Winner and DT Favorites: Challenge No. 4

Good morning, bloggers! Welcome back! We had another great turnout last week! 126 entries! WOW! Thank you so much for joining us!
We use Random.org to pick our winners. Thank goodness! Our sponsors last week were Crafty Sentiments Designs with an offering of three digis and Sweet 7 Digital Designs offering three digis or sentiment sets. This week, for the Crafty Sentiments winner, Random.org chose:

#56 - Blossom Cards

AND, for the Sweet 7 winner:

#30 - Beebeebabs

Congratulations! Please send an email to stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com within 7 days. We will provide you with info on how to collect your prize... and I don't keep you waiting either! Awesome, right!?! Be sure to grab our badge from the right side bar to proudly display on your personal blog! Thank you so much for playing along with Inspiration Destination!

Now for our DT Favorites! How exciting! You lucky girls were each handpicked from 126 entries! Team members who participated in the challenge each selected a favorite and here they are:

Dianne's favorite is #42 - Deonna B and here's why in her own words: Christmas card love the snowman, fabulous colours, embellishments and design

Ema's (that's me!) favorite is #126 - The Orchid Garden and here's my reason why in my own words: What a time I had choosing ONE favorite. There were so many I loved! Some made me laugh, some made me giggle, some made me go 'oooo' and 'aahhh' but this one made me *GASP*. The coloring is spectacular. The details are fabulous. What more could I say? This is just one of the many beautiful images from Mi Ran and I found how she showcased it truly spectacularly!

Hazel's favorite is #53 - Jacee and here's why in her own words: so many wonderful cards and I shortlisted 4 before eventually deciding on this beautifully executed Christmas card. Great attention to detail on the matting and layering make this one very classy card.

Ivy's favorite is #103 - Carol Gill and here's why in her own words: What I love the most about this card is that Carol took the time and matted each layer. The TH Sewing Room is a favorite of mine and I love the stamp design. Beautiful upright Z-Fold card. She did a great job!

Lynn's favorite is #86 - Darlene and here's why in her own words: wine bottle tag...love that it's different, cheery and embellished nicely

Rachelle's favorite is #98 - KT Fit Kitty and here's why in her own words: because I love snowmen and the technique used for the background.

 

Congratulations and well done! Please grab our DT Favorite badge from our side bar to the right. Wow! You were handpicked out of 126 entries! Did I tell you that already? I like to repeat myself! Ha!

Thank you for joining our challenge last week and we hope to see you again! Be sure to join us for Challenge #5 being sponsored by Rick St. Dennis. Thank you so very much for choosing to play along with us! I know you don't have to so it pleases me to no end to have you here! :)

Ema

Anything Goes Challenge No. 5

Welcome back one and all! We're thrilled you've chosen to participate in another one of our Anything Goes Challenges! Aren't they just the tops!?! lol I love them because the sky is the limit! So much creative freedom with an AG challenge, wouldn't you agree?

So this week, our fabulous sponsor is Rick St. Dennis! I'm so excited to have you see what the team have created with the images he sent us! He's offering one lucky winner THREE digis of their choice! Awesome blossom! :)

Designer of over 100 theatrical productions, Rick St Dennis (Donald McAfee) is also the author of 4 books on decorative painting and contributor to at least a dozen national magazines on crafts and art. He has taught design at the college level as well as seminars and classes across the USA and Canada. He is one of a handful of designers to have designed TWO productions of AIDA, Verdi's massive Egyptian opera spectacle. Currently living in the quiet beach community of Seal Beach, California he writes restaurant reviews and theater reviews between assignments for web designs, logos and creating art for local shows. Rick has appeared on such TV shows as Home Matters with Susan Powell, Aileen's Crafts and others. He was Crafts editor for Country Folk Art Magazine and sells his artwork nationally through galleries and shows. Among numerous awards he won a presidential commendation in 1976 for his contributions to the bicentennial year including the design of the west coast premier of William Grant Still's opera BAYOU LEGEND. His drawings and paintings are in the collections of Diana Ross, Sandy Duncan, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jacqueline Onnasis, among others.

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Impressive, yes? I am in awe every time I read it!
For now, let's see what my DT has to show you! Impressive for sure! :)
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Amy using Set of two Busy Bee Kids Digital Stamps from Rick St. Dennis Etsy Shop

Inside of card using second image

Dianne using Mystique from Rick St. Dennis Etsy Shop

Ema using Morning Goddess Francie 2014 Holiday Morning digi stamp from Rick St. Dennis Zibbet Shop

Hazel using Deborah digi stamp from Rick St. Dennis Etsy Shop

Ivette using La Commedia e spettacolare digi stamp from Rick St. Dennis Zibbet Shop

Lynn using Zerbina Christmas digi stamp from Rick St. Dennis Etsy Shop

Meggi using Zerbina Christmas digi stamp from Rick St. Dennis Etsy Shop

Tracey using Zerbina Christmas digi stamp from Rick St. Dennis Etsy Shop

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Aren't they fab? lol What can I say? They are my 'Dream Team'! I think they are all fantastic artisans! 

Be sure to pop back on over here yesterday so you can find out who the TWO winners are from last week's challenge! I can hardly wait! TWO winners! It's just so exciting! 

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Winner and DT Favorites: Challenge No. 3

Good morning, bloggers! Welcome back! We had another great turnout last week! 123 entries! Can you believe it!?! I'm, once again, speechless! Thank you so much for joining us!
We use Random.org to pick our winners. Thank goodness! Our sponsor was My Whimsical Little World with a generous offering of TWO digis for ONE lucky winner. This week, Random.org chose:

#114 - Urssula Uphof

Congratulations! Please send an email to stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com within 7 days. We will provide you with info on how to collect your prize... and I don't keep you waiting either! Awesome, right!?! Be sure to grab our badge from the right side bar to proudly display on your personal blog! Thank you so much for playing along with Inspiration Destination!

Now for our TOP 3. I know what you're thinking. I'm gonna flake on you guys again and have to come up with a TOP 3 all by my lonesome. Well... that's not the case this week! We finally got our act together and we decided to have DT Favorites! We couldn't possibly come together as a group and select a TOP 3... not from 123 entries! Team members who participated in the challenge each selected a favorite and here they are:

Amy's favorite is #21 - Christina and here's why in her own words: I love the yellow and Blue bright Color Palette. Coloring is stunning and the CAS design showcases it beautifully. 

Diane's favorite is #82 - KT Fit Kitty and here's why in her own words: Fabulous Halloween card love the back ground fabulous image and great colour's and design 

Ema's (that's me!) favorite is #116 - Natalie K and here's why in my own words: Where do I start? The gold embossing, the faux stitching, fabulous coloring on Kraft paper, the rich reds compliment the other colors. The only disturbing thing about it was Natalie used old book pages but I'll eventually get over that as long as she's a Dallas Cowboy fan! Ha!

Hazel's favorite is #43 - Marina and here's why in her own words: Very simple, very classy but joyous, it made me smile as soon as I saw it.

Ivy's favorite is #94 - The Orchid Garden and here's why in her own words: This lady Mi Ran Jung is really good. I like the sepia tones. Her coloring to me is amazing. I'm definitely a fan.

Lynn's favorite is #112 - Lisa J (Crafty Train) and here's why in her own words: love the CAS look of the card and that it's a BOY card, which I love and the background papers and straight lines of the design

Tracey's favorite is #71 - Carol Gill and here's why in her own words:  love the layout & colour, but a brill idea to split the image in to 3 pieces.

Congratulations and well done! Please grab our DT Favorite badge... I made it for you guys... from our side bar to the right... I moved the badges over to the right to make room for all our fabulous sponsors and it's right below the TOP 3 badge... and I am not sure why I've kept that badge but I did... call me crazy but do it to my face so it's not mean... and display the badge with pride on your blog! You were handpicked out of 123 entries! Did I tell you that already? Am I repeating myself? Ha!

Thank you for joining our challenge last week and we hope to see you again! Be sure to join us for Challenge #4 being sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs and Sweet 7 Digital Designs. We will be having TWO lucky winners!! The challenge started yesterday so there's plenty of time to come up with something to share with us! Thank you so very much for choosing to play along with us! I know you don't have to so it pleases me to no end to have you play along with us. :)

Ema

Anything Goes Challenge No. 4

Welcome back, my fellow bloggers! Happy Hump Day! lol We had another fabulous turnout last week and you guys so totally rock visiting my little place! I so appreciate you coming back!

This week, we have TWO fabulous sponsors so that means we will have TWO lucky winners PLUS six DT Favorites!! Awesome blossom! Right? lol We have Crafty Sentiments Designs with THREE digi images prize package and Sweet 7 Digital Designs offering THREE digi images or sentiments prize package! Woot, woot! lol I'm super excited for the TWO winners to this week's challenge! 

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Our first sponsor, listed alphabetically, is Crafty Sentiments Designs!

Crafty Sentiments Designs is an online base family company own and run by Suzette. The images are cute fun and make any cards and projects look amazing.
Suzette and Justyna are the main artists. All images are exclusive to Crafty Sentiments Designs and there is lots of digital stamps available, sentiments, rubber stamps, crafting CD's, exclusive Crafty Sentiments Designs dies and much more. You can also find us on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.
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Now let's see what my fabulous DT that I like to affectionately refer to as... 'Dream Team'... have created using super cute images from Crafty Sentiments Designs!

Dianne using Snowman Song

Ema using Henry - Why Not?

Hazel using Lola

Ivette using Lola

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Our second sponsor today is Sweet 7 Digital Designs!

Sweet 7 Digital Designs is my little way of sharing my artwork with the world. I love card making and love using digi stamps. Turning my doodles into stamps was just for fun at first, but then I had the idea to open my shop. Most of my images are based on my kids and the things they do and like. The name Sweet 7 comes from my family too - there are 7 of us and life is sweet. My store is kind of small right now, but I have lots of new images to add to the collection each month. 

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Here's my 'Dream Team's' projects using super fun Sweet 7 Digital Designs images and sentiments!

Ema using Happy Little Witch & Halloween Sentiments

Hazel using Girly Ghost & Halloween Sentiments

Ivette using Baby Deacon

Lynn using Wonky Birthday Collection 1

Rachelle using Happy Little Witch & Halloween Sentiments

Boy Howdy! The Team came through with some beautiful projects! That's why they are my 'Dream Team'! lol I hope you'll join us for another Anything Goes challenge. Be sure to link up so we can come visit! Thank you so much for stopping by to see us today!

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Winner and TOP 3: Challenge No. 2

Hello bloggers! Welcome back! We had an awesome turnout last week! 121 entries! WOW! That's all I can say... really... I'm speechless... and that says a LOT!! You all have made it super hard for us to chose a TOP 3! Choosing a winner was easy peasy... we used Random.org! Our sponsor was Dr. Digi with a generous offering of TWO digis for ONE lucky winner. That is...

#121 - Sandie Gough

Congratulations! Please send an email to stampnscrapjunkie@gmail.com within 7 days. We will provide you with info on how to collect your prize... and I don't keep you waiting either! Awesome, right!?! Be sure to grab our badge from the left side bar to proudly display on your personal blog! Thank you so much for playing along with Inspiration Destination!

Now for our TOP 3. I have to apologize... again. Our intention was to have the TOP 3 chosen by our Design Team. However, I've got lots of stuff going on in my personal life. I started a new job this week! Yay for me! I haven't worked for two years due to health reasons and I cannot tell you how important this is for my overall well-being! So, I wasn't able to coordinate myself with my Team... I know what you are thinking... not a very good coordinator! I know! :( But between one Team member and myself, we managed to pull together a TOP 3 for this week. I am gonna try even harder to get our act together for next week for sure! For today, our TOP 3 chosen by DT member Lynn and me are as follows in numerical order:

#1 - Julie J.

#95 - Rachel Gillman

#96 - Carol Dunham

Congratulations and well done! Please grab our TOP 3 badge from our side bar to the left and display this with pride on your blog! There were so many wonderful projects! Lynn and I had such a time!

Thank you for joining our challenge last week and we hope to see you again! Be sure to join us for Challenge #3 being sponsored by My Whimsical Little World with Paola Jofre! It started yesterday so there's plenty of time to hop in and play along! Thank you so very much for choosing to play along with us! I know you don't have to so it pleases me to no end to see you enter my little challenge. :)

Ema

Please remember, our little blog is just getting started and I'm still looking for sponsors! *hint, hint* ;) ;) *nudge, nudge*

Anything Goes Challenge No. 3

Welcome back bloggers! What a blast we had with our last challenge. Our sponsor was Dr. Digi and the Team and I loved working with his fun, fun images.

This week we have the super cute images from My Whimsical Little World by Paola Jofre. These just get cuter and cuter as you go along in her store! One lucky winner will receive TWO digis from My Whimsical Little World. Woohoo! 

My Whimsical Little World is a digi store located in the Ottawa Valley. I sketch out my images with paper and pencils first. Once I am happy with what I have, then it becomes a digi stamp. All images are original art work created by Paola Jofre. I love to draw. I also love to see the digis come to life with color. Hope you like my digis as much as enjoying creating them.

Today, we have Paola Jofre joining us for our little challenge and this is her fabulous creation!

Let's have a look at what super cute projects the Team have created using MWLW images!

Amy using Halloween Cupcake

Dianne using Bed of Autumn Leaves

Ema using Robby, the Robot

Hazel using Bed of Autumn Leaves

Ivette using Home Before Midnight

Lynn using Halloween Cupcake

Tracey using Home Before Midnight