Challenge #134 - IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!

I'm glad that so many people attempted our Bingo challenge and as usual the Winner and favourites will be announced next weekend.  

For Challenge 134 you will have until 7th January 2017, yes you have until next year.  (It's so scary how quickly the years are flying by).  

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is the talented Naz from

Sasayaki Glitter Digital Designs

Prize:  1 image of choice from store

Theme:  Christmas

Gina using Snowman and bird

Vickie using Christmas Penguins

Carolyn using Snowman and bird

Robin using Snowman and bird

Sami using Christmas Penguins

Amy using Christmas Penguin

Patti using Christmas Penguins

Now you've seen the wonderful inspiration by our fabulously talented design team it's now time to show us your Christmas project.  It can be any project as long as it follows the theme and the rules.

The Crafting When We Can Challenges team wish you a happy and safe time until we are back next year.

RULES

*FOLLOW THE THEME OF THE CHALLENGE.

*YOU MAY COMBINE THIS CHALLENGE WITH ANY OTHER CHALLENGE.

*MUST BE A NEW POST, NO BACK LINKING.

*MAXIMUM OF 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON.

*PLEASE LINK TO YOUR POST NOT YOUR BLOG.

*PLEASE LINK TO CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGES IN YOUR POST.

*CLAIM PRIZE NO LONGER THAN 2 WEEKS AFTER WINNER ANNOUNCED.

PLEASE LINK UP YOUR CREATION BELOW IF YOU ARE ABIDING BY THESE RULES.

THANK YOU AND ENJOY CREATING! x

Winner and Favourites Challenge #132

Sorry for the late posting but we are still working out our new Winner and favourite strategy.  Our winner was chosen by AMY.

Winner

#4 - Lorraine A

Congratulations Lorraine, please contact Ang at craftingwhenwecan (at) hotmail (dot) com to claim your prize, putting Winner Challenge #132 in the subject line and take the Winners Badge from the sidebar and wear it on your blog with pride.

DT Favourites

no particular order

#20 - Claudia Rogier

#2 - CreaNancy

#9 - Heike

#6 - Maike

#21 - Patty Sue

#13 - Paper Mona

Congratulations, please take your DT Favourite badge from the sidebar and wear it on your blog with pride.

There's still time to enter our current challenge - Bingo. 

Challenge #133 - BINGO!!

It just goes to show the world is a circle, and so many lucky people will be receiving cards with circles of one description or another in the future.  

Once again we have the very talented Caitlyn from 

Devil Cait Designs

Personally I (Poppet) think Caitlyn's images give you a great deal of scope to hone your colouring.  I love the hair styles and the features of her images are so clear I love to use them to practice with and I feel I've really improved (the colour choices of my card leave something to be desired but I'm working on it).

 Hop over to Caitlyn's Etsy and purchase a couple of images and have a practice I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Prize: 3 images of choice from store

Theme:  BINGO
You may choose a horizontal line diagonal line or go for all 4 corners or if you really like punishment try for a full house

Please let us know what you have chosen. 

Below you will find our wonderful DT projects.  As usual click on the name to visit their blog to find out more info and leave them some love and click on the title to go to DevilCaitDesigns

Gina using Kyliee
Pearl/frame/lace

Patti using Angie
Pearl/frame/lace

Vickie using Tracy
Monochromatic/Snowflake/Pearl

Amy using Kyliee

Monochromatic/Snowflake/Pearl

Sandra using Stella
spots and stripes/button/lace

Amy using Angie
Monochrome/Snowflake/Pearls

Robin using Tracy
Monochrome/snowflake/pearls

Carolyn using Tracy
buttons/animal/snowflake

Poppet using Skye
spots and stripes/animal/pearl
spots are the embossing on the orange card and I took liberties with the stripes

Just follow the simple rules and link up your wonderful projects below to be in with a chance of winning the wonderful prize.

RULES

*FOLLOW THE THEME OF THE CHALLENGE.

*YOU MAY COMBINE THIS CHALLENGE WITH ANY OTHER CHALLENGE.

*MUST BE A NEW POST, NO BACK LINKING.

*MAXIMUM OF 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON.

*PLEASE LINK TO YOUR POST NOT YOUR BLOG.

*PLEASE LINK TO CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGES IN YOUR POST.

*CLAIM PRIZE NO LONGER THAN 2 WEEKS AFTER WINNER ANNOUNCED.

PLEASE LINK UP YOUR CREATION BELOW IF YOU ARE ABIDING BY THESE RULES.

THANK YOU AND ENJOY CREATING! x

Winner and Top 3 challenge 131

Current challenge 132 "Circles" click HERE

There are now no restrictions on the number of combined challenges entered but you may only enter 2 new cards for our challenge.  

We really enjoy looking through all your entries and even if we don't get to leave you a comment all the projects which follow the rules are in with a chance of Winning or earning a Top 3 place.

The Winner and Top 3 for Challenge 131 were chosen by our DT member Lynda.

Winner

#5 - Kristiyana

Congratulations Kristiyana, please contact Ang at craftingwhenwecan (at) hotmail (dot) com to claim your prize, putting Winner Challenge #131 in the subject line and take the Winners Badge from the sidebar and wear it on your blog with pride.

Top 4

(as we had only 5 entries we thought it only fair everyone got a badge)

#1 - Jarka Ef

#2 - Laura

#3 - Heather B

#4 - Claudia's Kaartjes

Congratulations, please take your Top 3 badge from the sidebar and wear it on your blog with pride.

Challenge 132 - Circles

You'll notice a little difference on our link up from this challenge forward. It has unfortunately become too costly to provide thumbnails of all your wonderful work so you will still link via Inlinkz but your pictures will not be visible to everyone else unless they click on the link to your project. 

The way we choose the winner will also change. The DT will choose a favourite from their comment list and a Winner will be chosen from these. When the Winner is announced we will now show you all the DT's favourite projects too. Hopefully this won't dampen your enjoyment of our challenges and it means we will be able to showcase more of our entries fabulous projects.

For the challenges in November we have the wonderfully talented Caitlyn Crosfield of 

Devil Cait Designs

Theme: Circles of any description

(as long as they are obvious)

We were generously given some imaqes by Caitlyn to use for our projects and I'm sure you will agree with me that the DT have excelled themselves with the inspiration they have provided.

As usual click on the name to leave some love with the DT member and click the Title to go the Caitlyn's wonderful Etsy shop.

Robin using Angie

Vickie using J-Ling

Gina using Angie, J-Ling, Tracy, Victoria, Stella

& an Aurella Art image Rayne

Carolyn using Angie

Amy using Angie

Patti using Angie

Sandra using Victoria

Lynda using Angie

Sami using Stella

I think you can see which image was the DTs favourite and I think you'll agree that they have all done a magnificent job at showcasing Caitlyn's images.

RULES

*FOLLOW THE THEME OF THE CHALLENGE.

*YOU MAY COMBINE THIS CHALLENGE WITH ANY OTHER CHALLENGE.

*MUST BE A NEW POST, NO BACK LINKING.

*MAXIMUM OF 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON.

*PLEASE LINK TO YOUR POST NOT YOUR BLOG.

*PLEASE LINK TO CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGES IN YOUR POST.

*CLAIM PRIZE NO LONGER THAN 2 WEEKS AFTER WINNER ANNOUNCED.

PLEASE LINK UP YOUR CREATION BELOW IF YOU ARE ABIDING BY THESE RULES.

THANK YOU AND ENJOY CREATING! x

Winner and Top 3 Challenge #130

Current challenge 131 "Sketch by Sandra" click HERE

There are now no restrictions on the number of combined challenges entered but you may only enter 2 new cards for our challenge.

We really enjoy looking through all your entries and even if we don't get to leave you a comment all the projects which follow the rules are in with a chance of Winning or earning a Top 3 place.

The Winner and Top 3 for Challenge 130 were chosen by our DT member Poppet.

Winner

#32 - Linda Dekker

Congratulations Linda, please contact Ang at craftingwhenwecan (at) hotmail (dot) com to claim your prize, putting Winner Challenge #130 in the subject line and take the Winners Badge from the sidebar and wear it on your blog with pride.

Top 3

#22 - Nikki Mudge

#25 - Louise Forsyth

#13 - Ingunn

Congratulations, please take your Top 3 badge from the sidebar and wear it on your blog with pride.

Challenge #131 - Sketch by Sandra

Well it just goes to show that there are other shape card out there in crafty land, who knew?  It was a pleasure to look through all your wonderful projects and it doesn't get easier for our DT members to choose a Winner and Top 3 every week but as usual we will, and the Winner and Top 3 will be announced next weekend.

For our Challenge 131 we have the wonderful Nikki Burnette from

Aurella Art

Hello! My name is Nikki Burnette and I am a fantasy artist. I paint all sorts of fantastical creatures in watercolor. Fantasy art is where my heart lies. I love being able to escape the reality of our world for even just a few hours and enter a new fantasy realm where witches play tricks on Halloween Night, fairies fly around the sweet smelling rosebuds, and mermaids swim gracefully through the water with their dolphin friends. I sell my original paintings as well as a wide range of different products that I create myself in my studio.

The prize is 3 images

Theme a wonderful sketch by Sandra

Below our wonderfully talented DT have used Nikki's images, which were kindly given to us to use, to make a few projects for you to get inspiration from.  As usual click on the name to leave them some love and click on the title to go to the shop.

Gina using Rayne

Patti using Fairy Christina

Vickie using Red

Sami using Lacy

Sandra using Jayna

Poppet using Red

Now you've seen our fabulous DT's work it's time to show us your projects.  Get out of your comfort zone and have a go at Sandra wonderful sketch.  It's not a difficult as it looks if you break it down.  We can't wait to see how you interpret the theme. 

Please note that even if you don't get a comment, if you have followed the rules you are still in with a chance of being picked.

RULES

*FOLLOW THE THEME OF THE CHALLENGE.

*YOU MAY COMBINE THIS CHALLENGE WITH ANY OTHER CHALLENGE.

*MUST BE A NEW POST, NO BACK LINKING.

*MAXIMUM OF 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON.

*PLEASE LINK TO YOUR POST NOT YOUR BLOG.

*PLEASE LINK TO CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGES IN YOUR POST.

*CLAIM PRIZE NO LONGER THAN 2 WEEKS AFTER WINNER ANNOUNCED.

PLEASE LINK UP YOUR CREATION BELOW IF YOU ARE ABIDING BY THESE RULES.

THANK YOU AND ENJOY CREATING! x

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Winner and Top 3 Challenge #129

Current challenge 130 "No Square Cards" click HERE

There are now no restrictions on the number of challenges entered but you may only enter 2 new cards for our challenges.

We really enjoy looking through all your entries and even if we don't get to leave you a comment all the projects which follow the rules are in with a chance of Winning or earning a Top 3 place.

The Winner and Top 3 for Challenge 129 were chosen by our DT member Patti.

Winner

#48 - Marlies 

Congratulations Marlies, please contact Ang at craftingwhenwecan (at) hotmail (dot) com to claim your prize, putting Winner Challenge #129 in the subject line and take the Winners Badge from the sidebar and wear it on your blog with pride.

Top 3

#64 - SewPaperPaint

#29 - Debs Bat Cave

#11 - Mel's Crafty Clips

Congratulations, please take your Top 3 badge from the sidebar and wear it on your blog with pride.

Challenge #130 - No Square Cards

We've had some great inspiration looking through your Christmas cards.  I'm sure we will be having more to look at over the coming challenges as Christmas comes nearer.  As usual the Winner and Top 3 will be announced next week.

For this fortnights challenge we have the talented Julia from

Stamps by Julia Spiri

I absolutely love Art & Crafts! 

I have a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. But my first drawing lessons received from my father, he is a painter too.

For many years, I painted portraits, caricatures and child´s illustrations.

My hope is that you find in my shop graphics that make you smile and inspire you to create many things :)

Caricatures Online

http://caricaturascom.es/

Portraits

http://www.talleracuarela.com/

Julia Spiri

You can find me on Facebook, come and join my Fan Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stampsbyjuliaspiri/

Prize: 2 image from the store

Theme:  NO SQUARE CARDS

Below is some wonderful inspiration from our very talented DT.  To leave them some love click on the name and hop over to their blog for inspiration.  To visit our wonderful sponsors site to buy the image click on the title.

Gina using April Elf

Vickie using Girl with Rose

Amy using The Baby Elf

Patti using Girl with hair wrap

Sandra using April Elf

Robin using Girl with Rose

To be in with a chance of winning the wonderful prize from Julia all you have to do is follow the few simple rules set below.  It looks a lot but it won't take you a moment to read.  It's a real shame when the DT choose a card for Winner and Top 3 and they haven't followed the rules.  

Please note that even if you don't get a comment, if you have followed the rules you are still in with a chance of being picked.

RULES

*FOLLOW THE THEME OF THE CHALLENGE.

*YOU MAY COMBINE THIS CHALLENGE WITH ANY OTHER CHALLENGE.

*MUST BE A NEW POST, NO BACK LINKING.

*MAXIMUM OF 2 ENTRIES PER PERSON.

*PLEASE LINK TO YOUR POST NOT YOUR BLOG.

*PLEASE LINK TO CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGES IN YOUR POST.

*CLAIM PRIZE NO LONGER THAN 2 WEEKS AFTER WINNER ANNOUNCED.

PLEASE LINK UP YOUR CREATION BELOW IF YOU ARE ABIDING BY THESE RULES.

THANK YOU AND ENJOY CREATING! x

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