June challenge

Before we get to our new challenge, we would just like to remind our valued players and any other visitors that it is not appropriate to misuse an email address that has been used to leave a comment on a post.  Unsolicited emails to our design team or anyone  trying to sell a product, service or religion are not acceptable and may be in breach of data protection laws.  Thank you for understanding.

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The June challenge will make you look at onions in a whole new way.
Wondering what I'm talking about? Well, here's our picture.

We want you to use a dome

This means you can have a photo with a dome in it on your layout, or use a dome shaped embellishment or if a card, you can make a snow dome shaker box or something dome shaped on your card.

Here's one I found online

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This challenge blog started with our very first building nearly 7 years ago
This was our first picture, the Doumo in Florence. So we have come full circle!

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We are sponsored this month by Scrapbooking Delights.

Thank you Sandra for your generosity.

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The Design team girls have done their homework or should I say their dome-work!!!

JULENE

BUFFY

DALE

TRISH

BARB

MITZI

LESLIE is absent this month

Our winner for May is Karen Brierley.  Congratulations on a beautiful layout!

May Challenge

Rock Palace, Wadi Dhar

The Dar al-Hajar ( "Stone House" or "Rock Palace") is a former royal palace located in Wadi Dhar about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Sana‘a, Yemen. Built in the 1920s as the summer retreat of Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, ruler of Yemen from 1904 to 1948, it sits on top of a structure built in 1786 for the scholar al-Imam Mansour. The palace stayed in the royal family until the Yemen revolution of 1962. The palace is now a museum. 

Here's a different building for you!

Our challenge this month is to use brown and cream with ecru lace.

Ecru is the creamy colour that you often see on hand made items such as tablecloths and doileys.
Maybe you have some old crochet work that you can use. (Don't cut up family heirlooms)
If not you can dye white lace by soaking it in tea for a while.


We are sponsored this month by Craft Queen. Many thanks to her for this beautiful prize.

Now here is the design teams inspiration for you:

                                                                 TRISH

                                                             
                                                                            DALE

                                                                           BUFFY

                                                                         LESLIE

                                                                                        BARB

                                                                          MITZI

                                                                        JULENE

Our winner for last month was Maureen Wood. Congratulations !

April Challenge

Our April Challenge allows you be inspired by Ancient Egypt.

Think of all things about Egypt: Mummies,heiroglyphics, archaeologists, the Nile, the pyramids,the Sphinx,cats,scarab beetles  and others.

You can do a layout,card,bookmark, tag, off the page item, so long as it is paper!
Don't forget to explain the connection.




Our Design team have been hard at work as usual.
Here are there ideas.

                                                         BUFFY

                                                                DALE

                                                  I have 4 little pyramids (orange triangles). 
Also, the Perth Scorchers have heat/flames as their brand. It's hot in Perth (and in Eygpt).

                                                                TRISH

Pyramid shaped fussy cutting

                                                                    LESLIE

                                                  Leslie made her own heiroglyphic background 

                                                                   BARB

                                      Pyramid shaped die cut under photo and sandy background


                                                                       MITZI

                                                        Mountains look like Pyramids
                                                                    JULENE

Our winner for March is  Maureen Wood. Your prize will be sent out soon.

March Challenge

Your challenge for March is Create your PEACEFUL PLACE layout or a card /tag about PEACE.

Think about a place you have been in reality or in your dreams that represents total peace to you. Our team had a variety of ideas. 
Perhaps you can make a card using the word peace in some way.

You can use symbols for peace such as the dove, feather,colour white  or hand gesture.

Our February winner was Carolyn Haswell.


Our Design Team have made some beautiful ideas to inspire you.

                                                                Dale

                                                                Buffy

Julene

Trish

Mitzi

Leslie

Barb

Now it is over to you to see what you create. Enjoy making your creation!

February Challenge

Our February challenge has 2 parts to it.

You MUST DO BOTH.

Here's the picture and the colours you should use.

So just to qualify this challenge.

 You need to use a flourish plus the colour chart from Chip-it on your project.

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We are sponsored this month by Corbett Creations Wood Veneers.

http://corbettcreationswoodveneers.openstores.com.au/index.html

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Now here's what our DT have prepared for you as inspiration.

                                                   DALE

                                                    TRISH

BUFFY

BARB

LESLIE

JULENE

MITZI

Our winner for January was Sharon Bishop. Congratulations.

We are looking forward to seeing what you can do with this new challenge.

January Challenge

Happy New year everyone!
Welcome to another decade.

Our January challenge looks like this.

Your challenge is BE INSPIRED BY A FAIRY TALE.

We have had this topic before  but it is a popular one.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE.
From January onwards we will no longer accept digital layouts and all work and photos must be your own. (not borrowed pictures from the internet etc.)

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                                                                BUFFY

DALE

BARB

TRISH

JULENE

MITZI

LESLIE

Our winner for December was Leanne Sue Tin. Congratulations Leanne.