Tri-ing it on in April!

I know you've been waiting on the April Trifecta, but first I'd like to announce the winner of the MARCH Trifecta.

Our winner receives a £10.00 shopping voucher to spend at One Stop Card Crafts. Design Dollies accepts entries from crafters all over the world, so Shelley very generously includes postage worldwide as part of the prize - thank you for being our ongoing sponsor!

Our March winner was Karen Williams this lovely layout:



Karen, please email us with your details, and we'll get your prize sorted for you!

Here's the criteria for the April Trifecta -

COLOURS:



Some of Leah's favourites - lime green, royal blue, orange, and white.


ELEMENTS:

Use BUTTONS in a creative way - Adina would like to see at least seven


SKETCH:





And of course, some Dollie-love to show you that it really can be done!

KAREN B went dotty this week:




WENDI laced the elements together and rocked the blue:




ANDREA created the most amazing button clouds:




And KAREN WRAY: flipped the sketch:

We'd love to see you Tri-it-on in April! Link up your new creations by midnight EST, Sunday 1st May. Please: Use a permalink (link to your post, not just to your blog) AND in your post, link back to the Design Dollies to share the love around :)

April Sketch

Welcome to the Design Dollies sketch for April, designed by Kristy:



The Dollies had a fab time playing with the sketch, and this is what we came up with:

NICOLE:



WENDI:



KAREN WRAY:



KAREN BRIERLEY:



ANDREA:

We'd love to see what YOU can come up with - remember you can create a layout or a card, or a canvas, or any other kind of project that is inspired by the sketch. You've got till midnight EST on Sunday 24th April to link up to your blog or gallery and go into the prize draw, and don't forget to link back to the Dollies!!

As Cute as a Button!

Welcome to SPRING!!! WHoo hoo... Today it's 84 degrees and sunny in NJ, and I am DEFINITELY feeling springy!

So, it's a good time to announce our March winner... Congrats to Jennifer!! Please contact Adina by email to make arrangements for you to claim your prize at Scrap-A-Doodle Doo!

In honor of Springtime, the Dollies are asking you to step outside of the proverbial box, and have some fun with BUTTONS! To be eligible for this month's Elements Challenge prize of a $15 Shopping Spree at Scrap-A-Doodle Doo, all you have to do is create an original project featuring at LEAST seven buttons used in a creative manner... Upload via the link below, and viola, we'll announce the winner with May's elements challenge!

And as always, the Dollhouse has cooked up some inspiration for ya!

Karen B is definitely in the mood for Spring with this Buttoned up project:

And Adina was definitely thinking Springtime with this little card:

And Andrea's buttoned up card DEFINITELY made ME smile! :)

While Wendi made a spalsh with her Cute as a Button Layout!

And Karen W's laced up her buttons all fancy like!

And isn't Nicole's page Fabby??? :)

So there you have it dolls... Please link up your buttoned up creations by midnight EST on Sunday, April 17th to be entered into this month's drawing. And as always, happy scrapping!

It's April!

And we're running a bit late for the April Colour Challenge - sorry about that! Leah-Dollie has selected one of her favourite colour combinations, which I know you'll love as much as we do!

Show us what you can do with:  
Royal Blue, Orange, Lime Green and White

Here's some Dollie inspiration:

Karen Wray:




Andrea:




Wendi:




KarenB:




Nicole:

We'd love to see what you can do! For this week only the deadline has been extended to make up for the delay - so you have until Wednesday 5.30pm EST to link up. Have fun and we're looking forward to seeing your new creations!