Winner & Runners Up - Early Edition for Christmas

Well, 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.

The winner is Rosie with her artwork including some newspaper

And we have two runners up - one for each of the other two challenges

Chris with her Triptych,

and Craftyfield for her lovely wrapping paper.

If you ladies can contact Neet quickly she will send you your blinkies for your blog before Christmas.

Thank you for all your entries and Happy Christmas to you all - see you in January!

Challenge 70 - Wrapping Paper

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.

We look forward to seeing your creativity on this challenge.

Please read the rules to make sure your entry fits the bill.

Neet has produced this
 (apologies for the photo)

Wendy has used deli paper for her sample

This will be our last Challenge for the year 2014 so we would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  See you all in January.

ps the winner for challenges 68, 69 & 70 will be announced on the 19th.

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Challenge 69 - A Tryptich

Yes that is what we want you to make this Challenge - a Triptych!  If you go to Pinterest 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.

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.

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.

Please please please read the Rules and Guidelines at the top of our blog.

Now what has Wendy done for us?  Look no further

Remembering my brother.

We would love you to join in with your versions.

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Winner Challenges 66 & 67

Well, we did get more entries than we have had for the past few weeks but sorry there are no prizes at the moment.  Nontheless there are Blinkies for the winner and the runner up to display proudly on their blogs.

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.

Sorry - without further delay I will announce our Winner who is ...


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Jan Morris

It really was a hard decision as all the entries were so very special but what swung this one was the honeycomb used in the background which echoed that in the image.

Our runner up was none other than 

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Mrs A who treated us to an underwater scene

If both ladies will contact Neet she will send you your Blinkies and then you can display them on your blog.  Well done everyone - every one of you is a winner really.

Winners 64 & 65

A 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 draft 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?

So without further ado the winner for these challenges is CraftyCreations 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:

I must try this!

Our runner up is, in fact, the lovely lady who reminded me that I had missed this announcement, Craftyfield, and she used a card with an arch cut out for the aperture.  Behind is a beautiful scene which she has created with her Stampscapes rubber stamps.  I am rather in awe of this delightful card as I have not had success with the stamps I have for doing scenes like this.  Thank you for the lovely detailed description of how you did it too.

Apologies once again, Wendy is now settled into her new home so hopefully she can help with the admin and stop me going off again.

Well done to all our ladies.

Challenge 68 Use some part of a newspaper, book, magazine

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.

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.

Well, back to using something as outlined above in this new challenge.  Here is Wendy's vintage tag:

and Neet's Parisian tag:

We would love you to join in with us using some print as outlined above - you have two weeks .... hope we see you around.

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Challenge 67 Poppies

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 ...

Anyway here we are with our Poppy inspiration

Neet 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.

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.

Wendy also loves poppies, and has a healthy collection of rubber stamps and pictures, plus many years of poppy birthday cards.

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.

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.

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Winner - Challenges 62/63

Well, the Winner for our monthly prize is

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Joan W for her delightful Sewing theme piece

and our Runner Up is

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Eliza for her House card

If both ladies will get in touch with Neet she will send you your Blinkies.

Well done!

Challenge 66 GREEN and an Important Announcement

We 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.

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, we are suspending the offering of a prize 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.

Hopefully those of you who have stayed with us will still join in just for the fun of it.

This is Sam'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.

Wendy is extremely busy at the moment moving house but she has still managed to make us a Green page in her Diary Journal

Neet 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.

We hope you can join in with us with this challenge.  You have almost two weeks to submit your entry.

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Challenge 65 ARCHES

Well, we certainly did not get many entries for our last challenge.  And we notice entries have been dropping off considerably over the past few weeks.  Not to worry, we will soldier on and this time our challenge is for you to create something with "Arches".  It does not have to be more than one arch, just sounds better when you put the word in plural.

We are honoured to still have Sam as our Guest Designer and it looks as if she has been using Lynne Perrella stamps this time.  Aren't these arches gorgeous.  Wondering how she did them - pop along to her blog and find out.

Neet decided to use rubber stamps in her 'arches' and this is part of what she produced.  If you want to see more pictures of arches and the whole project pop along to her blog:

Wendy made this arch as part of a family arch book.

That is all we have for you this time, you need to visit our blogs to see more detail but before you go can I remind you that you need to read through our Rules and Guidelines to make sure you are eligible for the prize draw.  Just to help you they are below as well as in their usual place at the top of our blog.

*Entries must fully comply with the fortnightly theme (this means your creation must follow the rules of the theme set).

*Please link directly to your entry and not just to your blog (this means only link the address for your post to the challenge and not the general address of your blog).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Making a Direct Link'.

*Please ensure you make a link back to this challenge blog in your post (this means you need to include a link to Artful Times Challenge blog when writing up your post).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Linking Back'.

*Please write a brief description of how you created your entry and some of the materials used, even if it's only a brief list at the end of your posting, as it's nice to know what was used and how it's been done.

*Please do not back link to previous posts prior to the date of the challenge.

*A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined.

*You may enter the challenge several times as long as each entry is with a different creation.

*We encourage you to visit each other's blogs and leave a comment, even ours, it means a lot!

*If you have 'Word Verification' may we ask that you please turn it off, as this makes commenting easier for everyone, especially with the new blogger words which are difficult to read at times.  The comment moderation seems to be a more successful way of avoiding unwanted comments.

*Link your entry before 17.55 on the following Thursday.

*Any entries which do not follow the above challenge guidelines may not be commented on by the DT and will not be entered into the prize draw.

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Challenge 64 - A Small Book

and we mean "tiny".  Yes, we are asking you to make a book that is no larger than 2"x 3" (think that translates to 5 x 7.5 cms).  Gosh, that small, really?

Here is what we came up with

Sam made this lovely jotter complete with hessian and button

Neet made a tiny sea themed book

Whilst Wendy made a felt cover for her pretty poppy book

Now what will you make for us to see?  What about a domino book, I remember Tim Holtz making one of those a long time ago.  Or will you make a jotter like Sam, or a tiny book of pictures like Neet? Go on, you know you want to try this, see you later.

Remember the Rules and Guidelines please

*Entries must fully comply with the fortnightly theme (this means your creation must follow the rules of the theme set).

*Please link directly to your entry and not just to your blog (this means only link the address for your post to the challenge and not the general address of your blog).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Making a Direct Link'.

*Please ensure you make a link back to this challenge blog in your post (this means you need to include a link to Artful Times Challenge blog when writing up your post).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Linking Back'.

*Please write a brief description of how you created your entry and some of the materials used, even if it's only a brief list at the end of your posting, as it's nice to know what was used and how it's been done.

*Please do not back link to previous posts prior to the date of the challenge.

*A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined.

*You may enter the challenge several times as long as each entry is with a different creation.

*We encourage you to visit each other's blogs and leave a comment, even ours, it means a lot!

*If you have 'Word Verification' may we ask that you please turn it off, as this makes commenting easier for everyone, especially with the new blogger words which are difficult to read at times.  The comment moderation seems to be a more successful way of avoiding unwanted comments.
*Link your entry before 17.55 on the following Thursday.

*Any entries which do not follow the above challenge guidelines may not be commented on by the DT and will not be entered into the prize draw.

Thanks to the lovely ladies who joined in with our challenge last week.  Some really great stuff going on - and it is all about quality not quantity and although we only had a few entries they were "Quality".

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Challenge 63 - Use a House Shape - and Great News!

Well, do I have news for you.  Today we are joined by a Guest Designer and it is non other than our friend Sam.

Sam, as many of you might know was one of the three of us who started this blog and Sam did all the work for the actual setting up of it, the header, the various pages etc so we have a lot to say 'Thanks' to her for.  It's nice to welcome her back for a Guest Designer spot and this is what Sam made for us for this particular challenge

This is from Wendy and she finds this really useful in her craft room.  Why?  Visit her blog and find out.

And Neet did this card for a friend who is moving house

So what are you going to make in the shape of a house?  A card, a tag, a book - or something so different you will have us guessing.

Pop along to the various blogs to see how they made them and then join in, we would love to have you work alongside us - a challenge is not a challenge if it does not challenge you.  Follow that?

Thanks to those of you who joined in with our sewing theme last week - lovely entries ladies and all much appreciated.  Any that didn't get visited with it being BH weekend rest assured we will visit you all.

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Winner Challenges 60 & 61

Sorry for this edition being a bit late in getting to the Press.

As we had so many entries in the tag challenge we were really stuck as to whose work to choose as a winner so in the end the winner and the runner up both came from this challenge.  Want to know who won?

Well, we finally decided our winner this time was to be Crafty Creations with her lovely bird tag and the runner up was Joan W.

Can both you ladies contact Neet (addie on the RH side of her blog) and she will send you your blinkies to display on your blog.  In the case of Crafty Creations she will send you instructions for claiming you £10 gift voucher from our lovely sponsors, Oyster Stamps.

Thank you to everyone who entered either or both of these challenges we love to see your work and hop you are joining in with the sewing theme this week.

Here are the two tags

Crafty Creations

and Joan W

Challenge 62 - Sewing

*Entries must fully comply with the fortnightly theme (this means your creation must follow the rules of the theme set).

*Please link directly to your entry and not just to your blog (this means only link the address for your post to the challenge and not the general address of your blog).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Making a Direct Link'.

*Please ensure you make a link back to this challenge blog in your post (this means you need to include a link to Artful Times Challenge blog when writing up your post).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Linking Back'.

*Please write a brief description of how you created your entry and some of the materials used, even if it's only a brief list at the end of your posting, as it's nice to know what was used and how it's been done.

*Please do not back link to previous posts prior to the date of the challenge.

*A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined.

*You may enter the challenge several times as long as each entry is with a different creation.

*We encourage you to visit each other's blogs and leave a comment, even ours, it means a lot!

*If you have 'Word Verification' may we ask that you please turn it off, as this makes commenting easier for everyone, especially with the new blogger words which are difficult to read at times.  The comment moderation seems to be a more successful way of avoiding unwanted comments.
*Link your entry before 17.55 on the following Thursday.

*Any entries which do not follow the above challenge guidelines may not be commented on by the DT and will not be entered into the prize draw.

Thank you to all you brave people who joined in with our Kinetic Challenge.  We were both surprised at how many entries we actually got.  Well done!

Sewing is the new Challenge:

For this challenge we ask you to make anything with the theme of "sewing".  This can be a book page, journal, tag, card etc or can be a pincushion, napkin, bag and so on.  Easy Peasy what!

To set you off in the mood here is what we did:

Wendy made a page for a book

Neet did a page in her journal

Looks like we both had the same idea again - coincidence or what?  Now what will you do?  Hope you join in with the fun but don't forget to read the rules and guidelines above please.

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Challenge 61 - Kinetic??

*Entries must fully comply with the fortnightly theme (this means your creation must follow the rules of the theme set).

*Please link directly to your entry and not just to your blog (this means only link the address for your post to the challenge and not the general address of your blog).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Making a Direct Link'.

*Please ensure you make a link back to this challenge blog in your post (this means you need to include a link to Artful Times Challenge blog when writing up your post).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Linking Back'.

*Please write a brief description of how you created your entry and some of the materials used, even if it's only a brief list at the end of your posting, as it's nice to know what was used and how it's been done.

*Please do not back link to previous posts prior to the date of the challenge.

*A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined.

*You may enter the challenge several times as long as each entry is with a different creation.

*We encourage you to visit each other's blogs and leave a comment, even ours, it means a lot!

*If you have 'Word Verification' may we ask that you please turn it off, as this makes commenting easier for everyone, especially with the new blogger words which are difficult to read at times.  The comment moderation seems to be a more successful way of avoiding unwanted comments.
*Link your entry before 17.55 on the following Thursday.

*Any entries which do not follow the above challenge guidelines may not be commented on by the DT and will not be entered into the prize draw.

Thank you for all the Tag entries last challenge.  What a lot of contrasting styles we have and how exciting to see them all.  Now for the new Challenge which is all about motion.

Kinetic

This challenge may prove a difficult one - wonder how many of you will attempt to make something that has motion/movement within it.  To try to get you thinking here are a few samples:

Neet

A Quad Easel Card - I think this has a bit of a loose connection to 'kinetic' and maybe I should have made something like a Waterfall Card but this does move from being flat to being flat to being stood up. Doesn't it?

This is a card I made with Spellbinders way back when the company was fairly new and this is the inside of it.

It's a Secret Message Card but instead of being cut into rectangles this is cut on a curve - I think I like this idea Kim.

                                                          Wendy's unfinished box

The cogs on the box fit together and move like real cogs 

Now what will you make?  Will you join us or is it too much of a challenge for you?  Want some ideas - and step by step instructions?  Visit this website for lots of ideas on kinetic and other cards.

We would love you to join in, what is a challenge if it does not challenge us?  Go on, pop over to Artful Times and enter.

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Winning Entry (Challenges 58 & 59)

Well, we did enjoy seeing the work submitted on our challenges 58 (wood) and 59 (postcard)and both gave us a lot of thought and deliberation to go through before we could come up with a winner and a runner up.

Finally we decided that this month our winner is to be ...


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Sam with her ethereal looking heart.

and our runner up goes to Julia for the postcard from Holland.  You should visit her blog and read the story behind how and why she made it.

Thank you all of you who enter our challenges, especially those who come back challenge after challenge as how difficult the subject/theme is.  We do appreciate you and we think you are all winners in so many ways.

Now if you two ladies will contact Neet for your blinkies which you can display on your blog, and, in the case of Sam, for instructions on how to claim your prize from our wonderful sponsors Oyster Stamps.

Challenge 60 - A Tag

Please ensure that you fully read our challenge blog entry rules prior to submitting your post as failure to meet the rules will result in your entry being excluded from the prize

*Entries must fully comply with the fortnightly theme (this means your creation must follow the rules of the theme set).

*Please link directly to your entry and not just to your blog (this means only link the address for your post to the challenge and not the general address of your blog).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Making a Direct Link'.

*Please ensure you make a link back to this challenge blog in your post (this means you need to include a link to Artful Times Challenge blog when writing up your post).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Linking Back'.

*Please write a brief description of how you created your entry and some of the materials used, even if it's only a brief list at the end of your posting, as it's nice to know what was used and how it's been done.

*Please do not back link to previous posts prior to the date of the challenge.

*A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined.

*You may enter the challenge several times as long as each entry is with a different creation.

*We encourage you to visit each other's blogs and leave a comment, even ours, it means a lot!

*If you have 'Word Verification' may we ask that you please turn it off, as this makes commenting easier for everyone, especially with the new blogger words which are difficult to read at times.  The comment moderation seems to be a more successful way of avoiding unwanted comments.

*Link your entry before 17.55 on the following Thursday.

*Any entries which do not follow the above challenge guidelines may not be commented on by the DT and will not be entered into the prize draw.
Well, again we had very few entries for our last challenge, but once more what we had was quality work so thank you ladies.

This week we are asking you to make a tag.  That is it!  No restrictions at all as long as it is a tag - any size, any subject - just release your inner self and see what we did:

Wendy made two beautiful feminine tags

Whilst Neet went into Steampunk and Frieda

To find out a bit more why not pop along to our blogs, we love comments as much as anyone and we look forward to seeing and reading about your entries during these next two weeks.

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Challenge 59 - A Postcard FROM Abroad

*Entries must fully comply with the fortnightly theme (this means your creation must follow the rules of the theme set).

*Please link directly to your entry and not just to your blog (this means only link the address for your post to the challenge and not the general address of your blog).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Making a Direct Link'.

*Please ensure you make a link back to this challenge blog in your post (this means you need to include a link to Artful Times Challenge blog when writing up your post).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Linking Back'.

*Please write a brief description of how you created your entry and some of the materials used, even if it's only a brief list at the end of your posting, as it's nice to know what was used and how it's been done.

*Please do not back link to previous posts prior to the date of the challenge.

*A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined.

*You may enter the challenge several times as long as each entry is with a different creation.

*We encourage you to visit each other's blogs and leave a comment, even ours, it means a lot!

*If you have 'Word Verification' may we ask that you please turn it off, as this makes commenting easier for everyone, especially with the new blogger words which are difficult to read at times.  The comment moderation seems to be a more successful way of avoiding unwanted comments.
*Link your entry before 17.55 on the following Thursday.

*Any entries which do not follow the above challenge guidelines may not be commented on by the DT and will not be entered into the prize draw.

Well, we have just finished looking at the entries for our Wood challenge and it is going to be hard to select a winner from those entries - they are all so fabulous!  Thank goodness we have time to look again and again - and include the entries for this, our latest challenge.

A Postcard FROM Abroad 

For this we ask you to make a postcard featuring somewhere other than your own country on the front. So dig out those stamps you use for your Asian themed cards, or the ones for Paris which I am sure lots of you have.  Or whatever ...

So what size is a postcard?  Well I always thought it was 6" x 4" but unsure I looked it up and found that there are lots of different sizes quoted.  We leave it up to you, afterall they do come in various sizes when you buy them from holiday destinations.  I've even seen circular ones.

What did we come up with?  Well Wendy made these two beauties - one from Paris and one from India

and Neet made these from Africa

Hope to see some of you joining in with this challenge, as many times as you want, but remember to follow the rules and guidelines.  I have put them at the top of this blogpost once more.  Pop along to our blogs and see how we made ours, we love comments too.

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Winners Challenges 56 & 57

Well our Owl challenge did not bring us many entries but what it did bring us were some superb pieces of artwork and it is from this challenge that we have chosen our winner.

Drum roll please for ...

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Wildehilde

Who gave us this - a beautiful and most colourful page in her book.

If you go along to her blog you can see just how she created this page as she has two videos for you to watch.  Congratulations!

Our runner up came from the CAS challenge and we had a wonderful selection to choose from which took a lot of deliberation on our part.  We both agreed that we would go with ...

another drumroll please ...

Eliza

who made this rather splendid card which we thought was a little bit different to the usual images.  Well done!

Both our ladies had adhered to the rules and guidelines which is most important to us.  We like to know how you have made your artwork because it is good to share techniques and how to use materials - quite a compliment to you too if someone uses your technique/idea providing they remember to acknowledge you for it.  

Please remember to read our Guidelines at the top of our page.  (Sam spent so much time for us to make sure everything was easy for you when you joined in a challenge)  We hate not being able to count you in for a prizewinner.

Hope you can find time to join our present challenge which is wood related, and another of Chris's ideas before she left.  It really is easy to stamp on wood and there are lots of wooden shapes out there for you to play with or maybe you ca think of something to do with wood from the garden/woodland (fallen not chopped down of course).

Now, if the two ladies can get in touch with Neet (her email addie is at the side on her blog) she will send you the badges to display on your blog and instructions for Wildehilde to claim her £10 token to spend at our sponsors, Oyster Stamps.  Remember you must do this within the next 7 days.

Challenge 58 Made in/on Wood

*Entries must fully comply with the fortnightly theme (this means your creation must follow the rules of the theme set).

*Please link directly to your entry and not just to your blog (this means only link the address for your post to the challenge and not the general address of your blog).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Making a Direct Link'.

*Please ensure you make a link back to this challenge blog in your post (this means you need to include a link to Artful Times Challenge blog when writing up your post).  For instructions on how to do this please see page 'Linking Back'.

*Please write a brief description of how you created your entry and some of the materials used, even if it's only a brief list at the end of your posting, as it's nice to know what was used and how it's been done.

*Please do not back link to previous posts prior to the date of the challenge.

*A maximum of 5 challenges may be combined.

*You may enter the challenge several times as long as each entry is with a different creation.

*We encourage you to visit each other's blogs and leave a comment, even ours, it means a lot!

*If you have 'Word Verification' may we ask that you please turn it off, as this makes commenting easier for everyone, especially with the new blogger words which are difficult to read at times.  The comment moderation seems to be a more successful way of avoiding unwanted comments.

*Link your entry before 6pm on the following Thursday.

*Any entries which do not follow the above challenge guidelines may not be commented on by the DT and will not be entered into the prize draw.

Thank you for all the lovely CAS cards we had uploaded last week, what a lovely and varied selection there was.  Will be hard to pick a winner me thinks.

I think it was Chrissie who chose this challenge before she left and it was to make something in or on wood (eg box, plaque/embellishment).  Must admit at first I was a bit "eek" but then I remembered I had lots of wooden things.  I am sure most of you will have something you can decorate, we nearly all have a wooden box somewhere, or maybe a plaque which has been waiting for a touch of paint for simply ages.

Wendy had a box which she needed to decorate (you will have to visit her blog to find out why and how she got that gorgeous colouring in the top left corner)

Neet had a double arch which she had had simply ages and so she decorated that for her "spooky corner".  To see inside and on the back you will have to visit her blog.

the front

Hope you find time to join in with us and hope you enjoy entering.  Remember there is a £10 voucher from Oyster Stamps, our sponsors, for one lucky winner each month.  You need to read the rules to be in it to win.

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