Crafty Catz: March 2014

Saturday, 29 March 2014

Winners post 223

Morning our lovely followers..Thanks for stopping by to check out the winners from last weeks challenge which was Bling it up!!

Our Top 3 has been chosen by Kim this week and they can be found a little further down the post.

Ok now for the winner which has been chosen by Random org...# 77 Kim

CONGRATULATIONS

Beautiful creation

If you contact me Carol

carolcroft7@btinternet.com

to arrange for your prize from our sponsor, please accept our winners badge below

Now the TOP 3

laine

#56 Marlene

#99 Kirsten

CONGRATULATIONS

Well done fabulous creations

please accept our TOP 3 Badge for your blog.

Thanks again for your support with out challenges, without you we would not have a challenge blog

Our new challenge has started and the info is just below..

Enjoy your weekend

x Carol and the CC Team

Friday, 28 March 2014

Challenge 224

Good Morning Crafty Catz followers Carol here ...Hope you all enjoyed our Bling challenge last week, i will be back tomorrow with the winners and top 3 selection.

Now onto this weeks challenge which is your favourite

ANYTHING GOES

We have another two fab sponsor for you again this week and they are Crimson Cloud

with a prize of 3 packs of die cuts

and our other sponsor is Paper nest dolls

The Paper Nest Dolls are a collection of original artwork, all done hand, by Christine Young the founder. All artwork is unique and inspired by one of Christine Young's children and then turned into a rubber or digital stamp.

prize is $25 to the Paper Nest Dolls

We also kept our GUEST DT CALL open a little longer

which we are glad to announce we have asked

Teresa and you can find her blog HERE, she will be with us for the month of April.

Sadly this means this is the last week of our March GDT post

we have enjoyed your wonderful creations Mirella, thank you for being a wonderful Guest

but who knows you may just see her work again very soon.....

Now lets see what the DT have been creating

The images used today are kindly given by The paper nest dolls

Mirella

Anna

AUNTY SUE

CAROL

CHRISTINE

DIANNE

DONNA

JAC

JANETTE

KIM

NAOMI

NICK

(Having a little break)

NINA

OOH These are FABULOUS ladies as usual

now its over to you .

Please link up below and remember no more than three entries to keep it fair .

Link back to the blog

Follow the challenge theme.

we will do our best to pay you a little visit and say hello but please forgive us if we dont as this is always a

busy challenge.

Have a lovely weekend and have a

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.

x Carol and the CC Team x

Saturday, 22 March 2014

Winners post chall 222

Hi there..how are we all doing...did you enjoy our latest challenge, we had many entries but only a few interested in the GDT call so we have extended it over the new challenge which started yesterday so please scroll down for the info.

so now onto our winner from last week and the random org has spun and picked # 9 Cathy

well done..fab male card

Here is your winners badge

if you contact me

carolcroft7@btinternet.com

to arrange for your prize

Now onto our TOP 3 chosen by Nick

#39 Jane

#1 Elaine

#36 TMD

WOW FAB WORK LADIES.....

Here is your top 3 badge

hope you have time to join in with this weeks challenge, love to see you there

x Carol x

Friday, 21 March 2014

Challenge #223 - Bling it up! & GDT call for April

Hello everyone and welcome to a new challenge at CraftyCatz! We had some fantastic 'Boys and their toys' entries last week and don't forget to check back on here tomorrow to see who our winner is and our top 3.

We are also continuing our GDT Call for April so if you fancy joining us for the month with your 1st challenge card going live on the 4th April. Just add GDT after your name. For those that applied last week we will be adding them into the mix. So if you are a newbie or experienced crafter come on we are a friendly bunch and welcome all.

But it's time for a new challenge - chosen by me, Kim! Now we know how much you all like adding a few embellishments to your fabulous creations so we'd like to see some 'bling' this week - so feel free to add your pearls, gems, glitter, etc!

We are sponsored this week by the wonderful

so do get busy with your 'bling' and join us!

But first let's see what our fabulous Design Team have come up with to inspire you, including our lovely Guest DT member for March, Mirella

Mirella GDT

ANNA

AUNTY SUE

CAROL

CHRISTINE

DIANNE

DONNA

JAC

JANETTE

KIM

NAOMI

NINA

Aren't they just fantastic? So get busy with all your pearls and gems and pretty things - and join in!

Please remember, no more than 3 entries each to keep it fair!

Love from

Kim and the CraftyCatz Team

Saturday, 15 March 2014

Winners post # 221

Hi there....Happy Saturday, Carol here with news of our lovely winner and Top 3 selection from last weeks challenge which was Paper Piercing, hope you had fun with the challenge, we didn't have many entries but as usual your creations were fabulous.
ok Here is the winner and it is # 14 Dianne Fernandez

CONGRATULATIONS

Please contact me Carol

carolcroft7@btinternet.com

Here is the badge for you to display on your blog

Now here is the TOP 3 chosen by Jac this week

#18 Stacey

22* Leeann

#2 Mandi

well done these are fabulous

Here is you badge for your blog

Our new challenge has already started just scroll down for the info.

Have a lovely weekend

x Carol and the CC team x

Friday, 14 March 2014

Challenge #222 - Boys and their toys & GDT Call

Good morning everyone and welcome to a new challenge here at Crafty Catz! Thank you everyone for your fantastic Paper Piercing creations for our last challenge. Don´t forget to come back tomorrow for our winner and Top 3.

We are having a GDT call this week for April so if you fancy joining us for our challenges, then just add GDT after your name . We're a really friendly team and we welcome all, whether you are new to blogging or DT work or are more experienced.

Before we get started we would like to say a big welcome to our newest DT member, Donna! You all know her already since she was our guest designer last month.

It´s my (Nick) turn to set the theme this week and I have picked

Boys and their toys

So we want to see cards for men/boys with some sort of "toy" it can be a lot of things, tool boxes or tools, cars, motorbikes, bikes, tv-games, hunting or fishing equipment or sailboats....

We are sponsored this week by DigiStamps4Joy

South African crafters are new to the digital stamping world, with the first South African online digital image store launched in 2010 – Digistamps4Joy (or DS4J)http://www.digistamps4joy.co.za/eshop/. In May 2012, Margy Kieser took over ownership of DS4J, and there are now two South African artists who contribute to the more than 500 images available. Margy has taken the store to new heights and the store now stocks digis that are cute, whimsical, artistic, sometimes serious, and sometimes humorous. In addition, one of our own South African rubber stamp companies granted us permission for one range of rubber stamps to be converted into digistamp images. The store has PAYPAL, PAYFAST (South African) and EFT (South African) facilities. Digistamps4Joy offers a monthly freebie on the first Friday of every month, and holds regular bi-weekly card challenges that draw entries from many international card makers.

PRIZE 5 DIGI IMAGES OF WINNERS CHOICE

We got two amazing Guest designers with us today

Our GDT for March - Mirella

and with us from DigiStamps4Joy we have

Charlene

I first started crafting when my son was in his second year of Beavers. My husband and I became leaders that year with 2 other wonderful people. I found that I had a nack for finding ways of making crafts for the Beavers to do that were cute but inexpesive. I moved on from Beavers into Guiding and followed my daughter through her 2 years of Sparks and Brownies and her first year of Guides. When she left I continued on for a few years. During this time I found that I loved making things by hand for people...so when I was introduced to making cards 3 years ago, I jumped into it enthusiastically. And I have never regretted it.

She used Dads Austin image