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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, October 25, 2012

#188-Ribbons & Lace-Di's Digis

 Gorgeous Buttons & Bows creations, so pretty, so feminine!!  A big thank you to Crafty Sentiments for sponsoring our challenge last week!
Our lucky random.org chosen winner is entry # 7- Karen L
Congratulations Karen, please contact me to claim your Crafty Sentiments 3 digi prize!

This week, we have to super wonderful Di's Digis as our sponsor.  One lucky winner will receive their choice of 5 digis from Di's store.  Every Monday new images are released so I'm positive there will be a whole bucket full of goodies you will like!
 So for this week's challenge we are sticking with the soft and feminine feel...Ribbons & Lace is our challenge this week, pretty easy really!  So as long as there is both ribbons and lace on your card, you're golden! 
Here is a wonderful array of inspiration to get you started!
 
using Izzy with Umbrella








 
I know I say this every week, but my goodness those cards are great ladies!!  I hope you will play along with us this week.  You can win 5 Di's Digis just for playing along...sounds pretty good to me!!
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. 
~please link directly to the blog post corresponding to the challenge not just directly to your blog  
 ~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, October 18, 2012

#187-Buttons & Bows-Crafty Sentiments

 Loved all the cards from our inspiration picture last week!  Please remember to follow the challenge rules and to check back to the challenge blog to see if you have won  We have a forfeited challenge and that is really too bad, both for our participants and the sponsor.  I work hard to get great sponsors for our challenge blog and I have fabulous people that include a lot of people that play along all the time, so please if you take the time to enter the challenge, please take the time to check back to see if yo have won or at least follow Feline Playful as our challenges and winners are posted there all the time.

So not that is done with, I would like to thank all of our entrants from last week, great cards!  I was your sponsor so one lucky person has won a $50 (CDN) prize package from Close To My Heart courtesy of myself-Kelly Schelske.  My website is linked in the logo below and in my name as well so check out my website for all of your Close To My Heart paper crafting needs!

Our luck winner is entry # 17- Jenn J!  
Congratulations Jenn J, please contact me to claim your CTMH prize pack!!


This week, we are lucky to have Crafty Sentiments joining us again as our wonderful sponsor.  Not only did they sponsor the prize this week which is 3 digis, but our DT was lucky enough to play along with some images as well!
 Our challenge for you this week is Buttons & Bows.  So show us at least 1 button and 1 bow on your card and choose any direction you would like to go with it as long as 1 each is visible-whether it be in the paper or as an embellie or a spin on things like Hannelie did with the bow tie!  Can't wait to see what you make!

Now, here is some gorgeous inspiration for you to get things started!

 
Lisa using Kai
 
 
 
Leslie using Flying My Kite
 
Helen using Kai

 

 
 
 
  Fantastic artwork ladies!!  So now it's your turn to dig out some Buttons & Bows and play along.  You can win 3 digis from Crafty Sentiments too just for playing along (and following the rules as well I might add!)  Have fun and happy crafting!
 
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. 
~please link directly to the blog post corresponding to the challenge not just directly to your blog  
 ~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, October 11, 2012

#186-Photo Inspiration-KellySchelske-CTMH

*** ETA: Just popping back in as I have realized our last winner did not contact me so I have re-drawn the Clean & Simple winner and the second chance winner is entry #15- Janis!  Congratulations Janis!  Please contact me to claim your prize from The Stamping Boutique.***
First off, sorry guys for the wacky link list.  I didn't mean to have that one on there, but it worked.  I have things back to normal for this week...at least I hope!!  Fabulous Fall entries, love them.  Fall is my favorite time of year so I loved seeing all the fun creations.
We had the super fun Bugaboo Stamps as our sponsor and 1 player will win 7 digis of their choice!! 
Thanks Bugaboo!!


Our lucky winner is Papersniffer!!  Congratulations, please contact me to claim your prize.

So this week we are short on sponsorship, so I (Kelly Schelske) have decided to sponsor a $50 CTMH prize package for 1 lucky winner!  You will receive fantastic items from Close To My Heart just for playing along with us!  If you are in Canada, please feel free to check out my website below and if you are in the USA and need a great consultant, email me and I will hook you up!!
So I am your sponsor this week and your challenge is a lovely photo inspiration board full of lovely colors, flowers and all around fun items!!  I am excited to see what you take as your inspiration from this picture.



Here to share with you is some fabulous artwork from my ever so talented DT!  I really do love my gals and they provide such wonderful inspiration for everyone every week!
 Quickly before we get to that, I would like to welcome Marijke to our design team A!!  Here's a little about Marijke in her own words:
I  am a woman of 58 years old and married with my dearest husband Stan. I have two boys, both grown up and live at there own. Once is married and has a little boy, so I am also a grandmother of Jesse.
I live with Stan and my dog Fjurdy in Numansdorp  near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. We have a little company of our own and have to travel a lot in the spring and the autumn/winter.
We are selling on fairs in Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
 I began with making cards many years ago and that were only Christmas cards. For about three years now I create cards by stamps and digistamps. And I love it.
I prefer colouring with my Copics, but pencils will also do. Mostly I make cards with a lot of layers and flowers, but sometimes I manage a simple card without all that, but that is very difficult for me but a challenge I like to do sometimes.
 We have in our street a few ladies which also scrapping and what with I work together and sharing all our new things we have bought or have done.
  
















Wonderful works of arts ladies!!  Now it's your turn to take a piece of picture above and show us what inspired you in your creation.  One lucky winner will win a $50 prize package from Close To My Heart, courtesy of me-Kelly Schelske!!

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. 
~please link directly to the blog post corresponding to the challenge not just directly to your blog  
 ~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, October 04, 2012

#185-Fall Is In The Air-Bugaboo

What wonderful Clean and Simple creations from everyone last challenge!  Thank you to all that played along with our challenge sponsored by the lovely The Stamping Boutique.  


Our lucky winner will receive their choice of 3 digis from The Stamping Boutiue store!!  So without further ado, our random.org chosen winner-that followed the rules- is
 Congratulations Lorraine A!!  Re-draw winner- Janis  Please contact me to claim your prize from The Stamping Boutique!


So onto our challenge for you this week...first off, I am very happy to welcome Bugaboo Stamps back as our challenge sponsor this week.  One lucky participant will receive their choice of 7 digis as the prize for playing along with us!!


Our challenge for you is Fall Is In The Air!  It most certainly is here in Alberta right now!!  Our DT was lucky enough to get to work with some fabulous images from Bugaboo and here is a sampling of that!!







Fall is my very favorite time of year!  I hope you will play along with us for your chance to win a wonderful prize pack from Bugaboo Stamps!!

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. 
~please link directly to the blog post corresponding to the challenge not just directly to your blog  
 ~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, October 25, 2012

#188-Ribbons & Lace-Di's Digis

 Gorgeous Buttons & Bows creations, so pretty, so feminine!!  A big thank you to Crafty Sentiments for sponsoring our challenge last week!
Our lucky random.org chosen winner is entry # 7- Karen L
Congratulations Karen, please contact me to claim your Crafty Sentiments 3 digi prize!

This week, we have to super wonderful Di's Digis as our sponsor.  One lucky winner will receive their choice of 5 digis from Di's store.  Every Monday new images are released so I'm positive there will be a whole bucket full of goodies you will like!
 So for this week's challenge we are sticking with the soft and feminine feel...Ribbons & Lace is our challenge this week, pretty easy really!  So as long as there is both ribbons and lace on your card, you're golden! 
Here is a wonderful array of inspiration to get you started!
 
using Izzy with Umbrella








 
I know I say this every week, but my goodness those cards are great ladies!!  I hope you will play along with us this week.  You can win 5 Di's Digis just for playing along...sounds pretty good to me!!
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. 
~please link directly to the blog post corresponding to the challenge not just directly to your blog  
 ~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, October 18, 2012

#187-Buttons & Bows-Crafty Sentiments

 Loved all the cards from our inspiration picture last week!  Please remember to follow the challenge rules and to check back to the challenge blog to see if you have won  We have a forfeited challenge and that is really too bad, both for our participants and the sponsor.  I work hard to get great sponsors for our challenge blog and I have fabulous people that include a lot of people that play along all the time, so please if you take the time to enter the challenge, please take the time to check back to see if yo have won or at least follow Feline Playful as our challenges and winners are posted there all the time.

So not that is done with, I would like to thank all of our entrants from last week, great cards!  I was your sponsor so one lucky person has won a $50 (CDN) prize package from Close To My Heart courtesy of myself-Kelly Schelske.  My website is linked in the logo below and in my name as well so check out my website for all of your Close To My Heart paper crafting needs!

Our luck winner is entry # 17- Jenn J!  
Congratulations Jenn J, please contact me to claim your CTMH prize pack!!


This week, we are lucky to have Crafty Sentiments joining us again as our wonderful sponsor.  Not only did they sponsor the prize this week which is 3 digis, but our DT was lucky enough to play along with some images as well!
 Our challenge for you this week is Buttons & Bows.  So show us at least 1 button and 1 bow on your card and choose any direction you would like to go with it as long as 1 each is visible-whether it be in the paper or as an embellie or a spin on things like Hannelie did with the bow tie!  Can't wait to see what you make!

Now, here is some gorgeous inspiration for you to get things started!

 
Lisa using Kai
 
 
 
Leslie using Flying My Kite
 
Helen using Kai

 

 
 
 
  Fantastic artwork ladies!!  So now it's your turn to dig out some Buttons & Bows and play along.  You can win 3 digis from Crafty Sentiments too just for playing along (and following the rules as well I might add!)  Have fun and happy crafting!
 
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. 
~please link directly to the blog post corresponding to the challenge not just directly to your blog  
 ~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, October 11, 2012

#186-Photo Inspiration-KellySchelske-CTMH

*** ETA: Just popping back in as I have realized our last winner did not contact me so I have re-drawn the Clean & Simple winner and the second chance winner is entry #15- Janis!  Congratulations Janis!  Please contact me to claim your prize from The Stamping Boutique.***
First off, sorry guys for the wacky link list.  I didn't mean to have that one on there, but it worked.  I have things back to normal for this week...at least I hope!!  Fabulous Fall entries, love them.  Fall is my favorite time of year so I loved seeing all the fun creations.
We had the super fun Bugaboo Stamps as our sponsor and 1 player will win 7 digis of their choice!! 
Thanks Bugaboo!!


Our lucky winner is Papersniffer!!  Congratulations, please contact me to claim your prize.

So this week we are short on sponsorship, so I (Kelly Schelske) have decided to sponsor a $50 CTMH prize package for 1 lucky winner!  You will receive fantastic items from Close To My Heart just for playing along with us!  If you are in Canada, please feel free to check out my website below and if you are in the USA and need a great consultant, email me and I will hook you up!!
So I am your sponsor this week and your challenge is a lovely photo inspiration board full of lovely colors, flowers and all around fun items!!  I am excited to see what you take as your inspiration from this picture.



Here to share with you is some fabulous artwork from my ever so talented DT!  I really do love my gals and they provide such wonderful inspiration for everyone every week!
 Quickly before we get to that, I would like to welcome Marijke to our design team A!!  Here's a little about Marijke in her own words:
I  am a woman of 58 years old and married with my dearest husband Stan. I have two boys, both grown up and live at there own. Once is married and has a little boy, so I am also a grandmother of Jesse.
I live with Stan and my dog Fjurdy in Numansdorp  near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. We have a little company of our own and have to travel a lot in the spring and the autumn/winter.
We are selling on fairs in Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
 I began with making cards many years ago and that were only Christmas cards. For about three years now I create cards by stamps and digistamps. And I love it.
I prefer colouring with my Copics, but pencils will also do. Mostly I make cards with a lot of layers and flowers, but sometimes I manage a simple card without all that, but that is very difficult for me but a challenge I like to do sometimes.
 We have in our street a few ladies which also scrapping and what with I work together and sharing all our new things we have bought or have done.
  
















Wonderful works of arts ladies!!  Now it's your turn to take a piece of picture above and show us what inspired you in your creation.  One lucky winner will win a $50 prize package from Close To My Heart, courtesy of me-Kelly Schelske!!

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. 
~please link directly to the blog post corresponding to the challenge not just directly to your blog  
 ~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, October 04, 2012

#185-Fall Is In The Air-Bugaboo

What wonderful Clean and Simple creations from everyone last challenge!  Thank you to all that played along with our challenge sponsored by the lovely The Stamping Boutique.  


Our lucky winner will receive their choice of 3 digis from The Stamping Boutiue store!!  So without further ado, our random.org chosen winner-that followed the rules- is
 Congratulations Lorraine A!!  Re-draw winner- Janis  Please contact me to claim your prize from The Stamping Boutique!


So onto our challenge for you this week...first off, I am very happy to welcome Bugaboo Stamps back as our challenge sponsor this week.  One lucky participant will receive their choice of 7 digis as the prize for playing along with us!!


Our challenge for you is Fall Is In The Air!  It most certainly is here in Alberta right now!!  Our DT was lucky enough to get to work with some fabulous images from Bugaboo and here is a sampling of that!!







Fall is my very favorite time of year!  I hope you will play along with us for your chance to win a wonderful prize pack from Bugaboo Stamps!!

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. 
~please link directly to the blog post corresponding to the challenge not just directly to your blog  
 ~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!