Happy Monday, inky friends! I hope it is or is going to be for you, and I really hope that mine turns out as I wish it would for me as well! Waltzingmouse Stamps September Release previews start tonight and I still haven’t received my stamps in the mail, so my participation, at least for today, is in hazard. However, there’s a chance that the beauties will arrive at my doorstep in a couple of hours and if that happens, I’ll try to whip up something quickly! *crossing fingers and toes*
In the meantime, I’ve been creating some cards, being in-and-out of my craft desk depending on how much time I had to spare. These are a product of the last two days’ effort and I finally gathered them all this morning to photograph and blog. Thanks goodness for a sleeping bub! lol

The first one features the florals from the WMS previous release, Two Step Sprig and Simple Sprig, and the sentiment from Big Day - Today. I added some teeny tiny stars from You’re A Doll, I also smuggled in non-WMS stamps, as in the grunge polka dot pattern from Bo Bunny. The flower is from Prima, the white dots were added with a white gel pen.

This card was created for the new challenge blog in the neighbourhood, Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge. If you love their stamps, this is the place for you! Their first challenge is on (sketch below, which I loosely followed) and you’ll want to join in if you want to win yourself a shopping spree in the WMS store 🙂

On the second card, there’s also a bit of WMS present - I used the Off Beat Backgrounds stamp set to create my background pattern. I stamped the stripes with Pumice Stone Distress Ink so it gives off the feel of a soft, warm blanket. Or is it just me?? 🙂 The florals and sentiment come from the much loved Harvest Berries set from PTI.

This card was designed with the help of the CTS#45 sketch. I love this one and I couldn’t wait to play along. I suppose I could whip up at least 5 more different cards with it without much thought, you know I love my floral/botanical stamps and this layout is just perfect for them 🙂

Lastly, I’ve got a card for The All That Glitters Is Gold Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. Frankly, I never cared for gold much but after seeing all that inspiration, the stunning examples of this trend popping around the blogland lately, I consider myself sold. So much so, that I think I may not end up with just one submission to this challenge. I’m having too much fun 😀
For this card, I embossed the stripes with the Jeweled Gold EP from Stampendous. I used the back of a stamp to ink up with VersaMark, in fact it was the same WMS one that I used to create the background in the card above. As you can see, here goes my ability to space the pattern correctly, when I can’t see exactly where I stamped. LOL!
I added a Paper Smooches sentiment to the mix, a die cut frame from Manor House Creations and the flowers were cut from a Crate Paper DP.

 

 

 
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