Tuesday, May 31, 2011

June Waltzingmouse Stamps S.O.A.P. Day 1

You may remember that a couple months ago, Claire, the owner of Waltzingmouse Stamps, announced that she would be releasing new stamp sets every other month.  On the off-months, Claire and the design team share more ideas for the stamp sets released the previous month as well as one of the older stamp sets.  Today is the first day of the June S.O.A.P. (Stamp of Approval).


For my first card, I decided to pull out the Say it Loud stamp set that released last month along with the Very Vintage Labels No. 5 and Musical Backgrounds stamp sets.

I stamped the sheet music with versafine onyx black ink on white cardstock and stitched it to a red cardstock mat.  Then, I stamped the label using Tulip ink from Close to My Heart and the sentiment using black ink.  I die cut the label using a label 5 nestability die.  (I love how so many of the Waltzingmouse stamps coordinate with Spellbinder's dies!)  I added some crocheted lace and leaf green wrinkle ribbon.  I tied a red button in the center of my bow with some hemp twine from Close to My Heart.  The felt rolled roses were cut by hand.  I used the Martha Stewart branch punch to cut the greenery and added some pearls to the centers of my roses.

Hop on over to the rest of the design team ladies' blogs to find lots more inspiration using the stamp sets released last month:

Anya Schrier
Belinda Chang Langner
Bonnie Sharp
Carly Robertson
Claire Brennan
Jennifer Holmes
Julia Aston
Kate Whelan
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynn Mercurio
Mona Pendleton
Sandie Dunne
Sarah Martina Parker
Tosha Leyendekker

Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Niki

25 comments:

Deborah Frings said...

This is so beautiful - I adore the music backing and the rich red of your card and roses! Fabulous!

Deirdre said...

Niki, love this... so fab.

Gabby said...

Lovely card! I like the dark background with the perfecting stamped music! The stamped frame and sentiment, along with all of the other embellishments look so nice together! :)

Dawn Easton said...

Niki, this is beautiful!! LOVE those dies!

Julia Aston said...

What a beauty Niki! love the music background and the wonderful flowers around your label sentiment! Great colors too!

basslady said...

gosh! this is awesome!
i LOVE music-patterns! the buttons and bows make it absolutely perfect!
hugs and kisses from germany,
silvi xoxo

LaurieJ said...

What an absolutely lovely card!! I love the colors that you used. And those little felt roses were the perfect touch.

Anya said...

What a beautiful combination, Niki! I love the label with the music background - this is really pretty!

Meredith said...

I don't know if you intended this as a holiday card, but it makes for a beautiful one!! :)

Ruth S said...

Gorgeous card! I love that vintage label for a great focal point ;)
TFS, hugs, Ruth S

jen shears said...

this is GORGEOUS, Niki! love the little branches with your pretty flowers!! :D

jen shears said...

hey! did you see you won the lawn fawn challenge over at 2 peas? :D

Ann said...

Love this! All of your cards actually... you have such great ideas and your work is so precise.

Mona Pendleton said...

Beautiful card Niki! Love those flowers paired with that gorgeous label!

Alice W. said...

so beautiful, Niki! love the details and such a pretty design! amazing card!

Bev J. said...

Wonderful card-love the music background and the pretty flowers-great job!

Kelly Schelske said...

This is gorgeous Niki!

Laurie Marmon said...

Beautiful. Love how all of the elements just flow so nicely together. Thanks for sharing.

Helen Lebrett said...

This is a breathtaking card: I love the colors, the music background, the flowers and the ribbon. Just a perfect card!!

Helen Lebrett said...

Hi, Nikki, I'm interested in some items you have listed on your for sale page, but I don't use outlook express, so I don't seem to be able to email you> could you contact me through my email and I can let you know what I'm interested in? Thanks, Helen

Astrid said...

What a beautiful card you made.
Greetings Astrid.

Susi said...

Breathtakingly gorgeous card, lovin' the colour combo and those flowers!

Lynn Mercurio said...

This is gorgeous, Niki. I love the musical background paper and coupled with the red and green accents really make this an eye-poppin' design.

Sharon said...

This is such a gorgeous card. The ribbon and flowers/button really 'pop' against the background. It's fabulous. I absolutely LOVED the background on this card so I've used that as part of my CASEd card.

Kate W. said...

This card is oooh la la so lovely! Everything about it is just perfect and oh so elegant!!