Challenge #47 - Colourific Challenge

id you find last weeks challenge easy or hard? Sometimes making a clean and simple card can be harder than a detailed one as we all have loads of yummy embellishments we just want to use to adorn our cards! We thoroughly enjoyed visiting you all and seeing how you interpretated the theme . . inspirational ideas for another day!

Now the winner of last weeks prize has been chosen by Madam Random.Org and she chose number . . . which is . . . number 108 . . .

Rachel from RefRacBe

Many congratulations from everyone on Fab'n'Funky DT an if you could email Lou she will get your prize out to you ASAP. Please put "Fab'n'Funky Challenge winner" in the subject line.

Now this week we are again proud to be sponsored by

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.

My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists. I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"

This weeks challenge is yet another idea chosen by you (again from the poll we conducted) and it is a colour challenge which we have taken from the photo below . . .

"craft, lime & pink"

or alternatively take inspiration from the contemporary Christmas wreath above - the choice is yours this week. If you are feeling really brave why not use both the colour combo and then take inspiration from the photo . . . . . .

Ginny

Andrea

Suzanne

Jenny

Karen

Sharon

Heidy

Emma

Have a great week everyone and as always, looking forward to see how you interpretate this weeks challenge,

The Fab'n'Funky DT

Challenge #43 - "Use a digi image"

Many thanks to everyone who entered last week and many apologies for the missing "Inlinkz" bit for entering the challenge . . . promise to do much better this week !!!

Now the winner of last weeks challenge, chosen by Mrs Random.Org is . . .

Emma from Mrs Giraffe's Bloggy

Please email Lou to claim your digi image prizes from Doodle Dragon Studio and many congrats on winning this fab prize from all of the Fab'n'Funky DT.

Now as it's the start of a brand new month, this means that this weeks sponsor is . .

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.

My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists. I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"

Elizabeth is generously offering the winner a voucher to spend in her shop where you can choose some of the FAB digi images she has on offer . . lucky you . . but to win this prize you have to enter this weeks challenge. Now the theme this week was choosen by YOU following our recent poll and it's . . .

"use a digi image"

The DT have some gorgeous SoftPencil images to play with and this is what they have come up with for this weeks challenge . . .

Suzanne

Andrea

Lou

Karen

Emma

Shelly

Heidy

Sharon

Linds

Jenny

Ginny

Have a great week everyone and we can't wait to see what digi image inspires your creativity this week.

Happy crafting from everyone on the Fab'n'Funky DT

Challenge #38 - "Living in a material world"

Well last week you all "cooked up a storm" with our recipe challenge and made projects that were truly delicious. Many thanks for joining in with us and sharing all yur inspiration. However there can only be one winner for the great Dustin Pike, Doodle Dragon images and that winner is . . .

No: 5 - DEBBIE from Life is Beautiful

Many congratulations from everyone at "Fab'n'Funky" and please email Dustin from Doodle Dragon Studio to claim your prize putting Fab 'n' Funky Challenge winner in the subject line.

Now as it's the start of a brand new month, (SEPTEMBER . . . where has this year gone?), this means that this weeks sponsor is . .

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.

My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists. I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"

This week we've gone for a song title as our inspiration . .

"Living in a material world"

So we would love to see any material on your cards. Please don't panic when you see the challenge title as there are many ways to complete this week challenge . . . you could add ribbon or lace; make your own fabric effect embellishment or alternatively use material(s) on your project. As always, the choice is yours. The DT have lined up some inspiration for you all and to get the full details of how they made their project, pop over to their blogs.

Ginny

Andrea

Linds

Emma

Jenny

LouStill can't find my original card, which has now been sent to the recipitant (!)

so quickly made another one!

Have a great week everyone and we can't wait to see how you have adapted the challenge to fit in with your needs. Ooohhh and before we forget, don't forget to grab the new blinkie to add to your blogs.

Loads of crafting love,

Linds, Emma, Jilly, Jenny, Ginny, Lou and Andrea
The "Fab'n'Funky" DT

A little nag . . PLEASE where possible, turn off your word verification. The DT love to visit you all but it can take an age to leave a comment if you have word verification . . . why not try comment moderation instead especially as "Blogger" has added an extra spam filter which means any comment thet think could be "spam" goes into a seperate area.

Edited to add: Finally got Mr Inlinkz to work . . . please note that if you left a comment, I have tried to enter your challenge entry for you . . . fingers crossed! Lou x

Challenge #34 - Spotty, dotty and stretchy stripes

Many thanks to you all for joining in with last weeks challenge and as always there was brilliant "eye candy" to behold. There was also one or two techniques that will definitely have to be attempted in forth coming challenges ! !

Now the DT chose to use Master Random.Org this week as he hasn't chosen for a long while (!) and the lucky winner of the Some Odd Girl voucher is . . .

Kris from Cheerio's Scrap Spot

Please email Kirsty directly to claim your prize and please remember to put "Fab'n'Funky Challenge Winner" in the subject line. From all the DT, congrats on wining such a fab prize.

Now as it's the start of a brand new month, this means that this weeks sponsor is . .

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.

My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists. I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"

To win a fab voucher from Softpencil, all you need to do is enter this weeks challenge which is simply called . . .

"Let's get spotty, dotty and stretchy stripes!"

To start the challenge rolling, here's what the DT with this weeks theme and many of us have used Elizabeth's gorgeous digi images too . . .

Emma

Andrea

Lindsey

Jilly

Jenny

Lou

Ginny

Have a great week everyone and we can't wait to see all your "spotty, dotty and stretchy stripes" ! No 18+ unprintable entries though !

Emma, Ginny, Jilly, Lindsey, Jenny, Lou and Andrea

Fab'n'Funky DT

We've also remembered Mr Linky again this week . . . hee, hee, hee ! Please where possible, turn off your word verification. The DT love to visit you all but it can take an age to leave a comment if you have word verification . . . why not try comment moderation instead.

Challenge #30 - "Get in shape"

Hi everyone and welcome back to the new look blog. New blinkies will be around soon so please do grab one and display it on your blogs . . . we would be very proud indeed.

Now onto this weeks challenge . . . a simple one to say the least and it's called . .

"Get into shape !"

So get out all your die cutting machines, or scissors and make your card or project this week in a different shape from the normal square and rectangles that we all use. Alternatively use your PC and manipulate an image to be the shape of your card or project.

We are also very lucky to be sponsored by the ever so generous Eliazabeth from Softpencil who is offering a gift voucher to the lucky winner of this weeks challenge.

So to win this great prize, you need to be in it to win it !!! As always here is the DT's take on this weeks challenge . .

Lindsey

Lou

Andrea


Emma

Jenny
Ginny

We can't wait to see what "shapes" you all come up with this week,

Fab'n'Funky DT

Challenge #26 - "Piece that paper!"

Another week whizzes by and in the UK, it's Whitsun half term which normally means poor weather as the children are on their hols . . . however the sun has finally decided to come out to play and it looks like we could be in for better weather this end of the week! Fingers crossed !

Now the lucky winner of last weeks prize chosen by Mrs Random.Org was no:1 and that is . . . .

Shell from The Camels Hump

Many congratulations from everyone at "Fab'n'Funky" and please email Dustin from Doodle Dragon Studio to claim your prize putting Fab 'n' Funky Challenge winner in the subject line.

Now as it's the start of a brand new month, this means that this weeks sponsor is . .

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.

My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists. I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"
Now the challenge this week is one we all probably do automatically . . .

"Piece that paper"

which translated means "paper piecing", (well do try and "DO" posh here every now and then!) The DT have each used a Softpencil digi image which they have paper pieced but you could use a stamped image or another digi image. If you use a Softpencil image in your project this week, we will enter you twice into this weeks randomly chosen draw to win some more digi images from Elizabeth.

Now lets get things rolling and here is the DT's projects:

Lindsey

Please welcome our 2nd GDT, Lindsey who will playing along with us for all of June.

Andrea

Lydia

Jilly

Lou

Ginny

Now we can't wait to see what you"piece" together ! ! ! lol x

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