Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Challenge 17 Wk 2 Inspiration

This month our theme is Father's or For a Male.  We'd love to see all your masculine creations.
Challenge rules...

·You MUST follow The Crafter’s Café Challenge Blog. http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com
·You can enter up to THREE times.
·You need to stay with the current theme. You can create any project you like, card, ATC, tags, layouts, mixed–media, altered art, vintage, etc. and can use any products, images, mediums, etc... from any company.
·You MUST link your entry to your actual entry blog post or gallery, not your entire blog, with mention of and link to The Crafter’s Café Challenge Blog.
·You will also need to HAVE FUN! That’s what we are here for!

Are you interested in being a Guest Designer for two weeks in next month? If so, add GDT next to your name.  If for some reason you forget to add GDT leave us a comment with your entry number.  What's involved with being a GDT?  You need to make two cards for the month using our sponsor's images (supplied by our sponsors) on the 2nd and 4th week of the month.

I'd like to thank our sponsor, Limited Runs.  Be sure to visit and thank them.

How about some inspiration from out design team...
Alex Turner
 Alex Turner
 
Now it is your turn!  I can't wait to see what you create!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

TCCCB DESIGN TEAM CALL

THIS POST IS FOR OUR DESIGN TEAM CALL ONLY THIS IS NOT THE CHALLENGE POST

We have some exciting new changes coming up starting in July!  We are starting out with a Design Team Call NOW that will run for two weeks.  We will be keeping some of our current crew and adding on a lot of new folks.  This will be a six month commitment. 

REQUIREMENTS:
1.  Must be able to post two cards per month
2.  Must be able to leave comments on 10% of the entries (a number will be assigned to you)
3.  Must be able to take very good pictures of your creations
4.  Must have a current blog that you post your creations to
5.  Must be able to use Yahoo Groups or be comfortable enough with a computer to find your way around
6.  Must not be one to start or stir up drama (this has never been an issue in the past)
7.  Must be able to speak and understand English well.
8.  Must know how to have fun!

BENEFITS:
1.  You will receive two images a month.  One from each of our sponsors for your weeks.
2.  You will have a link to your blog added to our challenge page.
3.  You will have a great group of crafters to work with and get/share ideas from/with.

THE PLAN:
We will start with a blog hop in July to introduce our new teams.  

THE BIGGEST CHANGE OF ALL:
We are going to become a WEEKLY challenge blog starting in July!!!

HOW TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE NEW DT:
Leave us your name and a link to your blog in the Mr Linky link!  Once we have made our decisions we will contact you with an offer to join the team.  Please be sure your contact information is available someplace we can find it on your blog.

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER IF YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM

Challenge 17 Fathers or For a Male

Good morning!  It's time to start another new challenge, but first we'd like to thank everyone who played along with our Mother's/For a Female challenge.  Our winner, chosen by Random.org is #18 Joanne.  Congrats Joanne, please contact Chana to claim your prize.

And our Guest Designer is Bettina.  Congrats, please contact Karen for the details.

Now, on to our new challenge.  This month our theme is Father's or For a Male.  We'd love to see all your masculine creations.

Challenge rules...

·You MUST follow The Crafter’s Café Challenge Blog. http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com
·You can enter up to THREE times.
·You need to stay with the current theme. You can create any project you like, card, ATC, tags, layouts, mixed–media, altered art, vintage, etc. and can use any products, images, mediums, etc... from any company.
·You MUST link your entry to your actual entry blog post or gallery, not your entire blog, with mention of and link to The Crafter’s Café Challenge Blog.
·You will also need to HAVE FUN! That’s what we are here for!

Are you interested in being a Guest Designer for two weeks in next month? If so, add GDT next to your name.  If for some reason you forget to add GDT leave us a comment with your entry number.  What's involved with being a GDT?  You need to make two cards for the month using our sponsor's images (supplied by our sponsors) on the 2nd and 4th week of the month.

I'd like to thank our sponsor, Limited Runs.  Be sure to visit and thank them.


How about some inspiration from out design team...






Now it's your turn.  Also, don't forget to check out our DT call here.




The CCCB DT

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Last days for Challenge 16

We wanted to thank our sponsor  Rick St. Dennis and our Guest DT Mónica López this month and repost a few of our favorites creations from our DT.

We have really enjoyed seeing all your beautiful work this month!  Amazing and exciting to see so many entries!

Don't forget we have a  DT Call going on right now!!

 Angelique - Rick St Dennis


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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Challenge 16 Mom and/or For A Woman

Here we are at week 4 for our challenge 16 "Mom and/or For A Woman".  Our DT has come up with some wonderful inspiration for you, but first, I would like to thank our sponsor Rick St. Dennis.  Be sure to visit them and say thank you.  You have until midnight May 31 to enter, so there's still plenty of time.

Are you interested in being a Guest Designer for TWO WEEKS next month?  If so add GDT next to your name.  If for some reason you forget to add GDT, leave us a comment with your entry number!  What's involved with being a GDT?  You need to make two cards for the month using our sponsor's images (supplied by our sponsors) on the 2nd and 4th week of the month.

Guess what we will be doing next month!!  We are going to have a Design Team Call!!!  We will be looking for paper crafters/card makers who have awesome talent and can take fabulous pictures of their work!!   If you think you would be a good fit, watch for the DT Call next month!!

Now lets see what our Guest Designer Mónica López for this month has come up for us to see using one of Rick's images called ISABELLA Blustry Day

Guest DT Mónica López

Isn't this wonderful?  Thanks for joining us this month Mónica!

Now lets see what our Design Team has done!

Angelique used Summer Goddess
Angelique -RSD - Summer Goddess

I (Karen C) used Star Fairy
Karen C

Alex used Ete'
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 Diana F made this adorable card
Diana f

Check out this one that Lia made using Tudor Cottage Scene
Lia


Angela made this one
Angela P 3 chimney cottage

Okay, now aren't these all quite inspirational?  Now it is your turn!  If you haven't entered your three creations this month - what are you waiting for?  Don't forget to add GDT after your name if you want to join us for two weeks next month!!

Mom and/or For A Woman