Reminder - New Year's Challenge

*H*A*P*P*Y*   *N*E*W*   *Y*E*A*R*!!!!!

Here is a bit of eye candy to hopefully inspire you to play along with our New Year's themed ATC challenge this week - you can see the original post and link up here.

Mary made this adorable Happy Bunny ATC with her signature pen and ink style, love it:

My first ATC uses our sponsor's image, Lollipop Girl by Dilly Beans:

 

  

My next ATC uses Reindeer Party Hard from Just Some Lines:

That's all for today - make sure you find time to create during this long weekend!  I hope you all have a happy and safe New Year's Eve celebration and that it's just the beginning of the most wonderful year of your lives.  :)  Peace.

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Wicked Wednesday #12 - New Year's Celebration!

Hi everyone - are you all recuperated from the Christmas festivities, or what?  Any big plans for New Year's Eve?  My hubby and I always stay in and celebrate quietly, but it's still fun.  We order some yummy take-out food, get a bottle of champagne, make some snacks, and settle in to watch movies.  That's my kind of celebration.  :)

So let's see who Random.org chose as the winner of the Tiddly Inks (last week's sponsor) image, Priscilla:

Congratulations Melissa O.!  Please shoot me an e-mail to JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Steampunk Winner" in the subject line and I'll get your digi sent to you ASAP!

Our top 3 this week are:
2.) Joanne
3.) Beverly G.
4.) Melissa O.

Congrats - send an e-mail to JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Steampunk Top 3" in the subject line, and I'll send you along your Top 3 badge (unless you already have it)!  Thank you for following our simple rules, we really appreciate it!  :)

Now on to the new challenge for this week!  Our new challenge theme is:


New Year's Celebration

This week's generous sponsor is:

And the image we're playing with and providing as a prize to one random participant is 
Lollipop Party Girl.

Here is my creation (Jenn) - I cropped her, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits and cut her so that the party hat stood out from the squared image:

Sharon used one of my favorite colors - purple - to showcase the lollipop party girl:

Mary made this colorful creation and even added a fuzzy pom-pom to the party hat:

And Chelsea's delicious polka dot background paper just works so perfectly with that lollipop:

Have fun with the New Year theme - we'll be back Saturday with a reminder post and some more inspiration for you!  Don't forget to check the "Rules" page above before linking up, thank you.  Peace.

Saturday Reminder - Steampunk

Merry Christmas Eve!  :)

With all the festivities going on, don't forget to link up your Steampunk-themed ATC for our latest challenge, which you can find here.

We have some more eye candy to inspire you today - first up is Megan's wonderfully gothic steampunk creation:

Next we have 2 more ATC's from Sharon, the first is a Christmas twist on Steampunk:

 

 And I just love the bicycle roller skates on this one:

This sweet bunny with his steampunk bicycle is from our newest DT member, Mary:

Chelsea used our sponsor's image this week - Priscilla from Tiddly Inks - and made a beautiful Christmas-y ATC:

Thanks for visiting us today - we hope you have a very merry Christmas Eve and a magical and happy Christmas Day!  :)  If you find time to play along with us, link up here.  See you back here on Wednesday for our last challenge of the year.  Peace.

Wicked Wednesday #11 - Steampunk

Hello friends!  Can you BEE-LIEVE Christmas is this weekend?  I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful holiday!  Make sure you save plenty of time for crafting!  :)  We have a fun new challenge this week, but first let's see who our random winner is from last week's Christmas/Winter Holiday ATC challenge!  The winner will receive their choice of either Christmas Bird or Mistletoe Fairy from Just Some Lines, and that person is....

Congratulations Joanne!  Please shoot me an e-mail to JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Christmas/Winter Holiday ATC Winner" in the subject line and let me know which image you would like, and I'll get it out to you ASAP!

Our top 3 this week are:

4.) Debra James

5.) hilda

6.)  Maggie H.

Congrats - send an e-mail to JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Christmas/Winter Holiday ATC Top 3" in the subject line, and I'll send you along your Top 3 badge (unless you already have it)!  Thank you for following our simple rules, we really appreciate it!  :)

Now on to the new challenge for this week!  Our new challenge theme is:


STEAMPUNK

If you are unsure of what steampunk is, you can find some cool ideas here.

This week's generous sponsor is:

And the image we're playing with and providing as a prize to one random participant is 
Priscilla.

Here is my creation (Jenn), I cropped Priscilla, colored her with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits and Prismacolor markers and inked up the edges of the ATC to distress it:

For my next ATC, I used some newsprint DP from 7Gypsies, sprayed it with Log Cabin Smooch Spritz, and then painted Priscilla's hat and gown with the smooch spritz, too.  Metal gear embellishments from Tim Holtz:

Sharon made this gorgeous mixed media ATC - love those colors and her rosy cheeks:

Mary is our newest DT member, please welcome her by leaving a comment below.  :)  Here's her debuting ATC, I absolutely ADORE what she did to Priscilla's dress!!!

I can't wait to see what you all come up with this week!  Please check the Rules page above, thank you.  Have a wicked awesome holiday weekend, we'll see you back here on Christmas Eve day for the Saturday reminder post.  Peace.

DT NEWS & Reminder - Christmas or Winter Holiday Challenge

Hello friends!  I have a new DT member to introduce to you today, her name is Mary and she's been a faithful player here at our challenge from the beginning.  You can see Mary's blog here and you can read her intro on the DT page here.  Please welcome Mary with open arms!  We have another new DT member who I will introduce to you on Wednesday - gotta keep you coming back for more, you know.  ;)

So seeing that it's Saturday, let's give you what you came  for - more ATC inspiration!  Our sponsor this week is

And our theme is:

Christmas or Winter Holiday

Today I have 2 ATC's from the oh-so-talented Megan.  First up is Megan's Mistletoe Fairy creation:

Megan's coloring is just stunning - next is this gorgeous made with Christmas Bird:

So are you all ready for Christmas or what?  I am most definitely... NOT!  I have so very much to do - but it'll get done.  I will be out there with the rest of the last-minute shoppers next Friday, and frantically baking and cooking Friday night and Saturday.  'Tis the season, right?  LOL

You've got until Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. EST to link up your Christmas or Winter Holiday ATC here.  Hope you are having a wicked weekend.  :)  Peace.

Wicked Wednesday #10 - Christmas or Winter Holiday

Hello friends, it's Wednesday again!  I know how busy this time of year can be, and I wanted to let you all know how very much I appreciate you taking the time to enter our weekly challenge.  For me, ATC's seem to be easier to make - less pressure for "perfection" and less space to fill!  LOL  One thing I do to make it quicker and easier on myself is to cut down scraps of cardstock into ATC-sized pieces, and keep them all in a Ziploc baggie on my craft table.  I also have another bag full of tiny scraps of Designer Paper/Patterned Paper, which work out perfectly for ATC's.  This way, I don't have to waste my precious crafting time cutting cardstock and DP!  :)

On to business!  I let Random.org choose our winner from last week (prize is the adorable Maddie from Saturated Canary) and that winner is:

 Congratulations jo! Please shoot me an e-mail to JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Winter Fun ATC Winner" in the subject line and I'll send your name and e-mail address along to Krista at Saturated Canary, so she can send your digi image to you!

Our top 3 this week are:

1.) Mary
2.) Joanne
4.)  Tracey W.

Congratulations!  Please send an e-mail to JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Winter Fun ATC Top 3" in the subject line, and I'll send you along your Top 3 badge (unless you already have it)! 

Now on to the new challenge for this week!  Our new challenge theme is:

Christmas (or Winter Holiday if you don't celebrate Christmas)

 This week's sponsor is the fabulous:

Jehanne, owner and illustrator of the Just Some Lines images, very generously gave us 2 images to play with this week, and the winner will get to pick one of these images as the prize for the week:

Mistletoe Fairy

Christmas Bird

And here's what the DT and myself have created to hopefully inspire you to play along!

My first ATC uses Christmas Bird, colored with Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits.  Checkered DP is digi paper from Free Digital Scrapbooking.  I used Emerald Smooch Spritz with a paint brush for the tree, and then sprayed the entire thing with Log Cabin and Gold Glow Smooch Spritzes.  I added red pearl stickers and a rub-on sentiment from Stampin' Up!:

My next ATC uses Mistletoe Fairy, this one is a bit simpler.  She's colored with Prismacolor markers, DP is from My Mind's Eye, and I added a button from my stash:

Sharon's Mistletoe Fairy is colored in a beautiful deep red, and I love the texture of the white fluff on her cap and the addition of the cute little fairy wand:

 

Chelsea's Christmas Bird is a cute little bluebird, I love how she focused on the bird by fussy-cutting him out of the scene :

Come back on Saturday for some additional inspiration from us!  Remember to check the rules and guidelines before submitting and link up your Christmas/Winter Holiday ATC below by next Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. EST.  Thanks again for your continued participation and encouraging comments.  We look forward to hearing from you and seeing your interpretation of our challenges every week.  Peace.

Reminder - WINTER FUN Challenge!

Happy Saturday, ATC fans!  :)  I know we're all super busy this time of year, I hope you find some time to relax and do some crafting and maybe create a WINTER FUN ATC?  I have a few more ATC's to share with you today, created with our prize image Maddie.

 Maddie was provided to us by our awesome sponsor this week:

So Chelsea came up with this pretty creation in purple, my favorite:

And I made a couple more myself - you can read the details on my blog here:

We hope you can find some time to join us this week - one random winner will receive Maddie as their prize!  Link up at the post below or click here.  Have a wicked awesome weekend!  :)  Peace.

Wicked Wednesday #9 - Winter Fun

Happy Wednesday!  Time for another fun ATC challenge for you all!  But first, let's pick a winner for the prize from last week:

And that winner would be....

Congratulations Starla B.!  Please shoot me an e-mail with your mailing address to JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Black and White ATC Winner" in the subject line and I'll get your prize package out to you ASAP!

Our top 3 this week are:

3.)  Debra James

5.)  Beverly G.

9.) Hilda #2

Congratulations!  Please send an e-mail to JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Black & White ATC Top 3" in the subject line, and I'll send you along your Top 3 badge (unless you already have it)! 

Now on to the new challenge for this week!  Our new challenge theme is:

Winter Fun

 And we are being sponsored by the adorable and whimsical:

The image we played with this week, which is also the prize for one random winner, was Maddie.

Maddie is just beautiful!  So here's some eye candy to hopefully inspire you to play along (please note - several of our DT members had family emergencies come up this week, so we'll have more eye candy for you on Saturday with our reminder post - be sure to come back then!):

My ATC is made with SU! cardstock, DP from My Mind's Eye, and snowflakes cut from the same DP.  I added some gemstone stickers.  Maddie is colored with Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits.

Sharon made a beautiful blonde Maddie, with some wonderfully textured background paper::

Remember to check the rules and guidelines before submitting and link up your Winter Fun ATC below by next Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. EST.  Looking forward to visiting your blogs this week!  Peace.

Reminder - Black and White Challenge!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Time for me to remind you about our fabulous challenge this week, our them is

BLACK AND WHITE

and our random winner this week will win this little prize package of 6x6 Designer Series patterned paper from Stampin' Up! and a mini clear rubber unmounted stamp set:

Here's a little more eye candy to hopefully inspire you!

Chelsea used a gorgeous bird stamp with beautiful brads and even matching twine, so pretty - and I love the "inspire" - isn't that what we try to do?  Chelsea sure does!

These are from me...

Top image is from TLC, bottom sentiment is a digi image from Tiddly Inks with clock/watch stamps from Rubbernecker.  Hope you can play along with us and link up your black and white ATC here or just scroll down to the next post.  :)  Have a wicked weekend.  Peace.

Wicked Wednesday #8 - Black and White

Hello ATC lovers!  It's Wednesday again and that means we have another fun ATC challenge for you all!  First things first, though - let's pick a winner for this gorgeous image from last week's sponsor, Michelle Perkett Studio, called Stella the Summer Storyteller.

And that winner would be....

Congratulations heiki!  Please shoot me an e-mail at JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Books/Reading ATC Winner" in the subject line and I'll get your "Stella the Summer Storyteller" digi out to you ASAP!

Our top 3 this week are:
1.)  Joanne
4.)  Mary
5.)  Starla

Congratulations!  Please send an e-mail to JennBorj@yahoo.com with "WW Books/Reading ATC Top 3" in the subject line, and I'll send you along your Top 3 badge (unless you already have it)!  (I checked to be sure the winner and top 3 had followed the rules before posting, thank you for doing so.)

Now on to the new challenge for this week!  Our new challenge theme is:

Black and White

 Instead of a sponsor this week, I have a little prize package to send along to our random winner - it's a package of 6x6 Designer Series Patterned Paper from Stampin' Up! and a little mini clear rubber "Girl's Night Out" stamp set from Studio g:

So here's some eye candy to hopefully inspire you to play along!

I made my first ATC with a Prickley Pear stamp set that I won for playing along in one of their challenges - I have a "thing" for owls, and I just love the way you stamp the different elements for this one and then piece them together:

This next ATC is really simple - you can see my blog for details:

Sharon used Priscilla's Winter Play Time from CS Designs - and I love the background she created:

Megan used her own Dilly Beans image called Zombie Christmas Elf - I LOVE the way Megan incorporates white into everything to give it dimension and make it pop, like the candy on the hat - it looks all 3D, super cool:

Pauline's beautiful bow with sparkle all over it is just simple and elegant, isn't it?

Doesn't my Design Team rock?  Well, we've got some awesome artists who are submitting every single week faithfully, too, and I hope you're all checking out the fabulous talent and leaving them some comments, letting them know how wonderful they are!  :)  Thank you, ladies, I appreciate your loyalty and I hope you're having fun.  xoxo

OK - you're off - go create a black and white ATC and link it up here!  Remember to check the rules and guidelines before submitting and link up below by next Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. EST.  Can't wait to see what you all come up with for this one.  Peace.