Waltzingmouse February, 2013 Blog Party

I am here for the Waltzingmouse February blog party, where the theme is doily.  This was a tough one for me.  I am not a doily kind of gal.  But, I gave it a try.  When I think of doilies and other frilly type things, I think of romance.  Not really my thing.  Fortunately, I have a stack of doilies on hand, provided by some generous friends who have doily dies.

I used some images from Nordic Spring, and a sentiment from Compact Sentiments for my card.  It's not too frilly--just how I like it. 

I was chatting with some crafty friends while I was making this card, and somehow got to remembering all the different types of black ink I have and never use.  So, I pulled out my Brilliance Lightning Black for this card, and remembered how much I love that ink.  The black is so soft and shimmery, with just a hint of green or gold or something else.  Not sure if that shows up in this picture.

Enjoy the rest of the hop.  I'm eager to see what every one else has made.


Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse Nordic Spring, Compact Sentiments
Paper:  PTI White, Kraft
Ink:  SU Real Red, PTI Kraft, Brilliance Lightning Black
Other:  PTI Doily and Angled Label dies

Thanks for Visiting

Waltzingmouse 100th Sketch Challenge

This week, Waltzingmouse is celebrating their 100th sketch, and I am so glad to be able to participate.  I am gradually building up my collection of Waltzingmouse stamps, so each challenge gets a little bit easier for me as I have more stamps to choose from.  This week, I used stamps from Nordic Spring, a beautiful stamp set that I received as a gift from a Papertrey Forum friend from the UK, who I helped out as a shipping buddy.  To say that I was surprised and delighted when I opened her 'just a little something for your time' gift would be an understatement.  

There are many great prizes and so many inspirational ideas on the WM sketch challenge blog.  I hope you can check it out and play along.  The more entries they get, the more prizes there will be.  I hope to sneak one more card in, too.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Nordic Spring, Communique Sentiments

Paper:  PTI White, Simply Chartreuse, Winter Wisteria

Ink:  Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Winter Wisteria, VersaFine Onyx Black

Other:  button, twine, Deanna's dots