Saturday 30 July 2016

Challenge 37 - Favourite Embellishment (And winners of Challenge 36)

Hello everybody and welcome to our latest challenge!

Before I give you details of this challenge, I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge, all the entries were fab, we loved looking at them all :)

So here is the winner :)

Our winner who will receive a prize from Pickled Pot Pourri is....
No 28 Kevin


Congratulations Kevin, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog8@gmail.com  to claim your prize
and receive your winners badge.

On your email, in the subject line, can you put the words
'Winner of Challenge 36 and Pickled Pot Pourri'

(Don't forget, you have 14 days to claim)

and now for the Top 3 4 favourites, as chosen by DT Lisa.
Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge from the tab at the top of the page.


Beautiful variety of different dies used....such a pretty card!

Great combination of dies used, clean and simple...but very effective!

 The dies used match this adorable image perfectly....right down to the pink paw pads!!


Gorgeous combination of dies used to create such a lovely scene....I want to visit this house!

The theme of this week's challenge is

Favourite Embellishment

So ribbons, charms, lace, pearls, gems...whatever is your favourite! Don't forget to tell us what it is :) 

Here are details of this challenge's wonderful sponsor... 


Prize - One lucky winner will receive a $12 gift card
to spend at ADFD web store

"A Day For Daisies provides themed categories of over 3000 digital illustrations and a fast growing line of new clear polymer stamp sets, including fairy tales and magical mermaids, cutie kids, vintage illustrations, sentiments and lovely designs for all occasions!"

Click HERE to be taken to their website
Click HERE to be taken to their blog
Click HERE to be taken to their Facebook page


We are joined this week by the fabulously talented Guest Designer Bonnie Taylor
Welcome and thanks so much for joining us!
Bonnie has made this lovely card for our challenge using Fairy Queen Violet
Favourite embellishment: Flowers


 Here is the DT inspiration from our talented ladies, take a look and then please do join us :) 

Using "My Tower"
Favourite Embellishment: Flowers



Favourite Embellishment: Bling - Crystals/Pearls





Favourite Embellishment: Die-cuts, Pearls, Ribbons


Favourite embellishment: Die cuts



Using "I Do"
Favourite embellishments: Punched Leaves



Favourite embellishment - Flower punch



Favourite embellishment: Pearls and Enamel Dots



Using "Forever Starts Here"
Favourite embellishments:  Ribbon, Heart Shaped Pearls and Stick Pins




Taking a break


Have fun crafting!

Love
Tanya & Team 1 xxx



Saturday 16 July 2016

Challenge 36 and Winners of Challenge 35

Hello and Welcome...


Before I give you details of this times challenge, I would like to say thanks so much for your entries for last times Challenge 35, it means so much to us that you join us each fortnight.

Here are the lucky winners....

Our first randomly picked winner who will receive a prize
from 'Bugaboo' is....
Number 25 Bonnie Garby  ** CLAIMED **


Our second randomly picked winner who will receive a prize
from 'Star Stampz' is....
Number 4 Stamps, Stamps and more Stamps ** CLAIMED **


Our third randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from
'Sheep Ski Designs' is....
Number 7 Dee's Cards  ** CLAIMED **


Congratulations to you all, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog8@gmail.com  to claim your prize
and receive your winners badge.

On your email, in the subject line, can you put the words
'Winner of Challenge 35 and the name of your Sponsor'

(Don't forget, you have 14 days to claim)


and now for the Top 3 favourites, as chosen by Melanie
Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge from the tab at the top of the page.

SkipAndRomp
A wonderful image for a birthday card. Love the colouring and the CAS design with not many layers and only the flowers & gems for decorations...

21 Kath
A great layout. Love that it only shows the colours of our colour challenge as well as the small butterfly...

23 Nela
Gorgeous Colouring of this fabulous image! 
I also love the flowers and the beachy dies...


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Now onto our new challenge for this fortnight at Crafty Friends...
The theme of this challenge is

TO USE YOUR DIES


You can make anything you like, maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home decorYou can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the theme for this fortnight. 


Here are details of this challenge's wonderful sponsor... 



On behalf of the Design Team ladies, I would like to say 'Thank You' to Pam from Pickled Potpourri Designs for being very generous and giving the team our fabulous digital images to use on our cards xx

Pickled Potpourri Designs is the digital side of Red Rubber Designs. At Red Rubber Designs we offer quality, deeply-etched, rubber stamps and other papercrafting products.  But not all images are destined to be turned into rubber stamps, so we bring you Pickled Potpourri! Here you'll find images in a wide range of styles ~ old and new ~ to enhance your papercrafting, scrapbooking and other artsy projects.

One lucky winner will receive a $7.00 gift certificate to spend in their web store.

Click HERE to be taken to their web-store to see all the lovely digital stamps on sale.

For further inspiration, click HERE to be taken to their Facebook page and click HERE to be taken to their Pinterest page.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize,
please enter your creation using Inlinkz below.

Don't forget you can enter up to 3 times


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...and here is inspiration from Team 2 and as you can see, their cards are absolutely gorgeous.... thank you so much ladies. If you want to take a closer look at the DT's beautiful cards or leave them a comment, just click on the name above their card and it will take you straight to their own personal blogs.

Annie



Have fun crafting this fortnight.

Hugs
Diane Louise and Team 2 Ladies xx


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Wednesday 13 July 2016

Challenge 38 and Winners from Challenge 37


Good morning and Welcome...

I hope you all had a fantastic crafty fortnight. Thank you so much for your gorgeous entries for last times challenge. It was lovely to see your wonderful entries.

Here is the lucky winner....

Our randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from A Day For Daisies is....
Number 99, Wendy F
  

Congratulations, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog8@gmail.com  
to claim your prize and receive your winners badge.

On your email, in the subject line, can you put the words
'Winner of Challenge 37, A Day For Daisies
(Don't forget, you have 14 days to claim)


and now for the Top 3 favourites, as chosen by Wendy.
Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge from the tab at the top of the page.

I like the simplicity of this, very effective.

Love the complexity of this one, so beautiful.


Now, I'm not a massive Tilda fan, but I adore this one.


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Now onto our new challenge for this fortnight at Crafty Friends...
The theme of this challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

You can make anything you like, maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home decorYou can use any products you like to enter as long as it follows the theme for this fortnight. 


Here are details of this challenge's wonderful sponsors... 

Our first wonderful sponsor is Lacy Sunshine 

One lucky winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice
from Lacy Sunshine's web store

Click HERE to be taken to their web-store and
Click HERE to be taken to their blog


Our next wonderful sponsor is...  Toadstool Printables


I am Joyce Geleynse and I live in rural Ontario, Canada.  I have been an artist for over thirty years, creating hundreds of custom portraits, paintings, and illustrations in the realism style.  Working with pencil, oil pastel, and color pencils as my main tools, I love to create realistic drawings as well as images found only in my imagination.  I have four stores on Etsy: Toadstoolprintables is the one where I sell my clipart and outline drawings, Freshairprintables is the store where I sell my detailed, realism drawings, as well as printable bookmarks and greeting cards; I sell my actual physical prints and originals via my CountryArt Studio Store, and in my fourth store I sell my original line of hand-sculpted clay babies.  I have five grown children and 17 grandchildren so my life is full of God's blessings!!

One lucky winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice from
Toadstool Printables Etsy Store
  
Click HERE to be taken to their web-store 


... and our 3rd wonderful sponsor is... KennyK Stamps
Rock Your Crafts with KennyK Stamps!
Stamp designer Elena Kiernan and illustrator hubby Kenny Kiernan bring a perfect storm of creative energy to the bold and fun digi stamps and clear stamp sets at this rockin’ shop, where it’s always 30% OFF your first purchase with code MYFIRSTPURCHASE. Their hundreds of fun-to-color designs include everything from kids’ stamps to teenage girls with attitude, skateboard, ys, goth and steampunk styles, men, sports, superheroes, music… and for those who enjoy a little spice in their crafting, KennyK Stamps is the #1 Shop in the World for Sexy Stamps!  More great deals from KennyK Stamps include a Digital Card Kit license for craft sheet designers on Craftsuprint and similar websites, and a FREE DIGI STAMP every month to their newsletter subscribers. It’s a no-brainer, sign up here to join.  Click to follow KennyK Stamps on Facebook and also join their awesome new Facebook Fan Group, “Club KennyK!
One lucky winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice from
KennyK Stamp's store



If you would like to be in with a chance of winning these fabulous prizes,
please enter your creation using Inlinkz below.

Don't forget you can enter up to 3 times.



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GUEST DESIGNER SPOT

We are joined this fortnight by the fabulously talented Nick (Nicks Scrap Shack Blog).  Nick belongs to KennyK Stamp's Design Team.  Welcome and thanks so much for joining us and making this lovely card for our challenge using Troublemaker 
 


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...and here is inspiration from Team 2 and as you can see, their cards are absolutely gorgeous.... thank you so much ladies. If you want to take a closer look at the DT's beautiful cards or leave them a comment, just click on the name above their card and it will take you straight to their own personal blogs.

Diane Louise
Winter Princess from Lacy Sunshine

Christmas Wreath Merry Christmas from Toadstool Printables

Dora
Download Diva from KennyK Stamps


Geesje
Little Wood Sprite from Toadstool Printables
 Happy Holidays from KennyK Stamps


Leslie
Frankie Knuckles from KennyK Stamps


Linda
Lil Sophia Sunkissed Mermaid from Lacy Sunshine



Lisa
Sleepy Time Evie Unicorn From Lacy Sunshine


Petra
2 Birds Face To Face from Toadstool Printables


Tracey
Cat from KennyK Stamps

Big Eyed Girl, Windy Day Purple Rose from Toadstool Printables



Have fun crafting this fortnight

Hugs
Diane Louise and Team 2 Ladies xx


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