Challenge #82–January 28, 2012

Hello and welcome to the Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge. We are happy that you’re here to get some inspiration and and to share your enthusiasm for Waltzingmouse Stamps. We hope that you will find our samples so inspiring that you will play along with us. Even if you have never participated before, we invite you to play along.

Let’s get things started by announcing the Top Mouse awards from the last sketch challenge.

This week’s Top Mouse awards go to:

Helen Berry

Liza

Pauline

Congratulations to our Top Mouse winners. If you don't already have a Top Mouse Award blinkie, please send me an e-mail at lmercurio@sbcglobal.net and I will provide you with the HTML code. We hope you will display it proudly.  Thank you for your participation and support of the challenge.

And the lucky winner from all the participants to receive a complimentary Waltzingmouse Stamps set of choice. This week the winner is:

Cammie Murphree

Congratulations, Cammie! Please send  Claire  an e-mail at Claire.brennan1@ntlworld.com.Provide her with your contact information and set choice, and she will get your selected set on its way to you.

Check out this fun sketch provided to us from our sketch coordinator, Anya Schrier.  Feel free to turn or flip the sketch, make a shaped card, or just use this shape in or another similar shape in the center of your project - just use the basic principals of this sketch in your design.  Set your mojo free and go with the flow.

To help motivate you, take a peek at the wonderful projects the Mischief Makers have for you today:

Edna Morrisedie

Iwona Palamountain

Jean Martin

Jen Cuthbertson

Karin Åkesdotter

Kim Duran

Lenet Mos

Renee Lynch

Savitri Wilder

Teresa Kline

And a little creativity from our Design Team member:

Kelly Schirmer

Are you ready to get started on your own creation?  Gather your card stock, stamps and ink and get those projects ready.  We ask that you use at lease one WMS image on your submission.We reserve the right to remove entries that do not comply with the guidelines as it is not fair to the players who do. Including WMS images on your project adds to the creative inspiration we gain each week from your wonderful creations.

Remember to post your projects using Inlinkz no later than 12:00 noon Central time on Friday, February 3, 2012. We will announce the winner of the stamp set and the new Top Mouse Award winners when the new sketch challenge is posted on Saturday, February 4th.  Please use a direct link to your project and feel free to enter as many times as you like!

You don’t have to have a blog to play along with the sketch challenge. If you upload your project to any on-line galleries or forums, please use the keyword of WMSC82. As always you are welcome and encouraged to upload your project to your album in the Waltzingmouse Stamps Gallery!

Sketch Archives:  You can now find all of the past Waltzingmouse Stamp sketches all in one place for those times when you want to jump-start your creativity anytime you are stumped. Take a peek right HERE.  It’s a wonderful place to start in you need a little inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by, and for playing along with our sketch challenge. We hope that you will tell your friends about our challenge. Have a wonderfully creative week!