Waltzingmouse November Pajama Party!

Yipee!  It's here once again -  the Waltzingmouse Pajama Party that is!  Each month the challenges are announced on the WMS blog on the 1st of the month - so you have plenty of time to get your cards made up to post at the party. (you still have 24 hours if you are a procrastinator!)

The first challenge is to make a Thanksgiving/Thanks Card

Since I already have all the Thanksgiving cards that I need for this year -  I decided to make a Thank You card for my sister who is hosting the Thanksgiving meal this year.

I used my favorite set for this kind of sentiment - Join Us.  The leaves and floral spray are from Folk Art Medallion - and I used the free cut files for the shapes (although you could easily hand cut around these images!)

The 2nd challenge is to make a Christmas Card

I combined this challenge with the Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge which is to use non-Christmas stamps (accept for the sentiment) on your Christmas card.   So after thinking a bit -  I decided to gold emboss a couple of the strips from Heirloom Patterns along with this lovely sentiment from Seasonal Flourish.  Gold makes everything look like Christmas don't you think?!   I just added some gold sticky pearls and layered the stamped panel to a brushed gold panel and then to my white card base.  My card is 4 1/4"x4 1/4"

The 3rd Challenge is to make a tag that will tickle Claire's fancy (!)

I made two tags - both using the mistletoe stamp from Festive Foliage and Claire's new mistletoe die.  I think the 'Mwah!' sentiment will tickle her fancy....!

For the white tag - I gold embossed the stampings 

and for the red tag I used a piece of patterned paper for the background and did the stampings in black ink, accept for the berries which I stamped in Old Paper Distress Ink (which you cannot see too clearly in this pic!) I wanted them to look like the real berries on mistletoe!

The 4th Challenge is to make a Christmas/Holiday decoration.

When we were little, it was the tradition of my grandparents to have little net bags filled with ribbon candy on their Christmas tree for my sister and me.  I remember being so excited going to their house on Christmas day and searching all over their beautiful tree until we found our own little bags.  This memory inspired me to make some little treat bags for my grandnephews and grandniece for them to have on their trees each Christmas.

These little muslin bags are 3"x4".  I stamped them with the pretty deer from Claire's new set  Folk Art Christmas Additions using Gathered Twigs Distress Ink (put a piece of card stock inside the bag when stamping so ink doesn't go through to the back).  I used the Woodenheart Alphabet stamps for their names, stamping them in Archival Jet Black.  Luckily, Landon's mother calls him Lan because his full name wouldn't fit on this little bag!  I love the simple home spun look to these!

I filled the bags with little animal cookies - a slightly more healthy treat than candy since they are 3 1/2, 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 yrs old!  And so they will always remember when they got their little Christmas tree treat bags from their Great Aunt Julia - I stamped the year on the back!

And finally there is a sketch challenge just revealed today -  for this challenge you have one week from today to link up your card.

For my sketch card, I used one of the beautiful sentiments from the new set, Seasonal Flourish.  The round snowflake stamps are from Around Christmas Time

Phew, I'm tired from all this card making!  

I'm glad it's a PJ party - I might just go lie down on the sofa now.....and check out everyone elses creations!  Are you coming to the party?!  You can win some WMS stamps!!

We had a Wonderful Time
Stamps:  Join Us, Folk Art Medallion - Waltzingmouse
Paper:  Rustic Cream, white, Ripe Avocado - PTI, DP - Authentique/Enchanted
Ink:  Archival Coffee, Ranger Distress Crushed Olive, Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint, Memento Bamboo Shoots
Accessories:  foam dots, enamel dots - My Minds Eye, Edge Distresser.

Glory to the New Born King
Stamps:  Heirloom Patterns, Seasonal Flourish - Waltzingmouse
Paper:  White - PTI, brushed gold - SU
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories:  Gold Embossing Powder, gold half pearls - Michaels, heat gun.

Mistletoe tags

Stamps:  Festive Foliage - Waltzingmouse

Paper:  white, pure poppy, ripe avocado - PTI, DP - Simple Stories/Snap

Ink:  Archival Jet Black, Ranger Distress Old Paper, Versamark

Accessories:  Tag Sale Die #3 - PTI, Peppermint twine - Divine Twine/The Cat's Pajamas, Black/Kraft twine - Timeless Twine, gold embossing powder, heat gun. foam dots

Muslin Treat Bags

Stamps:  Woodenheart Alphabet, Folk Art Christmas Additions - Waltzingmouse

Ink:  Archival Jet Black, Ranger Distress Gathered Twigs

Accessories:  muslin bag 3"x4" -  

Sketch Card

Stamps:  snowflakes from Around Christmastime, Sentiment from Seasonal Flourish - Waltzingmouse

Paper:  White -  PTI, snowflake DP - Paper Pizazz, light blue DP - Me and My Big Ideas

Ink:  Archival Jet Black, Memento Bahama Blue

Accessories:  circle Nestabilities, 1 3/4" circle punch - EK Success, Stitched Mat Rectangles Die - Lil' Inker Designs, foam dots, enamel dots - My Mind's Eye.