Trick or Treat

Good morning everyone!  Lisa B here.  I will be hosting the next challenge we will be having here at the Sisterhood.  The leaves are changing, the air is crisp and it is almost time for Halloween (here in the States that is).  So we thought it would be fun to have a Fall/Halloween inspired challenge.  You can create any project you like as long as it has a Fall/Halloween theme to it. Halloween is such an awesome holiday to decorate or create for.  The colors are so fun!  And the same with Fall, which is my favorite time of the year.  So let us get crafty!

Below you will see some inspiration from our Sisters as well as our Step Sisters.  If you haven't done so already, please stop by our Step-Sisters blog and leave them some love. This will be their last challenge as a Step-Sister. I want to thank them for joining us these past couple of months.  Thank you both for sharing your creativity with us, it was a pleasure having you.

Next month we will be introducing two new Step-Sisters so stay tuned!!

Step Sister SHEENA B

Step Sister WIOLA

DARLENE

MICKI

Deadline to enter:
You have until Sunday, November 3rd - 8:00 P.M. (EST).

Please remember to follow these few simple rules:

• No backlinking
• Three (3) entry limit
• Must follow challenge theme to qualify for prize (when one is available)
• Direct link to your challenge entry ... not your entire blog.
• We would really appreciate you turning OFF the word verification.

Anything Goes Challenge WINNERS!!

WOW!  What an amazing turnout for our ATG Challenge and some FABULOUS inspiration!  We would like to extend a huge thank you for being so supportive of our challenge blog and playing along!  Over 300 players ... AMAZING and AWESOME!!

With so many fabulous entries, there is absolutely no way we can choose so we are once again going to employ Random.org to do that for us ... here we go!

The TOP 3 SISTERS are:

#18

SUE KMENT

 

#246

LISA S

 

#187

LORRAINE

 

and our TOP SISTER is:

#120

ERET

 Congratulations ladies!  Please be sure to grab your winner's badge from our sidebar and we hope you will display it proudly on your blogs!

We hope you'll remember to come back tomorrow when Lisa will be hosting another fun challenge here at The Sisterhood of Crafters!

It's ANYTHING GOES Time!

Hello Everyone and Welcome Back to The Sisterhood of Crafters!

First we'd like to thank you all for the wonderful entries in our last challenge ... WOW!  Great job everyone!

Can you believe it is OCTOBER already?  Time is sure flying but it's so beautiful this time of year.  I hope you are able to get out to enjoy some of the wonderful farmer's markets, hayrides, pumpkin patches ... or to just take a nice Fall walk in the park!

Today we're thrilled to say we have a new sponsor:

Please be sure to check them out and see what they have to offer!

Our challenge for you today is one of your favorites . . .

ANYTHING GOES

We are also thrilled to have a couple of the Fitztown design team members sharing inspiration today along with the Sisters and Step Sisters.  Below you will find their inspiration projects as well as a little bio about themselves.  Please stop on by their blogs and leave them some love for playing along with our challenge at the Sisterhood!  Now, let's see what they've all been up to . . .

Step Sister SHEENA B

DARLENE

Kaija

Hello and greetings from autumnal Finland! It is an honour to be Your Guest Designer. I have been retired 13 years now-disability pension-because I became seriously ill.I got a stroke,I lost my hearing completely and I became "half paralyzed". It was quite dark in my life for five years time. Anyway, here I am and in good health now at the present:) 

I have two grown up sons: The older one has been living in Norway over 20 years and the younger one lives here in the same city as I. I have four grandchildren also. I have always been creative-crafting and pottered around with many things. This card making started when I recovered after my illness. I started my blog Kaijan-arkea in 2010 and You are so welcome to visit there. I was lucky to be as a designer to Fitztown blog. I have their magnificent digi pictures. In this card I have used digi stamp from Morgan Fitzsimons; Fae 7 is the name. Isn't she beautiful? I coloured her with Copic Ciao markers. Skin:E00,E51,E93,RV10 Hair:BG72,White Sakura Dress:BG72 Scarf:Eoo,E93 Roses:YR15,YR04 Leaves:G21,G82,YG17 Background Paper:Romance I also used: Marianne and Joy dies,old lace,pearls,white rose ribbon,bow and one awesome metal button. And much glitter and glare. Hugs Kaija!

Sande

Hi all! My name is Sande and I am a girl from Kuopio, Finland. 
Thank you for inviting us to be your guest designers. 
I love crafting and my two daughters -08 and -09 are many times crafting with me. I started crafting when my first daughter was born. I thought it would be nice to make some scrapbook pages but then I found 3D, blogs and stamping from the internet and I was hooked. I started my own blog on 2008. I love crafting and the best thing about it is that you can run away from the everyday life. Crafting is my own time, my hobby and I can rest my nerves with it. I'd love you to visit my blog http://sandensupinat.blogspot.com


Step Sister WIOLA

MICKI

LISA

WOW!  How's that for inspiration!  Great job ladies!!

  Now it's time for YOU to inspire us ... and you always do!!

Deadline to enter:
You have until Sunday, October 20th - 8:00 P.M. (EST).

Please remember to follow these few simple rules:

• No backlinking
• Three (3) entry limit
• Must follow challenge theme to qualify for prize (when one is available)
• Direct link to your challenge entry ... not your entire blog.
• We would really appreciate you turning OFF the word verification.

EITHER INLINKZ OR BLOGGER IS HAVING A PROBLEM AND HAS FOR SOME REASON 'CLOSED' OUR CHALLENGE ENTRIES.  IF INLINKZ IS NOT AVAILABLE, PLEASE PUT A LINK TO YOUR ENTRY IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.  SORRY ABOUT THE INCONVENIENCE. 

SORRY EVERYONE!!  
THE PROBLEM IS NOW FIXED AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER OUR CHALLENGE USING INLINKZ WITHOUT DIFFICULTY!    

Tag You're It WINNERS!

WOW!  What amazing TAG entries we had this challenge!

Thanks everyone who played along ... for the fun and inspiration!

They were ALL WINNERS in my book!

With the help of Random.org the following winner's have been chosen:

TOP THREE WINNERS

(in no particular order)

# 23 Pink Dalmatian

#53 Claire C

#49 Doreen

Congratulations ladies!!

Please be sure to grab your winner's badge from our side bar to display on your blog.

Now, onto our  

TOP SISTER WINNER ...

[drum roll please]

#12  BARBARA BRUDER

Congratulations Barbara!

Please grab your winner's badge from our sidebar to display on your blog.

Please remember to stop back tomorrow when the Sisterhood will have another fun challenge posted that we hope you'll come join in on!  Wait till you see the inspiration creations ... WOW!  You'll be blown away!

Hope to see you then!

TAG You're It!

Hello everyone and welcome back to another challenge here at The Sisterhood of Crafters!

Thanks so much to all who joined in our Devine Digi Challenge ... WOW!  What a fabulous outpouring of amazing inspiration and we are so thrilled to have you joining in our fun!

Now, as the title suggests, our challenge to you this time around is to 

incorporate a TAG... on ... in ... or as your card or project!  

Let's see what the Sisters and Step Sisters have created to inspire you with today:

DARLENE

(card with matching envelope)

Step Sister SHEENA B

Step Sister WIOLA

MICKI

LISA

WOW!  What fabulous inspiration ladies!

Deadline to enter:
You have until Sunday, October 6th - 8:00 P.M. (EST).

Please remember to follow these few simple rules:

• No backlinking
• Three (3) entry limit
• Must follow challenge theme to qualify for prize (when one is available)
• Direct link to your challenge entry ... not your entire blog.
• We would really appreciate you turning OFF the word verification.

So there you have it!  Now it's time for YOU to inspire us ... and you always do!!

Devine Digi's Winners

Wow what a response!  Thank you each and everyone for the wonderful projects!  Lots of gorgeous digi's and absolutely lots of inspiration!
Of course that makes it so hard to pick and having a hard time I let Random.org  do what I have such a hard time to do....pick the winners :).

For our Top Sister and the winner of

is 

Gunn-Eirill

Congratulations!  

Have fun choosing your digi's from Shelly's Images.  

Please email Darlene at akadafney@yahoo.com to receive your winner's voucher for Shelly's Images store and please use "Sisterhood Devine Digi Winner" in the subject line.

Now for our Top 3 Sister Awards in no particular order:

Karasiowa

Chris

and

Alberto

Congratulations Ladies and be sure to grab your badges from our sidebar!  

Again all the entries were awesome!  

Thanks so  much for playing along.  

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the next challenge hosted by Darlene.

Devine Digi's

Is everyone ready for another challenge?  Great!  I don't know about you, but I have been neglecting my digital stamps.  I've been doing more and more art journaling and mixed media projects and haven't given any thought to digital stamps.  Well, nothing like a challenge to challenge the mind right:?

Good morning everyone! Micki here as your host for this challenge.  First and foremost I'm super excited that we have a wonderful sponsor for our Devine Digi's challenge and that is 

Shelly's Images!  

Go check out the store - wonderful array of digital stamps covering just about anything!  
But first let me give you the details for this challenge.

Challenge:  
To use a digital stamp in your project.  
This project can be anything as long as you used a Digital Stamp.

Deadline to enter:
You have until Sunday, September 22nd - 8:00 P.M. (EST).

Please remember to follow these few simple rules:

• No backlinking
• Three (3) entry limit
• Must follow challenge theme to qualify for prize (when one is available)
• Direct link to your challenge entry ... not your entire blog.
• We would certainly appreciate you turning OFF the word verification.

Follow these simple rules and one lucky participant  chosen via Random.org will win:

We'll post the winner, here on the blog on Tuesday, September 24th. 

Remember how I had mentioned that I've been doing more and more art journaling/mixed media?  Weeellllllll, this challenge got me to thinking about how I can incorporate digital stamps into my mixed media canvases.  And did you know that Shelly's Images has already colored digital stamps?  Meaning they've done all the coloring, you just have to size the image on your computer and print.  Umm, hello......timesaver!  Not just on mixed media projects but also for creating quick cards.  But I digress,  yes, digital stamps can be used on......anything.  And yes, I incorporated a digital stamp into my mixed media canvas.  No, not incorporated, the digital stamp is the highlight of the canvas.  Yay me!  You may have already known this, but for me it was a first, lo, yes, I can be a bit behind the times :-).  

Now let's check out what the rest of the sistah's created for this fun challenge: 

But before we do that, we are super excited to welcome two new Step-Sisters to the Sisterhood!  Please be sure to pop over to Wiola & Sheena B's blogs and leave them some love.

(card with matching envelope)

using Shelly's Images 'Rose'

DARLENE

Step Sister WIOLA

(using Shelly's Images "Love")

Step Sister SHEENA B

(using Shelly's Images "Pumpkins")

MICKI

(using "Sunflowers" on canvas - step by step pictures/instructions at my blog)

 Using SANTA'S OLD FAITHFUL digi found HERE

Using PUMPKINS found HERE

LISA

Great job ladies!  So create your coloring medium of choice, power up your printer and use those Devine Digi's.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Back to School winners

Lisa B here to announce the winners from our Back to School challenge.  Fabulous entries ladies!! You all did such a wonderful job and I enjoyed seeing all the different creations.  Thank you for playing along with us.  Now onto the winners....

Top 3 Sisters

#31 Joanne 

 #28 Jackie Wallace 

#24 JanR

Top Sister goes to....

 #11 Tracey Brossart

Congrats ladies! Make sure you grab your badges from our sidebar and display them with pride! You did an amazing job!! Thank you for playing along with our Back to School challenge.  Tune in Wednesday for another great challenge.  Hope to see you there!

HOORAY!!! NEW STEP SISTER'S CHOSEN . . .

We are so excited here at The Sisterhood of Crafters!

To be fair, we decided to use Random.org for our selection process. So, if you weren't chosen this time around, not to worry ... we plan on selecting Step Sisters throughout 2014.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE. . .  
Our first TWO STEP SISTERS coming to join our team for our September & October challenges are . . .

Wiola and Sheena B ...




Be watching your email (and spam mail) for a notice from me (Darlene - akadafney@yahoo.com) no later than Wednesday, 9-4-13.

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 We also decided to choose TWO MORE STEP SISTERS for our November & December challenges.  Another DRUM ROLL PLEASE . . .

Crafting Cathy
and
Rachel Taylor


Be watching your email (and spam mail) for a notice from me (Darlene - akadafney@yahoo.com) no later than Wednesday, 9-4-13.

CONGRATULATIONS ladies!  
We are so excited to have you join us and share your awesome creativity with our viewers!!

Thanks again for all those who have expressed an interest in becoming a Step Sister here at The Sisterhood of Crafters!  This is going to be FUN!!!!!