WCMD - Stamping Around Challenge

Good morning!  It's World Card Making Day and as promised I have 2 posts today hightlighting some fun challenges and chances to win prizes!!

First, Stamping Around is hosting a challenge on Paper Craft Planet's WCMD Group Hop!  The challenge will go live at 11 a.m. EST in our Stamping Around Group on PCP and you can also view it HERE on the Stamping Around site!  Check out Kim's ultra-cute tag!!  There's also a list and pic of the great prize package you can win just for participating!!

I need to go get working on my tag . . . see you at 12 noon today for the Paper Pretties challenge! :)

ETA:  I finished my tag!! Yea!! I used a super cute stamp set Autumn Garden from Our Craft Lounge, one of the Class Sponsors at our recent Stamping Around Vermont!  I just love this set and with just a tiny bit of masking it was easy to create a scene (the other part of our challenge) behind the garden gate!  This set sure gives you some coloring practice with Copics or whatever your color medium of choice is.  I even did a bit of distressing around the edges (how 'bout that Kim??!!), I added some light clouds with a sponge and cloud template and used some Sparkly Fluff on the inside of the sunflowers.  Oh, and the crow is cut out and popped up for dimension!

Can't wait to see your tags!!

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink), Stamps: Autumn Garden (Our Craft Loung), Ink: Black (Memento), Riding Hood Red (SU!), Distress Inks (Papertrey Ink), Accessories:  Copic markers, Sparkly Fluff (Our Craft Lounge), ribbon (SU!), button, Twine (Papertrey Ink), foam adhesive, 1/2" circle punch

Weekend Recap

I thought you might be interested in seeing a few pictures of our fun Stamping Around weekend in Vermont! Kim did a fabulous wrap-up on the Stamping Around website, so check that out or me pics but here are a few of mine.

Welcome to Stamping Around Vermont! By the end of the day the sides of the sign had started to relax - lol!

This is the teacher's table (this was when Cindy was teaching her class sponsored by Our Craft Lounge and eclectic Paperie - cardstock was provided by Gina K Designs)

Jenn Shurkus taught a wonderful class sponsored by AMuse!

Our stampers are hard at work.

Our first class Friday night was so much fun! Erika Martin had us complete an 8x8 canvas board using paint and patterned paper scraps! Each person's came out so unique and beautiful! See the Stamping Around site for a picture of several of them lined up together. My canvas turned out very bright and colorful as I used lots of fun scraps from October Afternoon.

The first class on Saturday morning was taught by Joanne Basile and sponsored by Stamping Bella (patterned paper provided by eclectic Paperie, cardstock by Gina K Designs and die cut box by Jody Morrow). Seriously, how cute are those cards??!!

The second class was taught by Cindy Lawrence and sponsored by Our Craft Lounge (again, patterned paper was from eclectic Paperie and cardstock from Gina K Designs). Cindy made these adorable, uniquely-sized cards with a wonderful box to put them in an envelopes with patterned paper flaps! We had lots of great coloring therapy with these first two classes! :)

Next up, Jenn Shurkus and her wonderful AMuse halloween cards - 5 in all! Yes, 5!! Jenn was ultra organized and the nice, clean style of AMuse made them quick and fun to complete!

Finally, it was my turn! It had been a long, busy day of stamping but we needed to complete this cute, clear box filled with wax pumpkin tarts and a votive candle. My class was sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps and we used a brand new set that will be released on September 25 (how fun that we got a sneak peek!!). This project will also be my Project of the Month for KSS so watch my blog for complete details and instructions next week!

I hope you've enjoyed the quick review and pics . . . if are anywhere close to Allentown, PA check out the details or our next event, Stamping Around Philly, taking place Nov. 6 & 7!