Final Week for this challenge and the year!

Hi Peeps!

I hope that you all had a great week and are fully recovered and ready for the

NEW YEAR 2016!

The current challenge at this blog ends at midnight on Friday

We then take a summer break, returning on 

the first Monday in February which is the 1st February!

Until then, here is a great photo taken this morning by a friend of mine to remind you how beautiful this small island can be!

Snug Falls, Tasmania - 27th December, 2015 by Greg Faull

Our current challenge is

Sparkle - and make us smile!

I am offering a gift voucher to an on-line shop of choice to the winner to the value of approx $20 Au

Create something all sparkly for Christmas or for New Year or for any reason really! 

We look forward to seeing your creations.

The twist is to create something that makes us smile!

This does not mean it has to be an amusing item - just something that we smile at!

Some further inspiration to spur you on to create!

Wynn

Susan

You can enter your creation

HERE

Remember - no stamps please!

Not long now!

That big man in a red suit is getting ready to arrive!

Meanwhile we have been having a heat wave in Australia so he has had to take a dip to cool off!

I am sure he will be appropriately dressed by Christmas Eve!

Meanwhile, we are entering week 3 for our current challenge.

December: Sparkle - and make us smile!

I will offer a gift voucher to an on-line shop of choice to the winner to the value of approx $20 Au

Sparkle! 

Create something all sparkly for Christmas or for New Year or for any reason really! 

We all end up with glitter all over us and workroom anyway so go for it!

The twist is to create something that makes us smile!

This does not mean it has to be an amusing item - just something that we smile at!

The DT have added some more gems to the inspiration board and here they are

Wynn

Berina gave us two this week!

Susan

Well, there you are - I know it is a busy time for lots of us but you may have to take a sanity break and just craft something and it might as well be be sparkly!

Merry Christmas to you all and see you next week!

You can enter your item 

HERE

by scrolling down to the Linky!

Couldn't resist this!

"Reindeer just don't cut the mustard in the outback" was the caption that caught my eye first on FB this morning, and I looked at the photo and just knew I had to put it up here!

Australian Working Dog Rescue

Merry Christmas Peeps!

Hope your plans are coming to fruition for the festive season!

Week Two of our Sparkle challenge and the winners from November

Hello Peeps! How is the countdown to Christmas going for you? 

I think I am doing OK which probably means I have forgotten something! 

This month the challenge is to:

Sparkle - and make us smile!

You can create something all sparkly for Christmas, not necessarily a card 

We all end up with glitter all over us and the creative space anyway at this time of the year

so go for it!

The twist is to make us (the readers) smile!

This can be with your project or with your post about that project!

Prize:

A $20 Aust. Gift Voucher to an on-line shop of choice

(must be able to issue gift vouchers)

Before we go to our wonderful DT Inspiration work,  I have to announce the winner of November's challenge

10 Carol Dunham

A lovely card for a sister

Congratulations Carol! The die will be posted asap!

Unfortunately, there are no prizes for the Favorite apart from Honor and Glory!

This month we choose three (3) DT Favorites:

36 Akshma

Look at that quilled kitchen!

1 Maryvonne

So much texture!

19 Suzna

Altered sauce bottles!

Well done Crafters!

Now, we have several Guests in the Design Team this month

 The first one is Dawn Lancaster!

I'm delighted to have been invited to GDT at Unstampabelles this month.

Here's a little bit about me.

I live in Edinburgh, Bonnie Scotland, with my husband & two feline friends.

I am a dental nurse by day & love to craft of an evening.

I've pretty much crafted all my life one way or another. When I was small, I used to love those little paper dressing up dolls & spent hours cutting out the different outfits & having fashion shows with them. My mum also taught me how to knit & sew.

I've been making cards for about 10 years now. I saw the lovely cards my mum was making & decided to have a bash myself, so got her to show me a few tips & techniques.The first proper card I made was for my Dad's 70th Birthday. From there, things just spiralled out of control & I now have a house full of crafty bits & pieces. 

Love the red nose!

Our second GDT member is Aussie Annie

who has made us this

and we have a third GDT member this month

Dr Sonia!

About myself 

I am an ENT Surgeon from India and crafting especially papercrafts is something which helps me big time to destress and keep me relaxed ! Unstampabelles is very very special to me as several years back [Feb 2012 to be exact] when I started crafting , a simple quilled framework I made using recycled materials was picked as the DT favorite and showcased on Susan's Unstampabelles...it gave me such a huge morale boost! Thank you so much Susan for having me here once again

I will share a tutorial on my blog but I am going out of station and so will post on 16th once I am back

Thank you to all our Guests for their willingness to create especially for us!

 Dale, one of our DT members has also made three cards to inspire you

Dale

For this card I used glitter stickers

For this card I used glitter washi tape

For this card I used glitter cardstock and the die-cut ornament has a glitter pattern on it too.

Susan

So, some great pieces of work to make you inspired to create and then to post into our challenge - you have till the end of December to enter this challenge

HERE

and scroll down to the Linky!

Merry Christmas and all that! Challenge #53

Time is ticking down to Christmas!

Tick tock, tick tock........

The November challenge was well received and we have some lovely pieces to scrutinize!

Thank you for your entry

Winner's announces as per usual in the second week

This month the challenge is to:

Sparkle - and make us smile!

You can create something all sparkly for Christmas, not necessarily a card 

We all end up with glitter all over us and the creative space anyway at this time of the year

so go for it!

The twist is to make us (the readers) smile!

This can be with your project or with your post about that project!

Prize:

A $20 Aust. Gift Voucher to an on-line shop of choice

(must be able to issue gift vouchers)

The Design Team have entered the challenge with gusto and created some amazing things

Just wait and see what we have!

Susan

I created LOTS of sparkle everywhere with these

Wynn

Berina

(Berina says: I made a shaker card with sequins for sparkle and shaker cards always make me smile)

Jen Leeflang

CG

So, folks - lets us see if you can create a sparkle without using your stamps!

You have four weeks to get your entry in

It does not have to be a Christmas card - just a sparkly thing made mostly from paper!

An InLinkz Link-up

Last week for our current challenge, Anything Goes.........

....except for using stamps of course!

Some of our entrants are not aware of the one major rule for this challenge which is to 

NOT USE STAMPS OF ANY KIND

in your work

Please do not enter your work if you have used a stamp as it is not pleasant to have to tell people that their lovely creation is not eligible. It makes some people a bit prickly and that makes me unhappy as well. Not as prickly as this little fella though!

Photo's taken by Greg Faull last week on Bruny Island

The Australian Echidna - very cute!

Now, there are a lot of entries in this months challenge: Anything Goes, with a TWIST of using Flowers!

It just goes to show that it can be done - creating a paper project with no stamps involved. 

Don't get me  wrong - I have a pile of stamps - but sometimes not using them is a better challenge than reaching for one straight away. It allows us to play with our paints and pastes and things as well, and to use stuff from the stash in different ways. I love it and I hope you do too.

Well, the good news is that there are five more days to go until Friday and the close of November's challenge - the winner (chosen by random number) will get this sent to them!

There is also a DT Favourite chosen - usually only one, but this month we have so many entries we may increase that number. The winner's of this do not get a prize beyond the recognition of the team and the honour and glory.

So, no more excuses!

If you still need some inspiration the team have a few things to show you!

Berina

Jen Leeflang 

Susan

There you have it - 

Enter you work 

HERE

 by scanning to the bottom of the post and entering at the link there. 

Midway in the November Challenge #52

Hello Peeps - what a week we have had indeed. My thoughts and concerns are with our friends of all nations in Paris at at the moment - be brave France. W stand with you across the world.

The one Australian who was injured was a 19 yo girl from Tasmania

She will survive but is injured in body and spirit

Brings it very close to home for us

For those of us not in Europe, I hope your Christmas (and Thanksgiving) preparations are well in hand, and that life is full of only good stress at the moment! I know I am knee deep in Christmas cards and my work space looks terrible but it will all come good soon, fingers crossed!

We have some new inspiration to get you going for this Challenge this month

Anything Goes

TWIST: use a flower or flowers

Wynn

Dale

Susan

and this one which was sent to me a few months ago by a friend and I thought I would show you how simple a card with a photo can be............so pretty with the poppies......

You can enter by going 

HERE

and scanning to the bottom of the post to the link

REMEMBER - NO STAMPS PLEASE

October's Winners - and Challenge #52

Well Peeps, October's challenge was a bit of a challenge for some and not at all for others! 

Time to announce the 

WINNERS

of

Challenge #51

 the SUN - rising or setting, but always with 

a twist of GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!

 with a prize of this embossing folder

Random Draw for October's prize

No 6: Dr Sonia! 

A sea themed trinket box with real shells!

DT Favorite for October

3 Annie

Look at the amazing whale enjoying life!

Annie's blog address has changed since then and now she can be found at 

http://thejourneyisthestarthere.blogspot.com.au/ 

Congratulations to both - both are amazing talented crafters!

Now, on with

Challenge #52

Anything Goes!

Twist: use flowers

This month we have no Guest Designer but we do have some more inspiration from the amazing Design Teem girls!

Please go to their blogs and leave some love!

CG

Berina

Susan

So, that's it

Time for you to now go off to that craft cave of yours and have a go at creation a wonderful project that has  NO STAMPS on it and is full of flowers and creativity!

Enter it by clicking and scrolling to the Inky Link 

HERE