Crafty Boots Challenges: October 2016

Monday, 31 October 2016

'In the Pink' Mid Challenge Reminder

Here we are back already with our 'Pink' Mid Challenge Reminder. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this challenge is our way of lending our support to this very important cause.

The winners of this Challenge will be given the opportunity to be featured in a future challenge. Emily, Karolina and Kathie recently won our 'All Squared Up' Challenge. We are so lucky to have three wonderfully talented ladies as our guest designers this week, please make sure you visit their blogs and leave a frinedly Crafty Boots Hi.

Emily

Hi, my name is Emily and I live in Sydney, Australia. I've been card making in a serious way since 2012 and started blogging the same year at Pen and Paperie. I love to colour and try new techniques, with card making my creative outlet to counter my rather serious job that pays for my craft supplies. I try to match the style of each card to the recipient but have been playing with CAS a lot this year.

I'd like to thank the lovely DT at Crafty Boots for the opportunity to guest DT for them for this delightfully pinkalicious challenge.

Karolina

Hello, my name is Karolina and I live in Poland. I have always enjoyed playing with paper, scissors, glue, and paints ever since I’ve been a child. I just couldn’t stop playing, so I continued by scrapbooking and card-making. I have always loved doing crafts and paper-crafting. I also have a bit of an addiction to pretty papers - like most crafters I have far more than I could ever use but just can’t seem to help myself. I started my blog Zosiurkowa Muma a few years ago, mainly to keep a track of the cards I was making but then I discovered so many other wonderful blogs and challenge blogs.

I’d like to thank the team at Crafty Boots for this opportunity to be their guest designer for this challenge, and I’m very proud to take part.

Kathie

Hi, I'm Kathie from New Zealand and I’m happily married to an amazing man who supports my crafting and loves my cards. We have two teenage sons at boarding school and one black and white cat that is spoilt rotten and if I’m crafting and don’t pay attention to him, he’ll jump up and sit on my work. One of my sons has an amazing eye for colour and detail and if I ever need a second opinion about an embellishment or colour he’s the first one I call on.

I’ve been crafting from ever since I can remember, weather it was knitting, colouring, or sewing dresses for my dolls as a child and later in life for myself. But now days it’s either Card Making, Scrapbooking or Cross Stitch. I’ve been on one design team for nearly 7 years and have loved meeting people from all walks of life and countries. I have a blog called Kathiez Kardz.

I'm honored to have been asked to be a guest designer here on Crafty Boots Challenge and hope you enjoy what I've created to share with you today! Happy crafting everyone.

Our lovely Design Team ladies have had their paper and glue out again ....

Card by Jess

This challenge will remain open until 12 Noon on Sunday,6 November. Please click here to go directly to the challenge.

Monday, 24 October 2016

In the Pink

As you know October is 'Breast Cancer Awareness' month. This is such an important issue and here at Crafty Boots we would like to add our support by turning this challenge pink. For the next two weeks we should like you to use 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, an altered box, a gift bag, an ACT, a scrapbook page, an inchie ...........

Our Design Team have come up with a few cards to give you an idea of the sort of thing we have in mind.

Card by Lisette

Card by Dionne

Card by Jess

Card 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, 6 November. There are very few rules to our Challenges 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.

Monday, 17 October 2016

'Halloween' Mid Challenge Reminder

We are having such a wonderful time looking at all of your Halloween projects, you have all been so very busy. It is already time for the Mid Challenge reminder, where does the time go?

The winners of this Challenge will be given the opportunity to be featured in a future challenge as Guest Designers. Jana won our recent 'Anything but a Card' Challenge, Jana is such a tallented crafter and her work is well known in the craft world, you are probably familiar with her blog 'Jane's Creative Garden', it is really worth taking a few minutes to take a look.

Jana

Hi...my name is Jana, 42 year old and I live with my family in a small country – Slovenia. I am married to a graphic designer and we have three beautiful children: son Andraz (16), daughter Katarina (13) and son Matija (9). We love nature...mountains, sea, forest and animals. And I love gardening. My favorite things are to create exploding boxes, gift boxes, books cards, accordion cards... I love making cards with lots of layers and embellishments. On the cards is specialty the pocket with flower seeds. I started blogging in January 2014.

My blogspot Janinustvarjalnivrt.blogspot.com (Janin ustvarjalni vrt – Jane's Creative Garden) is my virtual happy place to share some paper projects. This is my hobby and I love playing with paper, dies, inks, stamps...

Of course, our Design Team ladies have been busy making cards .....

Pair of card by Dionne

This challenge will remain open until 12 Noon on Sunday, 23 October. Please click here to go directly to the challenge.

Monday, 10 October 2016

Halloween

It is time for a new challenge here at Crafty Boots Challenges and it is time for the annual return of one of our must popular challenges - 'Halloween'.

It seems that Halloween has always been popular in countries like the United States but it has only recently gained popularity in the United Kingdom, in fact it is now the third most popular holiday in the UK, following Christmas and Easter. I suspect that the Brits still do not send many Halloween cards but dressing up and going Trick or Treating is something enjoyed by both young children and parents alike. I have also noticed the increasing number of people who decorate their houses.

For the next two weeks we would like to see your Halloween cards, trick or treat bags and gholish decorations. Of course 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, or an inchie.

Here are one or two ideas from our Design Team ladies:

Card by Dionne

Card by Lisette

Card by Dionne

Card 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, 23 October. There are very few rules to our Challenges 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.

Monday, 3 October 2016

'Autumn' Mid Challenge Reminder

We are back today with out 'Autumn' Mid Challenge Reminder. We have been having a great time looking at the fabulous entries for this Challenge.

The winners of this Challenge will be given the opportunity to be featured in a future challenge as Guest Designers. Darlene and Patty recently won our 'Use a Stamp' Challenge, these ladies are amazing and such tallented crafters, if you are not familiar with their work you can check out their blogs 'Dar's Crafty Creations' and 'Patty's Creative Side'.

Darlene

I'm married to an amazing man who supports my crafting craziness and even gives me pointers from time to time! We have 1 daughter and 2 grown grandchildren.

I've been paper crafting for more than 10 years now but have been crafty in some way most of my life. My favorite style is vintage but dabble in just about every style out there ... loving every minute of it along the way. I'm honored to have been asked to be a guest designer here on Crafty Boots and hope you enjoy what I've created to share with you today!