Time for the April Challenge! #56 Flora/Fauna, with a twist of Texture

Do you know what the term lumpy-bumpy means when scrapbooking? I came across it a few years ago and it describes exactly the idea that a page/card/journal has been loaded up with lots of texture and embellies...........

That is what this new challenge is all about

Flora and Fauna 

TWIST add some extra texture!

Prize

You are all clever people and know that flora means plants and flowers; and fauna refers to to all the critters that live among the plants and flowers!

You have a month to enter the competition

Winner's of last months challenge announced next week, as per usual

We have several pieces of inspiration to get you started - 

Jen Leeflang

Wynn

Susan

So, week one and we have flowers and butterflies.........what shall we see next week, I wonder......don't forget to visit the DT and see how the cards are made and leave a comment. We all love the interaction.

Don't forget - no stamps to be used, including digital stamps

An InLinkz Link-up

Well, big chance to win - only two entries

Firstly - HAPPY EASTER!

I hope that bunny found you with lots of eggs......

Now, about our latest challenge #55

I think this was just too hard for everyone - such a shame as I can see in all the magazines and on Pinterest many cards, mm pages and such that would fit this bill, but apparently I must just have a warped brain.........

Anyway, there are only five days to go for this challenge #55:

Unlock your potential

The twist is to add a key.........

There is a prize (random number selection)

To inspire you a bit more....

Shylaashree has made this absolutely gorgeous creation

How is tat for fulfilling potential!

Look at that beautiful quilling too.

I made a bucket list book for a friend so she can start collecting her bucket list together

It is made with an old Memo book of mine that had five pages written on - so I tore them out. 

You can find out more on my blog

Let's see what you can come up with.......

Please scroll down to 

HERE

 and find the Linky at the bottom of the post to add your entry for the challenge

Midway for Challenge#55 - Unlock Your Potential

We have started a return to winter - the autumnal weather means we have four seasons in a day ..... at least. Today is cool but the sun is currently shining. Yesterday was a little colder and wetter....

This shot was taken yesterday on a short trek to Silver Falls, on the mountain by Greg Faull - however, not all of Tasmania is looking so green or wet!

What is this post about?

Our current challenge #55!

Your paper project entry for this theme  - unlock your potential - could encompass many ideas, many mediums and be completed for many reasons......as long as you can, in your blog, say how it meets the theme!

The twist of course is to add a key.........

There is a prize (random number selection)

Here is some inspiration from the design Team to spur you on.......

Dale

Susan

Jen Leeflang 

Please scroll down to 

HERE

 and find the Linky at the bottom of the post to add your entry for the challenge

Winner's Post for February and Chllenge #55

Hello Peeps! Well, it is time to announce who won the prize for February, and who were chosen as the DT Favorite from Challenge #54

Looking forward, Looking back - with a TWIST to add a window (or a mirror)

The Prize

There are two Couture Creation Dies - small - up for grabs this month

This was chosen by Random Number selection

 and won by

#2Julene

Love that silhouette!

The DT Favorite is

#KT Fit Kitty

Congratulations to both of you!

Remember, the theme for our current challenge is 

Unlock Your Potential

Twist: a key

I have another card for you as inspiration

Any celebration is a key to potential success!

Just scroll down and find the linky in the first post for the month and add your entry!

March Challenge#55: Unlock Your Potential

What was/is the key to your success?

Have you discovered it yet?

Or are you, like myself, still searching for that illusive creature?

How do we measure it anyway?

If we all have the potential to do many things, we have no measure that will suit all people, so it will be impossible to measure success - especially as we know not where on the line one started from and how much extra assistance we may have got while traversing it.

Therefore your paper project entry for this theme  - unlock your potential - could encompass many ideas, many mediums and be completed for many reasons......as long as you can, in your blog, say how it meets the theme!

The twist of course is to add a key.........

There is a prize (random number selection)

and of course the Design Team will select someone to be titled the DT Favorite - no prize for that but as I always say, honor and glory

Remember, please do not include any stamped image, or digital stamp, including sentiments in your entry as having to disqualify it makes life difficult for all concerned,

The Design Team have offered up some work for you to use as possible inspiration

Please go to their blogs and leave a comment for them so they know you appreciate their work

Wynn



A treasure chest with key..... full of love hearts!!

CG

 New Home Congratulations - lots of potential there and a key as well!
Berina

Anything where you congratulate someone means that person has reached a milestone

Susan

Turning into a butterfly is a simile for unlocking your potential!

Please click on the linky and enter your work - you have until midnight on the 1st April put up your entry.

An InLinkz Link-up

Final Week for February Challenge: #54

Looking forward, Looking back - with a TWIST to add a window (or a mirror)

To inspire you a little more there is a prize - chosen by random number - and there is also a chance of being selected as the DT Favourite 

The Prize

There are two Couture Creation Dies - small - up for grabs this month

I have been a bit busy lately - travelled to Melbourne (for me that's over seas!) to see the Granddaughter in the Edinburgh Tattoo performance in Melbourne. She is part  of the NZ Army Band. a fabulous weekend, and we stayed on and visited with family.

This was opening night at the Etiad Stadium. - they rebuilt the Edinburgh  castle for the event, but it was probably out of cardboard! We were looking forward to going to this and seeing her perform live, and then we have all the photo's and video's and memories to look back on - the window is the lens from the camera!

We have some Design Team inspiration again for you - perhaps some of this will give you te incentive to make and enter the challenge!

Susan

There are windows in the ute.

  22     Last Week

Wynn

Plaque for a cat lovers' New Home

Shylaashree

Quilled Wedding Keepsake

(with flowers from the Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow bush in the window)

Jen Leeflang

So, enter 

HERE 

by scrolling down to the Linky thingy

Week Three for Challenge #54: Looking Forward, Looking Back

Wow, time is doing that thing again it does - flying away before we can see what has actually  happened! I know that you are all beavering away in your craft caves producing something amazing to add to our February Challenge, which is: 

Looking forward, Looking back - with a TWIST to add a window or a mirror

To inspire you a little more there is a prize - chosen by random number - and there is also a chance of being selected as the DT Favourite(s) 

The Prize

There are two Couture Creation Dies - small - up for grabs this month

Here is a bit more inspiration to spur you on!

Yes, another kit!

Susan

Card and matching envelope

You can enter by going 

HERE

scroll down and find the linky!

Week Two for Challenge #54: Looking Forward, Looking Back

Hello Peeps! Hope your week has gone well. 

School has gone back here, after the long summer holiday's and life is returning to normal. I have a photo for you, taken this morning at Lauderdale Beach (in the South-East of Tassie) by Greg Faull. He is such a gifted photographer and he loves this state. 

It's a bit overcast this morning but that will burn off soon and the sun will shine through.

I thought this photo followed the theme of our current challenge quite well - the old and the new, with the 'mirror' of the sea reflecting the sky!

Remember the challenge is

Looking forward, Looking back - TWIST a window or mirror

This month we are challenging you to take a look towards or into the future, and at the same time, reference looking back to the past. 

There are many way you can go with this challenge and the TWIST  - here are some:

Birthdays, Valentines, Anniversaries, Births, Weddings and all that comes in between!

To inspire you a little more there is a prize - chosen by random number - and there is also a chance of being selected as the DT Favourite(s) 

The Prize

There are two Couture Creation Dies - small - up for grabs this month

Normally we would be announcing winner's here too from the last challenge, but I did that back in January for December, and we had no Challenge in January - so, no winners to announce!

No Guest Designer's this month either, but some wonderful inspiration from the Design Team Girls, including a big welcome back to Shylaa, who has been on sick-leave!

Dale

A card for a new home owner.  I've used a little die-cut house for the twist.

Shylaashree

Best wishes card for a new home

Susan

Looking through the window of the camera to someone looking back - 

Birthday's are a beginning too!

So you can go HERE, scroll down and enter your version of this theme. 

Remember, no stamps please.

Ready for a New Year and a New Challenge #54?

We are!

Challenge #54, 2016

Looking forward, Looking back - TWIST a window or mirror

This month we are challenging you to take a look towards or into the future, and at the same time, reference looking back to the past. There is an Australian song by past iconic songster Slim Dusty (Country and Western) and as soon as I thought of this challenge, that song popped into my mind.

These are the first two verses:

Looking forward, looking back

I’ve come a long way down the track

Got a long way left to go

Making songs, from what I know

Making sense of what I’ve seen

All the love we’ve had between

You and I, along the track

Looking forward, looking back

Now, there are many way you can go with this challenge and the TWIST of the window or mirror:

Birthdays, Valentines, Anniversaries, Births, Weddings and all that comes in between!

To inspire you a little more there is a prize - chosen by random number - and there is also a chance of being selected as the DT Favourite(s) - an honor that does not garner any material wealth but does allow you to boast a lot on your blog!

The Prize

There are two Couture Creation Dies - small - up for grabs this month

You will have until the 26th February to enter this challenge, and your entry can be anything involving paper craft EXCEPT stamping or using a digi stamp  - and to inspire you even further here are some pieces made by some of the Design Team - please go and leave a lovely comment on their blog to let them know how much their work is appreciated!

Wynn

A Wedding is a new beginning of a life together with your partner.

Twist .....church window in background

Jen Leeflang

A woman looking forward to her golden years as she looks backwards 

and reflects on her beautiful past.

Berina

CG

CG made this encourage her to continue with the positive changes in her life.

Susan

A card for a young friend who has just purchased her own home in the country

Here is the Linky thingy - just add your piece here

We look forward to seeing what you create!

An InLinkz Link-up

Holiday post for the winners!

Hi all - hope you had a great Christmas break and a fabulous New Year celebration - or were you like me, curled up in front of the TV with a glass of champers at midnight with the hubby? I think I m getting a bit old!

Anyway a belated Happy New Year to you all!

Anyhow, I just popped in to let you now who won the December Challenge - Sparkle

Remember, we are on a holiday break (summer here) and will be back on the 1st February!

Our random winner is

Vinitha (number 6)

Her quilled exploding card was ingenious!

Congratulations Vinitha!

Our DT Fvourite(s) for December are:

3 Lucyna

and

4 Valerija

Congratulations to both!

Keep safe for the rest of January, and come and see us on the 1st for our first challenge for 2016!

Cheers,