Saturday, January 15, 2011

Week #138 - 15th January - Sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Good Morning!

Firstly, I want to say a huge THANK YOU to those of you who have joined our new facebook page, please continue to recommend us to your crafting friends :)





OK! it's time for a new challenge :)
And this week we are sponsored by the lovely Nikki and Bunny Zoe's Crafts

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Here's the latest news from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...
*Coming Soon - Kraftin' Kimmie's January release - 16th JAN
*Magnola Ink Magazine, Will you be my Valentine?
Tickled Pink Valentine Designs

WOW! and much, much more in store!
with so many amazing products available to let loose your imaginative and creative side.

Would you like £10.00 to spend in store?
course you would! ;)
and that is exactly what this weeks challenge winner will win!
a generous £10.00 of goodies from Bunny Zoe's Crafts :)

Thank you Nikki xx



So to get you started, here's this weeks sketch...




And here is what our talented GD Barbara has made this week...

Awesome colouring & gorgeous papers, it is indeed "way cool" ;)


Here's more inspiration from the lovely Design Team...


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Please leave a link to your blog post (not just your blog) with Mr Linky, thanks xx...




Friday, January 14, 2011

Winner of challenge #137

The winner of the $25.00 gift certificate, kindly donated by Simon Says Stamp! is....

Mina! (pink puds)

and here is her very chic winning card...



Congratulations Mina!
Please EMAIL ME so that I can let you know how you can claim your prize. Thank you.
Happy Shopping!

Jo xx

WELCOME BACK

Time for another weekend of sharing. Did you know this Sunday is National Religious Freedom Day? I just found out about it. Here is a link:
http://religiousfreedomday.com/ Maybe this is a step in the right direction, but as we see more and more of our freedoms vanish, I wish every day could be considered religious freedom day.

Thank you again to all who come here to share and be blessed. If you

Monday, January 10, 2011

DT call

Calling all card makers!
We are looking for 2 new design team members :)


Here's a bit of info about joining SS...

As we are a sketch challenge blog, we don't have freebies to give our DTs,
I don't ever ask for freebies either, I want people to sponsor us and be happy to donate a prize for our winner without thinking they have to give to us too,
so freebies, for us, isn't an issue, although when we are offered them we are extremely grateful of course! :)

Duties would be:

We would require you to make a DT card each week, using the sketch provided.

Your card will need to be ready each Friday before the challenge goes live on the Saturday. If Friday's are busy for you then you can of course upload it earlier. If you are worried about uploading direct to SS then you can upload your pic to our private DT blog where one of us will upload it for you.

I give the Design Team weeks of sketches in advance, so you won't be asked for any last minute cards

We would need you to leave comments each week too, currently 10 comments per 100 entrants, but of course you can comment on more if you wish to, I appreciate that we all lead busy lives so this is why you will be allocated a group of numbers to leave comments for our fab challengers.


You would be required to design a sketch of your own when it's your DT week, currently once a year, although you wouldn't get a DT week until next year as this year is already arranged. Gives you time to see how we do it ;)
When you do have a DT week, I can help you digitise your sketch if you need me to, but the design will be yours and you take the credit.

You would be required to find a sponsor for your DT week, and arrange the prize, email the winner etc.

You would also need to find a Guest Designer for your DT week and for the rest of the month that your DT week falls in. If you are unsure who to ask, I suggest that your GD be someone who actually takes part in our challenges already, as this is a nice way to say thank you.


If you have any questions please ask!

Anyone interested in joining our team please EMAIL ME (Jo) with links to TWO posts from their blog of cards that they consider their best work.

Please do not send just pictures, we want to see the card in it's blog post (hence we want the URL), and please send a maximum of only 2 links, and for only 2 cards (not to a post listing your top 5 or top 10)
It will be a difficult decision anyway, and to keep it fair to everyone who applies i'd like to keep it to two links/cards please. Thank you.

Closing date for entries is 10am (UK time) Friday 21st January.

We will take a look at all the blog links, we will then visit the blogs to see more work by the entrants, and then we will choose the new members as a team.


Thank you xx

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Markets - January 10th to 16th

Wednesday 12th January

Venus Bay

Saturday 15th January

Boorondara
Buninyong
Churchill Island
Echuca
Fairfield
Gasworks
Highlands
Moyhu
Myrtleford
Pearcedale
Port Fairy
Prom County
Riddells Creek
Sunraysia
Trentham
Wellington
Wheelers Hill


Sunday 16th January

Ashwood
Inverloch
Melbourne Showgrounds
Mulgrave
Seaford
Talbot
Yarra Valley

#249 - A Walk in the Park

Has anything been 'a walk in the park' for you? What does that mean? Is a walk in the park really the easiest thing we can do? Have you had a great real walk in a real park lately? Do you need me to tell you to go outside and take a walk in a park? Tell us about a walk in the park.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Week #137 - 8th January - Sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Happy Saturday everyone!
Thank you to those of you who took part in Jilli's first DT week.

This week's challenge is sponsored by our generous regular sponsor Simon Says Stamp!



"With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon is proud to offer the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, Altered Art, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world!"


To see all the latest products instore please click HERE including the NEW 2011 Hero Arts products!

To see the exclusive Simon Says Stamp range, please click HERE

Not forgetting their HUGE Magnolia range HERE

All things Tim Holtz including newly released products can be found HERE


A $25 gift certificate will be awarded to our lucky winner this week to spend on goodies from their amazing store!


That would give your craft stash a kick start for 2011 eh? ;)


Here is this weeks sketch...



Here is the beautiful card made by Barbara, our fab GD for the month of January
gorgeous isn't it?


and here is the equally gorgeous cards by the fab design team...



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Simonne


Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you enjoy using this weeks sketch :)

Please leave your entries with Mr Linky...