Challenge 116 - Anything but Square!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our challenge again last week, I hope you enjoyed working with my sketch. The DT have asked me to pass on their apologies as we didn't get around to commenting on all the cards, this week has been hectic again for many of us.

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 Stitchy Bear Stamps is Hayley Howell.

 Here is Hayley's card...

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 116- Anything but Square!

This week we want to see your cards that are any shape...but not a square.

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We are sponsored this week by our regular monthly sponsor...

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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Our  Guest DT for June is Jacqueline, you can see Jacqueline's beautiful creations HERE on her Blog.

Jacqueline

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!

 Deb

Fran

Kim

Andrea

Annie

Caz

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 16th June.

Top UK Craft Challenge Blogs!

We have some exciting news to share! Wikio publishes Top Blog rankings for a few different countries, and they've now added a Craft Challenge Blogs category. This has just been launched and no one else has had a chance to see it yet - we're giving you an exclusive preview! The list below shows you the top 30 UK Craft Challenge Blogs - I'm sure you'll recognise some of them. We are so thrilled that Cute Card Thursday is number 2 up one place from last month !!

1 A Spoon Full of Sugar (=) 2 Cute Card Thursday (+1) 3 Allsorts challenge blog (-1) 4 Sketch saturday (+4) 5 Charisma Cardz (-1) 6 Just Magnolia (-1) 7 Cupcake Craft Challenges (-1) 8 Saturday Challenge (+1) 9 Creative Card Crew (-2) 10 Papertake Weekly Challenge (+12) 11 Penny Black Saturday Challenge (+4) 12 ABC challenge (-2) 13 One Stop Craft Challenge (-2) 14 Stampin' for the Weekend (-1) 15 Daring Cardmakers (+1) 16 C.R.A.F.T. Challenge (+1) 17 Truly Scrumptious (-5) 18 Crafty Creations Challenges (-4) 19 Die cut Dreams Challenge (=) 20 Dare you to digi stamp Friday Challenge (+12) 21 Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog (=) 22 Winter Wonderland (-4) 23 Moving Along with the Times. (-3) 24 Rosie-Dee's Challenge (=) 25 The Crafty Pad (+1) 26 Passion for ProMarkers (+20) 27 Crafty Catz (+11) 28 Sunday Sketch & Stamp (-5) 29 My Time To Craft Challenge (+37) 30 Sassy Designs By Susie At Die cut Dreams (Ent.) Ranking by Wikio

Challenge 115 - A Colour Combo!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our challenge again last week, I hope you enjoyed working with my sketch. The DT have asked me to pass on their apologies as we didn't get around to commenting on all the cards, this week has been hectic again for many of us.

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 Max.

 Here is Max's card...

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 115- A Colour Combo!

This week our theme is a colour combo, we want to see your cards/projects that feature these colours. You are welcome to add others, but we want these to be the main feature of your card. You can use an equal amount of each, or use more of one with a touch of the other two...the choice is yours!

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We are sponsored this week by...

Here is what Stitchy had to say...

Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps...we started this store April 1st, No Fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha, I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...I been creating stamps for a little less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there was much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone.. stitchy xoxox

One lucky winner will have their choice of THREE images from the Stitchy Bear Stamps store.

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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Our  Guest DT for June is Jacqueline, you can see Jacqueline's beautiful creations HERE on her Blog.

Jacqueline

I am pleased to announce that we loved having Kim here so much, that we asked her to stay on for the next six months...and she said YES! So pleased to have you on board Kim. 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!

Caz 
(using Flip Flops by Stitchy Bear Stamps)

Fran

Kim

Leann

Annie

Claudia

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 9th June.

Challenge 114 - No Designer Papers!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our challenge again last week, I hope you enjoyed working with my sketch. The DT have asked me to pass on their apologies as we didn't get around to commenting on all the cards, this week has been hectic again for many of us.

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 Digital Stamp Oasis is Christina C.

Here is Christina's card...

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 114 - No Designer Papers!

This week our theme is No Designer Papers, we want you to just use cardstock, If you cannot resist turning it into a pattern....you can stamp the background....but no pre-printed designer papers.

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We are sponsored this week by 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.

And here is the fab prize on offer for one lucky winner this week...

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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Our Guest DT for May is Kim, you can see Kim's wonderful creations HERE on her Blog.

Kim

Here are the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!

Deb

Fran

Leann

Andrea

Annie

Caz

Claudia

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 2nd June.