Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenges: Imagine That!

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Winners and DT Favorites -- Monthly Challenge #1 {Something New}

Happy Day! Today we are going to announce our DT Favorites from Monthly Challenge #1 -- Try Something New. Everyone's projects were fantastic!! Thank you so much for playing along!! You all make it very hard to choose favorites! Thank goodness Random.org picks the prize winners!!

We would like to extend a HUGE Thank you to our wonderful and generous sponsors for our January 2016 Challenge. You really help to make the Challenges that much better by providing prizes to give to our winners. Please help us thank our wonderful sponsors by dropping by their shops!!

HERE ARE YOUR RANDOM DRAWN WINNERS:

Doodle Pantry, LLC
Prize: $10 Gift Certificate
And Our Random.Org Winner is:

~~#80 - Twisted Witch~~ (not claimed)

Imagine That!
Prize: $10 Gift Certificate
And Our Random.Org Winner is:

~~#4 - Cards By Sheena~~ *will redraw in a couple of weeks*

PolkaDoodles
Prize: $7.50 Euros Gift Certificate
And Our Random.Org Winner is:

#54 - Lucy Patrick *claimed*

Smeared Ink
Prize: Images Used By The Design Team
And Our Random.Org Winner is:

#18 - Carol Gill *claimed*

NOW FOR OUR DT FAVORITES FOR MONTHLY CHALLENGE #1 {TRY SOMETHING NEW}:

Ana Isabel's Pick:

No. 58 - KT Fit Kitty Ana Isabel's Thoughts: I love the background and these cute cats!!!

AngelicBadGirl's, Monica's and Susan's Pick:

No. 90 - Kavitha AngelicBadGirls's Thoughts: I just love the layout of this canvas and the colours she has used. All the elements are visible but yet complement each other perfectly. You can see the time that has been put into this project, Stunning work Kavitha. xx

Monica's Thoughts: I love the color combo she used on her project. I’ve been wanting to play around more with mixed media and projects like hers really inspire! Its BEAUTIFUL!!!

Susan's Thoughts: I had such a hard time choosing just one! You all are so talented! I narrowed it down to Kavitha's canvas. I just love how she added all the flowers in the one corner. I love the design, the colors. What a huge inspiration. It really makes me want to try additional canvas art. I love how everything is layered and that there is so much white as well. Just absolutely gorgeous!

Annette's Pick:

No. 61 - Lucy Patrick Annette's Thoughts: I have chosen this particular card because the creator has created an illusion of the digi actually sitting at the table plus the fact it’s winter, her choice of background paper gives the effect of snow. I also love how she has colored her digi and fussy cut it out to sit it behind the table.

BBsButterfly's Pick:

No. 103 - Sara's Closet BBsButterfly's Thoughts: The texture is amazing and gives that mixed media feel to the card! With all of the sparkle, the sentiment says it all. And, the colors are gorgeously applied. Great work!

Berni's Pick and Sandy's Pick:

No. 12 - Rutscht Berni's Thoughts: The image and details on this beauty are simply eye catching and gorgeous. The image is the focal point of this amazing creation.

Sandy's Thoughts: Wonderful baby card, the image portrays that bond between mother and child.

Deanne's Pick:

No. 83 - Andrea's Paper Antics Deanne's Thoughts: This is a beautiful CAS card!!! the butterfly is beautiful against the wood background! Absolutely gorgeous!!

Hanne's Pick:

No. 91 - Christi C. Hanne's Thoughts: The new technique Christi has used on the blue Happy Birthday card is really interesting. I love the simplicity in the card - although there is a great amount of work behind this "simple" look. This makes such a great male card!

Joanna's Pick:

No. 77 - Pawsitively Creative Joanna's Thoughts: I like mix media and fab compositions the canvas. I love layout and color combo she used.

Kel's Pick and Kerri's Pick:

No. 54 - Lucy Patrick Kel's Thoughts: love the colors on the card and the coloring is amazing!!

Kerri's Thoughts: I fell in love with this card as soon as I saw it! Lucy has chosen a beautiful colour combination and fantastic papers. Her colouring really makes the image pop. Overall a stunning creation!

Kraftykoolkat's Pick:

No. 64 - CreationsNZ Kraftykoolkat's Thoughts: Beautiful colours and image. Love the layout, a very serene and calming creation.

Lynda's Pick:

No. 1 - Natalie K. Lynda's Thoughts: The whole idea is fantastic. The cat is super cute and coloured beautifully. The balloon pops off the page against the white background. So beautiful! :-)

Lynnpenguin's Pick and Rebecca's Pick:

No. 70 - Time To Play Lynnpenguin's Thoughts: I love the colours and the way the background was created. Great colours, sparkle and wonderful sentiment.

Rebecca's Thoughts: Love how she try with colour burst and she really inspired me to try something I never try before in crafting journey. Awesome!

NanaConnie's Pick:

No. 33 - Crafting Vicky NanaConnie's Thoughts: I absolutely LOVE the way she altered a thrift store find and used it to frame this beautifully colored image! The text dp behind the image is just so perfect for that vintage lady and she did a great video showing all the steps she took.

Shirley-Anne's Pick:

No. 73 - Kleido Shirley-Anne's Thoughts: Fabulous gift idea.Love the tags to keep lid shut and the small images.

Traceymo's Pick:

No. 74 - Aurora Traceymo's Thoughts: I love this idea of stamping on to book pages & love the image & colouring

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Monthly Challenge #1 -- Something New

Good morning fellow crafters!! And welcome to the Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge Blog and our reboot!! And A Very Happy New Year to Everyone! We hope you have a wonderful year ahead and we hope to see you each month!!

We are beginning our new challenges this year and becoming a Monthly Challenge Blog!! We will begin all of the challenges on the 10th of each month. They will finish up on the 9th of the following month. We will then have a random draw for the sponsor winners and we will of course continue our DT Favorites! All of the winners will be posted on the 20th of the month.

Monthly Challenge #1 is all about Something New!! You can try anything new! Maybe you have a certain fold that you have always wanted to try, or a technique? Maybe it a new product that you have you wanted to test out. Maybe its a a new baby, new marriage, etc. Whatever it is, you just let us know in your post what your "new" is and link up here! We can't wait to see all of the new things! This will even help us have some new things to try!! We love getting inspiration from you all! You amaze us!

We want to send a huge thank you out to our January 2016 sponsors:

Please click on the Rules Tab at the Top to read up on the rules!
Deadline: The deadline for this challenge will be midnight on Tuesday, February 9th, 2015. Please make sure to link up before then.

Prize and DT Favorite Information: We will randomly draw the winner for each of the sponsors. These winners will be posted on Saturday, February 20th, 2015. We will also post the DT Favorites at the same time.

Doodle Pantry, LLC
Prize: $10 Gift Certificate
Doodle Pantry is the brain child of Laurie. While she tried to find digital images to meet her needs, she decided to draw her own. And now she shares that God given talent with the rest of us and we are so appreciative! She has a really diverse selection of digital stamps and we are sure you will find something that you love! All of Laurie's images are made for kids of all ages! Her goal is to have a shop full of wholesome, family and children friendly images. She has surely accomplished that and we love them!

Hanne using Vintage Auto
Something New: Paper and Silver Stars, the image and sentiment

Kel using With Heart
Something New: Flat Sequins Confetti

Monica using Vintage Tub
Something New: Paper Piecing with a Digital Image and Coloring Lifelike Bubbles

Rebecca using Love Birdies
Something New: 3 Panel Window Card

Sandy using Balloon Ants
Something New: Making A Box with Notelet Cards and using the Bokeh Technique

Susan using New Years Birdie
Something New: Spotlight Technique and Shaker Card

Imagine That!
Prize: $10 Gift Certificate
All Digital Stamps from Imagine That! are drawn by Kris or her daughter. It is the home of Digis by Kris and Carly's Cuties. You can't get much better than a mother and daughter team with loads of talent! They offer cute, family-friendly images and papers. All of the digital sets include outlines and pre-colored versions as well. Please make sure you check out their fabulous digital stamps! We know you will love them as much as we do!!

Ana Isabel using Baking Chloe
Something New: Polymer Clay to Add Dimension

Berni using Polar Love Something New: Using Paint Chips and New items: the snowflake and Border Circles

Lynda using Baking Chloe
Something New:

NanaConnie using Polar Love
Something New: Heart Dies

Shirley-Anne using Baking Chloe
Something New: New Digi Papers, image and sentiment from a New Sponsor

PolkaDoodles
Prize: $7.50 Euros Gift Certificate
Polkadoodles started in 2009 by husband and wife team Nikky and Kris Hall. Nikky started up her company in the UK and within two months was on tv sharing her products to a national audience. Her fan base grew rapidly and continues to have a loyal customer base today. We are lucky enough to have their awesome artwork to craft with and you will be sure to find tons that you love! Don't hesitate to visit and grab up some amazing items to create with today!

Del using Wandering Star Octavia Frosted Winter
Something New: Frantage

Joanna using Odella Fairy
Something New: New Card Form and New Design Paper

Kraftykoolkat using Wandering Star Octavia Frosted Winter
Something New: Printing Image Straight Onto Pearl Cardstock To Colour and First Time using A Digital Image alongside Stamped Images to Create a Scene

Lynnpenguin using Cat/Kittens
Something New: Card with a Pull Tab Sentiment on the Front

Traceymo using Cat/Kittens
Something New: SVG File and Cardstock

Smeared Ink
Prize: Images Used By The Design Team
Smeared Ink is a small business created by two sisters, Terra and Tori. Both have extensive experience pursuing all things artistic, and bring their unique and different view to the stamp images offered at Smeared Ink. These sisters are rebellious souls who love darker aesthetics, soulful pursuits, and living life to its fullest. Smeared Ink offers both unmounted rubber and digital art stamps that embrace alternative, gothic, edgy, and unique designs. We thrive on different and unusual. We welcome the macabre and devious side of things, and pride ourselves on being one of the first "dark" stamp companies on the scene, paving the way for others and creating a community of alternative stampers.Unfortunately, we are sad to announce that Smeared Ink has closed their shop. We will really miss them.