Challenge 68 and another fab sponsor....

Thank you for all the great entries last week - there was quite a few which was fabulous

 and we thoroughly enjoyed visiting you all. :) :)

This week we have another fabulous sponsor - Crafty Sentiments

do pop over and see their beautiful stamps.

They also have a weekly challenge blog - HERE

Here is a little bit about their company.

Crafty Sentiments is a small clear stamp company that offers unique sentiments and cute images for all crafters and scrapbookers. The company is run by Suzette Edmond and she has on board a very talented illustrator that is base here in the UK, Kathy Hare and also Cheryl Alger from America.

They are giving this beautiful stamp Ted Rose to the winner of this weeks challenge..

isn't he a sweetie. :)

This week our challenge is Recycle something before it goes in the bin. It can be anything

recycled or reused.  Ribbon, cardboard, drink can, box anything you like.

It is not a requirement that you use a crafty pad stamp to enter -

but if you do your name will go into the draw twice.

This week is the last week of the lovely Ester's 3month GDT spot with us.

It was a huge pleasure to work with you Ester - thank you. :)

Here is the fabulous inspiration from our lovely DT members...

Pat has reused a bottle container to make this lovely pen holder...

Rozzy has reused/altered this coffee tin

Ester has made a birthday gift

Suzi has reused/altered a wafer biscuit tin and made a matching tag and card

Maxine has reused/altered this plain bag to make a gift bag

 

Debbie has made a card with added elements of a drinks can and a piece of plastic milk carton

All projects have been made using the Anna digi stamps and clear stamps

you can find them HERE.

Please do go and visit the personal blogs of the DT members to

find out how they created their projects.  Links are in the side bar. :)

Challenge closes Saturday 8pm GMT.

Email entries welcome - just email me your creation and I shall

post it up here for you. :)

Here is an email entry from Joani - she has

reused the pot of gold from an old calendar and

punched the flowers from an old catalogue page.

Great recycling Joani - love your side step card. :)

Look forward to seeing all your wonderful entries. :)

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

winner challenge 67

Thank you to everyone who entered in this challenge - it was a record number of entries this week. ;)  Hope to see you all join in again this week. :)

A huge thank you to Joanna Sheen for sponsoring this challenge. :)


On to the winner, which is......chosen randomly........
Number 16

Congratulations Carrie  http://carriescreativecards.blogspot.com/ - please email me with your postal address and I will forward it to Joanna - she will send you your £10 voucher direct. :)

Don't forget to check out the new challenge with our new sponsor too. :)

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

Challenge 67 and lovely sponsor Joanna Sheen...:)

Thank you to everyone who entered into the last challenge - really great to see you join in. :) :)

Thank you to Lou from Creative Craft World for sponsoring the last challenge. :)

This week we have another yummy fabulous sponsor for you.....

The lovely Joanna Sheen is sponsoring us this week - thank you Joanna. :) :)  Joanna has of course got a wonderful craft site where you can buy all sorts of yummy craft stash and her site is full of great ideas and inspiration aswell - and she offers free P&P. :) :)

Joanna is very kindly offering a £10.00 voucher for the winner to spend in her craft store -

how good is that. :) :)

So on with the challenge so you can get your creativity going to enter this week with the chance to win Joanna's Voucher.

Our challenge is - Let's see some stitching, Real of Faux it is up to you. :)

You do not have to use a Crafty Pad image to join in with the challenges, But if you do then your name goes into the draw twice giving you a double chance to win. :)

On with the fabulous inspiration from the very talented DT ladies :-

Pat

Maxine

Rozzy

Suzi

Ester

Debbie

All cards have been made using the Anna - Happy Birthday digi and clear stamp.

They are available in both digi stamp and clear stamp from the Crafty Pad

or

you can get the digi stamp from Card Making Downloads HERE too. :)

Please do go and visit the personal blogs of the DT members for more

info on how they created their projects - links in the side bar. :)

The Challenge closes on Saturday 8pm GMT.

All email entries welcome too - just email and I will

pop your card here. :)

Here are some email entries I have received so far :-

Joani - has made a waterfall card

love how you have used a selection of crafty pad stamps on you card

Sandie - great stitching ( I have blurred the name and addy on the envelope)

Front

Back

Envelope

Shirley has made a lovely card with Anna -

great idea to use the stitching like that too. :)

Thank you all ladies for your email entries. :)

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

Challenge 66 winner

Thank you to every one who took part in this challenge. :) :)  Really fabulous ideas out there. :) :)

A huge thank you to Lou over at Creative Craft World for sponsoring this challenge.  Lou will be back again with another fabby prize next month. :)

The winner of the Promarkers is:

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Dora - myfirstblog-dora.blogspot.com

Congratulations Dora - please email me with your full postal address and I will get the Promarkers in the post to you. :) :)

Here is Dora's winning card - she has used The Crafty Pad Stamp Designs Digi stamp - Jeremy the Giraffe.

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx

Challenge 66 and super sponsor prize and a FREE verse.

Thank you all ever so much for joining in with the last challenge - really fabulous to go around and visit all your lovely blogs and see your fabulous creations. :)  :)

This week we have some treats for you - super prize and a free verse.

First of all our sponsor this week is the lovely Lou who owns Creative Craft World - click HERE to go to her fab crafty shop. :) 

She really does have some wonderful crafty stash for you..Mmmmmmm

Lou has very kindly offered Promarkers as this weeks challenge prize - not 1 or 2 but

7 Promarkers will be the prize and a fabulous variation of colours - see the pic below,

One lucky person will win these. :)

Any crafty project can be entered into the challenge and you do not have to use a

Crafty Pad stamp,

BUT if you do your name goes into the draw TWICE. ;)

Now for the Freebie - it is a beautiful verse that I have written myself and it is suitable for

a friend in your life - I do hope you like it too. :) :)  Please help yourself to it - click on the verse to

bring a large version of it up - then right click it and save to your computer.  Enjoy.

Would be lovely if you could let me know if and how you use it. :) :

The challenge this week is a yummy colour combo -
 We would like to see some colours of the rainbow. :) 


Please welcome Pinky as our GDT this week - Pinky has one of her cards in the Spotlight -

showing off her beautiful card with the Crafty Pad Butterflies on it. :)

Our lovely Maxine will be back with us next week -

we have missed  her and her wonderful creations too.  

 Looking forward to having you back Maxine. :)

Right on with the fantastic inspiration from all the mega talented DT members -

 you are in for lots of inspiration again this week . :)

Suzi has altered this clock - itsn't it amazing. :)

This is how it started......

Pinky has made this lovely colourful card. :)

Rozzy has  made this lovely bright shaker card. :)

Pat has made this lovely sweet colourful card. :)

Ester has made this lovely card and added some of her favourite Flowersoft to it. :)

Debbie has altered this canvas to hang on the wall. :)

All projects have been made using my new image Anna - Rainbow.

She is available HERE in clear stamp or digi stamp. ;)

All entries to be in by Saturday 8PM GMT.

Please do go and visit the personal blogs of all the DT & GDT's (links are in the side bar)

You will find all the information on how they created their examples. :)

All email entries - please email me and I shall post up

your entry here. :)

Here are a couple of email entries...
This one is from Shirley - she has used Anna Rainbow digi stamp.
Thank you Shirley - it is a lovely colourful card. :)

This one is from Sherryn - another lovely colourful card -

Love your rainbow Sherryn - thank you. :)

 

Look forward to seeing all your entries. :)

xxThe Crafty Pad Teamxx