Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: January 2024

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

JANUARY 2024:Winner of Challenge #119

Welcome to the Winner's Post

for January

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.

January 2024 Winner

The Random Winner

of the $6 prize from Jan's Digi Store

#137 Margaret A (GranMargaret)

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.

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Design Team Favourites for January

These favourites are listed in the numerical order.

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Koyel chose #16 Majda

Love the pattern, look, colour combination and the mixed media effects.

Ileana chose #23 Leslie T

Wonderful background with blue brush strokes, beautiful design and I love pop of red.

Helen chose #47 CraftiCarri

A really cute image beautifully coloured and a great card layout x

Lorraine chose #68 Claudia's kaartjes

Love the fabulous shape of this card and all the fussy cut chocolate treat details.

Andree chose #96 Betta

A gorgeous card with a fabulous design. A beautiful image, lovely papers and wonderful floral embellishments. The gold highlights add a real touch of elegance.

Carole chose #110 Zowie Dixon

Zowie's vintage passport is gorgeous and packed with stylish ephemera and images. Beautifully crafted.

Dagmara chose #116 Michelle M

This is my ideal CAS card, delicate background and stamp. All it takes is a clever idea and out comes beautiful work!

Danuta chose #140 Blue Daisy.

Fun card and shape. The little dragon is so cute. I love Valentine's Day with this card.

Sari chose #144 Chrissy

Loving the perfect masculine card, with nuts and all. Brilliant papers and fab layering to get a great layout.

Don't forget that the new challenge starts tomorrow.

We'd love to see you there!

Monday, 1 January 2024

JANUARY 2024: Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #119

Hello!

A very warm welcome to our January 2024 challenge.

As we start the new year we'd like to wish you all a happy, healthy and peaceful 2024.

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. December is always a busy month for many and we don't always have a lot of time for crafting, but we had some fabulous 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.

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Back to this month's challenge ...

This month we are sponsored by

Jan's Digital Store.

The DT were kindly given digital products to create sample projects. Our randomly picked winner will receive a $6 voucher for the store.

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

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 New Year