Meet Design Team #2 - Julia and Sherrie!

Time to meet the rest of Design Team #2! Give a warm welcome to...

Julia Altermann

Hello! I'm Julia, and while I've always been interested in crafting & coloring, I've only gotten serious about it in the summer of 2013 when I created my dad's present for his 80th birthday. Since then, I've been hooked on stamps and dies and find card making a wonderful creative outlet. I'm originally from the wonderful city of Dresden, Germany, but have moved to Stuttgart a while ago to work the job my dreams: we make apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac and I love my small team and can't wait to go to work every single day. Seriously! 

At home, my (slightly crazy) cat Sissy demands my attention and isn't shy about sabotaging my crafting if she feels left out. I've explained to her that my responsibilities are a bit more serious now that I've joined the Colour Me…! Design Team and that I'm tickled pink about it! I'm looking forward to work with these other wonderful ladies and to see what you make of our challenges.

Sherrie Mannion

Hello! My name is Sherrie and I’m from New Jersey. I’m blessed with a  wonderful husband and three daughters that are very supportive of my crafty pursuits. I discovered pretty patterned paper and scrapbooking  back in 2003 when my first daughter was born and have delved deeper into the world of paper crafting ever since. I started making cards 3  years ago out of necessity but once I started playing around with  stamps and inks I couldn’t stop.  Nothing makes me happier than to  see my girls pull out the scrapbooks on their own just to see their  photos and read their stories or to put a pretty handmade card in the  mail. I am thrilled to join the Colour Me…! team and look forward to  stretching our creative muscles together. 

Meet Design Team #2 - Claire and Joanne!

Are you guys ready to meet some members of our new Design Team?! I thought you might be :)

We'll introduce you to two lovely ladies today, and two more tomorrow! Be sure to check back and give them a big warm welcome.

Claire Broadwater

Hi! My name is Claire Broadwater.  I live at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia.  It is a beautiful lake/golf community an hour east of Atlanta on Lake Oconee.  My husband, Bill is my biggest supporter.  I have twin sons and a bonus son and daughter.  We have five Grandchildren and we are expecting two more in July.  There is never a dull moment at our home.

I am a retired Elementary Educator. (27 years)  I have been cutting and pasting paper for as long as I can remember.  I was an avid Scrapbooker for years and was introduced to Stampin’ UP! two years ago.  I became a Demonstrator the first day!  I absolutely LOVE making cards and teaching others how to make them.  Embossing paper, bling and ribbon make me happy!  I started a blog last year to share my creations and have met so many fabulous people through challenges.  

I am THRILLED to be asked by Hayley and Tara to be on the Colour Me...! Design Team!  I look forward to the challenge and meeting new friends!  

Joanne James

Hello I’m Joanne and live in Northampton in the UK, although I’m Welsh at heart! I have always been creative and enjoy lots of crafts and papercrafting and rubber stamping is my passion. I only discovered Stampin’ Up! relatively recently and became a demonstrator 2 years ago. I love that Stampin’ Up! enables me to share my passion and creativity with others through parties, classes and writing my daily blog, which is my therapy!

I am a busy Mum of a 9 year old daughter and 6 year old son and have an amazing husband who is as much of a whizz with the ironing board as he is an IT genius! I love both colour and sketch challenges and am thrilled to have been asked by Tara and Hayley to join the Colour Me…! Design Team. I am excited at the prospect of working with this group of super-talented ladies and look forward to sharing our creative ideas with you.

Colour Us... Thankful!

**To see the current challenge, please click here or scroll down**

As mentioned on Wednesday, Hayley and I wanted to thank our inaugural designers (Design Team #1) in a special way. Each of these ladies (as well as the 6 Featured Designers we have had over the past 6 months) has helped shaped Colour Me...! into what it is today. 

We each CASEd two Design Team member cards from previous challenges to honour them and thank them for their tremendous contribution. 

THANK YOU!!

Tara CASEing Brenda

See Brenda's original card here

Tara ~ Brenda, I have loved every second of you being on the team. Your cards are always so rich and   full of life and love. Your clean style and your attention to detail had me waiting anxiously each week to see what you'd surprise us with. Thank you for your hard work and commitment over the past 6 months and I can't wait to see what you create next! 

Hayley ~ So beyond thrilled to have had you as part of our inaugural team at Colour Me...! It has been so much fun to be inspired by the FABulous creations you bring to the table each week. Your style is so layered and clean which I LOVE. Keep getting craft and I sure hope to see you in the gallery when you have time to play along xo

Hayley CASEing Katie

See Katie's original card here

Hayley ~ Honestly could you be any sweeter if you tried? One super talented and crafty mama for sure. It has been a pleasure to have you on our inaugural team at Colour Me...! I adore your sweet sassy creations and have a file that I have created to CASE a few more of your creations hehehe :) Sure look forward to having you play along with us in the coming months xo

Tara ~ Katie, you're an absolute gem! Your cards are so full of personality and character. Every single one of them has made me smile. You have been such a special part of the team and I'm going to miss your 'punny' creations and fun style. Thank you for your energy and enthusiasm the past 6 months!

Tara CASEing Rosemary

See Rosemary's original card here

Tara ~ Rosemary, you DO rock! Your style is so unique and inspiring. It was almost impossible to try and narrow it down to one card to CASE, and an absolute pleasure to browse through your creations the past 6 months. You are a constant inspiration and I sure hope we see more of your cards in the gallery in the future. Thank you for your dedication to the team! 

Hayley ~ Creativity out the wazoooo does not come close to touching on your skills Rosemary. It has been a pleasure having you on our inaugural team at Colour Me...! Your cool, clean, creative style is an inspiration for sure :) Please say you will play along with us when you can xo

Hayley CASEing Sam

See Sam's original card here

Hayley ~ All the way over the pond you came to join the fun with us on our inaugural team at Colour Me...! and we were super jazzed! Your funky style was a breath of fresh air for us each week. Never sticking to one style kept us guessing and we were never disappointed with your delightful creations! Come back and see us when you can xo

Tara ~ Sam, your style and sense of humour were the highlight of my Wednesdays. What a joy to have you on our team!  I am always amazed by your creativity and eye for design - from clean-and-simple to flourishing and full of detail! I sincerely hope we'll get to see more of your fabulousness in the gallery :) Thank you for being a part of this team the past 6 months!

And a big 'hip hip hooray' for our Featured Designers!

January - Lesley Croghan

February - Susie Whittwer

March - Michelle Bala

April - Anita Krul

May - LeAnne Pugliese

June - Shirley Bampton

But the fun isn't over yet!

Here is some really good news... Ready? Design Team #2 is going to blow your socks off :) Want to meet them?! Come back tomorrow and Monday and we'll introduce you!

CMCC#26 - Colour Me... Playful!

Welcome to the Colour Me...! Challenge Blog. Each week we will have a creative colour challenge for you to get crafty and show us your best greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, etc. Only the colours we indicate may be used for your project. Neutrals such as black, gray, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome.  

This week we are using Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise and Chocolate Chip... have fun!

Before we get too much further, we (Hayley & Tara) want to extend the biggest of big 'thank you's to the most wonderful inaugural design team two ladies could ask for. We are so honoured that Brenda, Katie, Rosemary and Sam agreed to join us on this journey. They have each made the first 6 months (yes, can you believe it! 6 months already) of Colour Me...! so fun, so inspiring and so successful. 

We appreciate you gals so much! We have something special planned, but you're going to have to wait until Saturday to see it :)

Please join us in giving these ladies a huge round of applause:

Brenda Hofstatter

Hayley Kew

Katie Melhus

Rosemary Dennis

Sam Simpson

Tara Bourgoin

We also want to take this opportunity to say a big THANK YOU to Shirley for joining us as a Featured Designer for June. Shirley, your creativity and style always inspire us and make us smile! 

And our lovely featured designer for June....

Shirley Bampton

Our challenge ends on Mondays at 12:00pm (EST).  We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

1.    Any type of crafty projects are welcome ~ greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, if it's crafty we want to see it!

2.    We ask that you only use the colours listed for your project and of course neutrals are always welcome.

3.    Feel free to combine us with up to 3 challenges (including ours), with the exception of other colour challenges.

4.    Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us.

5.    We reserve the right to remove any links if we feel any material submitted is offensive or found to be in poor taste, we are all here to have a good time!

An InLinkz Link-up

Top Picks for CMCC#25!

Thank you to those who played along with our subtle colours this week! Such inspiration!!

Time to check out our Captivator, as chosen by Hayley:

Anita

Neet & Crafty

Hayley's Pick: You know me, I'm such a fan of CAS! Anita sure represented our colours in a FABulous fashion this week. I love the images she used and sweet sentiment. Also love the placement. Gosh nothing I don't love about this card! Congrats Anita on being my Captivator this week :)

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Still time to join the fun for CMCC#25!

There's still lots of time to play along with us for challenge #25 where we are going Subtle and using Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette and Pool Party.

Can't wait to see what you create!

Challenge closes on Monday, June 23 at 12:00pm EST

CMCC#25 - Colour Me... Subtle!

Welcome to the Colour Me...! Challenge Blog. Each week we will have a creative colour challenge for you to get crafty and show us your best greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, etc. Only the colours we indicate may be used for your project. Neutrals such as black, gray, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome.  

This week we are using Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette and Pool Party... have fun!

How about some inspiration from the Design Team!

Brenda Hofstatter

Hayley Kew

Katie Melhus

Rosemary Dennis

Sam Simpson

Tara Bourgoin

And our lovely featured designer for June....

Shirley Bampton

Our challenge ends on Mondays at 12:00pm (EST).  We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

1.    Any type of crafty projects are welcome ~ greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, if it's crafty we want to see it!

2.    We ask that you only use the colours listed for your project and of course neutrals are always welcome.

3.    Feel free to combine us with up to 3 challenges (including ours), with the exception of other colour challenges.

4.    Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us.

5.    We reserve the right to remove any links if we feel any material submitted is offensive or found to be in poor taste, we are all here to have a good time!

An InLinkz Link-up

Top Picks for CMCC#24!

Thank you to all who played along last week - so many beautiful and fun entries in the gallery this week!

Time to check out our Captivator, as chosen by Brenda:

Anja

Scrappitoo

Brenda's Pick: I absolutely love how those pretty, watercolour flowers just pop against that subtle background. Embossing the sentiment in gold was a nice added touch too. Congratulations, Anja!

An InLinkz Link-up

CMCC#24 - Colour Me... Striking!

Welcome to the Colour Me...! Challenge Blog. Each week we will have a creative colour challenge for you to get crafty and show us your best greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, etc. Only the colours we indicate may be used for your project. Neutrals such as black, gray, white, vanilla, skin colours and kraft are also welcome.  

This week we are using Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz... have fun!

How about some inspiration from the Design Team!

Brenda Hofstatter

Hayley Kew

Katie Melhus

Rosemary Dennis

Sam Simpson

Tara Bourgoin

And our lovely featured designer for June....

Shirley Bampton

Our challenge ends on Mondays at 12:00pm (EST).  We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

1.    Any type of crafty projects are welcome ~ greeting cards, 3D projects, scrapbooking, digital or traditional paper crafts, costumes, if it's crafty we want to see it!

2.    We ask that you only use the colours listed for your project and of course neutrals are always welcome.

3.    Feel free to combine us with up to 3 challenges (including ours), with the exception of other colour challenges.

4.    Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us.

5.    We reserve the right to remove any links if we feel any material submitted is offensive or found to be in poor taste, we are all here to have a good time!

An InLinkz Link-up