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Monday 17 January 2011

....January WMS Blog Waltzing...you in?


LOL, I cannot believe I made it!, I couldn't find my clear blocks!! I tidies them away before Christmas and couldn't remember where!! lol, finally got them at midnight!!!

So woohoo! here I am in the first WMS Blog waltz of the year! for details of how to play along check this page, or if you want to dive straight into the list of blogs/gallery posts participating go here (you will need to be able to access the forum to see the list). Don't forget there is a wee competition running...Have fun!!!

Anyhow, I have seen a stack of cards lately with wee dinky banners on them! I love banners and thought I'd make up some of my own. I wanted ones with a fancy top and so I die cut a large circular shape with the largest die in my Spellbinders Lacey Circles die set, which I will be adding to the store in the next day or so, along with some other goodies... (shameless plug!)

I sliced up my lacey circle pizza style to get my pennant shapes, sponged the edges, distress inks of course, and inked the edges with rich cocoa memento ink! Added a few buttons, strung them on some linen thread and set aside.

I wanted a sweet background paper to set them off and so I stamped my own with the polka dots from Off Beat Backgrounds and then i went in with the spotty heart from Sweethearts. The sentiment is also from Sweethearts.

I slung the pennants over the background, which I had cut slightly smaller than the card. I put a tiny piece of foam adhesive under each pennant shape to keep it up off the card.

I stamped the card base with a text background from Text-it - I love the extra long borders, they are more than big enough to fit the entire length of a card.

Hope it tickles, I'm off to have a peep at all the other blog waltzers!

44 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous Claire, so pretty.

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  2. Hello Claire,

    This is a lovely card!! Great idea of making the little flags like this, looks awesome! The colors are so pretty, fabulous card! Luckily you did find the clear blocks, hi hi.

    Hugs, Wendy

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  3. What a gorgeous little card, Claire! I love the soft and muted background ... those hearts are the biz! Great idea to use the eyelet spellbinders to make the banner. I shall be 'borrowing' that idea.

    I really enjoyed taking part in my first ever waltz. I spent all day yesterday getting covered in ink and glue. Bliss!

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  4. Your card is gorgeous, Claire. I really like the soft colors. And what a great idea to use your nesties to create the pennants. TFS!

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  5. You're always so clever Claire!! This is a beautiful card! It makes me think of candy hearts!

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  6. Love it, Claire. How creative to use Lacey Circle to create pennants. Sweethearts is the stamp set I could have sworn I owned and designed my card around, only to find out I don't have it. It's in my next order for sure.

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  7. I love this, Claire (but I love everything you create!). The colors are wonderful and your pennant is so very creative with your buttons. WOW! Fantastic!

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  8. You are seriously a wonder with Nesties, and with background stamps, too! I love how you the pennants look like little hearts! Love the twine, the colors, love it all! I see that Lacey Circle in my future :)!!

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  9. What a genius you are Claire - love those circles cut into banners - such a pretty card!!

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  10. Your card is beautiful! I love those soft colors!

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  11. Loving the banner, the touch of green is gorgeous, sweet buttons, super cute card! (In love with the cake stand, where'd ya get it??)

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  12. what a super sweet card. Love how you created both the background and the banner. I never thought of use a circle die to create it. Brilliant.

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  13. Beautiful card. Love the idea of cutting up the lacy spellbinder - very effective.
    And yep, I did the same, tidied away my most used and best sized clear block for Christmas - still can't find it...
    But then in my pre-Christmas tidy I also hid the sellotape strips (ds uses them). Couldn't find them and had to buy more - I'd put them in the spice draw, knowing I'd have to go in there to make my Christmas pud - but that was made later than originally anticipated and by then most of the presents were wrapped!

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  14. Sweet card, Claire! And thanks for the "pizza cutting" idea for the lacey pennants also!

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  15. Claire - this is great. Love the banner and the background is fab! Lovely card!

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  16. Your banner is SO cool Claire!! I thought they were hearts but you were so clever to cut them from a circle die! and your bg stamping is wonderful! so glad to see you back stamping !!!

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  17. Clever Claire! Lacey circles=pizza=pennants!!!!
    Love the soft shades, your personal
    designers papers! That cake stand is darling and matches the card!!! Great planning!!! O, yea...you are the clever one!!!

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  18. This is great! I love the pennants you created. Maybe I can crack one out before its too late.

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  19. Lovely card, Claire. I love the background and the banner. Hope you have a great day with your daughter!
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  20. How very creative and cute is this! Love all the stamped backgrounds, too!

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  21. What a clever idea to use that die to make pennants! Love it!

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  22. Oh you've made my day with that news that the lacey circles will be in your store!!! I'm after those sweet dies and now even more eager for 'em thanks to your GENIUS idea!
    Hugs,
    Aimes
    x

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  23. YAY!!! We don't see enough cards from you, it seems :)

    This is so pretty, and I love LOVE hoe your pennants turned out!!

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  24. Love your card Claire - you have totally inspired me to use the lacey circles for a banner!
    Trish

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  25. WOW. Another beautiful creation Claire.
    Lovely card!

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  26. Gorgeous card Claire, thanks for the waltz, it was loads of fun xXx

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  27. Très jolie carte Claire, les couleurs sont douces, très romantiques.

    Beautiful card Claire, colors are soft and your card is very romantic.

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  28. Love, love the banner! Great card.

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  29. Such a beautiful card, Claire. I love the soft muted colors. And cutting up the lacey circle to create pendants is ingenious.

    The Blog Waltz has been wonderfully inspiring this month!

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  30. Oh what an ingenious way to make banners!!! Just fabulous! Love that you placed little buttons on each banner as well!

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  31. So super cute! I really love the little banner you created, how lever the way you made it!

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  32. Pretty card Claire! Love your custom stamped BG and sweet banner!

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  33. Claire, this is beautiful! I love the creative way you made your own banner, I want to try it myself! And your background paper is lovely.

    Chris L.

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  34. Just love the colors on this card! The buttons are super sweet too. Looking forward to an exciting year with WMS! Can't wait to find out all the stuff you have planned! I hope I can be around more often too. :) Take care!

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  35. Sucha sweet card, Claire. Love the banner!!

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  36. WOW!!! Love your card - the banner is super and so is the bg. Thanks for "hosting" this great waltz - my first time and it's so much fun!

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  37. I LOVE how you made the banner.
    Gorgeous card!!!

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  38. Brilliant use of that lacy circle! I love it!!

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  39. this is awesome. i love the home-made banner. what a great tip! nice to see that you had some time to craft!

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  40. Claire! You are a genius!! I love the ise of the lacey circle for the banner!! Your creation is fabulous!

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  41. Brilliant use of your fancy die! I have a flower die that I can repurpose the same way! Thanks for the great inspiration!

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  42. What a beautiful card. I love pennants and struggle to get a good shape on them. I'm off to try some with my lacy circles! Thanks for the idea.

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  43. Great idea with the pennants.

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  44. I am in love with the grand calibur machine. I wish I had one so I could use the exciting new dies that are coming out for this machine.

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