August winners

It's been another fabulous month with yet more amazing entries, I know I repeat myself over and again but we really do appreciate all your time and effort joining us each month with your lovely pieces if artwork and helping us make the challenge such fun.

Needless to say it was as usual very difficult choosing our favourites and this month it was a very close run thing, but we do have a winner of the fabulous £50 Tattered Lace voucher and that person is Cebelica.......................

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Pretty soft colours and perfectly coordinated stamping and die cutting

Well done Cebelica, please mail me so that I can arrange for you to choose your dies.

And our Top 3................

Kathy Jo

Isn't this just so elegant

Jane

Lovely inkiness and so useful as well

Shaz

So tranquil reflecting the lovely location where she lives

Well deserved recognition, please all collect our Top 3 badge to display on your own blogs.

I will be back on Sunday with our new challenge and of course another fab sponsor and prize.

Lynne's shades of Orange

Good morning Stampers! Sally here, just popping in with our mid month post and a reminder that our current theme is Anything goes with a stamp and a die and runs until Wednesday 3rd September. That means you still have plenty of time to join in for a chance to win the great prize from Tattered Lace, it's a fabulous £50 store voucher - The DT are wishing they could join in too!

Following our current mid month theme it's the turn of Lynne to use her least favourite colour, orange, although she has produced a real beauty of a card using it! Over to Lynne...

When trying to decide on my least favourite colour to work with, my first thought was of course it would have to be pink. I much prefer cool colours - blues, purples and greens, but looking through my archive, I realise that actually I do use pink now and again, albeit the softer, dusky shades. I really don't like hot bright pinks, Barbie pinks, as Sally calls them! However, the colour even less likely to figure in my work is probably orange. I would use it in small amounts amongst greens, reds, yellows and browns for an autumn theme, but not as a main colour, so I decided to go with it for my mid-month sample.

Hmm. Easier said than done! I have very little in the way of orange card or papers in my stash! Eventually I found a few sheets in shades of coral, peach and apricot amongst a 6" x 6" multi pack, and an odd A4 sheet in a slightly brighter orange which I used to cover the front of the card. To fit with this month's theme of Anything Goes With A Stamp And A Die,  I chose a couple of Spellbinder dies and the gorgeous poppy stamp from Technique Tuesday. I coloured the image with Promarkers, and couldn't resist adding a touch of pale turquoise for contrast. I quite like the result, but I don't think I'll be rushing out to buy more orange papers!

Many Thanks, Lynne! It certainly doesn't look like you are uncomfortable using orange from here!

                       Sally

August challenge - Anything Goes with a stamp and a die

Good morning and welcome to our August challenge and this month our theme is ......................

******Anything Goes with a stamp and a die******

Dies play such a big part in our crafting now and work so well alongside our stamps so I am sure you will be bursting with idea this month.

Usual rules apply, you can enter up to three times, combine with other challenges, use any make of stamp......but can I please remind you.........we are a stamping challenge so must see a stamped image, sentiment or quote as the focal element of your artwork. It so upsets us to see names come out in the draw who are not eligible for the prize because they have not read the rules. 

Our sponsor this month is Tattered Lace who are very generously offering one lucky winner a £50 store voucher to spend at their on line store. The award winning Tattered Lace company needs little introduction, they are synonymous with quality products coupled with the unique style and flair of Stephanie Weightman, you will find the whole range of products on the website here as well as regular inspiration on their blog here.

We are pleased to welcome Julie as our Guest Designer this month, here is her lovely card..........

And here is the super collection of work from the Design Team........................

Brenda
Using Tattered Lace Essential Book, Leaf Branches, Spring Blossoms, Butterflies, Essential Ovals, Ribbons and Bow Maker

Eret

Joan

Lynne
Using Tattered Lace Owls (D030) (exclusive to Hobbycraft)

Pinky
Using Tattered Lace Centre Stepper dies, Elizabeth Border die and bow maker

Sally

Tracy

Viv

I do hope you will join us this month and look forward to seeing your lovely entries.

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July winners

Hello Peeps, time to announce the winners of our Feature a Creature theme which judging by the lovely entries you really enjoyed, thank you all so much for joining in.

As many of you know our winners are selected by the DT rather than a random draw, each DT vote for their favourite four and as all have different styles of crafting we believe this gives every entrant a fair and even opportunity of winning. Some months those choices are hard as they were again this month, but we do have a winner who will receive the great £35 store voucher from Little Claire................

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Dora

A beautiful pair of cards with super ink and stamp work

Congratulations Dora, please mail me so I can arrange your prize. Please note that if it is after 2nd August I will not be able to reply to you until I return from holiday on 21st August.

And here are this months Top 3........................

Annette

A real cutie image and great CAS example

Kelly

So pretty and beautifully embellished

Helen

Superb colouring and another great CAS card

Well done to you all, please collect our Top 3 logo for your own blogs.

Please pop back Sunday for our new challenge and another fabulous prize up for grabs.

Tracy's got the blues

Tracy

Good morning Peeps, just popping in with our mid month post and a reminder that our current theme is Feature a Creature and runs until Wednesday 29th July. So you still have plenty of time to join in for a chance to win the great prize from Little Claire, it's a fabulous £35 store voucher, just think what you could buy with that !

Following our current mid month theme it's the turn of Tracy to use her least favourite colour, although looking at her pretty card one would never know, she explains way............

"The colour I least like working with is BLUE, I find it hard sometimes to use, as it's a cold colour to me. I don't have any blue in my home and apart from jeans I don't wear it either.

I made this card for my son's teacher for the end of the school year to say thank you".

Many thanks for the inspiration Tracy and I'm sure your son's teacher will love it.

July challenge - Feature a Creature

Good morning and welcome to our July challenge and this month out theme is one I think will be popular......................

******Feature a Creature******

Usual rules apply, you can enter up to three times, combine with other challenges, use any make of stamp......but can I please remind you.........we are a stamping challenge so must see a stamped image, sentiment or quote as the focal element of your artwork. It so upsets us to see names come out in the draw who are not eligible for the prize because they have not read the rules. 

We are thrilled to have Little Claire as this months sponsor again who are offering a fab £35 store voucher to spend on their products. Little Claire is a team of 3 consisting of Gill (Little Claire) Steve and Carol (long suffering member of staff/friend/all round good egg – but not as beautiful as Gill!). Necessity is the mother of invention’ this is the saying that sums up the creation of Little Claire Designs – we love stamps and what better way to satisfy the stamping ‘urge’ than to create our own designs exactly as we want them!

Our lovely Guest Designer this month is Julie who has made this gorgeous card to share with us.......

And here is the inspiration from the Design Team who are bursting with ideas for the theme................

Brenda


Eret

Joan

Lynne
Using Little Claire Silhouette Owl Tree

Pinky

Sally
Using Little Claire Silhouette Whisper a wish stamp set


Tracy

Viv

Good luck to you all, we look forward to visiting all your entries.

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June winners

It's been another fabulous month with so many lovely entries which we have really enjoyed visiting, our thanks to each and every one of you for taking the time to join in.

But as always there can only be one winner and this month I am very pleased to announce that the lucky person to receive the goodies from Tonic Studios is..............

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Julie

Just beautiful, I think so many of us have a love of Poppies

Congratulations Julie, please mail me with your full name and postal addy so I can arrange for you to receive your prize and don't forget to collect our winners badge for your own blog.

And our Top 3 this month are.................

Dora

A gorgeous focal butterfly in pretty soft colours

Martha

And another equally beautiful Butterfly creation

Avril

We loved the colours and textures of this one

Well done to you all, please collect our Top 3 badge to display on your own blogs.

Please pop back Sunday when we will have a new challenge for you.