Monday, 26 January 2009

Dawnys sketch #7

Hi Everyone, great cards last week! The shapes looked fab! Thanks again to all who took part!
This week it's another great sketch from Dawny!


The Design team have been busy making some great cards to inspire you!

DawnyP


Kim



Mandy


Andrea


Dawn



Steph

Monday, 19 January 2009

Shape Up!

Hi all, thanks to everyone who joined us for Dawnys sketch challenge! There were some gorgeous cards and layouts! The winner of the Whimsy Stamps prize, picked by randon.org is: Sue (ScoopysStuff) so if you could please email me with your postal address, we'll get your prize out to you!
This weeks challenge, as well as being my new years resolution(!!!) is Shape Up! The challenge this week is to use 3 shapes on your card or project. If you're really stuck you can count your card base as one of the shapes!!
The DT have some fantastic cards to inspire you!


Mandy




Nikki


Kim


DawnyP


Dawn


Andrea


Steph

Monday, 12 January 2009

Dawnys Sketch #6

Hi everyone! Hope you've all had a good weekend! Thanks for joining us for last weeks spots/dots challenge - it seemed a few of us were on the same wavelength and had already been making spotty cards lol!


This weeks sketch challenge by Dawny is being sponsored by Whimsy Stamps - our new sponsor!

Denise from Whimsy Stamps tells us a bit about the company:
"Whimsy Stamps is a family owned art stamp company dedicated to providing crafters around the world with whimsical and fun rubber stamp designs. All of our stamps are made from deeply etched rubber, mounted on Cling Cushion Foam, and once trimmed, they are ready to use with an acrylic block. Our stamps can be stored on the laminated card included in our retail packaging. All of our stamps are manufactured in the United States.

We are super excited to be sponsoring the Papertake Weekly challenge this week! We have a special offer just for Papertake Weekly readers and participants. From now through January 18th, enter the code PTW during check in the coupon code box and receive 15% off your entire order! This offer is only valid on new orders and cannot be combined with any other offers. If you are an international customer, please email us your order at whimsystamps@verizon.net, be sure to include your name and mailing address along with your item selections. We will send you an invoice via Paypal and ship your order Flat Rate Priority Mail through the USPS. To see the complete line of Whimsy Stamps, please visit us at www.whimsystamps.com!"

As well as offering 15% off to all PTW readers Denise is offering this fab card and stamp to one lucky participant!



Same rules as normal! A winner will be picked (by random.org) and announced next Monday!
Here's the fab DT cards for the sketch (I've used one of the stamps from Whimsy Stamps on my card below and Denise has used one too!):

Denise


Steph


Mandy


Kim


DawnyP


Nikki


Dawn


Andrea

Monday, 5 January 2009

Seeing Spots!

Hi everyone,
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks to all who took part over the Christmas/New year period - there were some gorgeous cards and I was amazed at how much crafting you all managed to get done over the holidays!
We're back now with a new challenge! Seeing spots is simply to use spots/dots or circles on your project!
The fantastic DT have some lovely creations to share with you:
Mandy

Kim

DawnyP

Nikki

Dawn

Andrea

Steph

Monday, 22 December 2008

Dawnys Sketch #5

Hello everyone!
Thanks to those who joined us for last weeks sketch! I am going to stop by and comment later!
It's another of Dawnys fab sketches this week and this one will be running for 2 weeks, over the Christmas and New Year period. We'll be back again with a new challenge on the 5th Jan 2009!!
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
And here's the sketch lol!

And of course the gorgeous DT cards!

Dawny


Andrea


Mandy


Dawn


Steph


For those without blogs:
Liv Herremans sent this beautiful card - TFS Liv!

Monday, 15 December 2008

Monochrome madness!

Hi all, Thanks so much for joining us for Dawny's sketch last week!
This weeks challenge is to use one colour! You can use shades of the same colour and small accents of other colours if you like! The team have done some gorgeous examples for your inspiration!
While I'm here I'd like to wish Dawny a very Happy Birthday!! She's celebrating a special one this year! So congrats Dawny! We hope you have a good one!

Nikki


Mandy


DawnyP


Dawn


Andrea


Steph


P.S. Just to let you all know - we will be setting a challenge next Monday and will then be taking a short break for Christmas!

For those without blogs:
Daisychain sent this lovely card! TFS!

Monday, 8 December 2008

Dawnys Sketch #4


Hi all! Many Thanks to those who joined us for last weeks recipe challenge! The cards were all so different and there were some great idea's!
The winners of the Toodles and Binks stamps picked by random.org (Timestamp: 2008-12-08 16:13:35 UTC) are:

2 - 1st Prize : Tanja
25 2nd Prize : Annie
28 3rd Prize : Donna

Tanja has chosen Joel the reindeer and the mermaid tears zooms, Annie, please could you email me with your choice from the remaining 2?! And Donna will receive the remaining stamp and set of zooms! Please include your addresses so we can get them out to you asap! Thanks!

Onto this weeks challenge, which is one of Dawnys fab sketches!



The design team have done lovely cards to inspire you:

Mandy


Andrea


Nikki


Kim


Dawn


Steph


Daisychain sent this lovely card! TFS!