Anything Goes

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and having a nice week so far - are we seeing the start of Spring (again) do you think?

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

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo  Beate - Stempelomi this week it’s you chick :)

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

And check out what Beate  did peeps …..

What a fabulous card and a great interpretation of  …

... sketch #58  :)

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

Anything Goes

theme with the optional extra to use kraft card.

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

Before we get to the cards, we have  a GDT call so if you want to join us  for the rest of April & May please put GDT after your name on old Inlinkz

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

 Liz

 

 

Anne

 

 

 

Jill

 

 

Mary

 

 

Lols

Natalie

Lisa

 

 

Sharon

Dawny P
will be along but a little later this week due to unforeseen circumstances

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

Finally,  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

And finally don't forget to put GDT after your name if you want to be part of our GDT in April & May :)

Sketchie Free For All :)

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and having a nice week so far and if you are in the UK, I hope that the snow hasn't caused you too many probs -grrr!!!

Thank you to everybody who joined in last week -  we had another wonderful response and your  Easter / Spring creations were gorgeous  :)

So who was our lucky winner then ?

Well this week it's  you  Tanya :)

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

And check out what Tanya  did peeps …..

Aww, what a cute lil bunny - I love it:)

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

and here it is – sketch #77.

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!!!

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  to say goodbye to our wonderful GDT who have been with us for the last 2 months, Pauline and Debs. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely work with us – it’s been a pleasure having you as part of our team and we hope that you enjoyed your stay with us xxx.

We are also saying goodbye this week to our Andrea, cry cry. With her full time job and helping out her Mam with all the gorgeous Ribbon Girl stuff, her time is limited so she is reluctantly leaving us and I will miss her cards over here, as will the other girls. Thank you chick for sharing your beautiful work with us xxx

There will be another GDT call next week plus we have some new faces joining our regular DT.

Shall I tell you who they are? Oh OK then I will :)))

I am so pleased to announce that we have 3 new faces who are going to be part of the regular team and they are .....

Hazel

Liz

and last but by no means least ...

Anne

Welcome to our team me darlins - I hope that you will enjoy being part of Papertake :)

So back to this week and without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done -

Debs (GDT)

 

 

Pauline C (GDT)

 

 

Natalie

 

 

Lisa

 

 

Jill

 

 

Sharon

 

 

Mary

 

 

Lols

 

 

Dawny P

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

Finally,  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

Easter Treats

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

Thank you to everybody who joined in last week -  we had another wonderful response and your 1-2-3 cards and projects were fab  :)

So who were our 2 lucky winners then ?

Firstly, the winner of the super sweet Maya's  Best Friend from Whiff of Joy is ....

... you  Rachel Goodwin

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 what Rachel did peeps …..

1 bow, 2 mice and 3 pearls - FAB :)

And secondly, the winner of the £10 voucher to spend over at the J & C Creations store is .....

... you Tammy A

Well done to you and if you e-mail me, I’ll pass your details on to Denise and Jennie and hugest of thanks to J & C Creations for sponsoring us xxx

And here is what Tammy did ....

... and she used 1-image, 2-dp's & 3-flowers - this is also FAB :)

So onto this week and  our theme is ...

Easter Treats

... so quite simply you just need to make a card or a gift for Easter

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 stuff  over there :)

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

Debs (GDT)

 

 

Lols

 

 

Natalie 

 

 

Lisa

 

 

Jill

 

 

Sharon

 

 

Mary

 

 

Dawny P

 

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

Finally,  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

 

1-2-3

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

So much for my comment about Spring last week ..... because it has gone back to winter!!!. Our poor birds don't know if they are coming or going at the mo!! And it is soooo cold because of the wind -brrrr!!!

Anyway, thank you to everybody who joined in last week -  we had another wonderful response and your cards and projects were fab  :)

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo  Dragon Lady, this week it’s you chick :)

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

And check out what Dragon Lady did peeps …..

I LOVE that image - check out those freckles :)

So onto this week and  our theme is ...

1-2-3

... so quite simply you just need to use1 of one thing, 2 of another and 3 of another - your base card shape can count as one if you want it to.

We have not one but 2 wonderful sponsors for you this week so we will have not one but 2 winners, yayyyy :)

Firstly we have our lovely Katharina and

 Whiff of Joy

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

sweet Maya's Best Friend

and we are also sponsored this week by the lovely Denise and Jennie from

J & C Creations

and they have kindly donated at £10 voucher to be spent on their fantastic website

Hugest of thanks to you all for these fabulous prizes:)xxx

So without further ado, lets see what our fabulous team have done, and apols as we are a bit thin in the ground today sweet peeps xx

Pauline C (GDT - 1 bow 2 Pattern papers 3 gems)

 

 

Debs  (GDT - 1 ribbon, 2 DP, 3 buttons)

 

 

Mary (one bow, two fairies, 3 daisies)

 

 

Lols (1 image, 2 years old, 3 papers)

 

 

Natalie  (1 Sentiment, 2 Design Papers & 3 Flowers)

 

 

Lisa (1 layer, 2 colours, 3 stamps)

 

 

Jill

Dawny P - sorry peeps we had an attempted break in on Saturday night so I'm still a bit shaky

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

Thanks ever so muchly – we really do appreciate it xxx

Finally,  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