Winner - Shaped Card

We thought this would be a hard challenge, but you've all come up trumps with your amazing shaped cards. 

They are all beautiful and different and it was a real struggle to narrow them down to 3.

But our winner this week is ...... Kathy Jo
with her stunning Christmas card. Absolutely gorgeous.

 

Please contact Kerry for your prize.

Also, don't forget to contact us for your winner and runners-up Blinkies too.

Our runners-up this week are....

Kate
with her Christmas Bell

 
Rina M 
with her elegant card.

Well done to you all x
 

Clean and Simple

It's very easy to get carried away when making a card or project. We add a little extra something here and a little extra something there, but sometimes less is definitely more. We'd like you to make something where there is lots of white space or even coloured space as in Jannies design.

Max 3 entries per person

You can use any manual (not electric) die-cutting/embossing machine,
dies or embossing folders to enter our challenges.

Our sponsor this week is  

who are offering a $10 voucher for the winner.

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Here are the design teams projects.

Kim

 

 I've used Stampin Up Oval Designer Frame and a Pink Petticoat image.

Jannie

I used a folder for the background with bones and paws!!!

And I used a sweet little doggie by Digiscrapkits !!

Kerry

 

 I've used Docrafts Lovers Lane (hearts) embossing folder and Memory Box Parker Upper alphabet die.

Deneen

  I used Spellbinders Adorning Squares.
 

Welcome Kim

We are really excited to welcome our new Design team Member - Kim Dear.

We have loved her creations right from the start of Cuttlebug Mania and we look forward to more from 30th July as a member of the DT.

Shortly after my 50^th birthday I was lucky enough to be able to retire to the country in a pretty little village on the edge of the New Forest. It was such a change having lived in a large town and working in London for 26 years. I live with my husband who is also retired and our cat Buddy. I’ve always done little bits of craft but once I started card making it completely took over and I’m lucky enough to have my own craft room and my Cuttlebug always sits beside me while I craft.

Milestone Winners

Thank you all for taking part and leaving your comments about how much you love your Cuttlebug, Big-Shot etc. I think we are all agreed that they add so much to a card or project. Whether you use embossing folders or die-cuts or both, there are so many styles and techniques you can try.

I have used Random.Org to generate our winners and they are -

28 - Dorothy S

21 - PharmacyMichele

 19 -Cathy

Well done to our winners.

Please contact Kerry with your names and addresses and will send a surprise embossing folder to you.

Winner - Fun in the Sun

Sorry everyone, we are a day late with our winner this week.
Thank you for bringing in the sunshine with your Fun in the Sun entries this week.

And don't forget, this is the last day for you to enter the Milestone giveaway.

Our winner this week is Nicole N with her beautiful sunshine yellow card.

Please contact Kerry for your prize.

Also, don't forget to contact us for your winner and runners-up Blinkies too.

Our runners-up are 

Stephanie W with her chilled cat

D~DesignsbyDragonfly
We loved all the embossed details

Milestone!!

Deneen, Kerry and Jannie are so happy and proud to have hit the (over) 100 Followers mark!!!

We are really excited and so happy that you have joined us in our adventure!

Only in March we decided to start this blog and before we knew it, good things happened to us,

a lot of sponsors and a lot of participants!

We still love every bit of it and we would like to say

Because we are so pleased to have reached this milestone, we have decided that 3 lucky winners will each receive a surprise embossing folder!!

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is -

Please leave a comment on this post telling us why you love your

 manual (not electric) die-cutting/embossing machine, dies or embossing folders.

We will pick our 3 lucky winners with Random.org on July 25th.

We will leave this post as a sticky until that date.

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Shaped Card

I'm sure many of us reach for the same card base time after time, so this week it's time to try something different. We'd like you to make a shaped card, not a square or a rectangle but maybe a circle, scalloped or heart shaped. The choice is yours.

Max 3 entries per person

You can use any manual (not electric) die-cutting/embossing machine,
dies or embossing folders to enter our challenges.

Our sponsor this week is Bestcardmaking Downloads who are offering 3 downloads of their choice for the winner.

Here are the design teams shapely projects.

Jannie

I used The Nestabilities shape for the card base

Cuttlebugged with the Swirls folder

Made the flower with the Cuttlebug by Cottage Cutz Potted Flower

Kerry 

I used 3 different embossing folders for my triangle card - Candy Cane, Polka Dots and Holly with Berries. 

Deneen

 I've used Spellbinders Standard Circles Lg., Cuttlebug EF-Herringbone, Tiny Mosaic & Swiss Dots embossing folders.