Challenge#84: Emboss, emboss, emboss........

The TWIST is to make it for a male!

The Random Number Draw prize will be Stampin' Up's 

GARDEN TRELLIS TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER

Remember - NO STAMPS PLEASE!

The Design Team have cooked up a storm for you today

Dale

Wynn

Susan

That's it for now - see you next week!

You can add your entry to the linky below the beach photo!

Some more inspiration to draw you to the craft desk - or the travel agent!!!

A winter's day in Tasmania

The magic of Friendly Beaches thanks to Naomi Sherman from Blue Rust Images who says:

How stunning is this? Friendly Beaches on Tasmania's beautiful East Coast. One of the few places where you can walk for hours with only your own footprints for company.

www.instagram.com/bluerustimages

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No Challenge until August 7th!

Remember, we don't start the new challenge until next week!

A final look at an edgy edge on the edge of the world...........

The fascinating dolerite rock formations at Bruny Island’s Mars Bluff include a mystical archway that might just be a portal to another world. Mars Bluff lies at the northern end of Adventure Bay, and is a favourite feature of the 12 km return day-walk to Cape Queen Elizabeth.

More info:

https://southerntrove.com.au/news-posts/8-quirky-gems-unique-treasures-of-the-southern-trove/

📷: instagram.com/martina_zed

Final Week to Get Edgy!

Hello Peeps!  You still have a few more days to enter this current challenge - 5 to be exact. Remember, please

NO STAMPS PLEASE

Unfortunately we have had to disqualify several to date because they used stamps.

If there card/paper has writing on it and it is not from a stamp, it would be good to mention it in your journalling as we then have to ask and people can get offended. 

So,m what do you have to do?

Create something and include a ............

Fancy Frame or Border

Twist - How edgy can you be?

Prize (random number draw)

Dies and Embossing folder (+ magazine)

We have several more items to share to get you engaged:

CG

How many edges did CG get in this one item? 

Susan

A tag.

So, there you have it

You can enter by going HERE and scrolling down.

Want to see another

pretty picture?

How's that for a border?

Pretty edgy I think!

It's down on the south eastern coast line, near Port Arthur. You are looking towards Antartica....

Remarkable Cave

Not my photo but I have lost the name of the photographer - sorry.

Midway through July's challenge: #81: Edges and/or Borders

How edgy can you be with your work? That is the twist in this month's challenge. Dos that mean putting an edge onto your work or being a trifle 'out-there' with it? Up to you to interpret! Don't forgwt to say in your blog what you are about!

There are two weeks to go for the challenge and we already have a great collection of entries - well done to all those clever crafters who have entered! We have some more inspiration to get your creative juices flowing ......but before I show you those, I have another great Tasmania photo to share!

Now, there's an edge.......

A truly spectacular sunset from Moulting Lagoon Game Reserve lookout.

www.instagram.com/eleni___pa

You can make a card, a tag, scrap a page or two, make an off the page item.....collage, recycled, mixed media,whatever you wish as long as it is paper based and has no stamps (either digital or rubber)used in making it.

Here is some DT work to help you get started

Wynn



Susan

Cheers!

Winners from June

Who are our June winners?

Well, this one was quite well entered so while finding a winner is relatively easy as we have the random number to do that for us (and then that person has to have followed the theme, not used stamps and had a go at the twist), finding the three (or four or five) DT favorites is not as easy.

We all have different styles and tastes. That is why getting the Design team to choose as a team is a positive as we can allow all those different styles to shine. However, the down side is when all the DT members choose someone different and then I have to decide who to pick from this smaller group!

Usually only happens when we have so many entries so who is complaining! NOT ME!

Random Number Prize Winner:
No 25:

Chris cartes et patchs 

Congratulations Chris!
For those who follow us Chris is a regular entry and always leave lovely comments so it is nice to see it go to one of our regular friends.

Send me an email Chris to
suhogan(at)gmail(dot)com(dot)au

Now - those DT favorites!
We will have four because we had so many entries

No 17: KarinsArtScraps



No 22: Nats Paper World



No 26: Karen


No 41: Scrappin with ChrissandLou




Congratulations fellow crafters!

Now, we have a new challenge running for July

Fancy frame or border


Twist - How edgy can you be?

Prize

Dies and Embossing folder (+ magazine)

Let's see what you can come up with for this - remember NO STAMPS but you can enter any paper based item you have created that follows the theme and hopefully had a go at the twist! This month it is asking you 

"How edgy can you be?"

This gives you a chance to have a fancy edge or be very 'out there' or to use an edge in a different way. Perhaps your edge is not at the edge? Perhaps it is being very trendy or modern? Perhaps it is geometric or a different shape to the norm? 

My inspiration for you this week is a scrap page

I was looking for a particular photograph and came across a set of photo's taken back in 1986 - that's 32 years ago folks! It was July and mid-winter. We had an unexpected fall of snow overnight and it settled right to the water's edge at sea level. We woke to a world of white and it was exciting!

I got to write my notes and put them under the top photo's - the page lift's back on a hinge.

You can find more details on my blog

Time to Play

Hope this gives you some ideas.

Here is another idea from Vicki!



Love that edge!

Here is another inspirational photo to spur you on.....
the memorial framed between the tree and sky and the way that cloud is so edgy.......
.....this is looking east - and the sun is rising on a beautiful blue winter's day.

WOW... what an amazing capture over Hobart byDeni Cupit.
Yesterday’s sunrise cloud formation added to the memorial flame at the Cenotaph.
www.instagram.com/ringhole

July is here! New challenge #81 starts today!

Hello Peeps - how is your mid summer/winter going? Can you believe it is half way through the year!!  It's winter here and now the days are getting longer again and soon we will not be pulling curtains at 4.30 pm to keep out the cold.  This island state has a good climate really (as in little snow and ice to put up with unless you are in the higher places. along the border of our state is the sea and it keeps us warm. Sometimes there are fiery rocks on the border as well......

Murrays Day Out Tasmania

6 hrs · 

RED is for fire engines, fast cars and lichen on the granite rocks along the Bay of Fires.and east coast of Tasmania 

What has that to do with our new challenge?

Guess!

Create something and include a ............

Fancy Frame or Border

Twist - How edgy can you be?

Prize (random number draw)

Dies and Embossing folder (+ magazine)

Want some inspiration to get you started?

The DT have outdone themselves again!

Dale

Wynn

Shylaa

Susan

How's that!

Now it's your turn - lets see how many can take up this challenge!

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Final Week for June Challenge

You have five days left to enter our current challenge:

We have the final weekend of MoFo here and the winter solstice is just behind us - we are now moving into the Spring with a few seconds added onto each day and a few less each night!

I quote from the photo: "Last night I met a fella who was telling me he went up Kunanyi (AKA Mt Wellington) to take this photo. Due to snow and icy roads a few of the gates were closed so he had to walk from the springs to the summit in the dark, freezing night, at 3am, resulting in this photo of Ryoji Ikeda's Spectra. Um wow... If this person was you, please tag yourself to bask in your own glory! Dark Mofo MONA - Museum of Old and New Art"

This is my version taken from the front verandah looking over the river

Nowhere near as good!

Anyway, back to the challenge

Please: remember, no stamps - even sentiment stamps!

We find it distressing to have to remove you from the chance to win

Challenge#80: Flowers and more flowers 

TWIST Bling it up!

Prize

Random Number Draw

Inspiration? Sure

Stampin' Up Designer paper vellum with pattern and rub-on

coloured up using copics on back

 Susan

Hope your week is full of crafting and fun!

You can enter the outcome

HERE

Week Three for Challenge #80: Flowers and more Flowers

....with the TWIST of BLING!

Hello Peeps

Hope your week has gone well - and you're crafting up a storm!

It's been quite stormy here lately - lots of rain and cold and winter weather!

It's also festival time here - 

DARK MOFO

A festival of food, music and performance and fire!

Here are some Dark Mofo photos to enjoy!

People eating

Calamari in Satey Sauce......

Heavy Metal Kitchen

Flamin’ heck! Mona’s Executive Chef Vince Trim returns to the Winter Feast with his Heavy Metal Kitchen, including a ‘wall of fire’. 

Nope, haven't been yet - too wet, cold and dark to go out at night for us now. 

I have been trying to get my creative mojo going and tidy up around here.

It's the third week of the current challenge and w have had some beautiful entries - unfortunately, some people don't realise that stamps are not to be used and will have their entries excluded but vast majority have stuck to the rules. 

Here is some further inspiration from the Design Team -two cards but remember, you can make any paper based item for this challenge.

Wynn

Susan

There is a random draw prize:

Stamps, dies and Embossing folder

You can go HERE to find the Linky!

Winner's Post for Challenge #79

Hi - just a quick post tonight

Firstly - the winners

I am running behind so the winners are chosen this week by our DT member

CG!

Thanks CG

The random number winner is 

6 Mimi

Please send me an email with your snail male address

suhoganatgmaildotcomdotau

(I don't want robots getting in....)

The winner of the Favorite is 

8 Karen

Love the image and the idea!

Congratulations to both clever Crafters. 

The current challenge is swinging along - you obviously like this one

Remember NO STAMPS please

Flowers and more Flowers

The twist is to add some bling (your choice of bling).

Prize

Random Number Draw

It was a magazine freebie  - some stamps, some dies and an embossing folder

Floral Wishes

Some inspiration from my very clever Design Team?

OK

Vicki

CG

Susan

Here is some other inspiration for the soul.....

A breathtaking double rainbow joins us for our evening walk along Muir’s Beach at Coles Bay thanks to Persia Shakari.

www.instagram.com/wanderingandalwayslost

Challenge#80: Flowers and more flowers

Challenge#80: Flowers and more flowers 

TWIST Bling it up!

Hello Peeps! 

Welcome to the June Challenge. Winter, eh. 

June the 1st for us was calm, still and bloody cold.

The Sunset on the 1st June certainly provided some bling as did the sunrise......

this is the sunset!

WOW... last night's absolutely stunning sunset from Constitution Dock in Hobart thanks to Jarrod Barnes.

Located in the harbourside area of Hobart at Sullivans Cove, the rock-walled marina making up Constitution Dock has an opening for boats with pedestrian access around the site, and is lined with heritage buildings that date back over a century. Nearby Hunter Street is where the British colonial ships used to drop their anchors. A reminder of the trading history of the historic port of Hobart is the 'SV May Queen', Australia's oldest sail trading vessel, which is moored in Constitution Dock and dates back to the mid-1800s.

A popular pasttime to indulge in when wandering around Constitution Dock is sampling the fresh fish and chips from one of several floating punts and devouring them at the busy waterfront area.

pic: www.instagram.com/jarrodbarnesphotography

How's that?

On with the challenge for June - who doesn't love flowers .... and they are especially welcome in the winter months as they hold that promise of Spring and new life.

The twist is to add some bling and who doesn't need bling in their life either? 

Now bling can be lots of things - it can be the sparkly stuff you add to the project or it can be the sunrise in Constitution Dock!

What is a little and what is a lot will depend on your own personal tastes.

Prize

Random Number Draw

It was a magazine freebie  - some stamps, some dies and an embossing folder

Floral Wishes

So, here is some DT inspiration to get you started - you have four weeks to enter. 

Dale

Wynn

                                                              A pop up box of flowers

Susan

Part of the bling is in the foiled sentiment and frame

You can enter here but remember please

NO STAMPS

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