Monday, 26 October 2015

Autumn and Halloween

It's time for a new challenge here at Crafty Boots Challenges.

When I was a child we considered wearing fancy dress and knocking on the door of our neighbour and shouting 'trick or treat' to be something only done in the United States and most certainly not something British children would ever do.  We might have been lucky enough to be invited to an afternoon party where we would bob for apples or race to eat apples suspended on twine whilst our hands were tied behind our backs, but that is as far as it went.  It seems that now there is a buzz in the air as All Hallows' Eve approaches and there is a lot of talk about carving pumpkins and picking costumes.  I have even read that Halloween is now the third largest annual retail event in the UK, following that of Easter and Christmas.

However, not everyone celebrates Halloween, so we are offering a choice of topic for this challenge and for the next two weeks we should like to see either your projects depicting autumn, with all of it's glorious colours, or Halloween.

As always with our challenges, you can use any materials you like to make anything you like, for example, a card, a box top, a gift bag, a scrapbook page, an ATC, an inchie, etc. It is entirely up to you how you choose to interpret the theme.

Our fabulous Design Team have been busy making projects to inspire you:






 





We should like to give you the opportunity to join in the fun at Crafty Boots Challenges and, therefore, we are offering guest design team spots to the winner and two runners up of this challenge.

This challenge will remain open until noon on Sunday, 8 November. There are very few rules but, if you would like to read them for yourself, you will find them here.

We are looking forward to seeing your projects, good luck.

Please link your projects here:

1. kali  34. Deonna B  67. Gail Scott  
2. JanR  35. Dianka Kreativity  68. Monica Soto  
3. Kym  36. Erin B  69. Silvia  
4. Srebrnolistka  37. Lisbeth  70. Bad Kitty  
5. AJ  38. Chriss America Real  71. Sarah T  
6. Susan Kennedy  39. AJ  72. Gail L  
7. ~DEANNE~  40. CREATE WITH JOY  73. Janja  
8. Andrea Norris  41. Lizzie  74. Zora  
9. Teresa  42. Hazel L  75. Ane Lene  
10. Stampartpapel  43. Deonna B  76. Margaret A (Granmargaret)  
11. Lisa Lynn  44. adziamar  77. Letiziascrap  
12. Marina  45. Cicci Vid Pennan  78. SaraS  
13. Ursula Uphof  46. Julie O  79. Inka z Klonowej  
14. Avril Watson  47. Olivia  80. Pat K  
15. coops  48. Crafty Kiwi Mama  81. Judy V  
16. Lisa  49. Karasiowa  82. NanaConnie  
17. Susan Kennedy  50. NanaConnie  83. Lorraine A  
18. Ria  51. Sis  84. laila aka koneko  
19. JanR  52. patacake  85. MARLENE  
20. Elizabeth H.  53. Susan Kennedy  86. Susan Kennedy  
21. Andrea W  54. Lisa Lynn  87. Wendy Russell  
22. Chriss America Real  55. Linda Simpson  88. Desire Fourie  
23. laila aka koneko  56. Jane's Journal  89. NanaConnie  
24. Katrina Bufton  57. Deonna B  90. Andrea Norris  
25. DebiB  58. Angela P.  91. Naz Smith  
26. KateE  59. jackie cornfield  92. Diane Louise  
27. traceymo  60. Deonna B  93. AngelicBadGirl  
28. ~DEANNE~  61. José  94. AngelicBadGirl 1  
29. Denise's Patch  62. lovecraftingpaper  95. Annette Reed  
30. ulla  63. Lula  96. Bettina  
31. Danie May  64. Steffi (kreative Nachtschicht)  97. Jane Savage  
32. Andrea MacTrinh  65. Lisa Lynn  
33. Lis-M  66. crafty  

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Monday, 19 October 2015

Pink Mid Challenge Reminder

It is time for our mid challenge reminder here at Crafty Boots Challenges. As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and in recognition of this, our the current challenge is to use pink in your project. Your project does not have to be about Breast Cancer Awareness, although it is great to get the message out there, you just have to use pink somewhere in your project.

The winners of this Challenge will be given the opportunity to be featured in a future challenge as a Guest Designers. Andrea was a winner of our recent 'Fair and Square' Challenge.  As you can see, Andrea is a very talented card makers, don't forget to check out her blog.


Andrea here, you may know me from SheepSki Designs my blogs name.   Living in Yorkshire in the UK, I work full time as an accountant and personal assistant and have hobbies such as competitive badminton and dancing (Argentine tango & Ceroc).   I work for four different design teams at present. I have no actual style as such but I do like quirky and unusual images and I may be known for soft pastel colours.  I started my blog just over a year ago when I really got into making cards.  In the past I’ve used mainly ProMarkers but have a stock of mediums to hand now - polychromos & Lyra pencils and Copics.  I occasionally paint with watercolours but have recently discovered the world of mixed media – so I started an art journal and produce occasional mixed media canvases.


Our Design Team ladies have also been busy making projects to inspire you.

Card by Dionne


Tag by Lisette








This challenge will remain open until noon on Sunday 25, October. Please click here to go directly to the challenge.


Monday, 12 October 2015

Pink Challenge

Welcome to a new challenge here at Crafty Boots, the theme for the next two weeks is 'Pink'.

 Why 'pink'? Each year, as part of an international campaign, the UK celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month during October.  According to Breast Cancer Awareness, in the UK alone, 55,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer each year – that’s one person every 10 minutes. To show support for this campaign, and to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer, the Crafty Boots Design Team have chosen 'pink' for this challenge and for the next two weeks we should like to see pink in your projects.

As always with our challenges, you can use any materials you like, to make anything you like, for example, a card, a box top, a gift bag, a scrapbook page, an ATC, an inchie, etc. It is entirely up to you how you choose to interpret the theme.

Our fabulous Design Team have of course been busy making projects to inspire you:

Project Life Layout by Chance




















We should like to give you the opportunity to join in the fun at Crafty Boots Challenges and, therefore, we are offering guest design team spots to the winner and two runners up of this challenge.

This challenge will remain open until 12 Noon on Sunday, 25 October. There are very few rules but, if you would like to read them for yourself, you will find them here.

We are looking forward to seeing your projects, good luck.

Please link your project here:
1. Pauline  30. Susan Kennedy  59. Silje Kristin  
2. Katrina Bufton  31. Jen L  60. Janice R  
3. ans gilbert  32. Sarah T  61. zubmomi  
4. Tiziana B.  33. Sharon  62. Kevin  
5. SaraS  34. Traci L  63. Emma R  
6. Helen  35. niki1  64. Chirali  
7. Teresa  36. DebiB  65. Donna Ellis  
8. Marina  37. Cathy(Kraftykoolkat)  66. Jane's Journal  
9. Ria  38. Ane Lene  67. Suzna KH  
10. Jen L  39. Jacqui C  68. carol gill  
11. DebiB  40. José  69. Lorraine C M  
12. Andrea W  41. Kerri  70. Susan Kennedy  
13. Gail L  42. Mags  71. Susan Zuzarte  
14. AngelicBadGirl  43. kozmik  72. crafty  
15. Papersniffer  44. Tone K.  73. Julie Gleeson  
16. Rosina  45. Carrie S  74. Lori Kobular  
17. carol gill  46. Margaret A (Granmargaret)  75. Priyanka  
18. Lizzie  47. Rachel Brown  76. Katelyn  
19. AJ  48. Liz Cavill  77. ~DEANNE~  
20. Lisa Lynn  49. Iwona  78. Audrey E.  
21. Birgit  50. Margaret A (Granmargaret)  79. Vilinke  
22. Katrina Bufton  51. Myriam  80. Lesley  
23. Naz Smith  52. Carrie S  81. lovecraftingpaper  
24. Pat K  53. Andreja L.  82. Susan Zuzarte  
25. TRACEYMO  54. Traci L  83. CG  
26. Lozzy  55. Annette Reed  84. Laura - A Creative Way  
27. Angies Cards & Digis Blog  56. Tip Top  85. Donna T.  
28. Diane Louise  57. Susan Lankford  86. Marilyn Webb  
29. Margaret A (Granmargaret)  58. Diane H  87. creepy glowbugg  

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Monday, 5 October 2015

Gold or Silver Mid Challenge Reminder

It is time for our mid challenge reminder here at Crafty Boots Challenges, the current theme is 'Silver and/or Gold'. We have received some stunning entries so far, our followers are such a talented bunch, but we know that there is more to come to dazzle and amaze us all.

The winners of this Challenge will be given the opportunity to be featured in a future challenge as a Guest Designers. Kavitha was a winner of our recent 'Life's a Beach' Challenge. As you can see, Kavitha is a very talented card makers, check out her blog, you will be in for a treat.


Hello everyone,  I am Kavitha from India.  I have loved playing with colors and crafting as far back as I can remember.  After my studies, I started taking it up seriously and did a couple of diploma courses in fine arts n fashion designing.  I love trying various techniques and crafts, but my favorite is paper crafts and mixed media.  Currently I run an online crafts store for paper crafting and I also make exclusive hand made products on order.


Our lovely Design Team have also been busy making projects to inspire you.











This challenge will remain open until noon on Sunday, 11, October. Please click here to go directly to the challenge.