Design Team Inspiration!

I'd like to start by welcoming Julie and Tracey to our team!

Julie

Hi, I'm Julie and as the title of my blog suggests, I have a passion for, an addiction almost, to all things paper!! I've been married for 24 years to a very patient and understanding man (God knows he has to be) and we have three very grown up daughters. . . for me, paper fills a void! I have a very small dog who has a very big personality and also look after a guinea pig that one of my daughter's "forgot" to take with her when she moved out. I don't have as much time to craft as I would like . . . (well does anyone?) but I thoroughly enjoy the time that I do have!

Tracey



I was born in Kingston, Ontario Canada. I emigrated to Australia in 1990 when I married my Aussie husband. I'm a keen crafter, and dabble in many different things, but especially enjoy papercrafting. I've been stamping for over 12 years and scrapbooking for about 6. My favourite aspect of papercraft would have to be cardmaking.

Our January Guest Designers

Nina

 

Nina Fløtterud is my name and I`m 33 years old. Live in a small place in Norway with my boyfriend, a little baby daugther and a dog.

Started to make cards in 2007, and that have been my passion ever since.

Here you can see my cards http://ninaskortkrok.blogspot.com/

Tine

 

Hi, my name is Tine E. S. Kristiansen and is 34 years old. I live in a nice village on the west coast of Norway. Here I live with my fiance. Together we have a daughter who is almost 3 years old, and he has a boy from before who is now 13 years old.

I have "always" been doing some hobby stuff. I 've even had a hobby shop that I took after my mother. But I did not begin with Scrappbooking and card making before a little after our daughter was born. I wanted to make her an album and "stumbled" over scrapping web shops.

Then I went on my first scrap shop. And I was shocked.

I began in a small way on the kitchen table and I had my few things in a cardboard box. But then we made a hobby room, and things became much easier.

Now I sit almost every day and enjoy making cards and other stuff in there.

I do not work currently because of back and pelvic problems. So then I have all day to enjoy myself making cards (at least some of the day).  I create lots of cards that people order. I also have some stores that sell the cards for me.

 

Christmas is very special for me. I love making things for Christmas. So this challenge blog is totally great for me.

Thanks for that I was allowed to be a GTD!

~Tine~

 

 

A HUGE thanks to all these ladies for their amazing work this month and I'm so happy to see all of the entries already for this month!  Keep it up!

You can check out this month's challenge HERE!

Cheers,

Colleen and Lesley

More Inspiration!

Hi again everyone! 

As I mentioned yesterday, we're going to be posting at different times throughout the month just to help keep your mojo going and to showcase the amazingly talented ladies we have here at CCAYR.

I'm here today with some gorgeous cards from Marianne and these are sure to get you going on some new cards!

Check out her blog for more inspiration as well!

And remember, the challenge for January is Anything Goes, so come and play with us!  Get those cards started for next year.  And a little hint is however many cards you make in January, address that many envelopes as well as it'll be one less thing to do at the end of the year again!

Cheers,
Colleen and Lesley

Happy New Year!!

Well, here's hoping you started off 2011 right and that the year brings you all good things!  We're also hoping you're going to join us again this month and start working on those cards for next Christmas - there's no time like the present to get a head start!

January Challenge - We're going to make it easy this month because we just want people to play along, so the challenge is... 

Anything goes! 

Yes, you heard it right - anything!  Get out those scraps or the new stash you had to have this year, but never got the chance to use.  Just start creating!

Take a look at what our new design team has created for you as inspiration!

Kat

Pat

Cindy

Colleen

This was my version of one of Kristina Werner's

Holiday series cards that you can see HERE!

*Remember if you do 5 cards this month following the challenge, your name will go into a draw for a prize at the end of JANUARY! (this challenge CAN be combined with any other blog or forum challenges that you do this month.)

Please upload your cards to your blog, a gallery, or photobucket and remember to give us the EXACT links to see them. You can do 5 of the same cards or 5 different ones (as long as they follow the current challenge) If you do 5 of the same, please show us a picture of them altogether. Thanks!

***Also, if at least 20 people create 5 cards we'll pick a second winner!***

Keep your eyes out throughout the month for more reveals and intros to our new team members as well!  Looking forward to seeing more cards soon, so get your mojo on!

Cheers,

Colleen and Lesley

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hi everyone!

Just wanting to wish everyone a wonderfully Merry Christmas from Lesley and I.  Looking forward to seeing any last minute cards you manage to get in before the end of the month that follow the criteria of the challenge.  And just a reminder that while we always love seeing your work, cards/projects do need to meet the challenge criteria of that month to be eligible for the prize!

These were a few last minute ones I whipped up today with some leftovers from the Three Bugs in a Rug North Pole line!  Made for some easy cards for sure!  And the best part is that they all have little Santas on them for the challenge too!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Colleen and Lesley

DT Announcement!!

Merry Christmas everyone! 

Can you believe it's now less than a week away?  Tis the season to be crazily busy and we apologize for the delay in the DT annoucement as a result.  We've had trouble contacting people through their card posts, so we're announcing the team here and I'm asking if you could please contact me (Colleen) at col12@hotmail so that I can send you some details!

We're going to add 2 new team members and 2 Guest Designers every month!  Please know how hard this was!  We were planning on only have one Guest a month, but there were so many great cards that we added an extra every month!  We look forward to having more of you on the team in the next session, so please keep playing! 
So, without further ado...

Our 2 New Team Members are
Tracey - My Creative Place
Julie - A Passion for Paper

Guest Designers
January - Tinemor
              Nina
February - Bea
                Therese
March - Jess
             Christine
April - Carol
          Sonja
May - Paula
          Wendy

Congrats ladies and we look forward to hearing from you and seeing more of your amazing work!  Look for profiles of the two new design team members soon!

Cheers,
Colleen and Lesley

November Winner!

Happy December!  Before I get to November's winner I just want to let everyone know that going forward starting with November's winner, instead of stamp sets I'm going to be giving away gift certificates to an online stamp company.  I'm doing this for a couple of reasons: 1. I'm out of stamp sets.  I usually go to LSS garage sales and find brand new SU sets that haven't been touched but with a couple of the LSS closing around here they are getting harder to find.  2. The postage to our international participants is really expensive and I want them to be able to win a prize so this way they will get stamps too.

Now...on to the November winner....38. Nicky!!!!  You will receive a $15 gift certificate to Bugaboo Stamps.  Please send your email address to sunifla1@comcast.net.  Thanks and congrats!

December Challenge!

So...it's finally here...did you get all your Christmas cards made this year?  Well if you need just a little bit more inspiration here is our last challenge for the year.  Include either an image of Santa or the word Santa on your card.

Check out what the design team made...what a way to end the year!

~Audrey~

~Cindy~

~Kat~

~Marianne~

~Pat~

~December Guest Designer - Donna~

*Remember if you do 5 cards this month following the challenge, your name will go into a draw for a prize at the end of DECEMBER! (this challenge CAN be combined with any other blog or forum challenges that you do this month.)

This month the RAK is another great stamp set!

Please upload your cards to your blog, a gallery, or photobucket and remember to give us the EXACT links to see them. You can do 5 of the same cards or 5 different ones (as long as they follow the current challenge) If you do 5 of the same, please show us a picture of them altogether. Thanks!

***Also, if at least 20 people create 5 cards I will pick a second winner!***

We can't wait and see what you create this month! Have fun!

Colleen and Lesley

DT Call

Hi Everyone!  It's time again to put out a DT Call for January 2011 - June 2011.  We're going to add a few spots to our design team and then 6 guest designers.  All you have to do is link a card that you've made within the past 6 months.  We will close the DT Call on November 30th at midnight.  Good Luck!

Lesley and Colleen

October Challenge Winner!

Thanks to someone pointing out that we haven't posted the October winner...so here it is....Beccy!  Please email me at sunifla1@comcast.net. 

November Challenge!

Good Morning!  Did everyone get enough Halloween candy???  I know I'm taking the rest of ours into work tomorrow except for what I'm letting my daughter keep.

Are you ready for the next challenge?  In the month of November create 5 cards that have trees and ribbon it...easy peasy.

Check out these wonderful creations from our Design Team:

~Cindy~

~Audrey~

~Marianne~

~Pat~

~Lesley~

~Our Guest Designer - Lisa~

*Remember if you do 5 cards this month following the challenge, your name will go into a draw for a prize at the end of NOVEMBER! (this challenge CAN be combined with any other blog or forum challenges that you do this month.)

This month the RAK is another great stamp set!

Please upload your cards to your blog, a gallery, or photobucket and remember to give us the EXACT links to see them. You can do 5 of the same cards or 5 different ones (as long as they follow the current challenge) If you do 5 of the same, please show us a picture of them altogether. Thanks!

***Also, if at least 20 people create 5 cards I will pick a second winner!***

We can't wait and see what you create this month! Have fun!

Colleen and Lesley