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Sunday 17 April 2011

... April Waltz @ Waltzingmouse Stamps


Good morning and welcome to the April Waltz at Waltzingmouse Stamps!!!!
Every month we have a Blog Waltz with our friends on the 17th of the month. You can read the details here. Our theme this month is Easter of course!

Here is where you can find a list of participants. Here is where you can join in the chat.
This month, in our chat thread we want to hear about your Easter traditions, most of us remember painting a hard boiled egg at some point...lol, but we'd love to hear what you all get up to over Easter! I will be picking a random post from the chat thread to win some goodies!!

I will also be picking a random participant from our list of players to receive a free set of stamps!! The list is here - please feel free to add your link if you have made an Easter project with your WMS supplies - remember our digital product/free templates all count as WMS supplies. Folks using galleries/flikr are most welcome, just be sure to link directly to your project.

I can't wait to see who is playing along and what they have made, but before i run off, I used a combination of Vintage Banners, Spring Baskets and L'il Buddies to create my Egg hunt markers!! Everything is fairly simple, but If you have a question leave a comment here and I'll reply!!!

I stamped my markers with a variety of bright inks and trimmed with the Spellbinders Nested Pennant dies.

 

Copics were used to colour - the spotty leaves had the colourless blender pen applied to create the spots! 

  

I trimmed colour co-ordinated mats with the lacey pennant dies! Yum! Adhered them to flat lollipop sticks! simple!

Hope it tickles!

31 comments:

  1. Just gorgeos Clare, so glad to see your creations again!! I love the colours and the pennants are wonderful - another set for my extensive wishlist lol! I am sadly not able to join the fun this month :-( hopefully I will be more organised for next month :-)

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  2. Lovely banners Claire! Great, fresh colors and I love the buttons in it (and I shall say the chocolate eggs in the bg *grin*)

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  3. WOW!! These are absolutely FABULOUS!!! Your vintage banners with those pennants are sooo PERFECT and after having seen these awesome flags and Laurie Schmidlin's sweet Easter card I NEEED that spring basket set too - sooo bad (-:
    Thanks for great inspiration and a great waltz!
    Happy Easter! /Karin

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  4. These are so cute Claire and such a good idea. I'm loving those pennant dies.
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  5. Great idea Claire...I do love those lacy edged penants - I'm going to save up for those...they really do help to soften the sharpness of the classic ones - especially when one would want 'girlie' stuff? Have a great Sunday...school holidays now so little ones around all the time...hmmmm...not so much time for crafting.

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  6. Absolutely genius! Love what you did with your banners.

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  7. These are so, so cute! I love the little cutouts and the coloring, and everything. I've never heard of egg hunt markers, how do you use them?

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  8. Love these Claire...how fun and festive your pennants look. I can see you are enjoying your new Nestabilities!!! Fantastic job.

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  9. Lovely! Gosh, the more I see people use them for the more I want those Spellbinders Nested Pennants!
    Trish x

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  10. Claire, luvin the lacey pennants. You decorated them so nicely. The stamps on the pennants are gorgeous as is your coloring with Copics! Have a sunny Sunday and a very Happy Easter.

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  11. What super little pennants!! Love the bright colours.

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  12. Oh my gosh these are amazing!!

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  13. Oh the detail on each one is so amazing, Claire! I love the idea of turning them to look like little flags!

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  14. what a FAB idea! Gotta love those vintage banner stamps..they have a multitude of uses :)
    Shaz x

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  15. I just want to thank you for the fab little basket template I used recently. Great blog, great shop.
    http://jacksartycraftykreations.blogspot.com/2011/04/dream-valley-challenge-5-easter.html
    Jack xx

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  16. Oooooo!!! I love your banner flags Claire!! They're gorgeous and oh so creative!!

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  17. What a fun idea Claire! love these pretty pennant markers - the colors are so bright!

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  18. Such darling projects Claire! Love all the detail and pretty color combos! Thanks so much for designing such awesome stamps for us all to enjoy :)

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  19. I love those colors! Very fun and festive

    -rwk
    rwkrafts.blogspot.com

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  20. Love it Claire - these pennants are so dang versatile!!

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  21. beautiful pennants and a fun center piece this would make for a Easter meal.

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  22. Claire, this is such a cute idea! I love these!

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  23. those are so cute!! Why didn't I think of using the pennants? (that's why you are the designer and we are your eager blog watchers :-)
    Luckily Easter hasn't arrived yet and I still have time to copy some of your crafty goodness!! Have a great Easter with your kiddos! My youngest is 17 now and the fun egg hunts are over :-( (Now I just wait for the day that I'm a grandmother and get to do the fun things with little ones again!!)

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  24. Fantastic creations, as always Claire. :)

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  25. Those banners are amazing - so going in my next order (why I thought I could live without them is beyond me...) :) I love all of the little details on each and the cheery colors just make me smile!!

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  26. It tickles Claire! What a great idea for the pennants!

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  27. I LOVE those egg hunt markers - such a clever idea, love how you think Claire. I haven't used this set yet but I really must!!!

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  28. Fantastic egg hunt markers, Claire! Everything is colored perfectly (love the little spotted leaves) and the details (the little flowers and buttons) are wonderful.
    Have a happy Easter!
    Laurie

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  29. Such a great idea... and lovely happy colours!

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  30. This is absolutely fabulous.
    Love it Claire.
    Thanks for visiting my blog and your kind words.

    Happy Easter.

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  31. LOVE these banners, the colors and what you've created Claire!! I'm very slowly but surely starting my collection of GC dies and Waltzing Mouse-thanks to you! :):)

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