April Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #74

A very warm welcome to our April challenge.

The theme here at Crafts Galore Encore is always 
Anything Goes and you can enter up to 3 different projects.
This month we are sponsored by the fabulous Janet Klein from Vera Lane Studio.

Thank you to everyone who found time to join our March challenge. We had some incredible entries and it is always a pleasure to see what everyone has been creating. 

Are you a March 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 it on your blog. 

Now onto this month's challenge:

This month we are sponsored by the wonderful Janet Klein from Vera Lane Studio.

Vera Lane Studio is all about play. The original characters are quirky and relatable, allowing you to create an imaginary neighbourhood of cheeky and whimsical friends. The sets can be mixed and matched for endless variation. Most VLS sets include sentiments and accent stamps. The sets are bundled and value priced with the crafter in mind.

Janet is offering our winner 2 digi stamp sets .

We hope you can find some crafty time to enter our challenge this month. We're look forward to seeing your anything goes projects! 

Enjoy the following inspiration from the DT.

You can visit their blogs by clicking on their images in the side bar.

Happy creating!

Stay safe and well.

Carole, Jackie and the CGE DT

xxx

Andree 

using Contessa

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Beverly

using Succulents

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Carole 

using Daffodil

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Claudia

using Contessa

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Dagmara

using  Contessa

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Danka

using Wonderland Accessories

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Ileana 

using Succulents

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Jackie 

using Succulents

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Kelly
using  Contessa

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Tracey 

using Succulents

Thank you, once again, to Janet at Vera Lane Studio for supplying these delightful digital products to the Design Team and for supporting our challenge blog! 

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #74 sponsored by Vera Lane Studio

                                         

Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets 2 digi sets.

Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.

Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 29th April.

Maximum 3 entries.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

March 2020 Challenge 73 Winners

A big THANK YOU to all who take time to enter our challenges.

Each 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.

March 2020 Winner 

Random Winner of the 3 images the Design Teams used from Morgan's Artworld is ...

 #26 Barbara Bruder
Congratulations, Barbara!

Please Take Your Badge from the Side Bar or the tab above and we would love it if you could link back to our blog when you display it. 

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

Please claim your prize within 10 days. 

Design Team Favourites for March

Kelly Parker chose

#18 Paper Play

I like this card because it uses recycled items and I do that a lot in my art.

Dagmara Gorczyńska chose

#24 Rutscht

I was absolutely captivated by work number 24 (Rutscht). A beautiful stamp and incredibly colored,

I envy her skills. 🙂 This work made a huge impression on me.

Ileana Artuffo chose

#71 Miss Carrie

Beautiful choice of colour and design. I love how she used every wonderful details.

Andrèe Crowe chose

#72 Rosina

A wonderfully feminine card and a fabulous design. Gorgeous papers, a pretty image and lots of lovely embellishments.

Beverly Cole chose

#82 Barbara Bruder

I love the subtle colors and the diamond shaped fold. The sweet bird image and ribbon in earth tones are a nod to nature. Caught my eye immediately.

Danuta Brzezińska chose 

#88 America

Wallpaper flowers are well chosen, and the ribbon and pearls give the album elegance. I like the whole project, it's very feminine.

Tracey Mowbray chose

#124 Rachelle

A fun cute image with brilliant colouring.

Carole Jones chose

#126 Lori Podolsky

Lori has made a bright and cheerful card with a beautifully coloured, cute image. A lovely design with sweet patterned paper and floral and die embellishments. This project caught my eye straight away. Gorgeous!

Jackie Trinder chose
#159 Loopyloo

This is such a bright cheerful card. The chicks are so cute. It is a great reminder that Easter and the warmer weather are on the way. This card would be great to cheer anyone up. 

Stay Safe and Well in these troubled times. 

The new challenge starts tomorrow.

March Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #73

Hello!

 A very warm welcome to our March challenge.

The theme here at Crafts Galore Encore is always 
Anything Goes and you can enter up to 3 different projects.
This month we are sponsored by the fabulous Morgans Art World.

Thank you to everyone who found time to join our February challenge. We had some fabulous entries and it is always a pleasure to see what everyone has been creating. The DT had a difficult time selecting favourites!

Are you a February 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 it on your blog. 

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We are delighted to have a new member joining our Design Team.
Let me introduce Dagmara:



Hey! I'm Dagmara! I'm originally from Warsaw, Poland. I dealt with music (piano, flute), photography, writing book and film reviews and making interviews. Only when I couldn't do it anymore did I get interested in crafting. I have been doing paper craft for about 5 years, but I've been practising mixed media for a year. Besides, I also like smash booking, bead embroidery, DP, collages and many more. I love labradors and rats, the most intelligent animals in the world. I trained my own lab to be a service dog for myself. Art is the only occupation I can do alone; it keeps me alive. 

Dagmara's Blog

Now onto this month's challenge:

This month we are sponsored by the wonderful Morgan from Morgans Art World. Morgan is offering our winner these 3 digi stamps .

 

We hope you can find some crafty time to enter our challenge this month. We're look forward to seeing your anything goes projects! 

Enjoy the following inspiration from the DT.

You can visit their blogs by clicking on their images in the side bar.

Happy creating!

Carole, Jackie and the CGE DT

xxx

Andree

using Morgan's Teddy World 5

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Beverly

using Puppies and Kittens

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Carole 

using Fairy Children 6

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Claudia

using Fairy Children 6

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Dagmara

using Morgan's Teddy World 5

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Danka

using Puppies and Kittens

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Ileana 

using  Puppies and Kittens

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Jackie 

using Morgan's Teddy World 5

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Kelly
using Morgan's Teddy World 5

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Tracey 

using  Puppies and Kittens

Thank you, once again, to Morgan at Morgan's Art World for supplying these delightful digital products to the Design Team and for supporting our challenge blog! 

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #73 sponsored by Morgan's Art World

                                         

Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets 3 Morgan's Art World digi stamps.

Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.

Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 30th March.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

February 2020 Challenge #72 Winners

A big THANK YOU to all who take time to enter our challenges.

Each 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.

February  2020 Winner 

Random Winner of $12 store credit for the Bugaboo Digital Stamps shop is ...

 #23 Terry
Congratulations, Terry!

Please Take Your Badge from the Side Bar or the tab above and we would love it if you could link back to our blog when you display it. 

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

Please claim your prize within 10 days. 

Design Team Favourites for February

Kelly Parker chose

#35 Lesley Turner

I like the simplicity of the card and I like cats.

Danuta Brzezińska chose 

#41 Jenny H

I like the design, cats and Valentine's colors. A box full of love.

Monika Kobus chose
#60 Musica

Just beautiful, colourful shaped card!

Ileana Artuffo chose

#68 Cherry Blossom Branch

I love perfect design and how she used tiny birds and heart with printed branch!

Beverly Cole chose

#82 Vivian Foo

So bright and cheerful! I love the gelatin plate background.

Jackie Trinder chose
#96 Lisa J

I love the cute image. The glittering hearts and gorgeous and the sentiment is perfect.

Tracey Mowbray chose

#108 Silka

What a cute image & lovely soft palette.

Andrèe Crowe chose

#126 Twisted Witch - Lin

A gorgeous journal page created with beautiful, soft colours and wonderful quirky images. The fabulous sentiment finishes it off perfectly.

Carole Jones chose

#180 Ingunn

I adore this cheeky, peeking monkey - it really makes me smile! Beautifully blended inking for the background and the bright colours really make the image pop.

The new challenge starts tomorrow.

February Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #72

Hello!

 A very warm welcome to our February challenge.

The theme here at Crafts Galore Encore is always 
Anything Goes and you can enter up to 3 different projects.
This month we are sponsored by the fabulous Bugaboo Digital Stamps.

Thank you to everyone who found time to join our January challenge. We had some fabulous entries and it is always a pleasure to see what everyone has been creating. The DT had a difficult time selecting favourites!

Are you a January 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 it on your blog. 

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Sadly, Monika has decided to step down from the DT in order to have more time for other pursuits and to take care of her health. We will miss Monika's beautiful pencil work and lovely card designs, but we thank her for her contributions to our challenge blog and wish her well in her new endeavours!

Now onto this month's challenge:

This month we are sponsored by the wonderful Jodie from Bugaboo Digital Stamps. Jodie is offering our winner a $12 coupon code for the Bugaboo Digital Stamps shop.

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was seven years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!  

We hope you can find some crafty time to enter our challenge this month. We're look forward to seeing your anything goes projects! 

Enjoy the following inspiration from the DT.

You can visit their blogs by clicking on their images in the side bar.

Happy creating!

Carole, Jackie and the CGE DT

xxx

Andree

using Tulip Block

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Beverly

using Beautiful Fairy

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Carole 

using Tulip Hedgie

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Danka

using Tulip Hedgie

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Ileana 

using Christmas Trio Block

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Jackie 

using Tulip Block

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Kelly
using Love Monsters

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Monika 

using Love Monsters

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Tracey 

using Tulip Hedgie

Thank you, once again, to Jodie at Bugaboo for supplying these delightful digital products to the Design Team and for supporting our challenge blog! 

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #72 sponsored by Bugaboo Digital Stamps

                                         

Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets a Bugaboo $12 store voucher.

Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.

Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 28th February.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

January 2020 Challenge #71 Winners

A big THANK YOU to all who take time to enter our challenges.

Each 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 2020 Winner 

Random Winner of $10 store voucher from Oddball Art is ...

 #142 America
Congratulations, America!

Please Take Your Badge from the Side Bar or the tab above and we would love it if you could link back to our blog when you display it. 

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

Please claim your prize within 10 days. 

Design Team Favourites for January

Kelly Parker chose

#7 Cristina

I love the simple clean design of this card and I love the little Jack, he is one of my favourite Disney characters.

Beverly Cole chose

#36 Lou Sims

It just jumped out at me. The colors are rich, and I love her techniques...quite artistic.

Andrèe Crowe chose

#51 Betta
Betta has used mixed media influences to create a gorgeous altered notebook in an authentic vintage style. Lovely laces, papers and details. A real treasure.

Ileana Artuffo chose

#64 Judy V

I love simple design and image. Beautiful choice of colours (green zebra is so cute!).

Monika Kobus chose
#80  Vicki

Beautifully coloured image plus very cute card.

Carole Jones chose

#96 Cardogram

This fairy scene shaker card is gorgeous. I love the vibrant colours, the whimsical images and the beautiful sentiment.

Tracey Mowbray chose

#141 Sheryl Hare

What a pretty card love the colour combo and layout.

Jackie Trinder chose
#141 Sheryl Hare

This is such a pretty card. The backing paper is gorgeous. I love the flowers and the teacup. The lace is lovely too. All the elements work so well together.

Yes two of us chose the same card 😄

Danuta Brzezińska chose 

#154 Nicola Gold

Sweets make the card is so warm and full of love.

The new challenge starts tomorrow.

January Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #71

Hello!



 A very warm welcome to our January challenge.

The theme here at Crafts Galore Encore is always 
Anything Goes and you can enter up to 3 different projects.
This month we are sponsored by the fabulous Oddball Art Co.

Thank you to everyone who found time to join our December challenge. We had some fabulous entries and it is always a pleasure to see what everyone has been creating. The DT had a difficult time selecting favourites!

Are you an 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 it on your blog. 

We have 3 fabulous new DT members to introduce:
Beverly Cole
Danuta Brzezinska aka Danka
Kelly Parker

Beverly
Artsystamper

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

   Originally from Newington, Connecticut, I have always been able to make a mess. Breaking toys to make new ones came naturally to me. In school I had drawing homework, and tried to get away with doing as little as possible...But I did draw a lot!  In college I had a professor who taught me how to create mood in my drawings. That early art education was the foundation for my move into watercolor, pastel and illustration.

    I live in Florida now, with my perfect husband George and my two cats, Nick and JJ. I am a grandmother who loves to visit and make more messes with my granddaughters.

   Winning awards as a watercolorist and pastel artist is fun, but what I enjoy most is seeing others create with my digis. My online business Artsystamper Digitals, along with the Artsystamper Challenge Blog and TheArtsystamperShop on Etsy, make it possible for me to be a part of the stamping community. I am so very grateful for the friends I have made, and for their support.

   Enjoy your creative journey,

   ~Bev

Danka
Creative Passions

Danka lives with her husband in Poland. She has a son, two older grandchildren and two charming granddaughters. She has her own business, but loves handicrafts. She paints angels, butterflies and mandalas and makes embroidery paintings. Danka has been devoted to scrapbooking since 2017 and to Promarkers since 2019.She creates cards, albums, tags and boxes. Every job is different, but everything is done with love!

Kelly
Kelly Parker Designs

I have been creating art for as long as I remember. Art allows me to express my style of eclectic and quirky, clean and simple ideas and designs. I enjoy creating cards, collages and mixed media work. When I'm not working or crafting, I like to read and watch art and craft videos, spend time with my family and actively avoid housework and cooking.

Welcome to the team, ladies! We are so privileged to have you join us!

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Now onto this month's challenge:

This month we are sponsored by the wonderful Lizzy Love from Oddball Art Co. Lizzy is offering our winner a $10 coupon code for the Oddball Art Co. shop.

We hope you can find some crafty time to enter our challenge this month. We're look forward to seeing your anything goes projects! 

Enjoy the following inspiration from the DT.

You can visit their blogs by clicking on their images in the side bar.

Happy creating!

Carole, Jackie and the CGE DT

xxx

Andree

using Party Girl and Polka Dot Kitten

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Beverly

using Falling For You

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Carole 

using Signs of Spring

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Claudia

using Falling For You

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Danka

using Signs of Spring

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Ileana 

using Christmas Bunnies under the Mistletoe

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Jackie 

using Signs of Spring

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Kelly
using Party Girl and Polka Dot Kitten

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Monika 

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Tracey 

using Party Girl and Polka Dot Kitten

Thank you, once again, to Lizzy at Oddball Art Co. for supplying these delightful digital products to the Design Team and for supporting our challenge blog! 

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #71 sponsored by Oddball Art Co.

                                         

Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets an Oddball Art Co. $10 coupon code.

Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.

Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 30th January.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter