Challenge #88 ~ Artist Trading Card

Happy Monday!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 

"Sketch Challenge" last week.

We had a fantastic turnout with so many amazing submissions showcasing your interpretations of our Sketch! The team and I had an awesome time visiting your blogs to see your creativity in action! Fabulous Job!!!

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Once again I would like the Thank all of the Designers who sent in their application to join our Love to Create Design Team. Today it gives me great pleasure to introduce our Newest Designers to you.

Hi, my name is Lorraine. I live in Cumbria, England with my life partner and two almost grown children. Being a relative newbie to crafting - almost 5 years since I bought my first stamp. I have found that stamping is my most favorite thing to do: from choosing the stamp, how I am going to colour it, cut it or punch it, and then layer, emboss or accessories it. I just love stamping. I stamp cards and scrap-booking pages, mini books and anything else I can get my hands on. I decided to apply for being a design team member to help me challenge myself to progress with my crafting: when you work together in a group like that the ideas seem to just bounce around brilliantly and you feel empowered to try things you might not have done!

Hi, I'm Maureen. I'm a stay at home mum of 4 children and I've been married for over 13-years now. I've always been arty and crafty, and have a higher in Art and Design, but after school I dabbled in several jobs before gaining a degree in Adult Nursing. However, hubby is studying at the moment and being at home with the kids means I have a bit more time to get crafting! I'm a card maker at heart but also enjoy home decor projects and have started experimenting with altered art. I'm so excited to be joining the Love to Create team and look forward to working with you all and helping inspire the challenge entrants. 

These ladies are busy working on projects to inspire you, and they will be joining us for Challenge #90 on November 4th. Please join us in Welcoming these ladies to our Design Team.

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A Huge "Big" Thank You to last weeks Sponsors 

Sassy Studio Designs

The Winner of 4 Sassy images of your choice is ... # 4

Congratulations!!  Granne

Fresh Brewed Designs

The Winner of 3 Digital images of your choice is ... # 9

Congratulations !! Leeann

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #87 WINNER in the subject line so that we can get your prize information sent to you.

You have until November 4th to claim your prize!

Our NEW Winner's Badge will be emailed to you with the prize information.

Our TOP 5 PICKS for this week are ...

#5 Deonna B

#6 Greg 
#11 Mirella

#18 Julie 

#2 Kapree 

Congratulations!!!

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #87 TOP 5 in the subject line so that we can send you
our NEW TOP 5 Badge.

A BIG HUGE Thank You to everyone who played along with us last week!

You are ALL Winners in our eyes!!!

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Our Fabulous Sponsors for this weeks
Artist Trading Card (ATC) Challenge are

A Day for Daisies

A Day for Daisies provides themed categories of over 1,000 digital illustrations, including fairy tales and magical mermaids, cute kids, vintage illustrations, sentiments and lovely designs for all occasions.

Offering a $12.00 Gift Certificate to the Winner!

Di's Digi Downloads

Offering a $10.00 Gift Certificate to the Winner!

Please join us in Welcoming our Guest Designer this week!!

Laila

My name is Laila, I'm a 26 year old girl from Norway :) 

I live in a small area in the south-east region, enjoying the mountains, the sea and the forest. 

I started crafting (scrapbook-albums) 8 years ago, and found my way into folding, stamping and cards as my curiosity got bigger. I now make primarily cards, with some albums now and then, and I love it! Style-wise, I lean towards bright colours and contrasts, as well as my beloved Steampunk. Making a lot of steampunk means my favorite stamp-creators are amongst others KennyK, Simply Betty Stamps, and SweetPea. Other beloved brands are DCWV, Graphic 45, Prima, Lindy's Stamp Gang and Dusty Attic. 

Laila's beautiful ATC using ADFD Creepy Mushrooms
 

Please stop by Laila's Blog to see all of her fabulous designs,
and leave her some love!

NOW for some inspiration by our Amazing Designers!

Amanda
ADFD A Chubby Fairy Dream


Chris
ADFD Little Miss Giraffe


Deanne
ADFD Pretty Witch


Jackie
ADFD Daisy Girl


Mei
ADFD Love Angel


Mian
ADFD Tower of Gifts


Michelle
ADFD Pearls in my Hair


Ruza
ADFD Booktime

Sandra
ADFD Skirt of Flowers


Susan
ADFD Poinsettia Bloom


Trudy
ADFD Christmas Poinsettia


Zenita
ADFD Batgirl


Our Guest Designer spots are presently filled through the end of 2013.
We are starting a waiting list for 2014.
WINNERS & NON-WINNERS please send an e-mail to ...
lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com
if you are interested! Good Luck!!!

To play along with this weeks Challenge PLEASE post a direct LINK to your blog post of the card/project using the INKLINKZ below, and LINK back to our Challenge from your Blog. You can join in as many other challenges as you like along with our challenge. However, you can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of three (3) times per Challenge.

Please DO NOT back-link to cards/projects that you have previously posted!

We hope you will join us this week!!!
Crafty Hugs' ... Love to Create Design Team

An InLinkz Link-up

Challenge #87 ~ Sketch

Happy Monday!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 

"Breast Cancer Awareness Challenge" last week.

We had a fantastic turnout with so many amazing submissions showcasing your Breast Cancer Awareness / Pink projects! The team and I had an awesome time visiting your blogs to see your creativity in action! Fabulous Job!!!

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Love to Create Challenge Design Team Call is Now Closed

A BIG Thanks You goes out to all of the Designers who 

submitted their applications.

Stay tuned for the Announcement of the NEW Designers joining our Team

to inspire you on a weekly basis!

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A Huge "Big" Thank You to last weeks Sponsors

Eureka Stamps

The Winner of 5 Digital Stamps of your choice is ... # 27

Congratulations!! Natasha Marr

StampArt Design by Kathryne

The Winner of 5 Digital images of your choice is ... # 7

Congratulations!!  Mimi 

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #86 WINNER in the subject line so that we can get your prize information sent to you.

You have until October 28th to claim your prize!

Our NEW Winner's Badge will be emailed to you with the prize information.

Our TOP 5 PICKS for this week are ...

#2 Crafty Chris 
#8 Amy A
#26 D ~ Designs by Dragonfly
#15 Sarah M
#11 KReN

Congratulations!!!

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #86 TOP 5 in the subject line so that we can send you
our NEW TOP 5 Badge.

A BIG HUGE Thank You to everyone who played along with us last week!

You are ALL Winners in our eyes!!!

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Our Fabulous Sponsor(s) for this weeks
Color Inspired Challenge are

Sassy Studio Designs

Sassy Studio Designs is a fresh new company. We have been designing and selling for 4 years now, and we have been kindly received into the community of digi stampers and crafters. I started designing images shortly after I started stamping, reason being ... I didn't hardly like anything else out there I was a young adult woman at the time I was engaged, had no kids, I wanted fun sexy images that I would enjoy using and my friends and hubby would enjoy receiving. I designed images for 2 other digi stamp companies when my wonderful hubby kept trying to get me to go out on my own. So in June 2009 thanks to the few faithful followers I had, Sassy Studio Designs was born!  It has been a wonderful journey starting my own store. We have just grown so much these past months. I still try to keep Lindsay Dyer: keep with my original philosophy and reason for designing stamps, make them fun and keep them sassy...and yes sometimes even sexy!

Offering four (4) Sassy Digital Stamps of WINNER's Choice.

Fresh Brewed Designs

Hello! I am  Heather, the artist and owner of Fresh Brewed Designs. I'm the wife of an amazing husband and mother of two sweet and talented kids. I home school my children. I  LOVE coffee, creating and chatting with my friends. Fresh Brewed Designs is an online shop that I opened in November 2010. We sell a wide variety of rubber and digital stamps that grows daily. We have a digi release once (sometimes more) a month as well as our monthly rubber release and blog hops. At Fresh Brewed Designs we always have a fresh pot of  creativity brewing. So stop by and join us for a cuppa whenever you want! 

Offering three (3) Digital Stamps of WINNER's choice!

Time to share our Sketch with you ...


Please join us in Welcoming our Guest Designer this week!!

Judy

For many years I made cross stitched cards and small projects (one nighters) until late 2007 when I gingerly transferred to card making. It was some time before stamping took hold but once it did WOW there no stopping me, I just love it! I had silently followed the blogs avidly but only plucked up the courage to form my own blog in February 2011! It was so scary hitting ‘publish’for the first time, but now I wonder why I did not do this before. I feel I have come such a long way, am now on two Design Teams, and also am enjoying doing commissions for Papercrafts Essentials magazine, the first of which was Published in February 2013. It is a great hobby, and one that is definitely a pleasure to share. Do feel free to drop by and say hello on http://inkypinkydelights.blogspot.com/.

Judy's beautiful card
using Sassy Studio Designs Once Upon a Time Pirate Penny




Please stop by Judy's Blog to see all of her fabulous designs,
and leave her some love!

NOW for some inspiration by our Amazing Designers!

Amanda
Sassy Studio Designs Frankenstein Zombie


Chris
Sassy Studio Designs Beach Resort Sassy


Deanne
Fresh Brewed Corny Family


Jackie
Sassy Studio Design Phantom of the Opera


Fresh Brewed Dr. Corn Mad Scientist


Mei
Sassy Studio Designs France Honey


Fresh Brewed So Happy Happy Meal


Mian
Sassy Studio Designs Sassy Witch


Michelle
Sassy Studio Designs Masquerade 1 (retired)


Ruza
Sassy Studio Designs France Honey

Sandra
Sassy Studio Designs Sassy Witch


Susan
Fresh Brewed Cookies for Santa


Trudy
Sassy Studio Sassy Witch 

Zenita
Sassy Studio Designs Jazzercize Sassy


Our Guest Designer spots are presently filled through the end of 2013.
We are starting a waiting list for 2014.
WINNERS & NON-WINNERS please send an e-mail to ...
lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com
if you are interested! Good Luck!!!

To play along with this weeks Challenge PLEASE SHARE our Sketch, post a direct LINK to your blog post of the card/project using the INKLINKZ below, and LINK back to our Challenge from your Blog. You can join in as many other challenges as you like along with our challenge. However, you can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of three (3) times per Challenge.

Please DO NOT back-link to cards/projects that you have previously posted!

We hope you will join us this week!!!
Crafty Hugs' ... Love to Create Design Team

Challenge #86 ~ Breast Cancer Awareness

Happy Monday!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 

"Candy Inspired Challenge" last week.

We had a fantastic turnout with so many amazing submissions showcasing the your Projects and Candy Inspired Photos! The team and I had an awesome time visiting your blogs to see your creativity in action! Fabulous Job!!!

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Love to Create Challenge

Design Team Call Extended

Would you like to be a part of our Amazing Design Team? 

Love to Create is a weekly Challenge Blog that uses Sponsor Images

 to create with, and inspire our followers!! 

We are looking for a few NEW Designers to join our Design Team

beginning in November.

It will be a six (6) month term with a project due every week, 

and your project will be shared on our blog weekly

for our Monday Challenges.

If you can commit to six (6) months, have good photography skills, 

and love to work with a variety of artist images 

then send the following information via email to ...

lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com

Put Design Team Call in the Subject Line

Your Name

Blog Address

Include a short summary of why you think you would be

a good fit for the Design Team.

Design Team Call Applications will be accepted

through 11:50 PM CST on September 29th October 13th.

The NEW Designers will be introduced on Monday, October 7th 21st.

Design Team term is from November 1, 2013 thru April 30, 2014

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A Huge "Big" Thank You to last weeks Sponsor(s)

Bugaboo Stamps

The Winner of 7 Digital images of your choice is ... # 22

Congratulation!! Jessie L

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #85 WINNER in the subject line so that we can get your prize information sent to you.

You have until  October 21, 2013 to claim your prize!

Our NEW Winner's Badge will be emailed to you with the prize information.

Our TOP 5 PICKS for this week are ...

# 21 Kate Tate
#1 Gro 
#3 Ria
#24 Paula Jennings
#9 Joey

Congratulations!!!

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #85 TOP 5 in the subject line so that we can send you
our NEW TOP 5 Badge.

A BIG HUGE Thank You to everyone who played along with us last week!

You  ALL are Winners in our eyes!!!

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Our Fabulous Sponsor(s) for this weeks
 Breast Cancer Awareness Challenge
(pink/support)
are

Eureka Stamps

Eureka Rubber Stamps offers some wonderful hand calligraphy verses, beautiful large alphabet letters and backgrounds perfect to use as monograms or to compliment your verses and greetings, fine art animals, whimsical valentine characters, and lots of cute Christmas and birthday stamps for cat and dog lovers. Join us on facebook and receive some fun specials not available to everyone. And, make sure you visit our blog!! Eureka Stamps offers both digital stamps and unmounted red rubber stamps. 

Offering 5 Digital images of WINNER's Choice!

StampArt Design by Kathryne

StampArt Design by Kathryne© is a digital stamp collection created exclusively for Whimsy Stamps, showcasing a range of styles from delightful animated drawings to captivating wildlife portrayals. With this variety, you can choose the perfect image for any project!

Offering 5 Digital images of WINNER's Choice!

Please join us in Welcoming our Guest Designer this week!!

Carla

My name is Carla Suto.  I live in Birmingham, Alabama with my husband and our two senior kitties. I am "retired" for now after working for over 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry.  I've been a crafter all my life, but I was introduced to card making and paper crafting about 6 years ago and the rest is history!  I am totally hooked!  I am a confessed patterned paper addict and I also love to color with my Copics. I am very excited to be a Guest Designer for the Love To Create Challenge this week.

Carla's beautiful card using Eureka digi56701 Ribbon Angel



Please stop by Carla's Blog to see all of her fabulous designs,
and leave her some love!

NOW for some inspiration by our Amazing Designers!

Amanda
Eureka digi1602 Fine Art Rose


Chris
Eureka digi5903(412) Best Friends


Deanne
StampArt Design Little Bear This is a Hug


Jackie
StampArt Design Butterfly Friends

Mei
Eureka digi14303(470) Party Poopers


Mian
StampArt Design Sapphire


Michelle
StampArt Design Gracie


Ruza
StampArt Design Elphie the Elephant

Sandra
Eureka digi9206 Mixed Bouquet


Susan
Eureka digi19401 Not a Day


Trudy
Eureka digi32502 Before I Formed You


Zenita
Eureka digi15601 Cross with Rose


Our Guest Designer spots are presently filled through the end of 2013.
We are starting a waiting list for 2014.
WINNERS & NON-WINNERS please send an e-mail to ...
lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com
if you are interested! Good Luck!!!

To play along with this weeks Challenge PLEASE post a direct LINK to your blog post of the card/project using the INKLINKZ below, and LINK back to our Challenge from your Blog. You can join in as many other challenges as you like along with our challenge. However, you can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of three (3) times per Challenge.

Please DO NOT back-link to cards/projects that you have previously posted!

We hope you will join us this week!!!
Crafty Hugs' ... Love to Create Design Team