Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: October 2015

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 gorgeous as always!

So here is the winner from the last challenge of "Using Gems or Pearls" :)

Our first randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from Sprinkle N Sparkle is....
No 62 Vivi Casale
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Congratulations, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog@gmail.com to claim your prize.
(Don't forget, you have 14 days to claim)

and now for the Top 3 favourites, in no particular order, as chosen by Diane Louise

Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge from the tab at the top of the page.

No 10 Teresa
A beautiful card - I loved the use of lots of gems on the embossed background

No 16 Estha
A fab project - I loved the use of coloured pearls on the book cover, plus on the charms

No 23 Emily Shroom
A great shaped card - I loved the pearl flourishes

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The theme of this weeks challenge is

Use Your Favourite Colour

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

Our first sponsor this time is

Click HERE for their webstore
Click HERE for their challenge blog

The prize on offer is $10 worth of digis from their store

Our next wonderful sponsor is...

Click HERE to be taken to their web-store and
Click HERE to be taken to their Facebook page

"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."

The prize on offer is a $7 gift certificate to their store

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

Tanya
Using 'Tweety Birds' from Digi Stamps 4 Joy
Favourite Colour - Kraft

Blankina
Using 'Natures Greeting' from Pickled Potpourri Designs
Favourite Colour - Pink

Diane Louise

Using 'Ellie's Flowers' and 'Daisy Power 2 Background image' from Digi Stamps 4 Joy

Favourite Colour - Blue

Diane Louise

Using 'Little Penguins' from Pickled Potpourri Designs

Favourite Colour - Blue

Julie
Using 'Birthday Chicks' from Pickled Potpourri Designs
Favourite Colour - Purple

Lisa W
Taking a break

Melanie
Using 'Happiness' from Pickled Potpourri Designs
Favourite Colour - Purple

Shirl
Using "Sunshine in the Garden" by Pickled Potpourri Designs
Favourite Colour - Yellow

Wendy
Using 'Cosmos' from Digi Stamps 4 Joy
Favourite Colour - Purple

Have fun crafting

Love

Tanya, Diane & Team 1 xxx

Hello and Welcome...

Before I give you details of this fortnights challenge, I would like to take this opportunity
to say "Goodbye and Thanks' to Diana, Pauline and Mags who are leaving our Design Team, due to other commitments. We would like to wish them 'All the Best for their future'
and it has been a pleasure working with them on our DT.

Thanks also to everyone who entered our last challenge (No 15), your cards were absolutely gorgeous

.. and here are the lucky winners....

Our first randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from 'All Dressed Up' is....
Number 40 Kathie

Our second randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from 'Stamps by Julia Spiri' is....
Number 23 Carole

Congratulations to you both, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog@gmail.com to claim your prize.
(Don't forget, you have 14 days to claim)

and now for the Top 3 favourites, as chosen by Julie

Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge from the tab at the top of the page.

Number 39 Irene M

Number 48 Kelly Lloyd

Number 49 Leslie Turner

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

To Use Gems and/or Pearls

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

and don't forget you can enter up to three times per challenge.

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

Our products are not only hand-blended, hand-pressed, and hand-packaged in the United States, but our glitters, embossing powders, and flockings are also MANUFACTURED in The United States (not imported). Sparkle N Sprinkle supports local manufacturers who make quality products using healthy, environmentally-safe ingredients and fair labor practices. We hope that our loyal customers appreciate our efforts. Your Quality Crafting Time deserves Quality Products.

The winner of the challenge can choose any digis of their choice, up to a $15 value.

Click here to be taken to their web-store,
Click here to be taken to their blog and
Click here to be taken to their challenge blog

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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
Using an Image called 'Christmas Poinsettia'