CHALLENGE #25 - GO DIGI

Hi everyone, it was lovely to see your gorgeous Fairy Tale creations, a big thank you to all who joined in with our challenge.


Ingrid, you have been chosen to receive the gorgeous Tilda Bird Brads, congratulations! Please email Mandy your details and we will pop those in the post to you.


For our next challenge we'd like you to go Digi and use a digital download on your project.

Eileen

On Saturday it is my youngest daughter's 11th birthday so I have made her this birthday card.  I also made invitations to match the card for her special day.

The digi image is Birthday Mouse Cup which you can find here.

I used kindy glitz, gold glitter glue, little mulberry rose, pink pearl rhinestones for the cute little mouse cheeks, ribbon from Ribbon Girl and a heart pin with beads.

Mandy

With so many gorgeous digital images and papers available, it was difficult to know where to start.  But after seeing fabulous creations from the Papers, Fashions Etc Design Team I couldn't resist the Oh Baby range of images, bingo cards and sentiments.

Pink Silk Ribbon, Dotty Button and Jute Twine from The Ribbon Girl together with K&Co Bailey Papers and a lovely heart doily from Marlou finish off my baby girl card.


One thing I really like about digital images is you can make them any size you want....

I've used the same images as my card, but in miniature, on a matching tag!

The little giveaway for this challenge are these lovely baby inspired embellishments and white lace.

Our Go Digi challenge runs until midnight Tuesday 16th August NZ time.  We look forward to seeing your fabulous creations.

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CHALLENGE #24 - FAIRY TALES

Hi everyone, first of all we'd like to thank the lovely ladies who took part in our Eat Cake challenge.  Your designs were DELICIOUS!

The lucky person to receive our little gift of Tilda Bird Images is No.1 Suzie Q, congratulations.  Please email Mandy your address and we will get those out to you.

This fortnight's challenge is Fairy Tales.  We'd love to see fairies, wings or anything mythical or magical on your projects.  

Mandy

I have used another of Beatriz Jennings' lovely downloads.  The fairy image comes from her Fairies Collage Collection and the backing paper is from her Chic Background Collection.  Once again I have painted the edges of my Kraft card with acrylic paint, then topped it off with gorgeous Guipure lace from The Ribbon Girl.  I cut the butterfly using a Papertrey Die and sandwiched more Guipure lace between it tying it together with jute button twine also from The Ribbon Girl.  The sentiment is from Papertrey's Dress Form Stamp Set.

Eileen

Our Fairy Tale challenge runs until midnight Tuesday 2nd August NZ time.  We look forward to seeing your wonderful creations!

Our little giveaway are these gorgeous Tilda Bird Brads.  Don't forget if you don't have a blog send us an email with a photo of your project attached and we will share it with everyone here.

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My cupcake tag has been made using one of Beatriz Jennings wonderful digi downloads called Sweet Cakes.....

and has been topped off with Melissa Frances papers, The Ribbon Girl dotty ribbon, cluney lace, pins and cake charm together with gorgeous tulips from Marlou.


Please scroll down to see more information about our Eat Cake challenge or click here.

CHALLENGE #23 EAT CAKE

Such a fabulous selection of tags, a big thank you to everyone who joined in with challenge #22.  Marlou, you are the lucky one to be chosen to receive the flower and bird stickers by Panduro Hobby.  Congratulations!  We will pop them in the post to you.


Eat Cake is our theme for challenge #23, and although we don't want you to literally Eat Cake, you are more than welcome to do so if it helps get the inspirational juices flowing!

Eileen

I decided to try and make a cupcake card.   You can click here to get the template for this.  I used papers by Grace Taylor's Vintage Collection and decorated with pearl rhinestones and lace.  I cut the heart from a cork sheet and used an EZ Cut butterfly die, little teapot charm and blue ribbon to embellish my cupcake.

Mandy

I used Adela's gorgeous Piece O' Cake template to make a gift box together with Beatriz Jennings Digi Papers, Ribbon Girl Seam Binding and Dotty Ribbon, Maya Road Chipboard Frame, Wild Orchid Paper Roses, Papetrey Ink Kraft Cardstock and one of my decorative pins.

You can find this template and more by Adela on our 'Links' page, together with the link to Beatriz's Etsy Shop.

If you have anything you'd like to share, please email us and we will add it to our links page.  We are always on the look out for new ideas, templates and tutorials to share with our readers.

Our little giveaway for this challenge are these Tilda Bird Images by Panduro Hobby.

You have until midnight Tuesday 19th July to share your creations with us.  We look forward to seeing them!  Don't forget if you don't have a blog, pop a photo on an email and we will add it here.

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As our Tag It challenge continues I'd like to share another little one I made.  This, together with the little gift from challenge #21, is on it's way to darling Ho!

Every little scrap of Kraft cardstock I have is put to good use!  These little tags are so quick and fun to make and tied around a glassine bag make perfect packaging.

This is also a nice way of using up any scraps of designer paper after making larger projects.

The twine is sandwiched between two pieces of cardstock, which means it can be tied around a gift easily and re-used once the gift is opened.


Click here or scroll down to enter our Tag Challenge.

CHALLENGE #22 - TAG IT !

We thoroughly enjoyed seeing your Four Season creations.  A big thank you to all who shared their projects with us.  The winner of our little giveaway is No 13. darling ho.  Congratulations!  Please email Mandy your address and we will pop it in the post to you.


For challenge #22 we'd love to see Tags in any shape or form.  Tags are a great way of using up scraps of cardstock, ribbons and papers. 

Mandy

For my tag I used gorgeous Melissa Frances 5th Avenue Papers along with Silk Ribbon, Pom Pom Trim, Bronze Key Charm and button from The Ribbon Girl, a Tim Holtz Ticket, Making Memories Garment Pin, one of my handmade Decorative Pins, and a die cut heart painted with white Acrylic Paint.

Eileen

For this tag I have used a printed paper and embellished it with a little metal butterfly.  The lace and seam binding bow always look great on tags.  I have also embellished with little paper roses.

The tag below has a sepia printed image of fishing boats.  I have kept it quite plain but I always have trouble when it comes to masculine projects.  

I have emellished with a little tag and pearl rhinestones.   The ends of the tag I have added seam binding just to give it a nice little finish.

Our little giveaway for this challenge are these gorgeous Flower and Bird stickers from Panduro Hobby.

You have until midnight Tuesday 5th July to share your creations with us.  We look forward to seeing them!  Don't forget if you don't have a blog, pop a photo on an email and we will add it here.

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CHALLENGE #21 - THE FOUR SEASONS

What season is it in your part of the world?  We'd love you to use it as your inspiration for challenge #21....or any of the four seasons that inspire you to create!


But first, a big thank you once again to all who took part in our last challenge.  Your Dies to Die for creations were fab!  The winner of the Domestic Goddess Creative Scraps is No.3 Denise, Congratulations!.  Please email Mandy your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

Eileen

In New Zealand, where I'm from, it is winter and even though we've been having lovely days they are certainly getting cooler. 

For my winter project I've used this cute snowman image and added kindy glitz for a sparkly look to the 3 little snowmen and the snowflakes.

I used the cuttlebug cut and emboss die Ice Crystal Snowflake, Spellbinders beaded ovals and decorated with rhinestones.

Mandy

Here in the UK it's spring, and it's so lovely to see all the flowers bursting into bloom and hear the birds singing away in the trees.  However, I wasn't so pleased to hear the cockerel that woke us around 4.30am each morning of our camping trip!!

For my spring creation I've used gorgeous Beatriz Jennings downloads from her Esty Shop, together with Baby Blue Faux Silk Ribbon and Fine Cotton Lace from The Ribbon Girl, a gorgeous wee birds nest made for me by the very talented Marlou and two of my decorative pins.


Our little give away are gorgeous padded angel wings in four different colours together with three very dainty pink crochet flowers.

Our Four Seasons Challenge runs until midnight Tuesday 21st June NZ time.  We look forward to seeing all your fabulous creations!


Don't forget if you haven't got a blog send us a photo via email and we will share your creation with everyone.

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CHALLENGE #20 - DIES TO DIE FOR

It was Sew Lovely to see all your designs for Challenge #19!!  A huge thank you to all who shared their creations with us.

The lucky person chosen to receive the roses, spray and pins is No.3 Kylie.  Congratulations!  Please email Mandy your address and we will get those in the post to you.

Dies have become big business in the world of crafting.  With an abundance of dies to choose from, which are your favourites?  We'd love you to tell us  and showcase them on a project.....and of course take part in our Dies to Die For challenge!

Mandy

My all time favourite die set has to be Love Lives Here by Papertrey Ink.  There are five dies in this set and they compliment each other beautifully.  I use them in my cuttlebug with designer papers, felt, cork paper and chipboard. The butterfly looks fab layered with felt and designer papers. The possibilities are endless with this set. 

Eileen

My favourite dies are butterflies.  I love the Marianne Creatable Butterfly die and also the cuttlebug die and emboss butterflies.   I made this butterfly card, notebook and bookmark.  I embellished with little rhinestones, roses and ribbon.

The papers are from My Mine's Eye.

Our giveaway for challenge #20 is Domestic Goddess Creative Scraps by Crafty Secrets. Printed on double sided cardstock the sheet is packed with over 36 images in a retro kitchen style.  These are great fun to use on cards, tags, layouts and altered projects.

MONIQUE

Monique from Belgium has entered this card into our challenge, she likes using Marianne Creatable dies.

Our Dies to Die For challenge runs until midnight Tuesday 7th June NZ time.  We look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations.

Please add a link to your project using Mr Linky or if you don't have a blog, email us with a photo attached and we will share it with everyone here!

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Loving all the Sew Lovely creations so far.

It's not very often I get a needle and thread out these days, however, I did take up two pairs of my daughter's work trousers at the weekend! lol

...but rather than share those with you I'll share a card I made today using a gorgeous image from Crafty Secrets Creative Scraps Sew Nice range.

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CHALLENGE #19 - SEW LOVELY

Wow...we reached over 30 entries for our 'Say it with Flowers' challenge.  A huge thank you to all who shared their projects with us.

The lucky person chosen to receive the gorgeous gift from our sponsor Marlou is Ira. Congratulations!  Please email Mandy your address and we will get them in the post to you.

For challenge #19 we'd love to see your projects which involve sewing in some shape or form.  This could be stitching on your card, a handmade stitched project, an image or die cuts to do with sewing.  These are just a few ideas, remember we like to keep our challenges as open to interpretation as possible.

Eileen

In the school holidays recently, I made sock monkeys with my daughters.  I did the sewing and they stuffed them.  I crocheted little flowers to match and sewed on buttons.   They really enjoyed making them.

You can find a tutorial on how to make them here.

Mandy

At the end of this month a colleague at work will be getting married and she loves butterflies!  Jamey sent me some gorgeous butterflies cut using a Marianne Die, just perfect for my design.

I used Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink to help blend it into my background paper.

The gorgeous felt used for my Papertrey Love Lives here butterflies comes from the Ribbon Girl's Summer Day Felt Collection.  These have been stitched together then added to a cork paper heart.

The gorgeous 32mm ivory silk ribbon and diamante heart pin are also from The Ribbon Girl and the paper rose and pearl spray are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I finished off my design with a tea dyed tag and sentiment from Papertrey's Borders and Corners Mini Stamp Set.

We've been so lucky to have three wonderful Guest Designers over the last few weeks.  If you would like to join us as a Guest Designer for one of our challenges please add 'GD' after your name when you leave a link to your project using Mr Linky. We'd love to have you on board!

Our Sew Lovely challenge runs until midnight Tuesday 24th May NZ time. We look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations.

Don't forget, if you don't have a blog, email a photo to us and we will add it here for everyone to enjoy.

Our little giveaway for this challenge is a selection of gorgeous paper roses with pearl spray together with one of Mandy's decorative pin matchbooks.

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