...Welcome to the May 2010 Relese

ED - the store homepage is taking a little longer to upload than I anticipated, hopefully it will be rectified soon. - clicking on the stamp set images in this blog will take you to them in the store, then you can go to 'All clear stamps' to see everything, apologies for the nuisance...I'm trying to get it fixed.

Maggiemeow - did you get the free template to download?, it doesn't show a preview but it is there for the taking! pop a note if you didn't!! cheers!
With FREE shipping for orders over £50
(approx $77US, $78CAD, $83AUD, Euros58) Today and tomorrow until midnight 2nd May my time
Orders will begin shipping Tuesday 4th, as Monday is a bank holiday here.

There is a massive amount of stuff for folks to see here today so I'll keep the chat down!

Here is a checklist:

• Scroll back a post to see if you won the BIG prize
• See new stamps/templates/Spellbinders products
• Waltz with the DT
• If you plan to visit the store make sure you've seen the delivery info, The store is configured to sell sets even after they run out so that folks can take advantage of the free shipping, more at the end of this post, do read, it's important! (NB Spellbinders products will not be available for back ourder as I cannot guarantee getting more stock so soon)
• snag the freebie template at the end

I do want to welcome you to the First Anniversary release here at Waltzingmouse Stamps, It has been my pleasure to have been in business for one year and to have met so many fabby people through this company. I think that's the best part. As crafters I get the feeling that everything we make, we like to share, and so our efforts would be for a lot less if we didn't have each other to call by and maybe say hello.

Let me thank you all for visiting, everyone, commentors and silent folks, the fact that my counter moves ever upwards makes me happy, and let me be the first to apologise for not being a regular commentor on many blogs, I just hope you all feel the love from the good vibes I send!! lol!

Take your partners for the Design Team Blog waltz!! Enjoy! OOh remember to comment here on this post and on the DT posts for a chance of winning yet more stampy goodness!!! There will be 2 winners, a free stamp set each!!

Lisa Bonnie Belinda Laurie Julia Anya Lynn Jennifer

I hope you have all enjoyed the peeks and samples this week, my DT are amazing!! And now, here's the stuff!

Big Blooms - Chrysanthemums

A graphic rendering of a best loved flower. Options for solid stamping and outline stamping for colouring. Three sizes of each flower and two sizes of leaf, great for backgrounds and focal points dramatic or subtle, it’s up to you!
The largest flower measures just under 3 inches in diameter the smallest flower measures just under 1 inch diameter.
Words of Wisdom
A sentiment set with various encouragement and thought provoking sentiments, simply and gracefully styled to fit with your cardmaking style, these sentiments also work with a variety of the very popular Vintage Label stamp sets.
The “Faith” sentiment measures 2 and 1/2 inches tall by 1 and 3/4 inches at the widest point. The “try it!” sentiment is 1 and 1/4 inches wide by 1/2 inch tall.
Pic-Nic Patterns

Two words! ‘Fat plaid’ lol. This is a handy background set I designed with summer in mind, hence the wee flowers. I was thinking pic nic blankets and chequered tea cloths, but isn’t plaid so suitable for cozying down in the colder months? Also I been promising myself a trellis for soo long, and this one co-ordinates with the Broderie Anglaise stamps in Faux Fun and the Faux Fun Circles.
The trellis is designed to be so easy to line up for background patterns, as are the dotty circles. I can think of loads of uses for a basketweave border, and the fat plaid is just yummy at any time of day!
The large trellis border is 6 5/8 inches long by 1 and 3/4 inches wide..
Very Vintage Labels No.10
Co-ordinating with the Labels 10 dies from Spellbinders this is a fab set with 7 single frame images and 8 little accompanying motifs and a half label design, just stamp it twice on your label to get a full label or use it to make some fabby background patterns!.
As is a feature of my die related stamps I can get so much more in by having some of the stamps have two or more frames. You can ink these up together to get perfectly aligned double frames or ink each frame up individually to get single frames, the choice is yours! For help and pics on how to do this see my blog post here.
All images and stamp designs are Copyright © 2010 Waltzingmouse Stamps, Claire Brennan.
Fancy PhrasesA unique batch of sentiments set in several different styles leaning towards vintage… Fabulous on their own but even better when paired up with the Spellbinders TM die set Fancy tags!! Which I'm also trialling in the store!!
There are 27 sentiments in Fancy Phrases in a couple of different styles to cover a multitude of everyday situations. Added to that are 3 decorative motifs giving a total of 35 separate stamps, yep this is one jam packed set!!
The rectangular dotted frame measures 2 and 1/4 by 1 and 1/8 inches, the sentiment Good Luck is just over 2 inches long by 1/4 inch tall.
Asian Gardens
A very special set of Asian inspired stamps, The large tree, which was inspired by a font has been drawn as three separate stamps for ease of inking, the trunk, the top leaves and a smaller leaf cluster. Unlimited potential in this set for backgrounds and focal points.
The large border stamp measures just over 6 and 1/2 inches at the longest point by 1 and 3/4 inches at the widest point. The closed bird cage is just under 1 and 1/4 inches tall by 3/4 inch wide.
Afternoon Tea
A delightful stamp set featuring vintage style kettle and cupperie for all of your tea party needs. A super selection of images and sentiments for paper piecers and dedicated stampers and a gorgeous label design stamp to boot!

The large kettle is 2.5 inches tall by 2.25 inches wide.

Afternoon Tea Sentiments
A delightful companion set to Afternoon Tea, this set is more sentiment heavy but still contains some excellent images, a large tea cup and a posy of pansies. Set in a vintage style this collection will make you smile. The large tea cup is 2.75 inches tall by just under 2.5 inches wide.

Spellbinders Fancy Tags
An exciting trial for Waltzingmouse Stamps, I am delighted to be able to carry a small number of Fancy Tags dies in this release. These are the dies that co-ordinate with the Fancy Phrases!

Spellbinders Impressabilities - Flowers

I also have a handfull of these fabby Impressabilities in stock, if folks like them they'll become a regular feature! Brilliant for embossing these thin metal plates are also great for stencilling, letterpress techniques and you can even snip them apart and use pieces as accents on your cards!

A piece of cake Template - Digital Product
Available in two versions, traditional PDF for printing and cutting or PDF with SVG for folks who can use SVG's!

A downloadable template for the cake slice/cake, so's you can get started right away, these products do not ship, they come to you via an email link. Purchases of these will count towards your free shipping.

A nice cup of Tea - Digital Product
Available in two versions, traditional PDF for printing and cutting or PDF with SVG for folks who can use SVG's!

A downloadable template for the tea cup. So's you can get started right away, these products do not ship, they come to you via an email link. Purchases of these will count towards your free shipping.

The store, click on the image to pop on over.



Exchange rate info

All clear photopolymer stamp sets retail at an amazing £13.50 sterling each - check out how many images and sentiments are in each set!! (approx US $20.63, Canada $20.99, Euro 15.51, Australian $22.32 - all values approximate as of 1st May 2010 and subject to change - source, XE.com) And yes! - I ship everywhere, lol.
Ordering info for the May release

I am offering free shipping for orders over £50 sterling in the store today and tomorrow. I have taken a frighteningly large number of enquiries regarding this during the week!! I have a decent quantity of stock for all the sets to hand and just this evening received replenishments of other sets as well.

Obviously I am hoping to be able to fulfill all orders I receive over the two day shipping promo period, but just in case things do sell out I WILL be allowing the store to take back orders on stamp sets so that folks can still avail of the free shipping offer.

Normally the store will not allow customers to add a stamp set to their basket if it is not actually physically in stock. Tomorrow and Sunday the store will allow sets to be added to the basket even if the set has sold out.

Orders including a sold out set will ship as soon as the set comes back in stock. This should not delay affected orders for more than a week as I have already ordered more stock due to the number of enquiries I received this week.

I will of course email folks whose orders will be fulfilled in this way to let you know exactly what stage your order is at. i do hope this is ok, and if you have any queries do email me at: claire.brennan1@ntlworld.com but please note I might not respond immediately! LOL, i'm thinking I might be a wee bit busy for the next couple of days!

So hope it tickles! don't forget to comment to be in with a chance of winning!
and if you've made it this far, you deserve the freebie! click on the template below to down load it, it's a little Tea bag baggie and the wee tee bag tag fits the mini label stamps on the afternoon tea label!

Free Tea bag baggie Template - click to download

And, yep the template comes with SVG files for SVG able folks!!!

All images and stamp designs are Copyright © 2010 Waltzingmouse Stamps, Claire Brennan.

Hope something tickles!!