Young at heart

Thank you to everyone who entered our Autumn/Halloween challenge - some fabulous spooky projects and great Autumn inspiration!  Please check back soon when we will announce our top 3.

All of the entries into the Zoo and Autumn challenges have been combined and a winner has been chosen using random.org to receive a £10 voucher to spend at the Crafty Boots online store.  That winner is:

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- That's entry 81 from the Halloween/Autumn challenge - Claire C

Congratulations Claire C!  Please contact Stephanie-Emma at stephanie-emma@craftyboots.co.uk to receive your voucher!

This fortnight's theme is "Young at Heart".  This can be absolutely anything you can make that reminds you of youth, childhood, children etc.  Don't forget we accept any crafty project of all types so let us see what you're up to with your crafting this fortnight! :)

A quick reminder of our "rules"

- The challenge will be open until 12 noon (UK time) on Sunday 13 November 2011
- You can enter as many times as you like as long as it is a NEW project - no backlinking
- If you have used any products you purchased from Crafty Boots add CB at the end of your entry and you will receive two entries into the prize draw
- Entry to this challenge can be combined with as many other challenges as you like
- Your blog post must mention that you are entering your project into this challenge and include a link to this page
- Please link to your blog post rather than just your general blog address

Here is what our design team have come up with to inspire you:

First of all we have a guest designer Ray joining us!  Here is what he has come up with for this challenge:

(Ray is new to blogging so please pop over to his blog and leave him a comment to welcome him to the online crafty community! :)  )

Card by Emma T: 

Tent card by Faye:

Tag by Gabrielle:

Tag by Kerry:

Card by Stephanie-Emma:

Card by Tracie:

Easel card by Zoe:

Card by Amy:

Counted Cross Stitch added by Dionne:

Card by Emma M:

Challenge 3 ~ Zoo ~ Top 3

Hello!!

Sorry it's a bit late but here are our 'Top 3' from the Zoo or Animal themed challenge!!

1st Place: 19 - Lyndsey Marie
2nd Place: 76 - Shelby
3rd Place: 2 - Gro Tjeltveit

Congratulations!

Please email Stephanie-Emma at craftyboots@btinternet.com for your blinkies!!

Don't forget that all of the entries from this challenge will be combined with those from our current Autumn/Halloween challenge and a randomly selected winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend in the Crafty Boots store!

Autumn or Halloween

Hello!  Welcome back to Crafty Boots Challenge!

Before we get started I would like to introduce you a new member of our design team - Gabrielle!

We are thrilled to have Gabrielle as part of the team and it would be lovely if you could all pop on over to her blog and give her a friendly Crafty Boots welcome! :)

Thank you to everyone who entered our animal themed challenge.  Please check back soon when we will announce our top 3.

All of the entries into this and the zoo challenges will be combined and a winner chosen using random.org to receive a £10 voucher to spend at the Crafty Boots online store. 

This fortnight's project is Autumn themed (including Halloween).  This can be absolutely anything you can make that features anything to do with autumn, halloween or autumn colours.  Don't forget we accept any crafty project of all types so come and link up your projects and let us see what you're up to!! :)

A quick reminder of our "rules"

- The challenge will be open until 12 noon (UK time) on Sunday 30 October 2011
- You can enter as many times as you like as long as it is a NEW project - no backlinking
- If you have used any products you purchased from Crafty Boots add CB at the end of your entry and you will receive two entries into the prize draw
- Entry to this challenge can be combined with as many other challenges as you like
- Your blog post must mention that you are entering your project into this challenge and include a link to this page
- Please link to your blog post rather than just your general blog address

Here is the inspiration the design team have come up with for this challenge autumn as our inspiration:

Card by Emma M:

Gift box and photo frame by Emma T:

Card by Faye:

Tag by Gabrielle:

Card by Stephanie-Emma:

Card by Tracie:

Card by Zoe:

Halloween Collection by Amy:

Scrapbook page by Dionne:

Things with Wings ~ Top 3

As a team we have voted on our favourite entries from the 'Things with Wings' challenge and came up with the following "Top 3"

1st place:  Number 21 Jacki R
2nd place: Number 135 Sara
3rd place (jointly):
                 Number 18 Catherine
                 Number 48 Gabrielle

Congratulations!

Please email Stephanie-Emma on craftyboots@btinternet.com to receive your badges

Zoo or animal theme

Hello and welcome back to the third Crafty Boots Challenge.

Thank you to everyone who entered our Things with Wings challenge.  Please check back soon when we will announce our top 3.

All of the entries into the first and second challenges have been combined and a winner has been chosen using random.org to receive a £10 voucher to spend at the Crafty Boots online store.  That winner is:

299 - Hazel

Congratulations Hazel!  Please contact Stephanie-Emma at craftyboots@btinternet.com to receive your voucher!

This fortnight's project is Zoo or Animal themed.  This can be absolutely anything you can make that features anything to do with a zoo, or animals of any kind.  Don't forget we accept any crafty project of all types so come and link up your projects and get some animals involved! :)

A quick reminder of our "rules"

- The challenge will be open until 12 noon (UK time) on Sunday 16 October 2011
- You can enter as many times as you like as long as it is a NEW project - no backlinking
- If you have used any products you purchased from Crafty Boots add CB at the end of your entry and you will receive two entries into the prize draw
- Entry to this challenge can be combined with as many other challenges as you like
- Your blog post must mention that you are entering your project into this challenge and include a link to this page
- Please link to your blog post rather than just your general blog address

Here is the inspiration the design team have come up with for this challenge using animals!

Acetate card by Dionne: (using Gorjuss girl stamp available at Crafty Boots)

Card by Emma M:

Door hanger by Faye:

Scrapbook page by Kerry:

Card by Stephanie-Emma: (using monochromagic paper and christmas sentiment both available at Crafty Boots)

Wobbler card by Zoe:

Punch art card by Amy:

Challenge 1 ~ Top 3

Hello!!

We are back with the results of our first challenge 'Anything Goes'.

If you are looking for our current challenge 'Things with Wings' then please scroll down or click here.

We found it very hard to agree on our favourites as all the entries were amazing!!

We couldn't agree on which entries were our favourites and a number of us ended up coming up with a "short" list (of about 30!!) and picking out of a hat!!


As a team we have voted on our favourites and came up with the following "Top 3"

1st place:  Number 2 Gabrielle
2nd place: Number 128 Michelle
3rd place (jointly):
                 Number 96 - Lisa Somerville
                 Number 346 - Iulia
                 Number 352 - Katie Tate

Congratulations!

Please email Stephanie-Emma on craftyboots@btinternet.com to receive your badges (please bear in mind she is currently in the Falkland Islands with limited internet access but will get back to you as soon as she can!)

We were blown away by all the projects entered so thank you to everyone that joined in. All of the entrants from the Anything Goes challenge will be combined with those from our current 'Things with Wings' challenge to select a random winner to receive a £10 voucher to spend at Crafty Boots!  So don't forget to check back again as there is still the chance for all entrants to win that voucher!!

Things with Wings

Hello and welcome back to the second Crafty Boots Challenge.

We were overwhelmed by the entries into the first challenge, thank you so much to everyone who has voted.  Due to the number of entries we will take a bit longer than anticipated to look through all of your fabulous creations and decide on our top 3.  Check back later in the week when we will announce our top 3!

Don't forget that all of the entries into the first challenge will be combined with those from this second challenge and a winner will be chosen using random.org to receive a £10 voucher to spend at the Crafty Boots online store.

The theme for this project is Things with Wings.  This can be absolutely anything you can make that features wings.  Don't forget we accept any crafty project of any time so come and link up your projects and get some wings involved! :)

A quick reminder of our "rules"

- The challenge will be open until 12 noon (UK time) on Sunday 2 October 2011
- You can enter as many times as you like as long as it is a NEW project - no backlinking
- If you have used any products you purchased from Crafty Boots add CB at the end of your entry and you will have two entries into the prize draw
- Entry to this challenge can be combined with as many other challenges as you like
- Your blog post must mention that you are entering your project into this challenge and include a link to this page
- Please link to your blog post rather than just your general blog address

Here is the inspiration the design team have come up with for this challenge using things with wings!

Butterfly Folded Minibook by Amy:

Earthdancer in counted cross stitch by Dionne:

Card by Emma M:

Card by Faye:

Wedding stationery by Kerry:

Card by Stephanie-Emma:

Painted babygro by Tracie (using stamps and fabric pens):

Card by Zoe:

Halloween wall hanging by AJ: