January 2023: Winner of Challenge #107

Welcome to the Winner's Post 

for January

Firstly a very big THANK YOU to all who take time to enter our monthly challenges.

Every month one winner will be picked using a random number generator and a sponsored prize will be won.

In addition winners will be chosen on merit (DT Favourites) and all equally placed. Each winner will have been chosen by a DT member.

January 2023 Winner 

We had 217 fabulous January entries 

and the 

Random Winner 

of 2 digis from Hetty Clare Art

is 

#129 Vannessa

Please Take Your Badge from the Side Bar or the tab above 

Contact Carole at cardsgaloreencore@yahoo.co.uk to claim your prize. 

Please claim your prize within 10 days. 

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Design Team Favourites for January

These favourites are listed in the numerical order.

Please Take Your DT Favourite Badge from the Side Bar 

Ileana choose #16 Diane Louise 

Image and little stamps around home are wonderful! I love eclipse technique.

Sari choose #20 Lisa J

Love the elegant reindeer -image and the winter scene is so pretty. Beautiful coloring and details using white pen and glitter.

Lorraine choose #98 My Artsy Day 

A stunning shaker card, I loved the beautiful colours and pretty floral design.

Carole chose #111 Michelle

Michelle's card is a fabulous creation. I love the layering with papers, dies and handmade paper flowers in beautiful teal colours.

Koyel chose #118 Olive Farm Crafts

Love the background and the digi stamp.

Danuta chose #144 Olive Farm Crafts 

I love the circle shape and the added hearts. Beautifully colored image. The whole creates a loving energy.

Dagmara chose #159 Crafting Stellalena 

I was struck by her gorgeous coloring and digi choice.

Helen chose #183 Linda 

Great colouring and I love the papers she has used too x

Andree chose #190 Bridget at Curly Bear Crafts

A beautifully eye-catching card with gorgeous colours and wonderful metallic touches. Lovely layered flowers on a stunning, framed background finished with pretty gems.

Don't forget that the new challenge starts tomorrow.

January 2023: Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #107

     

Hello!

A very warm welcome to our January 2023 challenge. 

We would like to wish you all a Happy New Year. May the new year bring you joy, peace and happiness.

Here at Crafts Galore Encore the theme is always 

Anything Goes 

and you can enter up to 3 different projects.

The challenge ends on the 30th January at mid-day GMT.

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Thank you to everyone who took time to join our December challenge. It's a crazy, busy time of the year and we had some amazing entries. It is always a pleasure to visit your blogs and see what you've been creating. 

Are you a December winner?

Check here and, if you are a winner and/or a DT Favourite, please collect a badge from the side bar to proudly display on your blog.

***

Back to this month's challenge ...

This time we are sponsored by the lovely Helen from 

Hetty Clare Art.  

She is kindly offering our random winner 2 digi stamps from her Etsy store.

Remember you can enter our challenge up to 3 times with different projects each time. Please no back linking - all projects entered should be posted for the first time online between the 1st and the 30th January.

We're looking forward to seeing your anything goes projects!

Enjoy the following inspiration from the DT.

You can visit their blogs by clicking on their blog names/images in the side bar >>>>

Happy Creating!

Carole and the CGE DT

xxx

Andree 

using Happy Hour

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Carole 

using Bear Hugs

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Dagmara 

using Bear Hugs

and Happy Hour

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Danka

using 

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Helen

using Happy Hour

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Ileana 

 using Happy Hour

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Koyel 

using Bear Hugs

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Lorraine

using

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Sari 

using Pony Snooze

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 Thank you to Helen at Hetty Clare Art for her generous sponsorship and thank you to the DT for their amazing designs.

Finally...

Would you like to join our DT?

We still have a couple of spaces left to fill on the DT, so if you would like to join us, please add DT next to your entry name in the challenge or email Carole at cardsgaloreencore@yahoo.co.uk

No previous experience is necessary.

We would love to have you on our team!

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #107

Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets 2 digi stamps from Hetty Clare Art 

Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.

Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 30th January

Maximum 3 entries.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

December 2022: Winner of Challenge #106

Welcome to the Winner's Post 

for December

Firstly a very big THANK YOU to all who take time to enter our monthly challenges.

Every month one winner will be picked using a random number generator and a sponsored prize will be won.

In addition winners will be chosen on merit (DT Favourites) and all equally placed. Each winner will have been chosen by a DT member.

December 2022 Winner 

We had 136 fabulous December entries 

and the 

Random Winner 

of the $25 Gecko Galz Etsy Store Voucher

is 

#93 Nana Connie 

with Snow Globe Wishes

Please Take Your Badge from the Side Bar or the tab above 

Contact Carole at cardsgaloreencore@yahoo.co.uk to claim your prize. 

Please claim your prize within 10 days. 

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Design Team Favourites for December

These favourites are listed in the numerical order.

Please Take Your DT Favourite Badge from the Side Bar 

Helen chose #3 Ellie

I love the way this has been put together and the scene created just looks like it should be framed x

Lorraine choose #8 Jenimc

I liked the 3D design.  Decorated beautifully both inside and out, the pop-out nativity scene, which was lit with tiny lights, created a beautiful card and display piece too.

Danuta chose #27 Chrissy 

Beautiful vintage card. I love the blue leaves.

Andree chose #46 Kathie

A gorgeous card for Christmas. A lovely layout design with pretty papers. The beautiful bauble image is wonderfully coloured and finished with fabulous touches of sparkle.

Carole chose #60 Larissa

These fabulous, working, ferris wheel advent calendars are a paper engineering miracle! They are beautifully crafted and decorated with skillfully coloured, cute digi stamps. They make a great keepsake and can be refilled in years to come. Wonderful project!

Sari choose #73 Cat 

I love the round shape, all the pretty layers and wonderfully colored happy images.

Ileana choose #74 Maz 

I love sweet image and original design. Wonderful colouring.

Dagmara chose ##108 Roberta

I love the digi and color choices. Also the coloring is brilliant!

Don't forget that the new challenge starts tomorrow.

December 2022: Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #106

    

Hello!

A very warm welcome to our December 2022 challenge. 

We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We hope you can find some crafty time in this busy time of year to enter our challenge this month.

Here at Crafts Galore Encore the theme is always 

Anything Goes 

and you can enter up to 3 different projects.

The challenge ends on the 30th December at mid-day GMT.

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Thank you to everyone who took time to join our November challenge. We had some amazing entries. It is always a pleasure to see what everyone has been creating. 

Are you a November winner?

Check here and, if you are a winner and/or a DT Favourite, please collect a badge from the side bar to proudly display on your blog.

***

Back to this month's challenge ...

This time we are sponsored by the lovely Leanne from Gecko Galz. She is offering our random winner a whopping 

$25 Gecko Galz Store  spend!

Remember you can enter our challenge up to 3 times with different projects each time.

We're looking forward to seeing your anything goes projects!

Enjoy the following inspiration from the DT.

You can visit their blogs by clicking on their blog names/images in the side bar >>>>

Happy Creating!

Carole and the CGE DT

xxx

Andree 

using Santa Claus Lane collage set and  Frozen Mini ATC set

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Carole 

using Nature's Winter collage set and Christmas in Nature ATC set

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Dagmara 

using Crazy Mannequins collage set

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Danka

using Candy Cane Lane collage set

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Helen

using Snowman Way Digital Stamps

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Ileana 

 using Christmas Gnomes Digital Stamps

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Koyel 

using Flower Girls collage set

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Lorraine

using Retro Christmas Colour collage set

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Sari 

using Face It Jewels

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Finally...

Would you like to join our DT?

We still have a couple of spaces left to fill on the DT, so if you would like to join us, please add DT next to your entry name in the challenge or email Carole at cardsgaloreencore@yahoo.co.uk

No previous experience is necessary.

We would love to have you on our team!

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #106 

Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets $25 Gecko Galz spend

Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.

Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 30th December

Maximum 3 entries.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

November 2022: Winners of Challenge #105

  Welcome to the Winner's Post for November

Firstly a very big THANK YOU to all who take time to enter our monthly challenges.

Every month one winner will be picked using a random number generator and a sponsored prize will be won.

In addition winners will be chosen on merit (DT Favourites) and all equally placed. Each winner will have been chosen by a DT member.

November 2022 Winner 

We had 181 fabulous November entries 

and the 

Random Winner 

of Etsy Voucher is

#60 Lisa J

Please Take Your Badge from the Side Bar or the tab above 

Contact Carole at cardsgaloreencore@yahoo.co.uk to claim your prize. 

Please claim your prize within 10 days. 

***

Design Team Favourites for November

These favourites are listed in the numerical order.

Please Take Your DT Favourite Badge from the Side Bar 

Andree chose #19 Betta 

A wonderfully clever gift bag created to look like a handbag and decorated with beautiful papers. The matching card is also gorgeous and the fabulously coloured images on both are delightful. A lovely gift set.

Ileana chose #29 Karen Letchworth

I love original choice of papers and how she made pumpkins. Beautiful design and background.

Sari choose #98 Lisa J

Coloring is beautiful, love the all blue scene and seeing that cute little snowman makes me happy 

Lorraine choose #118 Bernadette 

This is such a beautiful interactive 3D design with lots of fabulous moving elements, a card and a gift all in one.

Dagmara chose #160 Andrea Norris 

I'm crazy about rats! Andrea's rats absolutely charmed me, they are beautifully coloured and decorated, I would love to get a card like this myself!

Danuta chose #172 Diane.

Red and green are great for a Christmas card. And this beautifully colored image. I have already conceived Christmas.

Helen chose #173 - Nicola Gold 

Love the image of the snowman with the wreath and the scene she has created on the card.

Carole chose 181 Priya

I love these cute, three dimensional pieces from Priya. The super fun animal images are beautifully decorated with leaves and flowers whilst the textural trims beneath add dimension and pearls add some shine. Gorgeous work! 

Don't forget that the new challenge starts tomorrow.

November 2022: Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #105

   

Hello!

A very warm welcome to our November 2022 challenge. 

How time flies - I can't believe we are in the 11th month of 2022 already!

How is your Christmas crafting coming along?

We hope you can find some crafty time to enter our challenge this month.

Here at Crafts Galore Encore the theme is always 

Anything Goes 

and you can enter up to 3 different projects.

The challenge ends on the 29th November at mid-day GMT.

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*** New DT member ***

We are delighted to introduce another new DT member this month - she's a fabulous, super-creative lady .... it's Sari Aavamaki from Finland, also know in the crafting world as Granne. 

You can find Granne's blog here and here is a little bit about her: 

I'm a Finnish mother of 2 adult girls. I've been stamping since 2011. I got started when my neighbour introduced me to the world of stamping and paper crafting in real life and in blog land; that's how my blog also got it's name: Granne (=neighbour in Swedish). Usually I make cards, but do love making ATCs, Art Journals, altered items, and, and, and ... what ever seems to be fun and inspires me. Sometimes things work out nicely, sometimes not, but I have fun creating.

Welcome to the Crafts Galore Encore team, Sari - we are so happy you joined the team. We can't wait to see what you make!

Would you like to join our DT?

We still have a couple of spaces left to fill on the DT, so if you would like to join us, please add DT next to your entry name in the challenge or email Carole at cardsgaloreencore@yahoo.co.uk

No previous experience is necessary.

***

Thank you to everyone who took time to join our October challenge. We had some amazing entries. It is always a pleasure to see what everyone has been creating. 

Are you an October winner?

Check here and, if you are a winner and/or a DT Favourite, please collect a badge from the side bar to proudly display on your blog.

***

Back to this month's challenge ...

This time we have no store sponsor, but are offering a 

£15 Etsy Gift Card 

Remember you can enter our challenge up to 3 times with different projects each time.

We're looking forward to seeing your anything goes projects!

Enjoy the following inspiration from the DT.

You can visit their blogs by clicking on their blog names/images in the side bar >>>>

Happy Creating!

Carole and the CGE DT

xxx

Andree 

using The Paper Shelter digi stamps

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Carole 

using Funky Fossil Clear Stamps 

(Forest Friends)

***

Dagmara 

using Vera Lane Studio digis

***

Danka

***

Helen

using The Card Hut Clear Stamps 

(The Doghouse Collection)

***

Ileana 

 using New Friends Snowman digi stamp from Polkadoodles

***

Koyel 

using Stampotique Originals 

***

Lorraine

using 'Witch's Brew' Stamp set by Chocolate Baroque

***

Sari 

using Lost Coast Designs Rubber Stamps 

(Daisy Flourish and Shrubbery Background)

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Just a reminder ...

If you would like to join our DT, please add DT next to your entry name in the challenge or 

email Carole at cardsgaloreencore@yahoo.co.uk

No previous experience is necessary. 

We would love to have you on our team!

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #105 

Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets £15 Etsy Gift Card 

Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.

Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 29th November

Maximum 3 entries.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter