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Tuesday 1 October 2024

OCTOBER 2024 Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #128

    

Hello!

A very warm welcome to our October 2024 challenge. 


Here at Crafts Galore Encore 
the theme is always 
Anything Goes 
and you can enter up to 3 different projects.

This challenge ends on 30th October at mid-day GMT.

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Thank you to everyone who took time to join our September challenge.  We had some fabulous entries and it is always a pleasure to visit your blogs and see what you've been creating. 

Are you an September DT Favourite?
Check here and, if you are a DT Favourite, please collect a badge from the side bar to proudly display on your blog.

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Back to this month's challenge ...

This month we are lucky to be sponsored by The Paper Shelter.


The Paper Shelter are offering our randomly picked winner a choice of 3 digi stamps. 

Please head over to The Paper Shelter store and dig in to their treasure trove of digital stamps!

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

The DT were kindly given digital products to create sample 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
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Carole 
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Dagmara
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Danka
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Helen
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Ileana 
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Koyel
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Lorraine
is taking a break
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Sari 

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 Thank you to The Paper Shelter for their generous sponsorship and thank you to the DT for their amazing designs.

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #128 The Paper Shelter
Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets 3 digi stamps from The Paper Shelter
Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.
Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 30th October.
Maximum of 3 entries

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Monday 30 September 2024

SEPTEMBER 2024 Winner and DT Favourites

Welcome to the Winner's Post

for September


Firstly a very big THANK YOU to everyone who takes time to enter our monthly challenges.

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

In addition winners are chosen on merit (DT Favourites) and all equally placed. Each winner is selected by a DT member.

September 2024 Winner 



The Random Winner 

of  3 digi stamps from The Paper Shelter
  
is 

#105 KraftyCoolKat



Please Take Your Badge from the side bar >>>>

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

Please claim your prize within 10 days

Design Team Favourites for September
These favourites are listed in the numerical order.

Please Take Your DT Favourite Badge from the Side Bar


Ileana chose #7 Ellie
Beautiful sweet image, I love the red leaves and circle stencilled background, perfect bow.

Helen chose #13 Chrissy
Her album is amazing and so creative

Koyel chose #23 Rosi
Love the monochromatic background and love the image.

Sari chose #36 Susan Sudbury
Love the image and the coloring is gorgeous, all grey with pops of bright red. Stunning card.

Andree chose #39 Andrea Norris
A very elegant looking card. Lovely, soft earthy colours and a beautifully coloured image of the Cala lilies. A fabulous idea to add the lace trimmed doily behind it and create this wonderfully classic card

Carole chose #68 Wendy Anne Batchen
A sweet and adorable card. Wendy's colouring is perfect for this  cute crocodile and the background is magical too.

Dagmara chose #81 Chris
I love suricates! This one is adorable and fun in that cape, like a superhero. Chris made a great background for her too!

Danuta chose ##84 Margaret A
The beautiful fall colors, image and layout create a wonderful combination.


Congratulations to all the DT Favourites!

Our October challenge starts tomorrow. 

We'd love to see your creations! 

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Sunday 1 September 2024

SEPTEMBER 2024: Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #127

   

Hello!

A very warm welcome to our September 2024 challenge. 


Here at Crafts Galore Encore 
the theme is always 
Anything Goes 
and you can enter up to 3 different projects.

This challenge ends on 29th September at mid-day GMT.

***
Thank you to everyone who took time to join our August challenge.  We had some fabulous entries and it is always a pleasure to visit your blogs and see what you've been creating. 

Are you an August DT Favourite?
Check here and, if you are a DT Favourite, please collect a badge from the side bar to proudly display on your blog.

***

Back to this month's challenge ...

This month we are lucky to be sponsored by The Paper Shelter.


The Paper Shelter are offering our randomly picked winner a choice of 3 digi stamps. 

Please head over to The Paper Shelter store and dig in to their treasure trove of digital stamps!

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

The DT were kindly given digital products to create sample 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

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Carole 

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Dagmara

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Danka
using My Good Boy 

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Helen

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Ileana 
using My Good Boy 

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Koyel
using My Good Boy 

***
Lorraine
is taking a break
***
Sari 

***

 Thank you to The Paper Shelter for their generous sponsorship and thank you to the DT for their amazing designs.

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #127 The Paper Shelter
Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets 3 digi stamps from The Paper Shelter
Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.
Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 29th September.
Maximum of 3 entries.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Saturday 31 August 2024

AUGUST 2024: Winner & DT Favourites of Challenge #126

     Welcome to the Winner's Post 

for August


Firstly a very big THANK YOU to everyone who takes time to enter our monthly challenges.

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

In addition winners are chosen on merit (DT Favourites) and all equally placed. Each winner is selected by a DT member.

August 2024 Winner 



The Random Winner 

of  3 digi stamps from All Dressed Up
  
is 

#130 Lynne



Please Take Your Badge from the side bar >>>>

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

Please claim your prize within 10 days

Design Team Favourites for August
These favourites are listed in the numerical order.

Please Take Your DT Favourite Badge from the Side Bar


Sari chose #3 Ellie.
Love the CAS design, beautiful ink blending and the delicate silhouettes of poppies look so good against red.

Helen chose #7 Elizabeth H
A great collection of images and a really clever fold.

Dagmara chose #15 Lisa J
Beautiful work! Lisa chose a super-sweet digi and colored it wonderfully. Plus a great background!

Ileana chose #16 The Crafty Den
I love simple but elegant design , beautiful stamp for background.

Koyel chose #59 Scrapacrolles
Love the construction ..background work... die cutting

Andree chose #113 Wies
A delightful shaker card and a wonderfully pretty design in lovely pastel colours. It's a very clever construction technique with the gorgeous and delicate die.

Carole chose #115 Aunty Sue
I love Sue's 'Thank You' card from her grandson to his nursery staff. It's full of texture from dry embossing, die cutting, a tag addition and a mini shaker embellishment. The image is so cute too, and beautifully coloured.

Danuta chose #144 Silke
Nicely folded card, color combination and delicious orange


Congratulations to all the DT Favourites!

Our September challenge starts tomorrow. 

We'd love to see your creations! 

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Thursday 1 August 2024

AUGUST 2024: Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #126

  

Hello!

A very warm welcome to our August 2024 challenge. 


Here at Crafts Galore Encore 
the theme is always 
Anything Goes 
and you can enter up to 3 different projects.

This challenge ends on 30th August at mid-day GMT.

***
Thank you to everyone who took time to join our July challenge.  We had some fabulous entries and it is always a pleasure to visit your blogs and see what you've been creating. 

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

***

Back to this month's challenge ...

This month we are lucky to be sponsored by Wendy from


All Dressed Up also have a blog where they run monthly challenges for anyone using an ADU digi stamp and they provide some freebies, but please respect the rules for using these. They also encourage junior crafters (under 16s) to send in an email of their creations using All Dressed Up stamps.


The DT were kindly given digital products to create sample projects. Our randomly picked winner will receive a choice of 3 digi stamps.

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 For You

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Carole 

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Dagmara

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Danka

***
Helen

***
Ileana 
using a blog freebie: Cute Just Got Cuter

***
Koyel
***
Lorraine
is taking a break
***
Sari 

***

 Thank you to Wendy at All Dressed Up for her generous sponsorship and thank you to the DT for their amazing designs.

Now it's over to you ...

Challenge #126 All Dressed Up
Winner (chosen by Random.org) gets 3 digi stamps from All Dressed Up 
Also DT Favourites are chosen on merit each month.
Inlinkz closes 12:00 GMT 30th August.
Maximum of 3 entries.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday 31 July 2024

JULY 2024: Winner & DT Favourites of Challenge #125

    Welcome to the Winner's Post for July


Firstly a very big THANK YOU to everyone who takes time to enter our monthly challenges.

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

In addition winners are chosen on merit (DT Favourites) and all equally placed. Each winner is selected by a DT member.

July 2024 Winner 



The Random Winner 

of  3 digi stamps from Polkadoodles 
  
is 

#121 crafticarri



Please Take Your Badge from the side bar >>>>

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

Please claim your prize within 10 days

Design Team Favourites for July
These favourites are listed in the numerical order.

Please Take Your DT Favourite Badge from the Side Bar

Ileana chose #3 Lisa J
It's a simple creation, but how she created the pink snow background is wonderful! I love the sweet image!

Sari chose #4 Ellie
Pretty in pink! Just love the pink scenery with touch of glitter and beautiful bird silhouettes.

Carole chose #31 Elaine L P
Elaine's magical card is just so beautiful. The soft pastel colouration of the stamps and the beautiful stencilling along with the perfect sentiment makes a truly lovely greeting card.

Danuta chose # 36 Cynthia O
A beautiful and appetizing card with cupcakes. The colors and accessories are lovely.

Koyel chose #48Michelle M
I love the gorgeous image, texture and the gold embellishments of the box.

Dagmara chose #54 Vicki
I absolutely love her sense of humour! I love her alien and even more the background! The fact that the edges of the hole are made of glossy paper is a fantastic idea, and it really conquers interest.

Andree chose #91 Mamapia
A fabulously fun trio of tags. Great papers, images and creativity.

Helen chose #145 Lynne
A cute image and I love the added paper chains. 

Congratulations to all the DT Favourites!

Our August challenge starts tomorrow. 

We'd love to see your creations! 

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