Phindy's Place Challenge #66 - Delightful Diecuts

Good Morning and welcome to this week's Phindy's Place Challenge.  First of all, I am very sad to be saying Goodbye to Lynda, Dorcas and Tine.  Lynda has been with the DT right from the start and all three ladies have brought awesome talent and inspiration to the Team.  Thanks for all your hard work, best wishes for the future and we will miss you all.   As a result, don't forget we have a Design Team Call out, check out the details here.

This week's challenge is very easy, it is simply to use a diecut shape in your creation.  You don't have to use a Phindy image but we certainly hope you will and if you do, follow the instructions on the sidebar and enter your card twice.  If you don't have a Phindy image, there are lots over at the Phindy's Place store , so why not pop over and pick up one or two.

You can win two prizes, one winner will be chosen at random from the entries and will win a $5 gift certificate to the Phindy's Place Store and one entry will win Card of the Week with the creator also receiving a $5 gift certificate. 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 fabulous cards from the Design Team for your inspiration: 

Lynda Nielsen

 

 Christine Adamson

 

 Dorcas Perkins

 

Mona Eidhammer

 

Linda Payne

 

 Anne Ray 

 

Cec Wintonyk 
 

Ann English

Anne-Marije Poppen

Kathy Curry

Winners - Challenge #64 - Pastels

Thanks to all the participants in last week's Pastels challenge - there were lots of wonderful cards. Here are the winners.

The random winner of a $5 gift certificate from Phindy's store is ROXANN SUITS.

The Design Team has chosen this fun card from HEIDY as Card of the Week. Heidy will receive a $5 gift certificate from Phindy's store and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies and please email Phindy to claim your prizes.

Challenge #65 - Doubling Up

This week we are seeing double at Phindy's Place.  Our challenge to you is to use two of something on your card:  two images, two ribbons, two brads, the choice is yours and you can add more than one pair to your creation.  There must, however, be two of them, no more, no less!

You don't have to use a Phindy image but we certainly hope you will and if you do, follow the instructions on the sidebar and enter your card twice.  If you don't have a Phindy image, there are lots over at the Phindy's Place store , so why not pop over and pick up one or two.

You can win two prizes, one winner will be chosen at random from the entries and will win a $5 gift certificate to the Phindy's Place Store and one entry will win Card of the Week with the creator also receiving a $5 gift certificate. 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 that we have a Design team Call at present, do check out the posting here.

Here are some doubly delightful cards from the amazing Design Team for your inspiration:

Cec Wintonyk

Dorcas Perkins


Christine Adamson

Linda Payne

Lynda Nielsen


Anne Ray

Anne-Marije Poppen

Kathy Curry

Mona Eidhammer

 

Phindy's Place Design Team Call!

 We are looking for creative designers to work with Phindy’s Place digital images, for a six month term, from 1 September 2011 to 28 February 2012.  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 receive 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 be 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 closes15 August.

Winners - Challenge #63 - Buttons

What a great response we had for the Buttons challenge last week.  Here are the winners.

The random winner of a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store is KATERI.

The Design Team has chosen this adorable summer card by SHIRLEY as the Card of the Week. Shirley will receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies and please email Phindy to claim your prizes.

Challenge # 64 - Pretty Pastels

Summer is here and everything is hot and vibrant so let's cool things off a bit.  This week we want you to make cards in PRETTY PASTELS so dig out those softly coloured papers and embellishments and let's see what you can create.

You don't have to use a Phindy image but we certainly hope you will and if you do, follow the instructions on the sidebar and enter your card twice.  If you don't have a Phindy image, there are lots over at the Phindy's Place store that would look great on a pastel card, so pop over and pick up one or two.

You can win two prizes, one winner will be chosen at random from the entries and will win a $5 gift certificate to the Phindy's Place Store and one entry will win Card of the Week with the creator also receiving a $5 gift certificate. 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!

Our designers have created some lovely pastel inspiration for you this week and are joined by Tracy MacDonald as a Guest Designer.  Tracy was chosen from the June Cards of the Week.  If you want details on any of the cards, just click on the designer's name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

Tracy MacDonald - Guest Designer

Anne Ray

Ann English

Cec Wintonyk

Linda Payne

Anne-Marije Poppen

Lynda Nielsen

Christine Adamson

Dorcas Perkins

Kathy Curry

Mona Eidhammer

Winners - Challenge #62 - Anything Goes with a Phindy Image

What fabulous Phindy cards we had last week and here are the winners.

Our random winner of a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store is BARBARA.

The Design Team struggled with choosing one card this week and ended up with a tie. Phindy was asked to break the tie and even she found it difficult but in the end chose this fabulous little Speedster by TRACY MacDONALD as the Card of the Week.

Tracy will also receive a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies and please email Phindy to claim your prizes.

Challenge #63 - Buttons

Button, button, who's got the button?  We hope you do.  This week our challenge to you is to create a card featuring BUTTONS.  You may use any image this week but if you use a Phindy image, don't forget to follow the instructions in the challenge rules on the sidebar and enter your card twice.

We will reward a random winner with a $5 gift certificate from Phindy's store and the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week.  The creator of that card will also receive a $5 gift certificate from Phindy's store and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

The Design Team has created some wonderful inspiration for you.  If you want the details of their cards, just click on their name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

Anne Ray

Ann English

Cec Wintonyk

Linda Payne

Anne-Marije Poppen

Lynda Nielsen

Christine Adamson

Dorcas Perkins

Kathy Curry

Mona Eidhammer

Winners - Challenge #61 - Circles

We had a great bunch of cards featuring circles and here are the winners.

The random winner of a $5 gift certificate from Phindy's store is WENDY.

The Design Team has chosen this adorable card by MARLENA as the Card of the Week. Marlena will receive a $5 gift certificate from Phindy's store and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Congratulations ladies and please email Phindy to claim your prizes.

Phindy's Place Challenge #62 - Anything Goes, use a Phindy image

It's here at last!  Today is the Phabulous Phindy Phriday when anything goes as long as you use a Phindy's Place image!  There are some great images in the shop, if you are looking for a freebie you will always find a few on the Phindy's Place PCP Group.  The first Friday in the month will be Anything Goes for at least the next three months, so you know you can plan ahead and create a fab card or project to play along.

You can win two prizes, one winner will be chosen at random from the entries and will win a $5 gift certificate to the Phindy's Place Store and one entry will win Pick of the Week which will also have a $5 gift certificate prize. 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! The full rules are listed in the sidebar, please check them out before you enter, but most importantly you need to use a Phindy's Place image and do have fun!

Here are some Phabulous Phriday cards to inspire you from our very talented Design Team.

Mona Eidhammer

Ann English

Kathy Curry

 

Anne Ray 

Christine Adamson

 

Cec Wintonyk

Linda Payne

Anne-Marije Poppen

Dorcas Perkins