Thursday 25 November 2010

Challenge 140 - Blast from the Past!

Thank you to everyone who joined in with our sketch last week there were so many fabulous entries.

I am sad to announce that this week we are saying goodbye to Emma & Susan, both of them are incredibly busy with work and have had to step down. Hopefully we will see them back when things are less crazy for them. I want to thank them both for all their beautiful creations.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is Kaylou.

Here is Kaylou's card.

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!
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Challenge 140  Blast from the Past!

This week we want to see you all revisit one of our previous challenges, it can be any of the challenges with the exception of the open theme weeks. Be sure to include the week number and title of the challenge in your post.

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We are also pleased to welcome our regular monthly sponsor...


Here is what Heidi had to say...

My name is Heidi Erickson, co-owner of The Stamp Shoppe in Schofield, Wisconsin since 1997. I started drawing images for Stamp Shoppe Creations in October 2009. We started with a Penguin line of stamps, but have expanded to other cute animal stamps and sentiments as well. Our stamps are made from deeply etched rubber and are available unmounted or cling mounted

The prize up for grabs this week is...

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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So now let's take a look at the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!










Thursday 18 November 2010

Challenge 139 - A Sketch by Susan

OMG!, So many of you have joined us in our Open Theme last week. I want to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all the DT who have been leaving comments on all the blogs they could.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by
Simon Says Stamp is Tammylee Newbury.

Here is Tammylee's card.

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!
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Challenge 139 - A Sketch by Susan

This week we have a sketch by DT member Susan...


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We are also pleased to welcome our regular monthly sketch sponsor...


Here is what Kimmie had to say...

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is a Canadian stamp company which just opened in October 2009! They feature images from artists Crissy Armstrong, Annie Rodrigue, Steven Leary and Jean Grant which are both whimsical and quirky! You can find these unmounted rubber stamps online at their website (http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/) or at many fine retailers all over the world!

The prize up for grabs this week is...

TWO rubber stamps of your choice from the Kraftin' Kimmie range.
As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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We are happy to welcome four of the talented Kraftin' Kimmie DT this week...Here are their cards. You can click on the link to go directly to their blogs!


Kimmie

Diana

Andrea

Michele

So now let's take a look at the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!












Lisa



Lynn


Kim


To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 24th November.

Thursday 11 November 2010

Challenge 138 - Anything Goes!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our Gently Does It theme last week....As we are all so busy in the next couple of months the next few challenge themes will be a lot less challenging for you to all join in with.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by
Meljen's Designs is Juls.

 Here is Juls card.

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!
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Challenge 138 - Anything Goes!

As the title suggests this week is an open theme week, so you can make anything you like. The only thing we ask it that it is a new project not posted to your blogs before today (Thursday 11th).

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We are also pleased to welcome our regular monthly...


 

Here is what Heidi had to say...

With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon is proud to offer the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, Altered Art, and Paper Crafting supplies in the world! We are currently offering FREE SHIPPING on all USA orders over $70 and ALL International orders over $175. Stocking brands like Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Sarah Kay, House Mouse, Hero Arts, Penny Black, Spellbinders, Martha Stewart and so many more - we want to be your one stop shop! Simon Says Stamp also prides itself in offering every product Tim Holtz makes or designs.

The prize up for grabs this week is...

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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So now let's take a look at the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!















Lisa


To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 17th November.

Thursday 4 November 2010

Challenge 137 - Gently Does It!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our Transparent theme last week....clearly (pun intended..LOL) you either had no time, no acetate or no interest...LOL...just kidding, I know it can be a little intimidating working with acetate.
I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by
The Stamp Shoppe is Tami G.
 
Here is Tami's card...

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!
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Challenge 137 - Gently Does It!

This week we want to see your cards/projects that have vellum/parchment or tissue paper on them. You can either add it as a layer, stamp your image onto it...or make an embellishment with it.

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We are also pleased to welcome our sponsor this week...

 
Here is what Melissa had to say...

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

The prize up for grabs this week is...

FOUR images of the winners choice.
As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org
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We have no Guest DT's lined up for the rest of 2010. Instead of us inviting our Guests we are going to offer Guest positions in conjunction with our challenge on the first challenge of each month. If you could add DT after your name this week, we will in addition to picking our winner next week, invite one person to be our Guest DT in December for the whole month. Then on the first week of December we will do the same again with the person chosen being our Guest in January 2011.


So now let's take a look at the rest of the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!











To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 10th November.