The World at Her Feet

I made this card for the daughter of a friend of mine who is turning 21 soon.  This funky chick is from a Framelit set I ordered a few weeks ago from Sizzix.   When Ruth told me her daughter is into 60s fashion it seemed the obvious choice.  This set is a doddle to use.  I had my doubts about the Sizzix framelit dies at first as I am a big fan of Spellbinders, but I have to say I'm impressed.  The cutting edge is on the inside edge so there's no more guess work when it comes to cutting your stamped image - what you see is what you cut.

The city icons of the world stamp is from Katzelkraft, and the affirmation stamps are from a Sizzix set (Wish You Were Here) and a Kaiser Scrapbook set (Live Out Loud)

The key was cut from felt and card using a Tim Holtz movers and shapers die.   I had toyed with the idea of hanging the key from her wrist but in the end decided on an easel card and used the key as the prop.

This gorgeous sentiment on the inside is from the WMS Big Day Today set.  Can't wait until I can use this set again - all of the sentiments are sooo beautiful.
Thanks for stopping by !!!

Desperate for a date !!!

The WMS pyjama party ended up going on for another day (I think Claire and the Mr Linky Gadget had a difference of opinion over the definition of midnight) so you still have a few more hours to play along.

If you were here a few days ago, you will remember I wasn't completely happy with the Golden Anniversary Card from this post.  I played around with the pennants a little and ended up overstamping them with the new WMS Mini Pinstripe Stamp - they looked a little plain as they were.  I had to stamp off once on the middle pennant so the dates were legible through the overstamping.

Computer generating personalised items like dates is okay most of the time but sometimes you just need to emboss, and I think those dates on the middle pennant need to be embossed in gold.

I know Just-Rite have systems for printing monograms and custom messages, does anyone know if there is something for creating dates ?  I'm pathetic at lining up small characters like this, so it would need to be fairly idiot proof !!!   I suppose one of those rotary date stamps you find in office supply stores might be adequate at a pinch.

My First WMS Stamp -

Challenge 4 of this month's Waltzing Mouse Pyjama Party is to use a Golden Oldie.  The first set I bought from Waltzing Mouse was Vintage Ornaments.   In fact I discovered Waltzing Mouse while searching for Christmas Card Inspiration early last year.  It was difficult narrowing my choice of Christmas stamps - Claire's not kidding when she says she's a huge fan of Christmas, but I finally settled on Vintage Ornaments and Compliments of the Season, because they complemented each other so beautifully.

It's not easy to see but I've also used Festive Foliage on the background which was in my second order at WMS.  This is also being entered in the August Christmas Card Challenge - set by the very talented Deborah Frings.  The challenge was to use Raspberry, Tangerine and Lime, and let me tell you it was a bit of a challenge.
I am also entering this card in the Bedtime Sketch for the PJ Party.