Valentine Challenge

I thought we would start the new year with a nice little challenge to get us going.  So............. who would like to win these three sets of stamps?

The winner of the valentine challenge will get these three unmounted rubber stamp plates - Vintage Love, Reality is a Dream, and Everything you Want. All three plates are approx A6 in size. 

To enter I would like to see pictures of your handmade Valentine's cards - the challenge being that they CAN'T have pink or red on them. 

Anything else is OK just NO Pink or Red. You can enter as many times as you like and entry is open to everyone - email your pictures to karen@scrapz.co.uk.  Closing date for entries is Midnight Sunday 25th January (so you have two weeks to get those pics to me). The winner will be judged by all of you via voting Poll so check back after Monday 26th to place your vote.

Here's my example.

 Edited to answer Pammyjo's question - it can be any type of card (greeting card or ATC) - whatever takes your fancy.

Challenge Time Again!

I think it's about time we set another challenge - and there is a prize up for grabs (Pack of Making Memories foam stamps and an organza bag filled with ribbons, beads, charms and diamante buckles) - the challenge entries will be voted on by a poll - in the event of a tie I will elect my husband as judge to make the final decision.

And now for the challenge......I've been intrigued lately by the Sandra Evertson Inkblot stamps that are made by Stampington - BUT I thought it would be much more fun to actually make my own inkblots LOL!

So the challenge is to make an inkblot collage - any size, any colour, any subject - let your creative side run wild.

Here are my examples I made earlier today. I used black distress reinker to make mine but you could use any liquid ink or paint to make your inkblot. I have then used a mixture of stamps, and printed collage pictures and text to transform the inkblot into what I thought it resembled (I wonder what Psychologists would make of me LOL!).

Deadline for all entries is next Saturday 2nd August 2008 (email a picture of your collage to karen@scrapz.co.uk.) I will then load them up and the poll will be in place by Sunday evening (the poll will run for 4 days.)

I hope you have as much fun as I did!

Cast Your Votes for the Challenge

EDITED TO SAY OOOOOPPPS - ONE OF THE ENTRIES HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
Entry number 1 did not adhere fully to the rules so the lovely honest lady who created it has asked that we withdraw her entry. I am unable to remove it from the poll however could anyone who voted for number one please change their vote for one of the other entrants.
So sorry this has happened - my only excuse is that this is the first challenge I have set and I should have made doubly sure that every entry adhered fully to the rules. I hope everyone will forgive me?


Drum roll please.......... here we have all the wonderful entries to our challenge. Thanks to everyone for entering - I am so pleased that not only did we have so many entries but that every single one is beautiful - which just goes to show you don't need loads of crafting supplies to get creative. I have really enjoyed finding out all the different (weird and wonderful and very inventive) things that you all used to stamp with from around the house too - spray tan, food colouring, lemon juice, bleach, garlic netting, coins, laundry bag net, wet wipes, bottle tops, skewers, cocktail sticks, corrugated cardboard, and bubble wrap for instance.

Take a look at all the entries then place one vote for your favourite (other than your own if you have entered.)

Entry Number 1 - WITHDRAWN - PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS ENTRY.

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Who would like to win this?

....An Organza bag full of 70 metal charms is up for grabs..... read on to find out how.

After chatting to a friend yesterday about all the different colouring mediums and ink pads etc. it made me wonder how many different products we really NEED to craft with. So I set myself a challenge to create ATC's using only one white ATC card, one rubber stamp and one ink pad (I also allowed myself to use other items commonly found around the home to stamp with such as bottle lids, bubble wrap and bleach, plus printed words from the computer).

The challenge, if you choose to accept, is to create an ATC using only:

1 white ATC card

printed words

1 ink pad

1 rubber stamp

Homemade stamps (non crafting items found around the home that you can use to stamp with such as bottle lids, bubble wrap and bleach etc.)

Then email the picture to me at Karen@scrapz.co.uk by 9pm on Thursday 22nd May.

I will set up an anonymous voting poll - everyone will have a chance to cast one vote (voting for their favourite other than their own LOL!). Voting will end on Sunday 25th May and the one with the most votes will win the bag of charms :-)

Here are three ATC's I made this morning to show how I interpreted the challenge. I can't wait to see your creations :-)