Challenge Number #4 sponsored by Indigo Blu

Well it's time for our 4th challenge :D thank you to everyone who entered last month once again it has been a tough job to decide the winners, but here are our choices

The Crafters Companion prize goes to:

Number 11: Nat

please email us at craftybn@gmail.com to claim your prize.

And our top 3 chosen by the design team are:

 24:  Alyce 

 38:  Spyder

43: Marie

Congratulations girls, please feel free to grab the top 3 badge on the right to display on your blogs

Challenge Number 4

Now onto our challenge for this month which is sponsored by Indigo Blu

The prize will be an A5 stamp sheet chosen by the winner

 

Indigo Blu Rubber Stamps

Indigo Blu Stamps

Quintessentially English rubber stamps, with unique and highly detailed deep etched designs – all made in England. Do have a look in our shop where we’re adding exciting new stuff all the time. Please sign up for our e-newsletter to enter our weekly draw for an individual stamp of your choice, and we’ll keep you up to date on all that’s happening in IndigoBlu World, especially the new designs which we are constantly working on…

The challenge is  Anything Goes, thats it, so it can be anything you like, card, scrapbook layout, ATC or altered project.

You may also notice we have a new addition to the team Geraldine McCormick who we sneaked in last week for Design Team Inspiration Monday, I'm sure you'll join us in giving her a warm welcome to the team :D

Here are the design team's projects for you:

Ang

 

Supplies:

Indigo Blu stamp set: Here Comes Santa

Guilding flakes

Flitter Glue Kit

That Special Touch Mask: Skyline

Distress ink: Chipped Saphire and Stormy Sky

Spray and Sparkle Gold

Gold embosssing powder

Momento Ink: tuxedo black

Clear embossing powder

Ger

Supplies:

Docrafts Happy Days 12x12 Papers

IndigoBlu Flitter Glue and guilding flakes

IndogoBlue Nature 1 Stamp Set

Momento Ink- Potters Clay

Karen

Supplies:

Indigo Blu Retro Christmas 

Memento ink Lady Bug

Ribbon

Twinkling H2o's Irish Mist

Papermaina Christmas time vellum

Spellbinders Dies

Gems. 

Caz

Supplies:
Indigo Blu stamps - Wild Meadow
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - Pink Taffy, Juniper & Jack O'Lantern
Craftwork Cards Stardust Cardstock - Calcutta
4" paper doily
Tulle
Versafine Black Ink
Foam Pads

Geraldine M

Supplies:

Image: Wee Stamps

Medium: Promarkers

Papers: Echo Park Country Drive

Sentiment: Computer Generated

Ribbons: Papermania

Stick Pins: Creative Expressions

Stickles 

Sarah

 Supplies:
Indigo blue stamp:Poppy Meadow
 Prima, 7 Gypsies, and Stampin up patterned paper
Brown, red, green and cream cardstock 
Red binding ribbon
Foam pads
Black stazon

Challenge # 3 September

Well it's time for our third challenge :D thank you to everyone who entered our 2nd one, once again it has been a tough job to decide the winners, especially as we had to pick 2 of you!

The Cullen Crafts prize goes to:

Number 8: Suzie McFloozy

please email us at craftybn@gmail.com to claim your prize.

The Sassy Studio digis go to:

Number 3. Cathy

 

  Please email Sara to claim your prize (click the link)

And our top 3 chosen by the design team are:

  17. Shari 

  23. Sarah  

  24. Nat 

Congratulations girls, please feel free to grab the top 3 badge on the right to display on your blogs

Challenge Number 3

Now onto our challenge for this month which is sponsored by the lovely Sara at Crafters Companion (who will be our guest blogger this month :-) )

Sara has made this wonderful card:

Supplies:

Centura Pearl Cardstock for Base Card 

Coredinations Contemporary Christmas

Paper - SWALK CD1

Image and Sentiment Stamp -  A Little Bird

Coloured with Spectrum Noir Pens

Darice Border Embossing Folder and Flowers from stash

and the prize is most of the supplies she used to make it.

The challenge is Purple, thats it, so it can be anything you like, card, scrapbook layout, ATC or altered project, or anything else you can think of just so long as it is or has purple in it.

Here are the design team's projects for you:

Ang

Supplies:

Docrafts Thankyou stamp and die

Spellbinders Labels 28

Honey Blossom Sprig die from Memory Box

Divine swirls embossing folder

Dusty Concord distress ink

Card, gems and ribbon.

Ger

Supplies:

Docrafts Textured Card stock

Country Cottage Rocking Horse Die

Spellbinder Die

Sizzix Embossing Folder

Flower Punches

Sarah

 

Supplies:
Bazzil Basics 12 x 12 Cardstock: Purple & Lilac Kaiser Craft Pattern Paper: Magic Happens Kaiser Craft Rubons: Magic Happens Paper Roses Tilda Winter birds diecuts Stampin Up Bigshot embossing folder: Manhattan flower

Karen

Supplies:

Saturared  Canary image Canary Love

Promarkers

Cheery Lynn corner die

Cuttlebug embossing folder

backing paper dovecraft

gliter,ribbon,flowers, & gems.

Caz

Supplies:
Fizzy Moon Birthday Wishes Decoupage & Paper Pad
Craftwork Cards Sentiment
Pink stitched Grosgrain ribbon

We are extending the Design team call for the month of September:

Please add your challenge entry below (If you are interested in becoming part of our design team please include the initials DT after your name)

Monday Challenge Number 2

Well it's time for our second challenge :D the team are thrilled to bits to have had so many of you talented peeps join in with us for our 1st challenge, it was truly fantastic but made the job of choosing the winner and top three extremely hard.

Our 1st challenge winner is

430- Tracy

Well done please email your name & address to craftybn@gmail.com

The fabb 3 are

472, 6 & 131

Please bear with us whilst we find the links to the numbers! There was a problem with

Mr Linky, but they'll be posted very shortly!! Thank you for your patience.

Well done please take your winners badge for you blog

Congratulations to the winners and if it wasn't you this month please don't let it stop you from entering we have loved looking at everyones work and you never know next time it could be you. We really hope you are loving all the new features as much as we are and loving the great range of sponsors we have supporting us by offering fantastic prizes each month!!!

For this challenge it's a double whammy as we have two great sponsors

Sassy Studio are offering

FOUR fantastic images of the Winner's choosing

Cullen Crafts are offering a mixed bad of yummy craft goodies with products from Docrafts, Rubber Stamps, Ribbons & Washi Tape

Right below is the design teams take on the theme of Pink & Black with some of the team working with both sponsors products

Ang

All the items used in my creation are available at our sponsor this month Cullen Crafts

for more details please go to my blog by clicking on my name above :)

Sarah

Supplies

Bazzil 12 x 12 card stock-black Patterned paper-Pink Paisley, Teresa Collins, My mind’s eye, Stampin up-twitterpated Ribbon Handmade fimo flowers (Mold muse moulds) Bazzil on the edge strips Stampin up elegant Eleanor stamps Stampin up ink-pink and brown Hand felted flower Stampin up Labels collection framelets Chipboard Butterflies (Cullen Crafts)


Kaz

Supplies

Digi stamp Ava from Saturated Canary

Paper Love Letters First edition

Flowers and gems from Papermania.

Ger

Supplies

Inspire Me Card Pack

Creative Expressions Bling Swirl

Pirate Doily

Basil Bobble Trim

All from Cullen Crafts

Dilly Beans Digi

Becky

Supplies
Sassy Studio Designs digi image
Promarkers
Stampin' Up sentiment stamp

Caz

Supplies
Saturated Canary Digi Freebie "Ava"
Copics
Glossy Accents & White Pen
Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic Papers
Craftwork Cards Stardust Cardstock
Craftwork Cards Sentiment
Pins, Tulle & Bling

Jo

Image - Sassy Studios

Colouring - pastels, watercolour pencils

Swirls - Kanban stamps

Momento ink

Monday Challenge #1 Anything Goes

Welcome to the new look Crafty Bloggers Network & new look design team!!

We have all been working hard behind the scenes to bring you an new look, regular posts and exciting prize winning challenges.

First the design team, we have Jo, Ger, Becky, Kaz, Angela, Sarah and Caz, you'll find the blog links on the right hand side so please go have a peek at their fantastic creations.

Now are you sitting comfortably ;D

The challenges and the lovely added extras will be as follows-

1st Monday of the Month will be our Prize Challenge

1st Wednesday Guest Blogger Post

1st Friday Show & Tell Technique

2nd Monday Design Team Inspiration

2nd Wednesday Celebrity Guest Blogger

2nd Friday Show & Tell Technique

3rd Monday Design Team Inspiration

3rd Wednesday Guest Blogger Post

3rd Friday Show & Tell Technique

4th Monday Design Team Inspiration

4th Wednesday Celebrity Guest Blogger

4th Friday Show & Tell Technique

I hope your as excited about our new look as we are and hope you are all going to join in with the Anything Goes theme for the month, we have been very kindly sponsored by the fabulous

IndigoBlu

So here are the design teams take on 'Anything Goes'

Ger

Docrafts Papermania Beautiful- Embossing Folder, Papers, Fabric Buttons
Lucy Cromwell Rubber Stamp Sentiment
Own Made Faux Leather Background
Ranger Distress Ink Pad
Bling :D

Sarah

Supplies

Prima 6 x 6 paper pad: Meadow Lark
Distress ink: Brushed Corduory
Stampin up A4 Cardstock: Crumb and whisper white
Fiskars border punch
Mustard Gosgrain ribbon
Corner Edger
Handmade fimo flowers
Stampin classic ink pad: pink and blue
Stampin up Everything Eleanor stamp
Stampin up Creative Elements stamp
Penny Black thinking of you stamp

Jo

Supplies -

Papermania Kraft card

Papermania white card

Papermania Wellington toppers

Papermania Lucy Cromwell papers

Papermania Lucy Cromwell stamp

Ancient page ink

Kaz

supplies
Digi stamp from sassy design studio
card candy
papers trimcraft


Becky

Supplies:
Papermania Happy Days paper and big bloomers
Digi image from Pink Peticoat coloured with Promarkers and Copics

Caz

Supplies:
Small Bow Die by Lil' Inker Designs
Sentiment Stamp by There She Goes Clear Stamp
Black Shimmer Cardstock from Craftwork Cards
White Linen Cardstock from Papermill Shop
Clear Bling

Ang

Supplies:

Free stamp from Teddy Bo (coloured with distress markers) and free papers from magazines,

Cheery Lynn and Memory Box dies

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We would absolutely love to see all your creations please leave us a link to your entry. If you are joining us and don't have a blog then please take a look at the CBN group on Facebook and edit the document (found at the top of the page) for us to check out your entries. Please remember not to link to old work- we would love it if you can create something new. Happy Crafting!