Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: February 2016

Hello and Welcome...

Before I give you details of this times challenge, I would like to say 'Thanks' to everyone who entered our last challenge, we enjoyed visiting your blogs

Here are the lucky winners....

Our first randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from 'Oddball Art Company' is Number 69 Pauline **CLAIMED**

Our second randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from 'Angies Cards and Digis' is Number 104 Lena Loken **CLAIMED**

Congratulations to you both, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog@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 25 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 Shirl

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

Number 21 Amanda

Number 81 Barbara Ann

Number 111 Rainey's Craft Room

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

FLORAL - FEATURE A FLOWER(S)

(Paper, Image, Flower Embellishment etc)

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.

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

Our first wonderful sponsor is... A DAY FOR DAISIES

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 visit the Website

Click HERE to visit the Etsy Store

and click HERE for more inspiration from the Blog

A Day For Daisies are offering this fab Prize to one lucky winner...
$12 gift card, that's equal to 3 images of the winners choice

Our next wonderful sponsor is... ALL DRESSED UP

Hi I am Wendy Burns I live in Nottingham UK with my husband and two children who have been the inspiration behind the characters, in particular my daughter who has kept me up-to-date with blogging and trends. I work predominantly within the textile children’s wear market, fashion and interiors.

I trained as a textile designer and although my work is digital based, I love to retain that hand drawn/sewn feel which I hope comes across in my artwork.Digital stamps is a new challenge for me and the opportunity to work with the All Dressed Up Team and has been very exciting, in particular the creative way my characters have been given individual personalities by the designers .
All Dressed Up is a newly launched blog with an enthusiastic team who are passionate about stamping. The coordinators Anne Lise and Bettina along with an amazing design team are also known as The Dressy Girls.
We have a friendly Facebook page, regular blog posts, tutorials, challenges and freebies .The stamps can be purchased from the Etsy shop which is updated on a monthly basis.
We really are friendly bunch and would love to see your creations so please feel free to contact us and visit the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog.

Click HERE to visit the Etsy store
Click HERE to visit the Challenge Blog-
Click HERE to visit the Facebook Page

All Dressed Up are offering this fab prize to one lucky winner...

2 images of winners choice from the Etsy 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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We are joined this week by two fabulously talented Guest Designers
from the 'All Dressed Up's Design Team'....

We would like to say 'Welcome and Thanks' to the lovely Rachael Evans

who has made this lovely card for our challenge using 'Love my Puppy'

and another 'Welcome and Thanks' to the lovely Bernadet who has made this stunning Tealight Window Shaker Card for our challenge, using Happy Christmas Little Star, Christmas Post, Christmas Penguins, Christmas Reindeer.

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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 'Flower Monkey' from A Day For Daisies

Annie
Using 'Picture Perfect' from A Day For Daisies

Dora
Using 'For You' from All Dressed Up

Geesje
Using 'Flower Fairy' and 'For You' from All Dressed Up

Leslie
Using 'Flowers in Bottles' from A Day For Daisies

Linda
Using an image from All Dressed Up

Lisa G
Using 'For You' from All Dressed Up

Petra
Using 'Baby Giraffe' from A Day For Daisies

Tracey
Using 'Flower Fairy' from All Dressed Up

Have fun crafting this fortnight

Hugs

Diane Louise and Team 2 Ladies xx

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Hello everybody and welcome to our latest challenge!

Before I give you details of this times 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 are the winners :)

Our first randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from Inky Impressions is....
No 96 CarolG

Our second randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from
Pickled Potpourri Designs is.... No 45 Gale

Congratulations to you both, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog@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 24 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 Tracey.

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

#37 Emma R

#85 Kelly Lloyd

#58 Joanna

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The theme of this week's challenge is

Girly

Here are details of this challenge's wonderful sponsors:

Oddball Art Company

"Lizzy has always loved the stranger, quirkier side of life and that is exactly what she loves to create. Her art described as a perfect combination of sweet and sour that glitters up the grunge! As a lover of all things whimsical, kawaii and creepy cute, she throws in some Pastel Goth with a touch of glam, punk & rockabilly pinup!
She has certainly never been a mainstream type of girl and definitely won't fit into your stereotypical cookie cutter artists role; but rather she finds beauty in the truly unique, big eyed creepy little cuties with a bittersweet sadness. She is never truly happier then when she is in her art studio painting or sewing, creating a whimsical dream world easily recognizable as her signature style of creepy yet cute, all the way from the haunting darkness to the rainbowtastic, Lizzy’s creations are lovingly sprinkled with a heartbreaking sweetness.
Growing up a child of the 80's, pop rocks princess, with an extreme fondness for anything candy coated, Kawaii Kitten & Ziggy Stardust, all of which had a major influence in the work that she is creating today. Lizzy employs many different mediums when she creates, anything from mixed media painting to sewing with many different textiles, the end result always being the same; A whimsical dream world filled with big eyed beauties, creepy little cuties and quirky monsters of all shapes and sizes."

Prize is 3 digis of the winner's choice from their Etsy Store

Click HERE to be taken to their Etsy store and
Click HERE to be taken to their blog

Our next wonderful sponsor is...

Angie's Cards & Digis

"Hi, my name is Angie & I am a married mom of 2 boys, ages 14 & 17. I sell digital stamps all hand drawn by me. I drew as a child but quit for many years and just recently started again. I figured since I love to draw & scrapbook might as well turn my drawings into digital stamps. So here we are!"

Prize is three images from the store (sets excluded)

Click HERE to be taken to their web-store and

Click HERE to be taken to their blog

We are joined this week by a fabulously talented Guest Designer.....

We would like to say 'Welcome and Thanks' to the lovely Julie Odil from Oddball Art Company's Design Team, who has made this beautiful card for our challenge using a gorgeous Oddball Art image called "Sweet Sai the Fairy".