Challenge #91–March 31, 2012

Hello and welcome to the Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge. We are so pleased to have so many of you turn out for the challenges that we share with you each Saturday. We are thrilled that you’re back for more inspiration and and to share your enthusiasm for Waltzingmouse Stamps. We hope that you will find our samples inspiring and 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:

Anne-Elise

Artisant by Aneta

Kristie H

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 at sbcglobal dot 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:

Lori Tecler

Congratulations, Lori! 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.

We have another great sketch.  We are really opening up to your creative imagination as you are free to design any style you like just as long as it’s limited to one layer. As you can see from the Mischief Makers’ samples, there are many interpretations of the sketch. 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

Kim Duran

Lenet Mos

Renee Lynch

Teresa Kline

Savitri Wilder

And a little inspiration 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, April 6, 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, April 7th.  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 WMSC91. 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.

Are you ready to get started with the sketch challenge? We hope that you will tell your friends about our challenge. Have a wonderfully creative week!