Happy Birthday To Us
Happy Birthday To Us
Happy Birthday Dear CRAFT Challenge
Happy Birthday To Us!
(Sorry, this is a rather very long post!)
Can you believe it? We are already 4 years old. Originally started by Tracy from Just Tracy Crafts and with a DT mostly recruited from Trimcraft forum members (Hence the term CRAFT Challenge, which stood for Crafters Residing Are Friendly Trimmies. Or if you wished alternative meaning of Can't Remember A Flipping Thing) on the 4th of May 2009.
We have now grown to be a large team of Design Team Members from all around the world, supplemented with lots of Guest Designers who join us for a month at a time. I am the only one still left from the original team (Jo) and have been lucky to have such a lot of very talented (G)DT members help me keep this challenge blog going. Our main aim has continually been to HAVE FUN!
We have always welcomed all kinds of craft, not just paper craft (unless specifically stated so in the challenge at the time) and are happy to have such a large group of faithful followers.
So, how are we going to celebrate this milestone?
Well, how else can we celebrate than to have our yearly Blogaversary Blog Hop?
And this year we have these fabulous sponsors who are supplying the prizes for our winners on the blog hop:
use our code for $10 off: STMMMS98952
Now, how is that for a set up? We are very happy and grateful that these fabulous sponsors have agreed to sponsor our Blog Hop.
Now, how can you get to win any of the prizes provided by our sponsors?
That is easy! Just follow the route on our blog hop (you can also find that in our side banner), Our Blog Hop lasts for the duration of this challenge, which means a closing time of Wednesday 6pm GMT on the 15th of May 2013.
And here are our little rules for this challenge/blog hop:
- Our challenge this week is Birthday
- Create something with this in mind
- Add your project to our Inlinkz below to be in with a chance of being one of our Top3 and win a prize from Karen's Doodles
- Follow the route of the Blog Hop
- Add your project to the Inlinkz at each of these stops to be in with a chance of winning the prize advertised on that blog
- Collect the letters on this and the blogs on the blog hop
- Form a sentence with these letters
- Return to our challenge blog and put your winning sentence in our comments under the post.
- We will enable comment moderation for the duration of this challenge/blog hop to ensure there is no cheating, lol.
- And the main rule: HAVE FUN!
- Not got a blog? Don't worry, as long as you have an online gallery somewhere, you can used the link to that gallery for your 'url'. If you want to enter the challenge, but don't have a blog, you can also e-mail your card to us and we can add it to our blog of e-mail entries. However the closing time for that is earlier (3pm GMT on the 15th!). You can then use that url to add to the Inlinkz at the other blogs if you wish.
- You can choose to either enter the challenge (add to Inlinkz here), enter the blog hop (add to Inlinkz at the stops and enter the sentence in comments below) or do both.
What can you win on our challenge blog?
Everyone else can also get this software with a $10 discount. Just follow the links to My Memories.com or My Memories Suite 4 and use our code in the discount box on purchasing this software you get a fabulous $10 off this software. That is not to be sneezed at.
In order to get $10 off this great software, copy and paste our code
and enter it in the discount slot while purchasing this software. It will take it automatically off the purchase price. It is however only valid for this software and nothing else!
- Top3, 1 : 3 images of choice
- Top3, 2 : 2 images of choice
- Top3, 3 : 1 image of choice
So, let's get you started on this challenge with some inspiration from our Designers and Guest Designers.
(using 'DJ Love' by Saturated Canary)
(using '29 again' by Bugaboo Stamps)
(using 'Ooh La La' by Pattie's Creations)
(using 'Cupcake' by Meljen's Designs)
(using 'Shirt and Tie card template' by The Cutting Cafe)
(using 'Vintage Cars stamps' by Flonzcraft)
(using an image by Sassy Studio Designs)
(using 'Garden Fantasy' by Floppy Latte Designs)
(using 'Star Diploma' by DigiDarla)
(using 'The Cook' by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More)
(using 'Birthday Dragon' by Rick St Dennis MFA,
new stamp designed especially for this challenge)
(using 'Alligator Beach' from Bugaboo Stamps)
(using 'Rock n Bear' from Doodle Dragons Studios)
(using 'Sabrina' from Rick St Dennis MFA)
(using 'Hippo' from QKR Stampede)
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(using 'Brat' by Beary Dust Designs)
(using 'The Chef' by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More)
And now for our Blog Hop route:
(You can find a prize to be won at each stop!)
(You can find a prize to be won at each stop!)
CRAFT Challenge Blog (you are here at the start of the hop)
And here are the letters to be collected on this blog:
and
So, in summary:
- Create something with the brief Birthday
- Link your project to Inlinkz for a chance to be in our Top3
- Complete the Blog Hop
- Leave some Love, link to Inlinkz at each stop
- Collect all the letters
- Make a sentence with your letters and place in a comment at the end of this post.
- Check back next week or soon after to see if you are a winner on one of the blogs
- Have Fun!
Thank you for joining us in our Celebrations, have fun on our Blog Hop and Good Luck! Don't forget to add your entry to Inlinkz or to check back to see if you are a winner.
Love,
Jo and The CRAFT Team.
