Waltzingmouse November Release Waltz

Welcome to the Waltzingmouse November Release Design Team Blog Waltz. Make sure to start at Claire's blog to go through the entire waltz! You should have come here from Joan's blog - if you didn't, be sure to make the rounds! There's some fabulous eye candy and prizes to be won!  This month there will be 4 fabulous sets being featured in the waltz (Vintage Ornaments, Festive Foliage, Around Christmastime. and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas)!

Remember you can win a free stamp set by leaving a comment at each blog post along the waltz, including this post! Your comment must be received by 11:59 pm EASTERN on Tuesday, November 9. One winner will be chosen from comments on Claire's blog and one winner will be chosen from comments left on one of the DT member's blogs! So leaving a comment on this blog gives you a chance to win some free goodies and by making the rounds, you can increase your chances!

I'm featuring ''Twas the Night Before Christmas today. I have a LOT of pics so bear with me! :) This is my first time making some home decor hanging but I felt that this was the perfect set to make some Christmas decorations with. So here it is hanging on my wall.

I split each verse into one piece and then tried to illustrate each piece. Each piece is die cut with a Labels 8 Spellbinders die  (I used the second to largest one). And the patterned paper is cut to 4 1/4 by 3 inches. Patterned paper and chipboard pieces are from Crate Paper.

On each image piece, I set an eyelet on the top and the bottom (this gives your cardstock more strength and I'd recommend it). Then I slowly strung the pieces onto the ribbon. I tied a knot at the bottom and tied a bow on the top. 

You can always click on a specific photo for a larger view. I know that you can't see much detail when I show three or four pieces at once so I do have individual shots for your viewing pleasure as well. I took these shots before I hung it up so there may be slight differences as I have a tendency to change my mind at the last minute.

Title page - I love this little image and I thought it'd be perfect for my title page. Added a little gem to the middle of the snowflake.

"Twas the night before Christmas" - I placed some glossy accents onto the light bulbs and it adds some fun texture.

"Sugar plums" - I love the image of the sugar plums dancing so I added some gem swirls for the concept of dancing. The candy has some glossy accents on it as well and I colored the candy cane with my clear Spica glitter pen. I love the shine!

"Tore Open the Shutters" - I created my shutters a little differently than Claire but I think  hers are a little easier to do so you should follow her how-to. There's a fun little orange candle gem for the flame.

"New Fallen Snow" - Added some gems to the snowflake otherwise this is pretty self-explanatory.

"Called Them By Name" - I placed a little red gem on the reindeer nose. The trees are covered with my glossy gel pen for some texture.

"Dash Away, Dash Away All!" - There's some gems and glossy accents on the tree. The Santa image is covered with my glossy gel pen + some glitter from the clear Spica glitter pen. In my overall shots, I realized that the tree chipboard was a little too heavy and was crooked when hung. So to counter it, I did add a small clip to equalize the weight. My engineering degree put to use! The other thing you could do is add some weight to the back.

Ok that wraps up my photo-palooza of a post. Hope you enjoyed and hope you were inspired a bit!

Thanks for stopping by! Next up is the talented Bonnie Sharp - be sure to check out the fabulous things she has in store for you! :)





Stamps: ('Twas the Night Before Christmas) Waltzingmouse Stamps
Cardstock: (Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Simply Chartruese) Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper: (Snow Day) Crate Paper
Ink: Papertrey Ink, VeraMark
Embossing Powder: (white detail) Ranger
Accents: (chipboard from Snow Day) Crate Paper, (stickers from Snow Day) Crate Paper, (gems) Hero Arts, (gem swirl) Zva, (eyelets)
Coloring Mediums: (gel pen) Sakura, (glitter pen) Copic
Tools: (Glossy Accents) Ranger, Crop-A-Dile, (die) Spellbinders, (2 inch scallop circle punch, 1 3/4 inch circle punch) EK Success