Waltzingmouse Stamps April Release Previews, Day 1

Claire has a wonderful release planned for Waltzingmouse Stamps this month! She will be releasing 3 new stamp sets on Thursday April 18th.  Two of the sets focus on the men in our lives and we are debuting the first one today called "My Kind of Guy."  It's the most unique stamp set for guys that I have ever seen!

Claire mentioned the Art Deco style of the lettering in the set, so I decided to take to Google searching for some Art Deco inspiration.  I found this lovely wedding invitation at zazzle.com and used it as my starting point.

Here is my first card featuring images from "My Kind of Guy"...

I was inspired by the vertical columns and the bold heading of the invitation.  I also loved the arches and fancy frames I kept seeing throughout all of the Art Deco samples I came across online.

The detail in the images of this set is amazing! No need for much embellishing, so I used some subtle red chevron paper for the background from the new collection "24/Seven" by Simple Stories and some tiny silver brads.

See that lovely border image along the bottom of the card?  Claire had mentioned "brogue" shoes when she revealed this set to us which had me scratching my head a little bit.  Maybe it's because I've only heard this type of shoes called "wingtips" before :)!!

So for my second card, I went "shopping" for inspiration!  I totally wanted to get a pair of these Magnanni Artea Spectator shoes for my husband Jason...until I saw the hefty $395.00 price tag!  So I decided to make a card inspired by them instead.  He really only needs his waders and steel-toed work boots at the fish hatchery where he works ;)!

I just loved the colors and the lovely "linen" looking panels.  I had recently purchased some handmade linen paper and couldn't wait to try it out on this card.  ALERT:  Awesome sentiments coming up!

So cool!  I am not even sure that these sentiments were meant to be paired together but I love them!  I stamped the brogue border with Vintage Photo distress ink and then went in with a Q-tip that had darker Pumice Stone ink on it and added it in.  I wanted the multi-colored look of the shoes in the photo.

And that Old Bean with his monocle! Enhanced his a bit with a dew drop.  He is stamped in grey ink and then I cut a frame with my circle nesties and inked it up with more Distress inks.

Before I go, an admission.  I was singing Justin Timberlake's new song "Suit and Tie" the whole time I was making these cards, hee!  You can sing it along with me HERE!  (PS...Check out his band signs...and SHOES!)

See you back here tomorrow as the Design Team features another new set.  For now, you are sure to find some more wonderful samples featuring this super cool stamp set!

Anya Schrier 

Becca Feeken 

Belinda Chang Langner 

Clare Buswell 

Edna Morrisedie 

Iwona Palamountain 

Jean Martin 

Jeanne Jachna 

Jen Cuthbertson 

Jennifer Holmes

Julia Aston 

Karin Åkesdotter 

Kim Duran 

Laurie Schmidlin 

Lynn Mercurio 

Renee Lynch 

Sandie Dunne 

Sarah Martina Parker 

Teresa Kline 

Tosha Leyendekker 

Claire Brennan

Supplies:My Kind of Guy card:

Stamps:  My Kind of Guy, Waltzingmouse Stamps

Paper:  Simple Stories 24/Seven, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream & Smokey Shadow cardstock

Ink:  Fresh Ink in Black Tea, Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler

Other:  mini silver brads

Old Bean card:

Stamps:  My Kind of Guy, Waltzingmouse Stamps

Paper:  Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream & Smokey Shadow cardstock, Recollections Handmade Paper-Linen

Ink:  Fresh Ink in Slate, Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks in Tea Dye, Vintage Photo,  & Pumice Stone

Other:  clear Dew Drop, Spellbinders Standard Circle Nestabilities