Just popping by to share my latest Butterfly card. 

It was this gorgeous card by Steph - Stamping and Sharing that encouraged me to dust off my embossing folders!

You still have a few days left to take part in our challenge.  Please scroll down or click here to see all the details.

As our butterfly theme continues, I've been busy with my new sewing machine that Santa delivered!

My latest butterfly card was made using a selection of different butterfly dies together with a gorgeous Melissa Frances shabby keyhole.

To take part in our butterfly challenge please scroll down or click here for details.

Marlou ♥

CHALLENGE #36 -BUTTERFLIES

Wow what a fantastic response we had to our 'Anything Goes' challenge.  A huge thank you to everyone that took part.  We were amazed by all your fantastic creations.

The little giveaway of Melissa Frances Super Mini Tags and Envelopes, Tiny Tag Die Cuts and Bronze Charms goes to Kirsten as chosen by random org number generator.  Congratulations Kirsten! Please email Mandy your address and we will pop those in the post to you.

For our first challenge of 2012 we'd love to see Butterflies on your designs.  Although it's winter in the UK, it's summer  in NZ, perfect for butterflies!

Just before sharing our projects we'd like to welcome our new team member Vicky. It's great to have you on board Vicky!

To find out more about our projects please click on our names to be taken to our personal blogs.

Vicky

Eileen

 

Mandy

Marlou

Diane

Mary and Andrea, the lovely Ribbon Girl ladies are sponsoring our Butterflies challenge and you could win this gorgeous Ribbon Girl Green Mini Kit !

You have until midnight Tuesday 24th January NZ time to share your designs with us using Mr Linky below, or by sending Mandy or Eileen a photo.  We look forward to seeing your fabulous creations.

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JUST A REMINDER....

Our 'Anything Goes' Challenge will run for one more week.  We are all really amazed with the amount of entries for this challenge, and have thoroughly enjoyed visiting your blogs.


In the mean time here are a couple more creations Marlou and Mandy have been making during the holidays....

...and a link to Eileen and Diane's new Recipe Blog. Some very yummy creations going on over there! 'Our Shared Recipe Blog'


See you next week for another exciting challenge!

CHALLENGE #35 - ANYTHING GOES

A big thank you to all those who joined us for our Round and Round Challenge, your creations were stunning!

Congratulations to Emma, you have been chosen by Random Number Generator to receive the sweet Papertrey Flower Fushion #1 Stamp Set.  Please email Mandy your address and we will pop it in the post to you.

As we are fast approaching Christmas and it's a very busy time of year, we have set an 'Anything Goes Challenge' for Challenge #35.  We will run this for three weeks rather than our usual two to give you chance to enter.

Here are the Design Team Projects which we hope will inspire you.  By clicking on our names you will be taken to our blogs where you can read more about our projects.

Diane

Eileen

Mandy

Marlou

You have until midnight Tuesday 10th January NZ time to share your designs with us using Mr Linky below, or by sending Mandy or Eileen a photo

We have these lovely Melissa Frances Super Mini Tags and Envelopes (1.5"), Tiny Tag Die Cuts and Bronze Charms as our little giveaway for this challenge.

Now for some very exciting news... Vicky Sheridan will be joining us on the Design Team in January.  Many of you will  have visited Vicky's blog and seen her wonderful creations.  We are so lucky to have her on board.  A very huge Let's Craft and Create welcome Vicky!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

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CHALLENGE #34 - ROUND & ROUND

We had some fabulous Trim the Tree entries.  A big thank you to all who took part.  The winner of our little festive giveaway is No.3, Pinky.  Congratulations!  Could you please email Mandy your address and we'll pop it in the post to you.

For challenge #34 - Round and Round, we'd love to see circles on your projects.

Here's what the Design Team came up with, don't forget to click on our names to find out more about our designs.

Marlou

Diane

Mandy

Eileen

Our little treat to give away is this very sweet Papertrey Ink Flower Fushion #1 Stamp Set.

You have until midnight Tuesday 20th December NZ time to share your creations with us using Mr Linky below.  Or if you don't have a blog send a photo to Eileen or Mandy and we will share it here.

Have fun with the challenge, we look forward to visiting to see all your wonderful projects.

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MORE TRIMMINGS FOR THE TREE...

I just couldn't help myself....


More mittens, this time made with felt.  I am really loving making these at the moment.  

The template is from Adela at Creations by AR.  She also has a couple of new templates which have been released today.  To be in with a chance of winning her gorgeous Crafter's Apron Set come and join in with our blog hop here.

You still have a week to join in with our Trim the Tree challenge, please scroll down or click here for all the information.

CHALLENGE #33 - TRIM THE TREE

We absolutely loved all your projects for our 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' challenge.  A big thank you to everyone who took part.

Irene, you have been chosen by the Random Org Number Generator to receive the very sweet Hero Arts Tea for Two stamp set.  Could you please email Mandy your address and we'll pop that in the post to you.  Congratulations!

Christmas is fast approaching, therefore our theme for Challenge #33 is 'Trim the Tree'.  We'd love to see  your Christmas creations which include our Trim the Tree theme.

For a closer look and more information about our creations, follow the links to our personal blogs by clicking on our names.

We hope you enjoy this festive challenge and we can't wait to visit and see all your wonderful projects.

Eileen

 

Marlou

Diane
 

Mandy

The challenge runs until midnight Tuesday 6th December NZ time and as we're in a festive mood, we have some lovely Christmas goodies to giveaway.

To share your projects with us please use Mr Linky below or email either Mandy or Eileen attaching a photo of your design so we can share it everyone here on the blog.

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CHALLENGE #32 - REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

A big Let's Craft and Create thank you to Rejka, Monique and Babette for joining in with our 'Anniversary Challenge'.  Seeing as you were the only ones to take part, we've decided to send you all some Love Letters Papers.

Ladies could you please email Mandy your addresses and we'll pop them in the post to you.

Our next challenge is to use something recycled.  For example, some pretty ribbon from a chocolate box, buttons from clothing or even packaging.....have a good rummage and see what you can find!

We hope you have as much fun with this challenge as we did, you can see our projects below.  If you click on our names you will be taken to our blogs where you can read a little more about them.

Mandy

(Clothing Price Tags)

(Made into Christmas Tags)

Eileen

Diane

You have until midnight Tuesday 22nd November NZ time to share your fabulous creations with us, either by using Mr Linky below or sending an email with a photo to Mandy or Eileen.

By taking part you will be in with the chance of winning this very sweet Hero Arts Sparkle Clear Stamp Set.

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LINKS

Good morning everyone.

I have added two more places for you to visit on our Links page.

Marlou, has a wonderful etsy shop known as Gracie's Corner, she sells beautiful home made jewellery, cards and embellishments for your creations.  She'd love you to stop by.

Do you enjoy sketches?  If so, Eileen has been very creative and has her first sketch challenge up and running on her blog. You can find it here.


As I mentioned above I have added them to our Links page so you can find them easily.

Enjoy your the rest of your day and don't forget to scroll down to take part in our 'Anniversary' challenge!