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Thursday, 18 May 2023

Mid month inspiration

Good morning, time for some mid month inspiration following our 'Anything Stamped with an In the Garden option' and so many of you are following the option with some lovely garden inspired creations.

A reminder of the prize on offer this month from Craft Stash, a Lisa Horton bundle of embossing folder, die and layering stencils.

Lovely inspiration from the Design Team,

Cathy

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Sunday, 7 May 2023

May challenge

Welcome to our May challenge and this month we are out in the garden with the theme of....

🌸Anything stamped with the option of In the Garden🌿

Lots of options here from flowers and trees, garden birds and other activities we enjoy outside, so we look forward to seeing all your garden inspired entries. Just remember, the focal element of your entry must be hand stamped (or digital), a stamped sentiment or background stamping on an otherwise non stamped card will not be eligible.

Our prize this month is the fabulous Lisa Horton Viola embossing folder, die and layering stencils collection from Craft Stash.

Craft Stash is the fastest growing online craft store that specialises in papercraft for card making, journaling, mixed media and much more! We have over 10,000 products to choose from and we’re constantly adding new brands and new products from around the globe.

As always the Design Team have been busy with a varied display of garden themes creations to share, they would love you to pop along to their personal blogs to see how they created with work. We are also joined this month by Chris our May Guest Designer, welcome Chris and thank you for joining us....

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Friday, 5 May 2023

April winners and Tip picks

Hello to you all, April was a super month with some fabulous entries and the team all agreed selecting our favourites was extremely hard. So it's just as well that the prize winners decision is dealt with by Random org., here are the three names he came up with....

Well done ~~Veronica, Anke~~ and ~~Clare~~, please all mail me by Thursday 11th May with your full names and postal addresses so I can send your prizes.

Now onto our Top 4 which was the tough part but we did have some clear favourites we were all agreed upon and in first place and the person we would like to invite to join us in June as our Guest Designer is entry No 45 Steph. Please mail me so I can tell you all about that months theme.

No 136 Julia

No 20 Carole

No 132 Janet

Congratulations to you all, please collect your badge to display on your own blogs.

We hope you will all pop back on Sunday to check out our May challenge.

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Tuesday, 18 April 2023

More Birds and Animals to inspire you

Good morning everyone, the Design Team have some mid month inspiration following our current theme of....

Anything Stamped with option of Birds and Animals (real)

Lots of you have already joined in but theres still plenty of time if you've not done so yet or of course would like to add a second or even third entry. A reminder of the prizes on offer and closing date of Wednesday 3rd May so plenty of time to join us or add a second or even third entry.

We have three fabulous prizes from AALL and Create which reflect our theme: Elegant Peacock and Serengeti stamps and Starry Night stencil.

On a break

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Sunday, 2 April 2023

April challenge

Welcome to our April challenge where this month our theme is....

Anything stamped/option (real) Birds and Animals

When we say 'real' we mean any bird or animal that actually exists be it domestic, farm or wild, as we all know Teddy Bears, Unicorns, Dragons and the like are not real so ineligible for our optional theme.

A reminder that we are a stamping challenge and your entry must be hand stamped as our preference (or digital), a stamped sentiment or small object on an otherwise non stamped card will not be eligible.

We have three fabulous prizes from AALL and Create which reflect our theme: Elegant Peacock and Serengeti stamps and Starry Night stencil.

AALL and Create a place where creativity goes hand in hand with sharing, swapping ideas and friendliness! There's something for everyone: scrapbooking, card making, art journals or mixed media... something to satisfy your every desire!

Our Guest Designer this month is Lorraine who has made this beautiful card to share with us and of course the regular Design Team have come up with some wonderfully inspirational cards as well....