Winners - Challenge #39 - Lace & Pearls

Thank you for some gorgeous entries to the lace and pearls challenge. 
First up, the Random winner is Katie.

Katie is getting ahead for Christmas this year with her adorable card.  
Her prize is an $8 gift certificate to Phindy's store. 

The card of the week was this stunning creation made by Shirley.

Shirley will receive a 20% discount voucher to Phindy's store and will be in the running to be a Guest Designer.

Congratulations ladies.  Please email Phindy to claim your prizes.

Phindy's Place Challenge #40 - Sketchtime

Good Morning and welcome to this week's Phindy's Place Challenge!  I have some very exciting news for you all:  I would like to introduce 3 talented new Design Team ladies who have joined us:  Christine, Dorcas and Kathy.  It was extremely hard to choose new members for the team as there were some seriously impressive crafters who answered the DT Call.  Our new team members will be creating projects for the challenge from next week but in the meantime please do check out their work and leave them some love!

OK, on to this week and we have a great sketch from Anne-Marije to follow this week.  Flip it, rotate it, as long as the sketch is still recognisable you're fine!

Please take a moment to read the rules:  you may use any image, however we love to see entries using Phindy's Place images and they will get two chances at winning the draw.  Maximum 3 entries per person please, no backlinking to projects before the challenge began.  The winner of the Challenge will be chosen by Random.org and will receive an $8 Gift Certificate to the Phindy's Place store.  The Pick of the Week wins a 20% off voucher for the Phindy's Place store. Don't forget that once a month we will choose an overall winner from the weekly winners and they will be offered a Guest position on the DT - and of course a free image from Phindy's Place to use for that week's challenge! 

Now on to some superb sketchy inspiration from Phindy's Fabulous Design Team; this week we are fortunate enough to be joined by a very talented Guest Designer:  Kim Lackenbach 

Anne-Marije Poppen

 

Tammy Maynard 

Cec Wintonyk

Anne Ray

Lynda Nielsen

Ann English

Linda Payne

Winners - Challenge #38 - Valentine or For a Loved One

It is time to announce the winners for Challenge #38 - Valentine or For a Loved One.

The random winner is - - - NANCY IN IOWA.

Nancy entered this valentine card with lots of fun hearts and a great charm.  Her prize is an $8 gift certificate to Phindy's store.

 

The Card of the Week goes to - - - DORCAS - - - with this adorable layered card featuring a Phindy image called Tied the Knot.  

Dorcas will receive a 20% discount voucher to Phindy's store and will be in the running to be a Guest Designer.

Congratulations ladies.  Please email Phindy to claim your prizes.

Challenge #39 - Lace and Pearls

Good morning and welcome to this week's Phindy's Place Challenge!  Thank you so much to all those who joined in the Valentine Challenge last week, stay tuned over the weekend for the winner and the Pick of the Week.  

This week our theme is the ever popular lace and pearls, which is a great excuse to make a really girly, feminine project!   Phindy's Place has plenty of great images for your card, be sure to check them out in the shop.   

Please take a moment to read the rules:  you may use any image, however we love to see entries using Phindy's Place images and they will get two chances at winning the draw.  Maximum 3 entries per person please, no backlinking to projects before the challenge began.  The winner of the Challenge will be chosen by Random.org and will receive an $8 Gift Certificate to the Phindy's Place store.  The Pick of the Week wins a 20% off voucher for the Phindy's Place store. Don't forget that once a month we will choose an overall winner from the weekly winners and they will be offered a Guest position on the DT - and of course a free image from Phindy's Place to use for that week's challenge! 


Don't forget we still have a DT Call out, you need to get your application in by 22 January - tomorrow - if you would like to join the fabulous Phindy DT!  Check out the details here.

Here are some lovely lace, perfect pearl creations from the fabulous Phindy Design Team to inspire you, also we have a gorgeous card from Marlena Peduzzi, who is our extremely talented Guest Designer:

Marlena Peduzzi

Lynda Nielsen

Cec Wintonyk

Tammy Maynard

Linda Payne

Anne Ray

Anne-Marije Poppen

Ann English

Winners - Challenge #37 - Distressing

We had a great turnout for our distressing challenge and are pleased to announce our winners.

The winner, chosen at random, of an $8 gift certificate to Phindy's store is - - - PATSI - - -

Here is Patsi's creation.

 

With all the fabulous cards entered, it was a tough choice for our design team to come up with a top pick but they stuck with it and the Card of the Week is - - - SYLVIA - - -  with this wonderful layered card for a man featuring a Phindy image called Fishing. 

 

Sylvia has won a 20% discount voucher to Phindy's store and will be in the running to be a Guest Designer.

Congratulations ladies and please email Phindy to claim your prizes.

Guest Designer from December

Now that everyone's life has returned to some sense of normal after the holidays, the Design Team has been able to catch up with the selection of our Guest Designers.

I am pleased to announce that KIM has been chosen as our Guest Designer from the December Cards of the Week.

Kim created this gorgeous little Christmas card, which was selected for Challenge #34 - Winter.

We will be in touch with Kim to make arrangement for her Guest Designer spot.

Challenge #38 - Valentines or for a loved one

Good morning and welcome to this week's Phindy's Place Challenge!  Thank you so much to all those who joined in the Distressing Challenge last week, stay tuned over the weekend for the winner and the Pick of the Week.  

Now that Christmas is over for another year and the decorations are all taken down and put away, it's time to look out those romantic images and think about Valentine's Day. This week we'd like to see your card or project for a Valentine or for a loved one.  Phindy's Place has a whole host of images for your card, from cute to romantic to sassy, be sure to check them out in the shop.   

Please take a moment to check out the rules:  you may use any image, however we love to see entries using Phindy's Place images and they will get two chances at winning the draw.  Maximum 3 entries per person please, no backlinking to projects before the challenge began.  The winner of the Challenge will be chosen by Random.org and will receive an $8 Gift Certificate to the Phindy's Place store.  The Pick of the Week wins a 20% off voucher for the Phindy's Place store. Don't forget that once a month we will choose an overall winner from the weekly winners and they will be offered a Guest position on the DT - and of course a free image from Phindy's Place to use for that week's challenge! 

Don't foregt we still have a DT Call out, you need to get your application in by 22 January if you would like to join the fabulous Phnidy DT!  Check out the details here.

 Here is a variety of Valentines from the DT to inspire you:

Anne-Marije Poppen 

Linda Payne

Cec Wintonyk

Lynda Nielsen

Tammy Maynard

Anne Ray

 

Guest Designer from November

With the lead up to Christmas and the hustle and bustle of the holidays, we fell a bit behind in selecting our Guest Designer from November.

Please join with us in congratulating MARLENA whose card was selected for Challenge # 29 - 3-2-1 Go.

We will contact Marlena to make arrangements for her Guest Designer spot.

Winners - Challenge #36 - Give Thanks With Scraps

I am happy to share the winners of our Challenge #36 - Give Thanks With Scraps.  We had a fabulous turnout and were blown away by all of the wonderful creations.

The list shows 153 entries but one person was entitled to a second entry because she used a Phindy image and could not make the link work so we have included her second entry as #154.  The winner of the $8 gift certificate to Phindy's store, chosen at random is - - - VICKY - - -

with this sweet little card and all its wonderful layers.

Now with the large turnout, it was very difficult to chose just one card as Card of the Week but a decision was finally made and it is the card created by #149 - - - KATHY CURRY - - - with this fabulous brown and pink creation featuring one of Phindy's new images called Scoops of Love.

 Kathy's prize is a 20% discount voucher to Phindy's store and she is now in the running to be a Guest Designer.

Congratulations ladies.  Please email Phindy to claim your prizes.

Our current challenge is Distressing and we are already seeing some super entries so make sure you get yours in too.

Challenge #37 - Distressing

Hello and welcome to a new Phindy's Place Challenge. Wow, what a response we had to the first open challenge - over 150 entries! Be sure to drop by later in the weekend to see who won the prize and the Pick of the Week.  This week's challenge is Distressing.  You can use Distress Inks, distress paper edges, tear paper, interpret it your way, I can't wait to see your entries! 

Please take a moment to check out the rules:  you may use any image, however we love to see entries using Phindy's Place images and they will get two chances at winning the draw.  Maximum 3 entries per person please.  The winner of the Challenge will be chosen by Random.org and will receive an $8 Gift Certificate to the Phindy's Place store.  The Pick of the Week wins a 20% off voucher for the Phindy's Place store. Don't forget that once a month we will choose an overall winner from the weekly winners and they will be offered a Guest position on the DT - and of course a free image from Phindy's Place to use for that week's challenge!

Here are some delectable distressed projects for your inspiration from the Design Team:


Tammy Maynard

Anne-Marije Poppen

 

Anne Ray




Lynda Nielsen

 

Ann English

 

Linda Payne




Cec Wintonyk

Design Team Call

Phindy's Place Challenge Blog is having a Design Team call!

We are looking for creative designers to work with Phindy's Place digital images, for a six month term, from 1 February until July. You will be expected to create a card or project each week to be published on the Challenge Blog (currently Friday) as well as to your own blog and occasionally there may be further requirements such as a blog hop. You are also expected to comment on a proportion of the entries to the Challenge Blog. Membership of the Papercraft Planet Group is encouraged and you need to upload your weekly cards to the PCP gallery so that they can be uploaded to the slide shows for the group.

The ideal team member need not have experience of being on a Design Team, however their commitment and enthusiasm are important. It is important to have a regularly updated blog, to comment regularly on entries to the challenge and it is important to meet deadlines.

What is in it for you?
You will get a generous allowance of digis from the Phindy's Place shop to work with each month, more than enough for each month's challenges
You will received an additional discount on designs from the Phindy's Place shop
You will get the fun of working with brilliant designs, sometimes before their release to the public and being part of a close-knit and friendly team

Successful applicants will receive more specific details of the benefits!

If you would like to apply, please email Anne at raypack@btinternet.com with the following information:

Your blog address
Links to any online galleries of your work
Photos of 3 cards/projects that you feel are typical of your work
Details of any Design Team/ Guest Design Team experience
A little info about yourself and why you would like to be part of the team

DT Call closes 22 January 2011