City Crafter Challenge Blog: November 2011

Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford

Kirsty Vittetoe

Take Note

You are welcome to submit any type of project based on the theme and enter as many times as you wish, but we do hope that the creation is new and original, please do not link creation that have been posted prior to the day of the current challenges. We are looking after our wonderful sponsors who donate time, prizes, and effort with full focus on them, to be eligible for the prize -

No direct selling links are allowed here

Please mentioned City Crafter Challenge Blog and provide a link back to us

Please do not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog

Link your direct post of the challenge and not your entire blog

Prize

If you're passionate about paper-crafting, whether it be scrapbooking your memories, making cards or altered art, CropStop is your one-stop solution. We offer an extensive selection of dies, embossing folders, inks, stamps and punches by all the popular manufacturers and the CropStop die and embossing folder storage solutions Pocketz Pages to keep everything organized. Our selection of embellishments and adhesives is continually expanding and we are excited to be the home of the colorful Ribbon Candy.

In need of inspiration? Visit the CropStop Gallery, Blog or Message Board and participate in a competition or class. If you have questions concerning your machine, we have a team of experts waiting to help you.

Messager Board - come and meet like minded paper-crafters

Blog - we have prizes and giveaways every week

Gallery - lots of inspiration from all over the world

You Tube - demonstrations, how-tos, projects and much more

FaceBook page - be the first to know of new arrivals in the store

Twitter - we always find something worth Twittering!

CropStop ships internationally as well as domestic. Our personalized customer service is only one of our strengths. Call or come visit us at www.CropStop.com and see what's new in the world of paper-crafting.

The winner of this week's challenge will get a $15 gift certificate to shop at CropStop.

To Play Along

Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (if you add your photo to an online gallery, please use code CCCB#85 so we could easily find your creation, then link here with the direct link (not your entire blog).

Don't forget to link back to our blog so more people can join in the fun!

Submit

Challenge ends Dec 5th, 2011 at 11.59 PM (EST)

We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!

If you have difficulties using Inlinkz, please email citycrafter@gmail.com. We will try our best to help you with your questions.

Winner

Thanks for playing along, we had so much fun with last week's "Pink Christmas" challenge, here's our winner for week 84

Lizzi

and our Spotlight Artists are

Congratulations to all, please feel free to grab your winner/spotlight artists badge and display it proudly on your side bar.

Lizzi, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could link your up with our wonderful sponsor. You have till Nov 6, 2011 to do that.

Thanks to all who joined us last week, hope to see you again soon!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #84 - A Pink Christmas

Hey, this is Kirsty, back for this week's challenge at City Crafter Challenge Blog

As Christmas is just around the corner, I am thinking of a PINK christmas, and I hope you do too because we are going to ask you to make a holiday card with mainly the color PINK, have fun!!!!

~ kirsty vittetoe

Week 84 ~ A Pink Christmas

photo credit

Guest Designer

Get to know Lynette........

Hi All! My name is Lynette Jacobs, and I am so honored to be guest this week here on the City Crafter Challenge Blog! I currently live in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth on the east coast of South Africa. I have been married for 33 years and have three grown children and four grandchildren (with two more on the way) I love my family and they are the inspiration for most of my scrappy work. I have been scrapping since 2005 and only recently tried my hand at cards making. I must be honest and admit that I am hooked to all things scrappy.

Lynette Jacobs

A work in Progress

Be sure to stop by Lynette's blog and leave her some love

Design Team

We hope to get you inspired with the beautiful projects of the DT, please hop over to their individual blog to see more pictures of their projects!

Kirsty Vitteote

Linda Robinson

Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford

Take Note

No direct selling links are allowed here

Please mentioned City Crafter Challenge Blog and provide a link back to us

Please do not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog

Link your direct post of the challenge and not your entire blog

Prize

Pixie Dust Paperie is a monthly kit club dedicate to bringing you the newest products in the paper crafting industry. Each month, you will received a beautifully designed kit with the latest papers and embellishment, all designed to coordinate perfectly and ready for you to create. At The Pixie Blog, you will find lots of inspiration and new ideas on a daily basis.

The winner for this week's challenge will get a $10 gift certificate to shop at Pixie Dust Paperie

Special deal for City Crafter's Readers

Pixie Dust Paperie also have a deal for our readers this week! 40% off Echo Park Victoria Garden 12x12 collection kit or Echo Park Victoria Garden 6x6 paper pad.

Use code Victoria-Garden during check out to enjoy this special offer just for you!

SHOP NOW!!!

To Play Along

Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (if you add your photo to an online gallery, please use code CCCB#84 so we could easily find your creation, then link here with the direct link (not your entire blog).

Don't forget to link back to our blog so more people can join in the fun!

Submit

Challenge ends October 24th, 2011 at 11.59 PM (EST)

We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!

If you have difficulties using Inlinkz, please email citycrafter@gmail.com. We will try our best to help you with your questions.

Winner

Thanks for playing along, we had so much fun with last week's "Four Legged Friend" challenge, here's the winner for week 83

Sylvia Nelson

and our Spotlight Artists are

Congratulations to all, please feel free to grab your winner/spotlight artists badge and display it proudly on your side bar.

Sylvia, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could link you up with our wonderful sponsor.

Thanks for all who joined us last week, hope to see you again soon!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #83 - Four Legged Friend

Well Good Morning!

It's Ros back with you this week for a new challenge

You all know I am a big animal lover right? So I thought it would be a great idea to incorporate an animal in our projects this week ... the four legged kind!

The DT are all using digitals from our sponsor but you can use anything just as long as it's a

"four legged friend"

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with ... so have fun!

~ Ros ~

Week 83 ~ Four Legged Friend

photo credit - Ros Crawford

(all the images used by our Guest Designer and Design Team are sponsored by Stretch n' Bubbles)

Guest Designer

Get to know Tesa

Hi! I'm Tesa Broman and I'm truly honored to be a guest here at City Crafter Challenge Blog. I'm a mother of one and married since 11 years. We live in a little village in Sweden where fall has come with rain and darkness - peffect weather for craftiness! Rubber stamping is my obsession, but I scrapbook too and tuck in an alter now and then.

Tesa Broman

Tesas Scrap

An amazing blog, it's a GOTTA-SEE blog for me, I am sure you will agree totally....

Design Team

We hope to get you inspired with the beautiful projects of the DT, please hop over to their individual blog to see more pictures of their projects!

Ros Crawford

Kirsty Vittetoe

Linda Robinson

Cheryl Nelson

Take Note

You are welcome to submit any type of project based on the theme and enter as many times as you wish, but we do hope that the creation is new and original, please do not link creation that have been posted prior to the day of the current challenges. We are looking after our wonderful sponsors who donate time, prizes and effort with full focus on them, to be eligible for the prize -

No direct selling links are allowed here

Please mentioned City Crafter Challenge Blog and provide a link back to us

Please do not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog

Link your direct post of the challenge and not your entire blog

Prize

We are kindly sponsored by Stretch n' Bubbles this week, the lucky winner will received 5 digital images from our sponsor

Here's a little about the owner of Stretch n' Bubbles, Alison and her wonderful digital stamps

I really started "Scrapbooking/Card making" in 1996 when my dear friend Lisa Bearnson introduced to her new magazine Creating Keepsakes.... after that I was HOOKED!... I do both scrapbooking and card making... I have been published in many magazines, worked for Creating Keepsakes as a designer for products sold on QVC, and won many contests. I am the owner of Do You Stack Up?! Challenge Blog, Free Digital Stamps Blog, & Stretch N' Bubbles Digital Stamps Blog/store. I quickly fell in love with the idea of digital stamps. Not having to find a spot to keep them, being able to get your product instantly, and buying one size fit's all... I was on board! I have never taken an art class... I just started doodling and putting them online. My free digital stamps within 2-3 days were getting 500 downloads, so I thought if there were that many people who liked my deigns. I should sat a little store... and Stretch N' Bubbles was born... Now you might ask yourself, how did you get the name Stretch N' Bubbles? Well my dad "poppie" gives all the grandchildren "magic names" and my son's magic name is "Stretch", and yep you guessed it... my daughters magic name is "Bubbles"... so I put them together and came up with that name... Thanks so much to all of you for helping support my dream... HUGS

*Alison*

Stop by and check out my blogs.....

Personal Blog HERE

Store HERE

Design Team HERE

To Play Along

Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (if you add your photo to an online gallery, please use code CCCB#83 so we could easily find your creation. Then link here with the direct link (not your entire blog). Don't forget to link back to our blog so more people can join in the fun!

Submit

Challenge ends November 21st, 2011 at 11.59 PM (EST)

We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!

If you have difficulties using Inlinkz, please email citycrafter@gmail.com. We will try our best to help you with your questions.

Winner

Thanks for playing along, we had so much fun with last week's "Thanks*Giving" challenge, here's the winner for week 82

Rebekah F

and our Spotlight Artists are

Congratulations to all, please feel free to grab your winner/spotlight artists badge and display it proudly on your side bar.

Rebekah, please send an email to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could work out a schedule for you to be our guest designer.

Thanks for all who joined us last week, hope to see you again soon!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #82 - Thanks*Giving

Hi ALL! It is Cheryl back with this week's theme and challenge. Here in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving this month. It is one of my favorite times of the year. What a wonderful opportunity we have to pause and consider all the ways we are blessed. So I bring this theme of not only THANKS, but GIVING to you. Our challenge this week is to create EITHER a THANK YOU card OR a HOMEMADE GIFT that you can GIVE to someone. I really can't wait to see what you all create!!

~ Cheryl Nelson

Week 82 ~ Thanks*Giving

photo credit

Guest Designer

Get to know Laurie.....

Hi All! My name is Laurie Schmidlin, and I am so honored to be guest this week here on the City Crafter Challenge Blog! I currently live in beautiful (and chilly ) Montana with my husband and four children. I couldn't be more blessed with such a wonderful family! Along with my love for all things stamping, I also enjoy reading, baking, playing the cello, and spending as much time with my family as I can!

Laurie Schmidlin

Just Give Me Stamps

Laurie has a beautiful blog filled with lots of gorgeous creation, be sure to stop by, you will be so thrilled, I promise...

Design Team

We hope to get you inspired with the beautiful projects of the DT, please hop over to their individual blog to see more pictures of their projects!

Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford

Kirsty Vittetoe

Linda Robinson

http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com/

Take Note

You are welcome to submit any type of project based on the theme and enter as many times as you wish, but we do hope that the creation is new and original, please do not link creation that have been posted prior to the day of the current challenges. We are looking after our wonderful sponsors who donate time, prizes and effort with full focus on them, to be eligible for the prize -

No direct selling links are allowed here

Please mentioned City Crafter Challenge Blog and provide a link back to us

Please do not cross-promote event unrelated to City Crafter Challenge Blog

Link your direct post of the challenge and not your entire blog

Prize

This week's winner will win a Guest Designer Spot here at City Crafter Challenge Blog, how cool is that!!!

To Play Along

Upload your creation to your blog or online gallery (if you add your photo to an online gallery, please use code CCCB#82 so we could easily find your creation. Then link here with the direct link (not your entire blog). Don't forget to link back to our blog so more people can join in the fun!

Submit

Challenge ends November 14th, 2011 at 11.59 PM (EST)

We would love you to play along, so come on and join us!

If you have difficulties using Inlinkz, please email citycrafter@gmail.com. We will try out best to help you with your questions.

Winner

Thanks for playing along, we had so much fun with last week's "Postcard" challenge. Here's the winner for week 81

Deb Hickman

and our Spotlight Artists are

Congratulations to all, please feel free to grab your winner/spotlight artists badge and display it proudly on your side bar.

Deb, please send an email with your mailing info to citycrafter@gmail.com so we could link you up with our wonderful sponsor, you have till nov 14th to do that.

Thanks for all who joined us last week, hope to see you again soon!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #81 - Postcard and a swap

Hello... it's me Linda and I am back with this week's challenge.
I have been seeing some postcard floating around blogland lately and I thought it would be so fun to give it a try... so would you like to give it a try?
The challenge is to make a postcard that can be mailed to a friend or family, or whomever you would like. I can't wait to see what you come up with....

~ Linda Robinson

*Special Note*

We are doing a POSTCARD swap this week, if you are interested, please scroll to the bottom of this post to sign up for the POSTCARD swap. Or check out the information at City Crafter Party Blog

Week 81 ~ Postcard

photo credit: Linda Robinson

Guest Designer

Get to know Karen......

I am, above all, grateful to God for all the beautiful blessings in my life. I have been married to my husband and best friend for over 26 years. and we have been blessed with three awesome children. I have been paper-crafting for as long as I can remember. I enjoy making cards for people and sharing my creations with others to bring a smile, or encouragement, where it can bless someone, I sincerely hope that you will all visit my little blog, and "follow" along as I share my work and and my heart. I love to visit other blogs as well to gain inspiration, so I will always "follow" others in return. I create from the heart, and hope that everyone who paper-crafts will use their creations to bless and encourage others. There are so many "bad" things in the world. So, when we are able to bring light, hope, or encouragement to others through our God-given talents, that is what we should all try to do. Thanks for putting your work out there. I gain so much inspiration from others' blog, and hope to meet many of you soon - so please stop by my blog and say hello.

Karen Letchwarth

My Cup Runneth Over...

be sure to stop by Karen's blog and leave her some love

Design Team

We hope to get you inspired with the beautiful projects of the DT, please hop over to their individual blog to see more pictures of their projects!

Linda Robinson

Cheryl Nelson

Ros Crawford

Kirsty Vittetoe