Allsorts 15th Birthday Challenge #781 - Anything Goes

 Hi Crafters,

A special challenge this week at Allsorts to celebrate our

15th Birthday!

My card was created using a sheet of stamps from a magazine freebie and an Apple Blossom Sentiment Stamp all in the nautical or sailing theme. I created the lighthouse background scene and then stamped and cut out the porthole and starfish to add dimension. I used Distress Inks to water-colour. 

A special Birthday deserves special prizes and we are so excited that our friends at AALL and Create really wanted to be involved and have donated a huge bundle of their products, stamps, stencils, ephemera and washi tape which will be spilt randomly between 15 very lucky winners.

This is such a great opportunity to join in our Special Birthday challenge and create some lovely projects to be in with a chance to win a share of this fabulous prize bundle.

Check out the simple rules here and then come and join in the fun!

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge #739 - Let it Bloom

 Hi Crafters,

Thank you for joining me for the start of the new challenge at Passion For Markers.

Our theme is LET IT BLOOM

That means we'd like to see lots of blooms and flowers on your creations and you must use your Markers of course.

Recipe

Image - Cat Flower Pot by Hetty Clare

Coloured with Copics

Creative Expressions 'Bountiful Blossoms' Embossing Folder and Sentiment Die.

Our sponsor this week is

Hetty Clare

who are offering 2 digi images to the lucky winner.

Please take a look at the rest of the Design Team's creations over on the challenge blog here for more inspiration and then come and join in with us.

Have fun!

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #780 - Spots and Stripes/ATG

 Hi Crafters,

It's my turn this week to choose the theme over on the Allsorts challenge blog.

I have gone with

SPOTS AND STRIPES

These papers were a magazine freebie a long time ago and I am determined to use lots of older stash that is taking up so much room. I have teamed them with two older stamp sets from Crafters Companion in the 'Just For Men' collection called Streetwise and Rock Star. I used my stamping platform to get a good print on the solid parts of the stamps.

Please check out the Design Team makes, there are lots of inspirational projects over on the challenge blog.

Prizes for the next few weeks are from Stampendous

Come and join in the fun with us, you have until midday Friday 17th May to enter.

Moving on to what is coming up very soon...we will be celebrating our 15th Birthday starting Saturday May 18th, you do not want to miss this special challenge. We have an enormous prize bundle from Aall & Create to share with our lucky winners.

Lots to look forward to but in the meantime, have a great week and see you again soon,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #779 - More Than One Fold

 Hi Crafters, 

Welcome to the weekend and another new challenge at Allsorts.

We are looking to see your creations with lots of FOLDS this week or you can follow the Anything Goes option if you wish.

This is the front of my Birthday card using some lovely papers by Anna Marie Designs and a Creative Expressions Die from the Indian Ocean collection called Mauritius. The filigree corner dies are from La La Land Crafts and the Fancy Lace Border die is by Cottage Cutz.

I have all my folds on the inside of this card with a die cut aperture on the centre fold. Again these are Anna Marie Designs papers and sentiment panel.

Prizes from Oakwood (2 x A5 stamp sets) and Highlight Crafts (3 x A5 stencils)

I hope you can join in with us, you have a whole week to enter up to 3 new projects, following either the theme or Anything Goes. Please remember to link back to our challenge blog on your post to be eligible for a prize. For more inspiration please take a look at the rest of the Design Teams creations here. 

Now on to what is coming up later this month...

We will be celebrating our 15th Birthday on May 18th, please help us spread the word and share the logo.

We have some truly fabulous prizes up for grabs, you will not want to miss this!

That's all from me for now, see you soon.

Lorraine

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Crafts Galore Encore May Challenge #123 - Anything Goes

 Hi Crafters,

We are back again for another new month long challenge at Crafts Galore Encore. Starting today you have a whole month to create your projects and enter our 'Just For Fun' challenge with an Anything Goes theme, so free reign to make whatever you like.

I created my background using Distress Inks through a checkered stencil and added some detail stamping using a Creative Expressions stamp called 'Enigma'. The castle image was stamped on to a separate piece of card, fussy cut and adhered to my background. This was from a stamp set by Lindsay Mason called 'I Dreamed of Castles' along with the sentiment. Black card stock for mounting gives a bold frame for the zesty background.

Come and join in with us, the Design Team have been busy creating some very inspiring projects for you, take a look at them here on the challenge blog.

Take care,

Lorraine

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