Waltzing Mouse Blog Party "Sweet Things"

It's the 17th of the month and time for Waltzingmouse stamps new "Blog Party!"  No longer called a waltz, it's still based on a specific theme and will now be posted on the Waltzingmouse Blog using InLinkz. 

This month's theme is "Sweet Things".  My project is very sweet, although not an edible kind of sweet.  My son Andy got engaged on Christmas Day and I made a card to congratulate Andy and Ashley on this big occasion . Here's the card I gave them on Christmas Day. 

 I loved the folded and layered doily and the tulip border edge on this card.  Since I am making a wedding scrapbook for the happy couple, I made a scrapbook page for their book to coordinate with the card I made them. 

Here's my "Sweet Thing" of a romantic nature!

I tried to make it look as much like the original card as possible.  I didn't have any pink and white striped paper, so I made my own by cutting pink strips and gluing them on the cream cardstock.  I used a border punch to imitate the tulip border on the card.  I didn't have any music background paper large enough for a 12 x 12 layout, so I stamped some!  It is difficult to see in the picture, but Waltzingmouse Stamps Text It is stamped in pink over the dark chocolate music background.  I made another layered and folded doily, just like the one on the card.  It uses WM Nordic Winter images and adds some nice texture to this card.

 I stamped a mat with sentiments from  WM Big Day Additions and added some champagne glasses from WM Join Us set.  This mat was run through a Linen and Canvas impression plate and popped up on dimensionals. 

I used some of the same brown and cream lace as well as some pearls for embellishments just like on the original card.  The letters were cut with PTI's Alpha dies.  The picture was taken on Christmas Day and you'll notice Ashley made sure her pretty ring was front and center.  I think this is pretty "sweet", don't you?

Now get on over the the Waltzingmouse Blog and check out a whole lot of "Sweet Things".