Winner of January Card Challenge

Ali at Crafty Ribbons has contacted us with her choice of winner for the January card challenge.


She says: "I would like to pick Krafty Karen. Her style is very plain and simple but elegant, the ribbon is a feature of the card, not just as an add on - perfect.
Good luck with the rest of your challenges." 
Ali

Well done Karen!

Please email Ali at Crafty Ribbons and she will send you your prize of this super collection of 'Love is...' ribbons.

Many thanks to Ali.

Your cards for February

First one in and very quick off the mark is:

CAROL

KYM

SUSIE

SUSIE (2)

KRAFTY KAREN

SUSIE (3)

 

Check back to the original post for details of the challenge.

February Card Challenge - Crafty Purple Frog

Our sponsor this month is Amy from The Crafy Purple Frog who says:

Introducing my world of digi decoupage sheet from the amazingly tallented Ching-Chou Kuik. I have been lucky enough that she has let me license her stunning art work to turn into beautiful decoupage to really wow who ever you give the card to.

The challenge is to use layers....

Here are the DT's cards, please click on their names to visit their blogs:

LINDA

SUE

LYNN

SANDRA

KAREN

DEIRDRE

ALISON

LINDA

LYNN

Please email a link to your blog entry or email an image to the address in the sidebar.

Amy has kindly offered 3 sheets of your choice as a prize.

The challenge runs until 15th March so plenty of time to enter.

The challenge is open to card makers everywhere.

How I made my February Page

Here is how I made my 'Christening Gown' layout for the February Challenge.

The challenge was to create a layout inspired by SJ's original and following our sketch.

I used:

1 Sheet plain Bazzill paper

Bazzill Cardstock in Tickled Pink, Sprout and Powder Blue

6 ½” x 6 ½” Paper Pad, Kaiser Craft Bonjour (24 sheets – 10 specialty Papers including 2 foil, 4 spot varnish and 4 die cuts).

DMC thread and needle

Cricut with Storybook and Mother’s Day Bouquet Cartridges
Perfect Pearls
4” x 6” photo



I selected the patterned papers I wanted to use for the background of the layout and cut 16 pieces 3” x 3”, inked the edges and stuck down to cover the plain 12” x 12” base paper.
Then I mounted the photo onto pink cardstock to make a mat and stuck this to the layout.

I decorated some of the squares with die cut shapes from the ‘Bonjour’ patterned paper book and some I cut myself using the Cricut and the Mother's Day Boutique Cartridge.

The flower was build from many layers of die cut flowers and leaves using the Mother’s Day Bouquet, the Cricut, and some 3 D foam pads. I inked the edges of each petal and shaped them with scissors and an embossing tool.

The lettering for title was cut from patterned papers - and a shadow from cardstock. (I used two sizes 1” and 1 ½” and the Storybook Cartridge).

I highlighted the letters with Glossy Accents, and decorated the flowers and other shapes with Perfect Pearls and Stickles.

 I added some random cross stitches to link the squares here and there. To do this I made a few holes with a paper piercing tool and added stitches with a needle and DMC embroidery tread.

The journaling was added to a selection of journaling blocks from the ‘Bonjour’ patterned paper book.

Thanks for looking, please see the original post 'P is for Patchwork', posted on 1st February for more details of the challenge.

Winner of January Challenge

Firstly, Thanks to everyone for taking part this month, it was a difficult decision, but, there has to be a winner and that person is.......

KATHY B

Congratulations Kathy, please contact us to claim your prize.

Thanks too to Jill of Cardinal Colours for yet again supplying a fabulous prize.

xxx



Your scraplifts for February

Here are your scraplifts for January.

First off the mark this month and using one of our subscription kits is Karen.

Kits are available from Cardinal Colours, please e-mail Jill if you would like to know more.

KAREN D

GLITTERY VICKY

MINI

CRAFTS IMPERFECT (HELEN)

SCRAPPY SARAH 

ADELA

SHARON O 

WENDY P

SHARON O

SCATTYCHICK

KRAFTY KAREN

WENDY - Here be Dragons

SARAH W

RITA

Please check the 'P is for Patchwork' post from 1st February for full details of the challenge.

P is for Patchwork

Welcome to the February Scrapology Challenge.

This month we are scraplifting this layout designed and created by SJ for the Cardinal Colours Retreat last autumn. We enjoyed creating this class layout and thought you would too, so this month our technique is to use your patterned (or plain) papers to create a patchwork background.

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 S-J says:

"I am SJ, a mother of one and an illustrator. I am the creator of "Little Musings" Clear and digital stamps. I live in Bexhill by the sea (UK) with my husband and my dinosaur loving son. I can mostly be found with a pencil, camera or scrapping stuff in hand. I spend my days with my little boy and a brain full of nonsense, which I put down on paper whenever I can! My blog can be found here: http://www.scrappyfairy.blogspot/."

Here is our sketch:

Here are the layouts created by the Design Team. Please click on the names to visit their own blogs.

SANDRA

LINDA

LYNN

KAREN

ANITA

DEIRDRE

LYNN

ALISON

DEIRDRE

LINDA

Welcome to our guest designer for February - Claire Bell, known as

Silver Custard

on UKS

Take a look at Claire's Blog HERE

Create a layout using the patchwork technique and our sketch, using all the above layouts for inspiration. When your done comment below with a link to the actual post, on your blog where you have displayed your work. If you don't have a blog, drop us an email with the image attached (address in sidebar).

The competition runs until 5th March.

Prize available to UK entrants only, but if you are outside the UK and want to join in the fun please send us an image of your layout to include on the blog.

PRIZE TIME

Jill of Cardinal Colours has yet again offered a prize for this month's challenge.

Everything you need to create more patchwork cards and layouts:

An 8" x 8" Me and My Big Ideas - Destination Paris - Patterned Paper Pad

and a

3" Super Duper Square Punch

Good Luck!

Our thanks to Jill, SJ and Claire x