Sunday, June 17, 2012

Waltzingmouse Stamps June Blog Party

It's time for this month's Waltzingmouse Stamps blog party! Here's what I came up with for the Blog Party--after a failed first attempt at some masking with spray mists (I want to like those mists, but I just can't get them to work for me . . .)--based on elements in the inspiration photo that was provided.

I used this week's Waltzingmouse sketch challenge as my starting point.  I used shades of aqua blue, like in the inspiration photo.  At first my large light aqua panel was plain, but I went back and stamped the heart border pattern from the Nordic Spring in a coordinating ink.  To mirror the inspiration photo's rectangular shapes, I layered the aqua panel on a darker aqua mat and machine stitched around the edges to define the border.  The stitched panel is set on an aqua card base.

The half table leaning set against the wall in the inspiration picture seemed to resemble the half-circle on the card sketch.  I used a large doily die cut for this element and embellished it with some light colored paper flowers with a big self-adhesive pearl at the center, bringing in the photo's floral element.  I stamped the "heartfelt thanks" sentiment from the Frame It set on a notch-ended strip and set that on the doily, tucking the end under the flowers.  Not my normal style, but I'm happy with how it turned out.


Materials Used:
Nordic Spring and Frame It stamp sets (Waltzingmouse Stamps); Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist inks, Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist cardstock (Papertrey Ink); doily die (My Favorite Things); flowers (Prima); self-adhesive pearl (Recollections); sewing machine

22 comments:

  1. This is adorable Lori...Love the little rows of hearts and that beautiful flower that adorns your doily. Thanks for playing along with the WMS Sketch Challenge AND the Blog Party. YOU ROCK!

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  2. What a sweet card, Lori! Love all these hearts, the doily and the beautiful flower!

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  3. Lori, I am drooling over that Cheery Lynn doily and that perfectly stamped background!

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  4. So very pretty. I love the doily.

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  5. Hi Lori, this is so soft and elegant. I love the background and the pretty doily! The layered flowers are a wonderful touch too!

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  6. How fabulous that you even worked in this week's sketch challenge too!! :)
    Love the doily and fabby flower...
    and that perfect stamped background!

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  7. Love this monochromatic card for the hop, Lori! The Nordic stamping is so lovely on the Aqua Mist paper, and is perfect with the sentiment you chose. The doily and flower add even more of a sweet homespun feel to it!

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  8. great combination of the sketch and the blog hop! Love that background you chose to stamp, and a lovely sentiment too.

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  9. What a beautiful combo take on the sketch and challenge colors! LOVE your design and the beautiful doily! Hugs, Karin

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  10. I really like the cool colours on your card and the pretty Nordic Spring patterns. Great work.

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  11. So beautiful and elegant...that doily is just so amazing and love your heart stamped background. Just so perfect.

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  12. Love the soft colors and the aqua doily! Nordic Spring was a great choice for your stamped background--so sweet!

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  13. Wonderful Nordic heart stamping for your background Lori - and the doily is SO pretty!

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  14. Wonderful stamping in the background! I can never get them right and yours is perfect!! Beautiful colours and love the flowers and doily. Have a lovely day!

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  15. I love your monochromatic card and the doily in that aqua colour is stunning.

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  16. Very pretty.That doily is stunning, especially in something other than white!

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  17. Very pretty Lori. I like the tone on tone. Great take on the sketch.

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  18. Love the doily and background stamping!! Uber pretty card!!!

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  19. I love the background stamping, Lori! Very pretty :) Thanks for playing along with the WMS sketch challenge this week! xxx

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  20. Haha! Lori, I can't get those mists to look right for me either. I always just end up using them to spray on my flowers. But I love your card....I always love anything with a doily or anything with that aqua blue! They are my favorite embellishments and one of my favorite colors!

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