Thursday 24 June 2010

Challenge 118 - Reuse, Renew, Recycle!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our challenge again last week, I hope you enjoyed working with my sketch. The DT have asked me to pass on their apologies as we didn't get around to commenting on all the cards, this week has been hectic again for many of us.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by
Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps is Kellie.

Here is Kellie's card...

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 118 - Reuse, Renew, Recycle!

This week we want to see your creations that feature something recycled, it can be ribbon from a box of choclates, bits from old clothing, patch from a pair of jeans...have a rummage and see what you can come up with.

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We are also pleased to our monthly sponsor.

Here is what Heidi had to say...

My name is Heidi Erickson, co-owner of The Stamp Shoppe in Schofield, Wisconsin since 1997. I started drawing images for Stamp Shoppe Creations in October 2009. We started with a Penguin line of stamps, but have expanded to other cute animal stamps and sentiments as well. Our stamps are made from deeply etched rubber and are available unmounted or cling mounted.


The prize up for grabs this week is...
As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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Our Guest DT for the final week in June is Jacqueline, you can see Jacqueline's beautiful creations HERE on her Blog.

Jacqueline

So now let's take a look at the rest of the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!













Fran
(Ribbon loop from a top)

Kim
(Plastic bag flowers)


Annie
(Thread from old cardigan)


Caz
(Topper from old birthday card & ricrac from old clothing)


Deb
(Ribbons & tag)

Claudia
(Coasters)

To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 30th June.

Thursday 17 June 2010

Challenge 117 - A Sketch by Claudia!

Before we announce last weeks winner, and this weeks new challenge I have an announcement. Sadly Andrea is stepping down from the Design Team for a while, Andrea was one of the founders of Cute Card Thursday Challenge and we are extremely sad to see her go, but wish her all the best and a huge "Thank You" for all her amazing work.

So now we are having a Design Team Call.

If you are interested in joining the Cute Card Thursday Design Team please submit two cards/projects that you feel best show off your style, together with some info about yourself, details of your blog and other Design Team commitments and email me on CCTDTCall@gmail.com

The call will close at midnight GMT on June 30th 2010 and on 1st July the Design Team will start looking through the applications. We will contact those chosen the first week of July with a view to joining in the challenge on July 15th.
Thanks.
Caz x

So back to this week...

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our challenge again last week, I hope you enjoyed working with my sketch. The DT have asked me to pass on their apologies as we didn't get around to commenting on all the cards, this week has been hectic again for many of us.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by
Simon Says Stamp is Wenche Pettersen.


Here is Wenche 's card...

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 117 - A Sketch by Claudia!

This week we have a wonderful sketch for you provided by the talented Claudia.


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We are also pleased to welcome our new monthly sponsor. From this month onwards they will be sponsoring our Sketch Challenge...

Here is what Kimmie had to say...

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is a Canadian stamp company which just opened in October 2009! They feature images from artists Crissy Armstrong, Annie Rodrigue, Steven Leary and Jean Grant which are both whimsical and quirky! You can find these unmounted rubber stamps online at their website (http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/) or at many fine retailers all over the world!


The prize up for grabs this week is...

TWO Images of your choice from the new Mermaid Stamps.

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

I am pleased to say Kimmie and one of her DT members, Michele, are also joining us this week...

Kimmie

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Our Guest DT for June is Jacqueline, you can see Jacqueline's beautiful creations HERE on her Blog.

Jacqueline

So now let's take a look at the rest of the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!












To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 23rd June.

Thursday 10 June 2010

Challenge 116 - Anything but Square!


Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our challenge again last week, I hope you enjoyed working with my sketch. The DT have asked me to pass on their apologies as we didn't get around to commenting on all the cards, this week has been hectic again for many of us.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by Stitchy Bear Stamps is Hayley Howell.
 Here is Hayley's card...

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 116- Anything but Square!

This week we want to see your cards that are any shape...but not a square.

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We are sponsored this week by our regular monthly sponsor...

Here is what Heidi had to say...

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! We are currently offering FREE SHIPPING on all USA orders over $70 and ALL International orders over $175. Stocking brands like Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Sarah Kay, House Mouse, Hero Arts, Penny Black, Spellbinders, Martha Stewart and so many more - we want to be your one stop shop! Simon Says Stamp also prides itself in offering every product Tim Holtz makes or designs.


The prize up for grabs this week is...


As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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Our  Guest DT for June is Jacqueline, you can see Jacqueline's beautiful creations HERE on her Blog.

Jacqueline

So now let's take a look at the rest of the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!











 Deb
To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 16th June.

Thursday 3 June 2010

Top UK Craft Challenge Blogs!

We have some exciting news to share! Wikio publishes Top Blog rankings for a few different countries, and they've now added a Craft Challenge Blogs category. This has just been launched and no one else has had a chance to see it yet - we're giving you an exclusive preview! The list below shows you the top 30 UK Craft Challenge Blogs - I'm sure you'll recognise some of them. We are so thrilled that Cute Card Thursday is number 2 up one place from last month !!
1A Spoon Full of Sugar (=)
2Cute Card Thursday (+1)
3Allsorts challenge blog (-1)
4Sketch saturday (+4)
5Charisma Cardz (-1)
6Just Magnolia (-1)
7Cupcake Craft Challenges (-1)
8Saturday Challenge (+1)
9Creative Card Crew (-2)
10Papertake Weekly Challenge (+12)
11Penny Black Saturday Challenge (+4)
12ABC challenge (-2)
13One Stop Craft Challenge (-2)
14Stampin' for the Weekend (-1)
15Daring Cardmakers (+1)
16C.R.A.F.T. Challenge (+1)
17Truly Scrumptious (-5)
18Crafty Creations Challenges (-4)
19Die cut Dreams Challenge (=)
20Dare you to digi stamp Friday Challenge (+12)
21Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog (=)
22Winter Wonderland (-4)
23Moving Along with the Times. (-3)
24Rosie-Dee's Challenge (=)
25The Crafty Pad (+1)
26Passion for ProMarkers (+20)
27Crafty Catz (+11)
28Sunday Sketch & Stamp (-5)
29My Time To Craft Challenge (+37)
30Sassy Designs By Susie At Die cut Dreams (Ent.)

Challenge 115 - A Colour Combo!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to join in with our challenge again last week, I hope you enjoyed working with my sketch. The DT have asked me to pass on their apologies as we didn't get around to commenting on all the cards, this week has been hectic again for many of us.

I also want to remind everyone that to eligible for the prize you must follow the theme with a NEW card or project and link back to this blog. Any cards made and posted on your blog before the date of this weeks challenge will not be eligible to win our prize this week.

The winners of the fantastic prizes kindly donated by The Stamp Shoppe is Max.

 Here is Max's card...

Congratulations, please email Caz with your details!

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Challenge 115- A Colour Combo!
This week our theme is a colour combo, we want to see your cards/projects that feature these colours. You are welcome to add others, but we want these to be the main feature of your card. You can use an equal amount of each, or use more of one with a touch of the other two...the choice is yours!

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We are sponsored this week by...

Here is what Stitchy had to say...

Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps...we started this store April 1st, No Fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha, I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...I been creating stamps for a little less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there was much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone.. stitchy xoxox

One lucky winner will have their choice of THREE images from the Stitchy Bear Stamps store.

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

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Our  Guest DT for June is Jacqueline, you can see Jacqueline's beautiful creations HERE on her Blog.

Jacqueline














I am pleased to announce that we loved having Kim here so much, that we asked her to stay on for the next six months...and she said YES! So pleased to have you on board Kim. So now let's take a look at the rest of the amazingly talented Design Team's cards, as always their work is amazing. Just click on their names to go right to their blogs!

Caz 
(using Flip Flops by Stitchy Bear Stamps)





To be in with a chance of winning the prize this week you will need to upload your card using inlinkz.com by 8pm GMT on Wednesday 9th June.