Tuesday, December 28, 2010

City Crafter Challenge Blog ~ week 37 Stamp it Out

Hello Everyone! It is Linda again... I am back with a fun but easy challenge this week! I want you to pull out your stamps and ink! Because you're going to need them this week!
There are so many wonderful digi sites out there and so many beautiful images you can use on your creations... but no this week! We want you to Stamp it Out!!! You must use a stamp on your project this week. That's right, ink it up and stamp it out! We can't wait to see what you come up with.


edit - *NO DIGI PLEASE*

~ Linda Robinson

CCCB week 37 ~ Stamp it Out!

Beautiful image of Linda Robinson (365 days with Linda)

Guest Designer
 I am pleased to introduce our Guest Designer that will play along with us this week, another talented crafter from Poland, let's welcome Beata Janaszak! Be sure to stop by Beata's blog and leave some love!

Beata Janaszak

Design Team
Here are the beautiful projects of the DT 

Linda Robinson


Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford


Kirsty Vittetoe

Take Note
You are welcome to submit any type of project based on the theme and enter as many times as you wish, but we do hope that the creation is new and original, please do not link creation that have been posted prior to the day of the current challenges. We are looking after our wonderful sponsors who donate time, prizes and effort with full focus on them, to be eligible for the prize -

No direct selling links are allowed here
Please mention City Crafter Challenge Blog and provide a link back to us
Please do not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog
Link your direct post for the challenges and not your entire blog

Prize

June Lanum of Lina Beas Shop has generously sponsored 12 assorted decorative handmade pins to the winner of City Crafter Challenge Blog this week. We thank her for her time and sharing with us her unique and lovely handmade pins. Our DT Linda, Cheryl and Ros are all using the beautiful handmade pins sponsored by June Lanum. Thanks June!

To Play Along
Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (if you add your photo to an online gallery, please use code CCCB#37 so we could easily find your creation, then link here with the direct link (not your entire blog). Don't forget to link back to our blog so more people can join in the fun!

Submit
Challenge ends Jan 3, 2011 at 11.59 PM (EST)
We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!
If you have difficulties using Linky tools, please feel free to email citycrafter@gmail.com, we will try our best to help you with your questions.

Winner
Thank you so much to everybody who joined in last week. We had 38 fabulous entries and there were so many beautiful vintage christmas projects, just amazing!
Now, the winner for CCCB "Vintage Christmas"

Malflu

And our Spotlight Artists are

Jan
Lizzi
Steph
Noomily
Annika
Linda Coughlin
K_eine
Luz Maria
Janna

Congrats to all, please feel free to grab the winner/spotlight artist badge and display it proudly on your side bar.
Malflu, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com with your mailing info, so we could get the prize out to you. You have till January 5 to do this.
Thanks for everyone that played along with us, please join us again for "Stamp it Out" challenge.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

City Crafter Challenge Blog ~ week 36 Vintage Christmas

Guess this is our very last Christmas Challenge this year? How about a 
Vintage Christmas
Well, this vintage challenge theme was inspired by another beautiful city I've been to
Aspen, Colorado in United States.
 Aspen's elevation is 7,890 feet, it could snow as early as September, when downtown Aspen is covered with snow, it looks just like a Christmas Town.

~kirsty

CCCB Week 36 ~ Vintage Christmas

This week, we want to see a Vintage Christmas project (cards, layout, templates etc)
Our sponsor Cassi's Creations has a image to share, you are welcome to use this on your project, thanks to Cassandra!!!


Guest Designer
I am pleased to introduce our Guest Designer that will play along with us this week
All the way from Poland, let's welcome Ula Kazmierowska!!!

Here's a little about Ula in her own words: 
Hi crafters,
My name is Ula Kazmierowska and I'm from Poland.
My nickname in the web is UHK. I'm a happy wife. We have two little daughters. I love making cards - shabby romantic style, vintage distress and stamping.
I'm very happy that I can be with you today J

Ula Kazmierowska

Design Team
Here are the beautiful projects of the DT using Cassandra's beautiful images

Kirsty Vittetoe


Linda Robinson


Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford

Take Note
You are welcome to submit any type of project based on the theme and enter as many times as you wish, but we do hope that the creation is new and original, please do not link creation that have been posted prior to the day of the current challenges. We are looking after our wonderful sponsors who donate time, prizes and effort with full focus on them, to be eligible for the prize -

No direct selling links are allowed here
Please mention City Crafter Challenge Blog and provide a link back to us
Please do not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog
Link your direct post for the challenges and not your entire blog

Prize

Look at this prize package, don't you want to be that lucky winner? If I were you, I'll run over to Cassi's Creations right now and grab one of those beautiful creation of Cassandra before it is gone!

Here's a little about Cassandra and her pretty Etsy Shops


My artistic journey has been an interesting one! Each turn has molded me into what I am today. This is very apparent as you flip through the pages of my shop. From the royal queen, wonderland and fairyland. What inspires me most, has taken many different turns. I enjoy making collage sheets, because it allows me to create my own story, my own characters to share with others. I have never been that great at drawing or painting, but digitally I can repurposed vintage images and create unique hand designed accents to help bring my dreams to life. If you stop by, I do hope you enjoy flipping through the pages of my artistic journey. And if one of my images do inspired you, nothing makes me happier than to see a lovely creation with one of my images.


And here are the links to Cassandra's Pretty Products
www.cassiscreations.etsy.com (digi stuff)
www.cdvcreations.etsy.com (handmade art and supplies)
Thanks Cassandra, for sponsoring City Crafter with this beautiful prize package.

To Play Along
Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (if you add your photo to an online gallery, please use code CCCB#36 easily find your creation, the link here with the direct link (not your entire blog). Don't forget to link back to our blog so more people can join in the fun!

Submit
Challenge ends Dec 27, 2010 at 11.59 PPM (EST)
We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!
If you have difficulties using the new linky tools, please feel free to email citycrafter@gmail.com, we will try our best to help you with your questions.

Winner
Thanks to all the beautiful entries we had last week for our "Kraft Creations" challenge, we hope you know that your support is hugely appreciated. Our DT had so much fun visiting each and everyone of your fabulous blog, here our winner for week 35


Peri


And the Spotlight Artists are


Annika
Melissa Bove
Lou Mac
Renee M
Lauren
Farrah
LeAnne
Libeeti
Itzuvit


Congratulations to all, and thanks for sending in your beautiful entries, do feel free to grab your winner/spotlight artists badge and display it proudly on your sidebar.
Peri, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could link you up with our wonderful sponsor Di's Digi Designs. Thanks for sponsoring CCCB Diane!
Thanks once again to all who sent in their entries, we hope to see you joining us again this week at our Vintage Christmas Challenge.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

City Crafter Challenge Blog ~ week 35 ~ Kraft Creations!

Hello everyone ...
It's Ros this week ... back with another challenge for you ...
I know we are all busy with our Christmas preparations so I am keeping this challenge really simple
I want you to create a card / project on any theme ... 
 using any colours but you
  MUST include Kraft Cardstock 
We love visiting your blogs and seeing all your creations so I hope you can join us this week
Happy Crafting!

~ Ros ~

CCCB week 35 ~ Kraft Creations

Guest Designer
This week we have the talented Melisa Waldorf guest designing with us!
Melissa was the winner of City Crafter Challenge Blog week 27 challenge,  I love her beautiful vintage creations, so feminine and so romantic, please be sure to stop by Melissa's Blog "Art from my Heart" and check out her lovely artwork. Let's welcome Melisa.....


In her words: Hello paper crafers! I'm Melisa and I'm so happy to be the Guest Designer for City Crafter this week. I am 45 and enjoy all sorts of paper crafting and stamping. I live in Spring, TX with my husband of 25 years. I work as a nurse part time and now that my children are grown, I enjoy spending my spare time doing crafty things. I share my creation son my blog at http://www.melisawaldorf.blogspot.com. I would love to have you stop by and say hello sometime!"

It's our lucky day! Melisa didn't make just one card, but two for CCCB!!! Here you go, enjoy her beautiful creations!


Melisa Waldorf
Art from my Heart
Melisa is using an adorable image "Ted's Christmas Basket" from our Sponsor Di's Digi Designs


Melisa Waldorf
This is another beautiful image from Di's Digi Deisgns "Skating Out", Melisa also used Pixie Dust Paperie November Kit "Snow Shoe" to create this lovely card


Design Team
Here are the beautiful projects of the DT

Ros Crawford
Mikey's Mom

Kirsty Vittetoe
Handmade Little Things

Linda Robinson
My Happy Place
Linda is using the image "Let me open it" from our Sponsor Di's Digi Designs


Cheryl Nelson
Cheryl June Girl
Cheryl is using the image "Hold My Hand" from our Sponsor Di's Digi Designs

Take Note
You are welcome to submit any type of project based on the theme and enter as many times as you wish, but we do hope that the creation is new and original,  please do not link creation that have been posted prior to the day of the current challenges. We are looking after our wonderful sponsors who donate time, prizes and effort with full focus on them, to be eligible for the prize -


No direct selling links are allowed here
Please mention City Crafter Challenge Blog and provide a link back to us
Please do not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog
Link your direct post for the challenges and not your entire blog

Prize

This week we are are being sponsored by Di's Digi Designs. They have tons of beautiful images available in the shop that are perfect for any occasion! Please visit their website and check out their fabulous goodies HERE


Here's a little about our wonderful sponsor Diane from Di's Digi Designs

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4 years ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I'm afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with likeminded people.
I  love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.
This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

Thanks Diane, for sponsoring us this week, the winner will get to choose 5 images of their choice from Diane's fabulous creation at Di's Digi Designs


To Play Along
Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (if you add your photo to an online gallery, please use code CCCB#35 so we could easily find your creation, then link here with the direct link (not your entire blog). Don't forget to link back to our blog so more people can join in the fun!

Submit
Challenge ends Dec 20, 2010 at 11.59 PM (EST)
We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!

We are using the same nice guy( new linking system)this week, this time with thumbnails, hope it works well. 

If you have difficulties using the new linky tools, please feel free to email citycrafter@gmail.com, we will try our best to help you with your questions.

Winner
Thanks to all the beautiful entries we had last week for our "Let it snow" challenge, we hope you know that your support is hugely appreciated. Our DT had so much fun visiting each and everyone of your fabulous blog, we had 121 great entries last week, it was very hard to pick just ONE winner, but guess we still have to do it, here's our winner for week #34


Melisa Waldorf (#40)


We can't go without mentioning a few other outstanding entries, so here you go
CCCB Spotlight Artists are


Julie Ranae (#36)
Dana Gustafson (#74)
Shirley N (#57)
Tracy MacDonald (#111)
Becky G (#78)
Chris Olsen (#9)
Tracy Payne (#71)
Pejtoon (#93)
Mary D (#88)


Congratulations to all, do feel free to grab your winner/spotlight artists badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Thanks for sending in your beautiful entries and we hope to see you playing along with us again this week.
Melisa, please send your mailing info to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could get your prize out to you. You have till Dec 20, 2010 to do that)

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

CCCB Week 34 ~ Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!

Hi all! This is Cheryl back with this week's theme: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! *well, at least on your projects. I adore the look of snow on projects, but am strictly a warm weather girl, myself...so the only snow I get is the kind I create. I am hoping you will join us too, with some really *cool* projects...yes, pun intended...I'm so cheesy! The challenge is to create any project (card, layout, altered item, decor) with some kind of image of snow on it, whether it be snow or a snowflake or a snowman or snowlady. Let the snow fall! I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

~ Cheryl Nelson

CCCB Week 34 ~ Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
Photo credit - sodahead.com

Guest Designer
We are so excited to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Luz Maria Bruna.
We are quite sure you will be inspired by Luz's beautiful work. You need to check out her blog, Luzma's Scrap Place.

Luz Marie Bruna
Luzma's Scrap Place

Design Team
Below are our DT samples for your inspiration, please visit their individual blog to see how they made their projects.

Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford

Kirsty Vittetoe

Linda Robinson

Take Note
You are welcome to submit any type of project based on the theme and enter as many times as you wish, but we do hope that the creation is new and original, please do not link creation that have been posted prior to the day of the current challenges. We are looking after our wonderful sponsors who donate time, prizes and effort with full focus on them, to be eligible for the prize -

No direct selling links are allowed here
Please mention City Crafter Challenge blog and provide a link back to us
Please do not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog
Link your direct post for the challenges and not your entire blog

Prize

This week we are being sponsored by Cheryl Nelson once again, thanks Cheryl, for being so generous!

To Play Along
Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (if you add your photo to an online gallery, please use code CCCB#34 so we could easily find your creation, then link here with the direct link (not your entire blog). Don't forget to link back to our blog so more people can join in the fun!

Submit
Challenge ends Dec 13, 2010 at 11.59 PM (EST)
We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!

Hey, our usual linking guy Mr Froggy decided that we need to pay for his service, so we are switching to some nicer guy who is willing to let us use the linking system, please let me know if you have problem, we are going through this new challenge together with you. At the worst case scenario, you can also leave the link for us at the comment box, we will check it regularly and make sure we visit your blog.


If you have difficulties using inlinkz  linky tools, please feel free to email citycrafter@gmail.com, we will try our best to help you with your questions

Winner
Thanks to all the beautiful entries we had last week for our "Blue Christmas" challenge, we hope you know that your support is hugely appreciated. Our DT had so much fun visiting each and everyone of your fabulous blog, we had so many beautiful entries and was so tough to just pick ONE winner, but after the voting, the winner for week # 33 is


Lauren 


and our spotlight artists are


Joanne
Mona Eidhammer
Susan ~ Killam Creative
Rene M
Leisa Hubley
Linda B
Catherina Fong
Nina Dee


Congratulations to all, please feel free to grab the winner/spotlight artist badge and display it proudly on your sidebar. Lauren, please send your contact info to citycrafter@gmail.com, so we could get the prize out to you! Thanks to all who played along last week, we hope to see you again here for our week #34 challenge!