Winners - Embossing

Hi everyone, Doris here with

the last winners of 2014 for the

Embossing challenge.

 

 

Thank you once again to our

generous sponsors

Bugaboo Stamps and

Heather Ellis

 

 

Our first winner is Carol Gill from Crafty-Stamper

 

 

 Carol has won her choice of 7 digis from Bugaboo Stamps

 

 

 

 

 

 Our second winner is Beebeebabs from Beebeebabs

She has won her choice of 3 digis from
Heather Ellis etsy store 

 

 

Be sure to stop back to

see who is in our next Saturday Spotlight.

 

  

The Crafting by Designs Team is taking a little

vacation but we'll be back on January 7

with our next challenge and a
new years filled with new challenges!
 

Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year! 

Winner - December Anything Goes - All Things Christmas

Hi everyone, Doris here with

the winners of the

December Anything Goes All Things Christmas challenge.

 

 

We'd like to thank our three

generous sponsors once again for their

continued support and generous prizes!!

 

 

Our first winner is Robin from Robin's Reflections

 

Robin has won a $10 credit to

Aurora Wings

 

 

 

Our second winner is Jacee from Simply Paper Card Designs

 

Jacee has won her choice of two single digis from

Flatfriends

 

 

 

Our third winner is Milka from Crafty Milka

 

Milka has won a $12 voucher to

Di's Digital Stamps

 

Thanks to everyone who played along with us for the

last Anything Goes challenge of 2014.

They'll continue in 2015 but a few changes

are coming so be sure to stop back in January!

 



Peace

 

 

Wishing you all a

Christmas filled with

Peace and Joy

Saturday Spotlight #57 - Silver/White

Hello Everyone, Doris here
with the Saturday Spotlight #57
featuring the DT favorites from the
Silver and White Color challenge

Thank you to all our regular entrants, we really appreciate your support!

It is always great to see new faces too!

 

Visiting all your blogs was such a delight;
and we really loved your interpretation of the challenge!

 The first spotlight falls on

#5 Kathy K from Purple Princess Diaries

 

The second spotlight falls on
#11 Amy from AO Creations

 

Take some time to visit the blogs of everyone in the spotlight;

you will be inspired and get some excellent ideas!
Don't forget to leave some love!

Please make sure that you link only your blog post,
not your blog, not your photo,

as well as linking back to the challenge!
We can only spotlight you if you link back to us in your post

If you are one of our favourites, grab your badge here:

Do come and join in the challenges, you might win something

or the Spotlight might be on you next time!

PS. Like our Facebook Page & follow us on Pinterest!
Link your spotlight creations!
We would love to share your creativity!

Thanks for your support, it is always fun to get feedback!

Please Note:

Saturday Spotlight is a Just for Fun way of giving recognition to our loyal entrants/followers

Winner - Silver and White

Hi everyone, Doris here with

the winner of the

Silver and White Color Challenge

 

We'd like to thank our sponsor

Oak Pond Creations  for their continued

generosity and support!

 

 

 

 

Our winner this week is Sandra from Always with a Sentiment

 

Sandra has won her choice of 3 single digi images from

Oak Pond Creations.

 

Thanks to everyone who played along with us. 

Don't forget to check out our last two challenges for 2014:

 

Anything Goes for Christmas HERE is open until December 25

 

and Embossing HERE is open until December 28.

 

 



Embossing for fun!

Good day to you all, Rene here!

Yes, I have been a bit MIA, but it is great to be back in the swing of things!

This is our last challenge for 2014 and will run until 28 December. The team is taking a tiny break, really just about 10 days, but we will pop in to see what you have created.

We have 2 fabulous sponsors for this challenge!

On to the challenge: Embossing!

There are so many kinds of embossing, blind embossing, foil embossing, heat embossing using embossing powders, embossing using embossing plates, and so I can go on.

We want to see some embossing on your creation, that is the only rule. Please tell us in your post what kind of embossing you have used if it is not that obvious.

Now onto the wonderful inspiration of the team using images from our generous sponsors:

Bugaboo Stamps 

Doris - Christmas Words Noel

Tammy - Little-Penguin-Winter bench

Rene : Candy Jar

 

Julia - Make it Snappy Snowmen Trio

Maureen - Scarlette Party

Heather Ellis etsy store  

 

Prize - winners choice of 3 digis

Rene - Mr. Snowman 002

 

Carole - Pure Innocence 37

Julia - Mr. Snowman 001

Doris - Mr. Snowman 2

Sharon

And now for some lovely inspiration

from our Guest Designers!

Michelle L from Laughing Ducks

My name is Michelle and I am mum to 1 son, Brandon and also to a 23 year old cat called Suki.
I have been crafting since 2007 but was cross stitching way before then. I love making cards, it's
my little world to escape too and I would be lost without it. I have a very understanding partner who
patiently puts up with the mess.
I feel very chuffed to be doing a GDT for Crafting by Designs, so thank you for having me.

 

Anna from Anna's Handmade Cards

My name is Anna, I'm 39 this year and I am from Poland. I am a primary school teacher and - as a former ballroom dancer - I run a little dance and fitness studio in my town. I started my cardmaking over 2 years ago, when I fainted from overworking and a doctor said to me, that I should find something relaxing... I didn't think this is gonna be so addictive! I love all these ribbons, papers, stamps and inks. I am trying to improve my skills visiting other crafter's blogs and watching YouTube videos (and I can't even imagine what it would look like without internet). I love the way crafting connects people all over the world! Thank you for inviting me to be your GDT, I am so honoured!

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Saturday Spotlight #56 - Fairies

Hello Everyone, Doris here
with the Saturday Spotlight #56
featuring the DT favorites from the
Fairies challenge

Thank you to all our regular entrants, we really appreciate your support!

It is always great to see new faces too!

 

Visiting all your blogs was such a delight;
and we really loved your interpretation of the challenge!

 The first spotlight falls on
#4 Christina from Rutscht
 



The second spotlight falls on
#7 Elena from Nubes de Azucar

 

Take some time to visit the blogs of everyone in the spotlight;

you will be inspired and get some excellent ideas!
Don't forget to leave some love!

Please make sure that you link only your blog post,
not your blog, not your photo,

as well as linking back to the challenge!
We can only spotlight you if you link back to us in your post

If you are one of our favourites, grab your badge here:

Do come and join in the challenges, you might win something

or the Spotlight might be on you next time!

PS. Like our Facebook Page & follow us on Pinterest!
Link your spotlight creations!
We would love to share your creativity!

Thanks for your support, it is always fun to get feedback!

Please Note:

Saturday Spotlight is a Just for Fun way of giving recognition to our loyal entrants/followers

Colour Challenge Silver and White

Good morning to all you lovely crafters its Carole here to launch our new challenge which is use Silver and White colours. I'm sure you've all been making cards like this for Christmas as its such a popular colour combo for Christmas cards and Decorations. Silver and White always looks so classy.

 I know everyone will be busy in the run up to the holidays but we all need a bit of relaxation so just take some me time and make a card and enter it into our challenge.

Our Design Team have all been busy and we have some stunning cards this week to inspire you. We also have two Guest Designer this week Maggie and Claudia I'm sure you'll all agree that they have created amazing cards. 

The sponsor this week is Oak Pond Creations who are giving a very

generous prize of three digi stamps to the winner.

Oak Pond Creations 

Prize - winners choice of 3 single digis from Etsy store

Carole Three Trees
 

Rene -Three Trees

Doris - Ice Skates

Tammy - Ice Skates

Julia - Say What Snowman

Maureen - Christmas Holly

Sharon

 

Our Guest Designers

Maggie from Maggie's Cat House

Hi, everyone. My name is Margaret “Maggie” Schoener.  I am originally from a small town of suburban Philadelphia, but I’ve been in Houston, Texas for over 40 years now. I’m a single mom with 2 grown daughters and 4 awesome grandchildren, the oldest one who is now married and will graduate college in April 2015. I’m also“mom” to 4 furbabies who live in my house, Paisley, Maggie Mae, Corey, and Casper who are the inspiration for my Stamp Haven and blog - Maggie’s Cat House. I also have a few (like 9) outside kitties that I love just as much and take care of.    I am originally from a small town of suburban Philadelphia, but I’ve been in Houston, Texas for over 40 years now.  My mom taught me the love of crafting with thread and needles as I was growing up. I started paper crafting way back about 1999 with scrapbooking but then one of my daughters introduced me to rubber stamping. I love all things creative, but there’s only time for so much especially with a full time job and making cards took over my life. I love a challenge and have seen my style evolve over the years and have enjoyed learning so many different techniques. My passion right now is Copic markers. I love playing with them and have taken all the classes Copics offered, sometimes twice.

Claudia from Clau'scrapy

Hello dear friends, I am Claudia Duarte, from Clau’Scrappy. For me, it’s a big honor that  this wonderful challenge blog have invited me as a guest designer. I love to create beautiful cards with flowers elements. I love to paint with copics, and I enjoy very much my time crafting. I love, really love coloring images and use them as the main theme of a card. Thank you again for this opportunity,and I hope you like my creation.

Aren't these just fabulous so now its your turn to have some Silver and White fun. Follow the rules, Current projects only and no back linking. Add your project and link up your blog post to Mr Linky below.

Thanks for entering and remember the challenge closes on the 16th December.

      

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November Spotlight

Hello Everyone, Doris here
with the monthly Spotlight
which features the DT's favorite submissions
from the November Anything Goes challenge.

Thank you to all to everyone who entered
such outstanding projects, it gets harder
every month to pick just a few!

We received 343
outstanding entries for the challenge,
and visiting all your blogs was such a delight!

The Spotlights in numerical order:

 The first spotlight falls on Virginia from Mi Pequeño Tesoro #75




 

The second spotlight falls on Jaime #302

 

The third spotlight falls on Susan #330

 

Take some time to visit the blogs of everyone in the spotlight!

You will be inspired and get some excellent ideas!
Don't forget to leave some love!

Please make sure that you link only your blog post,
not your blog, not your photo,

as well as linking back to the challenge!
We can only spotlight you if you link back to us in your post

If you are one of our favourites, grab your badge here:

Don't forget about our current challenge

Do come and join in the challenges, you might win something

or the Spotlight might be on you next time!

PS. Like our Facebook Page & follow us on Pinterest!
Link your spotlight creations!
We would love to share your creativity!

Thanks for your support, it is always fun to get feedback!

Please Note:

Saturday Spotlight is a Just for Fun way of giving recognition to our loyal entrants/followers