The Challenge #75 {Wild Card Sketch}

Hello and Welcome to Week Five at The Challenge! This will be the last challenge before our Summer Break! We will be off June, July and August and then back in September. But May has FIVE Mondays in it, so we will end off with a Wild Card Challenge. This time, it is a sketch challenge.

Are you looking for last week's winner? Please CLICK HERE.

Each week we have a fun challenge for your to try!!! We do a different style of challenge each week! We like to mix things up and keep them fresh!

Here is the monthly rotation:

Week 1-Sketch

Week 2-Colours

Week 3-Photo Inspiration

Week 4-Masculine Photo Inspiration

Week 5-Wild Card (a surprise!)

This month we are thrilled to welcome Patti from Stationary Styles as our Featured Designer! And we also have Maura joining us as a Guest Designer! We will be adding their cards soon!

The design team have created some inspiration to get you in the crafting mood! Come and join us! Our weekly winner will be our next Guest Designer! So come and join the fun!

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

Diane Jaquay

Jinny Newlin

(Off this week)

Kim Heggins

(coming soon)

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

The Challenge Winners

Thank you for joining us last week at The Challenge and for playing along with our Masculine Inspiration Challenge! The team and I have have chosen the winners! 

Congratulations, ElizStewart I Paper Sweetness
Love the cows and the texture on your card!

I hope you will join us as our next Guest Designer for The Challenge! Please email Kim Heggins at kim heggins @ comcast.net (no spaces)

(In Linked up order)

13. Lyn

25. Leigh Penner

35. EK Gorman

Please join us in one hour, we will be back with a brand new challenge for you!

Verve Retrospective Blog Hop

Welcome to Verve's May Release Retrospective!  It's been a fabulous release week at Verve and today the Divas and Guest Divas are back with another dose of inpiration using the brand new release! Everything spotlighted is available to order in the Verve Store and is 25% off through the end of May! Plus, we've got a sweet hop prize in store!

I inked up the new "Everlasting Love" set and matching die again! I couldn't resist making this card for my parent's anniversary! They are celebrating 45 years this weekend! I stamped the sentiment on the Stitched Pennants Die set.

I stamped the heart in silver ink and heat embossed it with clear powder. Then I coloured in the flowers with my Copics. I add some lace and a shiny ribbon.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? Julee will be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win a $40 gift voucher to Verve! To be entered in the giveaway, leave a little comment love as you hop around to the blogs linked below! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Lesley 2. Lori {guest} 8. LauraJane {guest} 3. Betty 9. Marisa 4. Charmaine 10. Maureen 5. Christyne 11. Stacey 6. Laurie 12. Teresa

SugarPea Designs SugarSketch #55

We have a new sketch this week at SugarPea Designs and I I couldn't resist making another Christmas card!

I totally cheated and went with a simple rectangle...no cross or window for me,,,but I was so happy to ink up this cute set called Have an Ice Day. It is one I have not inked up in a while. It has mini snowflakes that I used to create a background...

Hop along to see what the rest of the team created with the sketch! Thank you to Michele for joining us this month! How quickly May has zoomed by!

Claire Broadwater

Deanne Kay
Jeanne Jachna
Karren Johnson
Laura Jane

Lee Ann Barrett

Mackie Robertson
Kerin Sylvester 

and

Michele Ferguson
(May Guest Designer)

Come and join us! You are welcome to play along with all the sketches or just one but remember the more times you play along during the month, the better chance you have of winning a $75 gift certificate to our store!!!

The Challenge #74 {Masculine Inspiration Challenge}

Hello and Welcome to Week Four at The Challenge! This week is a MASCULINE theme challenge! Feel free to be inspired by the colours, the theme or anything else that catches your eye!

Are you looking for last week's winner? Please CLICK HERE.

Each week we have a fun challenge for your to try!!! We do a different style of challenge each week! We like to mix things up and keep them fresh!

Here is the monthly rotation:

Week 1-Sketch

Week 2-Colours

Week 3-Photo Inspiration

Week 4-Masculine Photo Inspiration

Week 5-Wild Card (a surprise!)

This month we are thrilled to welcome Patti from Stationary Styles as our Featured Designer!

This week's Guest Designer is Wanda Cullen from Cullen-ary Creations

The design team have created some inspiration to get you in the crafting mood! Come and join us! Our weekly winner will be our next Guest Designer! So come and join the fun!

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater
(Taking the week off--just stopping by to say hi! )

Diane Jaquay

Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins

Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

The Challenge Inspiration Challenge

Thank you for joining us last week at The Challenge and for playing along with our Inspiration Challenge! The team and I have have chosen the winners! 

Congratulations, Maura!
Gorgeous stenciling and simple lines make this card a stand out!

I hope you will join us as our next Guest Designer for The Challenge! Please email Kim Heggins at kim heggins @ comcast.net (no spaces)

(In Linked up order)

6. Daniela Dobson

20. Cimbacreativefun: Miss You (green and pink)

24. Twinkling Paper Studio: Planning for Magnolias

Please join us in one hour, we will be back with a brand new challenge for you!