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Welcome to our challenge blog. We will post a new challenge every Thursday. You can create any card, scrapbook layout, altered item with any stamp or technique as long as it is a new project, no backlinks please. To join in please post your card on your blog and then enter via the Linky Tools button at the bottom of every challenge post. You must leave a direct link to your creation as well as a link back here to the challenge post.

Entries close at 8:00PM MST/MDT the Wednesday before the new challenge is posted and winners will be announced at the close of the challenge (on the sidebar) as well as on the new challenge post.

Please make sure to follow our blog in case you are the lucky winner...winners will be chosen by random and posted and they have until the next challenge is posted to contact me and claim the prize or there will be a re-draw! You may enter 2 (two) times per challenge as long as the creation is new and follows the challenge guidelines, have fun! You may combine challenge to a maximum of 8.

We hope you will join in the fun!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

#162-For Mom/Special Lady-Pattie's Creations

Fantastic entries with our wonderful sketch!!  Great job everyone!  Still a little low on the entries for sketch challenges..not sure why either cause they are my fav!  Anyway, the ones we had were terrific!  Our wonderful sponsor was non other than Digi Doodle Shop and they kindly donated a $10 voucher to  the store.


Our lucky random.org winner is
That's Ellen!
Congratulations Ellen!  Please contact me to claim your Digi Doodle Shop prize!

This week we have the lovely Pattie's Creations as our sponsor.  

Pattie is one of our lovely DT member and has a beautiful store full of gorgeous digis.  She has kindly donated 3 digis to one lucky participant.

Our challenge for you is to make a card for Mom or that special lady in your life.  Mother's Day is right around the corner here and I thought it would be fun to get a head start on Mother's Day cards. 

Here we have some beautiful inspiration from our very talented design team.
using Morning Glory from Pattie's Creations
So now that your mojo is flowing, I hope you'll play along with us this week. One lucky player will win their choice of 3 digis from Pattie's Creations
Please remember our rules before you enter your link.
If any of the listed rules are broken, your creation will not be eligible for the weekly prize.
~must be a new creation as of the date stamp in this blog
~post to your blog with a link back to the DDCC blog
~you may combine challenges to a maximum of 8
~you may enter 2 times per challenge if you like as long as the above rules are followed
~any entries not following the above mentioned rules will not be eligible to win our weekly prize.
Thank you!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

#161-Sketch-Digi Doodle Shop

Thank you to everyone for playing along with our Buttons and Bows challenge, great turnout and gorgeous creations. 
We had the lovely Di's Digi Downloads as our sponsor and one lucky participant wins their choice of 5 images from Di's store.
So without further ado...our lucky random winner is
#4- Georgia E, that's you! Please contact me to claim your Di's Digis prize!
This week we have the ever fabulous Digi Doodle Shop as our lovely sponsor.  
Here is a wee bit more about them:
Digi Doodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts and crafts.  It was started a little over 3 years ago with a little more than 100 stamps, and has since then grown to almost 500 stamps.  Joy (the mother of this team) designs realistic images, while Judy (aka/daughter) loves the “fun side of life”, and create images with a cartoon flair.  Having these two complimenting styles have enabled
DigiDoodle Shop to offer a wide variety of stamps.

It is a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward to seeing all the amazing creations.  We thank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all the participants the very best of luck in this challenge.

Digi Doodle Shop has kindly offered a $10 voucher for one lucky winner. 

We have a fantastic sketch for you this week and along with some great images provided for out DT from Digi Doodle shop, we have a wonderful array of inspiration for you.




using Baby Girl

Pattie


What a wonderful set of creations we have and we certainly hope you will play along with us this week.
If any of the listed rules are broken, your creation will not be eligible for the weekly prize. 
~must be a new creation as of the date stamp in this blog 
~post to your blog with a link back to the DDCC blog 
~you may combine challenges to a maximum of 8 
~you may enter 2 times per challenge if you like as long as the above rules are followed 
~any entries not following the above mentioned rules will not be eligible to win our weekly prize. Thank you!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

#160- Buttons & Bows- Di's Digis

 Absolutely wonderful Fancy Fold cards everyone!  I'm such a creature of habit so I love seeing all the fun and different ways to put a fresh spin on a card!   

Our wonderful sponsor was In 2 Stamps, thank you Wendy!

 Our random.org winner is:
#29- Taart!!! (Aukje)
Congratulations, please contact me to claim your wonderful prize from In 2 Stamps!


***We also have a re-draw from challenge # 158 as I did not hear back from the winner in the allotted time, so the second chance winner is entry # 19- Crafting Vicky!  Congratulations Vicky, please contact me to claim your Karen's Doodles prize!***

This week, we have the ever-so-lovely Di's Digi Downloads back as our sponsor.
Di's shop is filled with a ton of fabulous images for every occasion out there. One lucky winner will win their choice of 5 fantastic digis from Di's shop!

Our challenge this week is Buttons & Bows and below we have some beautiful cards to share with you to give your mojo a kick-start!
 
Lilia using Di's Digis- Window Princess and Background Castle Window and Meadow



Jan





There we have it, some fantastic cards for you featuring Buttons & Bows.  

I know I have said this before, but you must follow our rules to be eligible to win the prize.  They are not difficult or unreasonable, but my goodness, I can't count how many times I will get the random number and I head on over to check out the creation and the person hasn't linked back to us, or they have entered every challenge under the sun or the best yet..they haven't even followed the challenge but still enter.  We want everyone to have fun and have a chance at a great prize, so please follow the rules of our challenge.

If any of the listed rules are broken, your creation will not be eligible for the weekly prize. 
~must be a new creation as of the date stamp in this blog 
~post to your blog with a link back to the DDCC blog 
~you may combine challenges to a maximum of 8 
~you may enter 2 times per challenge if you like as long as the above rules are followed 
~any entries not following the above mentioned rules will not be eligible to win our weekly prize. Thank you!

Thursday, April 05, 2012

#159-Fancy Fold- In 2 Stamps

Great turn out for our sketch challenge, very nice creations!!  Thank you to everyone for playing along with s and a big thank you to Karen's Doodles for sponsoring our sketch challenge!
 Our lucky random.org winner is entry
 # 13-JLJ Designs #29- Crafting Vicky
Congratulations, please contact me to claim your prize!

This week, I am very happy to have In 2 Stamps back with us again.



Here is a little bit about them:
In2stamps is a Belgian rubber stamp company owned by Wendy and started back in late 2009.
We gladly invite you to discover our complete range at the In2stamps online store http://www.in2stamps.com
We ship to crafters all over the world and you can check our store locator to see if there's a retail store near you selling our stamps.
And if you are looking for inspirational ideas, then our inspirational blog http://in2stamps.blogspot.com/ is the place to be.
 
They have kindly donated a 10,00 euro voucher for one lucky participant.
So our challenge this week is Fancy Fold Cards.  So we don't want to see just a regular folded in half card.  Splitcoast has a great section full of all kinds of fabulous tutorials on many different types of fancy folded cards.  

Before I get to the gorgeous inspiration from our DT, I have a farewell to say.  Dorte is leaving our team and while I'm sad she's gone, she has been able to achieve one of her stamping dreams and for that I am so excited for her!!  Dorte, it was a pleasure having you on our team, we'll see you in blogland my friend!!

Now, onto some beautiful creations for you!!

Pattie (front of card)
(inside of card)

Ang



Leslie
(Using Creations by AR's Elegant Sole template)
Think outside the box - these folds don't get any fancier!

Lilia


Please remember our rules before you enter your link.
If any of the listed rules are broken, your creation will not be eligible for the weekly prize.
~must be a new creation as of the date stamp in this blog
~post to your blog with a link back to the DDCC blog
~you may combine challenges to a maximum of 8
~you may enter 2 times per challenge if you like as long as the above rules are followed
~any entries not following the above mentioned rules will not be eligible to win our weekly prize.
Thank you!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

#162-For Mom/Special Lady-Pattie's Creations

Fantastic entries with our wonderful sketch!!  Great job everyone!  Still a little low on the entries for sketch challenges..not sure why either cause they are my fav!  Anyway, the ones we had were terrific!  Our wonderful sponsor was non other than Digi Doodle Shop and they kindly donated a $10 voucher to  the store.


Our lucky random.org winner is
That's Ellen!
Congratulations Ellen!  Please contact me to claim your Digi Doodle Shop prize!

This week we have the lovely Pattie's Creations as our sponsor.  

Pattie is one of our lovely DT member and has a beautiful store full of gorgeous digis.  She has kindly donated 3 digis to one lucky participant.

Our challenge for you is to make a card for Mom or that special lady in your life.  Mother's Day is right around the corner here and I thought it would be fun to get a head start on Mother's Day cards. 

Here we have some beautiful inspiration from our very talented design team.
using Morning Glory from Pattie's Creations
So now that your mojo is flowing, I hope you'll play along with us this week. One lucky player will win their choice of 3 digis from Pattie's Creations
Please remember our rules before you enter your link.
If any of the listed rules are broken, your creation will not be eligible for the weekly prize.
~must be a new creation as of the date stamp in this blog
~post to your blog with a link back to the DDCC blog
~you may combine challenges to a maximum of 8
~you may enter 2 times per challenge if you like as long as the above rules are followed
~any entries not following the above mentioned rules will not be eligible to win our weekly prize.
Thank you!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

#161-Sketch-Digi Doodle Shop

Thank you to everyone for playing along with our Buttons and Bows challenge, great turnout and gorgeous creations. 
We had the lovely Di's Digi Downloads as our sponsor and one lucky participant wins their choice of 5 images from Di's store.
So without further ado...our lucky random winner is
#4- Georgia E, that's you! Please contact me to claim your Di's Digis prize!
This week we have the ever fabulous Digi Doodle Shop as our lovely sponsor.  
Here is a wee bit more about them:
Digi Doodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts and crafts.  It was started a little over 3 years ago with a little more than 100 stamps, and has since then grown to almost 500 stamps.  Joy (the mother of this team) designs realistic images, while Judy (aka/daughter) loves the “fun side of life”, and create images with a cartoon flair.  Having these two complimenting styles have enabled
DigiDoodle Shop to offer a wide variety of stamps.

It is a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward to seeing all the amazing creations.  We thank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all the participants the very best of luck in this challenge.

Digi Doodle Shop has kindly offered a $10 voucher for one lucky winner. 

We have a fantastic sketch for you this week and along with some great images provided for out DT from Digi Doodle shop, we have a wonderful array of inspiration for you.




using Baby Girl

Pattie


What a wonderful set of creations we have and we certainly hope you will play along with us this week.
If any of the listed rules are broken, your creation will not be eligible for the weekly prize. 
~must be a new creation as of the date stamp in this blog 
~post to your blog with a link back to the DDCC blog 
~you may combine challenges to a maximum of 8 
~you may enter 2 times per challenge if you like as long as the above rules are followed 
~any entries not following the above mentioned rules will not be eligible to win our weekly prize. Thank you!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

#160- Buttons & Bows- Di's Digis

 Absolutely wonderful Fancy Fold cards everyone!  I'm such a creature of habit so I love seeing all the fun and different ways to put a fresh spin on a card!   

Our wonderful sponsor was In 2 Stamps, thank you Wendy!

 Our random.org winner is:
#29- Taart!!! (Aukje)
Congratulations, please contact me to claim your wonderful prize from In 2 Stamps!


***We also have a re-draw from challenge # 158 as I did not hear back from the winner in the allotted time, so the second chance winner is entry # 19- Crafting Vicky!  Congratulations Vicky, please contact me to claim your Karen's Doodles prize!***

This week, we have the ever-so-lovely Di's Digi Downloads back as our sponsor.
Di's shop is filled with a ton of fabulous images for every occasion out there. One lucky winner will win their choice of 5 fantastic digis from Di's shop!

Our challenge this week is Buttons & Bows and below we have some beautiful cards to share with you to give your mojo a kick-start!
 
Lilia using Di's Digis- Window Princess and Background Castle Window and Meadow



Jan





There we have it, some fantastic cards for you featuring Buttons & Bows.  

I know I have said this before, but you must follow our rules to be eligible to win the prize.  They are not difficult or unreasonable, but my goodness, I can't count how many times I will get the random number and I head on over to check out the creation and the person hasn't linked back to us, or they have entered every challenge under the sun or the best yet..they haven't even followed the challenge but still enter.  We want everyone to have fun and have a chance at a great prize, so please follow the rules of our challenge.

If any of the listed rules are broken, your creation will not be eligible for the weekly prize. 
~must be a new creation as of the date stamp in this blog 
~post to your blog with a link back to the DDCC blog 
~you may combine challenges to a maximum of 8 
~you may enter 2 times per challenge if you like as long as the above rules are followed 
~any entries not following the above mentioned rules will not be eligible to win our weekly prize. Thank you!

Thursday, April 05, 2012

#159-Fancy Fold- In 2 Stamps

Great turn out for our sketch challenge, very nice creations!!  Thank you to everyone for playing along with s and a big thank you to Karen's Doodles for sponsoring our sketch challenge!
 Our lucky random.org winner is entry
 # 13-JLJ Designs #29- Crafting Vicky
Congratulations, please contact me to claim your prize!

This week, I am very happy to have In 2 Stamps back with us again.



Here is a little bit about them:
In2stamps is a Belgian rubber stamp company owned by Wendy and started back in late 2009.
We gladly invite you to discover our complete range at the In2stamps online store http://www.in2stamps.com
We ship to crafters all over the world and you can check our store locator to see if there's a retail store near you selling our stamps.
And if you are looking for inspirational ideas, then our inspirational blog http://in2stamps.blogspot.com/ is the place to be.
 
They have kindly donated a 10,00 euro voucher for one lucky participant.
So our challenge this week is Fancy Fold Cards.  So we don't want to see just a regular folded in half card.  Splitcoast has a great section full of all kinds of fabulous tutorials on many different types of fancy folded cards.  

Before I get to the gorgeous inspiration from our DT, I have a farewell to say.  Dorte is leaving our team and while I'm sad she's gone, she has been able to achieve one of her stamping dreams and for that I am so excited for her!!  Dorte, it was a pleasure having you on our team, we'll see you in blogland my friend!!

Now, onto some beautiful creations for you!!

Pattie (front of card)
(inside of card)

Ang



Leslie
(Using Creations by AR's Elegant Sole template)
Think outside the box - these folds don't get any fancier!

Lilia


Please remember our rules before you enter your link.
If any of the listed rules are broken, your creation will not be eligible for the weekly prize.
~must be a new creation as of the date stamp in this blog
~post to your blog with a link back to the DDCC blog
~you may combine challenges to a maximum of 8
~you may enter 2 times per challenge if you like as long as the above rules are followed
~any entries not following the above mentioned rules will not be eligible to win our weekly prize.
Thank you!