Showing posts with label August 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August 2016. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Winners and DT Favorites -- Monthly Challenge #8 {Back To School/Reading}



Happy Day! Today we are going to announce our DT Favorites from Monthly Challenge #8 -- Back To School/Reading. Everyone's projects were fantastic!!  Thank you so much for playing along!! We really enjoyed seeing all of the amazing projects you had to show!!

We would like to extend a HUGE Thank you to our wonderful and generous sponsors for our August 2016 Challenge. You really help to make the Challenges that much better by providing prizes to give to our winners. Please help us thank our wonderful sponsors by dropping by their shops!!








HERE ARE YOUR RANDOM DRAWN WINNERS:



Pattie's Creations
Prize: 3 Images And Our Random.Org Winner is:

No. 6 - Repolainen



The Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette
Prize: 3 Images
And Our Random.Org Winner is:

No. 14 - MaxiBelle Studio



YamPuff's LineArt
Prize: Coloring Book
And Our Random.Org Winner is:

No. 7 - Maikreations


If you are a winner, please send an email to openmindedcrafting at gmail dot com. We will arrange the prizes for you. If you are a DT Favorite, please click on the Open-Minded Winners tab at the top where you can download your DT Favorite badge. And most of all .. Thank you all so much for playing along!




NOW FOR OUR DT FAVORITES FOR MONTHLY CHALLENGE #8:

Berni's Pick:

No. 6 - Repolainen

Berni's Thoughts: This is a beautiful card, so delicate and feminine and eye catching. Nicely done.


Hanne's Pick:

No. 26 - Jennifer Greco

Hanne's Thoughts: I love Jennifer's card, it's just perfect for Back to School / Reading theme. The image is really cute and I love the embellies Jennifer has chosen. Especially the "chalkboard" tag and the A+ decor are perfect!


Joanna's Pick:

No. 10 - Elena F.

Joanna's Thoughts: Fabulous bookmark ! I love the coloring, amazing background and fishtail form.


Kerri's and Lynda's Pick:

No. 7 - Maikreations

Kerri's Thoughts: I love how cute these bookmarks are! They are beautifully coloured with lovely backgrounds.

Lynda's Thoughts: I love the background you created for each bookmark, so pretty. Your colouring is fab too… beautiful work xx


Kraftykoolkat's and Sandy's Pick:

No. 8 - Crazy Crafting Squirrel

Kraftykoolkat's Thoughts: I love the soft colour palette and the adorable Whimsical Image.

Sandy's Thoughts: Wonderful piece of artwork to adorn a reading corner in a child’s room. Love the tranquil scene, the cloudy background and the myriad of butterflies.


Lynnpenguin's Pick:

No. 1 - Cards By Sheena

Lynnpenguin's Thoughts: I love the image and especially the sentiment and of course all those crayons around it.


Monica's Pick:

No. 24 - Crafty

Monica's Thoughts: Love the coloring on her sassy smart girl and the monochromatic look of the rest of the card.


Rebecca's Pick:

No. 20 - RoRa

Rebecca's Thoughts: Love the beautiful layout and the wonderful colouring for her artwork. Specially love the metal nib embellishment on the ribbon bow, just give a perfect touch up for the card.


Shirley-Anne's Pick:

No. 18 - Zubmomi

Shirley-Anne's Thoughts: Stunning colouring of an awesome image and I love that background.


Traceymo's Pick:

No. 28 - Sarah M.

Traceymo's Thoughts: What a sweet image great extras too!


Susan's Pick:

No. 2 - Tammy A.

Susan's Thoughts: This is a gorgeous creation! I love all the distressed edges. I always love that look. I think something simple like that just adds so much! And then the inking with it just adds so much more. Love that! I love all the die cut elements too. They turned out really great. And then there is that perfect little definition at the bottom that really makes me relate. Yep.. I have teenagers and I believe that they think that is the true meaning of studying LOL! Absolutely wonderful project! Love everything about it. Love all the details and little pieces that you have added to make this a masterpiece! Thank you so much for joining in! Great inspiration for us all!


Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Monthly Challenge #8 -- Back To School / Reading



Good morning fellow crafters!! And welcome to the Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge Blog and our next challenge!

Monthly Challenge #8 is all about Back To School / Reading!! You can create anything that focuses on that theme. We are looking forward to seeing all of the wonderful creations! We hope you can get creative with the theme... Back To School is pretty self explanatory. Reading could be anything from a bookmark to an image with books, someone reading.. whatever you can come up with!! Let your creativity loose!

Please click on the Rules Tab at the Top to read up on the rules!
Deadline: The deadline for this challenge will be midnight on Wednesday, September 9th, 2015. Please make sure to link up before then.

If you need to reach us for any reason, please email openmindedcrafting@gmail dot com

Prize and DT Favorite Information: We will randomly draw the winner for each of the sponsors. These winners will be posted on Wednesday, September 20th, 2015. We will also post the DT Favorites at the same time.




Pattie's Creations
Prize: 3 Images
Pattie's Creations is the home of Pattieboop and Allie. Pattieboop is an 11 year old girl that is very opinionated. Allie her pet black cat! These wonderful characters have been created by Pattie Gomez and you can find Pattieboop and Allie along with a host of other fantastic images. Be sure to drop by her shop to see what she has to offer!!


Bernie using Anna Reading



Hanne using Morning Glory Vine



Joanna using Mr. Bookworm with Apple



Kraftykoolkat using Anna Reading



Lynda using Mr. Bookworm with Books






The Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette
Prize: 3 Images
The heart of Nikki Burnette lies in Fantasy Art! Which you have no doubt about as you browse her shop. She has amazing creations for us to color and create with. Animals are also a huge inspiration for Nikki and you can find them hidden around her art. Take a look around the shop and delve into Nikki's amazing Fantasy Worlds.


Lynnpenguin using Madelina



Rebecca using Brittany



Shirley-Anne using Vienna






YamPuff's LineArt
Prize: 3 Images
We first found YamPuff on DeviantArt years and years ago. In fact, Susan was and still is one of her followers. Then she started to created images for us crafters. She is also involved a lot at Kit and Clowder and she is VERY reasonable with her commissions. She did two sports commissions for Susan and they are WONDERFUL! You can find a lot of art on Deviantart. She sells lineart and coloring books on Etsy. You will not be disappointed in her amazingly adorable art work! Be sure to check it all out, follow her, friend her, buy from her and cheer her on!


Ana Isabel using Umbrella Girl



Kerri using Umbrella Girl



Monica using Umbrella Girl



Sandy using Sexy Nerd



Tracey using Umbrella Girl