Anything Goes with a Twist: Black and Red with Ike's Art

Hi there everyone! I am thrilled to be hosting my first Challenge with Crafting by Designs this week. I've been on the team for a couple of months now and enjoying it immensely, loving the talent in this group of ladies, it is a joy to be here. And this week we have one of my favourite artist's sponsoring us, Ike of Ike's Art.

This week's challenge is a Colour Challenge and we are looking for you to create something primarily Red and Black in colour. You can, of course, use neutrals - white, kraft, skin tones. We would like if you limited your use of other colours but as long as your project is mainly red and black and you follow the other challenge rules,  you could win a $15 gift certificate
 from our fabulous sponsor.  We'd also love you to check out their new challenge blog

 

Before I show you the inspiration from the team, can I invite you to join us on our Facebook page if you haven't already found us, come and hit 'Like' and we will keep you up to date with the Crafting by Designs team and hopefully have more inspiration there to help you get crafting!

Now without further ado here are the inspirational projects from the Crafting by Designs team using images from Ike's Art. You can visit the lovely ladies' blogs and leave them some love too and don't forget to link up your creations below.  Thanks! Mo xxx

Maureen using 'Honey'

Bev using "Geranium Pot"

Doris using Geranium Pot

Rene using Greek Window

Rene using Vaguely Goth

Sharon using Vintage Car

Julia using Poe Bust

New Design Team member for Crafting by Designs

Hi everyone, Doris here to introduce you to another new member of the

Crafting by Designs Team - say hello to Beverly Cole!

I am a paper crafter who has always had an interest in color and design, especially in nature. Painting with watercolor or oils, using color makes me happy. However, it's more fun when done with some company. That's the reason I teach paper crafting classes and help out at our local community card making club.

I make my home is central Florida, where I live with my husband George and out two cats, Tinker and Nick. I have three terrific daughters and five adorable grands. They live up north…I miss them!

Be sure to check out Bev's wonderful blog

artsystamper 

and her brand new project in our next challenge!

Saturday Spotlight #18

Hello Everyone!

It is that time of the week again!

 

Congratulations to all of you who entered the

Anything Goes with 2 Sponsors challenge! 

We were totally overwhelmed with 292 excellent entries.

The variety of projects were outstanding!

It was really so much fun to visit all your blogs!

I want to give a shout-out to Gail Scott!

Wow, you were by far the busiest of all the busy bees!

Thank you to all our regular entrants, we really appreciate your support!

It is always great to see new faces too!

 

 

I'm keeping to this format - seems that you like it this way!

With the large number of entries, there are extra spotlights today.
The list of runner-ups is also a bit longer than usual!

 

Making the final decisions took more time as you can imagine.

I really hope it was worth the wait!

 

 After much deliberation, I decided not to split things up.

 

 

 The first spotlight falls on #51 Karen McAlpine

 

 

Your description is apt : Happy Holiday Birds! These 2 little tweeties really look blissful!

This was a DT Favourite! Pretty colour combo! Your close-ups are lovely!

 

 

 

The second spotlight falls on #29 Tabbatha S

 

 

 

 Loved your colours and textures! A next birthday can sometimes be scary!

 

 

 

The third spotlight falls on #151 Kalysto

 

 

What a vibrant card!! Your poppies are just gorgeous, they look alive!

 

The fourth spotlight falls on #77 Elena F

 

 

This is such an amazing creation, so much little details creating a total picture!

And all of this on a bag! Great photos!

 

 

 

The fifth spotlight falls on #120 Valerie W

 Your card is so eye-catching, the doodling such an effective and clever way to frame the image! 

 

 

 

The sixth spotlight falls on #268 Cheryl (Shestamps)

 

 

We just loved the rustic feel of this beautiful Christmas card!

 

 

 

The seventh spotlight falls on #214 Renata

 

 

 Wow, this is excellent! So much construction work! The chocolates look divine too!

 

 

 

  

The runner-ups in numerical order:

 

 #12 Karen O - This is such a fun card!
#18 Ruthie Lopez - You really put so much work into this creation!

#34 Trollkatta - Your card is really beautiful with all the folds and detail! 

#48 Gale - what a sweet little card!

#61 Tracey Brossart - A super Christmas creation! Excellent photography!

#97 Emma R - A lovely card fit for a princess of any age!

#107 Shery R - This was my pick! I loved the simplicity of the cards, the striking sketch!

#128 Tip Top - Your card cannot be missed! Beautiful colours!

#136 KT Fit Kitty - The bulldog really put a smile to my face! Great colours!

#148 Michele a la carte - Love the blues and browns on this excellent card!

#159 Hazel - Your card is so striking! I love the monotone!

#172 Dawn Frost - Wonderful colours and such a funky image!

#177 Daniele - What a pretty and ultra-feminine creation!

#183 ellapu - This is one of the creepiest creations I've seen in a long time;

you did an excellent job with all the detail!

#188 Julie P - A mouthwatering project! Such sweet tags on your yummy looking biscuits!

#193 Wenche - Your box is really so pretty!! Lovely colours and detail! The team loved it!

#227 Sue U - A girl can never have too many shoes! Like the colours!

#262 Kerry Hocking - Cute ladybug card!!

#274 Cathy - Your image is so sweet, one can hear the music!

#278  Carol Gill - There is such pretty detail in your cute baby card!

#285 Zlatina Tasheva - Wow, this is beautiful, the purple & green so fabulous together! 

  

 

 

Congratulations to all of you!!!

Thank you for making it so difficult to pick just a few.

There were really so many beautiful entries!

 

 

Take some time to visit the blogs of everyone in the spotlight! You will be inspired!

 

Please make sure that you link only your blog post, not your blog,

as well as linking back to the challenge! 

We can only spotlight you if you link back to us in your post

If there is a twist, we spotlight only those that followed the twist and mentioned it in their link or post.

 

 

If you are one of our favourites, grab your badge here:

 

 

 

Don't forget about our current challenge:

 Anything Goes Purple and Orange with Lacy Sunshine!

We always love to see all kinds of creative projects!

 

 

And you never know, the Spotlight might be on you next week!

 

 

Hugs

Rene

PS. Like our Facebook Page & follow us on Pinterest!
Link your spotlight creations!
We would love to share your creativity!
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Please Note: 

Saturday Spotlight is a Just for Fun way of giving recognition to our loyal entrants/followers

Winner's for Anything Goes with 2 Sponsors

Hello Crafty Friends.  The Crafting by Designs team was overjoyed and very appreciative of the response for this challenge.  We hit a new record with 292 entries.  We can't thank you enough for your support.

So on to some winners.  

Our 1st sponsor was:

 The Paper Shelter 

With a wonderful gift of $20 worth of images

for one of our winners.

and the random winner is:

Generate a random number between and  = 195

195 is Delphine 

Our 2nd Sponsor this week was 

Big Heads Stamps

and the random winner is:

Generate a random number between and  = 212

212 is:

Kami-Koneko 

Congratulations to both of our lucky winners.  You should be receiving an e-mail soon with instructions on claiming your prize.  

Thanks again to everyone that played along this week and we hope to see more of your creations in the future. 

Anything Goes Purple and Orange with Lacy Sunshine!

Hello Everyone, Rene here!


My chance to challenge you this week!

I've decided to throw in a little twist, a colour challenge.

The colours that I've chosen are my 2 of my favourites:  Purple and Orange.

Today, we are mixing the 2! And did we have fun!

Here are the colours you can use:

(created using colourcombos.com)

You can use any shade of orange and any shade of purple.

You can mix it with neutrals, like black, white, kraft & cream in any amount.

Silver & gold & copper can also be used.

Other colours? If you have to, but only one other colour in a very small amount.
Your image can be coloured as you like if it is a human or doll or similar.

Only creations following the challenge and rules will be eligible for the prize & spotlight.
And you can create anything, as long as there is purple and orange somewhere!

Most important, have fun!

Oh, do visit our Facebook Page where we'll add some more creations during the week.

 A special welcome and thank you to our sponsor this week!

Here is what the team did with the fabulous images from our sponsor Lacy Sunshine:

Maureen using Myra Mains

Doris using Candi Corn Sticky Wings

Sharon using Elenor and the Mad Scientist

Rene using Nicolosia Venice City...City Girl

Julia using Bubbles Halloween

Tammy used  Elenor and the Mad Scientist

Jessie using Flower Pot Pretties - Peony

Now it's up to you. We cannot wait to see what you create!

Saturday Spotlight #17

Hello Everyone!

It is that time of the week again!

 

Congratulations to all of you who entered the

Anything Goes with a twist: Ribbon and Lace with Kenny K challenge! 

We had 60 outstanding entries.

You impressed us with your lovely projects!

It was really so much fun to visit all your blogs!

Thank you to all our regular entrants, we really appreciate your support!
It is always great to see new faces too!

 

 

I'm doing the same as last week - we had such positive feedback!

The challenge had a twist: Ribbon and Lace.

Some used only ribbon, a few only lace, most both.

 

 After much deliberation, I decided not to split things up.

 

 The first spotlight falls on #38 Lorianna:

 

 

This is such a sweet image! Your bright bow is just a perfect addition!

Great colours & composition.

 

 

 

The second spotlight falls on #16 Julie Gleeson

 

 

 This is so pretty & feminine! Wonderful image you used, your colouring is lovely!

 

 

 

The third spotlight falls on: #44 Kim T

 

 Love the Ivory on Ivory and the lace created with die-cuts & embossing!

I'm sure the recipients were delighted!

 

 

The fourth spotlight falls on #52 Annie

 

 

This is so striking, the reds so vibrant!

We love it that you used an image from the sponsor! 

 

 

The fifth spotlight falls on #33 Amy

 

 

 This is my pick. I just loved the simplicity and soft colours.
The way you used the sketch is great, the end result perfect!

 

 

The runner-ups in numerical order:

#3 Katie Tate - Your card is so cute, like looking through a window!

#7 NancyD - What a darling little ballerina!

#12 Artsystamper - Such a clever way to use ribbon on a boy card!

#14 Natalie Z - A team favourite! This is really a fabulous tag!

# 19 Melin - Beautiful eye catching Vintage creation! 

#39 Sanja Grdnic - Lace and weddings goes together - your creation captures it perfectly!

#43 Angelique - We just loved the soft, muted colours, very pretty!

#56 Kim - The super bow makes this card stand out!

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to all of you!!!

Thank you for making it so difficult to pick just a few.

There were really so many beautiful entries!

Oh, and let us know what you think of the format we did it today.

 

 

Take some time to visit the blogs of everyone in the spotlight! You will be inspired!

 

Please make sure that you link only your blog post, not your blog,

as well as linking back to the challenge! 

We can only spotlight you if you link back to us in your post

If there is a twist, we spotlight only those that followed the twist and mentioned it in their link or post.

 

 

If you are one of our favourites, grab your badge here:

 

 

 

Don't forget about our current challenge:

 Anything Goes with 2 Sponsors!

We always love to see all kinds of creative projects!

 

 

And you never know, the Spotlight might be on you next week!

 

 

Hugs

Rene

PS. Like our Facebook Page & follow us on Pinterest!
Link your spotlight creations!
We would love to share your creativity!
.

Please Note: 

Saturday Spotlight is a Just for Fun way of giving recognition to our loyal entrants/followers

We have a winner - Ribbon or Lace

Hi everyone, Doris here with the winner of our

Anything Goes with a Twist: Ribbon or Lace challenge

sponsored by KennyK Downloads

 

 

True Random Number Generator

Min:Max:

Result:9

 

Our winner is Ria from

 Purplelicious Kingdom

 

Ria, I'm sending you an email about claiming your prize

from KennyK Downloads

Thanks to our wonderful sponsor and everyone who

played along with us.  Be sure to check out this

week's challenge with 2 great new sponsors!

 

Anything Goes with 2 Sponsors

Anything Goes Challenge

October 16 - 22nd, 2013.

Hello everyone,  we are so lucky to have two new sponsors for this weeks challenge and that means two winners! 

We're thrilled to welcome our first sponsor for this week
 The Paper Shelter 

With a wonderful gift of $20 worth of images

for one of our winners.

The Paper Shelter gifted the design team three
wonderful images to create with, take a look: 

Tammy used A Great Harvest

Gemma used Mischievous kitten

Maureen used Japanese Doll

Lisa used A Great Harvest

Doris used Japanese Doll

 Julia used A Great Harvest

 Rene used Pattisier in Distress

We're also thrilled to welcome our second new sponsor this week
Big Heads Stamps

Our design team had a blast working
with these images too:

Maureen used 'Luc'

Tammy used Monique

Doris used Isabelle

 Sharon used  Celine

 Julia used Isabelle

 Jessie used  Lucille

 

 Rene used Odette

 

And finally, we're honored to have two Guest Design Team Members join us this week, and they also created projects using
Big Heads Stamps.

from Angelie Gudka using Claudine

From Beverly Cole using Gerard
I am so honored to be a Guest Designer! I live in Florida, where I teach technique classes for card-making. I also run challenges at our community card making club. I am married to George and have 3 daughters and 5 grandkids, all up north...I miss them!
 

Now it's your turn to create and share.  We ask that you link your blog entries back here to the Crafting by Designs Blog. 

 

Enter you creation below.