L'il Space Cadet

Hello Friends!  Welcome to the Waltzing Mouse Stamps Blog Party for June!  I hope you'll join us, as there's always great projects and awesome inspiration from everyone participating.

This month, the Blog Party theme is "Inspire Me".  We were given this Beautiful Inspirational photo and colour combo to work with.

I love the colours, and the panels on the wall.  I was wishing I had some cherry blossoms and vases ;-) to replicate the gorgeous image on a card.  My end result was nothing like the photo but I hope you can see the inspiration I drew from it.

The focal image was from Half-Pint Heroes and I also used the grid pattern from Off Beat Backgrounds on the embossed background.  The little Space scene was coloured with Copic Markers - Spaceship (BG11, BG53, BG57, BG07, C1, C3, C5, C7), Space Cadet (E000,E02, E11 & Y11, Y00), Moon & Stars (Y11, Y08, Y35, Y38).  

For the background piece, I stamped the grid pattern using Versamark Dazzle Champagne, dusted some Perfect Pearls and misted some water to set it.  When dry, I embossed it with the Dot Matrix texture fades folder for some texture and interest.

Here's another look at the card:

When this blog post goes live, I'm officially on a creative break until I settle in in my new home in Australia.  It's going to feel really odd as I've been stamping and colouring almost daily for so long, even if I don't produce any cards.  I don't know how I'm going to cope with a withdrawal... LOL! 

Thank you for visiting me, and till the next time...

Wishing you a Fabulous day and Party!

Kary

Products used : Waltzing Mouse Stamps Half-Pint Heroes and Off Beat Backgrounds,  Memento Espresso Truffle, Versamark Dazzle Champagne, Copic Markers, Hero Arts Layering papers Pool set, May Arts Twill Chevron ribbons, Tim Holtz Texture Fades Dot Matrix, Perfect Pearls, buttons.

Aim HIGH Kid!

Hello Friends!  Welcome to the May Waltzing Mouse Blog Party!  This month's theme is Felt or Cozy Fabrics and I am so looking forward to see Everyone's fabulous projects!

For my card, I opted to use felt and stamps from my current favourite WMS set Half-Pint Heroines, with a lot of fussy cutting ;)  I would love to ride in a Hot Air Balloon someday - it would be so awesome and fun!  Till then, I'd have to rely on my imagination... to create the scene for this card  :)

First, I stamped all the images (hot air balloon, clouds, bird and the girl) on white cardstock using Memento Rich Cocoa except the clouds, where I used Memento Summer Sky.  I also die cut the little house and trees using white cardstock. Then I coloured all the images with Copic Markers, here are the markers I used - Hot air Balloon - R43, R35, R46; Basket - E31, E33, E35, YR20, YR21, YR23; Clouds - BG10 & B0000; Bird - E33, E31, E01; Girl's face - E50, E01, E11; Hair - E11, E13, E15, House - R01, R02, R14; and the Trees - YG21, YG23, YG25, E13.  Next, I stamped the balloon again on patterned paper and paper pieced the panels as shown.

For the landscape, I used two colours of felt, and die-cut them with Wonky Scallop border. I adhered the felt to the cardstock and arranged all the elements as shown.  I added some Baker's twine to connect the hot air balloon to the basket. The sentiment was stamped using the new Memento Teal Zeal (love this colour!) and I popped it up on a strip of the same blue paper.

Would you believe that the inspiration for this card came from the WMS Sketch by Lynn this week?  It was certainly with some added imagination on my part, LOL!

Here's another look at the card;

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Be sure to check out the Fabulous projects on Claire's blog from all the WMS fans participating today.

Have fun!
Kary

Products used: Waltzing Mouse Stamps Half-Pint Heroines, Memento Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky & Teal Zeal, Copic Markers, Green felt (2 colours), Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Gina K Cranberry Tart cardstock, Patterned papers from Echo Park's Summer Days 6x6 pad, MFT Wonky Scallop border Die-namics, Memory Box Modern Landscape die, The Twinery Baker's twine - Lemon Drop.

Best Wishes

Hi, today's Waltzing Mouse Blog Party theme is New Beginnings.  I wanted to create a card which is suitable for many new beginnings.  A card which I could send for any celebration, as well as to use a colour combo I've never tried before... {grin}

The pansies are from Afternoon Tea Sentiments.  I googled for pansies and found they do come in this red-orange colour which I really like.  I coloured the pansies with Copic Markers R01, R02, R05 and RV69.  The leaves are coloured using YG61, YG63 and YG65.  Just behind the pansies is a beautiful frame from Florentine Frippery (stamped with Memento Tangelo) and the sentiment (stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa on vellum) is from Big Day Additions.

Here are some close-up pics:

Love the shimmer on the coloured image from using the Cryogen cardstock 

Stamped and cut the single pansy to be attached to the sentiment

Thank you so much for coming by.  Please come along for the Blog Party, for I'm sure you will be inspired by the awesome creations from the Waltzing Mouse fans.

Enjoy!
Kary

Waltzing Mouse Stamps Blog Party - 17.03.2012

Happy St Patrick's Day!!  We don't formally celebrate St Patrick's Day in Malaysia, but I think there is a small Irish community here that does, and Irish restaurants in the city have special events on this day.  I would love to visit Ireland someday and experience how the Day is celebrated...that would be Awesome!

Following the theme of the Blog Party, I have a card in shades of green.  It's a simple design and I used the set Candy Jar Christmas - Fillers and sentiment from Say It Loud.  I coloured the candies with Copic Markers (YG11, YG25, YG61, YG63, YG00, G00, G000) and the lid is inked with Memento Bamboo Leaves.  I adhered some Baker's Twine just underneath the lid of the jar and a bow with a gemstone. The top section of the card was embossed with a SU Embossing folder (Square Lattice) and the sentiment is stamped on the patterned paper.  To finish off the card, I added some flourish pearls and a tiny prima flower.

And, here's a little St Patrick's card using the Shamrock and St Patrick's Day label freebies at Waltzing Mouse's site:

Thank you for visiting me today. Do visit the Waltzing Mouse blog for the list of Blog participants.

Enjoy the Blog Party!
Kary

Waltzing Mouse Stamps Blog Party - 17.02.2012

Hello Friends!  It's time for this month's WMS Blog Party, and the theme is Looking forward to Spring.  Springtime brings to mind beautiful blooms and it's a great time to get out the camera.

For my card, I used my all-time favourite set of Waltzing Mouse stamps, Roses In Bloom.  I love roses and it's great to be able to colour the rose in any shade I like.  I used Copic Markers for the rose (Petals - R01, R20, R22 ; Flower centre - E00, E02, YR23, E15).

Just underneath the rose, is a stamp from the set Very Vintage Labels 18, I stamped it with Memento Rhubarb Stalk, and cut it out with Labels 18.  I also stamped the grid background stamp from the set Off Beat Backgrounds in Memento Angel Pink just for some added texture.

Here's the card:

The sentiment is from Eat Cake, another favourite set of mine, heat embossed in white. The sentiment was stamped in the same polka dot brown & pink paper and placed a little off to the left for some interest but not to take the eye away from the rose focal image.  I added a lace trim, an aqua ribbon & some pearls to finish off the card.

I hope you like the card.  Please click here for more WMS Inspiration and Fabulous creations.

Thanks for visiting me. Enjoy the Blog Party!!
Kary