Something for the Lady

Happy Leap Day and thank you for joining us for another Crafty Boots Challenge, where we are celebrating all of those beautiful, wonderful, glorious, inspiring ladies in our lives and our theme for the next two weeks is 'Something for the Lady'.

Customs and traditions vary from country to country but here in the UK it is Mothering Sunday on the 6th of March. The date for this celebration is not exactly fixed because associated with the Christian church calendar and it is always held on the forth Sunday in Lent, which is 3 weeks before Easter Sunday. 

I have been looking at why the UK does not call this day Mother's Day and why the date is out of step with many other countries.  I had always believed that Mothering Sunday had something to do with the Victorians and those people in domestic service being allowed to return home to see their mothers but, in fact, the tradition is much older. Whilst the day has long been associated with mothers, and family, for centuries it was the custom for people to return home to their ‘mother’ church on Laetare Sunday (the middle of Lent).   Apparently those who observed this tradition were said to have gone ‘a-mothering’.  Of course, the day often turned into a family reunion and a chance for children working away from home to spend time with their mothers.

As it is not the day mothers are celebrated everywhere we are not limiting this challenge to Mothering Sunday or Mother's Day.  We are looking forward to seeing your projects specifically for the female of the species, those special ladies in your life, mother, daughter, wife, best friend etc.

This week we are turning a spotlight onto the work of Design Team Member Lisette - aka Mrs Beez.  

Lisette enjoys working in a wide range of paper craft styles and is widely respected in the craft world.  As well as being part of the Crafty Boots family, she also designs for Gecko Galz, My Artistic Adventures and Anything but a Card.

Mother of two amazing boys, this seems to be the perfect challenge to feature her work and to thank her for being such a great inspiration to the rest of us.

Cards by Lisette

Card in a Box by Dionne

Chocolate Box by Dionne

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, 13 March. 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.	Ria	40.	caroline w	79.	Lys
2.	Iwona	41.	Marilyn Webb	80.	Victoria Jayne
3.	Mags	42.	Angela P.	81.	Anet
4.	Vilinke	43.	Iwona	82.	Lis-M
5.	Diane Louise	44.	jackie cornfield	83.	Irena Stefanova
6.	marie	45.	AUNTY SUE	84.	Ans Gilbert
7.	Karen H	46.	Sarah	85.	Helen H
8.	traceymo	47.	Pauline	86.	scrapperita
9.	Anet	48.	Leona	87.	Ursula Uphof
10.	carol gill	49.	Babs	88.	Tip Top
11.	fiona walker	50.	Sharon	89.	Tip Top
12.	Jenna	51.	Billie A	90.	Mans de Fada
13.	Rebecca Gillard	52.	Traci L	91.	Mervi
14.	Silje Kristin	53.	~DEANNE~ #2	92.	Tajanna
15.	Rebecc Wong	54.	Jenna	93.	JulieAnn
16.	Scatty Jan	55.	jackie cornfield	94.	Rebecca Gillard
17.	Claire	56.	Lozzy	95.	Chrissyxx
18.	Tanvi	57.	Pat P	96.	Erin B
19.	Rocky	58.	carol gill	97.	Rupa
20.	Ardilla	59.	Karen Pimblett	98.	carol gill
21.	coops	60.	Rosina	99.	Andrea Norris
22.	Andrea Norris	61.	Ursula Uphof	100.	Laine
23.	Christine Ingram	62.	Kleido	101.	Suzi Mac
24.	Teresa	63.	Lisa Lynn	102.	Tracey V
25.	Mynn xx	64.	MaggieH	103.	Jen L
26.	Lisa J	65.	Traci L	104.	Pauline
27.	Lisa J	66.	jackie cornfield	105.	Lovely Linda
28.	Margaret A (Granmargaret)	67.	Verity Rose CupCake	106.	Jana K.
29.	Anet	68.	Traci L	107.	Bridie Payne
30.	~DEANNE~	69.	Vic	108.	Tone K.
31.	Jennifer Scull	70.	Srebrnolistka	109.	Sarah-J W
32.	Janny	71.	Rebecca Gillard	110.	Ane Lene
33.	Louise F	72.	Jac	111.	Claudia
34.	Julie O	73.	Marie-louise	112.	AUNTY SUE
35.	Billie A	74.	lovecraftingpaper	113.	DebiB
36.	Lisa Lynn	75.	Jules	114.	Diane Louise No2
37.	Julie P	76.	Kleido	115.	Lilibet
38.	Lisa J	77.	Andrea Norris	116.	flamingstar
39.	basslady	78.	Mirella DK

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No Stamps Allowed Mid Challenge Reminder

Welcome back to Crafty Boots Challenges, where it is time for our mid challenge reminder. Our current challenge is 'No Stamps Allowed', where you can use anything for your project, just as long it is not a stamp or digital stamp.

The winners of this Challenge will be given the opportunity to be featured in a future challenge as a Guest Designers.

Pamellia and Jane won our recent 'Snow and Sparkle' Challenge, as you can see they are both very talented ladies, pop over to their blogs to see more of their amazing work.

Pamellia

  Hello Everyone! My name is Pamellia Johnson and I live on Lake Aquitaine in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada with my wonderful husband, our two little girls, Scully (a teacup Maltese) and Pebbles (a teacup black Pomeranian), and more recently, a family of adorable squirrels as well.

Thanks to my very creative and talented Mom, I have been crafting in some form or another since I was a little kid. I've dabbled in a variety of crafts, and my true passion has always been card making. I have recently discovered the world of mixed media and since getting back in touch with nature, I find I just can't stop myself from reaching for those crackle pastes and paints!  I am always discovering new products and learning new techniques. I find a great sense of satisfaction in working out a process from beginning to end, even the bumps in the road teach us about our art and ourselves! Be it a card or a Christmas decoration, there's no denying the sense of accomplishment a DIY project can bring you.

Thank you so much to the Crafty Boots team for inviting me to spend the day with them. I am thrilled and honoured to be here with such a talented group of artists. 

Jane

  Hi I am Jane from Jane's Journal. I have been a make and do girl since I could hold a pencil.  As well as a avid paper crafter I am also a silversmith, jewellery maker and cake decorator.  Recently I have had fun exploring mixed media. I also love gardening.  I am looking forward to early retirement in March after working for 34 years for the NHS as a physiotherapist. There will be plenty more time to craft and see more of my darling 2 year old granddaughter.  

I really enjoyed this challenge of no stamping allowed, it was a hard one though as I usually stamp on all my creations.  You can see the design process over at my blog today , do pop on over, a warm welcome awaits you there.  

Thanks to Crafty Boots for inviting me to guest design today, it's been a pleasure.

As always our Design Team have a few more ideas to share with you:

Cards by Dionne

Card by Lisette

Card by Jess

Cards by Dionne

This challenge will remain open until 12 Noon on Sunday, 28 February. Please click here to go directly to the challenge.

No Stamps Allowed

A new challenge starts here today.  The theme was chosen by the very talented Lisette and for the next two weeks. No Stamps Are Allowed - this includes rubber and cling type stamps as well as all forms of digital stamps.

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, or an ATC, an inchie.  It is entirely up to you how you choose to interpret the theme, just as long as you do not use any stamps.

Our fabulous Design Team have been busy doing just that and here are a few projects to inspire you:

Card by Lisette

Card by Dionne

Card by Lisette

Pair of cards by Dionne

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, 28 February. 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.	Lorraine A	22.	Rebecca Gillard	43.	Pauline
2.	Majalena	23.	Jane's Journal	44.	Laura ACW
3.	Liz Cavill	24.	crafty	45.	Ane Lene
4.	Lula	25.	Teresa	46.	Rosina
5.	Jo L	26.	Mervi	47.	Lizzie
6.	Purvi Gadewar	27.	Kym	48.	Deonna B
7.	Kali	28.	Mags	49.	Rebecca Gillard
8.	Srebrnolistka	29.	crafty	50.	Margaret A (Granmargaret)
9.	Kathyk	30.	SallyB.	51.	Cec
10.	Lynn-One I Made Earlier	31.	Rebecca Gillard	52.	Rebecca Gillard
11.	Gunn-Eirill	32.	coops	53.	Pia
12.	Margaret A (Granmargaret)	33.	Jo L	54.	pinkclover
13.	Darlene Pavlick	34.	Iwona	55.	Valeryanne
14.	Rebecca Gillard	35.	Rebecca Gillard	56.	Silje Kristin
15.	Diane Louise	36.	Vilinke	57.	Pauline
16.	kozmik	37.	crafty	58.	DebiB
17.	Sharon	38.	Rebecca Gillard	59.	Andrea Norris
18.	MaggieH	39.	Tinka's paper wonderlland	60.	Bridie Payne
19.	Karen H	40.	Sue Kment	61.	Jana K.
20.	Kaija	41.	Maya	62.	Vickie ODell
21.	Ane Lene	42.	My Art Jam	63.	Repolainen

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Love is in the Air Mid Challenge Reminder

Welcome back to Crafty Boots Challenges, we are already half way through our 'Love is in the Air' Challenge. We have had some fabulous entries for this challenge and, as always, the Design Team are really enjoying seeing each and every one.

The winners of this Challenge will be given the opportunity to be featured in a future challenge as a Guest Designers. Leslie won our recent 'Christmas' Challenge, as you can see Leslie is a very talented card maker. Pop over to her 'Love to Scrap' blog to see more of her lovely work.

Leslie

My name is Leslie, I'm married with two grown children and one granddaughter, and I live in north Florida. I began scrapbooking about 40 years ago, way back when scrapbooks were really bland - before all the fun papers and embellishments came about. For the last 20 years or so, my paper passion has been card making. I started out making computer-generated cards, graduated to card kits, then quickly realized that having my own stash of stuff was the way to go! The rest is history, as they say! I'm addicted to rubber stamping and also enjoy making 3-D paper projects (especially paper shoes and mini albums), have been known to alter a few tins and boxes, and enjoy beading and making jewelry occasionally when I find time.

Here are some more amazing pieces from our very lovely Design Team ladies.

Card by Lisette

Card by Dionne

Love Potion Bottle by Lisette

Card by Dionne

Card by Lisette

Card by Dionne

This challenge will remain open until 12 Noon on Sunday, 14 February.  Please click here to go directly to the challenge.

Love is in the Air

We have a new challenge starting today, the theme  is 'Love is in the Air' and it certainly is this month, with St Valentine's Day in a week or twos' time and 2016 is a Leap Year .... when, on the 29th, the girls traditionally are allowed to propose marriage to their hesitate boyfriends.

We are hoping that you will share with us, not only your St Valentine's Day projects, but your wedding, engagement and wedding anniversary projects as well.  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.

Our very romantic Design Team ladies have of course been busy making projects to inspire you:

Card by Dionne

Card by Jess

Card by Lisette

Card by Dionne

Canvass by Lisette

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, 14 February. 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 ........................ and good luck to anyone who is thinking of proposing on the 29th.

Please link your project here:

1.	Cathy(Kraftykoolkat)	48.	Angela P.	95.	Faith A
2.	Mirella DK	49.	Tiziana B.	96.	lynda
3.	kali	50.	Andreja L.	97.	Cathy(Kraftykoolkat)
4.	Rebecc Wong	51.	Chrissy Lou	98.	Sharon
5.	Rebecca Wong #2	52.	AJ	99.	Margaret G.
6.	Irena Stefanova	53.	Lizzie	100.	Larissa
7.	Ria	54.	Iwona	101.	~DEANNE~ #2
8.	Kaija	55.	ulla	102.	AJ
9.	Kym	56.	Lisa :)	103.	Majalena
10.	Kym	57.	Kleido	104.	Shawn B
11.	JanR	58.	Lisa J	105.	Julie O
12.	Hazel	59.	Claire	106.	Linda Simpson
13.	Francesca	60.	Billie A	107.	Lisa :)
14.	AJ	61.	vicky tovar	108.	Lovely Linda
15.	Deborah	62.	Andrea Norris	109.	jackie cornfield
16.	traceymo	63.	Lisa :)	110.	Laine
17.	traceymo2	64.	Kym	111.	Pamellia
18.	Nikki C	65.	Hazel	112.	Cathy(Kraftykoolkat)
19.	Jennifer Bradley	66.	Chrissyxx	113.	Susan Kennedy
20.	Maxine D	67.	NanaConnie	114.	Marie Flayer
21.	Claire	68.	Repolainen	115.	Jane's Journal
22.	Lozzy	69.	Elizabeth H.	116.	coops
23.	Lisa J	70.	Christine Garner	117.	Tracey V
24.	Hazel	71.	crafty	118.	Shawn B
25.	AUNTY SUE	72.	Billie A	119.	Andrea Norris
26.	Lisa s	73.	Helen L	120.	Maggie S
27.	Stephanie S.	74.	flamingstar	121.	Lisa :)
28.	JanR	75.	Hazel	122.	Nick
29.	Linda	76.	Babs	123.	Andrea Norris
30.	Tip Top	77.	Mags	124.	AJ
31.	Andrea W	78.	Rosina	125.	Lilibet
32.	Diane Louise	79.	NanaConnie	126.	Zora
33.	~DEANNE~	80.	MARLENE	127.	jackie cornfield
34.	Pearl	81.	Jenna	128.	Helen
35.	Katelyn	82.	Lisa :)	129.	Rebecca Gillard
36.	Margaret G.	83.	Lizzie	130.	AJ
37.	Martha H.	84.	crafty	131.	Stempelgedöns
38.	Billie A	85.	AJ	132.	Janice
39.	Lovely Linda	86.	Teresa	133.	Tone K.
40.	Barbara Bruder	87.	Tip Top	134.	Kleido
41.	vicky tovar	88.	Marina	135.	Stempelgedöns
42.	Rosina	89.	Judy McKay	136.	Rebecca Gillard
43.	Pauline	90.	Jo L	137.	Mans de Fada
44.	Rebecca Gillard	91.	Mans de Fada	138.	Audrey E.
45.	Lisa :)	92.	Doreen	139.	carol gill
46.	Amelia B	93.	Craftyanny
47.	Deonna B	94.	Hazel

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