it all out and not bottle your feelings up inside.

My wee mum has gone to be with my dad, she has no more pain, and for that I am grateful. She was a unique and wonderful lady. We were the luckiest children. She was beautiful inside and out, and if I can take anything positive out of what has happened it will be that my mum and dad would have wanted us to go forward in peace and happiness.

Neither of my folks were the sort of people to dwell on their misfortune and so I am looking forward to keeping busy and getting back into things again, that's not to say I won't have the odd wobble and subject you all to lengthy waffles of the 'when I was wee...' variety, but there are interesting things to be told. My mother was incredibly talented, she was an accomplished painter among other things and so I expect that from time to time you might come across her handiwork on this blog.

Thank you for stopping by.