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Sunday 17 July 2011

...we're waltzing!


ED - Charmaine, I popped the die inside the baggie, and then ran it through the GC!

Good morning! Today I'm taking part in our monthly waltz!! it's a leisurely stroll around participating blogs and you can see who is playing along here:

Link List in forum.

Our theme this month is Birthday! and I am itching to see what everyone has made! Here's my project, hope it tickles!


I made a little tag pocket card and gussied up a repurposed confectionary tub to match, inside I can add sweets or a cupcake or some other small godies!


I used a glassine kraft pocket (Tim Holtz) to make my tag pocket, I cut off the flap and punched most of a circle into the top front and I thought it would be fun to trim out a little window with my Spellbinders scalloped rectangle die.

I stamped it with a little flourish from the new Flourishes Scallops and dots set. The card background pattern is stamped with the long border from Eat Cake.

The mini tag size cake and the sentiment also come from Eat Cake, as does the larger cake on the tub, I love having two sizes of cake, it means my main projects can always have a little matchy taggy! yum!


The tag also has some flourishes on it, and plenty of sponging! I shaped the corners om y tag with a corner punch.


Do you like my felt flower??? I was so inspired by the new Spellbinders release of their new fabby flower making dies that I dug out one of their scalloped circles, it was this one. I trimmed out a large circle and then cut a strip of the curved edge and wound it round into a flower shape, it's ok and I was happy with it for this project, but I can't wait to get my mits on the flower dies!! It'll take away the guesswork!! The felt leaves were die cut with a die from Spellbinders Foliage set.


Oh my wee tub! do you like the wee button knob? I got myself a wee hot glue gun earlier this week! How have I lived without it???? it's fab! I glued a stack of buttons together to make a little handle for the top of my tub. It's probably more decorative than functional, as the tub lid id very tight, but I thought it was cute!. I made an 'inner' for the clear plastic tub from some cardstock that I stamped with a big cake, and some flourishes. I really went to town on my big cake, I thew all the decs on it, the icing, the flowers and the cake band, ooh and the cake stand! but I did manage to keep them all the same colour! lol.

Right, gotta run and spy out what everyone else made!!

41 comments:

  1. As always, your posts are so inspiring! I love the colors (looks like chocolate and apricot--yum!) and the custom embellies, especially the button knob--too cute!

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  2. you are a creative genius! what a brilliant way to reuse a tub.

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  3. Wow, now this is one post full of goodies and eyc candy and ideas! Love the color combination, love the tag and the button knob. As always thanks for the inspiration!

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  4. Sweet!! love all the buttons. If ever I need orange ones, I know who to call!!

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  5. Fun, fun, and more fun. Such great festive colors and your design elements are amazing. Love the flourishes behind your felt flowers and your button handle is inspired. WOW!

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  6. This is so pretty, Claire. I love your little felt flower.

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  7. Gorgeous!!
    Love the pull out tag and goodie can!!
    That flower is absolutely delicious...
    and buttons!
    I love buttons.
    Such inspiration!

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  8. What a wonderful b'day set Claire! love the orange and brown, your pretty flowers and the fun envelope with the pull out tag!!

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  9. A unique creation...love it...and to think you haven't had a glue gun until now...gosh how on earth have you done without it...glue sticks here are so expensive....mine come from the old U.S. of A....courtesy of number 2 son whenever he goes there on business....hint, hint to all your fans over there LOL!!!

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  10. Love it, Claire! Such a wonderful card, great colors!! Ha ha, that set was one of the few I didn't order from this release, but now I feel sorry, hee hee!! Wishing you a lovely day!
    Hugs, Wendy

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  11. What a fabulous birthday card! Love all the details and that felt flower is Amazing - so Beautiful!

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  12. WOW, what a gorgeous project Claire! LOVE the rolled felt flower! The glued buttons are such a clever piece! I'm so glad to be participating in the WMS waltz! :)

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  13. Claire you did a fabulous job! Good use of other objects and i love that the card is in a pocket!

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  14. Just love that felt flower and that cake stamp!

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  15. Really beautiful Claire!! i'm going to have to learn how to sponge "therapeutically" like you do :-) Love your felt flower and what you did with the glassine bag too!! The whole set is just wonderful! My sponging seems to end up blotchy, but it is a fairly new technique to me!! And you've never owned a hot glue gun till now?!!! Mine is so old (and I've been burnt by it so many times!!) that I don't remember when I got it! I keep hoping that it'll die so I can feel justified in buying a cool temp one and quit risking injury every time I use it!! Have a great day: I'm off to church: gotta run. Hugs!

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  16. Gorgeous, loving the felt flower and cute pocket!!

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  17. Oh Claire, this is fabulous, LOVE the chocolate orange combo!! And yes, I love my new glue gun too! Fabulous inspiration, and I love my new stamps! Thank you! Xx

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  18. Claire, I love it! Your card and tub are just beautiful, I love your colors! Both these sets are on my wish list! Again, just beautiful!

    Chris L.

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  19. Oh my Claire - this is just so gorgeous. I love the colours you've used and the tub looks just fab! Brilliant handle - who would have thought buttons could look so good? Just love these cakes!

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  20. This was fun, Claire. Cute card and tub. Thanks for the tip re: the flower - I have that die and will try it. What I do not understand, though, is how you got the die to cut just the front layer of the glassine bag, and not the bottom layer as well. Care to share?

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  21. Oh gosh Claire, you're soooo creative, I love your creations! Love the pocket card, the birthday cake, your flourishes, flowers, button knob, your colors, well just about everything!--thanks for the inspiration!!!

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  22. beautiful design and what a great idea for creating a button "wooden" knob.

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  23. this is fabulous! Loving the felt and that button knob is genius!!!!

    Happy Waltzing

    Ali x

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  24. So stinkin' cute! Now why am I craving birthday cake?!?!

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  25. What is the corner punch used on the tag?

    Thanks!

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  26. Claire, This is just over the top!!! So many details - The stamped cake takes center stage for me and then I picked up all the details, the gorgeous felt flower and tag pull, the button knob - everything is just beautiful. I love all the details - looks YUMMY!

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  27. Absolutely gorgeous, Claire! Oh my goodness, the details that you put into this card and container - the stacked buttons, the glassine bag, the little tag - they are all perfect. And the felt flower is just yummy!

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  28. WOW - what a great idea to make a handle with buttons! Beautiful projects. I am so inspired. Thanks for sharing.

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  29. Oh Claire... you still amaze me every time you post something! I love the tag in it's pocket on your card, and your tub is adorable!! Your button knob reminds me of some christmas ornaments I found on Martha Stewart's site last night... if you want me to dig up the link, let me know! :) And for SURE you should get a binding tool - I have used it only a handful of times since I got in the spring, but I don't know what I did without it... it makes your projects look so much more finished, and it's dead easy to use!

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  30. *sigh* Your "wee" tub is just super fabulous Claire!! I LOVE the colors and all your fantastic decorations!! And your tag card is just oh, so charming! What a wonderfully beautiful and creative project!

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  31. Brilliant card! Love the felt flower but yes the new flower die templates are really scrummy!

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  32. I so need a sponging class from you! :) I adore this card - the little punched bag and the colors you used are just gorgeous! It is so fun to see your projects!!

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  33. Gorgeous!! Love the matching tag! I am so happy to see the TH glassine kraft used, I have been wondering what it would look like on a completed project, and same with the dots and flourish stamp of yours - it's #1 on my Waltzingmouse wish list!

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  34. What amazing sponging and this is an adorable combo Claire. Love the flowers.
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  35. Claire your attention to detail is just perfect! I love everything about this set.

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  36. Such a great little project Claire! Love your tag card.....too clever!

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  37. Wiunderschön gemacht. Die Lecker-Dose ist ja der Hit. Bin total begeistert.

    Danke für die tolle Anregung mit den WZM-Stamps zu spielen.

    Liebe Grüße Moni

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  38. What an inspirational post! I LOVE this card and am definitely going to tuck it away for future use. That pocket on the front is so clever and could also be used to include a gift card attached to the back of the tag. Great stuff! Hope you are doing well. Best, Curt

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  39. Claire- you may not get to crafting much, but when you do - it is amazing! it's just beyond anything i have seen... i love the color combination, the ideas...perfect way to inspire us.

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