CHALLENGE #22 : RED WHITE AND BLUE

A new CHALLENGE and a NEW Design Team!

Congratulations to our new Design Team - Mel and I are really excited to be working with these talented ladies and really appreciate the support we have already received from them ... Oh boy these these girls can CREATE!!!!!

Our New Team is (in alphabetical order) :

CARLIE
CAZ
CHARLENE
ELENOR
JAN ( thanks for staying on for a second term, Jan!)
STARLA
JEN (that's me!)

You will see their pretty faces in the side bar on the right, and if you click on each of the pix, you will be linked straight to their fabulous blogs!

And now on to the first challenge with our new team!

For this new challenge, we would like you to create using the colours RED WHITE AND BLUE! For those of you in the US - a patriotic theme would be great, for the rest of us, HAVE FUN WITH THE COLOURS!

One random winner will be chosen (random.org) to win 3 images of choice from the store.

We will then have a DT's choice award. This award will go to the the card / project that we vote to be our favourite (and must be a digistamps4joy image). This winner will receive a $6 gift voucher to spend in the store.

You do not need to use a Digistamps4Joy image to win.
We will choose 2 runners-up who we feel deserve a spot in the top 3.

Challenge Rules
You can use any image for the challenges. See above.
You have two weeks to enter the challenge.
Your entry must be new. No backlinking to previous posts.
Please link back to Digistamps 4 Joy blog.
Projects that do not follow the theme will not be entered into the draw.
Please use the Inlinkz to link to your CARD/ PROJECT only, please don't link to your entire blog.
You may combine this challenge with other challenges.
If you don't have a blog then please load your card/ project into the gallery on the website, and link to that.

The most important rule, however, is to have fun!

Here are the Design Team's Creations for your inspiration ...

CARLIE

CAZ

CHARLENE

ELENOR

JAN

STARLA

JEN

AND OUR GUEST DESIGNER FOR THIS CHALLENGE ...

LINDA

And now it's YOUR turn ...

Let us see what you create.

Use the inlinkz icon below to link to your post and not your blog.

luv n huggz
Jen

PS Happy 4th of July to those of you in the US!!

WINNERS OF CHALLENGE #21 : "TAG IT FOR DAD"

A great BIG thank you to all that entered.

So here goes, with the announcement of the winners:

Congratulations, entry #4: WENDY : Your prize is three digi's from the DS4J store (see the link in the side bar). Please email me (jen@jencraft.co.za) with your choices.

We have no winner of the DT's Choice as there no-one used a DS4J image.

Once again, thanks for all your entries and congratulations to the winners!

Challenge #23 will be announced on this blog in just 8 hours time. Be sure to pop by then!

luv n huggz
Jen

CHALLENGE #21 : "TAG it for DAD"

First of all Mel and I would like to say a very big thank you to the current Design Team, whose last challenge it is with us today. The wonderfully talented ladies have no idea how much we appreciated their contributions over the past few months and we'd like them to know that they will be missed. Although no longer part of our DT, we hope to see them entering our challenges and popping in at the group to say hi now and again!

And although we are sad to say farewell, we are very excited to be working with a new Design Team, and as soon as the i's are dotted and the t's crossed, we'll introduce you to them. Just a few more days, and all will be revealed!

Now, on to the challenge:

Let's make a TAG for DAD ...

For this new challenge, we would like you to create a tag suitable for DAD, for his birthday, for for Father's Day.

One random winner will be chosen (random.org) to win 3 images of choice from the store.

We will then have a DT's choice award. This award will go to the the card / project that we vote to be our favourite (and must be a digistamps4joy image). This winner will receive a $6 gift voucher to spend in the store.

You do not need to use a Digistamps4Joy image to win.
We will choose 2 runners-up who we feel deserve a spot in the top 3.

Challenge Rules
You can use any image for the challenges. See above.
You have two weeks to enter the challenge.
Your entry must be new. No backlinking to previous posts.
Please link back to Digistamps 4 Joy blog.
Projects that do not follow the theme will not be entered into the draw.
Please use the Inlinkz to link to your CARD/ PROJECT only, please don't link to your entire blog.
You may combine this challenge with other challenges.
If you don't have a blog then please load your card/ project into the gallery on the website, and link to that.

The most important rule, however, is to have fun!

Here are the Design Team's Creations for your inspiration ...

AUDREY has used "Soccer Boy"and made a beautiful bookmark tag for dad ...

GEMMA used "Buster" and created this cute tag ...

JAN's tag features "BBQ", just perfect for the outdoorsy dad ...

KELLY made a beautiful tag for dad using our dear old friend "Buster"...

and we have two Guest Designers this week :

STARLA created a fabulous tag with "BBQ" - he looks like he's really having a party for one! ...

...

CARLIE's "BUSTER" looks so adorable popped up on those bright mats

A click on each of the GDT's names will link you through to their blogs where you can leave them some love.

We can't wait to see what you create for the challenge.

luv n huggz
Jen
Design Team Co-Ordinator

WINNERS OF CHALLENGE #20 : "on the wings of a ..."

We at Digistamps 4 Joy are SO happy with the response to our challenge ... 89 entries! A great BIG thank you to all that entered. We apologize that Mr Blogger's problems this week prevented us from commenting on all your creations, but we did get to see them all and loved what you created!

So here goes, with the announcement of the winners:

Congratulations, entry #20 : BEVERLEY : Your prize is three digi's from the DS4J store (see the link in the side bar). Please email me (jen@jencraft.co.za) with your choices.

The winner of the DT's Choice is:

#82 : DARLING HO! Your entry was the only one using a DS4J image so you have won! - We loved your pretty card! Congratulations - you have won $6 dollars to spend in the store (see the link the the side bar) Please email me jen@jencraft.co.za with your choices!

The two runners-up are:

#37 : LOVELY LINDA - we loved your layout!
#26 : ZULMA - your tag caught our eye and we loved its sparkle!

Darling Ho, Lovely Linda and Zulma, please take the Top 3 Badge from the sidebar, add to your blog and link back to this challenge blog.

Once again, thanks for all your entries and congratulations to the winners!

Challenge #2 will be announced on this blog in just 8 hours time. Be sure to pop by then!

luv n huggz
Jen

CHALLENGE #20 : "On the wings of a ..." and a DT CALL

FIRSTLY, we'd like you all to know that we're having a DT call ...

We will soon be one year old, and we are looking for a new team to work with our diverse variety of images. Please send an email to jen @ jencraft . co . za (without the spaces...) with a brief description about your yourself, your blog link if you have one, and 2 -3 examples of your best work. Please also let us know which medium you like to use. Digistamps 4 Joy has fortnightly challenges, and all we ask of you is to design an inspiration card for each challenge, post it on your blog, and comment on the challenge entries. We'd like you to be active on the DS4J group on CDAC, and participate in the various events, blog hops and challenges, etc., that DS4J is involved in. And for that we will provide you with the images and necessary support that you require. No real hard work, just a lot of FUN!

And now on to the challenge:

Spring/Summer brings us lots of wings ... butterfly wings, bird wings, aircraft wings for those of us going on summer holidays, and for those of us fortunate enough, fairy wings!

For this new challenge, we would like you to create a papercraft project featuring.........
WINGS!

One random winner will be chosen (random.org) to win 3 images of choice from the store.

We will then have a DT's choice award. This award will go to the the card / project that we vote to be our favourite (and must be a digistamps4joy image). This winner will receive a $6 gift voucher to spend in the store.

You do not need to use a Digistamps4Joy image to win.
We will choose 2 runners-up who we feel deserve a spot in the top 3.

Challenge Rules
You can use any image for the challenges. See above.
You have two weeks to enter the challenge.
Your entry must be new. No backlinking to previous posts.
Please link back to Digistamps 4 Joy blog.
Projects that do not follow the theme will not be entered into the draw.
Please use the Inlinkz to link to your CARD/ PROJECT only, please don't link to your entire blog.
You may combine this challenge with other challenges.
If you don't have a blog then please load your card/ project into the gallery on the website, and link to that.

The most important rule, however, is to have fun!

Here are the Design Team's Creations for your inspiration ...

Audrey has used DARK ANGEL - and embellished with a fabulous stitched flower

Gemma's card featuring the BUTTERFLY image is coloured in refreshing blues and lilacs

Jan's card with FUNKY FAIRY has beautiful sparkle on the wings

My card, (that's me, Jen) with the image called FUNKY FAIRY, WAKE UP EMILY, has a flower embellishment Copic coloured to match the colour scheme of the card

And then as a bonus for you, we have three GUEST DESIGNERS, each of whom have used the same image, just to show how totally different yet equally stunning the creations are!

BUNNY

CHARLENE

ELENOR

A click on each of the GDT's names will link you through to their blogs where you can leave them some love.

We can't wait to see what you create for the challenge.

PS : don't forget our DT call!!!

luv n huggz
Jen
Design Team Co-Ordinator