Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: November 2016

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 fab, we loved looking at them all :)

So here are the winners :)

Our first randomly picked winner who will receive a prize
from Morgan's Artworld is.... No 41 KartenKram **CLAIMED**

Our second randomly picked winner who will receive a prize
from Digi Stamps 4 Joy is.... No48 Andrea Norris **CLAIMED**

Our third randomly picked winner who will receive a prize
from Crafty Sentiments is.... No 24 Dawn Frost **CLAIMED**

Congratulations to you all, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog8@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 44 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 Dora

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

47 - Rosina's Scrapcards

1 - Einat

12 - Marja

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The theme of this week's challenge is

Blossoms
Use flowers somewhere on your creation.

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

Sami Stamps

One lucky winner will receive $12.00 gift card to spend at Sami Stamp's store.

Click HERE to be taken to their web-store and

Click HERE to be taken to their blog

Click HERE to be taken to their Etsy

Our next wonderful sponsor is...

Toadstool Printables

"I am Joyce Geleynse and I live in rural Ontario, Canada. I have been an artist for over thirty years, creating hundreds of custom portraits, paintings, and illustrations in the realism style. Working with pencil, oil pastel, and color pencils as my main tools, I love to create realistic drawings as well as images found only in my imagination. I have four stores on Etsy: Toadstoolprintables is the one where I sell my clipart and outline drawings, Freshairprintables is the store where I sell my detailed, realism drawings, as well as printable bookmarks and greeting cards; I sell my actual physical prints and originals via my CountryArt Studio Store, and in my fourth store I sell my original line of hand-sculpted clay babies. I have five grown children and 17 grandchildren so my life is full of God's blessings!!"

One lucky winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice

from Toadstool Printables Etsy Store

Click HERE to be taken to their web-store

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

We would like to say 'Welcome and Thanks' to the lovely Bonnie Taylor

who has made this lovely card for our challenge using "Blossoms Girl"

We are also pleased to showcase more gorgeous Guest Designer cards.
'Welcome and Thanks' goes to the following lovely ladies
from Sami Stamps Design Team

Tracey Neumann, using Sami Stamps Little One

Bonnie Kohane, using Sami Stamps Whiskers and Petals

Deanne Saunders, using Sami Stamps Tulip Girl

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

Tanya

Using Sami Stamps image "Wild Flower Beauty"

Added eventually - was without a computer for nearly 2 weeks

Diane Louise

Using Sami Stamps image "Miss Ribbons Chick"

Using Toadstool Printables image "Big Eye Girl, Roses"

Annette

Using Sami Stamps image "Happy Heart Fairy"

Jennifer

Using Toadstool Printables image "Mouse Carrying Flower"

Laura

Using Toadstool Printables image Poppies

Melanie

Using Sami Stamps image Floral Girl

Tammy

Using Sami Stamps image "Blossoms Girl"

Wendy

Using Sami Stamps image "Ladybug Branch"

Lisa W

Taking a break

Have fun crafting

Love

Tanya & Team 1 Ladies xxx

An InLinkz Link-up

Good morning and welcome...

I hope you all had a fantastic crafty fortnight. WOW we had so many enteries for our last challenge... Thank you so much... it was lovely to see your wonderful entries and we enjoyed visiting your blogs.

Here is the lucky winner from Challenge 43....

The randomly picked winner who will receive a prize
from Pickled Potpourri Designs is...

Number 193 My Creative Place **CLAIMED**

Congratulations, please contact Diane Louise at
craftyfriendschallengeblog8@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 43 Pickled Potpourri Designs'

(Don't forget, you have 14 days to claim)

and now for the Top 3 favourites, as chosen by Tracey and as you can see, she found it really hard to choose just 3 from all the entries, so she chose her Top 5 favourites... Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge from the tab at the top of the page.

Number 103 Mi Pequeno Tesoro

Tracey says - Red and black is one of my favourite colour combo's, such a fab card.

Number 174 Anet

Tracey says - Lovely image and great colouring

Number 203 Aly Spedes

Tracey says - Great colours

Number 220 Rosina

Tracey says - Simple but excellent

Number 5 Dawn S

Tracey says - Love alternative, too cute

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Here is a re-draw for prizes which remain unclaimed...

Challenge 42 - The new randomly picked winner who will receive a prize
from Sherri Baldy is Number 69 Lucy Patrick ** CLAIMED**

Congratulations, please contact Diane Louise at

craftyfriendschallengeblog8@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 42, Sherri Baldy

(Don't forget, you have 14 days to claim)

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

FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL

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...
Morgan's Art World, Digi Stamps 4 Joy and Crafty Sentiments

Our first wonderful sponsor of our randomly selected winners prize
is Morgan's Art World

Morgan Fitzsimons is a British artist, illustrator and author. Born in the North of England in 1939, she has been drawing and painting since she could hold a brush. Morgan studied at the LJMU, gaining her NDD, A.T.D and BA. Morgan is a traditional artist and works in many mediums and her artwork has been displayed all over the world. Morgan has also been involved in many art related and non art related industries She taught in schools for 20 years and retired as Head of Special Needs. She has also developed and published educational packs and teaching aids as well as fictional work.She has been involved in designing costumes for various opera and theatre companies, and was also a wildlife artist for several charities and organisations.

Prize...
One lucky winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice
from Morgan's Art World Store

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

Our second wonderful sponsor of our randomly selected winners prize
is Digi Stamps 4 Joy

Prize...

One lucky winner will receive $10.00 of digital stamps of their choice
from Digi Stamps 4 Joy's Store

Click here to be taken to their web-store and
Click here to be taken to their blog and
Click here to be taken to their Facebook page

Our third wonderful sponsor of our randomly selected winners prize
is Crafty Sentiments

Prize...
One lucky winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice
from Crafty Sentiments Store

Click here to be taken to their web-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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...and here is inspiration from Team 2... 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 Vintage Dress 1 from DS4J