Papertake Weekly Challenge

Sketch #64

2012-01-31T12:05:00.001Z

Hi peeps , and we hope that you are all OK today and managing to stay warm.

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week – we had a great response and lots of lovely highlighting too :)

So who was our winner?

Woohooo Kelly Lloyd, you’re this week’s winner chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details onto the Bugaboo Stamps girlies, and of course, hugest of thanks to them for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Kelly did peeps …..

This is so sweet and she used gems, glitter and ribbon to highlight parts of the cake – they look good enough to eat :)

So onto this week and as it’s the last one of the month, we have a little sketchie for you …

… and here it is.

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!!!

And of course, as it’s the last challenge of the month, we are sponsored by those fabulous people across the pond.

Yes it’s the one and only

Simon Says Stamp

In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. We stock over 100,000 items in our warehouses so that we can offer you quick service and one stop shopping at a great price! We are located in Ohio, the heart of it all. Our team works hard to give you a fulfilled shopping experience and is always open to your ideas and suggestions! Happy customers are the heart of our business. We work hard to find and deliver to you the latest in stamping and paper crafting supplies! Attending classes, workshops, and sales meetings around the world, our goal is to keep our product offerings fresh and current. Make us your one stop easy shop - and we'll deliver right to your door!

There is a $20 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop – woohoooo :)

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize :)xxx

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week - …...

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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. And also, 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 also, can I just give you a nice gentle reminder to ask if you could make sure that you link your card and not your blog when using good old Mr Linky please my lovelies. It makes life so much easier for our DT if they don’t have to go searching for your cards.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Also 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 peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Happy Highlights

2012-01-24T11:27:00.001Z

Hi peeps , and we hope that you are all OK today.

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week and to all that expressed an interest in joining us next month as part of the GD Team. We had a great response and your ‘all the Bs’ cards and projects were gorgeous :) I’ll be in touch with 2 of you lovely peeps very soon about the GD spot.

So who was our winner?

Woohooo Annette, you’re this week’s winner chick :)

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

And check out what Annette did peeps …..

What a fab pair of shoes – I love the blooms you made for them :)

So onto this week and our theme is …

Happy Highlights

All you have to do this week is to highlight part of the image or paper using something like glitter, glossy accents or decoupage, or anything at all that takes your fancy :)

And we have a brand new sponsor to Papertake this week chicksies and I am very pleased to welcome Bugaboo Stamps

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 some fabutastic images there :)

And I am pleased to tell you that we are joined this week by 2 of the Bugaboo DT and they are Tammy & Min. Welcome girls and thanks for sharing you lovely work , and we are very happy to have you with us xxx

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week - some of the girls used Bugaboo images :) …...

Tammy

Min

Jenny
used Bugaboo Desiree and highlighted the hearts and flowers, border and the lollipop.

Natalie
highlighted the snowflakes, fence, blooms and image

Lisa
used Bugaboo Birthday Fishes and highlighted the fish & bubbles with Glossy Accents

Katina
used Bugaboo Silhouette Butterfly and highlighted the wings with pearls and glitter

Andrea
highlighted his welly boots and jam jar with Glossy Accents to make them shiny

Mary
highlighted her tail with Stickles and Glossy Accents

Jill
highlighted her trainers with Glossy Sccents & the patches on her jeans with glitter

Angie
used Bugaboo Scene It Ladybugs and highlighted the ladybugs with Glossy Accents.

Lols
used Bugaboo Knobby Knee's Nurse and highlighted the flower with stickles and a gem

Debi
used Bugaboo Brat Sports – Football Boy

Sharon

Jo
used Bugaboo Ava Flower Patch and highlighted the flowers with Glossy Accents

Dawny P
used Bugaboo Fancy SB Flowers and highlighted flowers with glitter and gems

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Buttons, Bows, Bling & Blooms

2012-01-17T11:59:00.000Z

Hi peeps , and we hope that you are all OK today – brrr it’s cold here in the UK today :(

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week - what a great response, and your cards and projects were wonderful and there were some fab ideas for different ways of using die cuts :)

So who was our winner?

Woohooo Natascha, you’re this week’s winner chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details onto Gerda over at The Stamp Fairy and of course, hugest of thanks to them for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Natascha did peeps …..

I love this snow globe card and it’s a fab way to use a die cut. Natascha also put up a link to this blog here where Jay Jay has done a wonderful tutorial on how to make these cards so if you get a sec, it’s well worth a look peeps :)

So onto this week and our theme is …

Buttons, Bows, Bling & Blooms

… so all you need to do is to use any or all of them – you can use any combination as well.

I am so pleased to welcome back our very own Mary & Andrea who are of course ….

The Ribbon Girl

And check out what’s up for grabs peeps …

This lovely kit contains ….

5 metres of beautiful cotton and cluny lace in white and cream, 5 metres Rose Petal vintage style seam binding, 2 metres sumptuous satin and 1 metre of grosgrain ribbon, a metre of Old Rose tiny ric rac, a pack of 10 sparkly round buttons and a bunch of 5 pink/white 30mm mulberry roses.

Sigh!!!

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 drool-worthiness over there PLUS there is a lovely colour challenge over there as well so why not combine the two :)

Before we get to the cards, we have a GDT call so if you want to join us in February please put GDT after your name on old Linky

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

into the draw for our prizes even if we don’t manage to leave you a comment.

And finally don't forget to put GDT after your name if you want to be part of our GDT in February.

Die Cute Special

2012-01-10T12:46:00.001Z

Hi peeps , and we hope that you are all OK today :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week - what a great response and your cards and projects were wonderful. It’s nice to just get creative sometimes isn’t it.

So who was our winner?

Woohooo Kari you chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details onto Lisa & Laila over at Lili of The Valley and of course, hugest of thanks to them for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Kari did peeps …..

I love the gorgeous colour combi here :)

So onto this week and our theme is

Die Cute Special

and quite simply we just want you to use a die cut somewhere on your card and also make it cute – easy peasy :)

I am so pleased to day to introduce a brand new sponsor to Papertake and they are

The Stamp Fairy

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 drool-worthiness over there :)xxx

Some of the DT have used Stamp Fairy images this week and I’ve listed the image that they’ve used. If you follow the link it will take you to the right place on the website there you can find more images of the character that they’ve use.

We are also very pleased to be joined by 2 of The Stamp Fairy DT as well so welcome to Gerda and Jess and thank you for joining us this week chicksies xxx

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Gerda (Special GDT) using Molly Throughout The Year

Jess (Special GDT) using Barry Winter 1 1

Jenny used Lenny Flowers

Natalie

Lisa used Betsy

Katina used Thank You

Andrea used Lenny Bee

Mary used Linda Fairy

Jill

Angie used Molly Fairy

Lols used Lenny Get Well Soon

Debi used Linda Cheerleader

Sharon used Pea Pod

Dawny P used Molly Peekers

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Happy New Year & Anything Goes

2012-01-03T12:11:00.001Z

Hi peeps , welcome to the first Papertake challenge of 2012

We hope that you are all OK and wish you all a very Happy New Year. Here’s to a craft filled 2012 :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week - your cards and projects were wonderful with some fab interpretations of the old sketch :)

So who was our winner?

Woohooo Donalda it’s you chick :)

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details onto Heidi over at Simon Says Stamp and of course, hugest of thanks to them for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Donalda did peeps …..

I love the gorgeous purples and lilacs here :)

So onto this week and as it’s the first one of the month we have our usual

Anything Goes theme

with the option of a new theme, so it could be a new baby, a new beginning or just something new from your stash :)

But remember this is only an option and if you don’t want to use this theme then you don’t have to.

As our regulars will know, the first one 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.

Hugest of thanks sweet girlies for a fabulous prize :)xxx

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Sharon (new stamp)

Jenny (new car)

Natalie (new stamp)

Lisa

Katina (new stash)

Andrea (new baby using new papers)

Mary (vintage style new baby girl)

Jill (new beginning)

Angie (new stamp and die)

Lols (new year desk calendar)

Debi

Dawny P (new baby)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Last Papertake of 2011

2011-12-27T13:02:00.001Z

Hi peeps , welcome to the last Papertake of 2011.

We hope that you are all OK and that you all had a wonderful Christmas day with loads of giftage and nice stuff from the fat lad in red :)

Even though you were all busy, we had a fab response to last weeks challenge and hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in - your cards and projects were wonderful :)

So who was our winner?

Woohooo Aartje it’s you-hoooooo :)

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

And check out what Aartje did peeps …..

I love the simplicity of this card :)

So onto this week and as it’s the last one of the month, not to mention the year, it’s time for a sketch -

… and here it is.

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!!!

And of course, as it’s the last challenge of the month, we are sponsored by those fabulous people across the pond.

Yes it’s the one and only

Simon Says Stamp

There is a $20 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop – woohoooo :)

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize :)xxx

Before we get to the cards, we have some sad news because this week we have to say goodbye to our fab GDT girlies, Fiona and Rebekah. Thank you both so much for being part of our team and it’s been a pleasure working with you both

We won’t be having a GDT for January but will start again in February :)

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Fiona (GDT)

Rebekah (GDT)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Last Christmas ….Card Of The Year

2011-12-20T11:58:00.001Z

Hi peeps and I hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week - what a fab response, and your cards and projects were wonderful :)

So who was our winner?

Woohooo Wilma, it’s you-hoooooo :)

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

And check out what Wilma did peeps …..

What gorgeous colours you used Wilma :)

So onto this week and our theme is

Last Christmas …….. Card Of The Year

and all this means is that this is your last chance to showcase what you’ve been making for the festive season so we just want to see your Christmas cards or projects, so this is the last festive type challenge of the year here at Papertake,.

I am so pleased to welcome back our two fabulous PTW girlies, Mary & Andrea who are of course the one and only

The Ribbon Girl

… and look what’s up for grabs …

A sparkly mini kit

…. plus ….

Hugest of thanks sweet peeps for your sponsorship and support – somebody is going to be very happy next week for sure :) xxx

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Fiona (GDT)

Rebekah (GDT)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us.

Finally, can all of us here at Papertake wish each and every one of you the happiest of Christmases and we hope that Santa is good to you and that you get oodles of nice things in yer stockings!!!

Merry Christmas and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

I’m Dreaming Of A (your fave colour) Christmas :)

2011-12-13T12:20:00.001Z

Hi peeps and I hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week - what a fab response, and your cards and projects were wonderful :)

So who was our winner?

Woohooo Wendy (Flower Girl), it’s you-hoooooo :)

Well done chick and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details onto Lisa & Laila at Lili Of The Valley and hugest of thanks to them for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Wendy did peeps …..

What an absolutely gorgeous card :)

So onto this week and our theme is

I’m Dreaming Of A (your fave colour) Christmas.

So all you need to do here is to make a Christmas card or project in YOUR fave colour theme …. and that’s it!!!

I am so pleased to welcome back the sweetness that is Katharina from Whiff Of Joy as our sponsor this week

… and and look what’s up for grabs …

… it’s Christmas Kiss and it’s adorable :)

Hugest of thanks Katharina for your sponsorship and support xxx

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Rebekah (GDT)

… is dreaming of a pink Christmas

Fiona (GDT)

… is dreaming of a blue Christmas

Angie

… is dreaming of a red and green Christmas

Lols

… is dreaming of a silvery blue Christmas

Debi

…. is dreaming of a blue and brown Christmas

Sharon

… is dreaming of a white Christmas … but not before or after!!!

Jenny

… is dreaming of a red, brown and green Christmas

… is dreaming of a blue and brown Christmas

Natalie

… is dreaming of a white Christmas (with a hint of purple :)

Lisa

… is dreaming of a red and green Christmas

Katina

… is dreaming of a red and brown Christmas

Andrea

… is dreaming of a red and kraft Christmas

Mary

… is dreaming of a pink and blue Christmas

Jill

… is dreaming of a pink Christmas

Dawny P

… is dreaming of a pink Christmas (what a shock that was!!)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

We had to disqualify a few last week for doing this and this is something we hate doing. but we hope you understand that it’s only fair to those who make a new card xxx

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Anything Goes :)

2011-12-06T11:59:00.001Z

Hi peeps and I hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week - there were some wonderful interpretations of the old sketchie :)

So who was our winner?

Woohooo Mynnette, it’s you-hoooooo :)

Well done chick and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details onto Heidi at Simon Says Stamp and hugest of thanks to her for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Mynnette did peeps …..

What an absolutely gorgeous card :)

So onto this week and as it’s the first one of the month we have our usual

Anything Goes theme

with the option of adding something dangly ……

…. but remember this is only an option and if you don’t want to dangle then you don’t have to dangle :)

As our regulars will know, the first one 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.

Hugest of thanks sweet girlies for a fabulous prize :)xxx

Before we get to the cards, we are pleased to announce our GDT for December and they are Rebekah and Fiona. Thank you both so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy being part of out team xxx

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Rebekah (GDT)

Fiona (GDT)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Sketchie Time :)

2011-11-29T13:03:00.001Z

Hi peeps and I hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week.
There were certainly lots of cracking Christmas projects and thanks also to everybody who expressed an interest in joining our December GDT. I’ll be in touch shortly once Mr Random Thing has done his stuff!!

So who was our winner?

Wooohoo hooooo, it’s little Theo who is 7 years old

Well done to you young man, and if you ask momma to e-mail me I’ll pass your details onto Wendy at Digital Delights and hugest of thanks to her for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Theo did peeps …..

… awww, what a gorgeous card and I love the little penguin :)x

So onto this week and as it’s the last one of the month we have a sketcheroonie for you …

… and here it is.

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!!!

And of course, as it’s the last challenge of the month, we are sponsored by those fabulous people across the pond.

Yes it’s the one and only

Simon Says Stamp

There is a $20 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop – woohoooo :)

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize :)xxx

Before we get to the cards, we have some sad news because this week we have to say goodbye to our fab GDT girlies, Liz and Carissa. Thank you both so much for being part of our team and it’s been a pleasure working with you both xxxx

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Liz (GDT)

Carissa (GDT)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

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Christmas Crackers – But Not Literally!!!

2011-11-22T11:59:00.000Z

Hi peeps and I hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week.
We didn't have a huge number BUT the ones that entered were all amazing and there were some very clever ideas too.

So who was our winner?

Wooohoo hooooo, it’s Nicolchen

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

And check out what Nicolchen did peeps …..

… what a gorgeous card and I love the little money pocket :)x

So onto this week and our theme is

Christmas Crackers

No you don't have to make a cracker – but you can if you want as some of the DT did. No, we just want to see your Christmas faves – so Yule rules this week.

If it’s festive, then it’s fine :)

This week we are so pleased to welcome back the loveliness that is Wendy over at

Digital Delights

And our winner gets to choose 3 digital stamps from Wendy’s store.

Hugest of thanks Wendy for a fabulous prize :)xxx

Before we get to the cards, we have a GDT call so if you want to join us in December please put GDT after your name on old Linky :)

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Liz (GDT)

Carissa (GDT)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And finally don't forget to put GDT after your name if you want to be part of our GDT in December

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

When Is A Card Not A Card? When It’s A ………. (Plus A Teeny Bit Of Trumpet Blowing )

2011-11-15T12:51:00.001Z

Hi peeps and I hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Phew, what a looooong post title today – I think it’s a record for us here lol and it’s also a bit of a loooong post as well!!!

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week.
What a wonderful response and there were some gorgeous festive projects for sure.

So who was our winner?

Wooohoo hooooo, it’s Loopy Lou :)

Well done chick and if you e-mail me I’ll pass your details onto Tracy at Dies To Die For and hugest of thanks to her for her wonderful sponsorship xxx

And check out what Lou did peeps …..

… I LOVE it chick – what a clever sentiment :)x

Before we move on to other stuff I just had to share this with you ……

This was made for our challenge by Kristian and he is 4.5 years old.
I think it’s so lovely and well done to him for making such a great card. You can see it on his Mamma’s blog here and thank you Moni for sharing with us.

Just one more thing before we get to the cardy bit and this I just HAD to share.

We’ve only gone and made the top ten in our category here …..

I received an email last week from a nice lady called Fleur and this is what she said …

I wanted to pop you a quick email to let you know that we have just published The Most Wanted 100 Essential Blogs: Christmas Edition and we’re pleased to let you know that you and your blog, Papertake Weekly, was featured in the Best Craft blogs category.

Here at Most Wanted we created this list of the top 100 blogs in the UK, not only to showcase the best blogging talent out there, but also to help our readers out this Christmas. We’re incredibly passionate about supporting the UK blogging community and believe that blogs are a really great way for our users to find not only great deals but also really interesting Christmas ideas and information.

Acting as an amazing resource for gift ideas, experiences and decorative inspiration, blogs really highlight what’s out there this Christmas - from affordable recipe ideas and wine suggestions, to New Year fitness regimes and money-saving tips. This isn’t the only list we pull together either, we have successfully created The Most Wanted Fashion 100 for two consecutive years running.

The Most Wanted 100 Essential Blogs: Christmas Edition is an online list of the most influential blogs in the UK (within their categories) of the past six months. We have painstakingly scoured the web to find ten publishing leaders in each of the ten categories. The categories we looked at were:

Best Theatre Blogs
Best Food Blogs
Best Beauty Blogs
Best Wine Blogs
Best Travel Blogs
Best Home Décor Blogs
Best Craft Blogs
Best Money Saving Blogs
Best TV Blogs
Best Health and Fitness Blogs

Well you could have blown me down with a feather, and given the extra lardage I have put on of late, that would have been no mean feat!!!! So wooohooo and well done to us I say and of course hugest of thanks to all you lovely Papertakers cos if you weren't here then neither would we be. You can read all about it here and see the other blogs on the top 10 lists and congratulations to them all.

So finally onto this week and our theme is

When Is A Card it A Card? When It’s A ……..

So our challenge is to create a card that doubles up as something else ie a gift voucher, money holder, that sort of thing.

Now you will notice when you get to the pics that somebody here has made a box. Yes peeps, somebody here did not read the challenge properly . And it wouldn't be so bad but that somebody was the one that does the challenge list and it was her idea. I’ll leave you to guess which plonker it was, but they should have gone to Specsavers!!!!

So if you want to make a box of a gift, then that will be fine as well.
Hugest of apols to my teamies - I do not know how they put up with my dippiness!!!!!

And speaking of teamies, I am ohhh so pleased to welcome back my fave mother and daughter duo, the fabulous Mary & Andrea who are of course …

And our prize this week is ….

…. a fab voucher for you to spend in the shop.
There’s so much eye candy there so it’s well worth a mooch and hugest of thanks to our girls for sponsoring us :)

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Liz (GDT)

Carissa (GDT)

and finally (plonker alert) Dawny P

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

First Christmas …….Card Of The Year At PTW!!

2011-11-08T11:59:00.000Z

Hi peeps and I hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week. What a FAB-U-LOUS response and there were some beauties out there for sure.

So who was our winner?

Well this week it’s Vivi Casale

Well done chick and if you e-mail me I’ll pass your details onto Lisa & Laila at Lili Of The Valley and hugest of thanks to them for their wonderful sponsorship xxx

And check out what Vivi did peeps …..

… it’s a lovely get well card for her friend.
Poor old Edwin!!

So onto this week and our theme is

First Christmas.

It’s our first Christmas challenge of the year here at Papertake so it’s self explanatory really. You can make a Christmas card or you can make a First Christmas card – tis up to you and either will be fine.

I am so pleased to welcome back the loveliness that is Tracy over at Dies To Die For as our sponsor this week and there is …

…. a bit of yumminess up for grabs to spend in the shop.
There’s new stuff being added all the time so it’s well worth a trip over for a crafty mooch and hugest of thanks to Tracy for sponsoring us :)

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Liz (GDT)

Carissa (GDT)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Anything Goes (Plus A Bit Of Bling If You Want :)

2011-11-01T12:30:00.001Z

Hi peeps and a very happy November to you all - I hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week and there were some great interpretations of the old sketch.

So who was our winner?

Well this week it’s Dawn B - woohoooooo, and what a great name to win lol :)

Well done chick and if you e-mail me I’ll pass your details onto Heidi over at Simon Says Stamp and hugest of thanks to them for their wonderful sponsorship xxx

And check out what Dawn did peeps …..

… this is so sweet :)

So onto this week and as it’s the first one of the month we have our

Anything Goes

challenge and this month the optional extra is to add a bit of sparkle and bling – well it’s nearly 5th November :) But remember, it is only optional and you don't have to use it if you don't want to :)

And of course, as it’s the first one of the month, we are sponsored by those lovely girlies Lisa and Laila over at Lili Of The Valley.

And check out what’s up for grabs peeps ….

There is a new release out soon and if you are going to Birmingham then you’ll be able to get your mitts on them there, otherwise they will be out on 10th of this month.

Hugest of thanks to the 2 lovely ‘L’s :)xxx

Before we get to the cards, we have to say hello and welcome to our new GDT Carissa and Liz who will be with us throughout November. We hope you enjoy your stay with us girlies and we cannot wait to see what you do with the challenges :)

AND we have some more news because we have another full time DT girlie to introduce to you. Some of you may remember that I did a Copics Retreat a few weeks ago and this lovely girl was on the Retreat. When I saw her colouring I was blown away so I just had to ask her to join us … and she said yes, so I am pleased to welcome Jenny into the Papertake fold. We hope you will enjoy being part of our fab team chick.

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week …...

Liz (GDT)

Carissa (GDT)

Natalie

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us and hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Sketchie Tine :)

2011-10-25T11:59:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps and hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week – there were lots of spoooooky colours about in the land of Blog :)

Also Mr Linky was misbehaving last week as some of you may have noticed – he kept reproducing, the little beggar. But everybody's links were safe so nobody has missed out. I still don’t know what happened but it got sorted eventually, thanks to my lovely Lols – thank you chick xxx

So who was our winner then?

Woohoo , this week it’s you Elizabeth H :)

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

And check out Elizabeth’s sweet card peeps …..

… LOVE the orange and purple colours :)

So onto this week and as it is the last challenge of the month, as always we have a sketch for you ….

… and here it is.

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!!!

And of course, as it’s the last challenge of the month, we are sponsored by those fabulous people across the pond.

Yes it’s the one and only

Simon Says Stamp

There is a $20 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop – woohoooo :)

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize :)xxx

Before we get to the cards we have some news for you.

We have a brand new member of the Papertake Crew and she is the fabulous Natalie. I love her work and I asked her if she would like to join us and was delighted that she said YES :) So welcome to Papertake chick, and we cannot wait to see what you make xxx

But we also have some sad news because this week we have to say goodbye to our fab GDT girlies, Andie and Annette. Thank you both so much for being part of our team and it’s been a pleasure working with you both xxxx

OK, without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week.

Andie (GDT)

Annette (GDT)

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us.

Hugs from all of us to all of you xxx<

Spooooooky Hues :)

2011-10-18T12:15:00.003+01:00

Hi peeps and hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Firstly, the hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week – your shapely cards were amazing.

So who’s our winner then?

Wooohooo Laney …. tis you-hoooooo

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

And check out Laney’s beautiful card peeps ….

What gorgeous work.

So onto this week and our challenge is

Spooooky Hues

All you have to do this week is to use Halloween inspired colours, so think reds and blacks, purples and oranges, you know the sort of thing lol!! You can do a Halloween card if you want but you don't have to, as long as the colour theme is there.

We are sponsored this week by our very own lovelies, Mary & Andrea who are The Ribbon Girl (s)

And feast your eyes upon this prize ……

It’s a gorgeous Halloween Mini Kit - OMLife those colours are drool-worthy and thank you so much to our Mary & Andrea xxxx

Before we get to the cards, we have a GDT call so if you want to join us in November please put GDT after your name on old Linky.

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week - I think they are all AMAZING (the PTW crew AND the cards that is lol!!) :)

Andie – GDT

Annette GDT

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it :)

And finally don't forget to put GDT after your name if you want to be part of our GDT in November

Hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Get In Shape

2011-10-11T11:59:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps and hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Firstly, the hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week – WOWWZA what an awesome response and we hope you all enjoyed celebrating with us :)

So who were our winner then?

Well we have quite a few and I’ll be adding to them as the DT send them over.
No winners' cards this week for obvious reasons.

The winner of the Lili Of The Valley gift voucher which Sharon had is Dora

The winner of the Simon Says Stamp gift voucher which Jill had is Sandy

The winner of the Dies To Die For gift voucher which Lisa had is Julia

The winner of the Sir Stampalot PATP which Angie had is Sue C

The winner of The Ribbon Girl gift voucher which Mary had is Mags

Well done to all of our winners and hugest of thanks to Lisa, Laila, Heidi, Tracy, Janice, Mary & Andrea for donating these fab prizes for us xxx

And I have to thank the wonderful DT we have here as some of them also gave away prizes and who share their gorgeous work with us every week. Girls you really are the BEST xxxx

The DT giveaway winners were Ann, Denise G, JLJ Designs, Susie Little

Before we move on to this week it is with great sadness that I have to tell you that our Marcea is sadly stepping down from the DT – work and life just get in the way sometimes and we wish her the very best and good luck for the future and hugest of thanks for being part of our team xxx

So onto this week and our challenge is

Get In Shape

So you just need to use 3 different shapes on your card and your card base can count as one – it’s as simple as that!!!

We are sponsored by the wonderful Katharina from

who is of course an ex Papertake Weekly girlie herself so we LOVE having her back.

And this is what you’ll be getting if you are our winner …

It’s the beautiful Praying Angel.

She is just gorgeous and thank you so much Katharina xxxx

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week.

Annette GDT

Andie – GDT

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

Happy Happy Birthday Papertake Weekly :)

2011-10-04T11:59:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps and hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Firstly, the hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week – there were some great takes on the sketch :)

So who was our winner then?

Woohoo , this week it’s you Deonna B :)

Well done chicksie and if you e-mail me I’ll pass your details onto Heidi and hugest of thanks to Simon Says Stamp for sponsoring us xxx

And check out Deonna’s sweet card peeps …..

… how totally cute is that little witch!!!

So onto this week and it is of course a special week for us as we are 4 today :)

So we are having a bit of a celebration and we hope you’ll join us for a blog hop.

We have prizes along the way and there are also giveaways on some of the DT blogs as well so be sure to check out each and every blog peeps cos you never know what you might find :)))oooo.

As this is the first challenge of the month we have our usual

Anything Goes theme

with the option of adding something punched

And we have some fabulous sponsors who are sharing our birthday with us and they are ….

Lili Of The Valley

And they have given us a …

.. to giveaway.

Simon Says Stamp

There is a $25 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop – woohoooo :)

Dies To Die For

and there is a …

up for grabs.

Sir Stampalot

Sir Stampalot started life as an online retailer providing quality rubber stamps and crafting products. In 2001 due to their growing customer base they moved into retail premises running alongside their internet store.

Sir Stampalot stock a fabulous array of the very best names in stamping such as Penny Black, Hero Arts, Magenta, Magnolia, Molly Blooms and Art Impressions to name but a few, along with all the latest products as they are released.

The internet order service offers fast and reliable dispatch of your orders and also a pre-order option so that you will receive new releases as soon as they are available. Customers travel to the shop from all over the Country and a warm welcome is always on hand. Regular classes covering all types of crafting and demos days are held in the light and airy classroom when refreshments and special offers are available. They look forward to hearing from you.

And there is a fabulous Martha Stewart PATP punch up for grabs ….

And last but by no means least, our very own Mary & Andrea who are of course

The Ribbon Girl

and there is a ….

to spend in the shop.

I think you’ll have to agree that these are pretty darn fab prizes and you’ll find them somewhere on the DT blogs and hugest of thanks to all of our lovely sponsors.

Before we get to the cards we have to introduce our new GDT for October and they are Andie and Annette. Welcome girlies and we hope you enjoy your stay with us :)

So without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week.

Annette GDT

Andie – GDT

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

And now on with the hop.

From here you need to go to Angie’s Blog so have fun and keep looking our for the prizes and giveaways :) If you get lost, the order of the hop is -

Angie
Jill
Annette - GDT
Sharon
Dawny
Debi
Katina
Andrea - GDT
Lols
Lisa
Jo
Mary
Andrea

Hugs from all of us to all of you xxx

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Time For A Sketch Plus Some News :)

2011-09-27T11:59:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps and hope that you are all OK and having a nice week :)

Hugest of thanks to everybody who joined in last week – what a cute collection of critters there were :)

Thanks also to those peeps who expressed an interest in joining our GDT for October – I’ll be in touch shortly with Mr Random Thing’s chosen girlies :)

So who was our winner then?

Woohoo , this week it’s you Coops :)

Well done chicksie and if you e-mail me I’ll pass your details onto Wendy and hugest of thanks to Digital Delights for sponsoring us xxx

And check out Coops’s sweet card peeps …..

… how totally cute is that bear!!!

So onto this week and as it is the last challenge of the month, as always we have a sketch for you ….

… and here it is.

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!!!

And of course, as it’s the last challenge of the month, we are sponsored by those fabulous people across the pond.

Yes it’s the one and only

Simon Says Stamp

There is a $20 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop – woohoooo :)

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize :)xxx

Before we get to the cards we have some news for you.

Firstly we have a brand new member of the Papertake Crew and she is the fabulous and one and only Mary. Yes, we now have mother and daughter on the team so Andrea has to behave herself now lol. Welcome to Papertake chick, we are so happy that you have joined us and we cannot wait to se what you make xxx

There’s also some more news … next week

Papertake Weekly is 4

so we are having a bit of a doo :) You won't want to miss it cos there are giveaways galore and we have some 4 fabulous sponsors joining us, plus giftage here and there as well. So make a date sweeties and we hope you can join us to celebrate :)

OK, without further ado, let’s check out what the PTW crew did this week.

Sharon – LOVE that sentiment!!!

So that’s what we did and now it’s over to you, and if you get a sec, don’t forget if you get a sec 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.

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Thanks peeps for bearing with us.

Hugs from all of us to all of you xxx<