Challenge 17 - Too early for Christmas?

Well what a fabulous response to our last challenge - over 100 entries! Our winner and top 3 can be found at the end of this post.

Onto the new challenge now and our theme Too early for Christmas? has been timed to coincide with the release of a new batch of Christmas digis which can all be found in the digi stamp shop now. The winner of this challenge will receive the full set of new digis and, as a bonus, anyone who enters using one of our own designs will be entered into a draw to win another full set!

As always we hope you will play along with us this week but please remember that you must use a digi stamp although it's not necessary to use a Cardmadfairy one although it would be fantastic to see how you would use our images. Please remember though to only enter the challenge once unless you are using Cardmadfairy images, we will have to delete any extra entries which don't comply with our rules.

Now here are the fabulous cards the team have made for your inspiration:

Carol Ann

Amanda

Sandra

Catherine

Tracey

Sheila

Kevin

Merry

Gillian

Jenni

Canne

Congratulations to our winner of the Lots of layers challenge:

 37. Karen 

 

 and also to the top 3 who are:

 27. Tammy Louise   
 67. Pauline 
 105. Vicki W 

Please contact Jenni at the address on the sidebar for prize details and to collect winner and top 3 badges and thanks again for joining in with our challenge, we hope to see you all playing along again!

Say hello to our new design team members

Thanks to all those who entered out recent DT call, it would have been wonderful to have added all of you to the team but we had to narrow it down to only 3 and the following 3 crafters are the ones the team voted for - a warm welcome to you all!

Watch out for some great guest dt designers over the next few months too :o)

 

Amanda

 Crafty Creations by A.J.

I have been a crafter of one sort or another for as long as I can remember - I guess that I am a Jack of All Trades, Master of None!  Over the years I've done cross stitch, dress making, knitting and am now teaching myself to crochet.  I am qualified in floristry, although this is a hobby for me, not a profession.  I also make mohair and miniature teddy bears and was lucky enough to have been taught this craft by a very talented British bear maker. 

Card making and stamping remains my favourite past time and I have a huge collection of rubber stamps, together with a vast array of digi stamps.  Like many crafters, I am obsessed with buying design papers and could probably open a small shop with the collections I have.  I like to keep my hands and my mind busy so if I'm not checking out the latest craft blogs, I can always be found with some stamping, knitting or sewing very nearby to me!

Kevin

 McCrafty's Cards

Hi I'm Kevin, I am married , I have one grown up son and one step son both no longer at home, we have 4 cats. I started crafting just over 4 years ago when I had to pack up work due to ill health. My wife was an arts and craft teacher so she got me started, I paint I also make salt dough figures, but my favourite is card making, I am completely blind in my left eye so it takes me a bit longer to colour my images and construct my cards but I get a great deal of pleasure creating them.

I am very happy to be joining this talented team and seeing all of your wonderful creations. 

Catherine

Catherine's Handmade Cards

I am married and have a little dog called Tessa (who is not quite as cute as she looks lol...).

I work as an unqualified social worker with adults with learning disabilities.  I am also studying through the Open University for the Social Work degree and have one year left before I can call myself a social worker.

I started card making in 2007 when going through a difficult time in my life and it has grown from there.  I am lucky enough to have a very understanding husband who has not minded me taking over a room in the house as my craft/study room.  Obviously far more craft stuff than study stuff!!!!!  
I would spend every minute of every day crafting if I could, absolutely love it and love the way it can totally de-stress me after a hard day at work....

We'll all be back tomorrow with some fab new Christmas digi stamps and a great new challenge - so please pop back and join in with the fun then.

Challenge 17 - Lots of Layers

We have been delighted this week to see so many fabulous entries to our last challenge and have had fun, and been inspired by, visiting such a variety of  blogs! I just want to remind you that our DT call ends today (Friday 16th), if there is anyone else out there who would like an opportunity to join our fun and friendly team all you need to do to be considered is to send us a link to your blog today.

Look out for our winner and top 3 entries at the end of this post.

Our new theme which is Lots of Layers is sponsored by the wonderful Bugaboo and two of their talented design team have joined us for this challenge - their cards are below.

Tammy is offering our lucky winner a total of 7 of her fun Bugaboo digi stamps

Amy Ely   - from Bugaboo is using a Cardmadfairy image

Jackie Rakoski - from Bugaboo also using a Cardmadfairy image

and here is our own design team inspiration:

Tracey With a Cardmadfairy image

 
Sheila - using a Bugaboo image

 

2 from Carol Ann - using Cardmadfairy images

Sandra -also a Cardmadfairy image

 

Jenni - using a Bugaboo image

Merry - with another one from Bugaboo

Gillian- with a Cardmadfairy image

Canne

We hope you will play along with us this week but please remember that you must use a digi stamp although it's not necessary to use a Cardmadfairy one although it would be fantastic to see how you would use our images. Please remember though to only enter the challenge once unless you are using Cardmadfairy images, we will have to delete any extra entries which don't comply with our rules.

Congratulations to our winner of the last Buttons challenge:

 37. Colette S 

 

 and also to the top 3 who are:

 1. Georgie 
 12. Crofty 
 84. Ruby 

Please contact Jenni at the address on the sidebar for details of prizes and to collect winner and top 3 badges and thanks again for joining in with our challenge, we hope to see you all playing along again!

Challenge 16 - Add flowers

Hello bloggers, we have really enjoyed checking out all of the fabulous entries from the last challenge, the variety  of cards and other projects are, as always, fantastic to see!
Look out for our winner and top 3 entries at the end of this post.

Our theme for this week's challenge is Add Flowers, either as the main theme or as an embellishment - easy peasy!

We hope you will play along with us this week but please remember that you must use a digi stamp although it's not necessary to use a Cardmadfairy one although it would be fantastic to see how you would use our images. Please remember though to only enter the challenge once unless you are using Cardmadfairy images, we will have to delete any extra entries which don't comply with our rules.

These brand new Cardmadfairy digis are the prize for our winner this week

  

Here is some inspiration from the design team
and don't forget we are still looking for new DT members - contact Jenni if you are interested.

Jenni
 

 Tracey

Gillian 

  Carol Ann 

 Sheila

  Sandra  

Canne

     Merry 

Congratulations to our winner of the last Buttons challenge:

12 -  Ruby 2 Shoes  

 

 and also to the top 3 who are:

31 - Arabella  

 39 - Cheryl (Shestamps)  

 25 - Mina 

Please contact Jenni at the address on the sidebar for details of prizes and to collect winner and top 3 badges and thanks again for joining in with our challenge, we hope to see you all playing along again!

DT Call

Just a quick reminder that we are having a DT call at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days, it is open until the 16th of September and we're looking for a minimum of three new members. Everyone will be considered - we're interested in variety of styles and it doesn't matter whether you have had any previous DT experience or not. Just contact us at jenni@cornbank.co.uk and include a link to your blog so we can visit for a peek. You will have to commit to making one project per fortnight and to help promote Cardmadfairy images by entering other challenges with your creations. In return you will receive free images from Cardmadfairy's Creations and occasionally from our sponsors as well.

Bank Holiday special offer

Imogen is my newest digi stamp and she's available to buy now here at the Cardmadfairy challenge blog  and also at Cardmadfairy's Creations , where we are having a special Buy One Get One Free offer this Bank Holiday weekend. For every digi stamp ordered you can choose another one completely free - a real bargain!
Just add the items you want to pay for to your Paypal basket and when you complete the payment process just add the free images you would like in the comments window - easy! If you complete the process and forget to add the free images you want just email me to let me know your preferred free images and I will send them to you. 

Imogen

Challenge 15- Buttons and a DT Call

It was great to see all the fabulous Summer Holiday entries to our last challenge, we  enjoyed popping over to your blogs to have a closer look and leave a comment! Look out for our winner and top 3
entries at the end of this post.

This time our theme is Buttons and our design team have been making some wonderful cards which are sure to inspire, all using Cardmadfairy images which can be found in the Digi Stamp Shop.

For this challenge we are delighted to be sponsored by the fabulous
Hope Jacare  - check out her fabulous digis here!

We are very sad to be losing our teamie Audrey who has been part of the team since the beginning.
She is stepping down for personal reasons, we would like to wish her all the best for the future and we will definitely be keeping up with her around blogland! This leaves a gap in our team and I've decided to have a DT call out for not just 1 but 2 new members for our lovely team here at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days. If you are interested please email Jenni at the address in the sidebar, tell us a bit about yourself and show us your favourite recent project.

 

We hope you will play along with us this week but please remember that you must use a digi stamp although it's not necessary to use a Cardmadfairy one although it would be fantastic to see how you would use our images. Please remember though to only enter the challenge once unless you are using Cardmadfairy images, we will have to delete any extra entries which don't comply with our rules.

 Tracey

Gillian 

Merry 

Carol Ann 

Sheila 

Sandra  

Canne

Jenni

Congratulations to our winner of Summer Holidays challenge:

16. Kim T  

 and also to the top 3 who are:

27. Viv 

 18. Elaine sparklingblackrose  

14. Deonna B 

 

Please contact Jenni at the address on the sidebar for details of prizes and to collect winner and top 3 badges and thanks again for joining in with our challenge, we hope to see you all playing along again!