Waltzingmouse Stamps October Preview - Day 2

Welcome to the second day of the Waltzingmouse Stamps October Release previews! The DT and I will be sharing projects over the next several days featuring FIVE new stamp sets that will be available for purchase at the Waltzingmouse online store starting Thursday, October 7th. This is such a fun release -- lots of great all-season sets and fun Christmas sets!

Be sure to check out Claire, Anya, Bonnie, Jennifer, Joan, Julia, Laurie, Lisa, Lynn, Mona, and Sandie who all have fabulous projects to share with you!

Today both of my cards feature Frame It. It's a fabulously fun set that allows you to frame you images. No need to draw those lines by hand anymore. In my previous cards, I'd waste about a sheet of cardstock to get those frames *just right*. Now, I can just stamp away! Claire also included some fab sentiments in it along with some cute images to use (which I know the rest of the DT has started showing off already)!

So let's get started, shall we?

It's Christmas Card

Of course, I had to start with a Christmas card. :) This first card uses Frame it and Big Blooms - Poinsettia. I stamped the frame first and then masked off the sides to stamp the flower. I love the look of the flower inside the frame -- almost as if you're looking through a window. I colored the flower with my Copics and the flower is also highlighted with a subtle yellow outline.

As Joan mentioned yesterday with her lovely card, kraft is a very forgiving cardstock to color on. This is the first time I've done it and there's a couple things I did that I wouldn't normally do with white cardstock. (1) I used Y21 to highlight my flower... way too dark normally but on kraft, it barely shows up. Suh-weet! (2) Somehow you're able to color a little messily and it looks a-ok. And I seemed to have less bleeding than I normally do when I use reds... perhaps I'll be coloring on kraft a lot more now... I could almost be a master colorer with kraft... hah!

I've been itching for a reason to use the lace that Nina gave me when we met at CHA. Finally found a great use for it in this card. :) Thanks Nina!



The one thing about the frame is that you don't have to have the sentiment opening on the bottom. You can put it on the top, the left, the right, or the bottom. :) Who says you have to follow the rules?  I like the look of the sentiment to the side and by changing where the opening of the frame is located, you increase the possibilities of this set tremendously.


For My Teacher Card

Frame It also works with some fabulous images from previous WMS sets, including Blessed by You.  At this point, I was pretty mask happy. So I figured, let's keep masking!

I stamped the frame and sentiment in Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. Stamped the apple and leaf. Then I masked off the edges (along with a small buffer) and masked the appel and stamped the text from Text It. I think it gives it a neat effect. :) The apple and leaves also have some glossy accents on them for extra flair.

Thanks for stopping by! :)







It's Christmas Card

Stamps: (Frame It, Big Blooms - Poinsettia) Waltzingmouse Stamps
Ink: Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Graphic 45
Fibers: (lace) from the Fabulous Nina Brackett, (ribbon) Papertrey Ink, (twine) Jewelry Essentials
Accents: (button) Papertrey Ink

For My Teacher Card

Stamps: (Frame It, Text It, Blessed by You) Waltzingmouse Stamps
Ink: (Watermark Ink) Tsukineko, Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: Papertrey Ink
Fibers: (twine), (ribbon) Papertrey Ink
Accents: (glossy accents) Ranger, (button) Papertrey Ink