November Friends of WMS Blog Waltz

It's November 15 and time for the WMS monthly blog waltz. To get us in the mood for the holidays (or maybe to give us a push to complete those holiday cards), the theme this month is Christmas.

Several years ago, one of my favorite paper companies, My Mind's Eye, had a Christmas paper collection that featured browns and blues. I've always liked that color combo and decided to use those non-traditional colors as my inspiration. Although I have several WMS Christmas sets, I seem to go back to Very Vintage Christmas over and over this year.





I pulled out my trusty Marvy snowflake punch to create my embellishment. And Tara, if you are reading this, I had to stand on it to get it to work. I actually thought I broke it but after a bit of time manipulating it, it's ok and ready for the next snowflake!

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Very Vintage Christmas, Seasons of Love, Off Beat Backgrounds
Cardstock: PTI Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Spring Rain
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate, Spring rain
Miscellaneous: SU Very Vanilla seam binding, Marvy snowflake punch, Hero Arts rhinestones, Nestabilities Pinked Circle die

A Year of PTI - November

With Christmas 6 weeks away, I need to get moving on my calendars. The designs are the challenge for me. Assembly goes pretty easily. In fact, I'll probably be mass producing these when the NE Ohio PTI group gets together on December 4.

So here's the November design. I try not to repeat themes from year to year and I've already done turkeys, acorns and leaves for this month. Wish PTI would add a cornucopia stamp to their line up.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: First Fruits, Calendar Basics
Card Stock: Dark Cocolate, Vintage Creme, Summer Sunrise
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Palette Cognac
Patterned Paper: First Fruits Collection
Miscellaneous: SU oval punch, SU Sizzlits Lots of Tags Label 1, Nestabilities oval, dimensionals

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 22

I love to participate in sketch challenges but it seems I rarely have time to do so. Since we gained an hour last night, I'm putting that extra hour towards stamping. Here's what I came up with for Challenge #22. It's not my traditional style but I had so much fun creating it.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Compliments of the Season, Text-It, Very Vintage Christmas
Card Stock: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Vintage Cream
Patterned Paper: Webster's Pages Waiting for Santa/Sweet Season Combo Pack
Ink: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Palette Landscape and Cognac
Other: Nestabilities, SU gold ribbon, Cuttlebug die, dimensionals

A Year of PTI - December

Here we are at the last day of the month and I managed to get one more calendar page done. Three down, nine to go and less than 60 days. The craft room cleaning is still in process. With family coming to visit for Thanksgiving, I really need to kick this cleaning up a notch.

But it was far more fun to pull out some stamps for a couple of hours. It's funny how sometimes a project comes together so quickly, while other times it is such a struggle. Today was one of those easy, peasy days. Who knows why!

I found that the retired Stampin' Up Handsome Hunter is a pretty good match for Pinefeather. And I like Pinefeather better in person than on the website.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Calendar Basics
Card Stock: Pinefeather, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White
Ink: SU Handsome Hunter, Pure Poppy
Patterned Paper: Christmas Prints
Miscellaneous: Vintage Buttons, SU punches, embossing powder, dimensionals

A Year of PTI - July

My crafting time has been a bit limited lately. I'm cleaning and organizing my craft room. I've got a huge box of cardstock and patterned paper ready to go to the local daycare. I'm sure the kids will have fun with my castoffs and I'm glad to see the box go.

I'm still working on my calendar, a Christmas gift for family and friends. Here's the month of July. I'm working through the months as inspiration hits. If you scroll down, you can see the only other month complete - September.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Calendar Basics, Men of Life
Cardstock: Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White
Ink: Pure Poppy, Fresh Snow, Basic Black
Patterned Paper: Men of Life
Miscellaneous: Fiskars Border Punch, SU Lets of Tags Label 1 Sizzlits, embossing powder, dimensionals

Friends of Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz

It's the 17th of the month and time for the Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamp Blog Waltz. The theme for this month is Autumn/Harvest. Fall is my favorite time of the year. Love the cooler temperatures, the bright blue skies and, most of all, the changing of the trees. It's only natural that I would have to use leaves and acorns on my card.



Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Blessed by You
Card Stock: Fine Linen, Ripe Avocado
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate
Miscellaneous: Circle punches, Nestabilities, Vintage Button, twine, SU embossing folder, dimensionals, corner rounder.

PTI Christmas Tags

PTI is offering a new set of tags this month and several of the DT posts have centered around tags. I decided to challenge myself to make tags using a number of older PTI sets. It was so much fun to search for tiny images that would work on the Fillable Frames dies. I'm awaiting a shipment of twine so please excuse that my tags are stringless.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Home for the Holidays. Signature Christmas, Rustic Branches, Sign Language, Take A Bough, Holiday Tree, Snowfall, 2009 Holiday Tag Collection, Fillable Frames 1,5 and 7
Card Stock: Rustic Cream, Kraft, Pure Poppy
Ink: SU Handsome Hunter, Simply Chartreuse, Hibiscus Burst, Pure Poppy, Fresh Snow, Enchanted Evening, True Black, Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores, Encore Silver Metallic
Other: Copics, Fillable Frame Dies 1.5 and 7, MS punch