tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91879212982052387952024-03-13T06:20:55.142+00:00Artful Times Challenge BlogMixed Media Art & Craft Challenge BlogWendyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843760814645590103noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-91999966621091069152015-06-05T18:00:00.000+01:002015-06-05T18:00:05.465+01:00Our Final WinnerWhoa! What a decision. In our eyes you are all winners and so we both came up with a list of our favourites from the last three challenges -<br />
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A Bit of Finnabair<br />
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The names were then put in a hat and the first one pulled out was our winner<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Congratulations ladies, I will send you your blinkies in the next few days. Remember everyone though - we class you all as winners - thanks for the support you have given to us over the years. Now to put this edition, well and truly ... to bed.</span></div>
Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-17662656092171270402015-05-22T18:00:00.000+01:002015-05-22T18:00:00.986+01:00Challenge 81 and Au Revoir - Party Party (sort of "Anything Goes")<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's Neet here. Well, "D Day" has arrived and this is our final post for this Challenge blog. I can honestly say I have had some really happy times, have made lots of Blog Buddies along the way who I will probably never meet but there are some Blog Buddies who I have met and found that they are every bit as nice as their blogs portray.<br />
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I cannot sign off from this blog without reiterating what was said in the very first blog post - and sending a huge thank you to one special lady - "all the artwork for the blog was down to Sam and I was, and still am, indebted to her for her patience as we pushed and pulled a zillion suggestions at her (not really so many but it felt like it at times)." Imagine three women trying to agree on one thing!<br />
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So once again, THANK YOU SAM! Thanks for all the work you did to get Artful Times off the ground, for being a great team member, super Guest Designer and most of all, a friend who popped in to help when times were bleak for me.<br />
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Thanks also to Von, Chrissie and Wendy. Especially <a href="http://wendyscraftjournal.blogspot.co.uk/">Wendy</a> who has done every single challenge from the very beginning of this blog and stepped into the role of a DT member in March 2014 and supported me through thick and thin when I was on my own with a blog I did not want to give up on. However a year on and I have decided that enough is enough and I am ready to be able to join in with challenges on other blogs and I know Wendy feels very much the same.<br />
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<i>Wendy here. I have really enjoyed being on the design team, and seeing all your lovely art. I hope some of you will keep in touch and I will enjoy looking at your blogs. Now I will have to ask someone what day it is, instead of working towards our Friday deadlines.</i><br />
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Thanks must also go to <a href="http://www.oysterstamps.co.uk/">Oyster Stamps</a> who provided us with prizes for such a long time. It was OUR decision to abandon giving out a prize and nothing to do with Oyster Stamps. When we were only getting a very small number of entries we felt it unfair for Oyster to be sending prizes out - we did intend giving prizes, via them, once the numbers picked up - but sadly they didn't.<br />
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<b>Back to the beginning</b> - Our very first challenge was to create a tag and these are what we came up with<br />
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<a href="http://sam21ski.blogspot.co.uk/">Sam</a><br />
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Well, if you have stuck with reading up to now and not signed off in sheer boredom Wendy and I would love you to join in with this last Challenge which is "PARTY PARTY" (can be interpreted as "Anything Goes" as long as it is happy and maybe creates a 'party atmosphere')<br />
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So we started with our first offerings way back - now here are our two final DT pieces <span style="color: red;">(Please note that the end date is the 3rd June at 23.55)</span>:</div>
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<a href="http://wendyscraftjournal.blogspot.co.uk/">Wendy</a> has made a card with the theme of Alice in Wonderland.<br />
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Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-77501381285768035212015-05-08T18:00:00.000+01:002015-05-09T10:55:17.555+01:00Challenge 80 - Hot Pink & Orange<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, sorry to be saying this but we have given this challenge blog a great deal of thought. Do we carry on or not? The decision has been made to bring it to an end and this will be our Penultimate Challenge - when my subscription to Mr Linky runs out.<br />
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This challenge was first started with Sam, Von and myself with the announcement that we were to have a new blog made on the 21st March 2012. Our very first challenge was to make a tag. Must check on how many entries we had that time.<br />
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Please join in with us this week and again in a fortnight when we will be hosting our very last Challenge.<br />
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Wendy's choice here of theme and one which makes us think of hot sunny beaches and the lovely warmer weather to get your juices flowing.<br />
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I, <a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/">Neet</a>, did a page in my new journal<br />
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Wendy did a page for her art journal<br />
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Now what will you do? Will it be hot hot hot or pretty pretty pretty? Come and join us please.<br />
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Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-48058556110689947372015-05-01T18:00:00.000+01:002015-05-01T18:45:36.476+01:00Winners Challenge 77 & 78<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It was very difficult to choose winners from such a lot of wonderful entries in the two challenges.<br />
We have chosen the two winners from both challenges.<br />
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The winner is:Evelyn Walter with her fabulous layered man card. from the Tattered and torn challenge.<br />
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And the runner up is: Pawsitively Creative with her Tim style printers tray in the Style of Tim Holtz challenge.<br />
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WendyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843760814645590103noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-9487177474938549452015-04-24T18:00:00.000+01:002015-04-24T18:00:00.989+01:00Challenge 79 A Bit of Finnabair (include metal bits/flowers/lace)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We are hoping this will inspire some of you to join in with us as this time we want you to think of the wonderful art of Ania Dabrowski (or Finnabair as she is mostly known) and produce something where you have included metal bits (think flowers, pen nibs, gears and things); flowers (be they your own or bought ones like those Finn uses from Prima) and lace, torn paper - anything you can think of. A mixture of all or just one or two of the pieces mentioned above.<br />
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You don't have to include a photograph but you can if you want to. Are you a scrapbooker? If so this should be right up your street and it should be up right up the alley with mixed media artists. Card makers, well we are sure you have used lots of embellishments on cards in the past so we think this is open to everyone.<br />
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Just to give you a bit of inspiration here is what we have done:<br />
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Need did a canvas (because she is addicted to doing them) - but she does not expect you to do a canvas - a card/tag/atc is fine<br />
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Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-55653367594678268632015-04-10T18:00:00.000+01:002015-04-11T07:42:17.019+01:00Challenge 78 Tattered and TornWell, last week we certainly had a lot more entries. The name "Tim" does create interest if that is anything to go by. And what lovely entries they were, guess that is going to make it even more difficult to choose a winner and a runner up when the time comes.<br />
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Wonder how many people will enter this new challenge which is Tattered and Torn? Anything distressed, ripped, gently torn will do - or have you a different interpretation of the title?<br />
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<a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/">Neet</a> made this tag as her second attempt (first one is also on her blog) which has an overlay that has been torn to reveal the image beneath<br />
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Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-41369251673769395252015-04-04T15:58:00.000+01:002015-04-04T15:58:04.771+01:00We Have a Winner Challenges 75 & 76One day late - hope you have not been waiting with baited breath to see who was going to be declared the winner this month - I am afraid I was too busy trying to find the Easter eggs yesterday.<br />
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Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-37444526056977851912015-03-27T18:00:00.000+00:002015-04-04T17:36:07.358+01:00Challenge 77 In the Style of Tim Holtz<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The heading says "in the Style of Tim Holtz" but really we would be quite happy if it was in your own style but using Tim type things. "Reminiscent of" is perhaps a better way of describing this challenge and we would love to see what you can do.<br />
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Tim gives so much inspiration on his blog, has given us his 12 tags for a few years now and shows us new things to do, new products to use and is very charismatic in his You Tube videos. So you see, there is a lot of inspiration out there to whet your appetite so why not have a go and join us in our latest challenge.<br />
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Here are a couple of things we came up with for you to look at<br />
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Neet followed Tims March recipe<br />
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Thanks for the entries last week, some beauties on display for us to see.<br />
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This week we are asking you to make a tag with a pocket. The tag can be any size or technique you choose. It can have something in the pocket or be left empty.<br />
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Neet chose to make a tag in the Egyptian style, as she decided these were her least used stamps, along with Greek/Roman and they deserved an airing. She also decided to make her extra tags black and white, as she had an idea of where they were going to be sent, and this would allow the recipient to colour them herself. So here is Neet's tag:<br />
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We just loved the mask that <a href="http://8thwonderart.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/canevale-monday-16th-february-2015.html">Carole</a> had done and wanted to be in Venice for the Mardi Gras wearing such a creation so we decided that we would have Carole as our Winner this month. So Well Done and Congratulations Carole, please get in touch with Neet for your Blinkie which we hope you will display on your blog with pride.<br />
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We have already shown you the winner so who was our runner up? It was <a href="http://www.krazyjaynes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/masculin-moo.html">Krazy Jayne</a> and her friend Trendy Theodore. If you have not been to her blog page when she entered this challenge I strongly advise you to do so. It was such a fun post - thank you Jayne. Please email Neet for your blinkie to be sent to you.</div>
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Well we managed a few more entries with our last challenge, Romance, now we are wondering if our next one which is "Birds" is going to match up to it in entries.<br />
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It's certainly interesting seeing the little birds at home coming to the feeders so it is about time we had a challenge featuring them. What you do is entirely up to you, a card, a bookmark, an atc, a postcard or something else - go on surprise us. Here is what we have on offer:<br />
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Neet made this little card to send to someone and then couldn't find it. It was still under the scanner cover!!<br />
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"Hi I'm back with my second guest DT card for the wonderful Artful Times. I went really busy last time so this one is clean and simple, but still inky which is my favourite style. I just want to say thank you to Neet and Wendy for an awesome month being part of the team, I had so much fun!"<br />
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Here we are, back at the time of the year when the shops are decked out in red and hearts abound everywhere. Yes, folks, Valentine's Day is upon us - well tomorrow it is. Will a secret admirer be sending you a Valentine card, will the love of your life be giving you chocolates, roses or maybe even a diamond! <br />
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Did you know that the day we call Valentine's Day is named after a Christian Martyr and dates back to the 5th Century. Or so they say. If you want to read more about it go <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day">here</a> and read about it, or <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day">here</a> where you can find out lots more and see some video presentations.<br />
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In the meantime why not join in and show us something you have made that is romantic - it needn't be a Valentine card, it could be an engagement card or a wedding card or simply an "I Love You" token.<br />
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Now I promised you some exciting news last week and here it is - we have our first Guest Designer here with us for this month. Please give a lovely warm welcome to <a href="http://ramblingsandcraft.blogspot.co.uk/">Chris Smith </a> who has been one of our faithful followers for quite some time now. <br />
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"Hello, my name is Christine and I started cardmaking just over eight years ago when I had to leave work due to illness. My daughter actually got me into it and I love it! I love stamping and getting inky and also trying new techniques. I am so thrilled to be guest designer for Artful Times, this is the first of two challenges I will be GD for. Thank you so much Neet and Wendy for letting me be a temporary member of your fab team!"<br />
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Here is the card which <a href="http://ramblingsandcraft.blogspot.co.uk/">Chris</a> has designed especially for you for this challenge. I just love the bright colours she has used which makes a real change from the usual reds, blacks and pinks that we so often see.<br />
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Unlike Chris I (<a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/">Neet</a>) just stuck to black and red for my Valentine gift which is a pencil box for my man. Thought he could display it on his desk and use it for his pencils and things - probably upside down so nobody sees the mushy cover LOL.</div>
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Hoping that we get some lovely entries for this challenge as we are still running thin on the ground and both we and <a href="http://www.oysterstamps.co.uk/">Oyster Stamps</a> would love to offer a prize again should entries start to increase to a level that makes it possible.<br />
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<i>Although we are saying Chris is our first Guest Designer we would hate for Sam to feel she was not a Guest Designer when she has popped in in the past. Truth is we don't regard Sam as a Guest but as a valued friend who helps us out willingly whenever we needed help, and we hope this continues Sam. We really appreciate You.</i></div>
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So who was declared our winner? Well we chose <a href="http://pawsitivelycreativecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/rusting-powder.html">Pawsitively Creative Crafts</a> entry for our Time Challenge. She has done such a detailed write up as to how she made the finished, beautiful creation, that you really should go along and read about it.<br />
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Our runner up was Julia, of <a href="http://azenorartwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/recycling-christmas.html">Azenor Artwork</a> for her recycled inchies which are in the all time Christmas favourite 'tartan'. Such a happy looking card.<br />
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Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-62793339992347448272015-01-30T18:00:00.000+00:002015-01-30T18:00:00.910+00:00Men Challenge 73<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Gosh, here we are with our third challenge of the year and the subject is MEN. Make a card or something suitable for a man and submit it along with our samples. A lot of people shy away from making cards for males so it is always a good one to have for a challenge and then you cam look back for some ideas. Why not give it a go then!<br />
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Here is the card <a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/">Neet</a> made<br />
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This time we are asking you to make something with Time on. This can be anything you want, a card, tag, object, anything as long as it is time orientated. Thank you to those you made their inchies, I hope we see lots of you join in this time.<br />
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<a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/artful-times-challenge-time.html">Neet </a>made a card<br />
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Happy New year to you all, as we start off the New Year with an easy challenge. We would like you to make 6 inchies out of the Christmas cards you have received, how easy is that ! You can alter them, add bits, or just use them as they are.<br />
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WendyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843760814645590103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-59157728843403467982014-12-19T18:00:00.000+00:002014-12-19T18:00:00.094+00:00Winner & Runners Up - Early Edition for ChristmasWell, after a messy time with the blog refusing to behave in its normal way finally we are getting around to loading up a winner and runners up for challenges 68, 69 & 70.<br />
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The winner is <a href="http://www.rosieskleinebastelwelt.blogspot.de/2014/11/not-all-who-wander-are-lost.html">Rosie</a> with her artwork including some newspaper<br />
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Thank you for all your entries and Happy Christmas to you all - see you in January!Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-75420935018403818212014-12-05T18:00:00.001+00:002014-12-05T20:05:33.051+00:00Challenge 70 - Wrapping Paper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For this challenge we would like you to make some wrapping paper. The base for this could be brown, tissue, or any other suitable paper. You can colour it with inks, paints, crayons, or anything else you can think off that will colour your paper. You can stamp images, add embellishments, or just glitz it up. It could just produce a very different piece of wrapping paper for that special present.<br />
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WendyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07843760814645590103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-74577518269413453742014-11-21T18:00:00.000+00:002014-11-27T15:52:10.065+00:00Challenge 69 - A Tryptich<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yes that is what we want you to make this Challenge - a Triptych! If you go to <a href="http://uk.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=tryptichs&term_meta%5B%5D=tryptichs%7Ctyped">Pinterest </a>you will see lots of different ideas on how to do a tryptich - some are split pictures, some are three joined sections - but as what they are there are some beauties out there.<br />
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So can you make yours be one of them? Course you can - and with the Christmas Season coming along for those who celebrate it what better way of making a special card for someone you love than doing a "three-in-one" one.<br />
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Neet did one with some pictures she had and knowing there had to be some rubber stamping somewhere she used a script stamp for the backgrounds. The cover is decorated with diecut shapes and there is a garter of lace to hold it closed. <br />
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You will probably remember that Challenge 66 was for something Green and Challenge 67 was to do with Poppies. We have certainly had lots of reminders about Poppies here in the UK over the past few weeks and this Sunday TV is showing "War Horse" which is a very moving film. If you haven't already seen it make sure you have some tissues with you for viewing.<br />
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Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-18586639788687137242014-11-14T00:00:00.000+00:002014-11-15T16:18:59.346+00:00Winners 64 & 65A thousand apologies and a Big Thank You to Craftyfield for pointing out that I had missed choosing the winner and runner up for our challenges Arches and a Little Book. The funny thing is I remember doing it, I remember the post, but can I find it anywhere, in <i>draft</i> even - no! In fact this morning I was clearing out my folders and I deleted the two pictures so I know I did it; did I press the wrong button?<br />
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So without further ado the winner for these challenges is <a href="http://inkythings.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/mini-notebook.html">CraftyCreations</a> for her little book. If you go along to her blog you can read a technique that she used for making her Kraft card look and feel like leather. Here it is:<br />
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The actual description of the Challenge chosen by Wendy is to "Use Some Part of a Newspaper, Book or Magazine to Make Anything You Like or to Use on a Project". We are hoping that gives you lots of scope for joining in with us these next two weeks.<br />
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It was lovely to see the Poppy entries, and such a variation too, it just shows what beautiful poppy stamps there are out there and how the spirit of the celebrations this year have inspired people to make poppies to wear. Thank you ladies.<br />
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Well, back to using something as outlined above in this new challenge. Here is Wendy's vintage tag:<br />
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We would love you to join in with us using some print as outlined above - you have two weeks .... hope we see you around.</div>
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We both love Poppies and what better time to use them in a challenge than coming up to Remembrance Sunday. This year is a special anniversary and so we felt it should be marked in some way. Have you all seen the splendid carpet of Poppies at the Tower of London. Unfortunately neither of us have had the time to go down but there still is time ...<br />
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<a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/">Neet </a>chose to make a small card and use her Adirondack Pens (that's a blast from the past isn't it) to colour them in but then gave way to the Twinkling H2o's for the actual flower heads.<br />
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you might find it interesting to see her entire Poppy collection of pictures, pottery and jewellery - told you she likes Poppies, some of which she is going to show you on her blog.</div>
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<a href="http://wendyscraftjournal.blogspot.co.uk/">Wendy</a> also loves poppies, and has a healthy collection of rubber stamps and pictures, plus many years of poppy birthday cards.<br />
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For this challenge she made a tag, with a poem from the first World War, had time and a house move allowed she would have made lots of poppy tags. A task for the future perhaps.<br />
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We both hope that you find time to join in with us. Remember prizes have been suspended for the time being but the blinkies are still on offer.<br />
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Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-12349384383036556312014-10-17T18:00:00.000+01:002014-10-17T18:00:00.811+01:00Winner - Challenges 62/63Well, the Winner for our monthly prize is<br />
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Joan W for her delightful <a href="http://latenightstamping.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/sew-special.html">Sewing theme</a> piece<br />
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Eliza for her <a href="http://queenartoypia.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/use-house-shape-artful-times-challenge.html">House card</a><br />
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If both ladies will get in touch with Neet she will send you your Blinkies.<br />
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<br />Neethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279125547309537517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187921298205238795.post-81071087319059506582014-10-10T18:00:00.000+01:002014-10-10T18:00:02.261+01:00Challenge 66 GREEN and an Important AnnouncementWe are hoping that we get some more people interested with this simple challenge which is to create something GREEN. Yes you can do anything as long as it is green, or the dominant colour is green.<br />
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Thanks to the five who entered our 'Arch' challenge, some lovely work for us to peruse and we will be combining those entries with the little book ones and selecting a winner and runner up. BUT for the time being, after the next winner, <b>we are suspending the offering of a prize</b> as we do not think it fair to Oyster Stamps who have been so generous to us since we began if there are only three or five entries to judge. We will however, in the meantime, still be issuing the Blinkies for you to show on your blog.<br />
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Hopefully those of you who have stayed with us will still join in just for the fun of it.<br />
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This is <a href="http://sam21ski.blogspot.co.uk/">Sam</a>'s last week as a Guest Designer and we bid a sad farewell to her as it has been good having her work showcased on our blog. Thanks Sam, you are a pal and we appreciate what you have done and still do for this Challenge blog. Here is Sam's "Green" (her favourite colour) Design work.<br />
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<a href="http://hickydorums.blogspot.co.uk/">Neet</a> was busy at Harrogate Show last week, is at Newark this coming Sunday and launched the Oyster Blog earlier today and is showing us her Stampbord Brooch which is green although the colour is not showing up quite as it should.</div>
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