Okay who is ready for another week of Challenge fun? I hope you are!

This week we have a different image which can be taken so many ways, so I am sure we will see lots of diversity with this one. Even my creation is a little different too!

Here is the Inspiration image for you:

Here you can go with something earthy, an invitation, wine glasses…..just let your imagination run with it!

This is my creation for this one, like I said it is a little different….

Be sure to go and check out the Design Team members creations and give them some comment love!

Dawn

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Anthonette Chavez - Guest Designer

Want to play along? - here are some guidelines.

If you would like to play along, all you need to do is follow the directions:

1. Make your creation following the challenge ie, sketch, colour, or inspiration image.

2. Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from, and it is courtesy to do so.

3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link in the Mr. Linky!

You have until the Thursday the 4th February midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 5th February in the afternoon.

Have fun with this one!

Hey there,

Well the inspiration challenge has come to a close, and it was so great to have our new DT member Dawn Easton, and Guest Designer Anthonette Chavez join us this week! I was blown away by all the DT’s creations this week, and I am sure you loved them as well!

Now for all your creations, i am so thankful to those that managed to play, seeing as it is such a busy time of year!!!

For this weeks winning pick, I love this creations by Gena Justice, I love the featured brad and added flowers, and that greeting is wonderful!  Here is Gena’s creation:

For this weeks honourable mention, I picked this fun creation from Gayatri. I love how she has lined up those hearts, they really pop! Love the buttons and double layered ribbon too!

So there you have this weeks Challenge winners……Be sure to check out the Slide show of all the entries this week!

Be back shortly with the new challenge for you!

Take care,

Hey again!

Oh it has been fun doing all these new announcements the past few days! I feel like I have had all these secrets, and now I get to finally share them with you.

Along with our new Design Team member we have a new Guest Designer for the month of December and January. This past month we had the very talented and wonderful Tracey Old as our Guest Designer, and i want to say a very BIG thank you to Tracey for her efforts on the DT. I think Tracey had fun, as she said in an email to me this week, that if I was ever in need of a new DT member, she would certainly put her hand up! LOL! Thanks for that Tracey, and for inspiring us all each week in the month of November.

So like I said we have a new Guest Designer for Dec/Jan…..which also brings me to let you know that the DT and myself will be taking a wee break over Christmas from the Challenges. One more week after this one! I am sure you are happy about that too, as it really is the silly season, and whilst I am sure we would love to be stashed away in our stamping studios, the likely-hood of getting that time at Christmas is definitely going to be slim! There is so much fun activities at Christmas time, and I always love all the festivities!

I am very excited to introduce you to our Guest DT, the UBER talented Anthonette Chavezfrom California! You may have seen lots of Anthonette’s work whilst playing with Kristina Werner’s colour challenges, as I think she participated in every single one, often winning a place in the top ten picks each week! I have always LOVED Anthonette’s amazing creations, as she has an amazing ability to think outside the box!

Her is a little photo of Anthonette and her Bio:

My name is AnthonetteChavez. My blog is Chavez Designs. I live in the heart of Silicon Valley in California about 1 hour south of San Francisco. I’m originally from Taos, New Mexico. I moved to California after graduation from college. I”vebeen married to Enrique, a very sweet, creative, super technical engineer, for over 8 years. We have a 6-year old son, Kalino, who is the greatest gift ever. He loves everything related to robots. I’m a former Software Technical Writer. I worked for a large mainframe computer company for almost 14 years. I’m currently a full-time mom. I volunteer at Kalino’s school several days a week. I work in the school’s library once a week. I’ve been stamping for over 12 years. Rubber stamping became my true hobby when one of my best friends showed me a PSX rubber stamp catalog. I fell in love with all the stamps and the samples. Shortly after that, one of my coworkers became a Stampin’ Up demonstrator. We started going to craft shows and free demonstrations at stores. I was hooked. I love this hobby! Thanks for this fun opportunity, Keesh.

Please be sure to welcome Anthonette to the DT!

Okay so now all the announcements are done it is time to get to business with this weeks Challenge! This week we have a lovely Inspiration image to work with. If you love your girly colours, I am sure you will LOVE this one!

Here is the Inspiration image for you:

Isn’t this bedroom adorable?

Here is my inspired creation:

I actually skipped a lot of the green on this one, and used the flower with the love heart centre on the end of the bed spread as my inspiration. The product deets will be at the end of the post.

Be sure to go and check out the Design Team members creations and give them some comment love!

Dawn

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane - Is on holidays, but will still try to play along!

Anthonette Chavez - Guest Designer

Want to play along? - here are some guidelines.

If you would like to play along, all you need to do is follow the directions:

1. Make your creation following the challenge ie, sketch, colour, or inspiration image.

2. Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from, and it is courtesy to do so.

3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link in the Mr. Linky!

You have until the Thursday the 10th December midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 11th December in the afternoon.

I hope you have lots of fun with this one, and I look forward to seeing your creations!!!

Hey everyone,

Sorry this is late everyone……once again the telephone gremlins arrived and i have been without Internet…… I promise you I do pay my bills! It just seems to be some fault in the line which is making it cut in and out. It certainly has been testing my patience, that is for sure!

Time to pick a challenge winner for the week. I don’t know if you have all had a crazy busy week this week, or I have totally scared you off with the Inspiration image!!!! LOL! I can’t recall another time when we only had 11 players, but that was this week. Don’t get me wrong, i am definitely not complaining, as I often has the best intentions to play along with challenges,….but tell me was it the inspiration image to start with?

Well those that did play along did do an amazing job as always!!!! I have picked as the winner this fun creation by Pam Sims. I really love all these stars Pam has placed all over the background……definitely sparkly!

hen this weeks Inspiration honourable mention is this fun creation by Helen. I love the background paper and the sparkly window she has created for the greeting! Just beautiful.

Here are all the other entries in the Slide show…….ENJOY!

I will be back with the new challenge for you in just a Mo!

Take care!

Hey Peeps,

Okay so you loved the last creation, and I hope you will love this one too!

We have an inspiration image for you this week, and well I think it is open to all sorts of ideas!!! I have gone with clean and classic. Although my creation didn’t end up with what I had started with in my mind, I think it works with the Inspiration okay. That is what is great about inspiration…..it is just a beginning, what you make of it, is totally up to you!

Have a great fun with this one!

Here is my creation (the product list is below)

Be sure to go and check out the Design Team members creations and give them some comment love!

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Tracey Old - Guest Designer

Want to play along? - here are some guidelines.

If you would like to play along, all you need to do is follow the directions:

1. Make your creation following the challenge ie, sketch, colour, or inspiration image.

2. Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from, and it is courtesy to do so.

3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link in the Mr. Linky!

You have until the Thursday the 19th November midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 20th November in the afternoon.