Crazy4Challenges Week 14 - Gift Card Holders

Hi!

I am so very excited to be your hostess this month for the C4C Challenges. I am still pinching myself.....wondering if it really is true that I am playing on this team with all these fabulous stampers!!!

For this week, I thought we could have some fun while, at the same time, making something practical. In this season of giving, gift cards are popular to give and receive. Your challenge this week is to create a gift card holder of any design. Just have fun in the presentation!!! No pressure...just have fun!!! It could be a version of a card, a packaging design, a 'purse', a holiday ornament gift card holder!! Whatever suits your fancy or need is what you should 'play' with.....and, no, it does not have to be holiday related. It could be for any occasion!!! That is one of the great things about this team. We want your creative juices to flow freely, not confined!!!!

Our sponsor this month is........

Being the first Challenge of the Month, this is our Prize Challenge. One lucky person will win the Butterfly Wishes set which was designed in collaboration between The Greeting Farm and our very own Jessica Diedrich. The winner will be announced next week when we post our new challenge.


We are all looking forward to your creations. We are a team of stampers who 'play well with others' and that would be YOU!!!!!

After creating your gift card holder, be sure to come back here and sign in with Mr. Linky. Doing so could make you eligible for a prize this week!!! When uploading to Splitcoast, please use the Keyword C4C14 so that we can all gaze upon your creations!


Your delighted hostess,
Joanne

Jessie Rone- Can You Say Addicted To Stamps?

(see my blog for a picture of the inside)

Vicki Garrett-Summerthyme Studio

Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner

Joycelyn Turner - Stamps 'n' Coffee

(Please see my blog for all the deets on this project)

Jessica Diedrich-The Whimsical Butterfly
(please see blog for details/tutorial)

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
(Please see my blog for details on this gift card holder.)

Lynda Benden ~ Stamp Act
Please see my blog for details on this gift set

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio
(see my blog for photos of the inside of all my gift card holders)

Mercy Kerin - Lord Have Mercy!

(See my blog for complete details & photos)

Joanne Grzelak -- Inky Ocean Gazer
Front of card

Inside of card

Crazy for Challenges Week 13 - Punch Happy

Hi everyone.

First off thanks to everyone who participated in our Crazy 4 Challenges sketch challenge last week, your creations were all amazing!!!!!

This week we have another fun challenge ready for you, so I hope you will have time to play along. Let's get Punch Happy ..... get those punches out .... borders, shapes or decorative .... let's have some punch fun when we are creating our cards this week! As long as you use at least one punch on your card this week you are fine ... of course you can use as many punches as you wish ... the more the merrier!

If you would like to play along all you have to do is create a card using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C13. Don't forget to come back here and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see your card too.

And now to see what the design team has to share with us today:

Jessie Rone- Can You Say Addicted To Stamps?

Vicki Garrett-Summerthyme Studio

Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner

Joycelyn Turner - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Lynda Benden ~ Stamp Act

Joanne Grzelak -- Inky Ocean Gazer

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Mercy Kerin - Lord Have Mercy!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Robin Willis - Robin's Artful Musings

Lori Boyd - By LORi Designs

Crazy for Challenges Week 12 - Sketch

Happy Saturday folks! Are you ready for another Crazy for Challenges challenge .... I know we all are over here!!

This week our challenge is a sketch challenge, we would love to see what you come up with using this layout.

If you would like to play along all you have to do is create a card using the above sketch and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C12. Don't forget to come back here and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see your card too.

Let's see what the team has in store for us today:

Frances Byrne -StampOwl's Studio

Robin Willis - Robin's Artful Musings

Joanne Grzelak - Inky Ocean Gazer

Vicki Garrett-Summerthyme Studio

Joycelyn Turner - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Lynda Benden ~ Stamp Act

Jessica Diedrich-The Whimsical Butterfly

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits



Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner

Mercy Kerin - Lord Have Mercy!

Lori Boyd - By LORi Designs

Crazy for Challenges Week 11 - Acetate

Hi Everyone,

Welcome back to our Crazy for Challenges blog. We enjoyed seeing all your marvelous Easel cards you created for our challenge last week, so many of you said it was the first time you had made one and that you would be making more :)

Before we get onto this week's challenge we need to announce the winner of the 3 stamps donated by this month's sponsor Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Congratulations to #52. Renata . Please email Vicki at vickig@kos.net so that she can let you know how to claim your prize.

Ok now let's get onto this week's challenge, Frances has challenged us to create a card or project using acetate. There are many ways that you can incorporate acetate into your cards and projects, here are just a few ideas:

• Acetate or Transparent card, see tutorial here.
  
• Acetate or Transparent box, see tutorial here.
  
• Stamping on Acetate to create a background
• Using Embossing Folders to create a background
• Using Alcohol Inks to create a background
• Embellishments
• Window Cards
• Shaker Cards, see tutorial here.
  
• Die Cut Acetate Shapes
• Acetate & Tissue, see tutorial here.
• Smackin' Acetate, see tutorial here.
• Snowglobe Cards, see tutorial here.
• Stained Glass
• Acetate & Glitter, see tutorial here.
• Glitter & Acetate, see tutorial here.
  

Hopefully that will give you a few ideas to get you started, but you may have another idea which I haven't listed. This is just what I came up with when I was thinking about this for a challenge.

If you would like to play along all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C11. Don't forget to come back here and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see your card too.

First up we have a card from Kim Reid the owner of Kraftin' Kimmes Stamps, this months sponsor.

Kim Reid-Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Now let's see what acetate creations the C4C team came up with this week.

Jessie Rone-Can You Say Addicted To Stamps

Joanne Grzelak - Inky Ocean Gazer

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits


Joycelyn Turner - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Mercy Kerin - Lord Have Mercy!

Lynda Benden ~ Stamp Act

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner

Robin Willis ~ Robin's Artful Musings

Vicki Garrett~Summerthyme Studio

Lori Boyd - By LORi Designs

Crazy for Challenges Week 10 - Easel Card

Hi everyone and welcome to our Crazy 4 Challenges blog.

It is a new month which means a new hostess bringing us all the challenges throughout the month. Our November challenge hostess is Me ..... Frances Byrne. I hope you enjoy this months challenges as much as you have the past couple of months challenges.

Our Sponsor for the month of November is Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. This is a fairly new stamp company and their stamps are amazing. If you haven't seen this company before you might want to check them out.


Being the first Challenge of the Month, this is our Prize Challenge. One lucky person will win their choice of three images from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. The winner will be announced next week when we post our new challenge.

OK now for this week's challenge. Our challenge this week is to create an Easel Card. If you haven’t seen these before you can find the directions on how to create one of these here and here. These are really so easy and lots of fun and I love being able to show off the front and inside of my card at the same time. Can't wait to see all your creations.

If you would like to play along all you have to do is create a card/project and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C10. Don't forget to come back here and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see it too.

Our Generous Sponsor, Kim Reid played right along with us this week!

Kimmie Reid-Kraftin' Kimmie's Stamps

Now it is time to see what our design team have created for you all this week! Don't forget to hop over to their blogs and show them some love!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Vicki Garrett~Summerthyme Studio

Joanne Grzelak -- Inky Ocean Gazer

Joycelyn Turner - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Lynda Benden ~ Stamp Act

Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner

Jessica Diedrich-The Whimsical Butterfly

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio