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

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)

 

Andrea

 

Mary

 

Jill

 

Angie

 

Lols

 

Debi

 

Lisa

 

Sharon

 

Katina

 

Natalie

 

Jenny

 

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.

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

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

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)

 

Jenny

 

Andrea

 

Mary

 

Jill

 

Angie

 

Lols

 

Debi

Lisa

 

Sharon

 

Katina

 

Natalie 

 

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.

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

Sketchie Tine :)

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

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

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)

Natalie

Angie

 

Lisa

 

Sharon

 

Katina

 

Debi

 

Lols

 

Andrea

Jo

 

Mary

 

 

Jill

 

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.

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.

Hugs from all of us to all of you xxx<