WMS PouchMart Winners - And the First Five

First - I'm happy to announce the winners from the Waltzingmouse/Pouch Mart Blog Waltz.  If you missed all the fun - you can see it here on last Friday's post..

The winner of a $25.00 gift certificate to the Pouch Mart Web store is: Caryn S from Anya's blog

who said:
"What a wonderful group of projects, they would make the most fabulous little gifts."

Caryn - please e-mail Carla at  carla at pouchmart dot com to find out how to claim your prize!


The winner of a Waltzingmouse Stamp Set is:  Nancy from Kelly's blog -
who said:
"So adorable! You have given me some ideas...thanks."

Nancy - please e-mail Lynn at  lynn.mercurio at stamperosity dot com to find out how to choose your WMS stamp set.

and thank you to everyone for all your lovely comments on all of our blogs - we hope you were inspired!

And now onto my cards!  I'm participating in the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges over on Split Coast - only fan club members can participate or see what the challenges are (a great incentive to join the Fan Club!) -  there are 5 new challenges a day - ALL WEEK!

Here are my first 5 creations - I'm not going to go into descriptions - I'll just list my supplies at the end - if you have any questions please let me know!

A scene using  Punches and Dies

 Fruit and Friend

 Masculine

 White on white

Sketch

I don't know if I'll be getting ALL of the challenges done!  but I'll post what ever I get completed!

Window Box

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Fancy Phrases  

Paper: white, Sweet Blush, Spring Rain , Simply Chartreuse - PTI, Pretty in Pink - SU  

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black  

Accessories: Amuse Twinkles, glue pen, glue dots, Punch a Bunch (flowers), fern punch - Martha Stewart, Mega Mat Stack 3 die - PTI, small flower box die - Poppy Stamps, Punch a Bunch too, swiss dots embossing folder - Provo Craft 

So Sweet of You

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Big Berries - Strawberry, my friend from Say It Loud  

Paper: white, Pure Poppy - PTI  

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Lady Bug and Bamboo Leaves

Accessories: glue dot, foam tape, wrinkled seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop, small oval punch - SU, 1" circle punch - EK Success, corner rounder - Zutter, tiny twinkles - Taylored Expressions  

Fishing You

Stamps: Rubbernecker - Fishing You #650-05, Fishing Rod and Fish Set #650-13  

Paper: Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate - PTI  

Ink: Ranger Distress - Old Paper, Brushed Corduroy  

Accessories: Mega Mat Stack 3 - PTI, Zva Creative Pearls, foam tape 

A Home is Made Of

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - stars from Midnight Feast, Papertrey Ink - sentiment from Boards and Beams Paper: white, vintage cream - PTI  

Ink: Ranger Distress - Old Paper, Brushed Corduroy  

Accessories: small Madison Window - Poppy Stamps, Modern Landscape - Memory Box, foam tape 

A Child Reaches

Stamps: Rubbernecker - A Child Reaches #633-05  

Paper: white, Spring Rain - PTI, DP Country Boutique - Fancy Pants Design  

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black  

Accessories: foam tape, glue dots, heart punch - McGill, Spring Rain Twill Ribbon - PTI, Amuse Gems, Oval and Romantic Rectangles Nestabilities  

A Winner and a Boo!

First a little bit of business -   I'm happy to announce the winning comment left on my Creations by AR blog Thursday post here 

my winner is Ginny -  comment #39  chosen by Random.org: 

  Ginny said...

Cute card set. Your organizers are so pretty.

July 26, 2012 1:36 PM

Ginny -  please  email Adela at creationsbyar@sbcglobal.net with your choice of template - the organizer or the scalloped cards bag.

And now - onto the card that I made for today's Saturday Waltzingmouse Sketch which is based on a card that DT member Belinda made.

And here's my card.

I'm flying right past summer into Halloween with my sketch card today!   I created the birch tree background by sponging over a stencil called Aspen Trees.  The scallop tags are Spellbinders and the stars and boo stamp are from Midnight Feast.  I used Ranger Distress Iced Spruce Ink - I love how it looks - spooky dark but not too dark!  I tied wrinkled seam tape and Glitter Eyelash Yarn through the top of the tags.

If you'd like to play along with this cool WMS sketch this week - you'll find all the details and the place to link up your card here.  You could win a Waltzingmouse stamp set!

And don't forget to check out my post below -  you can leave a comment there for more chances to win until Sun 7/29 11:59 pm EST !

I'm also entering this card in the Twisted Tuesday Challenge -  this week it's to have a tree on your card and the twist is to have a knotted ribbon. - I knotted my ribbons through the hole in the tag!

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Midnight Feast

Paper:  White, Smokey Shadow - PTI

Ink:  Ranger Distress Iced Spruce

Accessories:  foam tape, cropadile, Aspen Trees Stencil - The Crafters Workshop, scalloped tags - Spellbinders, wrinkled seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop, Glitter Eyelash yarn - Martha Stewart (Michaels)

For the Dogs - WMS DT Blog Waltz - Creating with Pouch Mart Bags

I am excited to be participating in a special blog waltz today.  Several of the WMS Design team members are using Waltzingmouse stamps to embellish bags from Pouch Mart - a web store that sells all shapes, colors and sizes of bags.  The folks over at Pouch Mart generously sent us some bags to work with and they are also offering a $25 Pouch Mart gift certificate for one lucky commenter.    See all the prize details at the bottom of my post.

I've chosen to work with these fun 4"x6" paw print bags today -  I make a lot of crafts to sell at my Church Fair in October - and one very popular item has been dog treats in fun packaging!   I make my own dog biscuits using a recipe from Bullwrinkle.com (Scroll to the bottom and click on the Recipes box - I used the Milk Bone Dog Biscuits one)

The" home made for you" label is from the Candy Jar Christmas set and the Best Friend is from the Compact Family set.  I attached the best friend label to the circle with a little flower brad, punched a hole in the circle label and looped a key chain through that and the drawstring tie on the bag.  I put the dog cookies inside a clear bag, stapled the top to keep them fresh and placed the bag inside the paw print bag -  and ready to go!

I'm always looking for cute cookie cutter shapes and this past winter I found these wonderful dog and mouse ones in a shop in Vermont when we were visiting my DH's brother and his wife.

I just had to get the mouse - right?  (although it doesn't look like she's waltzing!?!)

Be sure to leave a comment at each blog -   one lucky commenter will win a $25.00 gift certificate to Pouch Mart - and another lucky commenter will win a Waltzingmouse Stamp set!  You have until Sunday July 29th 11:59 pm EST to leave your comments!

Winners will be announced here on my blog Monday July 30th.

Here are the links!  Let's go see what bags each of these designers used for their projects today!

Anya Schrier,  Bonnie Sharp.  Julia Aston.  Kelly Schirmer.  Lynn Mercurio,  Mona Pendleton,  Tosha Leyendekker

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Candy Jar Christmas, Compact Family

Paper:  White PTI, Basic Black - SU

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories:  beaded key chain - Tandy Leather, metallic mini flower brad - Making Memories, Key Tag Punch - SU, 1 1/2" circle punch - EK Success, scallop circle punch - SU, 4x6 paw print pouch - Pouch Mart, dog cookie recipe - bullwrinkle.com. 

Some Happy News - DT Blog Hop - Creations by AR Templates

I am SO excited to let you all know that I have been invited to be on the Creations by AR Design Team -  if you are not familiar with Creations by AR -  it is a web store that sells wonderfully designed and fun Templates!  For those of you who know me -  this is RIGHT UP MY ALLEY - as I LOVE making crafty little containers, buildings, vehicles, etc, etc, etc,  and decorating them with stampings!

So today the design team is creating with two brandy new templates designed by owner Adela Rossol.  All templates include PDF, SVG and DXF files.

The first project I have to show you is using  the Scalloped Card Bag template.   It includes templates for a cute little bag and 4 cards with envelopes!  I decorated the cards and bag with some digital patterned paper from Jessica Sprague.  I made the envelopes out of a lighter weight 12 x 12 sheet of card stock  The bag measures 3 3/4" x 4"

Here's a close up of the cards - I made two of each color and pattern. The Thinking of You was stamped and punched with a Keytag punch.   The Just a Note stamp was punched with a small oval.  These little notes are 3" x 3".

Since the cards were made from darker card stock -  I added squares of white to the inside so a written note could be seen.  I used a remoistenable envelope glue on the flap of the envelope so they can be sealed!

I even put a little Hello on the back of the bag so it wouldn't look all naked back there!

And here's the front - with all 4 cards and envelopes safely tucked inside!  I tied a piece of wrinkled seam tape in 3 bows through the top handles and added some rhinestones to the sentiment for some shimmer!  A sweet little gift for a friend or neighbor don't you think?

The second template being released today is called Folder Organizer.  Adella made hers to store embossing folders in -  but I decided to make mine to hold my stash of most needed cards -  Birthday, Get Well and Thank You - so I know I have some handy and just where they are!    Here are all the pieces put together.

The template includes the base,

and the folders to put inside the base.  It includes patterns for the DP around the base of the box and the front and sides of the folders. 

I cut out additional pieces to put on the inside and outside of the back of the box (as seen above and below).  I used digital Patterned Paper from Jessica Sprague. I also added a thin strip of DP on the side of the folder - easy peasy to measure and cut out - just a rectangle slightly smaller than the area covered.   I added some bling for color on the sides and on the front.

Here's the view from the back -  colorful from any angle isn't it!

and here is my Folder Organizer at work - holding some of my cards.  My cards are 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" so they are shorter than my A2 envelopes -  at least 4 cards and envelopes will fit in each folder.   I used my P-Touch Label Maker for the words and a fringe die from Memory Box to make the felt flower.

Here are the links to the Design Team participating today -  remember to leave a comment at each one - there will be one winner chosen from EACH of our blogs!  You could win your choice of one of the new templates!


I will post my winner right back here on Saturday!

Adela Rossol:
Julia Aston: Me!
Lisa Somerville:
Lori Brown:
Lyn Bernatovich:
Magdalena Cortez:
Patti J. Gilliam:
Sue Kment:

Scalloped Cards and Bag

Stamps: Thinking of You from Compact Sentiments 2 - Waltzingmouse, Just @ note from Take Note - Papertrey Ink

Paper:  White, Terrecotta Tile, Enchanted Evening - PTI, Digital DP -July 4th from Jessica Sprague.com, red for envelope - unknown.

Ink:  Enchanted Evening - PTI

Accessories:  blue wrinkled seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop, rhinestones - Kaiser, key tag punch, small and large oval punches - Stampin'Up, Lick and Stick Remoistenable Envelope Glue, Template - Creations by AR.

Folder Organizer:

Paper:  Simply Chartreuse - PTI, Digital DP - Crystals Beautiful Day Papers - Jessica Sprague.com

Accessories - Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, fringe die - Memory Box, red felt - Ellen Hutson, rhinestones - Studio 18/Michaels, ScorTape, P-Touch Label Maker.

Joyeux Noel

I made this card for last week's Split Coast color challenge - to use Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla.  I didn't have the SU colors so I substituted New Leaf, Fired Brick and Vintage Cream.

I finally got to use my Layered Poinsettia dies from Spellbinders that I bought at the end of last season after seeing so many beautiful creations made with them on many blogs and galleries!  First I die cut a circle out of the front of my card

Then I traced the circle opening on the inside to show me where to stamp the doily and layer the poinsettia.  I put foam dots between the bottom two layers of the flower so it was popped up a bit.  I used my glue pen on the tips of the flower and leaves and dipped them in Dazzling Diamonds.

 I die cut a larger Eyelet circle, cut out the center and adhered it over the opening on the front of my card.  I stamped the sentiment on a die cut banner and layered it over the base of the opening with thick foam dots so when the card is closed the banner is still higher than the flower.

I hope you'll stop by on Friday -  I'm going to be participating in a Blog Waltz with some of my fellow Waltzingmouse Design Team members - we'll all be using WMS stamps on Pouch Mart bags!  There's sure to be lots of inspiring projects!

and on Thursday I have an exciting announcement to share along with another blog hop! (you might see a little clue on my side bar!?!)  Lots of fun things happening this week!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Dainty Doilies Large, Sentiment from Very Vintage Christmas  

Paper: Vintage Cream, New Leaf - PTI, Ranger Distress Coredinations - Fired Brick  

Ink: Memento Desert Sand  

Accessories: Layered Poinsettia Spellbinders, Circle and Eyelet Circle Nestabilities, Ribbon Banners - Spellbinders, Glue Pen, Glue Dots, foam dots, thick foam dots, Dazzling Diamonds - SU, rhinestones - Kaiser

Wild Thing

Last week's Tea Party over on Split Coast was all about giraffes - the more the merrier - (it also involves cheerleaders, cookies,......) it's always hard to explain our tea parties - check it all out here  Most weeks we have a place to send our Tea party cards and this week they are going to Alex - a lovely young lady who should just be thinking about being a senior in high school - but is facing a lot of health issues as well.  Alex loves giraffes.

So -  I've made a little parade of giraffes on my card - I used purple like Alex's 'so cool' shoes that she wore to the prom (a picture Mothermark shared on the challenge post)  My wrinkled seam tape is a really deep dark purple - (it may look black in the pic).

I used these cute little giraffe stamps and die from Papertrey Ink  for my card.

On the inside of my card I stamped this sentiment from River City Rubberworks:

"Once or twice in our lives, we are given the chance to find out just how much inner strength we possess. Usually we find we have far more than we ever imagined."

Alex has had to learn about her inner strength at a very young age.....

Stamps: It's a Jungle Out There - PTI, inside sentiment by River City Rubberworks  

Paper: white - PTI  

Ink: Memento Sweet Plum and Grape Jelly  

Accessories: foam tape, Gems - Adornit, giraffe Die - PTI, wrinkled seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop

Chillax

What a great word huh?  the combination of chill and relax - it really gives you the feeling of summer and taking it easy!  I made this card combining 3 challenges over on Split Coast  - Thursday's Way to Use it - a beach theme, Friday's Free for All -  a weather theme  and the Queen for the Day - who was Ina (yellowrose46)

I cased Ina's beautiful Sailing into the Sunset card.  I used different stamps and colors but kept the ocean/summer theme with a bright sun rise over the water on a hot summer day!

These wonderful stamps are from a new set called My Island by Waltzingmouse.

I embossed a rectangle on the card base, stamped the images on white with blue, yellow and orange inks and adhered the panel inside the frame with foam tape. Then I stamped the 'chillax' sentiment on the bottom of the card.  A CAS summer beach card!

Yippee!  the weekend is here!  Maybe we'll go to the beach!  Let's all just chillax!

And in case you're looking for a fun challenge -  check out the Saturday Waltzingmouse Sketch.

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - My Island  

Paper: white, Hawaiian Shores - PTI  

Ink: Hawaiian Shores - PTI, Memento Tangelo, Cantaloupe, Tuxedo Black  

Accessories: foam tape, rectangle Nestabilities