~More Inspiration from our Monthly Sponsor...The Cutting Cafe~

FOR OUR CURRENT CHALLENGE...CLICK HERE 

Welcome to another post of gorgeous inspiration from some of our DT members, showcasing one of our fabulous monthly sponsors...

~Lynne H~
printable set used - This Cake is All Heart

~Rebekah L~
printable set used - Think Peace

~Lauren M~
printable set used - This Cake is All Heart

~Jeri M~
printable set/s used - For That Wonderful Mom & 2011 Calendar

~Bettina B~

printable set used - This Cake is All Heart

 I hope our lovely DT Creations will inspire you to create something today and as always to visit our monthly February Sponsors.....

and

~WINNER AND TOP 3 OF CHALLENGE 1...ANYTHING GOES with DIGITAL DELIGHTS~

For Current Challenge please go HERE

Happy Friday everyone!!! I hope everyone's getting ready to have a great weekend!!! Mine is starting off with mounds of inspiration from all the gorgeous projects entered in our Challenge 1 .. Anything Goes theme!! What talented folks are amongst us!!!


Before listing the winners, I would like to thank once again Digital Delights for being our first sponsor and for donating such awesome images for our DT to work with!! Don't forget to check out all the cute and adorable images at Digital Delights. They've got a sale going on right now also!! 

 So, without further ado....our random winner of Challenge 1 and 3 Digital Stamps from Digital Delights is ..............

 Number 124 ... Colette S

Congratulations Colette!!! Please send email me at CraftUsCrazy@Cox.net with WINNER in the Subject line and I'll get you all the details on how to redeem your prize!!

Now on to our Top 3....what a hard decision it was. Everyone's work was gorgeous!! 

Our TOP 3 will go into a drawing at the end of February for a chance to win a prize from our fabulous monthly sponsors, The Cutting Cafe and Stamps Alive! 

Our Top 3 in no particular order is....

Crafty Cat's Cards

Christina McAdams - Email Entry

  

Shelby G

 Congratulations to our TOP 3!!

Please email me at CraftUsCrazy@Cox.net so that I can get you your TOP 3 Badge sent to you!! 

We hope that everyone will join us for our current WINTER theme challenge!!

~Challenge #2...Brrrrr it's cold outside with Meljen's Designs!!...WINTER THEME & some FABULOUS Guest Designers~

WOW!!! What an awesome and unexpected turnout for our first challenge! We were ecstatic to see each entry as it came through and so appreciative of each and every one of you that took the time to join along with us! You made our first challenge extra special! We hope to see you all back with us for all the challenges ahead!! 

This weeks challenge is WINTER!!!! We want to see anything that reminds you of winter!! Everything is open to interpretation, so we would love to see your interpretation of winter and what it means to you or what you see or think of when you think of WINTER!!! We want all crafters to feel welcome, so if your crafting medium fits our challenge, then we welcome you to join! Whether it be sewing, scrapbooking, altering, cardmaking, candle making, whatever!! We hope you'll be joining us!!

Our sponsor for this challenge is the one and only.......

 Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family.  Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

and they're offering FOUR DIGI IMAGES OF WINNERS CHOICE!!! How generous is that?? I know everyone has some Meljen's favorites that they would like to add to their collection! So what are you waiting for!?!?!

This challenge we have some fabulous and talented Guest Designers joining us! So without further ado, please check out these beautiful creations using their favorite winter images from Meljen's Designs!! Don't forget to leave them some love!!

Wendy Ramlakhan of SugarPea Designs

Hi, I'm Wendy and I'm a happily married stay at home mom to Brooke (2 yrs old) and Nathan (4 yrs old) living in Sunny Florida. With two toddlers I’m very busy everyday playing monsters, having a tea party with a duck and a donkey or splashing around in the pool. Oh, and I do laundry and all that other boring domestic stuff too (sometimes). But I manage my time so that most days I have a little “me time” where I can sit down, create and do a little blogging too. I love the fact that I have now made so many friends from all over the world all because of a shared love of paper-crafting.

Anita Madden of Anita's Designs

 My name is Anita Madden and I live in a small town in Ohio. I’m married to my high school sweetheart who is very supportive of my hobbies. We have one adult daughter and one adorable and completely spoiled grandson. I have always loved crafting of some sort. I have been a decorative painter for about 25 years and I’ve been making cards for about 2 years.

 and

Darsie Bruno of Crafting with Darsie

" Hi, I'm a mom of 3 extraordinary adults, Janessa, Lee and Al who are the lights in my life! I live in upstate New York, but am originally from Manassas, Virginia. My hero will be always be my daddy, whom I miss every moment of my life. LYTAM! I'm an artist by trade, dabbling in a life full of color! I think I've explored almost every craft out on the market today, with my latest fascination being lampworking, or creating with hot glass. I enjoy scenic stamping, card making, creating paper embroidery patterns and stitching them, floral punch art, encaustic art, photography and more. My best friend is my sister, Robin, who encourages me to be more than I could ever have dreamt! Visit me at my blog 'Crafting with Darsie' when you have some free time!  I Love visitors!!"

 And don't forget that our TOP 3 will be put in a drawing at the end of the month to win a terrific prize from one of our monthly sponsors....

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, Bosskut Gazelle and Cricut (with Scal software). 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.

I started my business in 1993 to give me something to do. I had worked all my life and recently quit to be a stay at home mom to my new baby. I've always been interested in paper products and I didn't like paying full price for some of the things I wanted. So I started my business. I like to pass my savings on to others. I've made some really good friends over the years. I've always been a small business I only advertise word of mouth. Over the years I've kept as busy as I wanted to be.

It has been very interesting to see the hobby industry change over the years. I had a "scrapbook" store in my basement before Las Vegas knew what a scrapbook store was. I've dealt with Provo Craft the entire 18 years I've been in business and that has been fun, to watch them change!!   The Cricut Messageboard has allowed me to expand my business but still do it "word of mouth".

That baby is almost 18 (March) and will be graduating HS in 2011, I will be ready to be busier at that time! She uses my supplies more then I do, I have decided I'm a collector of everything. I have more fun selling and helping others then I do creating. Maybe someday, when times are slower or I'm not being a "Taxi Mom" I can create. Until then, I collect!

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Please check out our Design Teams beautiful work and we would love if you went to their blogs and left them some love!! A special thank you to Meljen's Designs for donating images for our DT to use. 

 ~Jeri M~
Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Yeti Cocoa

~Deborah N~
Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Penguin's Skating Buddy

  ~Kim G~

Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Cozy Winter Owl

~Lori H~

Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Snow Bunny

~Mary B~

Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Cozy Winter Owl

~Savahanna V~

 ~Sam J~

Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Yeti Cocoa

 ~Christina P~

Image courtesy of Digital Delights - Penguin's Skating Buddy

~Frea~ 
Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Cozy Winter Owl

   ~Rebekah L~
Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Snow Bunny

 ~Sharron M~ 
Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Cozy Winter Owl

~Lauren M~

~Guylaine S~ 
Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Yeti Cocoa

 ~Jeanette C~
Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Penguin's Skating Buddy

~Genevieve S~

Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Cozy Winter Owl

~Kym W~Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Snow Bunny

~Lynne H~

~Julie T~

Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Penguin's Skating Buddy

 ~Bettina B~
Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Cozy Winter Owl 

  ~Tammylee N~

   ~Maria A~

Image courtesy of Meljen's Designs - Cozy Winter Owl

  

~Inspiration from our Monthly Sponsor...The Cutting Cafe~

For our current challenge that closes on Feb. 16th, please click HERE

Happy Saturday!!!! We hope that you're all having a beautiful weekend so far!!! Hopefully you're able to sneak away to your craft area and do some crafting this weekend!! 
To help inspire you, some of our talented Design Team have created some amazing projects using stamp sets generously given to us by our awesome sponsor for the month of February.

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, Bosskut Gazelle and Cricut (with Scal software). 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.

and don't forget to run over to our second monthly sponsor, Stamps Alive, as Terri has an awesome sale going on!!!


~Jeri~ printable set used - Beautiful Flowers Colored Printable Stamp Set

Maria A - printable set used - This Cake is All Heart

Lori H - printable set used - Birthday Fun

Kim G - printable set used - This Cake is All Heart

 

Jeanette C - printable set used - Think Peace

 

Frea - printable stamp set used - This Cake Is All Heart

We hope you'll check back here throughout the month for even more creative inspiration!!