Challenge #257

 Hi! It's time to start our next challenge. Nancy is our hostess and here is the code word she chose.

As this is a clean and simple challenge blog, here is a quick reminder of what we like to see in our gallery.

Here are the cards prepared by our Design Team which we hope will help to inspire you.

Nancy (our hostess)

Toni

Vicki

Sue N 

Ceal

Winners Post

Hi! It's Sue and as the hostess for Challenge #255, it's my honour to select our winners! 

Thank you to everyone who posted their cards to our gallery. It wasn't an easy decision for me. One thing though, I noticed that some of the entries in our gallery weren't exactly clean and simple. 

The winner is #6 - kareN stampZ. I love the beautiful ombre ink blending, the pretty rain and all that white space!

Here is the winner's badge for you to display on your blog.

And now the top 3, in number order.

First up, #1 - Maria

Next, #3 - Jane

My apologies for not posting your card. Don't know how to copy your card here.

Next, #13 - Jolanda Johnstone

For the top 3, here is your badge to display on your blogs.

There is still time to join our current challenge #256 - Monochrome here

Challenge #256

Welcome friends! We have a new challenge starting today for you. Helen is our hostess and our code word for this challenge is

As this is a clean and simple challenge blog, here is a quick reminder of what we like to see in our gallery -

Our designers have prepared great examples which we hope will inspire you to get crafty.

Helen (our hostess)

Toni

Vicki

Ceal

Nancy

Sue N

Hope you see examples of your creativity in our gallery.

Winners Post

 Wow!  Toni here as the hostess for Challenge #254 - Bloom and you did not make it easy for me to choose a winner.  There were so many amazing entries to choose from but narrow it down I did.

The winner is #12 Lee Ann Barrett of Greyt Paper Crafts. Her card is so well balanced and combines a number of elements while still remaining CAS.  Just gorgeous!

Now on to the Top 3 listed by order of entry.

#17 Julie B - Crafted by Jules

#32 Kim S - Joyful Creations with Kim

#34 Claire A - Life on the Scrap Heap

Everyone, be sure to grab a winners badge to proudly display!  Again, congratulations and please do join us for the latest challenge.

Challenge #255

 Welcome! Time to start a new challenge.

It was my turn to choose a code word. Living in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, I chose

As this is a clean and simple challenge blog, here is a quick reminder of what we like to see in our gallery -

Our designers have fabulous examples to help inspire you

As the hostess, I get to go first. Here's my card.

Sue N

Vicki

Jaydee

Toni

Helen

Nancy

Ceal

Winners Post

Hi Jaydee here and a very loud shout out to all of you who played along with our FRIENDS challenge.  It was wonderful to see the different ways you all celebrated your friends.

I had fun visiting all of your cards and you made it difficult for me to choose my winners.  However, Granne's bear and rabbit absolutely stole my heart.

So, congratulations, Granne you are my WINNER for this week.   I just love how you kept the images to 1/3rd of the card and the touches of color under the clouds and the rabbit helped to ground them and show how they were lifting off the ground.  

Granne:

Such a fabulous CAS card.  Here is our winner's badge and we hope you will display it on your blog:

A couple of other cards in the gallery caught my eye this week:

Karen:

Jane:

Nancy:

And here is the TOP 3 badge for you

                                        

Congratulations to all of our winners and we hope you will join us for our new challenge here.

Challenge #254

Welcome Crafty Friends!

Toni is our hostess for this challenge and the code word is

As this is a clean and simple challenge blog, here is a quick reminder of what we like to see in our gallery -

Our designers have great examples which we hope will inspire you.

Toni (our hostess)

Jaydee

Vicki

Sue N

Helen

Nancy

Ceal