Week 8 - Add a Button or two!

Week 8 Challenge - BUTTONS

Susan chose this week's copycat and it's to ADD a button or two to your card. Loving buttons as I do I think that's a wonderful idea! Can't wait to see yours! The prize for this week is another copy of the large softcover book donated by Creative Living Media. Can't wait to see your efforts!

An extra Sympathy card & Week 6 winner

Hi again
For some reason I can't seem to get Lindsay's card to show up in the slide show - sorry Lindsay - I didn't want you all to miss out on seeing it so...here it is!


WINNER OF THE BLING BUCKLES for Week 6 is...SHARON! Please email me your address Sharon and I will get them in to the post to you asap...CONGRATS!

Great resource!

Hi there - hope your Friday is going well! I just wanted to share with you a great place to get some free downloads - it is the site of one of our major sponsors, Australian Paper Crafts - The link is http://www.australianpapercrafts.com.au.

You can download FREE projects and subscribe to their newsletter if you want to be updated on news and new projects.

Oh and if you love a chance to win some blog candy (freebies as we call it here in OZ) then I am offering up some new Bella! products on my blog all you have to do to be in the draw is to leave a comment - for extra chances to win you can subscribe to the blog which, of course is absolutely free. I subscribe to several blogs and love reading my emails of a morning jam packed with cards etc to drool over rather than just the usual business ones and spam!

Aren't the sympathy cards looking great? There's still time to send yours to me if you were thinking of joining in but haven't got around to it yet. Oh and I suppose you are all wondering what scrumptous Lizzie Anne stamp I am offering as a prize? Well I decided because of the great response I will give away NOT one but TWO SIMPLY SINGLES STAMPS (RRP $31.90!)... Remember there's still time to enter...just make a card and email it to me at barwell@aapt.net.au. All names will go into a random draw and the winner announced this Sunday.

Week 7 - Sympathy cards

Week 7 - Challenge

Wow can you believe we have been going 7 weeks! I cannot thank everyone enough for playing! What was a spur of the moment idea has turned into one of the highlights of my week! I hope everyone else is feeling the same way!

Now, onto the challenge. Sadly, I needed to make a Sympathy card this week and found it quite difficult. You want the card to say "I am there for you", you perhaps don't want it to be overly colourful but not overly sad and morbid either - very tough. So...I decided to throw the challenge to you talented ladies to show me what you do. Do you prefer to write "With Sympathy" or is "Thinking of you" more your style? Do you like the recipient to be cheered up by a bright card or do you prefer to use subtle colours and designs to reflect the mood. I would love to hear your comments on this very sensitive subject and also, of course to see your cards!

Here's mine to start - it is more a darker red/wine colour irl but you get the idea. I stamped some roses inside and also "Thinking of you" on the matching gold envelope. On offer this week for one lucky cardmaker will be one of my gorgeous Lizzie Anne stamps. I will choose one tonight and let you know what it will be plus the winner of last week's dazzling diamante buckles.

Week 6 - Mid Week - Inspired by a child

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Hi there - this card appeared on my desk this morning - one of the darling little surprise gifts I often receive from my sweet son Harrison. Maybe you have been given a sweet card by a child or have seen something in a child's artwork to inspire you? Perhaps a child's doodling is something that appeals? My challenge for you is to make a card inspired by something childlike. Look for interesting kindy fonts, use KindyGlitz, textas, stamp & colour, doodle, add comic or cutesy type animals...the ideas are endless!

Prize for this week

What looks great with black and white?? BLING OF COURSE!! So this week I have decided to sponsor the challenge by giving away 5 of our NEW diamante BUCKLES to the lucky winner!
You DO want to win these so come on, if you haven't sent me in a card DO IT NOW!! Email the card in jpeg format (reduced size please) to barwell@aapt.net.au and if you just HAVE to have the buckles anyway don't forget to pop over to scrapsidaisy and check out the What's New section!

Winners...

Congratulations to KRISTY on winning the Week 4 Mid Week prize of a small flourish stamp from Printblocks and...

to our Week 5 Challenge winner - LEAH. Leah wins another Printblocks stamp!

Thanks to PRINTBLOCKS and thanks so much for joining in everyone -I can't wait to see your cards this week!

Week 6 Challenge by Melanie

Hi there - I sure hope you are all having lots of fun with our challenges.

This week I have asked Melanie to choose the challenge and she has decided on...

BLACK & WHITE
so...all you have to do is make a card using black and/or white and I am sure we could allow some greys and creams too if you are stuck.

Have fun with it!! I will be back later tonight to announce the winners of the Week 4 Mid week and Week 5 challenges and also the prize for this week.

Here is Melanie's take on her challenge..go on be a COPYCAT and make a card of your own!

My Inbox is feeling sad...

Have I scared off everyone with this week's challenge?? Pretty please have a try...just add a little star on a card or a little circle to represent a planet...it's not THAT hard is it??? Plus you could win a fabulous stamp from Printblocks...

BTW...I am feeling so inspired - I have been off to visit the Lizzie Anne Designs website. As you may know scrapsidaisy.com are the only Australian stockists of these stamps - and in the excitement of finding the site, ordering, receiving and loading the stamps, I haven't actually been back to the site to check out the gallery until tonight and WOW you won't believe the quality of the cards there - you just HAVE to go take a peek...go on but don't be too long as remember you have a card to create and email to me...

http://www.lizzieannedesigns.com/sketchbook/gallery.asp

Week 5 - Outta Space!

The prize for this week is from our major sponsor, Printblocks. This week you can win a great mounted stamp approx 5cm x 10.5cm. Gotta be in it to win it so LETS SEE THOSE SPACED OUT CARDS!!

WINNER of Kristy's Floral Feast Challenge is....

JEN!!! -Please email me Jen and I will give you the top secret code to choose $15 worth of gorgeous goodies from Scrapsidaisy

Also a HUGE thank you to Kristy for being ever so GENEROUS with her prize! What a wonderful way to end WORLD CARDMAKING DAY! Please go check out Kristy's blog and admire her work - link is in the sidebar too.

xxLeisa.

Happy World Cardmaking Day!! and this week's challenge

Hi all - I hope no matter where you are you have had fun making cards today!

So...are you ready for this week's challenge???

It is...drum roll....................................................................................................

OUTER SPACE...that's right - we're talking aliens,
stars, planets, rockets, astronauts...sounds like fun??? Hope so.

Here's my take...now it's your turn - just email me your card (reduce size please) to barwell@aapt.net.au - can't wait to see them!


Check back later to find out who won Kristy's very generous $15 Scrapsidaisy gift certificate!

Week 4 Mid Week Challenge is...

A card with NUMBERS!!! They can be metal, plastic, chipboard, felt, fabric, shaped with flowers or ribbon - BE CREATIVE and show us how to incorporate a number or two.

Suggestions - a birthday card with a child's age, a special anniversary card, a Valentines card, a card using patterned paper with random numbers on it, a congrats card eg "You're No. 1!" etc

I am going to recycle my Christmas card for this one to start you off...I am sure you can all show me something more interesting though...

Oh and the PRIZE will be a small flourish stamp kindly donated by one of our sponsors, Printblocks.




Go girls!!

Winner of Week 3 Mid Week Challenge is...

CHERYL...Well done - pop me an email with your addy and your blossoms from Scrapsidaisy will be on their way!

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