Challenge #16 - "It's all in the technique"

WOOZERS . . . what a fab number of entries. We were all chuffed to bits to see so many of you entering last week and please do bare with us as the DT are slowly making away around all the entries to leave comments. Many thanks for sharing your crafty eye candy with us all at "Fab 'n' Funky" challenges.
We must also say a big thank you to Di's Digi Designs for sponsoring us last week and Mr Random.Org has been busy this week and has chosen No. 62 as the lucky winner, so well done to . . .

Kendra from Crafts and Cravings

Please could you email Di directly with your 3 choices from her great selection of digi images and she will get them over to you. Please make sure that you also put "Fab 'n' Funky" challenge winner into the subject line.

Now this weeks challenge theme is a little different. . .

"It's all in the technique"

We all have our favourite "thing" when it comes to creating and we would like you to share your favourite technique with us. This could be paper piecing, embossing, stitching, distressing, making our own embellishments . . . so on and so on and so on . . . We can be creatures of habit and like to favour one technique over another, so this week we would like you to celebrate this un-sung technique. You never know, your favourite technique maybe one someone else has yet to try and when they see your project it might just spur them on to give it a go! To start the ball rolling, here is the DT's take on this weeks challenges:

AndreaTechnique: paper piecing

Lou

Technique: paper piecing

Shaz

Technique: Distressing and paper pricking

GinnyTechnique: paper piecing

Lydia
Technique: paper piecing

We can't wait to see what yor favourite technique is now . . . ooohhhhh, how exciting !

"Fab 'n' Funky" DT

Challenge #15 - "It's all NEW!"

Hi everyone and we all hope you had a great Mother's Day on Sunday . . . and of course you did send a handcrafted card to your Mother's now didn't you . . no sneaking off to any well known shops we hope!

Now this week we are very lucky to be sponsored by

"Di's Digi Downloads" :

Here is a little about Di:

I started my digi site last year in December and now have about 50 images on my site. The inspiration came from my daughter, her cuddly toy Kaboodle and my sons favourite cuddly toy Cookie.MY work is hand drawn then digitally enhanced and converted to download. I don’t have the best graphics tablet and software and my images are very much hand drawn with not so great straight lines but i hope this adds to their character.These digi stamps only cost $2.00 are instantly downloadable, no waiting.

Please take a peek at my site.

Di xx

Now the theme this week is . . . .

"to use something NEW"

on your project. This could be a new stamp, digi image, tool . . . you get what we mean and to kick you all off here is some inspiration from the DT, who were spoilt by Di this week as she sent us all an image to play with:

Lou

Andrea

Ginny

Jilly

Shaz

Have a great week everyone and we all look forward to seeing your gorgeous work,

The "Fab 'n' Funky" DT

Challenge # 14 - Wedding

Hi everyone . . . can you believe it that we're already into the 2nd week of March . . . blink & whoosh we'll be in April before you know it ! Many thanks to everyone who entered last weeks challenge and the DT loved the way you all intepretated the theme and came up with loads of different shaped cards - very intuative.

Now the winner of last's weeks prize from Soft Pencil is . . .

Kimberly from Faerie Tales with Paper.

Many congratulations Kimberly and if you could email Elizabeth at "Soft Pencil" directly putting Fab 'n' Challenge winner in the subject line, they will emai you your digi image prize.

Now this weeks theme is . . .

"Weddings"

Now you can translate the theme to suit your cardmaking, scrapbooking, altering requirements . . for instance you could be making wedding invites, significant wedding anniversary or just a needed wedding card. As long as we can see the wedding theme in your project . . . you're elligible to enter this weeks challenge.

To get the "bells" rolling . . . (get it ????) . . . here's some inspiration from the DT . .

Lydia

Jilly

Lou

Ginny

Andrea

Shaz

Happy crafting everyone and we can't wait to see what you all make,

The "Fab 'n' Funky" DT

Challenge #13 - "It's all in the shape!"

WOW . . . it's March already . . . and not long now to Mother's Day where we all get the opportunity to thank the important people in our life for helping shape us into the people we are now.

All the DT at "Fab 'n' Funky" challenges would like to say thank you for your continued support and participation in our weekly challenges . . . you're all stars and again, some seriously yummy eye candy projects out there this week. It just goes to show you don't always need designer paper to make fab cards . . ! So without further ado, the randomly chosen winner for last weeks challenge is . . .

Vikki from Pink is so Me

Please email Dustin from Doodle Dragon Studio to claim your prize putting Fab 'n' Funky Challenge winner in the subject line.

Now as it's the start of a brand new month, this means that this weeks sponsor is . .

To win the prize from our generous sponsor, just follow this weeks theme which is . . .

"It's all in the shape !"

No we're not being impolite and asking your size but would love you to make a different shaped card from the regular square or rectangle cards we all normally love to make . . . it's great to do something different every now and then. To start the ball rolling, here is the DT's take on this week theme . .

Lou

Jilly

Lyds

Andrea

Ginny

Shaz

Have a great week everyone and we can't wait to pop over to see what your shape is this week . . hee, hee, hee!

The "Fab 'n' Funky" DT

Challenge #10 - "Shabby Chic"

We on the "Fab 'n' Funky" DT would like to wish each and everyone an EARLY "Happy Valentine's Day". We hope you day will be filled with love, laughter and of a wee bit of crafting !

We know that we must sound like a broken record by thanking you all each week but it is sincerely meant and felt, so again, "Thank You" for playing along with us again last week. Now Mrs Random.Org has been busy and has chosen this weeks lucky winner . . .

Pinky from Pinky's World

Well done and if you could email Elizabeth at "Soft Pencil" to claim your prize. Please ensure that you put "Fab 'n' Funky" challenge winner in the subject line.

Now this weeks challenge for you to interpretate as you wish is . . .

"Shabby Chic"

"Fab 'n' Funky" challenges are lucky to be sponsored by the lovely Heather from Fresh Brewed Designs . . .

and the lucky randomly chosen winner will receive a fab prize . . .

to spend on any digi images of their choice . . . how great is that?

Here is a little message from Heather to you all . . .

Hi. I am Heather Dennis. I am a homeschooling mother of 2 wonderful children, the wife of 12 years to the love of my life, a Christian and the owner of Fresh Brewed Designs. All the images in my shop are hand drawn. I offer a wide range of images from coffee, cute and inspirational. I have loved to draw and create ever since I was a child. My daughter has inherited my love of art and recently inspired me to start creating again and I have not been able to stop! God has been so good to me and opened my eyes to see the beauty in so many things that I uset to take for granted. I find myself designing almost every day and am always eager to share it with you all. I love to create custom drawn images, so if you are looking for anything in particular, please feel free to drop me an email.

Thank you "Fab'n'Funky" for allowing me to sponsor your wonderful challenge blog. Yo are a wonderful and inspirational group of ladies.

Heather kindly gave each DT member a digi image to play with and this is what the DT made incorporating this weeks theme of "Shabby Chic" . . .

Andrea

Ginny

Shaz

Lydia

Jilly

Lou

Please check each DT blog to see what image they have used and how they created their "Shabby Chic" gorgeousness.

Happy crafting everyone,

"Fab 'n' Funky" DT

Challenge #9 - "Emboss it " !

WOW . . . it's February already . . . weeks are literally flying past and Father Time should now slow down a little so that we can have the time to enjoy all the good things around us ! Mini philosophical quote over . . . promise !

Welcome to another week at "Fab 'n' Funky" challenges and all the DT would like to say thank you for your continued support and participation in our weekly challenges . . . you're all stars and again, some seriously yummy eye candy projects out there this week. We'd like to also say thank you to Tracy and her DT from The Stamping Boutique for joining us last week too. So without further ado, the randomly chosen winner for last weeks challenge is . . .

Kim from Kimbee's Creations

Please could you email Tracy at The Stamping Boutique to claim your prize of 5 digi images of your choice. Please remember to put "Fab 'n' FUnky" Challenge winner in the subject line.

Now this week we have been very fortunate to have a wonderful new sponsor who will be sponsoring the "Fab 'n' Funky" challenge every month, so please extend a warm welcome to our new monthly sponsor . . .

Here is a little bit about "Soft Pencil"

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.

My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists. I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"

Being a somewhat democratic bunch on the "Fab 'n' Funky" DT, we vote monthly for the themes we would love to use for the forth coming months challenges and we have decided that this weeks challenge is . .

"to use some form of embossing"

Now this could be an embossing folder through a diecut/embossing machine, embossed design using a lightbox, embossing corner punches, texture plates or emboss a stamped image . . . this is just a small selection of what you could incorporate on your project. To get the "ball rolling", here is the DT's take on this weeks theme. Go visit their blogs to get the full deets on how they made their project this week . . .

Lou

Andrea

Jilly

Ginny

Lydia

Shaz

We also have been joined this week by the Softpencil DT members and here are their yummy cards. If you "click" their names, you will be taken to their blogs where all the details for their cards can be found:

April

Cat

Kerry

Catherine

Now we can't wait to see how you interpreted this weeks challenge. Have a great week everyone,

The "Fab 'n' Funky"

Challenge #8

Firstly let us begin by saying thank you to everyone who joined in with us last week . . we were blown away by the number of entries and loved all the projects you created using the colour combo - you are indeed very talented crafters with some yummy eye candy out there.

Now the lucky winner of last weeks challenge (which was chosen by Mrs Random.Org) is . . .

Denise from The Crafty Den

Please could you email Lou putting "Challenge #7 winner" in the subject line and she will get a small prize out to you ASAP.

Now this weeks challenge is a very simple and has been inspired by this weeks sponsor, The Stamping Boutique . . .

Here is a short message from Tracey:

Our company, "The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality,as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.

Now Tracy at The Stamping Boutique has kindly offered the randomly chosen winner the following prize:

5 digi images of their choice

How generous is that? Again mwah to Tracy. Please also do take the time to check out The Stamping Boutique's blog as all the DT there have joined in with us for this weeks challenge too.

Now on to this weeks challenge . . .

"to use ANY digi image or sentiment"

The "Fab 'n' Funky" DT were very lucky to be given images to play with (a big mwah to Tracy) and here is some delicious digi inspiration from the DT. Please check out their blogs (deets in the side bar), to get the full "low down" on how they made their project and the items used:

Lydia

Jilly

Andrea

Ginny

Lou

Shaz

We look forward to visiting you all again this week . . . hey inspiration is always needed and it's fab when you see different crafters interpretation of different themes, sketches etc . . . you get what we mean !

Happy crafting everyone,

The "Fab 'n' Funky" DT

*Edited to add* Have now attatched Mr.Linky to make it easier :)