~WINNER OF CHALLENGE 39 & A SAD GOODBYE~

Happy Friday everyone!!! I hope your weekend is off to a wonderful start!!
I wanted to first, announce our winner for Challenge 39 -- 

#61 -- SUSAN KENNEDY of SCRAP A THOUSAND WORDS: LOVE LIFE AND THE PURSUIT OF CRAFTING

Please contact me at craftuscrazy@tampabay.rr.com to claim your prize. You have until April 5th :)

Now for the sad goodbye .... After much thought and inner struggles, I've decided that Challenge 39 will be the last challenge here at Craft Us Crazy! With personal reasons and life interruptions, it's become to the point that I can't put as much time as I'd like into our challenge blog. I want to thank each and every one of you that has been with us from the beginning, and all the new faces we got to meet and be inspired from along the way!! I can't thank you enough for all your support!!!

To my design team -- Lori, Jeanette, Sam, Kym, Valentina -- Words can't describe the love I have for each of you, and the appreciation for all of you for all the hard work you have given me over the many months and years!!!!

Happy Crafting and until we meet again!!!

~Jeri~

~CHALLENGE 39...ANYTHING BUT A CARD WITH SKdigis~

~Winners for Challenges 37 & 38 have been posted HERE~

 HELLO!!!! Welcome back to Craft Us Crazy challenges!!! We're so glad you joined us today!
Before we get to our challenge, I'd like to give a tearful goodbye to Candy. She's had to step down from the DT and we will miss her and her crafty goodness!! Thank you for all you done while you were with us Candy!!!

Our challenge theme we have for you is... ANYTHING BUT A CARD!!
We have a brand new sponsor for you this challenge....

owned by the lovely and sweet Sonia Kertznus

and please check out the SKDigis Blog

Sonia is offering a $6 VOUCHER for our winner!!!!!
A big THANK YOU to SKdigis for supplying images for our DT to play with this challenge!!

Now lets take a look at the beautiful projects our design team created for you this challenge!! We have a few more projects to be added soon :) 
I hope they inspire you to get crafty and join us!

~JEANETTE~
GOLDFISH image BY SKdigis

~LORI~ 
ZEBRA image by SKdigis

~VALENTINA~
MOSES THE MONKEY image by SKdigis

 
~SAM~

~CHALLENGE 38 - ANYTHING GOES WITH SATURATED CANARY~

 HELLO!!!! Welcome back to Craft Us Crazy challenges!!! We're so glad you joined us today!
Our challenge theme we have for you is everyone's favorite... ANYTHING GOES!! So come and color us inspired or let us celebrate your holiday with you!!! And don't forget to check out the awesome prizes being offered by the ever so talented....

owned by the lovely and sweet Krista Smith

and please check out the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog

Krista is offering TWO DIGI STAMPS to one of our winners!!!!!
A big THANK YOU to Saturated Canary for supplying images for our DT to play with this challenge!!

Now lets take a look at the beautiful projects our design team created for you this challenge!! We have a few more projects to be added soon :) 
I hope they inspire you to get crafty and join us!

~CANDY~
Booby Love Freebie by Saturated Canary
and chose her favorite color PINK 

~JEANETTE~
PACK LIGHT BY SATURATED CANARY

~LORI~

~SAM~

~CHALLENGE 37.....SHOW US YOUR FAVORITES~

 ~Winners for Challenges 35 & 36 have been posted HERE~

Our theme for Challenge 37 is USE YOUR FAVORITES!!! Be sure to let us know what your favorites are!!

We have a great new sponsor for you this challenge...

Here's some information about our sponsor:
My name is Natali.
I am card making girl. And from May 2012 I have opened my on-line shop Iva Nova Chest http://www.ivanovachest.com. General line of my shop is: Flowers, Ribbons, Charms... I can provide guddy bags with some product follow the challenge theme (it can be just flowers, or ribbons, or charms, or mix for colours and many more..) I am stay in Malaysia.

Iva Nova Chest is offering the products in the below picture to a lucky winner! 

Now on to our fabulous DT projects!! 

 ~Jeanette~
Jeanette's favorites -

One of my favorite things is to make friends (online) via this craft that we all love.

Another of my favorite things is to find ways to use “found items” or “recycled items” or “non-crafting items” on my cards.

The card I made incorporates both of those favorites. One of my online buddies knows I love to use non-crafting items on my cards, so she mailed me some absolutely gorgeous wrapping paper! I used it for the card front on my card as well as the layered/ruffled flower that I made.

 

~Lori~
 Lori's Favorites - 

Favorites:  vintage images, buttons, ribbon and banners!

~SAM~



~JERI~ 
My favorite thing is trying new things!!

~Kym W~

My favorite is using my stamps, water coloring with TomBow Markers, creating different types of projects and adding lots of embellishments. 

~CHALLENGE 36...GET TO CUTTING~

WOW!! What a crazy day!! I've definitely lived up to our name over the past 24hours!!! Thanks Jeanette for letting our lovely followers know to check back!! Let's kick off this evening with a brand new challenge!!!
Our theme for Challenge 36 is USE YOUR CUTTING MACHINES (Cameo, Pazzles, Big Shot, Vagabond..whatever you may use to cut dies or files) and/or FAVORITE TECHNIQUE!!!  If you choose to use the technique theme, please let us know what techniques you are using, so that we can all try them out. 
The sponsor for this challenge is one of our favorites....

Here's some information about our GREAT sponsor:
The Cutting Cafe
Hello my name is Regina Easter. I have 4 wonderful children and an awesome supportive husband. I have for as long as I can remember loved all the aspects of creating things with paper and drawing. So it was only fitting that I decided to open up The Cutting Cafe' and I am loving every bit of this new venture. The Cutting Cafe' offers affordable Printable Stamps and Cutting Files. The Cutting Files which are basically just like templates are files that you Print out using your home printer, Cut, Assemble and then Embellish.....Very Easy.....The Cutting Files also come in the format where you can cut out the files using some of the latest Machine Cutters like the Pazzles Inspiration and Bosskut Gazelle. The Printable Stamps are just that, images that are sent to you through email that you print out using your home printer. After the images are printed out, you can just color them in like you would any other stamped imaged...One great thing about the Printable Stamps and Cutting Files is that you no longer have to worry about finding space to store all of your stamps....You can keep them all in a folder in your computer and use over and over again.

The Cutting Cafe is happy to award the winner her/his choice of any 3 Printable Stamp sets.

            

A Big THANK YOU to Regina for supplying images for our design team to work with if they so chose!

Now, let's see what the design team created.

~Jeanette~
Files by The Cutting Cafe - Front Door Shaped Card Set  
I love how Jeanette used the mirror on the wall when you open the card :)

~Lori~
Files by The Cutting Cafe - Seed Packet Holder/Template/Cutting File

 ~Valentina~

Files by The Cutting Cafe - Front Door Shaped Card Set

~SAM~
Sam used her favorite Techniques... Distressing and Distressing with watercolors..although Sam said it was hard to decide since she loves all techniques lol

~Candy~