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Saturday 17 September 2011

...Waltzing


Ed - we're also in the middle of a big ole release - 4 new sets are being released on Monday and the DT ladies have some samples to whet your appetite!! I will also have some samples later today so pop back and see us again!

Good Saturday....ahem.....morning!!!

It's Blog waltz day today at WMS and I'm playing!!!! woohoo, see my previous post here, for how to play along!! You still have time, if you can squeeze out a card today....

Our theme this month is Halloween!!!!

On my card for the waltz I used two new sets (both releasing here on the blog on monday, two sleeps!!!) Hocus Pocus and A Cottage Home.

A Cottage Home was the set the DT ladies previewed yesterday. It's a sweet little set, but don't be fooled into thinking that you can only use it for 'new home' projects! I can picture many projects that could use a little cottage imagery and I've been itching to make this card since I got the cottage in my hot little mits!

I began by stamping a cottage and rubbing it with a clean sponge (NB - I used Tea Dye distress ink - On the second impression - which means I stamped it off on a scarp of paper first and used the remaining ink to stamp the cottage onto my sheet of cream card.) I then sponged over, very lightly with some Chipped Sapphire distress Ink. I love how this stuff Doesn't dry too quickly, meaning you can play around a little.

Here's what it looked like. Quite ghostly, don'tcha think? OOh the windows I filled in with copic E43 Dull Ivory.


Next I trimmed it out with a large and gloriously proportioned Labels 20 Die Template from Spellbinders. TM. I used Big Bertha, my Grand Calibur :) I seem to have a need to name this machine and previously may have called him Red Henry or something, but lately it's Big Bertha...


And here we get to one of my most favourite things about Spellbinders dies, you can leave the die cut in the die, and sponge away till your heart is content!! (More Chipped Sapphire, applied with a light touch)and when you take out the die cut? a gorgeous un-sponged border....can you tell how happy this makes me???


And! Guess what? if you aren't finished stamping, you can slip the die cut back in the die and add some more detail - I stamped the spooky railings and gate from Hocus Pocus across the front of the house. I used the Chipped Sapphire ink again as I love the colour and really don't mind the slightly 'rough' stamped image this gives. I thought that this put the railings on the foreground and helped the house to slip back into the shadows. The railings are my intended focal point.

I also added a little foliage to the card at this point (tho you can't see it in this photo) a few light impressions with the tip of a bough from Festive Foliage was all it needed I thought, 2nd impression stamping with pumice stone ink for these.


 Finally I added two little ravens, both from the Hocus Pocus set, I thought these fun little guys just added the right amount of life to the scene. The sentiment "beWitched" is also from Hocus Pocus, also the 2nd impression using Tea Dye ink., and if you peek again you will see Wanda's broom, leaned up against the railings!! I love this card!!


I mounted the panel on a beautiful mat made from a piece of dark blue card trimmed out with a labels 17 Die Template, also Spellbinders. My actual card base is an ordinary plain card base with about an inch trimmed off the side and bottom and simply adhered to the back of the panel.

Hope it tickles!! Can't wait to see who else is waltzing!!

ALSO!! I will be back later with some samples!!! The ladies are all very well organised and are ready to show you there goodies!! Me? as usual I'm late!!!

30 comments:

  1. Oh fab creation, love the feel to this creation.

    Ali x

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  2. I LOVE this card! That spooky gate is to die for, I must have it. And here I thought I was done with Halloween for a while...pffftt!

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  3. This is fabulous Clare!! Love the house image with the bold fence, birds etc. Lovin the new sets!!

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  4. Fabulous Claire! Love the ghostly house and those fab railings! Wonderful!

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  5. STUNNING Claire so spooky good!

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  6. "These sets are fabulous Claire!

    Genny

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  7. Kudos to you! You are getting quite the fabulous Design team going!!

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  8. What a fun creation, can't wait to see the DT creations and the rest of the hop.

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  9. Awesome Claire! I especially love the broom leaning on the fence. I never would have thought of that!

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  10. I LOVE THIS CARD, TOO!!! :) Every detail is splendiferous and I cannot wait to get these stamps at my house, Claire!!

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  11. Great design on this Claire! love the die cuts and the shadowy house in the background!

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  12. I love this, Claire! The ghostly effect looks so neat. I used the set for a Halloween card, too, for tomorrow's post. I can't wait to share it! It's one of my favorite cards that I've created in a while.

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  13. You've done it again, Claire. Fabulous designs and I love how you always show your process. I always learn something new from you!

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  14. Claire I LOVE this card... the ghostly house is perfect!!!!

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  15. Wow, SO spooky spectacular! Love all that can be done with the amazing cottage. And that awesine wrought iron fence--so cool--I just love this new set!

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  16. Claire - so glad to see your card - it's just wonderful, fully of spooky goodness! Well, you know what I mean! I do like the railings, the birds and the broom and in the distance that "sweet" little house! Wonder who lives there!!

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  17. These new images are just going to be so much fun... and you have really showed another way to use them... !

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  18. Oh the THINGS you do with Nesties and Distress inks, Claire! Makes me want to go out and buy all of them! This card is so clever and totally vintage fab! Amazing!

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  19. OMG!! I LOVE this card too!!
    I bow in awe of you...
    this is so spectacular...
    I just die!
    And I can't wait to get my mitts on these fabby sets either...
    the artwork is beyond incredible.
    Thank you so much for the inspiration! :)

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  20. Oh so spooktacular Claire! Love the soft, eery feel! What an incredible background! Thanks for creating such fab stamps for us all to enjoy!

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  21. This is incredible...those die shapes really take the cake as does that spooky looking gate!!!

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  22. Claire, This is so neat! Your house looks like an apparition - just a vision - is it really there or am I seeing things?!?! And the gate with the crows gives that perfect haunted house feel! SPOOKY!

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  23. Oh gosh, how fab is that Claire!!! I love your spooky technique - it's absolutely brilliant!! Can not wait to give that a try. BTW, love! your card!

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  24. This Card is Fabulous. Love it....can you mail it to my house? I love the way you left the image in the die cut to sponge and stamp the gate across. It gives it so much more depth and draws you in. At first I thought you had cut another border die to matt it. Terriffic...Love it!!!

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  25. Love the shadowy, spooky feel of this card! This is fantastic with the different die cuts - what fun shapes!

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  26. Oh Claire, this is wonderfully ghostly! I just love the subtle house framed by the foliage. So much to look at! And I just love that pop of blue for the fence!

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  27. This house is lovely Claire! You are so talented!! I am really amazed by your illustrations & creations each and every time.

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  28. Hey, Cutie Pie, I love this card!!! It is so perfect for Halloween: I love the gate and the ravens. Can't wait to see the whole set!!! Many hugs to you :-)

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