The Craft's Meow December 2011 Release Day 1

Hi! It's me again! I'm afraid I'm going to bombard you with posts today. lol! Not really, just 3 hehe. This is my last post for today. If you haven't seen my previous posts please scroll down.

Welcome! Welcome! It's Day 1 of The Craft's Meow December 2011 Release! I know you've been excited for it to start since Lisa started showing snippets of the sets these past few days. Well, wait no more! Let's begin shall we?

Today, we are introducing two lovely sets from the very talented Miss Nina Brackett: Lovely Labels 18 and Sent With Love.

I have two cards today, and I combined both stamp sets to make them. First off, I die cut and stamped on Lovely Labels 18 and layered them one on top of the other. I just love brown and silver together. They look so elegant together. I also added the band of patterned paper to add a little more gray into the picture. Then I placed it over some pink/orange patterned paper for a big punch of color. 

The sentiment and the image on the label are from Sent With Love. The images from this set are elegant and romantic. :) Great combination! 

Of course I didn't forget to make a shabby chic card for everyone. It is why I'm here for TCM after all. Hee! :) I shadow stamped an image from Sent With Love on the lower right portion of the patterned paper. 

Across from it, I added a doily and clustered some flowers, a butterfly, ribbon and the label. I also added a swirl of pearls for some bling. I am trying to go for the elegant look after all. 

Whew! That's it for me today! Come back tomorrow for Day 2! Make sure to drop by the other TCM girls to see what they have in store for you. Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the blog world! :)

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 76

Hello again! This is my second post for today so scroll down to see Day 3 of the WPlus9 Release. Welcome to Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 76! I can't believe it's the 76th already. Time really does fly when you're having fun. And we are having a LOT of fun over at the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge Blog.

This week's sketch is whimsical and fun. And totally perfect for the holiday season. In fact, I'm pretty sure that even without the sketch some of you might be making these right now!  Well, if you haven't thought of it yet...maybe you should...here's some inspiration for you.

And here's my tag. I made a Christmas tag, but you don't necessarily have to make a holiday tag...it's actually open to your interpretation. I die cut two circles, stamped the base with Text It and inked the edges. Then I cut one side of the patterned paper circle and used a scallop punch on it. I adhered the patterned paper circle over the base circle. 

I also stamped and hand cut this lovely label from Seasonal Remedies. It really pops once you add color to it, so I used my Copics and added some green and yellow. And I made my own embellishment using Festive Foliage. I stamped the leaf outline and then stamped it with the filler portion right after. I hand cut these and placed them over the label.

Here's one last look at my tag. I hope you liked it. I can't wait to see what you come up with for this sketch. It will be a great idea for Christmas tags to use on gifts and maybe as ornaments for the tree.

Before I go...don't forget to check out the rest of the Mischief Makers! They have more inspiration in store for you. Thanks for stopping by today! I have one more post to do...come take a look! :)

WPlus9 December/January 2012 Release Day 3

Hi bloggies! Welcome back to Day 3 of the WPlus9 December/January 2012 Release! We have an "accessory" stamp set to A Pocketful. I'm absolutely sure that you are going to LOVE the images in this set!  

A Pocketful: Valentine

• is a 4x6 clear photopolymer stamp set
• contains 15 stamps; 1 pocket image, 3 pocket filler images, 5 accent images, and 6 sentiments
• will be available for purchase December 5th for just $13

Love Notes Die

• compliments the A Pocketful stamp series (these dies are meant to coordinate with the pockets and stamped images from the Pocketful series, not to be stamped onto)
• comes on a single die that can be easily snipped and separated
• will be available for purchase December 5th for just $7

For my card, I stamped the little pocket on one I had pre-cut using the Love Notes Die. Then I stamped the hearts filler and hand cut them. I propped them up with foam tape at different levels from each other. On the side of the pocket, I stamped a cluster of hearts to make it look like they were overflowing from the pocket. The sentiment if from .Love Birds

I used fabric to add texture to my otherwise simple card. And used pinking shears to make the zigzag edges. Then I adhered lace over it, secured it with twine and added a little red button. I actually sewed the edges, then changed my mind and removed the stitches. I thought the holes looked cute just as they were. 

Tomorrow is Release Day so make sure to check out Dawn's Blog for the entire release. Also, if you leave a message, you could win some fabulous prizes!!! Make sure to go around the DT's blogs for more inspiration. Thanks for stopping by today! 

WPlus9 Design Team


Cristina Kowalczyk
Dawn Woleslagle (owner)
Elise Durenberger
Jinny Newlin
Kerrianne Gwin
Lea Lawson
Savitri Wilder

WPlus9 December/January 2012 Release Day 2

Hey friends! I'm back for the second day of the WPlus9 December/January 2012 release. I hope you enjoyed yesterday's cards from all of us at the WPlus9 design team. Today, we're going to introduce:

Heartfelt Mix

• is a 6x8 clear photopolymer stamp set
• contains 24 stamps; 12 images and 12 sentiments
• will be available for purchase December 5th for just $19

Hearts & Clouds Die

• coordinates with Heartfelt Mix stamp set
• comes on a single die that can be easily snipped and separated
• will be available for purchase December 5th for just $7

Love Birds Die

• coordinates with Love Birds stamp set
• comes on a single die that can be easily snipped and separated
• will be available for purchase December 5th for just $9

Heartfelt Mix has several cute images perfect for Valentines Day. The dies are also very helpful, and bring in great detail as well. For my card, distressed the edges of a panel of patterned paper from Webster's Pages. Then I adhered a strip of pink patterned paper to add a little more color. I also stamped some branch images from Love Birds to the side of the panel. 

I went ahead and stamped "rope" images one on top of the other. Then I sewed the panel onto my card base. I die cut two bird images and 3 heart images and stamped the images onto them. I adhered them with foam tape to the card. I also stamped some clothes pins for that cute little touch. The sentiment I added on the lower left corner of my card. 

Okay! That's it for me today. Be sure to go to Dawn's blog to leave a message. You just might win some awesome prizes!!! The rest of the team has more to show you so please make sure to pass by their blogs and leave some love! Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the blog world today! See you again tomorrow for Day 3!!! :) 

Cristina Kowalczyk

Dawn Woleslagle

Elise Durenberger

Jinny Newlin

Kerrianne Gwin

Lea Lawson

Savitri Wilder

WPlus9 December/January 2012 Release Day 1

***This is my second post for today...be sure to scroll down for CASE Study Challenge 68.***

Hi bloggies! I'm back for my second post for the day. Apologies for being late with this post. I just had a call from my sister that my dad is sick now. He's been so stressed with taking care of my mom and not getting enough rest himself. The doctor's say he'll be fine though, and just needs rest and to take his medications. Whew for that. I can't take any more of this. It's really hard to be so far away from them when all of these things are happening. 

Welcome to Day 1 of December/January 2012 Release Day of WPlus9 Stamps. We're introducing:

Love You More

• is a 6x8 clear photopolymer stamp set
• contains 19 stamps; 2 word art images and 17 mix-and-match sentiments and images
• will be available for purchase December 5th for just $19

When I saw this stamp set, I immediately wanted to use some images as backgrounds for my card. So I inked two of the bigger images with VersaMark and heat embossed it on vellum. The image made was just so feminine that I wanted use pink on my card.

I die cut and embossed a heart using a Spellbinder's die and inked the raised edges with some pink distress ink. Then I die cut a label using another Spellbinder's die and stamped my sentiment on it. I also added a ribbon, butterfly and a flower to add a bit more to the heart.

Here's my card. I added some lace and sewed the edges of the main panel. I hope you like my card. I really enjoyed using these new stamp sets. You're going to LOVE all of them! I can't wait for you to see the rest!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the girls have made! Make sure to come back tomorrow for Day 2 of the release! 

Cristina Kowalczyk
Dawn Woleslagle
Elise Durenberger
Jinny Newlin
Kerrianne Gwin
Lea Lawson
Savitri Wilder

Hey Bloggies!

Hey everyone! I know I promised to try to make a card everyday and post it. But I'm still suffering from jetlag so I'm so, so, so sleepy all the time. I've been making cards for the WPlus9 Stamps and The Craft's Meow December releases every night. It's about to start so there will be a lot of cards coming your way! :)

I had some more pictures I wanted to share with all of you from my vacation. I'm such a mall person/rat...lol...so I took some pictures of the malls in the Philippines. It's quite different from the malls here in the US. 

Yes. This is a mall. The stores are usually all inside and the restaurants and cafe's line the outside. There are actually five building to this mall...and right in the center they have a gorgeous garden setting for people who are resting/eating. Lovely isn't it? 

This one's a clam bar right off the pretty pond....

This is one of the many bridges that connect one shopping building to another...

The food is also a bit different...we actually have so much variety when it comes to restaurants...and the wonderful part...more often than not you don't have to wait too long to be seated because there's just so many options for people to choose from. 

Yummmmm! :) I wish I had a better camera than my point and shoot. I forgot to change the  light settings on these pics. Anyway, I hope you had fun checking these out! I'll have a card for everyone tomorrow and next few days! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 75

Hey everyone! Enjoy your Thanksgiving and Black Friday? I'd spent so much during vacation that I didn't want to get anything on the Black Friday Sales. lol! I stayed home, bad jetlag. I'm asleep during the day and awake at night. I was up watching my favorite shows that I missed while I was away. I also made a few cards for some DT projects.

It's Saturday, welcome to Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 75! We have a different project today...it's still a sketch...and you can still make a card out of it...but it's actually place cards. This was such a neat idea! Here it is...

What do you think? I remember coming up with so many ideas for this during my own wedding. I was thinking of making some for our Thanksgiving lunch...but I didn't have the time to make them. Perhaps next year. Here's what I came up with...

Like I said, I had weddings on my mind and so I came up with a wedding place card. I used Frame It to make the light frame around the place card. I just love silvery/gray themes for weddings. Then I stamped the smaller flower image from Roses In Bloom on the lower left corner to give me some room for my sentiment. I outlined it and colored the center. I didn't want to go full on color with the flower, it looked more elegant this way...

The sentiment I used is from Join Us. It has a TON of sentiments, if you're the type of person who likes to make your own thing for your parties then you are going to LOVE this stamp set. Here's one last look before I go...I hope you like it!

Well, that's it for me tonight. I'll see you all again! Thanks for stopping by! And don't forget to check out the other Mischief Makers! Come and play! :)