Saturday, 2 July 2016

Challenge 35 - Colour Challenge

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 All Dressed Up is....
No 44 Teresa  ** CLAIMED **

Our second randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from Small and Round is....
68 Jenn Borjeson  ** CLAIMED **

Our third randomly picked winner who will receive a prize from A Random Fan is....
37 Victoria R ** 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 34 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 Tanya
Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge from the tab at the top of the page.

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The theme of this week's challenge is a colour challenge:

Pink Green White

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

Prize is 7 digis of the winner's choice

Click HERE to be taken to their web-store and
Click HERE to be taken to their blog

Our next wonderful sponsor is...

Prize is 3 digi stamps of the winner's choice

Click HERE to be taken to their Etsy store

Our third fab sponsor is
"Andrea Norris, unknown artist - Living in Leeds, Yorkshire in the UK, working full time as a Management Accountant and currently working on 4 design teams. I'm a dancer (Argentine Tango and Ceroc) and a competitive badminton player. It's amazing that I've managed to squeeze drawing into my schedule as well as being an obsessive crafter and creator of cards. I have no actual style as yet but do love the unusual and quirky. I may be known for producing cards in soft pastel colours.
I love anything arty. I've always drawn stuff, for as long as I can remember. In my younger days I sold a few watercolour paintings. I recently found mixed media which is a joy and love creating canvases with flowers.
I've had a battle with digital drawing for about a year and finally found some software I can gel with in January 2016. Recently one of the challenge teams I worked on was short of a designer's images to create with so I drew some. Then people kept asking me for my drawings. So I thought what the heck let's open a shop and give something back to the crafting world, to the lovely ladies who have supported me on my journey.
Welcome to my world, we're only at the beginning and I have so much more to offer.
Andrea x"

Prize is 3 digis of the winner's choice

Click HERE to be taken to the Etsy Store
Click HERE to be taken to Andrea's blog
Click HERE to be taken to the Facebook Group

We are joined this week by two fabulously talented Guest Designers.....
We would like to say 'Welcome and Thanks' to the lovely Andrea Norris of Sheep Ski Designs
who has made this lovely card for our challenge using Freesia Vase Image 39

and another 'Welcome and Thanks' to the lovely Julie J
who has made this beautiful card for our challenge too using Kidz Fishing from Bugaboo.


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

Tanya
Using Sheep Ski Designs image "Humphrey Image No 23"

Using Sheep Ski Designs image ""Flump n Tic No 29"


Diane Louise
Using Star Stampz image "Kimono"



Using Skeep Ski image "Annabell"

Using Skeep Ski image "Fuzzy"


Annette
Using Bugaboo image "Pretty Flower Girl"

 Blankina
Using Star Stampz image "My Sweet Rose"


Jennifer
Using Star Stampz image "Sleeping Beauty"


Laura
Using Skeep Ski image "Seraphina's Heart"


Melanie
Using Bugaboo image "Peaches Car"


Tammy
Using Bugaboo image "Girl Teddy Hug"

Wendy
Using Bugaboo image 


Lisa W
Taking a break


Have fun crafting! We're really looking forward to seeing your makes :) 

Love
Tanya & Team 1 xxx


Saturday, 18 June 2016

Challenge 34 and Winners of Challenge 33

Hello and Welcome...

Before I give you details of this times challenge and our winners... I have some sad news.... two of our DT have decided to step down - Shirl and Annie.   "On behalf of the team. I would like to say 'Thanks' for your friendship and for making all your beautiful cards for our challenges, we are going to miss you".



Right.... here are the lucky winners of our last challenge.

Our first randomly picked winner who will receive a prize 
from Beccy's Place is... Number 19 Lilian A  ** CLAIMED **


Our second randomly picked winner who will receive
the following digis images from Sherri Baldy is... Number 31 Jane Savage ** CLAIMED **


Congratulations to you both, 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 33 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 Jennifer.
Congratulations and please collect your Top 3 Winners badge
from the tab at the top of the page.

Number 1 Sheena McKee

Number 10 Jane Savage

Number 30 Papersniffer

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

"INSPIRED BY A SONG"

Don't forget to let us know in your posting 
which song has inspired you.

You can make anything you like, maybe a card, a scrapbook layout of even home decorYou 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 3 wonderful sponsors... 

Our first 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 HEREto be taken to their Etsy store,
Click HERE to be taken to their Blog and
Click HERE to be taken to their Facebook page
Prize - One lucky winner will be able to choose 2 digital images from their Etsy store.


Our 2nd wonderful sponsor is...  Small and Round
Click here to be taken to their Etsy store and
Click here to be taken to their blog
Prize - One lucky winner will receive the following 5 digital images...

                        Honey Bee                        Mornings                            The Great bow
                                           Only With You                             Spirals  

Our 3rd wonderful sponsor is... A Random Fan

Click here to be taken to their Etsy-store and
Click here to be taken to their Facebook page
Prize - One lucky winner will be able to choose 3 digital images from their 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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...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.

Annie
Using an image from Small and Round - Only With You
Inspired by the song "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison


Blankina
Using an image from A Random Fan -  'Rock Princess'
Inspired by this song "So you want to be a Rock Star" by The Byrds


Diane Louise
Using an image from All Dressed Up - Dreaming of Summer
Inspired by the song "Farewell my Summer Love" by Michael Jackson

Dora
Using an image from All Dressed Up - Dreaming of Summer
Inspired by the song

Will be added shortly


Geesje
Using an image from Small and Round - Honey Bee
Inspired by the Song "Butterfly" from Danyel Gerard


Leslie
Using image from All Dressed up - Ballerina
Inspired by the Song 'Tiny Dancer' by Elton John


Linda
Using an image from A Random Fan - Rock Princess
Inspired by the Song "I Love Rock & Roll" by Britney Spears
Linda says "The sentiment means  'Here's the party' in Dutch
(because Rock stars looooooooooooooove parties ;))


Lisa G
Using an image from A Random Fan - Rock Princess
Inspired by the song 'Rock & Roll Star' from Oasis


Petra
Using images from A Random Fan - Xmas Party and Snowman & Company
Inspired by the song 'I'm a Little Snowman'


Tracey
Using an image from All Dressed Up - 321 Go
Inspired by the Song ' Route 66' by Chuck Berry from the Cars movie 




Have fun crafting this fortnight

Hugs
Diane Louise and Team 2 Ladies xx


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