Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: August 2023

Welcome to the Winner's Post

for August

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.

August 2023 Winner

We had 141 fabulous August entries

and the

Random Winner

of the 3 digi stamps from Colour of Love

#24 Yvonne 3D

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 August

These favourites are listed in the numerical order.

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Danuta chose #1 Fiki

I love the cats and the colors. Beautiful - love beams from this card.

Ileana chose #6 Rachelle Oltean

Beautiful design, I love ink-blended background. Funny image and wonderful colouring.

Koyel chose #37 Deanne

Love the jar.

Carole chose #68 Yvonne 3D

Yvonne has made a beautiful, multi-layered Christmas project featuring a typewriter and two art-deco ladies along with hearts and red poinsettias. I love the details and the sparkle she added.

Lorraine chose #88 Chrissy

Beautiful, floral embellishments to complement this magical image.

Helen chose #96 Heather Mills

So beautifully coloured and it looks hand drawn.

Sari chose #135, Lisa

Amazing coloring on this creepy cute card, makes my imagination run wild and make stories, LOL.

Dagmara also chose #135 Lisa J

Lovely stamp, beautifully coloured and with a hand drawn background. Wonderful work!

Don't forget that the new challenge starts tomorrow.

We'd love to see you there!

Hello!

A very warm welcome to our August 2023 challenge.

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 August at mid-day GMT.

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

Are you a July 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.

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Back to this month's challenge ...

This month we are sponsored by the talented Heather Valentin from Colour of Love.

Heather kindly allowed the DT some digi stamps to create sample projects. Our randomly picked winner will receive the following 3 digi stamps:

Wood Anemone Flower Pot Witchy Possum and Batty Bat Penguin Teacup

Please pop over to the Color of Love store and take a look at the wonderful selection of digi stamps and colouring books.

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 August.

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 Wood Anemone Flower Pot Pretties