March Challenge #27 & February Winner!!!

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Welcome to Crafter's Castle March Challenge #27

As always our challenges are ANYTHING GOES

For this year, 2020, our challenges will be soley sponsored by Taylormadecards4u....YAY!!!  This means EVERY MONTH the challenge will be open WORLD WIDE!  

This month's prize is....

Passport To Italy digital kit

NEW OPTION!  If you use any digital products from Taylormadecards4u you will get an extra entry!!!  You will just need to include "TMC4U" in your entry title, and also in your blog post you must tell what TMC4U digital product you used and link to it.  

Awesome right!!!  

ALSO, if you would like to use a digital product from Taylormadecards4u, she has generously provided a discount code to receive 20% off your digital order!!!
Code is Crafterscastle

Please review the CHALLENGE RULES (see tab above)

I'm happy to announce February's winner of the
An English Garden Passport digital kit

#20 Linda Mc Enrey

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Please contact Janie at 4crafterscastle@gmail.com

to claim your prize!!!

And here is a badge for you to proudly display




And now to announce the fabulous TOP 3 

in numerical order

#51 Jootje


#99 Priyadarshini


#107 Birthday Wishes

I hope you proudly display your TOP 3 badge

And now for some inspiration from Crafter's Castle design team AND Taylormadecards4u design team!

The kit we are using this month is

Passport To Italy digital kit 

***DT Inspiration will be posted March 7***

Janie

 

Jeanie

Tracy

Tantalaya

Monica

***PICTURE COMING SOON***

Wendy (Sorry, no link)

Amanda

Deborah

And now it YOUR turn to inspire us!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

February Challenge #26 & Janaury Winner!

Welcome to Crafter's Castle February Challenge #26

As always our challenges are ANYTHING GOES

For this year, 2020, our challenges will be soley sponsored by Taylormadecards4u....YAY!!!  This means EVERY MONTH the challenge will be open WORLD WIDE!  

This month's prize is....

An English Garden Passport digital kit

NEW OPTION!  If you use any digital products from Taylormadecards4u you will get an extra entry!!!  You will just need to include "TMC4U" in your entry title, and also in your blog post you must tell what TMC4U digital product you used and link to it.  

Awesome right!!!  

ALSO, if you would like to use a digital product from Taylormadecards4u, she has generously provided a discount code to receive 20% off your digital order!!!
Code is Crafterscastle

Please review the CHALLENGE RULES (see tab above)

I'm happy to announce January's winner of the

Soda Fountain Shoppe Digital Kit

Dreja

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Please contact Janie at 4crafterscastle@gmail.com

to claim your prize!!!

And here is a badge for you to proudly display




And now to announce the fabulous TOP 3 
in numerical order

#13 Carole J


#41 Little shoots

#105 Guylaine

I hope you proudly display your TOP 3 badge

And now for some inspiration from Crafter's Castle design team AND Taylormadecards4u design team!

The kit we are using this month is

An English Garden Bundle digital kit



Janie

 

Jeanie



Mynn

Priya


Monica
***PICTURE COMING SOON***

Wendy



Amanda



Deborah

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Easy Valentine Bookmarks

I thought that bookmarks would make great Valentine's for kids....whether you are giving them to the kids or making them with the kids for their friends.  And these are so easy!

You will need patterened cardstock, ribbon or yarn, stickers or die cuts, and a Valetine stamp if you have one.  I will put links below the die cuts and stamp that I used.  You can cut the cardstock to whatever size you want the bookmark to be.  Mine are aprox. 2" x 6"

For this first bookmark I used a scalloped edge blade on my paper trimmer (you could use decorative scissors).  Next I stamped it with the Happy Valentine's Day stamp from InLoveArts (can you believe it's only $2.35).  I added some hearts that I made with a punch (you could add stickers if you want), and punched a hole at the end for the ribbon.

For this next one I also used the scalloped blade, then I added a die cut phrase, You are my Sunshine, from the Phrase Art Words Dies from InLoveArts (this set comes with 5 phrase dies), and and again I punched the hole in the end and added some ribbon.  The flower is part of the cardstock but you could always add some stickers or die cuts.

For this one I didn't use the scalloped edges but I did round the corners with a corner rounder.  You can do that with scissors if you don't have a corner rounder or you could even use a decorative punch.  Like the first bookmark I stamped it with the Happy Valentine's Day stamp from InLoveArts and added some hearts that I made with a punch and punched a hole at the end for the ribbon.

For this last bookmark I did the same as the previous one but this time I used the phrase Lots of Love from the Phrase Art Words Dies from InLoveArts, and instead of ribbon I used a piece of fluffy yarn and some twine/string.

 I hope this gives you some ideas of your own.  Making simple Valentines for kids OR with kids is always fun.

Products used

My cardstock was from an old pad in my stash but you can use what you have on hand, and the same with ribbons or yarn.

Happy Valentine's Day Stamp 

Phrase Art Word Dies 

InLoveArts Shop 

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HAPPY CRAFTING!!!

Paper Piecing & Cardmaking With InLoveArts

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I made these cards using die sets from InLoveArts  

I love being able to use die cut sentiments instead of stamped ones because I think it adds something special to the card.  

I used these Phrase Art Word Dies !

And I love the look of paper piecing but usually when I do paper piecing I'm stamping an image several times on different papers to piece together.  So it was nice to not have to stamp and try to cut pieces out by hand.

I used this Woman In Dress Dies set!  

Thanks to these dies it made everything easier!

Look at the beautiful cards I was able to make quickly and easily!  It was so fun!!!

I wanted to make this card a little flashy and fun.  One dress is cut from gold glitter paper and the other is from black velvet paper.  I cut the belt for the dresses from the same and swapped them.  For a fun way to create a background for your cards try using wrapping paper.  That is what I used for this card with the gold, silver, and black dots.  I will be making a video soon (when I get my new laptop) and show you how easy it is to do.  In fact I will also show you how easy it is to use these die sets.  So be watching for that video in the near future!

For this card I embossed the purple cardstock with a swiss dot embossing folder and punched the edges with my Martha Stewart Lace corner punch (part of the punch around the page set).  I added a little bling to the corners but it doesn't show up good in the picture.  Then I cut a scalloped oval from a piece of cardstock in my stash that also has dots on it and used foam tape to pop it up.  For the dress I also used cardstock with dots and it really brings it all together.

You can make them classy, cute, or fun....however you want.  And I didn't show it, but you can always cut everything out and color it the way you want with your markers or colored pencils or whatever you use.  And not just the Woman In Dress dies but also the Phrase Word Art dies.  That means the possibilities are ENDLESS!!!

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Thanks for stopping by and...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!