Thursday 15 March 2012

Paris Birthday

Waltzingmouse Stamps recently released a whole bunch of new sets and I may have been tempted into buying one or two!

My first project with them was this birthday card for somebody who spent time in Paris as a nanny in an earlier phase of her life! The graphic style of this Eiffel Tower stamp is great and there are so many elements in the set to mix and match. I used the Art Nouveau border stamp to create a little strip of patterned paper and trimmed round the bottom to shape it round the pattern.

I hand cut the label shape and its mat too - I don't own Spellbinder Labels 25 which is what it's designed to coordinate with but it's a pretty easy shape to hand cut.

Stamps:
Paris Nouveau and sentiment from Say it Loud (both Waltzingmouse Stamps)

Paper:
White and black

Ink:
Adirondack by Ranger (Pool and Stream)
Versafine by Tsukineko (Onyx Black)

Other:
Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers


Thanks for stopping by!

20 comments:

Crafting Queen said...

Lovely card.

Artyjen said...

Super card ;) Love that colour too
xoxo Sioux

Kath said...

Clever cutting out the label. A lovely card, and just the colour I like, too.

tracy said...

very nice joanne,love the colour:)

Alison said...

Gorgeous! Love the colour Joanne! x

Alison said...

Gorgeous! Love the colour Joanne! x

Kaz said...

That's gorgeous Joanne, I was going to ask how you got the shape cut with the image!! xx

Paula Whittaker said...

such an elegant card.

Gez Butterworth said...

Beautiful card Joanne. Clean and crisp. Sure to be loved.

Deborah said...

Beautiful card - from the fresh blue to the stamped paper.

Unknown said...

Oh Stunning!!! love this!

Traceyr said...

Your hand cutting is so neat Joanne well done. :)

Nerina said...

Gorgeous card! I love the way you've used the background stamp repeatedly, it looks unbelievably elegant!

Charmaine Stack said...

This is so pretty! I rarely stamp anything in blues, but this is very inspiring.

Pauline said...

This is so beautiful! gorgeous shades of blue!

Rachelxx said...

Lovely card Joanne & congrats on your win on Gingersnap Creations :-)

Kathy said...

What a lovely, elegant card

trisha too said...

Lovely card, so pretty!

Congratulations on being chosen for Gingersnap Creations homepage artist this week for your beautiful poppy card!

:)

Sue said...

I love the way you've used the border stamp and cut around it to form the scalloped edge.
Sue x

Jan Hennings said...

A great card!