Sneak Peek for December

Look what we have been busy working on for the December challenge:

 

 

 

All will be revealed on Sunday 1st December!

Winner of our Button challenge........

Lots of lovely entries last month, Laura says:

Some fun takes on my layout design and love seeing all of the buttons! My favorite embellishment :) I would have to pick Jackie as my favorite of the bunch. Hope they all enjoyed it and thanks again for picking my layouts to use.

Well Done Jackie!

Please contact us to claim your prize.

A big Thank-you to Laura for joining us for our challenge and to all you lovely ladies for taking the time to enter - check out the current challenge, there's still time to enter :)


Winner of the October Card Challenge

... And now for the winner of the card challenge where Sheena asked you to make a card in AUTUMNAL COLOURS ...




Sheena's daughter chose the winner this time, and it is ...

ADELA

here is Adela's winning card

 Congratulations!

Please contact us to claim your prize Adela.

Winnner of the Christmas Blog Candy!

The winner has been drawn:

VIRGINIA

congratulations!

Please contact us using the email in the side bar with details for posting your candy.

November Card Challenge - Paula Pascual

This month we are delighted to be joined by Paula Pascual.

Paula has designed this lovely card for us to use.

Paula has designed this lovely card for us to use.

Here is Paula's bio:

"I am a paper crafter/graphic designer who enjoys anything to do with paper, graphic design, photography and storage. For the last ten years I have been working in the Papercraft industry in the UK, pretty much since I arrived from my native Spain.

Die cutting is my favourite papercrafting technique which led me to work for Sizzix EU. I am very fortunate to design collections for them, Everyday (Autumn 2012), Fresh Moments(Spring 2013) and Winter Moments (August 2013) as well as all the dies and embossing folder in the new Big Shot Starter Kit.

My love for graphic design has led me to design my own range of clear stamps for Personal Impressions – check out the Stamps Designs page for more info on them – as well as patterned papers and die cuts for Craftwork Cards, including the InCircles message die cuts.

As a full time freelancer for the last few years, I have published numerous articles in magazines, including Cardmaking and Papercraft and Crafts Beautiful. I am also a published author of two craft books, Creative Card Making (Collins and Browns, 2005) and Handmade Celtic Cards (Search Press, 2008), both available through Amazon (Creative Card Making and Handmade Celtic Cards) as well as independent retailers and craft shops (The Craft Barn).

For the last eight editions I have been demonstrating at Stitches, the Craft Trade event in the UK, the first five years at the Kars stand and this last three editions (2011-2013) at the Sizzix Stand. As well as on behalf of Kars and Sizzix, I have also demonstrated on a freelance bases for Personal Impressions around the country.

As part of the Dawn Bibby creative team, I was one of the crafting experts on QVC during 2010. 

My passion for storage and organization inspired me to create in 2007 the Crafty Storage, a collaborative blog dedicated to all the storage ideas from and for all the crafters."

We created a sketch in case you find that easier to work from:

Here are the cards created by our design team to give you some inspiration.

Please click on the names to be taken to the relevant blogs.

LINDA

 

LYNN

SHEENA

SUE

SANDRA

KAZ C

DEIRDRE

SCRAPDOLLY

KAZY 1

 

LINDA

 

PRIZE TIME

The prize this month is this seasonal selection by Papermania in good time for you to make cards for Christmas:

Honey & Hugs Festive Frolics A4 Ultimate Duo Card Decoupage Pack
A5 Ultimate Duo Card Decoupage Pack
Epoxy Brads pack.

We hope you will joining the fun and enter the challenge by creating a layout using the sketch and Paula's card as inspiration. To enter the challenge, comment below with a link to the post on your blog where your layout is featured. If you don't have a blog please email us with an image - address in sidebar.

The challenge closes at midnight on 15th December 2014

Please create a new layout for this challenge - no back links will be accepted.

Prize available to UK residents only.

Looking forward to seeing what you all make - good luck.

Winner of the New Beginnings Card Challenge

Our lovely DT member Sheena has picked a winner for the New Beginnings (September) Scrapology Card Challenge...






... and the winner with this pretty hand made card and envelope is...

RITA

Congratulations Rita!

Please contact us with your address using the email on the side bar and we will post your prize (generously donated by Sheena) out to you Rita.

Thank you Sheena.

Your Chipboard Layouts

We have had our first entry in and it's a very seasonal page too:

NICOLLE

ANNIE

DEBBIE

SYLVIA

ADELA

Looking forward to more layouts to join this one.

Please see original post 'C is for Chipboard' from 01/11/13 for details of the challenge and the prize.

Also lots of DT work and a sketch for inspiration.
Challenge closes on 05/12/13

Have fun and good luck!

updated 05/12/13

Christmas Blog Candy

For the next week we are offering the chance to win this pack of Christmas goodies. All you need to do to be in with a chance to grab this prize is to make sure you are a follower and comment on the blog.   NOW CLOSED!

Blog Candy comprised of: Cardstock, double sided papers, doilies, dew drops, glitter, glitter glue, buttons, ribbons, twine, flat backed gems (round and oval, green and red), various trimmings, floss, wired ribbon and roses.

Offer closes:  12 November 2013.
Good luck!

C is for Chipboard

For November we are Scraplifting this stunning layout by Michelle Logan. 

Here is Michelle's bio -

Hi Michelle Logan here to tell me a little about myself!

I am a stay at home Mum to 2 boys that are now teenagers, and am lucky

enough to have an understanding and supportive husband.

We live in suburban Melbourne , Australia.

As a family we love the beach and sport (I spent my working life as a

PE and Science teacher) and my Boys tolerate my love for my “hobby”

 that has become more of an obsession.

I have always had an interest in art, craft and photography, and made my

first “scrapbook” for my Mum when my first was born, 15 years ago!

Back then I was a happy stamper making cards and invitations,

 there was very little scrapbook products around then so I had to

make do with card stock and the stamps I had in my stash!

I look back now and marvel at how far the industry has come,

and how my addiction for all things papercraft related has grown!

I now absolutely love getting down and dirty with paint and ink,

and I guess my pages reflect that. Not one of my pages  is

complete without chipboard, I love customizing it to suit the project I am doing.

I try to inspire on my blog and love sharing with others what I have

learnt along the way. Do stop by if you have a spare second and say hello!

I thank the Scrapology girls for choosing my “Happiness” page

for this months scraplift challenge and look forward to seeing all the entries!

We drew our sketch as always

We are challenging you to use chipboard somewhere on your layout (if you don't have any use something else to represent a piece of chipboard), this could be the swirl or your lettering. Together with the sketch and Michelle's layout as a guide, we look forward to seeing what you create.

Here are the layouts created by our design team to give you some extra inspiration.
Please click on the names to be taken to the relevant blogs.

LYNN

SHEENA

LINDA

SOOJAY

KAZ C

ANITA

DEIRDRE

KAZY 1
Our first A4 format from Karen

SCRAPDOLLY

Karen has created a digital layout ...

... together with a free downloadable, fully layered template. 
Karen will host the file for this on her blog.
Here is a preview:

SANDRA
has also created a digital layout.

PRIZE TIME

A Scrapology Goodie Bag
Double sided papers, Cardstock, chipboard shpaes and letters, Prima flowers, felt flowers, buttons, and ribbon.

We hope you will joining the fun and enter the challenge by creating a layout using the sketch and some chipboard (optional), comment below with a link to the post on your blog where your layout is featured. If you don't have a blog please email us with an image - address in sidebar.

The challenge closes at midnight on 5th December 2013

Please create a new layout for this challenge - no back links will be accepted.

Prize available to UK residents only.

Looking forward to seeing what you all make - good luck.