CMM68 | Washi Tape

If you're a regular follower of The Card Makin' Mamas Challenge Blog, you know we've been a little off our game lately. Between job changes and cross country moving, there are a few things shaking behind the scenes; please forgive the dust as we make improvements over the next few weeks. We hope the upcoming changes will help settle things down and make your creative experience here a great one!

Stay tuned for the details - better yet, join the CMM Facebook group or sign up for emails and be one of the first to know!

Love playing with current trends and this one is no exception...our current challenge is to use:

WASHI TAPE

There are so many designs and sizes, a style for every crafter! Use it on the background, as an embellishment, as a journaling strip...

And our sponsor is our very own JESSICA, owner of the CMM Challenge Blog! She has found some treasure to share with the winner of this challenge!

Let's see what some of the CMM Design Team has to show you!

Adina

Jessica

Penny

Susan

Vikki

Alrighty, your turn - show us your tape!

No Patterned Paper WINNERS!

Happy Tuesday, Mamas! I apologize for the delayed winners post. I'm in the middle of a move and had temporarily lost my power cord to my laptop - Thank Goodness it didn't get packed! Anyway, it was fun to see how you interpreted the last challenge - some of the cards were CAS and then there were those were not hindered in the least to layer up their cards! No matter what you did - thanks for the inspiration!

**(Click Here to Link Up to Our Current Challenge - RIBBON)**

Well, without much more ado, here are the Top 3 winners of our No Patterned Paper Challenge!

#9 Marlies

...darling image and pretty layers...

#11 Susan Kennedy

...great use of positive & negative die cuts...

#92 Allisa

...subtle texture & creative use of bling...

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

...and the winner of the fabulous prize of one free seat to any one of MY CREATIVE CLASSROOM's online classes...drum roll, please!....

Congratulations, #31 Shelly Schmidt!

Send an email to cardmakingmamaschallenge@hotmail.com to claim your prize!

PLEASE PUT THE NAME OF THE CHALLENGE YOU WON IN THE EMAIL.

On to the next challenge...just a few more days to link up! Get out your stash of fibers and things to be tied!

**(Click Here to Link Up to Our Current Challenge - RIBBON)**

Time for RIBBON CMM67

Hello Hello to all of you. I am sorry this is a few days late. I have had some issues beyond my control that caused my tardiness. I hope you forgive me. 

Let's get to the NEW challenge. 

                     RIBBON

I wanted to see all sorts of pretty ribbon on your projects. Big or small, crinkle or satin. It doesn't matter. I just want to see it. 

The sponsor this challenge is ME. I have a 2 Bugaboo Rubber Stamp Sets to give away. I will post a pic tomorrow of them. 

Now let's see what the DT has for us today.

                                                           Adina 

                                                             Lilia

                                                            Sara

                                                          Susan

                                                       Vikki

Alrighty everyone, now let's see what kind of creativity flows from your fingers. 

No Patterned Paper Inspiration

I love patterned paper. All the designs, the combinations of colors, themes, textures...all the work has been done and all we have to do is create something with it, right?!

Not this time...

This challenge is NO PATTERNED PAPER. This means if it came with a label, you probably can't use it...only plain cardstock. Now, you can dress it up any way you like...consider it an opportunity to use those stamps, inks, folders, paints, tapes, etc. and make your very own custom designer papers!

*** (Click Here to Link Up to Our Current Challenge - NO PATTERNED PAPER) ***

Our challenge is sponsored by My Creative Classroom - donating a seat in any class!

Look at what some of the DT came up with.

DT Angi

DT Penny

DT Sara

Need more inspiration? How about a peek at some of your cards!

#1 Susan

shares her process for making this background...so fab!

#16 Lou

another tutorial! cute boy & girl versions...

#48 Joyce

CAS and acetate...stunner!

Layered up, CAS, somewhere in the middle...it's your call! Check out the other participants - lots of generous crafters have shared tutorials or links on how they designed their own papers!

*** (Click Here to Link Up to Our Current Challenge - NO PATTERNED PAPER) ***

Spring Colors Winner

Beautiful. It seems that you were inspired by our last challenge: Spring Colors! Loved the pastels, the bright and cheery colors...happiness all around!

*** (Click Here to Link Up to Our Current Challenge - NO PATTERNED PAPER) ***

Here are the winners...Congratulations to our Top 3!

click on the name of the designer to visit their blog. be sure to leave them a little comment love!

#36 Eret

Isn't the coloring lovely?

#146 Carol

So adorable! The flowers and the checks...definitely spring! 

#173 Tine

soft tones and sweet embellishments...

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

...and our random winner of the Hobbybook Digital Stamps prize is...

Whoop! Whoop! Congrats #53 Lucy!

Send an email to cardmakingmamaschallenge@hotmail.com to claim your prize!

PLEASE PUT THE NAME OF THE CHALLENGE YOU WON IN THE EMAIL.

There's still time to link up to our current challenge - NO PATTERNED PAPER. Can't wait to see what you made!

It's Challenge TIME CMM66 | No Patterned Paper

Happy Friday to you all. It is sunny and lovely here in the Pacific Northwest today and I am so excited to share with you a new challenge and a great sponsor.

Our new challenge this time around is 
NO PATTERNED PAPER
This is hopefully challenge you and allow you to have some fun at the same time. Get creative. 


We are being sponsored this challenge by a  great sponsor and you will WANT to win this challenge.

My Creative Classroom is sponsoring us this time and they are such a great company. 

Welcome to My Creative Classroom. MCC is an online arts and crafts learning center. Our interactive and in-depth courses are instructor led and filled with wonderful projects and techniques to help you get the most out of your supplies.

My Creative Classroom is offering the winner of this challenge a free seat to any one of their online classes. The free seat is good for one year after you claim it.  The Fall semester will kick off right after labor day so you will have plenty of classes to choose from right away!

For those of you who don't win, head on over there anyway and check out their Free Courses, this may  inspire you to take one of their other courses. They have a ton of great ones to choose from. 

Let's see what  our lovely DT has to share with you today. 

                                                                  Adina 

                                                               Lilia

                                                                Penny

                                                             Susan

                                                           Vikki

Alrighty everyone, now let's see what kind of creative flows from your fingers. 

Spring Colors Inspiration

Is it Spring where you are? When I look out the window I see white. Lots of white. I know I can use some Spring Color inspiration! Thankfully, we have exactly that! Our Spring Colors Challenge is sponsored by Hobby Book Digital Stamps. Take a look at what the Design Team has created!

DT Lisa
using Annabella

DT Angi

DT Lilia

DT Sara

We are Experiencing Technical Difficulties. Please Stand By.

This is normally where we spotlight a few of YOUR card creations, but it seems we are having a technical issue with the inlinkz...so this week, be sure to click and visit any of the visible links to the current challenge to see what our crafty friends are creating with Spring Colors!

** (Click Here to Link Up to Our Current Challenge - SPRING COLORS) **

Thank you for sharing your cards with us! We look forward to visiting you!