~CHALLENGE #9... LOVE & REMEMBRANCE w/ STAMP FAIRY & DIGI's BY PHOOKA~

Another awesome challenge has come and gone! What an amazing turn out during our Something New and/or Favorite Embellishments theme!!! I didn't think it was possible, but I do believe the entries keep getting more and more stunning every challenge!! Thank you to each and everyone that joined! 
We would also like to take this time to say a bittersweet goodbye to one of our DT members....Bettina! Bettina has a little girl that is demanding more of her time...do we blame her..of course not!! That little one and mama comes first! So we wish Bettina the best of luck in whatever new endeavors and adventures come her way!!! Thank you for all the hard work you've put in here at Craft Us Crazy and for sharing your amazing talents with us!!

I'll be announcing our challenge #8 winner and top 3 on Wednesday, June 1st!

This weeks challenge is in honor of Memorial Day coming up..so our theme is REMEMBRANCE AND/OR LOVE!!!! I know that some folks don't celebrate Memorial's Day or just choose to make a project outside of Memorial Day, so of course this challenge is open to however you interpret the challenge. I do want to say a personal note to all those that have had family members serve in our Armed Forces, whether in the United States or International. Our loss is the same, no one hurts more than the other, so my thanks and heartfelt gratitude goes out to each and every one that has a family member or loved one that has given their life in the line of duty, so that we may have the life we have today! Thank you to all of them!!! 


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......

 and the prize that's up for grabs is a....

Stamp Fairy has a special new release in honor of Memorial Day that you must check out! They are such sweet images!!!
NEW MEMORIAL DAY RELEASES!

Check out the amazing work our Design Team created this challenge and as always, we would love it if you went to their blogs and left them some love!!     

~Christina P~

Image courtesy of Stamp Fairy

~Lynne H~

~Lori H~

Tammylee N
Image Courtesy of Stamp Fairy

~Bettina B~

~Lauren M~

~Deborah N~

  ~Jeanette C~
Image courtesy of Stamp Fairy 

~Mary B~

~Rebekah L~

~Sam H~

Kym W

~Sharron M~

We will also have a new sponsor joining us for the second half of our challenge...so be sure to check back on June 2 to see some awesome projects from Digi's by Phooka!

~Challenge #8...Sponsor Spotlight....PIXIE COTTAGE~

Wow what unbelievable entries we've had so far during the first week of our SOMETHING NEW AND/OR FAVORITE EMBELLISHMENT challenge!!! The talent around this world continues to blow me away!!! I get more and more inspired by every entry each challenge. I hope that everyone else that stops by our challenge blog does the same!!! 
I know we all have to have something new lying around for this challenge or a favorite embellishment you always grab for when you're in your zone creating. You can accomplish this with stamps, embellishments, thread, anything!!  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!!

I'm sure our fabulous sponsor for the second part of our challenge has some new stamps you could get your hands on!!! What's that...who's our sponsor..

THE PIXIE COTTAGE

 and a lucky winner will receive...

We also have a very talented Guest Designer joining us this week to show off a beautiful image from The Pixie Cottage. I know she's not a stranger to any of you and I'm a huge fan of her work...it's the one and only
KATIE TATE!!

Let's learn a bit about Katie...

I’m an Englishwoman living in Texas and have been in the US for 14 years.

Married mommy to 3 wonderful children from 13 to 4 years old.

I’ve been scrapbooking for 13 years and drifted into cardmaking 2 ½ years ago.

I am obsessed with Copic’s and could talk about them for hours! I try and find time for crafting almost every day and am a challenge addict!

How lucky are we to have Katie joining us this week! We know how busy you are Katie, so it's honor having you Guest Design with us!!

 Now for some beautiful inspiration from some of our Design Team members using images from The Pixie Cottage!



~Jeanette C~

~Kim G~

~Mary B~

~Sharron M~

~Tammylee N~

and we definitely want to thank the one and only Digital Delights for sponsoring the first half of our Something New/Favorite Embellishment Theme Challenge!!

So don't forget to visit both of these fabulous artists and stores and show them some love, as well as our awesome Guest Designer and our amazing Design Team!!!

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 our fabulous monthly sponsor....

~CHALLENGE #7 WINNERs and TOP 3~

For Current Challenge please go HERE

Gosh at what stunning and amazing creations we had entered during our past challenge!! Such talent and creativity surrounding us in this blogging world!! Everyone's inspiration is so awesome to see, and not to mention our very talented Design Team!! 
Before listing the winners, I would like to thank once again Meljen's Designs and Your Next Stamp for being our sponsors during our Mother's Day and/or Flowers Theme Challenge and for donating such awesome images for our DT to work with!!
Don't forget to check out all the cute and adorable images and stamps at both Meljen's Designs and Your Next Stamp. They're always having new releases, so don't miss out on any of these cuties!!! 

This week we have TWO WINNERS!!! YAY!! So...without further ado..lets move on to all our winners and TOP 3s!!  

 Our randomly drawn winner of 4 DIGITAL IMAGES from MELJEN'S DESIGNS is........

#148 -- PANKTI of LINE OF A POEM

and our randomly drawn winner of a $10 Gift Certificate from Your Next Stamp is......

#22 -- JANR of HUH. SO THIS IS A BLOG

Congratulations Pankti and JanR!!! Please email me at CraftUsCrazy@cox.net with CHALLENGE 7 WINNER in the subject line!! 

 

Now on to our Top 3....what a hard, agonizing, impossible, torturous decision it was yet ONCE AGAIN. Everyone's work was gorgeous and amazing!!  Truly inspiring and jaw dropping. If this keeps up, I'm going to have to change the TOP 3 to TOP 5 or even TOP 10..geez it gets harder and harder every week, but our team has pulled through and came up with our TOP this week...

So without further ado, Our Top 3 is....

Iulia from My Adored Adorables

Catz from Scrap This

Mandy from A Sprinkling of Glitter

 Congratulations to our TOP 3!!

Please email me at CraftUsCrazy@Cox.net with CHALLENGE 7 TOP 3 so that I can get you your TOP 3 Badge sent to you!!
Don't forget that all of our Top 3's will go into a drawing at the end of the month to win an awesome prize from our Monthly Sponsor, THE CUTTING CAFE!


We hope that everyone will join us for our current Something New and/or Favorite Embellishment!

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

For our current challenge that closes on May 25th, please click HERE

Happy Tuesday! All of us here at Craft Us Crazy hope everyone's week is off to a great start!! Thanks to everyone that has joined our challenge so far this week and we hope to see many more joining us!
We have our monthly sponsor, THE CUTTING CAFE to help kick off some inspiration and creativity for you this week. Regina has so many lovely cutting files and printable stamps, so be sure to check them out!!!

Now to learn a little bit more about our monthly sponsor for the month of May.....

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.

Our DT was lucky enough to get to work with a few of the sets from The Cutting Cafe and we have a few projects for you today that hopefully will bring you inspiration and crafty goodness!!


~Tammylee N~
Image courtesy of The Cutting Cafe - Everything Elisha Jean & Friends - Elisha Jean

~Jeanette C~
Image courtesy of The Cutting Cafe - One Spring Day Printable Stamp Set

We'll be back next Monday for even more inspiration from The Cutting Cafe!! So be sure to check back and see what our amazing DT has created!

~CHALLENGE #8....Something New and All our Favorites with Digital Delights and The Pixie Cottage~

WOW!!! What an awesome turnout during our Mother's Day/Flowers challenge!! It was fabulous to see so much inspiration for our mother's, and inspiration for all the beautiful flowers out there! I'll be back on May 16th with our Challenge winners and TOP 3!!!
Due to blogger being down for a few days, I will be posting the winners and Top 3 tomorrow, May 17th. Sorry for the delay and inconvenience.
 

This weeks challenge is USE YOUR FAVORITE EMBELLISHMENT/s AND/OR SOMETHING NEW!!!! That means any embellishments that you find yourself reaching for over and over, or that you love seeing on projects...or something new (ie, baby, house, car, stamp sets, embellishments...whatever is NEW!) It doesn't have to be both...you can do one or the other, but if you're feeling up to a bigger challenge, see if you can use both!!!
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!!

 We have some awesome sponsors for you throughout the month of May!! Our sponsor for the first week of our challenge is the one and only.......

Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with little digi creations from all walks of life. We have a wide range of digital stamps which are delivered straight to your email 24/7!
In addition we also have a growing range of "Delightful Piecings" which are paper pieced files designed to be used with your cutting machines or for hand cutting.

Fancy a new blog makeover, header or new watermark, then stop by our sister site Delightful Custom blogs.

and they're offering the following prize to our winner.....

We have a fabulous Guest Designer joining us this week from Digital Delights!!  
Please welcome............

Leslierahye Strickland

Stephenville, Texas, United States

Wife of 18 years to my soul mate. Mother to two amazing free-willed beings. Daughter of devoted, loving parents. I've been crafting and creating since before I can remember, dabbling in everything from sewing, to oil painting, to scrapbooking, to photography to beadwork to crafty crafts--and many things in between. I've gifted my work. I've sold my work. I've used my work. More recently I've been a Delightful Challenges Design Team member for Digital Delights by Louby Loo and a guest artist for Creative Edventures shows. I create because it's in my soul, it's my passion.

What a beautiful card Leslierahye!!! Can you guess what Leslierahye's favorite embellishment is???...Head on over to her blog and see if you're right!!! 
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Why don't ya check out the rest of our beautiful Design Teams work also!! A special thank you to Digital Delights for donating images for our DT to use. 

~Maria A~

Image courtesy of Digital Delights - Little Dumpling

~Deborah N~

~Christina P~
Image courtesy of Digital Delights - New Car

 

~Lori H~

~Tammylee N~
Images courtesy of Digital Delights - Little Dumpling & Happy House

~Lauren M~

 ~Jeanette C~
Image courtesy of Digital Delights - New Car

 

 ~Bettina B~

 ~Kim G~
Image courtesy of Digital Delights - Happy House

 

~Sam H~

~Lynne H~
Image courtesy of Digital Delights - Little Dumpling

~Genevieve S~

Image courtesy of Digital Delights - New Car

  

   ~Rebekah L~

~KYM W~
Image courtesy of Digital Delights - Little Dumpling

 And we would like to welcome a new sponsor to Craft Us Crazy that will be sponsoring the second half of our challenge, beginning May 19th...and that would be the ever so cute and awesome... 

The Pixie Cottage

 so be sure to check back in for all the details and our special GDT that will be joining us, and even more inspiration from our DT!!

And let's not forget that our TOP 3 will be put in a drawing at the end of the month to win a terrific prize from our monthly sponsor....

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.

 So what are you waiting for! Please use the Linky Tool below to enter your CHALLENGE ENTRY LINK along with YOUR name. We can't wait to see all your fabulous creations!!!