City Crafter Challenge Blog: February 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week#98 - EXTRA, EXTRA!!!

Extra...Extra...Read All About it!! Hi ALL! It is Cheryl back as this week's hostess and I'm EXTRA, EXTRA EXCITED to share this week's challenge with you!! I'm always wanting just a little EXTRA time in my life...aren't you?!! Well this year we don't just get a few more hours...we get ONE WHOLE EXTRA DAY!! Woohoo! I think that is worth celebrating...so in honor of that extra day we get tomorrow I thought we would have an EXTRA, EXTRA challenge. Your challenge is to you use 2-or more ribbons on your project and 9-or more words. EASY! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! I know it will be EXTRA, EXTRA FABULOUS!

~ Cheryl Nelson

Week 98 ~ EXTRA, EXTRA!!!!

photo credit

Guest Designer

Get to know Ashley.....

I'm Ashley & I'm a registered nurse. I live in a 100+year old building on the corner of a busy downtown intersection with my boyfriend & our adopted two year old black Lab, Bentley. When we're not working on DIY projects around here or taking Bentley for a run, I am scrapbooking. I started scrapbooking when I was 16 & I'm so excited to be guest designing here. Thank you, Kirsty, for this opportunity!

Ashley H

It's always about me

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

Design Team

We hope to get you inspired with the beautiful projects of the DT, please hop over to their individual blog to see more pictures of their work!

Cheryl Nelson

Cheryl June Girl

Ros Crawford

Mikey's Mom

Kirsty Vitteote

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 not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog

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

Prize

This week's winner will win a Guest Designer Spot here at City Crafter Challenge Blog, how cool is that!!!

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#98 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 March 5th, 2012 at 11.59 PM(EST)

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

Winner

Thanks for playing along, we had so much fun with last week's "It's all natural" challenge, here's our winners for week 97

Inka

and our Spotlight Artists are

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

Inka, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could link you up with our fabulous sponsor. You have till March 6th to do that.

Thanks to all who sent in your entry for our week 97 challenge, hope to see you play along with our current challenge "Extra, Extra!!!"

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #97 - It's all Natural

Hello everyone, It's me Linda again...

I am back with a color challenge, I do hope you like it

Let's go all Natural. Yep, I would like you to use all natural colors this week, can't wait to see what you create.

~ Linda

Week 97 ~ It's all Natural

photo credit: A Creative Mint

Guest Designer

Get to know Svetlana....

My name is Svetlana and I am from Ukraine. I have a very beloved hubby and very-very beloved little princess Anastasia-Stephanie. I am crafting all me life and pretty much addicted to it. I like and can do almost all types of craft. I like to crochet and knit for my family, I like to cross stitch for presents, sometimes I sew, I like to take a photos of my little princess and pretty flowers. Right now I love scrapbooking and card making I have been doing this for a year now. I tend to use vintage, retro, shabby chic styles in my cards. Some days I would like to make some childish cards. I like to tear and tone edges and I feel like my cards would not be finished without such a detail.

I am very honored to be a guest designer here at City Crafters Challenge blog. Thank you Kirsty for inviting me

Svetlana xx

Svetlana

Want to Craft Everything

Please stop by Svetlana's blog to say hello!

Design Team

We hope to get you inspired with the beautiful projects of the DT, please hop over to their individual blog to see more pictures of their work!

Linda Robinson

My Happy Place

Cheryl Nelson

Cheryl June Girl

Ros Crawford

Mikey's Mom

Kirsty Vittetoe

Handmade Little Things

Take Note

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 of the challenge and not your entire blog

Prize

Pixie Dust Paperie is a monthly kit club dedicated to bringing you the newest products in the paper crafting industry. Each month, you will received a beautifully designed kit with the latest papers and embellishment, all designed to coordinate perfectly and ready for you to create. At The Pixie Blog, you will find lots of inspiration and new ideas on a daily basis.

The winner for this week's challenge will get a $10 gift certificate to shop at Pixie Dust Paperie

*Special Deal for CCCB reader*

40% off all Pixie Crinkled Ribbon

use code CCCB-PDPR40

Link - The Pixie Shop

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#97 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 February 27th, 2012 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 email citycrafter@gmail.com. We will try our best to help you with your questions.

Winner

Thanks for playing along, we had so much fun with last week's "Perfect Pair" challenge, here's our winners for week 96

Ragnhild

and our Spotlight Artists are

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

Ragnhild, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could link you up with our fabulous sponsor.

You have till February 27th to do that.

Thanks to all who sent in your entry for our week 96 challenge, hope to see you playing along with our current challenge "It's all Natural"

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #96 - Perfect Pair

Hi, Kirsty here, this week challenge is The Perfect Pair!

We want you to make 2 cards that is identical but with different colors

The 2 colors we want you to use are

and

For this challenge, you will have to make 2 cards, one of each of the above colors as your main color, however, you are allow to pick up other colors from the inspiration photo, e.g. a bit of cream, or white, or green etc. Remember! The main color of your card has to be the above 2 colors!

Scroll down to our DT's sample and you will get an idea of what you need to do for this challenge

~ kirsty

Week 96 ~ Perfect Pair

Guest Designer

Get to know Lilia....

I always loved crafting. Art was always a big part of my life. During my childhood years I did a lot of different crafts, such as floral arrangements, painting, cross-stitching, card making and even some food carving. But as the time went by I departed from most of it retaining only cross-stitching as my main and favourite hobby.

I fell in love with card making long time ago, although became more serious about it only around Christmas time last year. I started with embroidery on paper, and then moved to simple cards with embellishments. After trying stamp colouring I fell in love with it and now I like to use coloured stamps on almost every card.

Thanks to my husband’s support (which means watching our 8 and 1-year old sons) I have a few evenings every week that I can devote to my favourite crafts. While he is watching boys I enjoy the time of creativity. It is my stress relief... I don't have one particular style, as I like to experiment and when crafting often follow my mood rather than some style. I like simple cards, I like clean cards, I like vintage cards, but most of all I like beautiful cards, no matter in what style they're made. I love the process and enjoy results even more!

Lilia

Lilia's Stamping and Stitching

Please stop by Lilia's blog and leave her some love

Design Team

We hope to get you inspired with the beautiful projects of the DT, please hop over to their individual blog to see more pictures of their work!

Kirsty Vittetoe

Handmade Little Things

Linda Robinson

My Happy Place

Cheryl Nelson

Cheryl June Girl

Ros Crawford

Mikey's Mom

Take Note

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 of the challenge and not your entire blog

Prize

If you're passionate about paper-crafting, whether it be scrapbooking your memories, making cards or altered art, CropStop is your one-stop solution. We offer an extensive selection of dies, embossing folders, inks, stamps and punches by all the popular manufacturers and the CropStop die and embossing folder storage solutions Pocketz Pages to keep everything organized. Our selection of embellishments and adhesives is continually expanding and we are excited to be the home of the colorful Ribbon Candy.

In need of inspiration? Visit the CropStop Gallery, Blog or Message Board and participate in a competition or class. If you have questions concerning your machine, we have a team of experts waiting to help you.

Messager Board - come and meet like minded paper-crafters

Blog - we have prizes and giveaways every week

Gallery - lots of inspiration from all over the world

You Tube - demonstrations, how-tos, projects and much more

FaceBook page - be the first to know of new arrivals in the store

Twitter - we always find something worth Twittering!

CropStop ships internationally as well as domestic. Our personalized customer service is only one of our strengths. Call or come visit us at www.CropStop.com and wee what's new in the world of paper-crafting.

The winner of this week's challenge will get a $15gift certificate to shop at CropStop.

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#96 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 February 20th, 2012 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 email citycrafter@gmail.com. We will try our best to help you with your questions.

Winner

* We have the winner announcement for week 94 up now, please scroll down to check it out*

Thanks for playing along, we had so much fun with last week's "Colours of the Rainbow" challenge,

here's the winner for week 95

Tracy MacDonald

and our Spotlight Artists are

Papercrafting Beach Bum

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

Tracy, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could link you up with our fabulous sponsor. You have till February 22nd to do that.

Thanks to all who sent in your entry for our week 95 challenge, hope to see you playing along with our current challenge "Perfect Pair".

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #95 - Colours of the Rainbow

Hi there!

It's Ros hosting for you today and your challenge this week is "Colours of the Rainbow"...

When I was at school (many years ago) ... we were given a little verse to remember the colours in a Rainbow ...

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain"

... each Capital letter representing the colours

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet

For this challenge I am asking that you make a card or project using 3 or more of these colours ... Simple!

We're looking forward to seeing your amazing creations ... Have fun!

~ Ros

Week 95 ~ Colours of the Rainbow

photo credit - Ros Crawford

Guest Designer

Get to know Jacira.....

The SCRAP is an addiction! Can't do without! I love to cut and use glue too! And I really enjoy all the challenges out there in the world of blogs! Visiting new blogs, meeting new people is really inspiring!

I am so happy to be guest designing here for City Crafter Challenge Blog, Thank you Kirsty! for inviting me!

Jacira

Jacira Scrap

Please stop by Jacira's blog and leave her some love....

Design Team

We hope to get you inspired with the beautiful projects of the DT, please hop over to their individual blog to see more pictures of their work!

Ros Crawford

Mikey's Mom

Kirsty Vitteote

Handmade Little Things

Linda Robinson

My Happy Place

Cheryl Nelson

Cheryl June Girl

Take Note

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 of the challenge and not your entire blog

Prize

The winner for this week's challenge will get a $10 gift certificate to shop at Pixie Dust Paperie

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#95 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 February 13th, 2012 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 email citycrafter@gmail.com. We will try our best to help you with your questions.

Winner

Thanks for playing along, we had so much fun with last week's "You've Got Mail" challenge, sorry that we are so late for week 94 winner announcement, here you go....

Sylvia Nelson

and our Spotlight Artists are

Creative Journey- Christine

hannelie

Cindy Adkins

Iruha