City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #58 *I've Been Framed*

Hi all! It is Cheryl back as hostess this week and I have some alarming news..."I've Been Framed"! Never fear...I've been framed in a good way and I hope you'll get framed this week, too, as you participate in our challenge. The challenge this week is simple...either alter an existing frame or use a frame somewhere in your project! Can't wait to see what you all come up with!!!

~ Cheryl Nelson

Week 58 ~ I've Been Framed

Guest Designer

I am happy to introduce you to our Guest Designer this week - Colleen Dietrich!!!

Here's a little about Colleen in her own words: When I was little, I loved making cards for my parents out of construction paper, stickers and crayons. In my early twenties, I bought a few stamps and ink pad and began making super-simple cards to sell at work. After that, other hobbies consumed me and stamping fell by the wayside. In October 2007, I dove head-first into the world of stamping and card-making once again, and on a bigger scale. I thought I might save money by making my own cards. Ha! At least this hobby is cheaper than therapy, and much more fun. J

My style varies from clean and simple to vintage, and somewhere in between. I am currently the Private Blend Designer for The Play Date Cafe Design Team. I also design for Mark's Finest Paper challenge blog. Being challenged each week - and blogging about it - has helped me grow significantly as an artist. I am so in love with this hobby, I can't even imagine another one taking its place!

Colleen Dietrich

Dietrich Designs

Please stop by Colleen's blog and leave her some love!

Design Team

Here are the beautiful projects of the DT, please hop over to their individual blog to see more photos of their projects!

Cheryl Nelson

Cheryl June Girl

Ros Crawford

Mikey's Mom

Kirsty Vittetoe

Handmade Little Things

Linda Robinson

My Happy Place

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 no cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog

Link your direct post of the challenge and not your entire blog

Prize

This week we are being sponsored by Lina Beas Online Shop. Look at this beautiful prize package, don't you wish you are the lucky winner?

This little Online Shop, owned by June Lanum, has some gorgeous goodies! Be sure to pop by and take a look!

Thanks June, for sponsoring us once again!

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#58 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 May 30th, 2011 at 11.59 PM (EST)

We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!

If you have difficulties using Inlinkz, 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 "Stripes and Polka Dots" challenge, we hope you know that your support is hugely appreciated. Our DT had so much fun visiting each and every one of your fabulous blog, here's the winner for week 57

Stella

and our Spotlight Artists are

Ivanka

Deb Marcinkiewicz

Iren

Marsha D

Lotte Chew

LeAnne

Susan Goetter

Congratulations to all, please feel free to grab your winner/spotlight artist badge and display it proudly on your side bar.

Stella, please send your mailing info to citycrafter@gmail.com, so we could link you up with our wonderful sponsor. You have till May 30, 2011 to do that.

Thanks for all who joined us last week, hope to see you again!