Thursday, 4 August 2011

Challenge 176 ~ No Designer Paper

Huge thanks to those of you who joined in our Sketch challenge last week!  Hope you are all enjoying some lovely weather and also maybe having some vacation time.  
Many of us here at CCT are taking trips over the next few weeks so we would like to apologise if you don't receive a comment from us during this busy time.  
Within a few weeks I am sure we will all be back to normal!
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The winner of the fantastic prize from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is

True Random Number Generator  55Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Here is Sue's card.
Congratulations Sue please email Caz for your prize!

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Time for this week's challenge
Challenge 176 ~ No designer paper
I know this challenge fills some people with horror but really it is easier than it looks!  
Don't forget all those CAS cards count, white on white, single layer etc.  Our DT have some fabulous ideas for you too, check out the amazing stamping, use of other materials, embossing, so many ways to do this challenge!  Have fun!
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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...

The Stamp Shoppe will also cover the shipping costs in addition.

 As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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Joining us for the month of August is our guest designer
You can see more of Fiona's beautiful creations here!
So now let's take a look at the super-talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!
Wynneth
Claudia
 Kathrin
Don't forget, to be 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.
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 Wednesday August 10, 2011.


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Wednesday, 3 August 2011

August Wikio Rankings...

It's that time of the month again....rankings...

1Papertake Weekly Challenge
2allsorts challenge blog
3A Spoon Full of Sugar
4Cupcake Craft Challenges
5Cute Card Thursday
6TotallyPaperCrafts
7Charisma Cardz
8lili of the valley
9CRAFTS AND  ME Challenges
10Saturday Challenge
11sketch saturday
12Stamping Ground
13Moving Along with the Times.
14Just Magnolia
15I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge Blog
16Crafty Catz
17Fab 'n' Funky Challenges
18One Stop Craft Challenge
19Truly Scrumptious
20Creative Card Crew

A big THANK YOU to you all for keeping us in your Top 20 Challenges.
Caz
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Thursday, 28 July 2011

Challenge 175 ~ Sketch by Lynn

Many thanks to all of you who participated in last week's For his eyes only challenge, it seems the majority of you prefer to send the man in your life something cute rather than risque, either that or they really were for his eyes only!
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Don't forget, to be 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.
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The winner of the 3 digi images from Karen's Doodles is Tracey V
True Random Number Generator 42Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Here is Tracey's card.
Congratulations, please email Deb with your details!
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Challenge 175 ~ Sketch by Lynn
Onto this week's challenge, it is our regular monthly sketch, this week designed by Lynn.


We are also pleased to welcome our regular monthly 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, Jean Grant, Cheryl Alger and Emilie Goulet 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
Joining us this week from Kraftin' Kimmie's DT is
Joining us for the month of July is Marianne, you can see her wonderful creations HERE.
So now let's take a look at the super-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 Wednesday August 3rd 2011.








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Thursday, 21 July 2011

Challenge 174 - For His Eyes Only!

Thanks to everyone for joining in last weeks Going Around in Circles Challenge, if the amount of entries we had are anything to go by...we are all Circle Crazy!
 
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 The Crafty Den.


Here is Crafty Den's card.

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 174 - For His Eyes Only!

This week we want to see your creations for the Man in your life. As you will see from the DT samples some of the cards as a little saucy and others are for the younger cheeky men in their lives. The choice is yours, show us your saucy side, or show us your cheeky side!

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We are also pleased to welcome our sponsor...




Here is what Karen had to say...

Karen Johnson has been drawing all of her life. She has worked on the feature film, “Ferngully The Last Rainforest” and has created animations for Disney, Fisher Price and Mattel. She has illustrated several children’s books and is currently teaching animation at a college in Wisconsin. She started Karen’s Doodles so she could share her whimsical drawings with crafters from around the world.

This weeks prize...

THREE digi images of the winners choice!

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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Joining us for the month of July is Marianne, you can see her wonderful creations HERE.
Marianne
  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!
 Kathrin
Lynn

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 July 2011.

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