Challenge 226 - Buttons and Bows

Good morning, Shelley here with this weeks new challenge. Thank you all who joined in last weeks challenge, we saw so many cute not square cards. A big pat on the back to you all, and now I will announce the lucky winner of the Cutting Cafe prize.....

6 - Juls with this lovely card

Now this weeks challenge we want to see your

BUTTONS AND BOWS

We have a lovely new sponsor

Store and Pattie Gomez Bio

I am an Internet Technology Professional and an Artist. I always dreamed of being an artist, but I found out quickly that I needed another field to support my family so I pursued a Degree in Information Technology. I love to use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks to enhance my work.

I created a character called Pattieboop and her cat named Allie. I have had so much fun coming up with different images so I also created a site to sell them. You can go to my store to find out more about Pattieboop & Allie. I know you will just love them when you see them. My store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/pattiescreations

Here is the bio of Pattieboop & Allie if you want to use it. I have it posted at my store.

Pattieboop is an 11 year old girl who is very opinionated. She was created by me, Pattie Gomez on September 7, 2009. Pattieboop is an average 11 year old and she loves dressing up. She is very petite in nature but stands tall because her mother always told her that “If you stand tall you will one day become someone important”. Pattieboop always remembers her mother’s words and makes sure she is noticed. Pattieboop has a favorite pet named Allie. Allie is a slender black cat and loves playing and spending time with Pattieboop. Allie spends most of her days napping and her nights are spent getting in to mischief…

The lucky winner will receive 3 images from her lovely store. 

Now here is some inspiration from our lovely design team who have been lucky enough to use some of the sponsors images.

Liz



Dewi

Shelley

Andreja

Francesca

Cat

Julia

Sarah

Mari

Janet

Jules

Hope you will all have fun with this challenge and have a great weekend.

Hugs From the DT xxxx

Challenge 225 - Not Square

Good morning guys, Shelley here with this weeks challenge.  First I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who joined in and also thank you for bearing with me while mr linky was missing.

The lucky winner is Karen P with this lovely card

So this week we have a lovely new sponsor.....

Store Bio The Cutting Cafe is your one stop for affordable printable stamps and cutting files.
This week we challenge you to make anything 
NOT SQUARE
Here are some amazing samples from our lovely design team using mostly Cutting Cafe Files and images

Andreja

Mari

Dewi

Julia

 Sarah

Francesca

Shelley

Cat

Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Hugs From The DT xxx

Challenge 224 - Colour Challenge

Good morning guys, Shelley here again with this weeks challenge. As I said in my post yesterday the previous weeks winners will be posted each week with the new challenge, this was I can keep on top of things. So the challenges will start Saturday morning and end 10.00pm Thursday. 

So first I would like to announce the winner of last weeks Birthday Challenge, sponsored by Digi Stamps 4 Joy.....

Picked at random.....

Valou

With this lovely creation

Congratulations, please contact myself at kaylee0103@hotmail.com for details of how to claim your prize.

So now on to this weeks challenge, the theme is...

PASTELS

I have got the image below for you all to take inspiration from (not that you will need it)

Inspiration

We are proud to welcome another new sponsor for 2013 and that is...

Store Bio

Hi my crafty friends i am Tracy Wray owner and designer of craftycat designs, i have been crafting for many years, but my love of art and crafts comes from my mother, she used to make all my clothes and stuffed toys, i was knitting and crocheting at 5 something my mother, grandmother and i used do together. I love all forms of crafting and i often have many things on the go as i cant just stick to one thing. I have 7 mad cats who also like to craft with me, well that's what they think they are doing, most of the time its them chasing my paper flowers all over the place! I love that anyone can craft no matter their age or ability it brings everyone together with such wonderful hobby, i hope i can inspire a few people along the way and share my passion for crafting with everyone. hugs Tracy x

The winner will receive a CD of they're choosing from the store, how great is that. Please do pop along to the sponsors store and blog, lots of inspiration and freebies.

The team have done some great samples this week which I am sure will inspire you

Mari

Dewi

Andreja

Francesca

Shelley

Jules

Julia

Sarah

LIZ

Cat

Elaine

Janet

Thank you for stopping by, hope you will join in and have fun

Hugs from the DT xxxxx

(Sorry forgot to add the linky, all entries before will be included please dont re-enter if already commented)

Challenge Winners 220, 221, and 222

Good evening guys, hope everyone is well. Thank you to everyone who has joined in the last months worth of challenges. I am posting to announce the winners of the above challenges. I am going to start announcing the winners on the new challenge post every Saturday. I am just not getting enough time during the week to do it all. So now the challenges will run from Saturday morning to Thursday at 10.00pm, this way I have more time to prepare the challenge post and winners etc.

So on to the winners.....

Challenge 220 sponsored by Dr Digi House of Stamps - Winner 123 - Carol

Challenge 221 sponsored by Crafts and Me - Winner 9 - Catherine

Challenge 222 sponsored by Myself Surprise Candy - Winner 18 - Crafting Vicky


Well done all, please email myself at kaylee0103@hotmail.com and I can sort out the prizes xxxx

Challenge 223 - Birthdays

Good morning guys and welcome to a brand new One Stop Craft Challenge. I hope everyone had a good and restful Easter and the projects that were shared are just lovely. 

This weeks challenge is nice and easy and the theme is...

BIRTHDAYS

So please share your birthday cards, tags handmade gifts etc we can't wait to see what you all create.

We also welcome a lovely new sponsor this week is

Store Bio - 
South African crafters are new to the digital stamping world, with the first South African online digital image store launched in 2010 – Digistamps4Joy (or DS4J) http://www.digistamps4joy.co.za/eshop/.  In February 2012, Margy Kieser took over ownership of DS4J, and there are now two South African artists who contribute to the more than 500 images available. Margy has taken the store to new heights and the store now stocks digis that are cute, whimsical, artistic, sometimes serious, and sometimes humorous. The store has PAYPAL, PAYFAST (South African) and EFT (South African) facilities.  Digistamps4Joy offers a monthly freebie on the first Friday of every month, and holds regular bi-weekly card challenges that draw entries from many international card makers.

Prize - 5 images from they're online store

Please do visit they're store, there are loads of images from many different designers. You are sure to find something you want. And with these being digi stamps you can print them out again and again.

Our sponsor has given us a guest designer and this is.....

Berni

Hi, I am Bernardine Cuttino, kindly call me BERNI. I live in Santa Clarita, CA, USA, 40 miles   
North of Los Angeles. I guess you could say it is the High Desert, weather is triple digi's in the Summer and cold in the winter. In fact, there is snow on the mountains in the winter, very pretty.  Now if you go South towards the water, there is the beach. You have the best of both worlds.
 I retired from Princess Cruises, the cruise line. I have travelled the world and visited all seven continents. 
My favorite place in the world is Italy. I also worked in the Motion Picture Industry for twenty years. I have worked with many actors and producers. I casted Star Trek the next generations, TV show.
I began scrapbooking and went into card making when I retired. I love to create and experiment with different techniques, and enjoy gardening. I am involved in the Women’s ministry at church. Living the life of the retiree. Always looking for inspiration and ready for a challenge. http://berni46.blogspot.com/

Here is some inspiration from our own design team

Dewi

Mari

Andreja

Cat

Julia

Francesca

Jules

 Sarah

Shelley

Hope you all have fun with this weeks challenge

Good luck

Hugs From the DT xxxxx