Challenge 17 - Use Your Favourite Colour

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


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

Challenge 17 starts on Saturday 24th October 2015 at 9.00am (GMT) and
closes on Friday 6th November 2015 at 9.00 (GMT).

Dont forget you can enter up to 3 times... Good Luck !!!

1.	Claudia	20.	Audrey E.	39.	jackie cornfield	58.	Shell B.
2.	aNNie ♥	21.	Gail L	40.	Eemeli	59.	traceymo
3.	Mary Marin	22.	Sam / Whisper	41.	Claudia	60.	carol gill
4.	Paper Whims	23.	Kleido	42.	Aurora	61.	niki1
5.	AUNTY SUE	24.	Deonna B	43.	Traci L	62.	Anet
6.	Deonna B	25.	Rachel Taylor	44.	Andrea Norris	63.	Christine Ingram
7.	Carla Chacón	26.	Gloria Shirr	45.	Kristina Pavlovic	64.	Monika Reeck
8.	Anne Lise	27.	Paper Whims	46.	Mel C	65.	Bonnie Garby
9.	Sotofa	28.	Kathie	47.	Elizabeth H.	66.	Larissa
10.	Helen H	29.	Rutscht	48.	PUrple Lady	67.	Teresa
11.	Coldwaters2	30.	Anet	49.	Gloria Shirr - 3rd	68.	Monika Reeck
12.	Laine	31.	Sarah-J W	50.	Gail L	69.	Cicci Vid Pennan
13.	Mags	32.	Marji	51.	Anet	70.	Cicci Vid Pennan
14.	Hannah Lewis	33.	Leslie Turner	52.	Shirley AC1	71.	Sementes de Papel
15.	~DEANNE~	34.	Paper Whims	53.	Pauline	72.	Leslie Turner
16.	Erica ♥	35.	Steffi H.	54.	Laine	73.	Monika Reeck (my first card on my blogpost)
17.	Deonna B	36.	Aurora	55.	Francesca	74.	Repolainen
18.	Scatty Jan	37.	Gloria Shirr - 2nd	56.	Gail L	75.	Silje Kristin
19.	Tina Goodwin	38.	Helen	57.	Lynda C

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Challenge 16

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'

Diane Louise
Using an Image called 'Sewing Machine'

Dora
To be added shortly

Linda
Having a Break

Lisa G
Using an image called 'Brighten the Holidays'


Petra
Using an image called 'Friendship Flowers'


Sylvie
Using an image called 'Friendship Flowers'


Tracey
Using a digi image called 'Christmas Poinsettia'

Have fun crafting this fortnight

Hugs

Diane Louise and Team 2 Ladies xx


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Challenge 16 will run from Saturday 10th October 2015 at 9.00am (GMT) and
close on Friday 23rd October 2015 at 9.00am (GMT).

Dont forget you can enter up to 3 times.... Good Luck !!

1.	Asha Matins	26.	Lisa s	51.	Traci L	76.	Bunny
2.	henriette	27.	Torrey	52.	Ursula Uphof	77.	Bunny
3.	Colleen	28.	Linda Simpson	53.	jackie cornfield	78.	Ginny B
4.	Helen	29.	meg	54.	Norma	79.	Rutscht
5.	Tiziana B.	30.	meg	55.	Leslie Turner	80.	Pauline
6.	Erica ♥	31.	Sharon	56.	Lisa J	81.	Stacey S
7.	Rebecca Gillard	32.	Margreet	57.	Gloria Shirr - 2nd	82.	Lorraine C M
8.	Alicia O'Bryant	33.	Andrea Norris	58.	Lisa J	83.	Kleido
9.	Rutscht	34.	Claire C	59.	Avril Watson	84.	Kari
10.	Teresa	35.	CREATE WITH JOY	60.	Vickie ODell	85.	Elizabeth H.
11.	Amy Cohen	36.	Julie P	61.	Cynthia O.	86.	Andrea Norris
12.	aNNie	37.	Cicci Vid Pennan	62.	Vivi Casale	87.	Lalkygirl
13.	Julie P	38.	Kleido	63.	Jen L	88.	Kathie
14.	Linda Simpson	39.	Anet	64.	Jen L	89.	Bunny
15.	julye	40.	Marilyn Webb	65.	Jen L	90.	America
16.	esther	41.	Rebecca Gillard	66.	Pearl	91.	Debbie
17.	Coldwaters2	42.	Papersniffer	67.	Margaret A (Granmargaret)	92.	carol gill
18.	Laine	43.	Helen	68.	Monica-LaPaperaGialla	93.	Repolainen
19.	Jane's Journal	44.	Gloria Shirr	69.	Charlene	94.	meg
20.	Sotofa	45.	Claudia	70.	Katrina Bufton	95.	Aartje
21.	Amanda A	46.	Anet	71.	Desire Fourie	96.	Julie Gleeson
22.	Pia	47.	Kleido	72.	Francesca	97.	Katrina Bufton
23.	Emily Shroom	48.	DebiB	73.	Katie Tate	98.	Francesca
24.	Wendy.F	49.	Rebecca Gillard	74.	Sue U	99.	J. Atterbury Creations
25.	Gail L	50.	Sharon	75.	marieke

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