MIDNIGHT MADNESS SKETCH CHALLENGE #129

Yippee - it's good to be back playing the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge again!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday. Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Now to our players... break out those House Mouse stamps, dust them off and show us your lovely creations. All images are welcome, but we would love to see these cute images flood our inlinkz this week!! Have fun with whatever you create for our challenge!!
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Here is this week's Sketch and my creation

The Image is from Bugaboo stamps and is coloured using Copics and white Gel Marker.

luv n huggz
Jen
Durban South Africa

This card will be entered into the following challenges:
Craft your Passion, Challenge #83, Anything Goes + Brown
Creative Stamps Friends, Challenge #37, Orange and Brown
Heart Song Inspirations, Challenge #23, Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles, Challenge #92, Colors of Fall
Make it Monday (MIM), Challenge #62

THE OUTLAWZ MONDAY'S GREETING CARD CHALLENGE

This week's Greeting card challenge at The Outlawz is to make a Thank you card, and mine features an image from Phee McFaddell. I coloured using Copics and a white gel pen, and added some Twinkles.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/birthdaycard/forum/topics/greetings-challenge-november-7-2011?commentId=6356543%3AComment%3A279232&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum
Craft Your Passion, Challenge 83, "Anything Goes + brown"
Creative Stamp Friends, Challenge #37, Orange and Brown
Heart Song Inspirations, Challenge #23, Anything Goes
iCopic Challenge #55, Thanks/Thanksgiving
Make it Monday, Challenge #62
The Crazy Challenge #92 "Something with Wings"

luv n huggz
Jen Leeflang
Durban
South Africa

THE OUTLAWZ CHALLENGES : SUNDAY CAS CHALLENGE : 6 November

This week your challenge is...

a "Mission Embossible"!

This "mission" requires you, the world's top CAS Agent, to use embossing on your CAS project. Wet, dry, machine or by hand...
the embossibilities are endless :)

My entry for this challenge uses a Bugaboo image called Sassy Gal Christmas, available in the Bugaboo store HERE

She was coloured using Copics and a white gel pen, fussy cut and layered onto a dry embossed background. The image was painted onto watercolour paper (really absorbent) before colouring. The embossing is also on watercolour paper. I love the winter white colour of this paper, as well as the fact that using the Copics on watercolour paper is a challenge all on its own! The Copics in just wants to soak in and spread way beyond the borders of the image but the intensity and depth of colour you get is so worth the effort.

Remember...no mission is too embossible for The Outlawz!

If you would like to join in the Outlawz Challenges, a new one every day, click HERE.

I will also enter this card into the following challenges :
Dream Valley Challenges "Anything Goes"
I did it Creations, Challenge #80 - Christmas/Winter

luv n huggz
Jen
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

ANOTHER REASON TO CELEBRATE FRIDAYS - FREEBIE FRIDAYS AT "CATCH THE BUG"

Bugaboo Stamps' generous and superwoman, Jodie, the designer of the uber-cute images, has another freebie for you today on the Catch the Bug Blog!

And I'd like to add that we're only 4, yes that's FOUR, away from 1000 followers on the CATCH THE BUG BLOG!!! Isn't that great? If you're not a follower, please hop along there by clicking HERE and then becoming a follower, so that we can get to the magical 1000 TODAY!

Today's freebie image is "Male Nurse" and this is what I made with it! Isn't this just the perfect image for a get well card for a male?

As I want it to be a get well card for a male, I decided to go for straight lines and not too many embellishments. I coloured using Copics in shades of blue and highlighted with a white gel pen.

As usual, here are the handy links:

To go to the Catch the Bug blog where you will be able to find the links to the store, freebies, challenges, tutorials a and a host of other interesting spots, click HERE

To join the Bugaboo Group at CDAC, click HERE
To join the Catch the Bug Group on PCP, click HERE

luv n huggz
Jen
Durban, South Africa

I will enter this card into the following challenges
Crafty Catz, Anything Goes #107
Poodles Parlour, "Let's hear it for the Boys"

YAY - FRIDAY - A NEW RELEASE DAY AT A DAY FOR DAISIES

Being away from home was the worst last week cos I missed my weekly ADFD 'fix'!

But here I am, back again, to share with you one of the new releases that the awesomely talented Tammy has for us all. She has called them "VINTAGE SEASONAL FUN" and this is my card using the image called "Angel Costume"

I went for a pretty much monochromatic look and attempted to get the little wings to match the ribbon. The colouring is done using copics and a white gel pen, and I added some Twinkles to add to the sparkly effect. The corners are made using a MS corner punch.

This week's new releases are based on some old Christmas illustrations from the 1900's. I adore vintage illustrations! Be sure to check out Novembers New CLUB Kit (charmingly vintage) too! In addition, ADFD BLOG is bursting this week with new projects from the DT and our new challenge! There is such a lot to see, so be sure to check it out and play along!

As usual here are the useful links:


Click HERE to go to the A Day for Daisies group on Crafters Digital Art Centre
Click HERE to go to the A Day for Daisies group on Paper Craft Planet
Click HERE to go to the A Day for Daisies group on The Crafter's Cafe

Or click HERE to go to the A DAY FOR DAISIES STORE.

luv n huggz
Jen
Durban South Africa

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge #27 (Add Sparkle)
Crimbo Crackers Challenge #1 - Anything Goes (Festive)
Delightful Challenges - A Very Sparkly Christmas
Papercrafting Journey, Challenge #22 - Use a digi
The Play Date Cafe, PDCC106, use pink, grey and yellow

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY CHALLENGEW #31 : "With Gratitude"

Here we are back again with the new challenge. For those of you in the US, and for those of you who aren't, in other words, all of us need to say "thank you" so often.
And that is what our challenge is all about:

Create a papercraft project that expresses your gratitude. It can be for any occasion whatsoever, but it must have a sentiment expressing gratitude on the front.
If you enter a papercraft project using a non-Digistamps 4 Joy image, you will get one entry into the random draw.

BUT

If you use a Digistamps 4 Joy image on your entry, you triple your chances of winning .... you get THREE entries into the random draw! Now isn't that a bonus!?!

One random winner will be chosen (random.org) to win 3 images of choice from the store.

We will then have a DT's choice award. This award will go to the card / project that we vote to be our favourite (and must be a digistamps4joy image). This winner will receive a $6 gift voucher to spend in the store. We hope that there will be an entry (or two) using a Digistamps 4 Joy image, as there wasn't one in the previous challenge.

You do not need to use a Digistamps4Joy image to win, but we’d love it if you do!
We will choose 2 runners-up who we feel deserve a spot in the top 3.

Challenge Rules
You can use any image for the challenges. See above.
You have two weeks to enter the challenge.
You may enter a maximum of three (3) entries per DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY challenge.
Your entry must be new. No backlinking to previous posts.
Please link back to Digistamps 4 Joy blog.
Projects that do not follow the theme will not be entered into the draw.
Please use the Inlinkz to link to your CARD/ PROJECT only, please don't link to your entire blog.
You may combine this challenge with other challenges.
If you don't have a blog then please load your card/project into the gallery on the website, and link to that.

The most important rule, however, is to have fun!

Here is my creation for your inspiration ...

It's that time of year in South Africa again where the school year is coming to an end, and the schoolkids will be buying their teachers some pretty cards.

The image was coloured using Copics and a white gel pen after being printed on white watercolour paper. I used a red cardstock as a mat and red stain ribbon and gold glitter stars as embellishments.

Digistamps 4 Joy store
DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY CHALLENGE BLOG

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly Challenge, "Anything Goes + add a bit of bling if you like"
Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog : Anything Goes, off a spool"
TUESDAY THROWDOWN #73 - thanks
ALLWAYS SOMETHING CREATIVE - Challenge #17 - it must sparkle

luv n huggz
Jen
Durban
South Africa

YIPPEE! ANOTHER NEW RELEASE FROM BUGABOO

Unless you've been living under a rock (and I certainly hope that's not the case because it's dank, dark, and seriously depressing when you have to share the remote with icky little roly-poly bugs), you've probably noticed that Bugaboo Stamps' new Make It Snappy images are this season's must-have collection - Particularly Merry Christmoose which has been the Top Seller in our store almost since it's release. Huh, how 'bout that? Could lightning strike the same place twice??? Today's new release is Make It Snappy | Christmas, and I guess we're going to find out. . .;)

Isn't that kitty-cat just fabulous??!!

If you'd like to see the other Design Team creations using this same image, click RIGHT HERE and then from there you'll be able to link to the store, blogs, tutorials, challenges, etc!

I would love to see what you create with this fun image!

luv n huggz
Jen
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA