City Crafter Challenge Blog

Kirsty Vittetoe

Linda Robinson

Cheryl Nelson

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 mentioned 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

We are kindly sponsored by Stretch n' Bubbles this week, the lucky winner will received 5 digital images from our sponsor

Here's a little about the owner of Stretch n' Bubbles, Alison and her wonderful digital stamps

I really started "Scrapbooking/Card making" in 1996 when my dear friend Lisa Bearnson introduced to her new magazine Creating Keepsakes.... after that I was HOOKED!... I do both scrapbooking and card making... I have been published in many magazines, worked for Creating Keepsakes as a designer for products sold on QVC, and won many contests. I am the owner of Do You Stack Up?! Challenge Blog, Free Digital Stamps Blog, & Stretch N' Bubbles Digital Stamps Blog/store. I quickly fell in love with the idea of digital stamps. Not having to find a spot to keep them, being able to get your product instantly, and buying one size fit's all... I was on board! I have never taken an art class... I just started doodling and putting them online. My free digital stamps within 2-3 days were getting 500 downloads, so I thought if there were that many people who liked my deigns. I should sat a little store... and Stretch N' Bubbles was born... Now you might ask yourself, how did you get the name Stretch N' Bubbles? Well my dad "poppie" gives all the grandchildren "magic names" and my son's magic name is "Stretch", and yep you guessed it... my daughters magic name is "Bubbles"... so I put them together and came up with that name... Thanks so much to all of you for helping support my dream... HUGS

*Alison*

Stop by and check out my blogs.....

Personal Blog HERE

Store HERE

Design Team HERE

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#83 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 November 21st, 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 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 "Thanks*Giving" challenge, here's the winner for week 82

Rebekah F

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.

Rebekah, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could work out a schedule for you to be our guest designer.

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

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #82 - Thanks*Giving

Hi ALL! It is Cheryl back with this week's theme and challenge. Here in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving this month. It is one of my favorite times of the year. What a wonderful opportunity we have to pause and consider all the ways we are blessed. So I bring this theme of not only THANKS, but GIVING to you. Our challenge this week is to create EITHER a THANK YOU card OR a HOMEMADE GIFT that you can GIVE to someone. I really can't wait to see what you all create!!

~ Cheryl Nelson

Week 82 ~ Thanks*Giving

photo credit

Guest Designer

Get to know Laurie.....

Hi All! My name is Laurie Schmidlin, and I am so honored to be guest this week here on the City Crafter Challenge Blog! I currently live in beautiful (and chilly ) Montana with my husband and four children. I couldn't be more blessed with such a wonderful family! Along with my love for all things stamping, I also enjoy reading, baking, playing the cello, and spending as much time with my family as I can!

Laurie Schmidlin

Just Give Me Stamps

Laurie has a beautiful blog filled with lots of gorgeous creation, be sure to stop by, you will be so thrilled, I promise...

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 projects!

Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford

Kirsty Vittetoe

Linda Robinson

http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com/

Take Note

No direct selling links are allowed here

Please mentioned 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#82 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 November 14th, 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 email citycrafter@gmail.com. We will try out best to help you with your questions.

Winner

Thanks for playing along, we had so much fun with last week's "Postcard" challenge. Here's the winner for week 81

Deb Hickman

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.

Deb, please send an email with your mailing info to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could link you up with our wonderful sponsor, you have till nov 14th to do that.

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

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #81 - Postcard and a swap

Hello... it's me Linda and I am back with this week's challenge.
I have been seeing some postcard floating around blogland lately and I thought it would be so fun to give it a try... so would you like to give it a try?
The challenge is to make a postcard that can be mailed to a friend or family, or whomever you would like. I can't wait to see what you come up with....

~ Linda Robinson

*Special Note*

We are doing a POSTCARD swap this week, if you are interested, please scroll to the bottom of this post to sign up for the POSTCARD swap. Or check out the information at City Crafter Party Blog

Week 81 ~ Postcard

photo credit: Linda Robinson

Guest Designer

Get to know Karen......

I am, above all, grateful to God for all the beautiful blessings in my life. I have been married to my husband and best friend for over 26 years. and we have been blessed with three awesome children. I have been paper-crafting for as long as I can remember. I enjoy making cards for people and sharing my creations with others to bring a smile, or encouragement, where it can bless someone, I sincerely hope that you will all visit my little blog, and "follow" along as I share my work and and my heart. I love to visit other blogs as well to gain inspiration, so I will always "follow" others in return. I create from the heart, and hope that everyone who paper-crafts will use their creations to bless and encourage others. There are so many "bad" things in the world. So, when we are able to bring light, hope, or encouragement to others through our God-given talents, that is what we should all try to do. Thanks for putting your work out there. I gain so much inspiration from others' blog, and hope to meet many of you soon - so please stop by my blog and say hello.

Karen Letchwarth

My Cup Runneth Over...

be sure to stop by Karen'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 projects!

Linda Robinson

Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford

Kirsty Vittetoe

Take Note

No direct selling links are allowed here

Please mentioned City Crafter Challenge Blog and provide a link back to us

Please do not cross-promote event unrelate to City Crafter Challenge Blog

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

Prize

For the prize this week, Catherine is giving a free 2 weeks membership to StampNation.

What is StampNation?

It is the premier community for you to share your love of paper crafting in a positive upbeat, intimate environment. StampNation is the place for you to gain knowledge and inspiration!

Membership benefits include:

exclusive video tutorials every month
challenges to inspire your creativity
an extensive card and project gallery featuring over 5000 samples sorted by stamp set and category!
and more!

For more information about StampNation, Click HERE!

To visit Catherine's blog for daily inspiration, Click HERE!

Here's a little about Catherine

"Catherine has been a Stampin' Up demonstrator for almost 8 years. Her favorite Stampin' Up products are the punches and anything in coordinating colors such as the ink, cardstock and patterned paper! That safely covers most things in the SU catalog! ; )

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#81 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 November 7th, 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 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 "Magical Box" challenge, here's the winner for week 80

Art is

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.

Art is, please send an email with your mailing info to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could get the prize out to you, you have till nov 7th to contact us.

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

EXTRA..... EXTRA.... POSTCARD Swap

We are doing an extra fun thing here this week, if you would like to swap your postcard (the one you enter for this challenge, please sign up by sending an email to citycrafter@gmail.com, we will then contact you about the swap, it is basically the postcard you linked up here plus a sweet surprise for your swap partner, it is FUN, join us!!!!

You could also find information at citycrafterpartyblog.blogspot.com

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #80 - Magical Box

Hello, it's me Kirsty, our new challenge this week is

Magical Box

We want to see a box decorated inside and out, it can be a box card or a box you make from scratch or with a template, please note that it cannot be an altered box of any kind. I guess our Guest Designer and Design team's samples will tell you what we are looking for, do hop over by clicking the blog name under their name to see more photos of the project, since it is a box decorated inside and out, I strongly recommended that you check out the multiple photos posted by our GD and DT to get an idea of what we are looking for this week, have fun!!!!

~ Kirsty Vittetoe

Week 80 ~ Magical Box

photo credit

Guest Designer

Get to know Lynn.....

Hi everyone, I'm Lynn Miller and I live near Indianapolis with my husband and son. I've been playing with paper since 2004. I started my blog, millers-ink, early 2009 and cannot tell you how many wonderful, talented people I've met, and I'm so thrilled to be here today: )

This week's challenge is to make a magical box. I really enjoyed making this cute box. You can stop by my blog for a step-by-step instruction on how this was created.

I hope you all can play along and join in the fun! I want to thank Kirsty and the DT for letting me join them: ) you'll find great inspiration from Kirsty and other amazingly talented design team, Ros, Cheryl and Linda.

Lynn Millers

Millers-Ink

be sure to stop by Lynn'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 projects!

Kirsty Vitteote

Linda Robinson

Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford

Take Note

You are welcome to submit any type of project based on the theme 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 mentioned 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 prize package is kindly sponsored by our designer Ros Crawford, thanks Ros!!!

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#80 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 October 31, 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 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 "Harvest Festival" challenge. Here's the winner for week 79

Nancy Y

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.

Nancy, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could set a date for you to come in as our guest designer at City Crafter Challenge Blog you have till October 31st to contact us.

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

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #79 - Harvest Festival

Hi there!

It's Ros back with you this week ...

In the month of October here in the UK we celebrate"Harvest Festival"

We give thanks for the food of the land ... So that is my theme for this weeks' challenge

I want you to create a card, tag or any project that relates to the harvest of the land ... you can include images of fruit, vegetables, farm vehicles ... even a scarecrow ... so get creative and come and join us in celebrating Harvest Festival

~ Ros ~

Week 79 ~ Harvest Festival

Photo Credit: Ros Crawford

Guest Designer

Get to know Wendi....

Hey there, my name is Wendi Robinson and I am sooo excited to be a GDT for the challenge this week. I live in the beach town of Cali, and am a total beach girl. I have been married to my hottie for 13 years next month, and have 2 busy kids that keep me on my toes. Austin is 10 and Sydney is 8. We are also expecting #3 in December, and are excited to have another baby be a part of our lives. I've been scrappin since back in the day, before it was really scrapbooking. But I've been pretty much an addict since about 7 years ago, when I finally had a crafty space to call my own. I love making layouts, cards, altering things, anything to be crafty. My addictions are Diet Cherry Pepsi, peanut butter M&Ms, Depeche Mode, my ipod, zumba and hanging out with my family....

Wendi Robinson

Scrappy Day In Paradise

be sure to stop by Wendi'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 projects!

Ros Crawford

Kirsty Vittetoe

Linda Robinson

Cheryl Nelson