Last week for our November Challenge: #117 Colour My World Twist make it colourful

 

#117: November: Colour my World 

TWIST: make it colourful

It's our last week for the November Challenge

We have five days to go, so get those entries in folks!

I have had a busy week - but still managed early on to

make these two cards

Susan

Isa that colourful enough?

Go on, you can create something in time to enter the competition!

Last week for October Challenge#116: Everyone has a Story...with a TWIST of using a page from a book

 Hello Peeps. 

I love reading...but lately I find I am too tired to really read a lot. The trouble is, if it is a ripping yarn, I will read it from cover to cover regardless of the time, meaning I often will still be up reading at 4.00 am. So I have to ration what I read. Currently I have about five books on the go - ones I can pickup, read a chapter (ie Soil by Matthew Evans - its about dirt) and put back down. I like some autobiographiy styles too for this (Julia Gillard's book on Women and Power is great). Others I have to concentrate to get the characters back into my head and often I will only read for a bit - it gets too desperate or horrible or I am bored I put it back into the pile and go to bed.  Some however,  I devour - and these are the dangerous stories, because I pay for the loss of sleep and the story will often resonate in my head for days too. 

At one stage I thought I might write a story too but that is much harder than I anticipated.

However, people all have personal stories too. I have found in art journalling that I tend to want to tell a story, usually my own. I also belong to a few art journalling websites  and that seems to be the theme of the majority of the layouts presented on these sites. Some stories are secret and covered up - some are all out there for all to see. This story telling aspect has also affected my card making lately too...hence the theme of October

#116: Everyone has a Story             

        

TWIST: use a page from a book somewhere in your piece

(This use of a page is problematic also - the idea of tearing out a page horrifies me so I go for old books and try not to wince when I rip. I find one way of doing it is to photocopy and then tear or cut that page up - doesn't hurt nearly as much!)

I saw this idea on that great data base Pinterest

(Thanks Birgit)

Susan

This is what I would like to do more of when the great pandemic is over and we can all emerge blinking into the daylight......exploring not sailing. (I am too old now to sail anymore. Loved it when I was younger but my balance and strength do not make it pleasant any more. Still like to see boats on the water though......)  It is about being able to explore at home too thought, through the pages of a good yarn! The page is from the dictionary again - this time about travelling.

What is your story?

You have a week to enter.........

Final week for September's Challenge: Greetings and Salutations

 The TWIST of course is to have a stencilled background

The inspiration for this week is a vintage feel Christmas card

You can see how it was made here

This week we are knee deep in spring - with snow and sun and rain and blue skies and wind.....

Mount Wellington (kunanyi) covered with snow

from the Eastern Shore (Rosny) 

(photographer unknown)

Orchid spike from my collection - I currently have about 14 spikes out....

Cheers, and you have five days to enter!

Last Week for Challenge #113: It's all about Me! Twist - a self portrait?

 

113: It's all about Me! Twist - a self portrait?

Hello Peeps

Welcome to another week of creativity.

Last five days to create a self-portrait or to create something reflecting self.....

I used a piece from my journal for inspiration this week

Gel plate and stencil work, with lots of mark making

That is of course me......ahem, as I imagine my internal me to look like ......obviously she is young and vibrant and her hair is NOT curly!

I found a lot of joy creating her and the page

and it was a beautiful day outside too....

Let's see what you can make in these next few days

Cheers!

Final Week of Challenge #113: Art and All the Jazz

 The challenge this month is 

 Art and all that Jazz   

The TWIST is to make it a multi media piece of work

mul·ti·me·di·a

(mŭl′tē-mē′dē-ə, -tī-)

The combined use of media

OR

Of or relating to the combined use of several media: a multimedia installation at the art gallery.

Now, technically  any piece of multi media is ART so the twist is done along with the theme! However, you can create with whatever art you are into: music, painting, carving, writing, drawing, making stuff................the art of craft........... as long as you don't use stamps and it is paper craft related.......

PS: You don't have to incorporate jazz into it either but if you want to....let it rip!

Today there is only a  piece from me

Susan

If you go to my blog you can see how it was created

You might recognise the inspiration?

by Romare Bearden: Collage Portraits 

You have until Friday to enter

Lot's of lovely work there already!

One Week Left for challenge#110

 The Challenge #110 is to have some fun with animals 

and the TWIST is to layer it up!

Today in Australia it is ANZAC DAY

It is the most important national day for most of us in the year

Australians also love their football. The home of football is Melbourne and the 
MCG is the main stadium where it is played. 
A game on the MCG is important - on ANZAC DAY it is stupendous. 

Today, over 73 000 people are at the ground there watching two teams clash and millions watching across the country on TV.

At the start of the game, there is an ANZAC service.

My Granddaughter was asked to sing the NZ National Anthem there at the start of the game today (and for the game there last night)

Needless to say - a very proud Grandmother!

I made a card too for today.....as inspiration for the last week...

Fun with Animals is the theme but my animal (human) is probably not fun

Lots of layers happening though!

I watercoloured the background and torn card for the hills. the poppy field is a die cut and so is the soldier and the sentiment. There are at least 4 layers.

You have five days to enter as like always we always end at midnight on the Friday night. 

Challenge#109: theme LOCKDOWN! TWIST to scrap or use scraps

 Last week for the challenge and we hear that parts of Europe have gone into a 4th lockdown. Chin up everyone! Keep safe, stay inside and get the jab when you can.

We have some lovely entries but many do not match the theme and/or the twist.......I have let people know where there is a problem but please read the instructions and theme before entering any of the challenges, whoever is running them. I know I have been caught out at times too.

Challenge#109: LOCKDOWN! 

with a TWIST of Scrap It!

This seems to have stumped a few of you. 
Remember, you can use a scrap page or you can make a journal page or a card

  as long as the theme is "Lockdown"

Perhaps your card is to send to someone still in Lockdown to see how they are going?

Or you can create something that reflects how you are travelling during Lockdown ( or travelled, if you are out like we are)

The TWIST is easy - with scrap (or journal) it or use scraps!

We have nothing to show for inspiration today - perhaps tomorrow

I have an assignment and a sick man to look after so time is short

Cheers, 

last Week of Challenge #108: Anything Goes

 Hi Peeps - hope all of you are feeling fine and dandy and crafting up a storm. From the look of the entry numbers this month, it seems people are feeling quite crafty and clever! Still, we had one that used a stamp - please don't use stamps as this challenge is not using stamps! Several of the blogs I cannot get to to comment - cannot belong to everything out there! If you didn't get a comment it is not because your work was not seen and appreciated but because we could not comment on it. 

Hope none of you got FACEDBOOKED this week either - talk about being a bit heavy handed.  Might backfire on the 'fairness' rule.........anyway, if your work is on FB we will usually be able to see it and comment so no worries. 

The challenge and the TWIST for this month is 

Challenge 108#: ANYTHING GOES

I made several things - I got all excited seeing people busting their stash so had a go at a stash-buster myself; and then recycled some things while supposedly tidying up! You can read all about it over at my blog........

Susan

Two for the price of one!

Tag recycling

Card as a Stash Buster!

You have five days to get something in to the challenge - just scroll down to the first posting for February and see the link.

See you there!

Last post for November Challenge#106: Believe with a TWIST of fancy fold

 Hello Peeps - here's hoping that you are all keeping away from that nasty virus and spending your time hunkered down in the craft space creating up a storm! You have five days to enter!

Remember......

The current challenge has a 

Random Number Prize
$15 Aust

and a DT Favorite selected as well

no prize for this

You need to make something around the theme of 

Believe

BUT it does not need to have the word in it. 

The TWIST is to make that something with a fancy fold

Susan

This card has a fancy fold and the word believe

and it is a Christmas card BUT yours does not need to be a Christmas theme

See you soon!

Final Week for October's Challenge#105: Inspire with the TWIST of thank you

Hello Peeps!

Dark days continuing BUT we will rise above this and craft on!

Not everywhere is suffering...

Emu Valley Rhododendrom Gardens

It's very nice to have a cuppa while enjoying the views; near Burnie, Tasmania

photo by Murrays Day Out Tasmania

You have one week to enter the challenge!

Remember, there is a prize of $15 Aust. for the Random Number draw, so you have to have an entry to win this one

There is a DT Favorite chosen each month too - a chance for recognition from your peers. 

Challenge#105: Inspire with the TWIST of thank you

How did you start out in the world of crafting?

Who were your inspirations in the early days?

Let's say THANK YOU to them (the TWIST is to say this) 

by making either a CARD or a TAG!

I made a tag for the final week - or I repurposed a tag

Susan

You DO NOT have to use the word INSPIRE but you have to make it a Thank You.

You have a week to enter - get cracking!

 

Hi Peeps!

Final week for the September Challenge

Rise of the Pheonix

TWIST - use an  Embossing Folder

Normal prize and DT Favorite

This final piece of DT inspiration comes to us from CG

She has taken the theme of rising from the ashes and 
applied it to an old card - it has been reserected.
Go to her blog page to read all about it!

CG-Says (Something Loudly)

Love all those rich colours too!

Remember, you have until Friday night 12 midnight AEST

No stamps please

Last Week for Challenge #103: Good News!

With the TWIST of making your own backgrounds!

Remember, this runs until midnight on Friday AEST

No stamps and you can make anything papercraft related

I made an art journal page for the final inspiration piece for the month.....

Remember, there is a prize for the random number draw from entries

Also, you might be named DT Favorite!

Last week for July

Hello Bloggers,

There are five days left to enter the challenge at Unstampabelles. The challenge is

Challenge:102: Celebrating Relationships!

and the TWIST is

work in pairs of things.....

So, to be clear, the challenge theme is 

Celebrating RELATIONSHIPS.

Relationships aren't just about what happens in your love life! 

Most important relationships do involve feelings but don't involve any romance, 

for example with family, friends, work colleagues, pets and teachers.

There is a prize

$15 Aust as a gift voucher 

or through PayPal. 

Remember, no stamps please. 

Final Week for Challenge#101: Magic!

Hello Peeps 

The last week to bring out the magical and create something that represents 

Magic 

for you and as a TWIST can be related to one of the many Walt Disney films made over the years since the early 1930's.

Googling Walt Disney films gives us three pages--it is pretty easy to just link to an idea and create something quite magical!

Here is a list https://d23.com/list-of-disney-films/

While you do not have to follow the twist to enter - it is fun, a further challenge AND 

you might be chosen as a DT Favorite!

Remember - NO STAMPS.

We are still getting people entering pieces of work where a stamp is front and centre.

They are just disqualified.

The usual prize is available

$15 Aust 

payable either through Paypal

or as a voucher to an on-line shop that accepts Paypal 

Our team are all struggling with Corona related issues or technology issues

this week and so there are no inspirational pieces to show you

Please remember you are  not restricted to cards

Walt Disney made lots of films - nature and the environment features

as do animals and birds--and even inanimate objects like cups and saucers!

A pretty special sunrise from the Rocky Cape National Park, on Tassie’s north-west coast, thanks to 

Krissy Logan 

who says 

“Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim.” ~ Tyler Knott Gregson

You can also follow Krissy via instagram 
www.instagram.com/chasinrainbowz

Walt also made lots of fantasy films and created many characters

Perhaps one of these images will inspire you!

You have until midnight on Friday!

Last Week in May for the Challenge!

The 100th Challenge! May - Wings and Wind: 

Twist is - Predominantly blue and white......

Wow - guess what this month means? 

We have been going now for 100 challenges!

That is over nine year's worth of challenges - with only two owners

As a result we will be offering
a surprise package of goodies
for each of the DT winners and the Random Number winner
in addition to the normal prize for Random Number winners.

Obviously you have to enter  to win!

The rules are the same
NO STAMPS - digital stamps or rubber/acrylic stamps

What is the challenge theme?

Wind and/or Wings
TWIST : must be predominantly White and Blue?

I have one more card to show you

(A bad photo because it was taken at night)

The card is all white

This is the SU die Butterfly Beauty

It is still available if you are interested in purchasing it.

You have five days to enter the 100th Challenge

Scroll to week one to enter. 

Last Week for April Challenge -

Hello Peeps - hope that nasty virus is leaving you and yours alone

We are still surviving

Guess what - it is the last week for the challenge for April

Creative People and/or Being Creative

 TWIST -  name a creative person you admire

 and CASe a piece of their work

We have some lovely pieces entered but unfortunately we still have people using 

either digital stamps or stamped images - we cannot accept them

Please make sure your piece is an UNstamped piece before entering

Some of you are aware that in Australia and New Zealand we commemorate a day in late April

 as a National Day

ANZAC DAY

 This stands for Australian and New Zealand Armed Forces 

For the first time since 1919 and the Spanish Flue we have not had a march or public gatherings for this and many found this would be very hard to accept.

It was suggested that we all go to the top of our driveways or onto our balconies at 6.00am

and with a candle and our phones turned to the Canberra Dawn service hold a memorial and a minutes silence there.

Across Australia on Saturday morning at 6.00 am thousands of us gathered to remember

with our candles in the early morning light

I was so proud of our country 

Aimen Jafri

Yesterday at 12:39 PM

Geilston Bay

In the dark people waited and the trumpet and guitar and harp and clarinet players 

put their best foot forward and played the Last Post and Revally for us

It made the hair on my body stand up and I cried

This is the card I made as a result

Susan

It is for the artistic part of the challenge

I have not attempted the TWIST with this one

You have a week to enter and we look forward to seeing what you have created. We hope you create or you CASe something and enter it - remember - not with stamps or digital stamping.

Week 4 of the March Challenge!

Hello Peeps

Life is full of uncertainties at the moment so it is our job to try and make it a little bit better by providing some HOPE!

While we are all either in lock down or socially isolating those of us who have a craft space can go there and clear our heads with some quality crafty time. We can make something beautiful or funny and we can then pass this on to cheer up others.

#98 March Challenge, 2020 - Hope

What represents Hope?

Flowers (Tulips, Myrtle, Marjoram, Lotus, Daisy); castles in the air; clouds; sunshine; and sunrises; new beginnings and/or birth; energy and youth; to name only a few things.

You can tell us what represents HOPE to you.....

TWIST - use yellow as the main colour

What is more hopeful that a sunrise?

A breathtaking sunrise from the summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington thanks to Dietmar Kahles from Lake of Tranquility who says:

This was easily one of the most amazing sunrises I've ever experienced.

You can also follow Dietmar via instagram 👇
www.instagram.com/lake_of_tranquility

I have a card to finish off the month

(Yes, I can walk without the moon boot and climb stairs and such

However, I cannot stand for long I have discovered so this is a simple card).

Susan

You can enter by scrolling sown to Week 1!

That's where the Linky is situated.

You have until midnight (AET) on Friday to enter.

Please remember - NO STAMPS