Waltzingmouse Stamps August Release Previews, Day 1

Claire has the most awesome release at Waltzingmouse Stamps to round out the summer!  She is releasing 9 new sets this Saturday, August 10th!  Today we are featuring 3 sets...and they are sure to be the most beautiful nautical sets that you have EVER seen! Claire and our sweet DT member Renee Lynch collaborated on these sets and did such an amazing job!   They are:  Ocean Bound, Safe Harbor Sentiments, and Tying the Knot.

Up first is a little set of projects inspired by this nautical book bag that I saw when walking through a Barnes & Noble book store the other day...

I found this adorable tutorial for making totes from Amanda Coleman seen HERE and made some nautical ones of my own using some 12x12 papers (Bo Bunny, The Paper Loft, Recollections) and images from Ocean Bound.  

First up is one that would be such a fun way to give a gift card for an "old salty" guy in your life :)

The little tag is made with images from the set.  And as you can see, I got out my sewing machine for these projects!  Good thing it already had red thread in it, because that was just what I wanted.  Not sure I would have been able to re-thread it without studying the manual for a few hours!

This one is my version of the Barnes and Noble tote!  

I just LOVE those seahorses!  This one would be sweet for a baby shower gift card:)

Up next are 2 cards that are both rather CAS for me, but I have to say...with these sets, the cards practically make themselves.  Some more images from Ocean Bound for a background.  The sentiment was heat embossed with white powder on vellum, and then placed over woodgrain paper.

And a lovely sentiment from Safe Harbor Sentiments, possibly one of the coolest sentiment sets ever created for encouragement cards.  

I paired it with some textured paper from DCWV and more images from Ocean Bound (and I still have more to use from that set)!

Isn't this SUCH an exciting release already?!  Come back to see 3 more sets showcased tomorrow!

IMPORTANT NEWS:  There has been an email glitch in Claire's computer system, so she would like any customers (past or present!) to go read her blog post HERE for information about how to sign up again to receive emails from Waltzingmouse Stamps!  As you can see from today's release previews, you wouldn't want to miss THOSE!

Be sure to visit the DT members' blogs for more awesome nautical projects today!

Anya Schrier
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
Teresa Kline
Tosha Leyendekker
& Claire Brennan