The Challenge Winners!

Thank you for joining us last week at The Challenge! The team and I have have chosen the winners! 

Congratulations, Joanne!
I absolutely adore this sweet "punch" pumpkins! Just look at the fun paper and the little "spider web" accent!!! This card really captured the challenge perfectly!

I hope you will join us as a Guest Designer for The Challenge! Please email our Guest Designer Coordinator, Kimberly Wiener at  oloughlin.ka @ gmail.com (no spaces) for more information! 

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

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The Challenge #47 {An Inspiration Challenge}

Hello and welcome to The Challenge! Each week we have a fun challenge for you to try! This week we have an Inspiration Challenge! Halloween is less than two weeks away! Eek! I wanted to make a card with my Jane's Doodles "Autumn Blessings" stamp set from SRM Press. I inked the middle pumpkin on a post it note and then fussy cut it to make a mask. Then I stamped the middle pumpkin, and covered with the post it note "mask". Then I stamped the other two pumpkins on either side. Taking out some distress inks, I watercoloured the three pumpkins and added a wash of blue distress ink to the background. The sentiment is a sticker and the washi tape below finished off my card. I was inspired by all the patterns in the Inspiration photo! I used the fun sketch at Splitcoast Stampers.

We are thrilled to have Shona as our Featured Designer for the month and Karren as our Guest this week! Welcome, ladies! I just love your gorgeous cards!

Shona

(Featured Designer)

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!

Guest Designer - Karren Johnson

Kim Heggins	Anita Madden	Kimberly Wiener
Lee Ann Barrett	Claire Broadwater	Nance Salkeld
Lori Tecler	Diane Jaquay	Michele Ferguson

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Merry Monday #176 {Frame It}

This week at Merry Monday we have an awesome challenge from Sue asking us to use a FRAME on our Christmas card!!! I decided to use a die from Taylored Expressions I picked up last year!

The Challenge Winners

Thank you for joining us last week at The Challenge! The team and I have have chosen the winners! 

Congratulations, Darnell!
Such a simple and effective card from Darnell. The image is lovely and the watercolor look is both fresh and vibrant!

I hope you will join us as a Guest Designer for The Challenge! Please email our Guest Designer Coordinator, Kimberly Wiener at  oloughlin.ka @ gmail.com (no spaces) for more information! 

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

An InLinkz Link-up

SRM & Jane's Doodles

Hello friends! Today I am "Eating Cake" over at the SRM Blog! 

I would love for you to stop by and say hi! 

Have a lovely day!

Click HERE to see a new Jane's Doodles card I made and all the info on how I made it!

Watercoloured "Note"

Another quick card to share, this time using the fun Week 3 Sketch at Viva la Verve and the Challenge at Simon Says Stamp. I inked up my new Verve set called Floral Notes. 

Love the flowers and love the dies for the set too! Wow! I stamped the floral image in Ranger black ink on watercolour paper. Then using Distress Inks, I "watercoloured" the blooms with my aqua painter. 

Viva la Verve & Simon Says Stamp {Many "Watercoloured" Thanks

Played along with Week 2 at Viva la Verve Sketches and the Watercolour Challenge at the Monday Simon Says Stamp Challenge. I was so excited to ink up my new Verve set called Floral Notes! I also used a honeycomb Embossing Folder from SU! and a die cut tag from MFT Stamps. The doily comes from SRM.

 

Love the flowers and love the dies for the set too! Wow! I stamped the floral image in Ranger black ink on watercolour paper. Then using Distress Inks, I "watercoloured" the blooms with my aqua painter. SO relaxing and fun!

Viva la Verve {Merry Christmas}

I made this card last weekend but have had no time to post it! I used a pretty stamp set from Verve called Bright Spirits! It is so pretty and one of my favourite sentiment sets! I used the Viva la Verve Sketch Week One for October.

I hope to craft tonight and cannot wait to play with the new Viva la Verve Sketch that is coming out today!