Critter Challenge #16

Hello and HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!!

I hope all of you have been enjoying a wonderful, relaxed weekend. This week, our 16th challenge week, we will be saying good bye to some of the gals that helped us launch this challenge blog. You will be gratly missed and I really apprecited all that you did to help pull traffic onto the blog.

Secondly this is our last challenge week sponsored by Doodle Dragon Studios. You will have until this Friday, June 4th to paricipate in the challenges to be eligible to be entered in the drawing to win 3 free Doodle Dragon digi images.

This week challenge is spring related. I would like to see creations using flowers and the color purple.

**Please keep in mind that you must use this challenge to be eligible to be entered for the drawing.** There are no vendor restrictions.

Our design team has some excellent examples for you.

Have fun and enjoy your week!!!

Angela Wood

http://www.angelwoodcrafts.blogspot.com

Kathryn Berthiaume
http://kathrynberthiaume.blogspot.com/

Tanya Johnson
http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com/

Nancy Hagen
http://mylittlespotintheuniverse.blogspot.com/

May Guest Designer - Jodie Heuser
http://www.scrapnstampjax.blogspot.com/

Darsie Bruno
http://www.craftingwithdarsie.blogspot.com/

Welcome New Design Team

The past 4 months have been so exciting. I was so blessed to have such a wonderful design team to help me launch this new challenge blog. Along with a wonderful design team, we had 4 great months of fabulous sponsors and challenges. We even had a blog hop with Paper Jewels which brought in a great traffic of participants. So THANK YOU to all of you that have been following our blog and playing with our challenges.

I would like to take a moment to thank those of you DT members that have chosen to step down from your DT commitment. I would also like to thank those of you that did not make it onto the second term team. Of course this is nothing personal because your all fabulous crafters. As we all know, it's so much fun to be given the opportunity to be on a DT so I wanted to open the doors for new gals to join our DT. BUT with all that being said, THANK YOU SO MUCH from the absolute bottom of my heart. (((Hugs))) to all of you!!!

Ssssoooooooooo HERE IS THE BIG NEWS WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

Please help me welcome our new Design Team.

Team 1 will make their debut on June 7th and Team 2 will debut on June 14th.

Group 1:

Marsha W. Sanderlin - http://stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com/

Lisa Somerville - http://www.lisasomerville.com/

Tracey Clark - http://totallytraceys.blogspot.com/

April Lower - http://allaboutthelowers.blogspot.com/

Moira Coward - http://onesmartbug.blogspot.com/

Heidi Burt - http://heidisimaginarium.blogspot.com/

Group 2:

Nancy Hagen - http://mylittlespotintheuniverse.blogspot.com/

Jacquie Lankester - http://stampingandscrapbookingadventures.blogspot.com/

Kathryn Berthiaume - http://kathrynberthiaume.blogspot.com/

Kim Howard - http://basementstamper.blogspot.com/

Michele Tinsley - http://mycraftingtherapy.blogspot.com/
Jackie Randolph - http://papermoments.blogspot.com/
Kristen Catalano - http://www.scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/

Please visit the "Meet the Designers" page listed at the top of this page to learn more about this fabulous team. Thank you and make sure you check back with us on Monday for a new challenge.

Critter Sketch Challenge #15

Hello and Happy Monday!!!!! Welcome back for another Critter challenge week. I hope you are enjoy this months sponsor, Doodle Dragon Studios. I know our design team has had a blast working with there digital images. Don't forget for each challenge you play in this month will increase your chances of winning 3 FREE digi images from Doodle Dragon. So scroll down, check out the sketch and get crafting!!!

This week is only a sketch challenge. No vendor restrictions!!! Of course if you have Doodle Dragon digis we would love to see what you create with them.

My DT ALWAYS rocks my socks!!!!! Here are their creations:

Lisa Somerville
http://www.lisasomerville.com/

Marsha Sanderlin
http://stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com/

April Lower

Julie Smith
http://www.paperandsuch.blogspot.com/


Moira Coward
http://onesmartbug.blogspot.com/

Audrey Ernst
http://hippieaud.blogspot.com/

May Guest Designer - - Jodie

Critters Sketch Challenge Blog #14

Hello and welcome to challenge #14. This week is a sketch only challenge. Our sponsor for the month is still the fabulous Doodle Dragon Studios.

Make sure you upload your creations to Mr Linky by the end of the month to be enter in the drawing to win 3 Doodle Dragon Studio images.

Our Design Team Creations:

Darsie Bruno Kathryn Berthiaume

Angela Wood

Jodie Heuser

Tanya Johnson

Nancy Hagen

Jacquie Kerevan

Critter Challenge #13

Hello and welcome to another Critter Sketch Challenge week. We are back with Doodle Dragon Studios as our sponsor. So this week we thought we would go with a challenge that is "critter" related. If you like to combine challenges, hop over to Doodle Dragon's Challenge Blog to play along with their challenge as well.

We are also currently having our second DT call. Scroll down to the previous post for details.

Challenge #13

Create a "critter" birthday project. Upload it to Mr Linky below when your project is complete.

Our DT Creations:

April Lower
http://allaboutthelowers.blogspot.com/

Marsha Sanderlin
http://stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com/

Julie Smith
http://www.paperandsuch.blogspot.com/

Lisa Somerville
http://www.lisasomerville.com/

Moira Coward
http://onesmartbug.blogspot.com/

Audrey Ernst
http://hippieaud.blogspot.com/

May Guest Designer - Jodie Heuser
http://www.scrapnstampjax.blogspot.com/

Design Team Call

Critters Sketch Design Team Call

It's hard for me to believe that just a few short months ago we kicked off the launch of our Critter Sketch Challenge Blog. In the short time we have had 4 great sponsors, a wonderful blog hop, and some OUT OF THIS WORLD design team creations.

As the past four months comes to an end, so does the first design team term. So here we are, this is a design team call for the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog. We will be accepting 4-5 new individuals on to our team. The "rules" and what is expected of you is real simple. My objective is to allow you to enjoy enjoy your time on the design team and for this to be a fun, non-stressful commitment.

Your term would run from June 7th-October 4th. Our postings are on Monday so you must be able to upload your creation to your blog by 8am EST on Mondays. This is a bi-weekly 4 month commitment. We have monthly sponsors lined up through the end of the year. Each month the sponsor will give our DT a "gift" to help sponsor their company through our DT creations. There are never any vendor restrictions but you are asked to promote the Critter blog and our monthly sponsor as often as you can. This is a challenge blog so you will be presented with a challenge 2-3 weeks prior to the post date and then be responsible for email your creations to me. You can browse through the blog for ideas.

Applications will be accepted through May 21st. Please email me at newbymom@embarqmail.com for an application and complete list of guidelines. The design team will be announced shortly following May 21st.

Happy Monday - Welcome Doodle Dragon Studios

Hello and welcome to yet another new month and new sponsor. For the month of May we are being sponsored by Dustin Pike, Doodle Dragon Studios. Dustin has some of the most amazing images and I'm really excited for you to be introduced to them. At the end of the month a lucky winner will be winning their choice of 3 digital images from Dustin's store. So play, along, have fun, and "doodle" way!!!!

So our first challenge of the month is a little of a challenge. My design team admited to have just a tad trouble working this one out but as always they are fabulous and so talented and knocked it out of the park with their creations. JUST AND FYI!!!! This month is the last month for this design teams term. Some of them will be rejoining us and some will be departing. So keep your eyes open for a DT call towards the middle of the month.

So on to the challenge this is a sketch challenge. I would also like to see the color green used somewhere on the card. It's not required but if you have a Dustin image we would love to see them put to use. Our design team has some great examples below using Dustin's images.

Have fun and make sure you upload your creations to Mr Linky below.

Angela Wood
http://angelwoodcrafts.blogspot.com/

Kathryn Berthiaume
http://kathrynberthiaume.blogspot.com/

Darsie Bruno
http://www.craftingwithdarsie.blogspot.com/

May Guest Designer - Jodie Heuser
http://www.scrapnstampjax.blogspot.com/

Nancy Hagen
http://mylittlespotintheuniverse.blogspot.com/

Tanya Johnson
http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com/

Monthly Winner and Welcome Guest Designer!!!

Well it's that time of the month again. The end of the month when we select our winner of our monthly give a way. This months give a way is awarded by our April sponsor,

My Scrapbooking Supplies.
Our winner this month is

Sharon P, Ewe 2 Can Craft.

Congratulations Sharon, please contact me at newbymom@embarqmail.com to redeem your prize.

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A BIG, HUGE, super dooper welcome to our May Guest Designer,

Jodie Heuser

JLH Designs

My name is Jodie Heuser and I've been a crafter for over 10 years. My husband and I are Canadian, so when we moved to Florida, I couldn't work at the time so I began scrapbooking and fell in love, but then...
I had to opportunity to open up my own stamp/scrapbook store and was introduced to rubberstamping and instantly fell in love. We've unfortunately had to close the store but my love of rubberstamping has remained.
I'm excited and very honored to have been asked to be a Guest Designer and can't wait to see what amazing projects everyone comes up with.

Here is a little tease of what you'll get to enjoy from Jodie this month.

See you Monday for a new month, a new challenge, and a new guest designer!!!