Saturday, February 23, 2013

Happy Birthday Inspiration

Did you have a birthday this month? If not, Happy UNbirthday to you! We can't have too many of those, right?

Our Happy Birthday Challenge is in full swing...have you joined in? This challenge we are sponsored by...
Just for doing what you love and linking up, you could win 4 SSD digis of your choice! Ready to join in on the fun?


Still looking for some inspiration? How about a few cards to help get your mojo flowing?!





and a few cake worthy cards spotted in our link up...


...do you need a masculine card? Great design, too!


...if this card doesn't put a smile on your face, you may need to go back to bed!


...this is just all around adorable!

Alrighty...there you have it! Grab a cupcake and get to crafting! Can't wait to see your card!



Friday, February 22, 2013

LOVE Winners

(NOTE: This is the "LOVE" winners post.

Thank you for sharing the LOVE! 

There were so many different styles to choose from in this last challenge - cute, dark, funky, traditional...so awesome that every day there is inspiration to be had! This was a difficult challenge to choose our Top 3...our DT liked so many of your cards!

We finally narrowed down the choices; here are our Top 3!
(in numberical order)
click on the name of the designer to visit their blog


...jailbird love? I'd take this one home!

...anyone for a picnic...in the woods?

...can there be a month of LOVE without Betty Boop?


Top 3 Winners - Don't forget to add the CMM Top 3 badge to your blog -
it's located in the sidebar!

And finally...our randomly drawn winner of the SSD digs....


Congrats to #206 Allisa!

Send an email to cardmakinmamaschallenge@hotmail.com to claim your prize!
PLEASE PUT THE NAME OF THE CHALLENGE YOU WON IN THE EMAIL.

Hmmm...do I smell cake? Stop by tomorrow for some lovely BIRTHDAY inspiration!

Friday, February 15, 2013

It's Birthday Time CMM63

It's birthday party time here at CMM!  Our very own JESS  is having a BIRTHDAY on Sunday and DT Angi just had her's a couple days ago!

So in honor of our special days, our challenge will be a card for a BIRTHDAY!  Pretty fun huh?

The sponsor this challenge is Sassy Studio Designs and the amazing prize is 4 digi images of your choosing. Now that's worth playing for.
Let's see what the DT has done with this totally fun and amazing challenge!!

                                                     Adina

                                                     Lilia

                                                     Penny  

                                                            Sara

                                                         Shary

                                                               Susan

                                                        Vikki 



You have until TWO WEEKS to get in your entries. Also please remember... we are a CARD challenge group.  So only card entries will be accepted.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Love Inspiration

We could all use a little more LOVE, right?
From Millan.Net

Please take a moment to review the simple Challenge Rules and the following notes, take in the inspiration from the LOVE Challenge and then...


Inspiration Posts and How to Find the Challenges:
Our Inspiration Posts do NOT contain the actual Inlinkz link for our challenges. The link to the challenge post where you can link up your project  is normally located near the top of the Inspiration post.

You can find the Challenge Post itself:
Click on the blog header to start at the most recent post and then scroll down to the previous post or two or by clicking on the challenge name in the Blog Archives in the sidebar to the right.

**If the Inlinkz link is missing or not working on the Challenge Post**
We would LOVE to take the time to link up your project, if the Inlinkz link is missing or not working, but ONLY if you provide the following information in the comments section of the Challenge Post:

1. The direct URL to your project post, not just your blog's main page.
2. ***Your email***  No email, no link.

Please note: If your project does not follow the guidelines or the theme, we have the right to delete your link from our challenge without notification. 

From Millan.Net
We LOVE leaving you a little comment LOVE, so please consider turning off Captcha/Verification. (Try moderating comments. Check with your blog service. Moderating works great with the added bonus of you receiving notification when someone leaves you LOVE!) With more than 100 entries per challenge, it can take us a bit of time to get around and we would love to bank those extra minutes for some crafting time, too!

Thank you for taking the time to read these notes and reviewing the challenge rules! You deserve a little eye candy! Look at the lovelies found in our LOVE Challenge sponsored by
















Are you inspired? Ready to link up?

Friday, February 8, 2013

Clean & Simple Winners

(NOTE: this is the "CAS" Winners post.

Thanks to all of you that linked up to our CAS (Clean & Simple) Challenge!

There were some fabulous cards out there that met all of the criteria...and then there are some of us still working on the Clean and Simple part of CAS...(ahem! I keep looking at my card wondering if I should add just a little something more or two! lol)


Well, in spite of the limited use of all things we cardmakers love to create with,
we have a Top 3 to present!
click on the links above the pictures to see the full project on the designer's blog









Top 3 Winners - Don't forget to add the CMM Top 3 badge to your blog -
it's located in the sidebar!

Last, but not least...our Random Winner of the fabulous sponsored prize of
4 digital images from Meljen's Designs is...


Congratulations, #168 Bonnie!

Send an email to cardmakinmamaschallenge@hotmail.com to claim your prize!
PLEASE PUT THE NAME OF THE CHALLENGE YOU WON IN THE EMAIL.

Stop by tomorrow to see more DT inspiration and a few featured cards chosen from the entries for our current challenge: LOVE 

Friday, February 1, 2013

I'm in the mood for LOVE CMM62

 Are you all in the mood for LOVE??? I know I am.

The challenge this week is LOVE themed cards in honor of Valentine's Day. I want to see  cards filled with love and happiness. That means hearts and mushy stuff. LOL. But it could also mean the colors of love, or wedding or anniversary. ANYTHING THAT IS THEMED AROUND LOVE.

Our amazing sponsor this week is BUGABOO STAMPS


Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay:
As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 
If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug

They will be offering the winner of this challenge  FREE DIGIS



Also we are happy to be introducing our THREE newest DT members. They are so talented and I know that they will bring you tons of  inspiration. 

                                                        Meet Adina 

                                                          Meet Lilia

                                                          Meet Vikki


Here are our amazing Design Team samples to get your mojo flowing! 

                                               Adina using a Bugaboo image

                                               Lilia using a Bugaboo image

                                                           Penny  
                                              Shary using a Bugaboo image

                                                Susan using a Bugaboo  image

                                                   Vikki using a Bugaboo image


Super cute cards right?  Want to show us what you got?  Then link up below to be entered in our challenge! Also don't forget to come back next Friday when the inspiration girls will dazzle you with their  creations.