WMS February Release - Day 2

Good morning, friends. I am back with day two of the countdown to the Waltzingmouse Stamps February Release. Nine new sets will be available for sale in the WMS webstore on Wednesday, February 29th.

Today we are sharing previews of two 'sequel' sets, follow-ups to popular sets previously released. The first set is a follow up to Nordic Winter called Nordic Spring!

This set features the same styling as that found in Nordic Winter, but with lovely spring motifs like flowers and birds. Here is my first card.

There is a beautiful butterfly in this set and I wanted to use it right away. I stamped it in Onyx Black Versafine ink and watercolored it with an aquapainter and ink pads. After it had dried, I added some Perfect Pearls to the wings and cut it out. The cane background is one of my favorites, from a set we'll peek tomorrow. I finished it off with a thank you sentiment from another new set. The border bit at the bottom of the card is another image included in Nordic Spring.

Isn't the detail on that so fantastic? And since it has the same styling as Nordic Winter, the spring images can easily be combined with some of those images as well.

My second card using Nordic Spring features a bird motif and a vertical row of hearts. For this card I stamped the birds twice and paper pieced them to add a little dimension and color.

I finished it off with a simple twine bow. I really like this card - you know me and birds!

The second set to be previewed today is a follow up to Victorian Frippery called Florentine Frippery.

This set is super elegant and ornate.

For this card, I heat embossed this square filigree frame image and using a craft knife, carefully cut out the center. The sentiment is from French Country, which we shared yesterday.

I used a pencil to lightly trace the outline of the frame so that I could stamp the sentiment on the card base. The frame piece was then adhered to the base with dimensional tape. While the cutting is not for the faint of heart, I think the results are quite pretty.

Last but not least is a fancy tag. As you can see, Florentine Frippery also contains a label that coordinates with Spellbinders Labels 25. Additionally, it has two square images that coordinate with Labels 24. It was one of these images that I used to stamp the border on the left. I just inked up one point of the square and stamped it repeatedly in a line, then trimmed them all out together. I thought it was a fun addition to my tag.

Here is a close up of the beautifully detailed label and the formal sentiment. So elegant!

That's what I have for today - tomorrow will be super exciting, so please be sure to stop back! Here are the links to the other Design Team ladies sharing previews today:

Anya Schrier - you are here!
Becca Feeken
Belinda Chang Langner
Claire Brennan (Owner)
Clare Buswell
Julia Aston
Jennifer Holmes
Kelly Schirmer
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynn Mercurio
Mona Pendleton
Sandie Dunne
Sarah Martina Parker
Tosha Leyendekker

Have a great day!

Anya

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Recipe
Butterfly Thanks
STAMPS: Nordic Spring, Heirloom Patterns, Compact Sentiments (available February 29th) - Waltzingmouse Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Fine Linen, Spring Moss, Rustic White - Papertrey Ink
INK: River Rock, Pear Pizzazz, Really Rust, Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray - Stampin' Up!; Antique Linen, Vintage Photo Distress Ink - Ranger Industries; Onyx Black Versafine - Tsukineko
OTHER: Picot Edge Circles - Spellbinders; Perfect Gold Perfect Pearls - Ranger Industries; Aquapainter

Thanking You
STAMPS: Nordic Spring (available February 29th), Cameo to Go - Waltzingmouse Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Kraft - Papertrey Ink
INK: Night of Navy, Regal Rose, Whisper White - Stampin' Up!
OTHER: Linen Twine - Stampin' Up!

Bonne Fete
STAMPS: Florentine Frippery, French Country (available February 29th) - Waltzingmouse Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Vintage Cream - Papertrey Ink
INK: Night of Navy - Stampin' Up!; Antique Linen Distress Ink - Ranger Industries
OTHER: Detail Gold Embossing Powder - Stewart Superior; Craft Knife

Verily I Thank Thee
STAMPS: Florentine Frippery (available February 29th) - Waltzingmouse Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Rustic White - Papertrey Ink
PATTERNED PAPER: Out of Print - Basic Grey
INK: Early Espresso, Buckaroo Blue - Stampin' Up!
OTHER: Ocean Princess Ribbon - MemrieMare; Doily - Wilton; Manilla tag - Stampers Anonymous; Vintage button