Sketchie Time

Hi all, I hope you're all fit and well and ready for a new theme here on the Papertake Weekly Challenge.

And just a quickie to say a huge thanks to our Lolsie for helping out - she sorted the post for me as I have been internet-less for almost 6 days :(

Thank you so much to everybody who joined in last week -   your thanksgiving / thank you cards and projects were amazing :)

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo Anita this week it’s you chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details on to Mary and Andrea and hugest of thanks to The Ribbon Girl for sponsoring us xxx

And check out this week's winning card peeps ….

I love chalkboard effect and Anita has shared a link to a fab tutorial by Annabelle which shows how you can get the same effect and you can find it right here.

Thanks for sharing Anita xx

So onto this week and we have a fab new sketch for you to follow, and ….

here it is - Sketch #85

But as we are doing now,  if you would prefer to use another sketch, then please feel free to use any Papertake Weekly sketch you fancy because we have another ...

Sketchie Free For All

All you have to do is to use any PTW sketch (it MUST be one of ours please) and just add the number of the sketch you’ve chosen when you post the link back to us :) To make life a bit easier, we now have a sketches page at the top here so there are a fair old few to choose from. Hopefully this will save you having to go back through the archives to find one that you like :)

As always, please feel free to resize, flip and rotate the elements - as long as you can still see the sketch, it’s completely fine so fill yer boots!!!

We are sponsored by the lovely peeps across the pond at Simon Says Stamp so we have a fabulous $20 voucher to give away !!

Woo Hoo !! :-)

So without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done and please pop by to leave our fabulous Guest Designers and DT some comments - we all appreciate them xx

Tanya (GDT) used sketch 85

Marie (GDT) used sketch 85

Gayle (GDT) used sketch 85

 

 

Natalie used Sketch 85

Lols used sketch no 76

 

 

Debs - Used Sketch #85

 

 

 

 

Hazel used sketch 85

Lisa

 

 

 

 

Karen  used sketch 47

 

 

 

 

Anne used Sketch 71

 

 

 

Liz used Sketch 85

 

 

 

Mary G used sketch 85

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please.

Could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead please pretty please xxxx. It’s ever so easy to do – see our sidebar – and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear.

Can we remind you nicely that’s it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking. We hope you understand that it’s only fair to those who make a new card xxx

And could we ask that you restrict your number of entries please to no more than 5

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And  just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry, with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the mo – grrrrrr what a nightmare. But please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Thanks for bearing with us and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Giving Thanks

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and that you are having a nice week so far.

Thank you so much to everybody who joined in last week -   what a wonderful response and your snow and ice cards and projects were amazing :)

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo Eve this week it’s you chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details on to Katharina  and hugest of thanks to Whiff of Joy for sponsoring us xxx

And check out this week's winning card peeps …..

... how sweet is this  - love the ice and snow and the pink theme as well :)

So onto this week and our theme is

Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving is 28th so a card or project for that this week please or you can just make something that says 'thank you'.

This week we are very pleased to welcome back our very own Mary & Andrea aka …

The Ribbon Girl

…  and check out  what’s up for grabs peeps

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize and do nip and check out the website if you get a sec cos there’s oodles of pretty darn fab stuff  over there :)

So without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done !

Tanya (GDT)

 

 

 

Marie (GDT)

 

 

 

Gayle (GDT)

 

 

 

Mary

 

 

 

Lisa

 

 

 

Lols

 

 

 

 

Natalie

 

 

 

Sharon

 

 

 

Anne

 

 

 

Liz

 

 

 

Debs

 

 

 Hazel

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please.

Could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead please pretty please xxxx. It’s ever so easy to do – see our sidebar – and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear.

Can we remind you nicely that’s it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking. We hope you understand that it’s only fair to those who make a new card xxx

And could we ask that you restrict your number of entries please to no more than 5

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And  just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry, with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the mo – grrrrrr what a nightmare. But please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Thanks for bearing with us and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Snow & Ice

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and that you are having a nice week so far
(and that your poor old trotters have recovered from the NEC if you went!!!).

I have to say a mahoosive THANK YOU to our Lolsie for standing in for me last week while I was off doing me C&C thing in sunny Peterborough (it was actually not a bad day until I hit the M6 near Stafford where the heavens opened!!).

And of course, a huge thank you to everybody who joined in last week -  what a fabulous response and your cards and projects were amazing :)

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo  Ann-Marie S this week it’s you chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details on to Lisa & Laila and hugest of thanks to Lili of the Valley for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Ann-Marie  did peeps …..

... a beautimous easel card with an oh so sweet image - isn't it gorgeous :)

So onto this week's challenge and our theme is

Snow & Ice

and quite simply we just want you to use  blue or 'cold' colours on your card or project or you could also include snow / ice somewhere. Or both :)

So a couple of ideas there but as always, how you interpret this is up to you :)

We are so pleased to welcome back our lovely Katharina and

Whiff of Joy

and this week’s up for grabs prize is ….

... the utterly adorable Henry With Christmas Tree  - isn't he just the sweetest :)

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize:)xxx

Before we get to the cards, I am so pleased to welcome our brand new GD Team who will be with us for the next 3 months and they are -

Gayle
Tanya
Marie

Thank you for joining us girlies and we do hope you enjoy your stay with us xx

So without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done !

 

Tanya (GDT)

 

 

 

Marie (GDT)

 

 

 

Mary

 

 

 

Lisa

Lols is on Dublin (hope she is on the Guinness, hic hic!!!!)

 

 

Natalie

 

 

 

Sharon

 

 

 

Anne

 

 

 

Karen

 

 

 

Liz

 

 

 

Debs

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please.

Could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead please pretty please xxxx. It’s ever so easy to do – see our sidebar – and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear.

Can we remind you nicely that’s it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking. We hope you understand that it’s only fair to those who make a new card xxx

And could we ask that you restrict your number of entries please to no more than 5

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And  just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry, with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the mo – grrrrrr what a nightmare. But please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Thanks for bearing with us and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Anything Goes ! :-)

Hi all :-) It's Lols here today as our Dawny aka TV Superstar is busy demo'ing on the Create and Craft Channel ! Don't forget to tune in at 11am UK time ! I am posting this a bit early to give you time to make a cuppa before settling down to watch and cheer her on from the comfort of your craft room :-)
 As a coincidence Dawny will be promoting the Lili of the Valley who are sponsoring this challenge ! Woo Hoo !! 

BREAK A LEG DAWNY :-)

Thank you to everybody who joined in last week - your sketchie cards were fab !

So who is our lucky winner ??? 

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

56

CONGRATULATIONS EVE !! :-)

And this is Eve's gorgeous card ! :-)

Well done to you and if you e-mail Dawny she'll pass your details on to Heidi and hugest of thanks to Simon Says Stamp for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what  

As it’s the first one of the month we have our usual

Anything Goes

theme with the optional extra to make a Christmas Card/Creation

But remember this is only an option and if you don’t want to use this theme then you don’t have to. The main thing is to let loose your creative stuff and make a card that pleases YOU :)

As our regulars will know, the first challenge of the month is sponsored by the lovely Lisa & Laila over at

Lili of The Valley

And they have given us a …

… to give to one lucky winner.

And with so much to choose from in the shop, one lucky girlie is going to be spoiled for choice!!!!

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize :)xxx

So without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done !

Debs

Mary

Lisa

Lols

Natalie

Sharon

Anne

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget to check out our individual blogs and see what else we have been up to.

As always, could we ask a huge favour peeps please.

Could you help to make our job at leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead please pretty please xxxx. It’s ever so easy to do – see our sidebar – and you won’t get spam comments as you can easily reject the comments that you don't want to appear.

Can we remind you nicely that’s it’s fine to combine challenges but please, no back linking. We hope you understand that it’s only fair to those who make a new card xxx

And could we ask that you restrict your number of entries please to no more than 5

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And  just to let you know that sometimes it is not possible for the Design Team to leave a comments on every entry, with these Blogger issues that some of us are having at the mo – grrrrrr what a nightmare. But please be assured that we do stop by and we are doing our best and every single eligible entry goes into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

Thanks for bearing with us and huggiest of hugs to all xxx