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.

Thursday, 28 October 2010

Challenge 136 - So Transparent!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our sketch challenge again last week, I think you will agree Lynn's sketch was fab...sand your cards were stunning!

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 Christina S.

Here is Christina's card...


Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!
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Challenge 136 - So Transparent!

This week we want to see your cards/projects that are transparent/clear or that feature a transparent element.

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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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We are joined by our Guest DT for October Stamping Caz, you can see Caz's beautiful creations HERE on her Blog.
Caz


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
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 3rd November.

Thursday, 21 October 2010

Challenge 135 - A Sketch by Lynn!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our challenge again last week. There were so many amazingly cute bugs on your cards.

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 Sandra P

Here is Sandra's card...


Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!
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Challenge 135 - A Sketch by Lynn!

This week we want to see your cards/projects that use the sketch below...

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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 joined by our Guest DT for October Stamping Caz, you can see Caz's beautiful creations HERE on her Blog.
Caz


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
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 27th October.

Thursday, 14 October 2010

Challenge 134 - What's Buggin' You!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our challenge again last week. Looks like you enjoyed the challenge of making your own embellishments, homemade embellishments always add an extra something special to a card.

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
Some Odd Girl is No. 162 Wishcraft.

 Here is Lisa's card...

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 134 - What's Buggin' You!

This week we want to see your cards/projects that include a bug, insect, butterfly, Bee...you get the idea. It doesn't have to be the main feature, it can be on the papers....whatever you like.

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

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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We are joined by our Guest DT for October Stamping Caz, you can see Caz's beautiful creations HERE on her Blog.

Caz

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 20th October.