WMS Beautiful Roses

I have had so much fun mixing up stamp inks and colours to make more of those fabby vintage roses using my Christmas pressie set from Waltzing Mouse Stamps lately.  I have used crafting as my therapy quite a bit of late so I guess you could say there's an up side to all the madness and changes that I just can't keep up with at work right now.  After a crafting session I am wonderfully chilled and relaxed - every bit as good as a massage I'd say!

I had these stamped and cut rose images out on my table this week and finally made up a couple of cards.

 

This first one has lots of detail to keep it from being CAS.  I know, it would look lovely as a CAS card but I just can't help myself!!!!

 

I can't stop using Tim Holtz distress inks because I actually like the look they give.  I started by distressing a cream card base with a 'straw' yellow ink.  Next I stamped the WMS chicken wire stamp as a background.  Then I added some pretty WMS swirls to sit at two corners of my scripture block.

 

After that it was adding the rose and a bit of glitter spray.  I yellowed up cream cardstock and stamped my rose in 'marmalade' orange.  I added the final layer of stamping in brown and distressed the fnished image.  The leaves were stamped with a light straw base (I stamped off first to get a lighter shade) then the second stamp was a full ink and finally the last was a brown ink called 'corduroy'.  A bit more distressing and I was a happy bunny :-)

 

 

 

My second card had the same WMS chicken wire stamping on the background except that stamped it through a mask where I had torn out a rectangle to stamp through for a 'patch' of detail.

 

I grabbed a PTI stamped button card that I had to hand and too the edge of my scissors to it along with some distressing inks.  I have a special tool for this job but when I'm in mid flow sometimes I manage and make do cos I can't be bothered to go looking for something.

 

 

 

I kept the colour scheme soft and subtle in blue/grey tones.  The rose is stamped blue believe it or not but it looks grey.  The first base of the leaves was a 'stamped off' charcoal grey.  The next layer was the blue and then the final layer was full on charcoal grey.

 

The subtle mini rose images and leaves around the outer edge were created by stamping off and then again distressing the edges to finish.  I left it so I could add a bit of ribbon or twin behind this button card which could be tied into a bow at the side.  Just as soon as I find a piece of ribbon that works perfect I'll add it.

 

Well I'm headed to Bedfordshire cos I can't stop yawning so hope you enjoy.

 

Hugs

 

Suezie

Waltzing Mouse PJ Party Challenge 4

Okay so the clock is ticking and I have another project to link for the WMS PJ Party.  This time I used a bit of creative license with the tag sketch.

This entry is for Challenge 4 - Bedtime Sketch

 

The idea was to make up a trio of tags with a smaller tag as a sentiment over the top.  Two of my tags match this perfectly but I decided to get a bit creative with the middle tag and add a chipboard 60 for hubby's birthday next week.

 

 



 

I did make up three tags using the same WMS western stamps sets but I wanted to add a little something extra so I used the pennant (bunting) to create a western bunting with the tags as the centrepiece.

 

It's kinda hard to get a picture of these once you stretch them out so this is the best I could do at short notice.  I used red stamped pennants on the front of the tags and blue ones in between.

 

I'm hoping this still counts!

 

Thanks to the PJ challenge I am just about ready with crafting in time for the BIG 60 Day!

 

Hope you like.

 

Blessings

 

Suezie

Waltzing Mouse PJ Party Challenge 2

I am desperately trying to get my project uploaded in time for the Waltzing Mouse PJ Party.

I made my first project a while ago now so I'd be ready in time but then I decided today when I got home to enter a second challenge and got distracted crafting this evening.

 

Anyhow here's the first post which is for Challenge 2 - Surprise Him!

 

 

I am still playing around making my own paper bags and this time I made one using brown wrapping paper on the roll.  I featured my homemade pattern a few posts back for anyone that's interested.

 

I grabbed a couple fo WMS western sets and got to work stamping up the bag in a dark denim ink.

 

 

This would make really cute wrap doen up in a large sheet so I may do this again.  I also stamped up a bunch of different elements to decorate the bag with.  I love that everything co-ordinates so well when you use complimenting stamp sets. 

 

 

Here's a close up shot of the top of the bag layered up with a red bunting strip, blue pennant, birthday tag and a Sheriff star badge to boot.

 

 

I arranged everything so I could keep the bottom right corner visable.  And it is for a BIG day too - hubby is turning 60 on Tuesday and I wanted something to put his birthday surprise into to tuck inside his card.

 

 

So this is the surprise element - dollars!  We are making a trip back home this year and had intended to go for his 60th as a nice treat but our niece announced she was getting married in August so we decided to postpone it until then.

 

Hubby doesn't really know what he wants so the kids and I are giving him dollars to spend once we get back home.  I'm sure he can find something he wants and will really enjoy spending it.

 

Enjoy!

 

Suezie