Always Playing with Paper

Saturday, October 8, 2016

The Challenge #81 {A Colour Challenge}

Hello and Welcome to Week Two at The 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-Christmas Photo Inspiration

Week 5-Wild Card (a surprise!)

This week we are thrilled to welcome
Shawna Standish from the The Grand Stampede as our Guest 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!

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

(off this week)

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

A few rules to keep things fun and fair!

1. Use the challenge to create a card.

2. Please add the challenge graphic to your blog post (copy and paste).

3. Have fun and comment on the submissions of others.

4. Anything that is offensive to myself or to my viewers will be removed.

5. Have fun!

THE CHALLENGE WINNERS

Thank you for joining us last week at The Challenge and for playing along with our Sketch Challenge!

Congratulations, AMY K!
YOUR TAKE ON THE SKETCH IS ADORABLE! LOVE THAT FOX!

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 NUMERICAL order)

7. Jenny Engelke

8. LindaCrea

13. Conil

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Verve October Spotlight Hop Day #4 {Thanksgiving & Christmas}

Welcome back to Day 4 of our October Spotlight Hops! The Verve Divas and special guests are back for another day of spotlighting our new release! Everything previewed this week is available to order in the Verve shop.

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Autumn Blessings stamp set and coordinating Autumn Thanks Die Set. I just love this set because of its versatility! I actually used the set to make a Christmas card too! I turned the mini-flowers into sunflowers and poinsettias.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!


1. Julee	7. Maureen
2. Marisa	8. Christyne
3. Charmaine	9. Laurie
4. Betty	10. Teresa
5. Lisa (Guest)	11. Lesley
6. Vickie (Guest)

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Verve October Spotlight Hops Day #3 {Pumpkin Spice}

Welcome back to Day 3 of our October Spotlight Hops! The Verve Divas and special guests are back for another day of spotlighting our new release! Everything previewed this week is available to order in the Verve shop.

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Everything Nice stamp set and coordinating Pumpkin Spice Die Set. I love anything coffee and so I was completely taken by this cute mug and the awesome sentiments. These will be perfect for a couple of colleagues with a little coffee card inside! I coloured the mugs with my Copic markers and kept my design simple!


1. Julee	6. Vickie (Guest)
2. Marisa	7. Maureen
3. Charmaine	8. Christyne
4. Betty	9. Teresa
5. Lisa (Guest)	10. Lesley

Monday, October 3, 2016

Verve October Release Day #2 {Angels Voices}

Welcome back to Day 2 of our October Spotlight Hops! The Verve Divas and special guests are back for another day of spotlighting our new release! Everything previewed this week is available to order in the Verve shop.

Today we're sharing our first projects featuring the Angel Voices stamp set and coordinating Angelic Die Set. I just adore this new set and had to make some tags! I love non-traditional colours for Christmas and so went with Pinks and Greens!


1. Julee	7. Vickie (Guest)
2. Marisa	8. Maureen
3. Charmaine	9. Christyne
4. Betty	10. Laurie
5. Stacey	11. Teresa
6. Lisa (Guest)	12. Lesley

Saturday, October 1, 2016

The Challenge #80 {A Sketch}

Happy World Card Making Day!

It's a brand new month and we have some fun challenges all ready for you! I am excited to be back crafting now too. I have been under the weather but I am slowly starting to feel a bit better.