Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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


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!    


Tuesday, October 8, 2013

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)



#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]



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!

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

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:


(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!!



Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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 

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:



and

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.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

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 
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'

Step Sister WIOLA
(using Shelly's Images "Love")

Step Sister SHEENA B
(using Shelly's Images "Pumpkins")

(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!

Monday, September 9, 2013

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 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!

Sunday, September 1, 2013

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.

******************************

 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!!!!!

Friday, August 30, 2013

Looking for a STEP SISTER . . .

Something NEW and EXCITING here at the Sisterhood!!!

Would YOU like to be our STEP SISTER??

Hello Everyone!
The 'Sistahs' here at The Sisterhood of Crafters have decided they'd like to adopt TWO lucky crafters to become our STEP SISTERS.  That's right!  You can join the rest of the Sisters for a 2 month stretch of challenges here at the Sisterhood.  That would be 4 challenges (2 per month) and if we have any sponsors along the way, you would also be entitled to any images they are offering the team!  We also have a really cool badge for you to display on your blog! 
INTERESTED??
You have until August 30th at 12:00 am (EST) to add your information below at the Inlinkz Blue Frog.  We will be announcing our new STEP SISTERS the first week of September and they will be joining us for the challenges in both September and October!
This is SO EXCITING for us!!!!
It could be YOU!!
What are you waiting for??? 

****  This INLINKZ for Step Sister Entries Only ****
and will remain at the top of our blog until end of day August 30th.
**** Please scroll down for current challenge/entries. ****


Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Back to School!

Hello fellow crafters! Lisa B here and it is my turn to host the next challenge for you all. It's that time of the year where most kids are getting ready to go back to school or they already are. So we thought it would be fun to do a Back to School challenge.  Make any project with a school theme and link it up to our challenge. 

Now here are some examples from our DT to get your crafty gears in motion!





Lisa




Micki


Now it's YOUR turn to inspire us!  
We can't wait to see your BACK TO SCHOOL creations!!
You will have until September 8th at 8 PM (EST) to link your creations! 

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.
DON'T FORGET ... if you'd like to be a STEP SISTER here on the Sisterhood of Crafters, add your link HERE!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Winners!

What a lovely bunch of scrap-tacular creations!
You sure know how to impress using your scraps :)
 
Without further ado, the winners of the Oh Scrap challenge:
 
Top Sister Award goes to Susan Kennedy for this spectacular (and delicious) creation!
 
 
 
And the Top Three Sisters:
 
 
 
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS ladies!  
Please grab your winner's badges from our sidebar
and we hope you'll display them proudly on your blogs!

 
Hope to see you tomorrow with another fabulous challenge here at
The Sisterhood of Crafters!
 
OH and before I go, 
Would YOU like to be a STEP-SISTER here at the Sisterhood????
 
Have a wonderful day!