Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #111

Hi Friends!  Long time, no write!  Its been busy here the last couple of weeks!  I have a few pictures and stories for you but first I wanted to check in with my take on the Waltzingmouse sketch challenge! You can find all the details for the challenge here.

My 17th wedding anniversary is tomorrow and I needed a little something for the hubby. I used a couple of different sets on this card.  The background is from Heirloom Patterns.  The tree and wee birds are from Teeny Trees.  The heart is from Lil Buddies (I think...), and the sentiments are from Compact Family and Compact Sentiments.  I used a variety of inks from a wide variety of manufactures.  Ribbon from my stash, twine from May Arts.  That's it for the card making portion.  Below is a little update on the goings on around here:

Edit:  Just clarify... the bride below is NOT me.  That is my husband's cousin and we went to her wedding in S. Ca.  You can see us dressed in our wedding finery in the pics following.
We have been in and out of town and all over for the past two weeks.  We were at a wedding in Southern California where my husbands cousin got married.

The bride and her dad.

My little darlings.

Me and the hubby.

Both my kids had birthdays and we celebrated with a pool party at the local pool.


I cleaned out and reorganized my closet!  Oh it was such a pig stye!  I am too embarrassed to show the before pics!



I recovered all the dining room chairs.  The kids ripped one and of course no matching fabric on hand I had to redo them all.  I do like the way they turned out.

Before

After! So anyway its been busy around here!  My daughter started jr. high this week and my son will be back in school on Monday.  The count down for me has started as well and I have been spending time down at my job getting ready for the new year to start up.  Thanks as always for coming by.  I know its annoying when the posts don't update every day!  I'm going to try to do better!

Waltzingmouse Blog Party

Hello friends! Its the 17th which means its time for the Waltzingmouse blog party! You can get all the details here! For this party we were to draw inspiration from a photo on the WMS blog. I don't have a copy but if you head over on the link you should see it. Its a lovely teal room with three paneled rectangles and some cherry branches. Gray and orange are also featured in the color scheme.
I used a light teal background stamped with the diamonds from Heirloom Patterns.  I used my spellbinders for the little rectangle panels.  The branches are from Teeny Trees, as is the sentiment.  I used some orange ribbon and orange gems to complete the card.  I had fun making it, especially using these colors.  thanks for stopping in!

PS:  A quick little shout out to my husband who is the best dad to our kids!  Happy Father's day!

Waltzingmouse Gift Set

Hello friends!  If you liked yesterday's card, then you will like today's post.  If yesterday's card didn't do it for you- avert your eyes!  LOL!  Anyway I liked the WMS sketch card so much that I made a complete set in different colors.  I added matching envelopes and a little box to put them all in. The whole group and the matching envelopes. That is one of WMS label sets used on the envelopes. On the back flap I used the little bird again.
In yellow here. I also changed up the sentiments.
A close up of the pink card.
The box I made to house them in. The colors look a little off here, not sure why. Maybe it needs to go back to photoshop! LOL

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 101

Why hello there friends!  Its Saturday, which means its Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge time!  You can get all the details at the WMS Sketch blog.  Today I pulled out my most favorite of all WMS sets, Teeny Trees!  I stamped the tree and the sentiment in New Leaf.  The trunk is in Kraft.  The little bird is from the Half Pint Heroines set.  I colored it with my copics.  The background is from Heirloom backgrounds.  It is the smaller houndstooth.  Thanks so much for visiting me today!  I have three more days of work and then SUMMER- so hopefully more blog updates to come! Edit: if you liked this card you may want to see the whole set... here

Birthday Cupcake

Hello friends! Sorry for the lack of updates lately. The end of the school year is always so busy! I haven't touched cardstock in at least 3 or 4 days. But I do have for you a card I made last week.
I love this diamond background from Waltzingmouse stamps. The best part about it is that it easily spans the card base!  I inked it a little unevenly to get a distressed look.  I added a piece of vellum and used a sentiment from PTI.  The cupcake is also from PTI (Baby Button Bits).  It is paper pieced with doodlebug papers.  The star borders were cut with the PTI star border die from Doodlebug and PTI papers.  Thanks for stopping in!

Another Birdie and Envie Combo

Hello blog friends!  Well I just had the scare of my life when I tried to log into my blog and it said my account had been disabled!  And then suddenly on try number three it turned back on.  I have no idea what that was all about.  Anyway I have for you today another card like yesterdays.  Different colors but the same basic idea.

Little Birdie with Matching Envie!

Hello blog friends!  Its Tuesday and I am back to work, that break was short lived!  I did get some cards made on vacation and even got pictures so hopefully I will have some time to share this week.

This card combines a couple of my old favorites along with a new favorite!  The houses are from PTI Bird Watching.  The birds are from Little Bitty Bird.  My new favorite is the background stamp which is from WMS heirloom backgrounds (same bg set that I used on the flower cards last week).  The patterned paper is from the new 6x6 Doodlebug.

Here is the matching lined envelope.  I love lining envelopes, they look so professional!  I used the envie liner die from PTI.

The front of the envelope featuring a fillable frame and bitty bird.

The back of the envie.  The details make all the difference!  Now to actually send this to someone!

In Bloom Roses

Well good morning friends!  I am up early because we have a 9am baseball game today.  I do not enjoy it, not at all.  Plus its cold. Sorry I go off topic so quickly!  Anyway today I give you the birthday card I made for my mom.  Its got the big rose from In Bloom.  I masked the rose to add the leaves and then colored it all with my copics.  The background is stamped with the houndstooth from the new set Heirloom Pattens by Waltzingmouse Stamps.  The sentiment is from PTI- Botanical Garden.


Here we have essentially the same card in a different color scheme, with a different sentiment and a different background from the same background set.  Waltzingmouse backgrounds are awesome they are the full length of the card and super easy to line up and you get so many in one package.  This set has 5 different backgrounds in it!