Challenge 69 - *Sponsored by Letraset* - Winners!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Dimension & Texture Challenge, it was great fun looking at all your work! and a big thank you to our sponsor, Letraset, this time who donated a fab prize!!

Our top three this week are...

1.  Tracy Payne 

2. Alyce 

3. E.T. 

Please e-mail me here for your blog badges / prizes

Don't forget to pop back tomorrow for a fun new challenge featuring the work of some of the new DT girls (yay!)
Sarah x

Challenge 69 - *Sponsored by Letraset* - Dimension & Texture

This week we are super lucky to be sponsored by Letraset! and up for grabs for the winner this time is a set of Spring Promarkers!

The theme this time is Dimension & Texture - we want to see layers, texture, fabric, paint, glitter, ribbon, 3D projects, anything that shows off your use of dimension and texture!

Here is the inspiration from my lovely Design Team...

Jaine

I used pretty papers from the Retro Home collection and the texture (although hard to tell) has been provided by layering and lots of stitching.

Claireliz

I used a Manilla tag with an embossing folder & rubbed some ink over the areas, a chipboard heart covered with crackle glaze & glitter, a pair of Swiss dot embossed wings. The little fella was coloured with Promarkers & both he & the words Fly & Escape came from Sarah's Steampunk CD.

Emma

I used papers and elements from Sarah's Retro Home CD to create my little notebook tag. I've added dimension with the rosettes and texture with the ripped paper, ribbons and twine.

Elaine
I have used Steampunk papers and Greeting tag to alter a Kraft gift box, and added one of my Recycled Pepsi can flowers as my embellishment.

Clare

I've used papers and stamps (owl & cloud) from Sarah's Woodland Whimsey collection. I used some rafia and ribbon for texture and I also used Promarker pens to create fur. I used lots of layers and added foam squares to create dimension.

 Nat

I used Sarah's Britannia collection to create texture and layers on this scrapbook page

Jess

I used the Country Garden Collection on the Britannia CD to create this card.

We are extending this challenge by a week to give us time to get the new Design Team members organised, so we look forward to seeing your projects - you have until midnight on 8th July to enter! - just click below to submit your link!

Sarah x

Challenge 68 - Red, White and Blue

Good Morning all

Melly here with this fortnights Challenge

I decided as its been the Diamond Jubilee here, the only suitable theme would need to be

RED, WHITE AND BLUE

Thats it!!

We want you to create something using just those colours!

It could be a simple card, a scrapbook layout or something totally inspired with the Jubilee itself!

Here's some amazing inspiration from the team

Elaine

I used Britannia for the papers and image

Jaine

Birthday card made using the Britannia cd.

Claireliz

I made this little postcard using the Britania CD & a plain blank postcard

Melly

I made a wee simple Birthday Card with The Britannia CD

Sarah

I used a combination of my new Britannia and Say Cheese! digi kits for this digi scrap layout 

Just great don't you think!!

I hope you will join in this colour Challenge , I looked forward to see what you come up with!
You have till 17th June to enter! Just add your name in the Linky below 
and Good Luck!!!!

Challenge 66 - *Sponsored by Sarah Hurley* - Tags & Tickets - Winners!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Tags & Tickets Challenge, it was great fun looking at all your work!

Our top three this week are...

1.  Tone K. 

2. Missy G 

3. inkypinkycraft 

Please e-mail me here for your blog badges / prizes

Don't forget to pop back tomorrow for a fun new challenge!

Sarah x

Challenge 63 - *Sponsored by Joanna Sheen* - Winners!

A big 'Thank You' to our Sponsor this week, Joanna Sheen and to everyone who entered our Easter Challenge!

Our top three this week are...

1.  Izzwizz 

2. Sandie 

3. An 

Please e-mail me here for your blog badges / prizes

Don't forget to pop back tomorrow for a fun new challenge!

Sarah x

p.s. We are having a blog hop this weekend to celebrate my new CD release - see the post below for details - we hope you'll join us!!

Challenge 63 - *Sponsored by Joanna Sheen* - Easter

This fortnight we are lucky enough to be sponsored by Joanna Sheen! Joanna, as I'm sure you know, is a much loved figure in the crafting world and runs her own online craft shop with lots of gorgeous stash - hard to resist! You can visit Joanna's website here. Joanna has kindly donated a prize of a £10 voucher for the winner!

This fornights challenge is Easter! It's just around the corner and there are lots of gorgeous projects to be made, so come and share yours with us!

Here is the inspiration from my lovely Design Team...

Elaine

I used the Sarah Hurley Easter digi kit to make greeting bunting with bakers twine and card candy.

Claire

I've used elements from Sarah's gorgeous Easter Digi Kit to make this card.

Jaine

I made an Easter bunny egg holder. Details of how I made him are on my blog.

Claireliz

I used Sarah's lovely Easter Digi Kit to create this layout (I print the papers out instead of using digitally)

Lisa

I've used papers from Sarah's gorgeous Easter Kit and a digi coloured with ProMarkers to create this little Easter card.

Melly

Clare

I used papers and the dragonfly digi image from Sarah's Easter kit

We look forward to seeing your projects - you have until midnight on 8th April to enter - just click below to submit your link!

Sarah x

Challenge 60 *Sponsored by Handy Hippo* Winners!

A big 'Thank You' to everyone who entered this week, with over 100 entries you made it really difficult for us to pick a winner! but I did love hopping round and looking at all of your creations, and wow, what amazing work!

The prize for our winner this week is a Tim Holtz Easter Sizzix Die courtesy of our fab sponsor Handy Hippo (I hope you'll go and check out their site, just click on the banner above) and without further ado, our top 3 are...

1. Georgina b  - an amazing card and great use of die cuts! Congrats on being this weeks winner!

2. Natalie Z.  - a gorgeous tag - so pretty!

3. Lisa Jane  - for an elegant yet thrifty card :o)

Please e-mail me here for your blog badges / prizes

Don't forget to pop back tomorrow for a fun new challenge!

Sarah x

p.s. Have you signed up to Craft Academy yet? its free, fun and full of inspiration! I hope you'll come and join us for the next lesson tomorrow :o)

Challenge 60 *Sponsored by Handy Hippo* Die Cuts

This week we are lucky enough to be sponsored by Handy Hippo! Handy Hippo is a friendly online craft supplies shop with a great range of rubber stamps and other card making goodies - including plenty of  dies and embossing folders. Their website has lots of information on crafting techniques, plus a great selection of free card project ideas to suit crafters of all abilities so please pop over and visit them!

They chose a theme of 'Die Cuts' this week and have given us a Tim Holtz 'Easter Elements' Sizzix Die as a prize! You can see all of their Sizzix dies on on their website here

and here is all the Design Team inspiration for you!

Claire C

For my card I've used papers and a couple of the fab Vintage Alice images from Sarah's 'Wonderland' cd, I've added a large flower die cut using tattered florals and coloured with distress inks.

Jaine

I cut an Alterations heart from the red spotty paper in the Valentines digi kit by Sarah Hurley.  I also used an Alterations Tattered Banners die and used some pink spotty paper from the Valentines digi kit to make a border along the bottom. 

 Elaine
I used Wonderland CD for image and backing paper, with Tim Holtz Tattered florals dies, Spellbinders butterflies, Memory box butterfly border die, Gold ribbon, I cut flowers from the backing papers and scrunched them then inked them with Tim Holtz inks and used an old button as their centres to match the rest of my project. 

Claireliz
I used the Tattered Florals & Caged Bird die to create this canvas along with Sarah's Teal, Eclipse, Candyfloss pink, Sunshine Yellow & Sepia ink sprays I've also used quite a lot of Stickles. The quote I've used is called Don't Give Up (Author Unknown)

Clare
I layered some TH tattered florals die cut flowers and added a red metal brad in the centre. The flowers and background paper were then stamped using TH burlap distress ink pad and a music background stamp. I also used scalloped square nesties and circle die cuts. I wanted to keep it simple so I only added a sparkly ribbon.

Jess
I cut out a Sizzix Flourish from a scrap piece of card and used the negative part as a stencil to Versamark and emboss a pattern around one of the new Easter Kit Papers.  Layered up with some Nesties using another Easter Kit Paper and the Butterfly Digi.

 

Lisa 

I've used a paper from Sarah's Vintage Halloween Digi Set and teamed it with some Tattered Floral Diecuts and a Wonky Scallop Border Diecut.

Melly

I made a 8x8 Scrapbook layout using the Vintage Halloween Digi Papers, some ribbon from my stash and added my wee tattered floral diecut that I scrunched up, inked and added a wee pearl before sticking to my wee layout

Nat

I used Sarah's Poppy Red Mist and the Tattered Floral Die Cuts. I used a die cut as a mask (which i covered up with alphas) and then layeres that die cut flower as an embellishment. I used Wonderland Paper strips and coated them in PVa to give the effect of washi tape. There is a kraft flower die cut under the teal rose.

Sarah

I used a Tattered Floral Die-Cut from craft paper under the Cupid embellishment. The papers and embellishments are from my Valentine digi kit.

We look forward to seeing your projects - you have until midnight on 26th February to enter - just click below to submit your link!

Sarah x

 

Challenge 51 - *sponsored by Derwent* - Winners!

Thank you to everyone that entered, it was very very tough to choose a winner this week! And of course a big thank you to our lovely sponsor Derwent!

The winners are....


In first place winning the gorgeous wooden box of coloursoft pencils.... Sandie 
2. lis-m 

3. Daisylou 

Please e-mail me here for your blog badges and prizes!

Don't forget to pop back tomorrow when a fun new challenge will be up!

Sarah x

Challenge 51 *Sponsored by Derwent* - Halloween Horrors

Morning everyone and Welcome to another fab Challenge at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog!

This fortnight we are lucky enough to be Sponsored by the uber fabulous Derwent, the amazing pencil company! They make so many types of pencils for every type of crafter and budding artist! From watercolour pencils to sketching to graphic and not forgetting Inktense pencils and Charcoal too! If you need some type of pencil they do them all!!

A lucky winner will win a prize from Derwent themselves, a set of 24 Coloursoft Pencils (Sarah's favourite colouring pencils!) in a wooden presentation box, so wish it was me!!!

The theme this time is something fun, funky and creepy

"HALLOWEEN HORRORS"

Perfect for this time of year!!

The Design team have out done themselves and created some fantastic creations to inspire you all, all with Sarah's new Halloween kits - available here!

Claireliz

I used Sarah's Twilight Ink Spray set to create the background for this journal page and both the Whimsy and Vintage Halloween Digi kits, I printed and coloured in the witch.

Jaine
I've used Sarah's Whimsy Halloween kit backing papers, image and elements. 

Elaine.
 I used Vintage Halloween Papers and embellishments.

Lisa

Made using the Vintage Halloween kit and Vampire digi coloured with Derwent pencils onto Kraft card.

Jess
 Using the Vampire Digi and Whimsey Backing Papers.

 Clare
created a milk carton treat box using elements from the whimsey and vintage collection. Sprayed all over using cc spray and sparkle (multi coloured)

Claire C

I've used elements from the Whimsy Halloween digikit and the cute little Vampire digi (he's a messy eater lol). I've coloured him with Derwent Coloursoft pencils

Nikki

Emma

For my Halloween horror, I made a table centrepiece using an old beer bottle. I decorated it with papers and elements from Sarah's Vintage Halloween Digikit, in conjunction with one of the new Tim Holtz Halloween Alterations Dies.

Melly

Sarah
I used elements from the Vintage Halloween kit, papers from the Whimsy Halloween kit and my pre-coloured vampire digi stamp

Natalie

I used Sarah's Purple Ink Spray & a mix of the vintage and whimsy kits :) 

aren't they just the perfect wee Halloween Horrors!!

To enter just add your creation in the linky below before 16th October! Good Luck everyone!!
Melly xxx