Archive for the ‘Challenges’ Category
  • VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!  Congratulations to our winners!  Sandra with the Haunted Art Gallery wins the grand prize (Glue Arts package and free month of the challenge) and Alison with the Elephant Wall Hanging wins the blog prize (free month of the challenge). It's time to vote for your favorite!  This month, participants had some great supplies to work with.  Here's a reminder of what was in the package: Special thanks to our sponsor for the month, Glue Arts!   The participant with the ... more »
  • This month's challenge is sponsored by Glue Arts.  They have so many products that are great for all genres of crafting.  The winner for August will receive a prize pack from Glue arts. Some of you that have participated in the challenge before might notice a few changes.  There is a postcard including the rules and a widget on the sidebar to remind you of the due dates, etc... Here is what in the packet this month: I carried a big roll of that printed paper all the way from Italy! ... more »
  • The craft challenge got a new look over the summer and we're ready to get started again!  I think  you'll like what is coming.  You can now purchase your craft challenge packet for August from my shop. I'll be at the Craft & Hobby Trade show all week bringing you reports from the floor on my Facebook page.  If you want to see the latest new releases, head over there and "like" me!   I'll have more in-depth blog posts coming this week as well.  I'll have one of the first looks at the... more »
  • VOTING NOW CLOSED! Congrats to our winner, Bonny and her 3-D Flower. Bonny wins the box FULL of supplies and next month's challenge packet. Our other winner for the blog post is Beth.  You can find her post at The Alcazar Blog.  She wins next month's challenge packet. This month we have so many amazing entries!  You have until July 1st in the evening to get in your votes.  I'll be closing the poll before I go to bed and announcing the winner the next day. To participate in the next ... more »
  • I've been knitting quite a bit on this trip.  I spent a couple hours on this project during our train ride from Venice to Geneva.  I had some licorice, a Coke Zero, and some amazing views. The knitting is pretty easy once the pattern is memorized.  It's definitely not a project for beginners.  But I think any advanced beginner could follow along with the pattern no problem. I've been doing some shopping, too.  This picture gives a hint to one item that will be going in the August cr... more »
  • I leave tomorrow.  I will spend just 2 1/2 days in Venice but I'm going to make the most of it!  There are a few things I want to do for sure when I'm there and those things involve glass and lace. Murano is an outlying island of Venice and is known for its long glass-blowing history.  Now, it is mostly industrial and the artistic glass is mostly for tourists.  I don't care, though.  There are a couple of great museums on the island and some of the factories give tours.  My goal is to t... more »
  • We have our winner for May.  It's Ashley from Cute as a Fox!  She made the robot wall hanging and pulled through with just over 40% of the vote.  She wins a $25 gift certificate to Amazon, courtesy of Toolulu!   She'll also win a free month of the craft challenge. Our second prize winner is Erin from CheapPeeps.  Any of the entries that writes a post about the challenge gets entered into a random drawing.  Erin wins a free month of the challenge as well! This was a really fun month... more »
  • The time has come, my friends, to vote for your favorite!  We had a lot of great entries this month.  You're competing for a $25 gift card to Amazon courtesy of Toolulu. Toolulu is company I own with Deb Averett and we help companies build communities.  We love to help businesses start, grow, and maintain their online presence.  We work with all types of businesses, but the craft/design/diy world is close to our heart and we want to help those businesses succeed.   We take our marketing/... more »
  • Intern Krafty Kash is celebrating her blogiversary all week and is having a slew of giveaways.  If you want to try out this month's craft challenge and win a ton of scrapbooking supplies, you'll want to check out the one sponsored by ChristyNelson.net. [caption id="attachment_3281" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="image copyright the rusted chain"][/caption] I entered the giveaway for The Rusted Chain.  Check out her shop!  She has some really great stuff.  If I win that one, I... more »
  • VOTING IS NOW CLOSED! Congrats to Lisa!  She won with her Rosette pin. It's time to vote!  You are all competing for a $25 gift card to the craft store of your choice and some special goodies from me.  Voting will be open until Friday morning.  At that time, I'll close the poll and declare a winner.  There is still time to purchase your packets for next month!  The deadline for participating in May is Friday, April 30th. Just to remind you what everyone had to work with this month... ... more »
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