OOOH, new Design Dollies COLOR CHALLENGE - goin' EARTHY!

Attention all tree-huggin', eco-friendly, earth lovers....

This challenge is for YOU!

There were some AMAZING submissions for the RED, BLACK and ONE NEUTRAL Challenge - we Dollies are CONSTANTLY impressed and awestruck by the attention you crafty lovelies give our little blog here. It's very humbling and flattering, and we adore you all!

That said, let's not waste more time, because I'm quite sure you're here to see the next task at hand. :)

Your colors:
KRAFT, IVORY and GREEN

note: the GREEN can be any shade, or many shades!

Check out the Dollies' brilliant creations:


Kristy (OMG, do you LOVE this flower?!)

Adina (the distressing and twine TOTALLY make it feel earthy!)

Ellen (stampin' on canvas, and that brown paper is YUMMY!)

and moi, Leah the Orange (who's rediscovering her love for Crackle Accents!)

So it's time for you to jump on the bandwagon and get your submissions in, so you can get a shot at this fabby prize:

(incidentally, the Grungeboard in this prize pack is the same stuff I used for the arrows on my card for this challenge - just so ya know!)

Annnnnnnnnnd, they're off!
You have until next SUNDAY, February 14th at midnight EST to link your project up! Don't forget that you MUST link back to our blog in your post, and your projects must be created new for this challenge. GOOD LUCK, and we can't wait to see what you're going to do with these colors!

Welcome to February Dollies! Show me the Love!

Show us the love b/c we love you! This month is so much fun! You haven't seen all the WONDERFUL things goin on behind the scenes to show you but I think you'll get a lil taste of it today!

First off I would like to announce the winner of the yummy January Sketch Challenge Prize Pack!

It is.....





PENNY! With this lovely LO allllll the way back in the first sketch challenge for January!

How perfect is that! Love it! Thank for playin Penny (use the kontactr button at the top to send me your addy!) and EVERYONE! Seeing all the entries is such a treat! I'm really thrilled at all the Trifecta entries we have been getting! Way to multitask ladies! You have been RAWKIN IT!!! WOOT!

This week's sketch was so fun that almost the ENTIRE DT played! I hope you dig it too!

Here's what the Dollies did for a lil' inspiration!

Adina

Leah

Ellen

Heidi (with a full on TRIFECTA!)

Kristy

And welcome our February Guest Designer Sarah!!!!!

This is one long post! Wowee! Now on to the deets! You have until Wednesday Feb 10th at midnight est to get in on this sketchy goodness OR you have until Sunday at midnight est to work on your Trifecta. Heidi already has the ball rollin for ya! Just pick it up... you can do it... now throw it on back... see? Not too hard! So get to gettin and link us up baby! Don't forget that you MUST link back to us in your blog post, and projects must be created new for this challenge!

ps. my new prize pack will be up later today as now is not prime picture takin time :)

January's COLOR CHALLENGE winner, and the February Color Challenge prize!

sorry for the delay, folks! migraine set in last night and i was out of commission, so we have a winner and a new prize to share today!

first of all, a BIG thanks to all the amazing crafters who humored me with my January Color Challenges! there is some AMAZING talent in our follower base here! it's also fun to see more of you braving the Trifecta each week - we took a chance introducing the concept at the beginning, and it's slowly catching on! your enthusiasm ROCKS, folks! :)

but random.org has spoken, and only one person will be getting that bright, funky package in the mail. our winner for the January Color Challenges is.....

REBECA, with THIS amazingly gorgeous entry:


Rebeca, please email us with your snail mail deets, and i'll send this out to you!


thank you again for playing along! :)

and for those of you who were curious, the new February Candy has been added to our sidebar (did you know that if you come to our blog and want to see what the current challenge is for any given category, you just click the candy on the right and it will bring you there?). here's a closer look:


included are:
Tim Holtz GRUNGEBOARD Harlequin Elements (94 shapes)
Autumn Leaves clear stamps - Swirls V:1 (9 stamps - this is totally my go-to set for awesome flourishes!)
Provo Craft Itty Bitty Scrap Pad - "Heritage Post" - 32 sheets (some yummy vintage flair in here!)
DCWV Adhesive Mat Stack - NEUTRALS - 48 sheets (perfect for die-cutting and matting!)
Heidi Swapp Felt Flowers - BROWN - 8 pieces
American Crafts premium RicRac - "Rouge 5" - 3 yds (it's kind of a rusty brick colour)
Sakura Gelly Roll pens in various colours - 6 pens

so, who wants to play? :)

Welcome to February!! :)

And welcome to the month's first Elements Challenge! BUT first I must announce January's winner........

MEGAN!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Megan! Please email us your address so I can get your scrappy goodies out your way!!

And onto our new challenge! I have yet to post a pic of the prize, but I promise it will be scrapilicious!! And full of Prima, btw... I just got back from an amazing crop where we just HAPPENED to receive a brandy new shipment of fresh from CHA stuff!!

For the time being, crack out your old fashioned vintagey stuff and get scrappy with a vintage appeal! I'm talking distressed, inked, laced up, sepia toned goodies that give you that nostalgic feeling every time...

And as always, the Dollies bring you some gawjuss inspiration!! :)

Kristy

Leah

Adina

And... YOU'RE next!!! :) So crack out your distressed paints and inks and get scrappy! All entries must be brand new for this challenge, and uploaded via Mr. Linky by no later than midnight EST on Monday, February 8th in order to be included in this month's drawing. Enjoy! :)

February kicks off with a NEW COLOR CHALLENGE!

WELCOME TO FEBRUARY! I can't believe we are already a month into 2010 - January flew by, but it seems February is usually the one to DRAG.

We'll try to help alleviate your boredom a bit, by throwing down some brand new challenges for you, with new prize packs, a new Guest Design Dollie, and loads of wonderful inspiration from the Dollies!

I have some work to do today - since we actually HAVE some lovely sunshine on a Monday morning, I should be able to get some good shots of the February prize pack for the Color Challenges, AND I have to get all the names together from our January participants and let random.org declare a WINNAH! Unfortunately, there were a couple of entries that didn't QUITE make the deadlines, so unfortunately those won't be included - please watch the time zones, folks! It is too difficult to keep track when the dates of the submissions blend into the next week, so midnight on Sunday is the cutoff before the new Color Challenge kicks in. Please let me know if you have any questions, we'll be happy to help! HERE IS THE LOWDOWN, giving you the instructions on playing along with one, two, or all three challenges for the week.

Today, a BIG thank you goes out to our very first GUEST Design Dollie, Karen, who worked her magic all through January, completed more of the challenges than she was assigned, and showed her enthusiasm as a true TEAM PLAYER. Karen, we are SO happy you joined us, and you'll always be a Dollie to us! :D

And we're starting things off for February with a bit of POP! Your challenge?

RED and BLACK, and one NEUTRAL.
Not much to interpret there, so be sure your projects are not chock full of yellows and pinks and blues and what have you... ;)

And a bit of inspiration from the Dollies, to get your motors runnin'...

from moi, Leah the Orange (using a Some Odd Girl image):

from Kristy (the brilliant Some Odd Girl owner/artist):

and from Nicole (busy with her gorgeous new puppies!):

Pretty obvious that we Dollies are BIG fans of kraft, no? :) I'm quite sure that you'll all be wowing us with your projects for this challenge - remember they have to be created NEW for this challenge, and you MUST link back to us in your blog post in order to qualify for the February prize package. I'll be posting the winner of our January prize later today, as well as showing you what you'll be playing for this month.

Get those RED, BLACK and ONE NEUTRAL projects in by next SUNDAY at midnight EST for your chance to win, and come and visit tomorrow when we bring you a brand new Elements Challenge!