Design Team Call!!!

Yes ladies, it's that time again already!  Time to add a few new people to our design team!!  It sure snuck up on us as well!  I think it might partly be the time if year with the crazniess of the end of the school year creeping up.  Hope the weather has been better where you are than here on the southern coast of BC!

We'll all be into Christmas cards in a serious way before you know it here, so if you're interested in helping us out and showcasing your work every month on the blog, just send a e-mail to me (Colleen) at col12@hotmail.com with "Design Team" as the title.  I'll be forwarding these on to Lesley as well!

Include the following in your application...
Full Name
E-mail
2 Christmas cards of your choice  - new or old!
A direct link to a Christmas card on your blog
A short paragraph about yourself and why you're interested in becoming a CCAYR design team member

The deadline for entries will be June 15th, so that gives you a couple of weeks to get your submission in!  Looking forward to seeing all the amazing creations and welcoming a few new people to the team!

Cheers,
Colleen and Lesley

May Challenge!

Welcome to May everyone!  We know lots of you have those cards started because we've seen them and we can't wait to see more.  Everyone is welcome to play whether this is your first month or 15th!

We're doing something a little different this month and the challenge is a sketch challenge.  One of our lovely DT, Audrey, was kind enough to create the sketch for this month and we can't wait to see what everyone does with it!  So, without further ado, the challenge for this month is to design your cards using the following sketch:

Julie Ann

Audrey

Cindy

Kat

Marianne

Tracey

***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 May! (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. If the linky isn't working for you for any reason, just post your link in the comments! Thanks!

This month Kat is offering another very generous prize:

Thanks Kat!!!

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

Cheers,
Colleen and Lesley

March Winner!

The winner of Kat's fabulous prize is Miss Sayrah!!!  Congrats!  Please email me at sunifla1@comcast.net with your address.

April Guest Designer!

I would like to introduce one of our guest designers for the month of April.  Her name is Carol and she will wow you with her work.

Carol

Hi, my name is Carol, better known as CraftinGranny or just Granny in blogland. I retired from the University of Missouri in 2005 and have spent my time doing all sorts of crafts, ceramics, painting, scrapbooking, cardmaking, blogging, sewing, remodeling, water and flower gardening, and lots of fun things. Cardmaking has become my all time favorite hobby. I love playing in challenges and trying out new techniques. There are so many wonderful designers and so much yet to learn.

My life is shared with my best friend and wonderful husband of almost 25 years. We have a blended family of 3 sons and 1 daughter, 7 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren with 1 due in September. My youngest son is married to a wonderful young woman who blessed our family with an additional 4 granddaughters and 11 great-grandchildren. Can you imagine trying to get everyone together at one time for a family picture? Total chaos! Of course, I can't leave out the two babies we have at home and just couldn't live without, Sparkey, a minature white Schnauzer, and Molly, a 112 lb Golden Lab. Yes, Sparkey is the Alpha dog and Molly is the mother hen. They are a joy, spoiled rotten, and so much fun!

It is such an honor to be a guest designer for CCAYR. I hope you enjoy the cards I've designed to share with you and will inspire you to get creative and play along with us this month. A special thanks to Colleen and Lesley for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this very talented team.

Here are her gorgeous cards:

Please make sure to leave her some love.

April Challenge!

Happy Spring!  I hope everyone has started their Christmas cards...it's not too late to start joining us on the challenges.

This months challenge is to use an oval on your card (shape of an egg for Easter) as well as ribbon somewhere on your card.

Checkout what our wonderful design team made this month.

Marianne

Tracey

Cindy

Audrey

Julie

Pat

***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 April! (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. If the linky isn't working for you for any reason, just post your link in the comments! Thanks!

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

We'll be revealing the cards and a little about our guest design team members for the month on Sunday!

Cheers,

Colleen and Lesley

More March Inspiration!

Well, we're just past mid-month, so how's everyone doing with their cards for this month?  How many have you made so far this year?  Doesn't it feel fabulous to have a start on them and not be trying to do them all in November?!

Well, here's to get you inspired once again, here's a little more design team eye candy!

Audrey

Pat

Julie

Don't forget to link your cards in the original thread for this month that has the challenge in it as well!  Be sure to check the details for the challenge this month so you can be entered for the monthly prize!

Cheers,

Colleen

PS  If you're having any trouble using the SimplyLinked for any reason, just be sure to add the direct link for your cards in comments.  I haven't figured out yet why some people are having issues with this!

February Winner!

There were a lot of great entries this month, thank you so much for playing along with us.  The winner for February is #19 Carol A!  Please send your address to me at sunifla1@comcast.net.

March Guest Designers!

Sorry for the delay, but I'd like to introduce the two lovely ladies that are guest designing for us this month:  Jess and Chris!  Be sure to click on their names below and check out their blogs too!

Jess

My name is Jessica, and most people call me Jess, hence Jess's Crafty Things for my blog title. I was born and schooled in South Africa, where I picked up a love of bright colours in Natal, and moved to the UK after completing my education and now live in Ireland where the people are warm and friendly.

I love doing anything crafty and other interests include scrapbooking, drawing, painting, calligraphy and making small toys. My most passionate craft for the last few years has been cardmaking, and I live with a very understanding partner who humours me when it comes to my paper and colour addiction! I started out with a love for decoupage, but very soon found stamping and still like to layer and layer, the more the better. Most of my cards are clean designs, although it depends what mood I am in and if the distress inks are closeby.

I make cards for all occassions, but Christmas and Wedding cards are definite favourite because I can user lots of glitter, flowers, die cut shapes and punches. My cuttlebug is never far away either, and is honestly my best ever craft investment!

When I am not crafting I work full time and love walking and baking when I get time.

I am delighted to be a guest DT member for CCAYR and hope you enjoy the samples I have made as I had fun creating them!

Chris

Hi! My name is Chris Pereira and I live in Colorful Colorado. I have loved creating my entire life, but I have only just (about 3 years ago) discovered the joys of creating with paper, ink and stamps. I have been married to my best friend for 27 years and between us we have five marvelous sons. Our sons are all married to exceptional women and we have five gorgeous grandchildren, two girls and three boys who range in age from 6 to 2. I have been a potter for over 20 years and I also enjoy weaving and working with fibers in any form - sewing, knitting, cross-stitch - just everything.

My husband and I are avid sailors and we currently have a 36 foot sailboat in Massachusetts. My husband retired in April, 2010 and he is now living aboard until the fall. I will be joining him for several weeks this summer and am really looking forward to exploring the New England coast from the water!

I have two cats and this year have some wonderful flower and vegetable gardens. I am learning how to take pictures with my new Nikon P90 camera and having a great time documenting the growth of my gardens. I’m also trying my hand at creating digital sentiments and scrapbook kits. I have always been a collector of graphics and am now finding new ways to use them.

I enjoy teaching classes both in stamping and computers. I have worked in IT for many years and have worked as a Systems Administrator and Webmaster for the Native American Rights Fund for the last 17 years.

I am so thrilled to be working with this team of exceptionally talented ladies. Thanks!

 

 

Your cards are beautiful ladies!  Thanks so much for playing with us this month! 

 

Make sure your cards for this month follow the March challenge - 

Your cards needs 3 patterned papers and 3 brads, eyelets or gems. You may add other embellishments, a sentiment, cardstock, etc as well.

 

Can't wait to see more of what you ladies create and make sure to post your cards to the March challenge post!

 

Thanks,

Colleen and Lesley