For a Child!

Welcome Back!  What a fantastic turnout yet again!  Thank you all for playing along every week!  We enjoy your creations and look forward to seeing you each and every time! 

We have a fun challenge again this week, but first we have to choose a winner for last week's challenge!  The winner of the Whimsy Stamps prize is...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

76 

Timestamp: 2011-03-29 12:47:44 UTC

That is Terri Sherman!

 

 Congratulations, Terri!  Please contact me at CreativeCardCrew@aol.com to claim your prize!

Next we need to say goodbye to two more DT members as their terms have come to a close.  We want to wish Marilyn and Cherie a fond farewell!  Thanks for your beautiful work, ladies! You'll be missed!

Now onto this week's challenge!  Our challenge is "For a Child!"  We'd love to see what you come up with! Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps!  

"Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps...we started this store April 1st, No Fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha, I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...
I been creating stamps for a little less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there was much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone..stitchy xoxox"

The prize for this week's challenge is:

 

 Now...onto our samples!  Welcome to our newest team members :)

Sharon

Mari

Caroline

Agnieszka

Susan CC

Susan CC

Denise

Karli

Bettina

Rebekah

So thanks for stopping by today!  We look forward to seeing you play along! Have a great week!

No STAMPS???

Hello and Welcome back!  It's another Tuesday and we have another challenge for you!  It is also the first week with our new DT!  What a fabulous bunch of talented ladies we've welcomed to the group!  Feel free to visit their blogs and welcome them as well!

Speaking of the new DT...we have a little change!  We did not hear back from one of the chosen and another has had to back out already and we are saying farewell to Cherie!

That means we have 3 spots to fill!

#15 Dawn 
# 29 Christell
#2 Jilly! 

Congratulations, Ladies!  If you wouldn't mind dropping me an email, I will get you started!

So we need to get down to business!  Our winner of The Paper Shelter prize is.....

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

158 

Timestamp: 2011-03-22 20:57:54 UTC

Congratulations chiara_francy!
 Please email me at CreativeCardCrew@aol.com to claim your prize!

Now onto this week's challenge!
The challenge is NO STAMPS!  That's right...no RUBBER stamps!  Digis are okay :)  But if you are really feeling adventurous, don't use ANY images!  Look at Susan Chatburn's and Susan CC's samples below for a major inspiration!

Our sponsor this week is:

Whimsy Stamps

Whimsy Stamps is a family owned business and online store located in the United States. We carry a line of whimsical and fun rubber stamps made from deeply etched red rubber and mounted on EZ mount foam. We also have a digital collection with new releases on the 1st of each month. We've recently added an online gallery for our DT and registered users where you can find lots of samples using our stamps. We also have an inspirations blog with daily postings and product info!
The Whimsy Prize is...
5 digital stamps of the winner's choice!

So let's see what we came  up with to share with you:

Susan Chatburn

Rebekah

Sharon

Janna

Marilyn

Gry

Cherie

Susan CC

Wow!  What a bunch of inspiration!  We hope this gets your creativity abuzz!  Thanks for playing along and we'll see you next week!

New DT Members and a New Challenge!

Welcome back! So many of you wonderful CCC fans have made us smile with your gorgeous entries! We are excited to announce our new DT members...without further ado, they are:

#111 Val

#115 Bettina

#121 Gry/Daisy

#127 Karli

#92 Corry

#25 Rebekah

#137 Susan's Crafty Chaos

As you can see, there are more than 4 winners!  Showcasing diversity in style takes many samples!  So congratulations, Ladies!  Please contact me at CreativeCardCrew@aol.com to get started!  

Now, onto our next piece of business.  This week's winner of the Robyn's Fetish prize is:

#120 Jan R Congratulations!  Contact me at CreativeCardCrew@aol.com to claim your prize!

This week, our sponsor is The Paper Shelter!

The Paper Shelter is proud to sponsor this week challenge.

If you're looking for fun, cute and lovely digi stamps for your paper-crafting or web design projects, The Paper Shelter has what you're looking for! The Paper Shelter was created and is proudlu owned by Pedro Moran & Veronica Atanacio.

The Paper Shelter offers a catalog of high quality digi stamps with many different kind of options and multitude of themes to suit all your creative needs. The stamps are available in standard black and white line art as well as in pre colored format, both in JPG and PNG files.

For this challenge, The Paper Shelter team is happy to offer the winner a $15 Gift Certificate to spend in the store. Have fun with our images!

The prize this week is a $15 Gift Certificate to their store!

NOTE***Due to my own slip-up, we did not use the sponsor's adorable images.  PLEASE visit their site to see their fantastic images!

Our challenge is show us some GREEN!

Now for some inspiration:

Mari

Sharon

Denise

Sarah

Caroline

Janna

Thanks so much to all who entered the challenges and the DT call. It was an absolute joy reviewing all of your entries!
 We hope you enjoy this week's challenge and see you again really soon!

No Flowers with Robyn's Fetish!

Happy Tuesday and Welcome back!  We are loving all of your fabulous entries for our DT call!  Don't forget to keep them coming this week.  Here's what we are looking for in case you missed last week's challenge:

Here's some requirements:

1.  Be willing to use sponsor provided images when available.  Our sponsors are quite generous and deserve to have their work showcased when sponsoring.  

2.  Make a new theme related project every other week.  We are broken up into teams so that each team only posts twice a month.  Teams will be determined once the members are chosen.  Cards must be loaded into the folder by 12 noon EST the day before the challenge goes live. 

3.  Join our Yahoo Group for uploading your cards, group discussions, etc.

4.  Comment weekly.  Each team member will be assigned a digit and they are responsible for commenting on entries WEEKLY.  

5.  Assist the group in choosing upcoming challenge themes.

6.  Post your challenge card on your own blog each challenge week.

7.  Finally, have fun, be positive and please...above all else...communicate!  We are not a scary bunch and we need input, ideas, opinions and suggestions!  Please be heard :)

If you would like to enter the DT call, simply add DT to your name in your challenge entry.  Names will be drawn and posted on TUESDAY MARCH 15th.  

So now, let's get to this week's business!  First, we need a winner from LAST week!  The winner of the Simon Says Stamp prize is:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

21 

Timestamp: 2011-03-08 19:41:31 UTC

That is Dazie!

Congrats, Dazie! Please contact me at CreativeCardCrew@aol.com to claim your prize!

Now...onto this week!  Our sponsor is the always kind   Robyn's Fetish!  

And here's a bit about Robyn's Fetish:

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is
is owned by Robyn Weinrib.  Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

The prize is:
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps
or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set of their choice.

So our challenge is NO FLOWERS!  We want to see what you can do without adding any flowers! Here's the DT's fabulous inspiration:

Marilyn

Cherie

Susan

Sarah-Louise

Close up of details on Sarah's card

So let's see some inspiration from you all!  Remember, if you want to have a chance to join our talented DT, simply add DT after your name on your entry!  

DT Call and a New Challenge!

Hi All!  I want to welcome you all back for another week of fun and inspiration! Before we get to the challenge and last week's winner,  I have some news to share.  It is with great sadness that we are saying good bye to Maria Matter and Sarah-Louise.  They both have decided that it is time to move on and we wanted to give them both a big thank you for all they have done and wish them nothing but the best in their future!  We'll miss them!

So now for the next news item...a DT Call!  With the departing of Maria and Sarah, that leaves some openings!  We are actually looking for FOUR new DT members!  Here's some requirements:

1.  Be willing to use sponsor provided images when available.  Our sponsors are quite generous and deserve to have their work showcased when sponsoring.  

2.  Make a new theme related project every other week.  We are broken up into teams so that each team only posts twice a month.  Teams will be determined once the members are chosen.  Cards must be loaded into the folder by 12 noon EST the day before the challenge goes live. 

3.  Join our Yahoo Group for uploading your cards, group discussions, etc.

4.  Comment weekly.  Each team member will be assigned a digit and they are responsible for commenting on entries WEEKLY.  

5.  Assist the group in choosing upcoming challenge themes.

6.  Post your challenge card on your own blog each challenge week.

7.  Finally, have fun, be positive and please...above all else...communicate!  We are not a scary bunch and we need input, ideas, opinions and suggestions!  Please be heard :)

If you would like to enter the DT call, simply add DT to your name in your challenge entry.  Names will be drawn and posted on TUESDAY MARCH 15th.  

Now...let's choose a winner for last week's Fantasy challenge sponsored by The Gingerloft:

Here are your random numbers:

20 

Timestamp: 2011-03-01 12:23:46 UTC


Congratulations Jane!
 
 
 Please contact me at CreativeCardCrew@aol.com to claim your prize!

Finally...let's get to the latest challenge!  We are sponsored by the always fabulous 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!
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! 
Simon Says Stamp has over 100,000 items in stock.   They have all of the latest releases from Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, Copic and so much more!  With free shipping for all International orders over $200 and USA Orders over $70, it’s a great time to shop with Simon Says Stamp.  
The prize is $20 gift certificate to the store!

Now...the challenge!  We want to see Gothic!  Bring out your goth and emo and show us what you've got!  Are you ready to see what we have for you?  Well here it is:

 

Caroline

Mari

Denise

Agnieszka

Sharon

Janna

We hope that brings you some inspiration to play!