WINNER! and a challenge

So, July arrived, and the time has flown by! Where did the last week go to? I don't know.

First, a

HUGE

congratulations goes out to our fellow Duke Design Diva for winning this awesome prize! (just scroll down the page a bit, you'll find it....)

Check out her winning comment:




Seriously. It doesn't get more inspirational than that comment. You deserve it Angela :)

NOW

July's challenge is going to be exactly that - challenging.... and also simple.

I'm not going to place too much pressure on you this month. Just this -

Make a card that uses the 'emboss resist' technique.

I've never used this technique before (still not quite sure exactly what it all entails).

That's it. The rest is up to you. Colour, design, etc. Free reign!

Have a great time getting crafty! Can't wait to see your creations!

June's Challenge!

Hey girls! Summer has arrived in all its hot, sweaty glory and, although it's
only just June now, we've already been busy in the sprinkler, eating lots
of ice cream and slathering on the sunscreen. Wow! If this keeps up, I can't
imagine what August is going to be like!

I'm not sure how many of you know, but the first Sunday in June is
National Cancer Survivors Day, and I thought this would be
a wonderful celebration to base our monthly challenge around.
So, you have until June 30th to create a card that:

1.) is for someone who has been affected by cancer
(this can be directly or indirectly)

2.) Includes ribbon
(as various organizations have adopted different colour
ribbons to raise awareness. See http://www.rainbowofhopecanada.ca/
for a list of various cancers and their corresponding colours)


3. ) Is not a standard 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 single fold card
(just to shake things up and make y'all think outside the box!)

Well, that's it. I hope you have fun creating and may these
particular cards send out big blessings to their recipients!

Have a fantastic June everyone!

Wild Wing

This is another post that has nothing at all to do with our monthly challenge but everything to do with the Dukes.

A couple of weeks ago I was at the amazingly awesome restaurant Wild Wing enjoying some deliciously fantastic chicken wings. They had updated their menu since my last visit and I noted that one of the new chicken wing flavours (there are 101 in total) was related to our beloved Dukes of Hazzard.

Check it out...


In case you missed that, here's a close up...


I didn't try this new flavour (I stuck with my favourite "Sweet Escape") but if you are ever near one of these superb restaurants, you need to check it out. You can thank me later.

May's Challenge

Hello fellow scrappers and stampers!
Are y'all ready for another Hazzard County Card Challenge?

Last month was a blast.
Angela did a great job issuing her challenge for April.

And all of the submissions were a-maz-ing.

Your challenge for May, if you choose to accept it, is the following:

Make a card using the colour combo of Yellow, Grey and White.
And, to keep things interesting you must use the 'paper piercing' technique somewhere on the card.

That's it.

Let's kick the tires and light the fires!

April's Challenge!

April....oh how I love this month!!

The arrival of spring, rejoicing in Easter, and my

handsome farmer husband's birthday!!

I thought since April brings the celebration
of so much NEW LIFE, it would be fitting for
our challenge this month to create a baby card.
So here's dealy-o, keeping in mind all things fresh,
new, cute and roly-poly!

Create a CIRCLE-shaped card,
using a NEW (to you) product or embellishment
that you haven't opened yet (you know the
pretty things that you hoard and just look at,
because they are so gorgeous...USE THEM!!),
for a sweet little BABE (anything goes: think 'Congrats
on your bun in the oven', an infant baptism,
new baby, adoption, or 1st birthday card).

So there you go. You have until April 30th to
post your creation. Go and get crafty!!

Feel free to use this 'Mr. Linky' widget to link to your blog...

March Madness from Angela

So here's my card for this month...
Talk about a challenge!! This card definitely
went through some serious re-working before
I was happy with the finished product.

You can't really tell in the picture, but
the hearts that are stamped on the kraft
paper have a subtle, glittery finish due to
two-steppin' with some Versamark 'Dazzle'
before I inked them up with the Pale Plum.
Obviously, the colours are purples and greens
and it is a birthday card...I missed a couple
birthdays while I was out West and so the
inside reads "Sorry I'm late. Happy Birthday!"
For all the card details, you can visit The Scrapyard.

This was a great challenge - totally had to don
my thinking cap for this one :) Thanks Marnie!!
I'm having a blast playing along with you gals - so
stay tuned for April's challenge, coming on Thursday!

Marnie's March Madness

I had a good time making this month's card. I pondered for a while, sat down and sketched out my idea, and then set to work. This is the result:

This is a 3" x 6" card. I embossed the flowers in the lower right-hand side of the card in green, two-step stamped the butterfly with two other shades of green, cut it out and popped it up on the card with dimensionals. Then I highlighted the flight pattern of the butterfly with some green 'bling' on the purple cardstock base. Simple little birthday card.