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Saturday Spotlight Time

What this means is that one of the Fashionettes gets to showcase whichever entries caught her eye and puts them into the spotlight plus her reasons why.

Meggymay was the inspiration behind the BIRD Challenge so here are her favourites from all those gorgeous entries:

#7 – Dagmar

Dagmar the stamped background looks amazing on this card, just like a watercolour painting, also such beautiful colours.

#29 – Anke

This card makes such a statement Anke with those bold and dramatic colours, loved the birds in flight also.

#36 – Marina

An Elegant looking card Marina, the embossing goes wonderfully with the stamped image.

Well done ladies you all deserve to be chosen for the Saturday Spotlight, don’t forget you still have one more week to enter the …

Red/Black/Brown Challenge

Our Fashionable Winner as chosen by Random Org is:

#24 – Valerie

Lets walk onto the catwalk and see who the Fashionettes have picked as their Top 3 for the Birds Challenge.

Meggymay was the inspiration behind this challenge, we saw birds everywhere on your projects plus each entry was fabulous.  We so enjoyed visiting to see how you made each and everyone of them.

Our Top 3 Ensemble
(no particular order)

Meggymay is in the Spotlight on Saturday when she will be showcasing her choices and explaining a little about why she has chosen them to be in the spotlight … so if you think this could be you come back and have a peek through the curtains

Congratulations to our Fashionable Winner and the Top 3 Ensemble.

The winner will have two weeks to contact us for the code to claim their prize from Cottage Crafts.

Not forgetting a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all who stepped onto the catwalk with us.

We so wished we could have picked every single entry as a winner but sorry to say it was simply not possible.

Maybe next time it will be your turn on the

Walk Of Fame
or the
Saturday Catwalk Spotlight

You may use digi downloads for enhancement of your projects … but the main focal point must be stamping.

To see who has been picked as the winner or a top three for the Birds Challenge please pop back on Tuesday, plus this time round Meggymay will be picking the Saturday Spotlight favourites and also her reasons why.

Also a big thank you to Marina from Cottage Crafts for sponsoring the FSC challenges.

Marina from Cottage Crafts is allowing the winner to choose anything from her shop up to the value of €7.

Red/Black/Brown

Brenda chose a very unusual but an amazing colour challenge for this fortnight.
Red, Brown and Black is probably not the usual colour combination we would put together but when you start working with it the possibilities are endless.  So thinking caps on ladies.

For your inspiration each Fashionette have again delighted us with their inspirational pieces, so browse to your hearts content and then we would love to see what beautiful pieces you create.

Silvia has stepped onto the catwalk today with this truly flamboyant but stunningly beautiful little outfit.  Colourful, vibrant and totally bold it really says what it means … ‘Don’t Forget Me’.

To read and see more about how the Fashionettes have created such exquisite pieces please visit their blogs and while there maybe leave a little bit of love to let them know how much you adore seeing their creations every fortnight … but before you do …

Just a few fashionable rules girlfriends

We are a stamping challenge so we really Must See some form of stamping on your project

Absolutely No Digi Stamped Images Allowed

Closing date for this challenge will be midnight Saturday, 9th March 2013

Winner and top 3 will be announced on Tuesday, 12th March 2013

Saturday Spotlight will be announced on Saturday, 16th March 2013

The winner will have two weeks to contact us for the code to claim their prize from Cottage Crafts.

We would love to see any project as long as it follows the theme of the challenge and is a new creation

Entry is limited to three projects per challenge … no linking back to projects previously posted

Please link back to your post and not your blog

If you don’t have a blog but would still like to enter please e-mail a pick to us and we will add for you

Saturday Spotlight Time

What this means is that one of the Fashionettes gets to showcase whichever entries caught her eye and puts them into the spotlight plus her reasons why.

Such a lovely little treat for you this fortnight, instead of the usual three in the spotlight we are showcasing some real love and parading six gorgeous pieces on the catwalk.

Brenda & Joanna are both picking their favourites from all those gorgeous entries and here they are.

Brenda has stepped onto the catwalk first displaying her 3 gorgeous spotlighted choices

#7 – Laurart

I love the bright summery colours and the mixed-media feel to this card.

#43 – Valerie Jael

A fabulous stamped gold background, dreamy lace to bring magic to our screens.

#73 – Jennie

Soft delicate colours that explode into an array of wonderful textures and shapes plus a swarm of gorgeous dancing butterflies.

Joanna is now parading through the curtains with her 3 delightfully spotlighted choices.

#11 – Tracy

Oh this card really made me smile!  It’s exactly how I felt this Valentine’s Day – I had so much love to share that it was just ‘spilling out’ everywhere! … LOVE IT!!!

#58 – Dawn

Super, super cute card with a hint of nostalgia.  it reminds me of old cartoons which I used to watch and totally adored.  Great colour scheme which just shouts ‘LOVE’!!!

#65 – Janiel

Just look at this heart squeezingly sweet card – beautiful colours and hearts everywhere!  Perfect Valentine’s project.

Well done ladies you all deserve to be chosen for the Saturday Spotlight, don’t forget you still have one more week to enter the …

BIRDS Challenge

Our Fashionable Winner as chosen by Random Org is:

#26- Kate

Lets walk onto the catwalk and see who the Fashionettes have picked as their Top 3 for the Show Some Love Challenge.

Brenda & Joanna were the inspiration behind this challenge.
All the entries were superb pieces of art and the lucky recipients who will be receiving these pieces of love will be absolutely delighted.  We so enjoyed visiting to see how you made them.

Our Top 3 Ensemble
(no particular order)

Brenda & Joanna are in the Spotlight on Saturday when they will be showcasing their choices and explaining a little about why they has chosen the pieces to be in the spotlight … so if you think this could be you come back and have a peek through the curtains

Congratulations to our Fashionable Winner and the Top 3 Ensemble.

The winner will have two weeks to contact us for the code to claim their prize from Cottage Crafts.

Not forgetting a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all who stepped onto the catwalk with us.

We so wished we could have picked every single entry as a winner but sorry to say it was simply not possible.

Maybe next time it will be your turn on the

Walk Of Fame
or the
Saturday Catwalk Spotlight

You may use digi downloads for enhancement of your projects … but the main focal point must be stamping.

Before we start into the next challenge we would like to thank Chris who did a Guest Design spot for our last challenge and for sharing her beautiful pieces with us.

To see who has been picked as the winner or a top three for the Show Some Love Challenge you will have to pop back on Tuesday plus this time round Brenda & Joanna will be picking the Saturday Spotlight favourites and also their reasons why.

Also a big thank you to Marina from Cottage Crafts for sponsoring the FSC challenges.

Marina from Cottage Crafts is allowing the winner to choose anything from her shop up to the value of €7.

BIRDS

Meggymay has chosen a delightful challenge theme this fortnight.  Who doesn’t like to see birds on their projects, they are such elegant creatures.

The inspiration this fortnight from the wonderful designers is second to none as usual, so browse to your hearts content and then we would love to see what inspirational pieces you create.

Meggymay has pulled back the curtains and is strutting her stuff first with this very delectable piece.
The sentiment is true poetry plus everything is so prettily laid out for all to see.

To read and see more about how the Fashionettes have created such exquisite pieces please visit their blogs and while there maybe leave a little bit of love to let them know how much you adore seeing their creations every fortnight … but before you do …

Just a few fashionable rules girlfriends

We are a stamping challenge so we really Must See some form of stamping on your project

Absolutely No Digi Stamped Images Allowed

Closing date for this challenge will be midnight … Saturday, 23rd February 2013

Winner and top 3 will be announced on …Tuesday, 26th February 2013

Saturday Spotlight will be announced on … Saturday, 2nd March 2013

The winner will have two weeks to contact us for the code to claim their prize from Cottage Crafts.

We would love to see any project as long as it follows the theme of the challenge and is a new creation

Entry is limited to three projects per challenge … no linking back to projects previously posted

Please link back to your post and not your blog

If you don’t have a blog but would still like to enter please e-mail a pick to us and we will add for you

Saturday Spotlight Time

What this means is that one of the Fashionettes gets to showcase whichever entries caught her eye and puts them into the spotlight.  This week it’s Yvonne picking her favourites.  She had such a difficult time choosing from all your amazing entries but here they are.

#14 – Myra

 I was immediately captured by the scene Myra created with her stamping.  The buildings were the perfect backdrop to the trolley, which appeared to me to be coming right at me!  Love the bits of tissue tape so well placed throughout her design work.  Well Done!

#16 – Joan

I am always wowed at how others use images that I have in my own collection so differently.  Joan did an amazing job with this card.  I LOVE her use of PanPastels in the background.  Also love how she placed so many planes in the sky, so realistic of bygone times.  The compass and gentlemen in the corner balance the card to perfection.  Outstanding!

Well done ladies you all deserve to be chosen for the Saturday Spotlight, don’t forget you still have one more week to enter the …

Show Some Love

Our Fashionable Winner as chosen by Random Org is:

#4 – Marianne

Lets walk onto the catwalk and see who the Fashionettes have picked as their Top 3 for the Trains, Planes & Automobiles Challenge.

Yvonne was the inspiration behind this challenge.  All the entries were amazing pieces of art and we so enjoyed visiting to see how you made them.

Our Top 3 Ensemble
(no particular order)

Yvonne will be in the Spotlight on Saturday when she will be showcasing her choices and explaining a little about why she has chosen the pieces to be in the spotlight … so if you think this could be you come back and have a peek through the curtains

Congratulations to our Fashionable Winner and the Top 3 Ensemble.

The winner will have two weeks to contact us for the code to claim their prize from Cottage Crafts.

Not forgetting a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all who stepped onto the catwalk with us.

We so wished we could have picked every single entry as a winner but sorry to say it was simply not possible.

Maybe next time it will be your turn on the

Walk Of Fame
or the
Saturday Catwalk Spotlight

You may use digi downloads for enhancement of your projects … but the main focal point must be stamping.

To see who has been picked as the winner or a top three for the Trains, Planes & Automobiles Challenge you will have to pop back on Tuesday plus this time round Yvonne will be picking the Saturday Spotlight favourites and also her reasons why.

Also a big thank you to Marina from Cottage Crafts for sponsoring the FSC challenges.

Marina from Cottage Crafts is allowing the winner to choose anything from her shop up to the value of €7.

Show Some Love

Brenda & Joanna wanted to share some love with you all this fortnight (especially as Valentine’s day is only just around the corner).

Also sharing love is very important to each and everyone of us, it makes us smile, laugh, have beautiful thoughts and even cry but who doesn’t deserve some love in their life and what better way to show it than with an adorable creation.

Each fortnight the design team work their magic and show us their beautiful pieces of art but just look at the romantic and love inspired projects they are sharing with you on the catwalk, truly inspirational.

Ah … but before we do we have a little surprise for you, this fortnight we have a Guest Designer who is sharing her work with FSC.

Chris from Imagination And Inspiration Are Wonderful Things. I am sure you would all like to hop on over and Show Some Love as the challenge suggests.

When I was asked to guest design a piece of work for ‘Fashionable Stamping Challenges’ it made me think about how, through the years, my attitude to stamping and how I approach it has changed. When I first started stamping I thought that the stamp was the feature and could only be the feature which meant that some stamps were very hard to use and my work could be boring (pretty, but boring, lol). As my passion for crafting has progressed the many techniques I’ve learned from others has enabled me to see stamping in quite another light.

I think that venturing more into the ‘shabby chic’ and ‘altered art’ genres have certainly helped for now I see a stamp as a colour, a texture, a relief, a binder, not just the composition itself.

Love life

When I made this tableau originally the heart was plain but it didn’t ‘feel’ right and it definitely needed something to bind the embossed metal work with the rest of the card. By stamping the heart in black it bound the metal and gave it the finishing touch it needed.

Love is… shabby chic

Conversely, this card uses stamping to add colours, texture and contrast to various elements in the card. You will no doubt note that stamping is not the main feature of the card but forms the building blocks of the art itself.

The great thing about stamping is that no matter how new or advanced you are there is always something new to learn and something new to try.

Paula is starting our catwalk parade this fortnight with her rather fetching little pale pink and white number. It is so delicate and timeless but the hanging hearts add that extra bit of charm … Roses are deifinitely the flower of love.

To read and see more about how the Fashionettes have created such exquisite pieces please visit their blogs and while there maybe leave a little bit of love to let them know how much you adore seeing their creations every fortnight … but before you do …

Just a few fashionable rules girlfriends

We are a stamping challenge so we really Must See some form of stamping on your project

Absolutely No Digi Stamped Images Allowed

Closing date for this challenge will be … Saturday, 9th February 2013

Winner and top 3 will be announced on …Tuesday, 12th February 2013

Saturday Spotlight will be announced on … Saturday, 16th February 2013

The winner will have two weeks to contact us for the code to claim their prize from Cottage Crafts.

We would love to see any project as long as it follows the theme of the challenge and is a new creation

Entry is limited to three projects per challenge … no linking back to projects previously posted

Please link back to your post and not your blog

If you don’t have a blog but would still like to enter please e-mail a pick to us and we will add for you