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Tuesday 30 October 2012

...Introducing Yonder star and Background


Good morning and welcome to the first day of samples for our upcoming November 2nd release. I hope all our USA ladies made it safely through the night.

If you are new to us we are releasing 8 new sets on Friday 2nd November, we have loads to get through before then and an exciting trial which may benefit some USA folks! more on that later.

Here is a list of the DT ladies who are previewing with me, I know some of these ladies may have been without power last night due to the storm, so bear with us if there are gaps in the chain,




 I'm kicking off with a little card that I made with two of the new sets. Yonder Star and Yonder Star Background.

Yonder Star is a Christmas set with a difference - it has a strong Western theme and compliments our existing western sets, Back in the Saddle, and Way out West beautifully. These have proven to be among our most popular sets to date and we hope you will take Yonder Star to heart also.
At Waltzingmouse Stamps we try very hard to bring you something just that little bit different that you won't see elsewhere.

On my card this morning I have used one of the sentiments from Yonder star on the centre panel. I stamped it in Pinecone ink (Versacolour) and later went in with a copic to pick out the word Y'all. It's showing up a little more yellow in our pic but IRL it is a lovely golden shade.



To create the background pattern I have used a new size of stamp for us, I'm really excited to bring you Background stamps this release. Large stamps that cover a standard US card front in one go. I will have a more in depth blog post about these later on, we have a few this release and there are some really nifty little tips that will help you get the very best from these huge stamps!

The Yonder Star background stamp features a feathered star quilt design produced in a distressed style. Perfect for all kinds of projects, particularly Western, Antique and homespun.

The design is such that areas within it may be picked out and coloured, as I have done with the stars in this example. Look closely at the image below to see how I have picked out each star with just one colour. The distress effect means that you really don't have to be careful about going over lines.

Infinite possibilities abound with the Yonder Star background stamp for all sorts of stamping, embossing and colouring to ensure that you get infinite variations from this one stamp.


I will be back later today with more samples, hope this tickles until then!



24 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous homely card Claire, with these western themed stamps! I love that these will match your existing sets, so great for mixing! And yes, there is no other company like WMS, because of You! Xx

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  2. This is beautiful love the design. Can't wait for this release. Caroline xxx

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  3. Beautiful Claire. I really love the quilt pattern and the fact that it's distressed is even better. So very excited to see all that is new.

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  4. Fabulous, as always!! Great idea to colour the stars. :D

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  5. I can't believe I am going to have to wait until Friday to order this.

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  6. Yipee! Yeehaw! Can't think of any other words right now but LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that we have a Christmas set to match my all time fave Western sets :-) Is it Friday yet?????

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  7. Oh boy I LOVE the quilty stamps here, can't wait till Friday! Have hopped around and your DT has done you proud.

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  8. Beautiful, Claire!! Looking forward to seeing it all but I have my wish list started :) .

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  9. Love it already! I think the background is just fab and the sentiment has a warm, folksy feel! Great card!

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  10. The brown and yellow color combination is perfect for these wonderful Country Western stamps Claire!

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  11. Wow! Wow! Wow!!!! So excited by these new items and loving all the gorgeous inspiration as I hop along the trail!!!

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  12. I love it, I love it!! :)
    That background is beyond fabulous...
    and the sentiment...
    I die!! :)
    You had me at "Y'all"!
    Love that stunning bow and jingle...
    can't wait to see what else you have in store for us! :)
    Hugs!!

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  13. That background stamp is just fabulous! Loving the sentiment stamp too and your gorgeous gorgeous bow. Can't wait to see more.

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  14. Gorgeous! Loving what I've been seeing from the DT too!

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  15. Oh how FUN, Claire! Oh, and I am REALLY loving that tiny rusty bell hanging from your delicious (Becca?) bow!! What a neat set to compliment the others - another fantastic design! :)

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  16. LOVE that background Claire! Beautiful!

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  17. Love that quilty looking star background, love your card, and I love the little motif over the word "wishin'". Can't wait to see what comes next!! Hugs!! :-)

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  18. Wow!! The background stamp is amazing! And the sentiment is just too much fun. Can't wait to see what else you have in store for us Claire!

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  19. Oh, squeeee! The quilt background is great, the DT peeks are great - but what is REALLY REALLY squeeee-worthy is that Sarah Martina let it slip: Vintage Christmas Background is coming!!!! Woohoo!!! My fave WMS design in a big ol' background!!!! YAY!!!!

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  20. It never dawned on me to color the background - this is beautiful! Makes them even *more* versatile! I love building my own backgrounds but these big stamps are really great!

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