Challenge #82 - Any Hero Thank You ...

Happy Monday!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 

"Grandparents Day Challenge" last week.

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

Before we announce the Winners for Challenge #81, I'd like

to announce that we are re-drawing one of the prizes 

from Challenge #79. Rina M directed us to re-draw her prize. 

Thank you Rina M for your generosity.

The Stamping Chef

The Winner of  3 Digital images of your choice is ... # 25

Congratulations!!!  Samantha :o)

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #79 WINNER in the subject line so that we can get
 your prize information sent to you.

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

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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 ... # 9

Congratulations !! Lucy Patrick 

Yours or Mine Paper Crafts

The Winner of a $10.00 Gift Certificate is ... # 3

Congratulations !! Lindyloo 

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #81 WINNER in the subject line so that we can get
 your prize information sent to you.

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

Our TOP 5 PICKS for this week are ..

#6 Deonna B 

#8 Michelle JM 

#2 Dee's Cards 

#7 Ardilla 

#5 Crafting Vicky 

Congratulations!!!

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #81 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 for this weeks
 Any Hero Thank You Challenge
is

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!

This week's PRIZE is ...
Four (4) Sassy Digital Stamps of WINNER's Choice!

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 Carrie Sassy


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
Little Honey Army


Deanne
Canada Honey


Jackie
Jessica Rabbit Sassy


Mian
Sweet Talk Sassy


Michelle
Bubble Gum Sassy


Ruza
Scarecrow Sassy

Sandra
#1 Mom


Susan
Patriotic Pin-Up


Trudy
Little Honey Army


Zenita
Tin Sassy

You may be wondering about this weeks Theme

 ... Any Hero Thank You cards ...

There is a wonderful organization here in the USA called Operation Write Home (OWH) that collects and ships hand made cards to our Troops all over the world. This gives the troops a way to stay connected with their families while they are serving our country. Along with those dozens of boxes of hand made cards OWH includes Any Hero Mail. These are Thank You cards with messages of gratitude and encouragement inside. OWH has created.  Guidelines for card makers to adhere to for the Safety of our Troops.  

I am proud to say that one of our Designers has personally shipped over 150 cards to OWH this year, and continues to design cards with our troops in mind. 

For more information about Operation Write Home and their work make sure you click on the links ... OWH, Guidelines, Any Hero Mail, Deadlines for Shipping, and The Mailroom for shipping out your cards. 

We are now offering the WINNER(s) the opportunity to join us 
as a Guest Designer for a future Challenge! 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

Challenge #81 - Grandparents Day

Happy Monday!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 

"Back to School Challenge" last week.

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

A Huge "Hug" & "Big" Thank You to last weeks Sponsor 

Simply Betty Stamps

The Winner of a $10.00 Gift Certificate is ... # 35

Congratulations Tracey Brossart

Please send an email to Jackie at lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #80 WINNER in the subject line so that we can get your prize information sent to you.

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

Our TOP 5 PICKS for this week are ...

#32 Joey 
#47 Helen
#19 Vickie ODell
#10 Mary C
#30 Jessica 

Congratulations!!!

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #80 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
Grandparent's Day Challenge
are

Bugaboo Stamps

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay ... As if raising five children in the  frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of  papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to  sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of  the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New  Releases and Freebies every week! If your taste runs to rubber (and  you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly  challenges at Catch the Bug. 

This week's PRIZE is ...
Seven (7) Digital Images of WINNER's Choice!

Yours or Mine Paper Crafts

Hello All! My name is Mei. I have only been cardmaking for about 2 years but my tremendous love for it has inspired me to open up my very own online store! Yours or Mine Paper Crafts is a place where you can purchase supplies to create your own projects, or view my gallery for inspiration! We carry brands like ... The Greeting Farm, Penny Black, Spellbinders and many more! All of the brands and products we carry are items I have personally used for my own projects, and I feel are awesome products that you would like as well. It is my pleasure to sponsor this week's challenge at Love to Create with a $10 voucher to my store.

This week's PRIZE is ...

$10.00 Gift Certificate to Your's or Mine Paper Crafts On-line Store!

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

Christine a/k/a Crafty Chris

Hi, my name is Christine a/k/a Crafty Chris from Northern Ireland. I have been making cards since 2008 after watching Create and Craft. It is definitely an addiction, and thankfully a understanding husband who indulges my crafty needs. I enjoy entering in the different challenges and it's such a thrill to win or be in the top 3 - it gives you a great boost, and my family are a great support, and they always luv my cards. I also enjoy knitting, quilting, and occasionally jewelry making. I have 2 dogs and 3 cats and enjoy my gardening.

Christine's beautiful card using Stella/Gus Tidbits - Grumpy


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

NOW for some inspiration by our Amazing Designers!

Amanda
BBrat Big Bow Topper


Chris
Bentley - Grandma's House


Deanne
Stella Person to Annoy


Jackie
Ava & Deacon Love Word

Mei

Ava Fairy Special

Mian
Jack & Diane - Sign It


Michelle
Kidz - Girl with Heart


Ruza
Kidz Girl - Roses

Sandra
Blocks - Hummingbird


Trudy
Love Blocks - Day after Forever


Zenita
Sock Monkey / May / Floral


We are now offering the WINNER(s) the opportunity to join us 
as a Guest Designer for a future Challenge! 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

Challenge #80 - Back to School

Happy Monday!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 

"Fancy Fold Challenge" last week.

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

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

The Stamping Chef

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

# 29

Congratulations Rina M !!!

Eureka Stamps

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

# 16

Congratulations  Pam D !!!

Di's Digi Downloads

The Winner of  the $10.00 Gift Certificate is ...

 #35 

Congratulations CG !!! 

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #79 WINNER in the subject line so that we can get
your prize information sent to you.

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

Our TOP 5 PICKS for this week are ...

#27 Denise vR
#1 Eret 
#34 Macarina
#35 Hazel 
#7  Blossom Cards 

Congratulations!!!

Please send an email to lovetocreatechallenge@gmail.com 

with Challenge #79 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 for this weeks

Back to School Challenge 

is

Simply Betty Stamps

Simply Betty Stamps was born in 2010 when I had to close down my actual store due to my youngest being a premie.  I was home, with a brand new baby and felt so helpless just being home without working.  I knew how to draw and had always wanted to be a stamp designer, but how the heck to get it up and running was something I knew nothing about.  I started blogging, got on my first DT position and learned all about the digi world.  Still didn't know how to go about making digis, as I am totally old school and go paper and pencil all the way!  I had to hire artists that new how to make "clean lines" or "lineart" for digis.  I started my business with other artist rather than drawing myself as again, I had no clue on how to do it.  I started googling and searching the web on how to and here we are three years later.  Most my images are drawn and made up from my own little family, mostly my kids and they are named after them as well.  Moving forward now with a few artists still on board but myself included in the art work as I love nothing more than to sketch something out, "lineart it" print it and color it!  I love what I do, I absolutely love more than anything the dear friends and fans I have and the joy I get from their friendships more than anything!

This week's PRIZE is ...
$10.00 Gift Certificate to the Simply Betty Store!

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

Regan

Hello, my name is Regan aka Charmed Stamping.  I've been paper crafting for about ten years, mainly handmade cards.  My addiction started after hosting a Stampin' Up demo to help my best friend launch her business as a consultant.  And to think I insisted I wasn't the crafty type!  lol

In the years that I have been stamping I've amassed a vast array of stamps, gadgets, gizmos and accessories to assist in my card making.  I love to have all the latest stuff so it's a good thing I have no use for a dining room!  I discovered digital stamps in 2008 and a whole new obsession was born!  It is amazing to see my growth as a paper crafter over the years. To look at my first card now and see how far I've come is pretty cool!  I've also met some lovely people through this wonderful hobby and have many new friends because of it!

As for the rest of it ... I just hit the big 4-0 and I'm a busy, working, single mom to one very handsome (almost) four year old son, who is the love of my life!  We live in New England and share our abode with a feline named Gizmo.  And though my small man has made finding time for stamping more challenging, somehow I still manage to squeeze it in.

Regan's beautiful card using
Zombie Rio from the Zombie Teens Everyday Collection



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

NOW for some inspiration by our Amazing Designers!

Amanda
Mad Scientist from the Teen Scene Back to School 



Chris
Book Worm Rio from Back 2 Skool Emos 



Deanne
Skool Sux Christian Limited Digi 



Jackie
Chalkboard Ali from Jude and the Rockers Playtime 



Christian Locker Mess



Mian
Sporty Lola



Michelle
Artist London from the Teen Scene Back to School



Ruza
Teacher's Pet Betty 

Sandra
Chalkboard Ali from Jude and the Rockers Playtime 



Susan
ABC Oscar from Jude& the Rockers Playtime 



Trudy
Book Pile Miller from Teen Scene Back to School 



Zenita
Mary Potion



We are now offering the WINNER(s) the opportunity to join us 
as a Guest Designer for a future Challenge! 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