Crafter's Castle: January 2019

Saturday, January 5, 2019

January - Challenge #13 & Anniversary Celebration!!!

Welcome to Crafter's Castle Monthly Challenge #13
and
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!!!
See GIVEAWAY details further down in this post!

This challenge is open WORLD WIDE!!!
Open to ALL crafts....ALL crafters....ALL skill levels
Don't have a blog or don't know how to enter?
CLICK HERE for tutorial

This month's CHALLENGE sponsor is
Brutus Monroe

This is this months CHALLENGE prize for the random winner.
They are offering a wonderful prize of
a $25 gift certificate to their store!!!

As always our challenges are ANYTHING GOES

but we like to throw in an OPTION to challenge you and
this month's OPTION is Fun Techniques .... Any technique that you have had fun using.
This is an OPTION for fun and not a requirement.

Please review the CHALLENGE RULES (see tab above)

Here we go....

December's random WINNER of
the SURPISE gift from me!

88. Deonna B

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
(prize claimed)

Please contact Janie at 4crafterscastle@gmail.com

to claim your prize!!!

And here is a badge for you to proudly display

And the fabulous TOP 3
(Actually TOP 6 this month!!!)
picked by the design team
another tough decision as usual and we had a lot of ties ... so guess what ...
ALL 6 OF YOU ARE IN THE TOP 3
(in numerical order)

36. gingerbread bauble

45. Glenda Atkins

47. shylaa

55. Irene M

62. ScrappyHorses

82. Deonna B

Congratulations!!!

I hope you proudly display your TOP 3 badge

I just want to thank all of you!!! All of you that entered the challenges and all of the wonderful sponsors we have had this past year. You have all made this a wonderful year and a successful challenge blog! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Now for the 1 Year Anniversary Celebration details!

At the end of each week in January (4 weeks) ONE random winner will drawn from THAT WEEKS entries. So each week you enter you have a chance of winning a wonderful prize from one of our sponsors!!! As per our challenge rules you can only enter 3 times in one month...BUT...this month only you will be allowed to enter up to FOUR times!

Here is the list of sponsors and prizes....

COME BACK AND CHECK EVERY WEEK TO SEE IF YOU ARE A WINNER AND CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!!!

WE WILL DRAW A NEW WINNER IF A PRIZE IS NOT CLAIMED IN A REASONABLE TIME

Week #1

Random Winner!!!

18. Meghan: XOXO

Looks like entering them all in the first week was to your advantage Meghan...LOL

Congratulations!!! (Prized claimed)

Thermoweb - A FABULOUS prize package (US only)

DF Foam Adhesive, DF Pen Adhesive, iCraft Purple Tape, DF 5 Sheet Tube - Gold Transfer Sheet, DF 5 Sheet Tube – Rainbow Transfer Sheet, Ultra Bond 2 oz. Liquid Adhesive

Week #2

Random Winner!!!

72. Mel C

Congratulations!!! (Prize claimed)

SheepSki Designs - 3 digital images of your choice from her shop (Open Internationally!)

Week #3

Random Winner!!!

93. Janis in ID

Congratulations!!! (Prize claimed)

Little Acres Creations - 2 stamp sets, "Cafe Dreamers" and "Moo Brew" (Open Internationally!)

Week #4

Random Winner!!!

121. Maryann

Congratulations! (Prize claimed)

Rainbow Card Challenge - 3 MHK Designs digital stamp sets (pre-determined) (Open Internationally)

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL SPONSORS!!! PLEASE STOP BY THEIR WEBSITES AND SEE ALL THEY HAVE TO OFFER!

If you need some inspiration you will find it here...

Janie (using Color Bursts)

Jeanie

Mike (Creating Backgrounds)

Janie (Puffed / Selective Embossing Technique)

Now share YOUR creations with us...

An InLinkz Link-up

Fun With Color Bursts!!!

I recently bought Ken Oliver Color Bursts from Brutus Monroe and have been having sooooo much fun playing around and learning about them!!! I loved one of my experiments so much that I used it to make this card.

I also used the Brutus Monore "Petal Lace" embossing folder and Butterfly Floral embellishments. For a better look and to learn how I used these items, you can

WATCH MY VIDEO HERE

I found some challenges to enter :)
The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog - #56
Always Fun Challenges - #91
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenges - #83
Classic Design Team Challenge Blog - #1
Splashy Mix Challenges - #1
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - #12
Simply Create Too - #145

Thanks for stopping by and...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Simple Valentine Shaker Card

My good friend Mynn started a brand new card challenge this month and it is called The Rainbow Card Challenge. Each month there will be a different color for the theme, and this month it is RED. So I decided it was time to start making Valentines for my grandkids and started with this quick & easy shaker card. This is the first time I have used that die and I thought it would be perfect for a shaker card :)