Augsut & September Challenge Winners, Top 3s & DTSMs

Hello everybody!  It's time to announce the August & September Challenge Winners.  There were some really fabulous entries and we always love seeing what you're inspired to make by each theme.  So here are the August winner of our Challenge and Miriam's Top Three & DTSM followed by the September winner of our Challenge and Rachel's Top Three & DTSM  .  Are you sitting comfortably?  Then let's begin!

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August Texture's winner of the £20 Country View Crafts voucher, selected by Random Generator from the challenge entries is..

.#77 Crafty Jean

Congratulations Crafty Jean - your winner's code & badge will be with you shortly

Miriam with you again today with my top 3 and designer special mention of the August Texture challenge.

I have to say, I was totally blown away by the amazing projects that were shared for the Texture theme - it actually made my choosing very difficult.

Here are my top 3:

#88 Words and Pictures

I totally fell in love with Alison's project.  At first glance it looks very subtle and vintage shabby chic, but when you look more into the detail there is so much to see.  I love the layers and textures created here.  Just beautiful.

#53 Linda Simpson Designs

This is such a textured project - and useful! Win win!  I love the texture on this vase.  And, as we slide into Autumn, it brings back memories of a wonderful Summer.  Just lovely!

Inky Fingers

I love the clean and simple look of this card.  However, when you look at it more closely you can see the wonderful texture created by paste and also ink.  The layers of colour in the flower compliment it beautifully.

Designer Special Mention:

Sarascloset

This project blew me away.  The colours create texture alone, then you combine it with textile and different mediums.  I love the movement created here and even the added addition of the ink splats.  Totally amazing!

So, there you have it.  Thank you to everyone who joined in with the Texture challenge - it was great fin to create and even more fun seeing what you all created.

Miriam

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September winner of the £20 Country View Crafts voucher, selected by Random Generator from the challenge entries is...

#31 Laura

Congratulations Laura - your winner's code & badge will be with you shortly

#26 Carol

I love this stamp and the tag carol made is so very pretty. Gorgeous colours and a beautiful underwater scene.

#13 Glennis

Really pretty card with lots of beautiful wildlife!

#15 Karen

My super special mention goes to #16 empireofthecat who produced more than one piece for this 

challenge. This  canvas  is just fabulous - so much detail and so much colour and texture! Love it!

Thanks all for your beautiful entries - I wish I could have placed you all!

Hugs

Rachel xx

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Fantastic work all around!  Congratulations - your badges will be on their way soon, and we hope you'll display them with pride.

Umbrella man - Black and white

Monika

Hello everyone,

I'm here with my second inspirational project for our October challenge, called Bokeh.

I have to tell you that I really enjoyed learning this new technique

and I'm always very pleased with the result.

If you want to see how I achieved this background, please hop on my blog!

Thank you!

A Bokeh Birthday

Good morning and happy Thursday, it's Sue here with my second bokeh birthday card.

As you can see I've gone for lots of PaperArtsy stamps from different designers.

There are more photo's over on my blog, and I would love to see you over there.

Have a great week and thanks so much for looking x

October 2019 - Bokeh

Welcome everyone to our October Challenge.

Our theme this month is Bokeh, chosen by the lovely Sue. We love you taking part in our challenges so this month, don't forget Bokeh must be the main part of your projects to be in with a chance to win a £20 Gift Voucher.

Sue

Good morning and welcome to October. I'm really happy to be hosting the challenge this month, and I've chosen a theme which I love - Bokeh. This is what Wiki has to say about it;

In photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Wikipedia

So now you know!

Anyway this is what I've made

As always there are a lot more photographs over on my blog so I would love to see you over there. 

Have a very happy month (I turn the big 60 this month but don't tell anyone) 

Thanks very much for looking, and I'll see you in a couple of days with my next piece xx

Corrie

Hello everyone, 

for the new 'Beautiful Bokeh' challenge I have made a card:

Of course there is a VIDEO too; you'll find it HERE.

You are also welcome to go via my BLOG !

Thank you for looking ! I will be back soon  ! 

Corrie x

Miriam

I have to say I needed to do some research for this month's topic - what a fascinating subject!

Here is my first project for the month

Pop over to my blog to see how I created this project and close up pictures.

Happy Crafting!

Miriam

Monika

Hello Everyone,

for our October challenge,

called Bokeh,

I created a Christmas card with the Santa's Helper die by Tim Holtz.

If you like it, please hop on my blog where you can find the tutorial of the background.

Thank you!

Jane

Welcome to a Bokeh October! I really enjoy making cards using this effect and use it a lot in my card making. My first sample today is a floral one using some of Tim's Holtz' fab floral stamps.

I have a full step by step over on my blog here so just float  pop on over if you would like to see how I made my  card. I also have some of my own "bokeh effect" photos to share.  My 2nd project coming up later in the month will be a Christmas themed one. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

Rachel

Hello there - well I experimented with distress oxides and stencils to make my bokeh - I think I will stick with the plain distress next time to make my background!

I wonder how you will make yours?

More details on my blog here.

Hugs

Rachel x

Craftyfield

 Happy Autumn/Fall!

It was too early for me to leave the seaside, despite summer being just a memory...

But fog, and possibly rain too, await you on my blog in a port

that has all the hallmarks of British quaintness!

Evelyn

Hello and welcome to October!

It´s Autumn now and so I decided to choose an autumnal image for my card. I went out of my comfort zone and picked colors I do not use very often - but I really like how it turned out!

For more please visit my blog!

Teresa

Can you believe it's October already? 

Well, it is, and I love the theme for our new challenge: Bokeh Technique.

I have created a vintage style tag for my project.

Please pop over to my blog for a closer look.

Gorgeous Bokeh projects from our Design Team. So it's over to you now, create your Bokeh project and link it below with the chance to win a £20 voucher to use on the Country View Crafts website. Thanks to everyone who took up the challenge in September. There are lots of gorgeous entries and the winner will be announced soon.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Explore timeless wonders

Hello everyone, 

Corrie again, for today's inspiration I have a postcard to share. 

As always I have a video where you can see how I made this. You'll find it HERE.

You can also hop over to my BLOG where there's a link to the video too.. 

See you again soon ! 

Corrie x

An ornate mermaid

Good morning, it's Jane here today with for my 2nd post for our current "Under the sea" challenge. I recently returned from a week in Rhodes where we spent 3 of our 7 days on the beach in glorious sunshine. I swam each day and looked out for mermaids, but sadly they are obviously rather shy as I didn't spot any. So I decided I would create my own impression of what that scene might look like.

I used my Visible Image Mythical mermaid stamp set. If you would like to sea see how I created my card and also have a look at some of my beach photos just swim pop on over the my blog here where I have a full step by step. 

You still have 10 days left to join in with the fun and perhaps be the randomly selected winner of the £20 gift voucher. Now that is worth getting wet for!

Bye for now, 

 Jane x

Creatures from the Deep

Hello everyone,

 it´s Evelyn today with my second post this month!

I made an art journal page with some creepy fishes.

If you want to know, how I made this page, please swim hop to my blog!

Thank you for your visit today!

Mermaid Tag

Teresa here again with another Under The Sea project for you!

I have created another tag, this one features a fun mermaid.

Please pop over to my blog for all the details and a closer look.