Anything Goes : )

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and

Happy New Year

A huge thank you to everybody who joined in last week –   a fab response and fabulous cards and projects.
We hope you all had a fab Christmas and enjoyed looking back at the challenges of 2014

So who is our winner?

Woohooo Ionabunny 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 thanks to Simon Says Stamp for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what our winner  did ….

Gorgeous colours I think and a fab sentiment.
Gail chose the To Die For challenge from August.

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Before we get to this week’s challenge, is there anybody out there who fancies being in a mag?
I’ll let Kirstie explain -

Make your mum feel special!

Calling all cardmakers!
Does your mum deserve a special thanks on Mother's Day this year?
Or maybe you just want to tell your mum how much you love her?
Let us help you make Mother's Day a really special occasion this year by featuring you and your lovely mum in Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine.
Everyone featured will win a fantastic craft prize, too.

All you need to do is email us and tell us why your mum is so special to you.
The address is: kirstie.sleight@immediate.co.uk

We look forward to hearing from you x

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

Anything Goes

theme and this month’s optional extra is to make a thank you card or gift.

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

And now without further ado, here’s what our fab girlies have done this week -

Liz M

Natalie

Lols

Mary

Sharon

Marjorie

Debs

Liz

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

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.
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 xx

Pick A Fave : )

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and that you are all ready for the BIG DAY : )

A huge thank you to everybody who joined in last week –   we hope you enjoyed the last Christmas challenge of the year.

So who is our winner?

Woohooo Jo Edwards 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 hugest thanks to The Ribbon Girl for sponsoring us xxx

And check out what Jo did ….

I love this cute image – it is sooo sweet.

Now onto this week  and our theme today is

Pick A Fave

This is our last challenge of the year and our next one will be on Tuesday 6th January 2015

So we want you to have a gander back at all the challenges of  this year and pick your fave and use that as your theme.
It has to be a new piece of work of course – you can’t use an old card.

But you can do an Anything Goes theme if you want to – it’s a very open challenge. 
And of course you will have 2 weeks to have join in.

As it’s the last challenge of the month and indeed the year, we are sponsored by those fabulous people across the pond.

Yes it’s the one and only and utterly fab

Simon Says Stamp

Woo Hoo !! :-)

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 .....

.... $25 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop 
and as there's a whole host of fab stuff there, our winner is  soooo going to be spoiled for choice– woohoooo :)

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize  chick xxx :)

And now without further ado, here’s what our fab girlies have done this week -

Lols

Lols chose the To Die For challenge

Liz M

Liz chose the chose the Anything Goes – Torn Paper challenge

Debs

Debs chose the Anything Goes  -  Make a Christmas Decoration challenge.

Natalie

Nat chose the Anything Goes -  Recycling challenge

Mary

Mary chose an Anything Goes challenge

Sharon

Sharon chose the Oh How Cute challenge

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.
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 before we go, I would like to say a huge thank you to this fabulous team of girls here.
Apart from being super talented, they really are the nicest ever.

And finally from all of us here at Papertake, we would like to say a huge thank you to each and every one of you that have joined in our challenges this year,
and to all of our wonderful sponsors for their generosity and support.

And from all of us to all of you a very

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Huggiest of hugs to all xx

Last Christmas ….. Card of The Year :)

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and that you are having a nice week so far.
A huge thank you to everybody who joined in last week –  not our highest number  but there were some awesome entries I have to say.

So who is our winner?

Woohooo Jane 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 what Jane did ….

I love the ferns and icy border – fabulous.
And Jane has done a tutorial on how she created this over on her blog.
Thanks for sharing chick xx.

Now onto this week  and our theme today is

Last Christmas … Card of The Year

So this is our last Christmas themed post of 2014 and the last chance for you to show off a Christmas card or project.
Anything goes as long as it’s festive : )

This week we are very pleased to welcome back our very own gorgeous 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, there really is :)

And now without further ado, let’s see what our fabulous girlies have done ….

Natalie
(love the verse and especially the images of gorgeous George that it conjures up lol)

Liz M

Lols

Mary

Sharon

Marjorie

Debs

Dawny P and Liz are both on their way lol

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.
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 xx

 

Paper Play

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and that you are having a nice week so far, and managing to stay warm.

A huge thank you to everybody who joined in last week – wowwza wowwza WOWWZA what a fabulous response : )

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo Karen P 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 Karen did peeps …..

… these are so lovely and I really like the lace and pearl trim..

So onto this week and our theme is

Paper Play

So quite simply please make your own flowers and embellies (card, paper fabric etc) and instead of lace, please use punched or die cut borders.
So everything should be made from paper BUT  you can use ribbons  if you want.

I  am so pleased to welcome back the sweetness that is our Katharina from

Whiff Of Joy

as our sponsor

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

… the gorgeous Elisabeth Bell Caring Thoughts 

What a sweet image and fabulous sentiment too – perfect for so many occasions.

Hugest of thanks Katharina for a fabulous prize:)xxx

And now without further ado, let’s see what our fabulous team have done ….

 

Liz M

Natalie

Mary

Liz

Marjorie

Debs

Lols

Sharon

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

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.
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 xx

 

Anything Goes : )

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

A huge thank you to everybody who joined in last week – there were some fabulous interpretations of  our sketches and themes – we hope you enjoyed our new little twist.

So who was our winner then ?

Woohooo Crafty Kiwi Mama 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 our winner did peeps …...

… she went for the blue/green colour combi and the ribbon or lace option : )

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

Anything Goes

theme and this month’s optional extra is to make a gift or decoration for Christmas

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 some happy and sad news.

The sad news is that our Anne is stepping down from the team to have a little crafty break.
Thank you chick for sharing your lovely work with us and we hope to see you back in crafty mode soon xx.

The happy news is that we have a new DT member and I am so happy to introduce a familiar face to most of us but a new face on here.
So a huge Papertake welcome to the sweetness that is

Liz Marsden

I am so pleased to have her on the team and cannot wait to see her makes for our challenges xxx

And now without further ado, let’s see what our fabulous team have done ….

Liz M

Debs

Natalie

Lols

Mary

Marjorie

Sharon

Liz & Dawny P will be along shortly : )

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.
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 xx