Wednesday, May 29, 2013

WMS May Release Blog Waltz

Hello there!

Welcome to the Waltzingmouse Stamps May Release Blog Waltz. Today, the two new Waltzingmouse stamp sets we've been previewing for the past few days (Country Labels 4 and USA 1776) will be available for purchase in the Waltzingmouse Stamps store.

You should have arrived here from the fabulously talented Laurie Schmidlin's blog. The waltz starts over on Claire's blog, so be sure to head there if you're just popping in.

As usual, Blog Waltz prizes are up for grabs! One winner will be randomly chosen from the comments left on one of the Design Team blogs, so let us know what you think of the new release! You have until 6:59 AM EST on June 1st to leave your comments. The winner will be announced on the WMS Blog on the 3rd.

Today, I have a little mash up of both new sets - Country Labels 4 and USA 1776 - for a patriotic card with a soft country twist.


I love making these strippy cards :)

I started by cutting a variety of strips all 4 inches wide. I like to vary the height on each to give it some interest. The colors sort of chose themselves, and I went with it. Each strip was stamped with an image or combination of images from the two new sets. I added some text background from Text It to help fill in some space.

I finished it off with a little bit of twine and a button to bring it all together. So sweet!

We have the whole Design Team joining us today for the hop, so I won't keep you. The DT members that did not participate in the release countdown will be sharing their inspiration throughout the month, so be sure to keep an eye out for that, especially as your new stamps start to arrive! Thank you so much for your visits and kind words over the past few days. It means so much to me that you stop by and share your thoughts.

Edna will be your next stop along the hop! Take care!


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Recipe
STAMPS: Country Labels 4, USA 1776 (available May 29), Text It - Waltzingmouse Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Sahara Sand, Soft Sky - SU!; Rustic Cream - PTI
INK: Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Groovy Guava - SU!; Antique Linen Distress Ink
OTHER: Cantaloupe Twine - The Twinery; Aqua Mist Button - PTI

35 comments:

  1. Anya it's absolutely gorgeous!!
    Love the strips...
    such a fantastic design...
    but then they always are! :)

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  2. what a great collage you made of these wonderful new stamps Anya - love the soft colors and the text background with Miss Liberty!

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  3. love the soft colors and the strips really work.

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  4. Fabulous card, love the strips!

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  5. Great combo here, love the "DPs" created with the different stamps!

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  6. Love the stripes of images and how you stamped them to give a soft feel.

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  7. Love the way you toned down the usual bold US colors. Nice change of pace and a lovely effect.

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  8. The stripes and soft colors compliment each other.

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  9. Nicely done...love the patriotic look!

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  10. Love this idea of stamping and cutting the strips, sure makes for a beautiful card!

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  11. Cute card. I love the strip idea.

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  12. FANTASTIC Anya. I do so love the different layers and the text you used reminded me of the constitution! A truly wonderful design.

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  13. what a brilliant card. Love the contrasts in it

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  14. This is lovely. Patriotic and subtle at the same time. I love the way the strips work together.

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  15. Love all the images in this set, Anya, a beautiful patriotic card!

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  16. Love your "strippy card"! All of the elements go together perfectly!!

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  17. I like how you combined these sets.

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  18. Love the subtle colors. Great stamping.

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  19. Wonderful image and wonderful card.

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  20. Great card! Love the unexpected colors!

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  21. Love how you used these sets! Love it!
    {hugs}
    Indy

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  22. Love the lighter colors you chose!

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  23. Anya, I love your strippy card!! It looks Wonderful, and I love how you used both stamp sets on it. So clever!!

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  24. Very excited to see a fellow Aussie on the hop and love your take on the new sets!

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  25. What a fun card to make...nothing like stamping all those great images to create your own paper. I especially like the idea to use the script text in one of them...for those of us who just love to stamp, this would be a perfect card to make. I loved it Anya.

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  26. I love the term strippy cards! And this one is great. I love the softer shades of color and the layers of stamping. Gorgeous!

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  27. Your samples are just gorgeous.

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  28. Lovely! The soft colours are really pretty!

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  29. WOW!!!! This is so perfect; such a fabulous combination of the two sets. LOVE it.

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  30. Terrific use of the two stamp sets together!They really are very complimentary. and I love the subtle color palette.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  31. I love what you created with the new sets.

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  32. Your stripy panels just make me smile!! Soft colors are perfect!!

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  33. Fantastic way to combine both sets - I really must try that with mine too. Love your more neutral colours, even though they're the US colours, they look so different to the usual brights

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  34. The stripey card is a great idea for usingg lots of lovely new stamps! I think I'll have to try that:)

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  35. I love how you've used both sets together!

    (Actually, I've loved your projects all this week--just awesome!)

    Chris L.

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