Challenge #69~I Love Chocolate and Winner

Good morning everyone!!! I hope you all had a nice weekend. We spent the weekend at The Outer Banks and had a wonderful time with some family but I had no internet access (which we were suppose to) so that is why this post is coming up late! So sorry about that everyone!

Our sponsor this month:

Winner For May

ANN

Card Challenges

Congrats...please email Melanie for info. on your prize from Wag's N Wiskers

newbymom@embarqmail.com

Challenge #69~I love Chocolate

Use the color brown (chocolate brown) as the main focal point of your creation!

Here are the DT's wonderful creations:

Tina:

I think this is my favorite this week. I just LOVE how the bear is holding the flower....soooooo cute!!! Great use of the brown and I love the green with it!

stampfairy image was used!

Georgia:

Awwweeee....I love that she made a tag out of this. Lots of great chocolate brown and a great border punch at the bottom!

stampfairy imge was used

Lucianna

This is adorable....I love the cowboy theme...the coloring is amazing...I actually can't tell if this was done on the computer or by hand it's so wonderful!!!

Crystal:

What a great combination of pink and brown. Love that DP and such a cute image!

stamp fairy image was used!

We have been having some problems with inlinkz lately so if you could just leave your link in the comments area that would be great!

Have a great week!



Challenge #68~Let's get Crafty

Welcome to June! It's almost officially summer! I know some of you have already been having some summer heat...I know we have!

Since it's a new month we have a new sponsor:

Stamp Fairy will be giving one lucky winner this month a......

so if you want to win this gift certificate enter each week to increase your chances to win!

Be sure to enter in their challenges as well and you can increase your chance to win images even more. They have a wonderful store full of great images and they even have a freebie section.

Challenge #68~Let's Get Crafty

Kraft paper that is.....we want you to use kraft paper on your project if you don't have kraft paper anything with the same look will do just fine!

Check out the DT's examples:

Karen:

What a cute little critter! Love all the embossing! And look how it opens....totally cool!

Jacki:

Wow...look at those fantastic flowers! Love the colors of this card. Very very pretty!

Stamp Fairy image was used.

Lisa:

Awwwweee....this is sooo adorable. Love the "kraft" colors and the paper piecing on the flower...soooo cute!!!!

Stamp Fairy imge was used!

Sandye:

Wonderful...I love the look of this card...very mellow and perfectly fits the sentiment....it's like a very soothing card! Love the DP!

Have fun!!!

Challenge #67~Sketch AND Winner

Happy Memorial Day to all of you!!!

I hope that you all are enjoying your extended weekend (if your lucky enough to get one) and are showing your appreciation for all of those military members and retirees out there! They deserve at the VERY LEAST...a "thank you"!!!!

First I would like to announce the winner from the last 2 weeks of May....our sponsor for those two weeks was Dustin Pike!

WINNER IS:
Shelley from
Shelley's Boring Life
Congrats.....please email Melanie to receive your prize!!
newbymom@embarqmail.com


This is our last week being sponsored by:

CHALLENGE #67~Sketch AND Bling

As you can see...there is plenty of opportunities for you to add on the BLING! Have fun..I hope you enjoy my sketch!

DT's Fab Work:

Crystal:

I just love all that sparkly paper!!

Wags image was used!

Georgia:
Wow...that image is really pretty! Love all the "bling" around it!

Lucianna:
I just love all those circles...wow...and all that glitter and bling....love it!!!
Wags image was used!

Tina:
Wow...those flowers are great! What a cute card! Love all the sparkle!
Wags image was used!

HAVE FUN!!!

Challenge #66~Recipe Challenge

Morning everyone! Please bare with me. I know this is late but I am having some major difficulties with my internet. I wonder sometimes what I would do without the internet but at the same time am constantly cursing it!!! Goodness...drives me nuts sometimes!

We are still being sponsoring by:

Challenge #66~Recipe

3 different solid colors

2 buttons

1 ribbon

Here is the DT's Work:

Dalia

This is soooo cute...I just love all the bling, how the image has been cut out and the coloring..fantastic!

Jacki:

Look at these fantasic flowers! Soooo pretty!

Wag's image was used.

Karen:

What an adorabe card. Love the buttons and the border and of course the circle the image is in!

Wag's image was used.

Lisa:

What a great easel card. That ribbon looks great all around the card. That circle with the sentiment in it is sooo great!

Wag's image was used.

Sandye:

How cute using a map for the background. I just love the sentiment also!

Wag's imge was used.

Wow...that is some great inspiration!!

Challenge #65-Hip to be Square

Monday already??? I hope all of you had a good weekend. I had some sort of cruddy virus and....ugh...did I ever feel bad. I haven't been that sick (like stomach wise) in a very very long time! Probably pregnancy. I just pray I don't pass it on to the kids! YUCK!

We are half way through the month and are still being sponsored by:

I wanted to also let you all of you know that on May 20th, Wag's is having a blog hop AND a new release! You can get some "sneak peeks" starting on Wednesday and Thursday with the hop beginning on Friday so be sure to keep checking back at the Wags 'N Wiskers site for peeks and info on the hop!!!

CHALLENGE #65

HIP TO BE SQUARE

We just want to see a square some place on your project (make it stand out) you don't need a lot of squares just one will do the job!

Here is the work from our DT:

They are doing great so far wouldn't you say??

Tina:

Does she not look like she's enjoying your day on the beach?! I love the 3D affect of the sunglasses and umbrella...very cute!

Wag's image was used.

Georgia:

Another 3D look but with a diarama card! I love the layered look of the grass!

Wag's image was used.

Dilsaver:

Look how she cut out the image...that took some time...I'm terrible at that! Love the wings on the little girl and her coloring is sooo great!

Wag's image was used.

Crystal:

She came up with a great card full of squares for us! I just love the image and coloring!

Wag's image was used.

That's it for this week....enjoy the week and join us again next week for a new challenge!

Challenge # 64~Color Challenge

Good morning everyone! It is a very sunny morning here in NC....that's right...we finally made our way down to NC and are TRYING to get ourselves settled in. My oh my, I think this is the hardest move we have ever made.

Our sponsor for the month of May is:

Be sure to check out the store for some wonderful images of all sorts and they also do challenges so you might want to join in for extra chances to win a wonderful prize from them!!

CHALLENGE #64

Color Challenge

Green and Yellow

Here is the DT's work and inspiration for you:

Sandye:

I love that little bit of splash behind the guitar so cute!

Lisa:

What a cute little card...this is what I'd like to be doing today!!

Wags image was used.

Jacki:

I just love the handmade flower in the corner and what a sweet image!

Karen:

Wow....I love this embossed background and the ribbon look hanging from the top...too cute!

Wags image was used.

Dalia:

Another cute race car card today...this is a popular image this week. Love the banner!

Wags image was used!

Have a great week everyone and we will see you back here again next week and we will also have the winner to the 2nd half of last month!



Challenge #63~Sketch

Wow...can you all believe it's May already?! Summer is fast approaching, I hope you are all ready for the heat because I am thinking it's going to be a long hot summer! That just means more beach time and pool time for us!!!

Since it's a new month we have a new sponsor. Here is our sponsor:

Wags N Wiskers has a wonderful variety of images in digital and rubber. If you have a love for furry animals she will have something perfect for you I'm sure, but that's not all they have. In fact, they have the cutest set of fairies that I MUST have!!! They also have challenges so be sure to go and check them out and get yourself some wonderful images and join in the challenges for chances to win a prize!!

~~This is the start of our new term and we are really excited to show you what our new DT team has come up with this week for the challenge~~

CHALLENGE #63

SKETCH

What a great sketch that melanie put together for everyone!!

Okay....here is the new DT:

Georgia (who is a returning DT member):

I wonder how long it took her to cut this image out???!! What a great job! Those colors are great and I love the embossing!

Wags image was used.

Crystal (also a returning member):

I love the monocromatic browns on this one! I'd love a nice relaxing day with an umbrella in my drink ;-)!

Wags image was used.

Tina (a new member....YAY):

What a great start to the term...this is such a cute card...I just love all the circles and glitter!

Wags image was used.

Lucianna (another new girl...YAY):

This is really adorable! Love the soft colors of the DP and her coloring! Did you catch the sentiment??? Tooo cute!! And you know...I am thinking that border punch looks like dripping ice cream!! Too cute...I know it's "drippy goo" punch but look how it works for so many different things!

Wags image was used.

Whelp...that's it for this week....thanks to the new girls for a great first week and I hope you all will enjoy the challenge!